Cinema of the Damned
A directory of horror — thousands of films and series, each scored by the Crypt Score, our audience-first blend of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and the reviews of this coven. Hunt by sub-genre, decade, or dread.
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41 titles
Dawn of the Dead
›NR1978 · Horror, Science Fiction · 127m · David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
›R2026 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 109m · Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Williams
Dr. Kelson finds himself in a shocking new relationship - with consequences that could change the world as they know it - and Spike's encounter with Jimmy Crystal becomes a nightmare he can't escape.
Fear the Walking DeadSeries
›TV-MA2015 · Action & Adventure, Drama · 8 seasons · Lennie James, Kim Dickens, Colman Domingo
What did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in "The Walking Dead"? This spin-off set in Los Angeles, following new characters as they face the beginning of the end of the world, will answer that question.
28 Years Later
›R2025 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 115m · Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Alfie Williams, Ralph Fiennes
Twenty-eight years after the Rage virus outbreak, a heavily-defended island survives connected to the mainland by a single causeway. When one of the group leaves the island into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.
War of the Worlds
›PG-132005 · Adventure, Thriller, Science Fiction · 117m · Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
Stake Land
›R2010 · Drama, Horror, Science Fiction · 98m · Connor Paolo, Nick Damici, Danielle Harris
Martin was a normal teenage boy before the country collapsed in an empty pit of economic and political disaster. A vampire epidemic has swept across what is left of the nation's abandoned towns and cities, and it's up to Mister, a death dealing, rogue vampire hunter, to get Martin safely north to Canada, the continent's New Eden.
Land of the Dead
›R2005 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 93m · Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper
The living dead have taken over the world, and the remaining humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they cope with the situation.
The Domestics
›R2018 · Horror, Thriller · 95m · Kate Bosworth, Tyler Hoechlin, Sonoya Mizuno
A young husband and wife must fight to return home in a post-apocalyptic mid-western landscape ravaged by gangs.
The Day of the Triffids
›NR1963 · Science Fiction, Horror · 93m · Howard Keel, Janina Faye, Nicole Maurey
After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.
The Crazies
›R1973 · Science Fiction, Horror, Action · 103m · Lane Carroll, Will MacMillan, Harold Wayne Jones
The military attempts to contain a manmade virus causing death and permanent insanity in those infected, as it overtakes a small Pennsylvania town.
We Bury the Dead
›R2026 · Horror, Thriller · 95m · Daisy Ridley, Brenton Thwaites, Mark Coles Smith
After a catastrophic military disaster reanimates the dead, Ava searches for her missing husband amidst an increasingly hostile world.
Here Alone
›2016 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 97m · Lucy Walters, Gina Piersanti, Adam David Thompson
A woman struggles to survive on her own in the wake of a mysterious epidemic, which has decimated society and forced her deep into the unforgiving wild.
Diary of the Dead
›R2007 · Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction · 96m · Michelle Morgan, Joshua Close, Shawn Roberts
A group of young filmmakers encounter real zombies while filming a horror movie of their own.
Year 10
›2024 · Horror, Science Fiction · 96m · Toby Goodger, Duncan Lacroix, Hannah Khalique-Brown
After the fall of civilization, the few survivors have been driven to cannibalism. A young man must confront a violent tribe that has murdered his father and stolen the medicine that keeps his girlfriend alive.
The Taint
›2011 · Action, Comedy, Horror · 75m · Drew Bolduc, Colleen Walsh, Cody Crenshaw
The water is tainted. The Taint poisons the minds of men. It turns them into raging misogynists: monsters who want nothing more than to crush women's heads with rocks (or other objects). When society is transformed into a land of sadistic violence and horrible brutality, it is up to Phil O'Ginny and his hot friend, Misandra, to combat the horrible evil that is The Taint. Can they survive a world brimming with castration and endless head crushing?!
The Ultimate Warrior
›R1975 · Action, Science Fiction, Thriller · 94m · Yul Brynner, Max von Sydow, Joanna Miles
Only a few people still live in New York in 2012. They are organized in gangs with their own turf. One of them is led by Baron, another one by Carrot, and they are constantly at war with each other.
Among the Living
›NR2022 · Horror, Drama, Thriller · 85m · Dean Michael Gregory, George Newton, Melissa Worsey
Stranded in the aftermath of a deadly outbreak, a brother fights to protect his sister while he desperately searches to find refuge and avoid an infected population with a thirst for blood.
Devil's Playground
›2010 · Horror, Action · 93m · MyAnna Buring, Danny Dyer, Craig Fairbrass
As the world succumbs to a zombie apocalypse, Cole - a hardened mercenary - is chasing the one person who can provide a cure. Not only to the plague but to Cole's own incumbent destiny.
Deadsight
›2018 · Horror · 89m · Liv Collins, Adam Seybold, Ry Barrett
A man with partial blindness and a young pregnant police officer must work together to escape a deadly virus that has spread across Grey County.
Don't Grow Up
›2015 · Drama, Horror, Science Fiction · 81m · Fergus Riordan, Madeleine Kelly, McKell David
Teenage delinquents who are living in an island youth center wake up to find themselves alone with no one to watch over them. After much partying, they realize the island has been deserted and the adults have been infected by a mysterious epidemic.
American Refugee
›NR2021 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 95m · Erika Alexander, Derek Luke, Sam Trammell
A story of a family seeking shelter in a neighbor’s bunker while the American economy is in collapse and the nation under martial law. There they find the danger inside is potentially greater than the danger outside.
Dead Season
›NR2012 · Horror, Action · 88m · Scott Peat, Marissa Merrill, James C. Burns
It has been over one year since the start of the outbreak. Our society has collapsed and the world has descended into chaos. Elvis and Tweeter are two of the last people left alive, and band together to flee the United States for a remote island somewhere in the Caribbean. On the island, they find a new community struggling to hold out against an army of corpses. They can join this band of survivors-- but only if they can do what must be done for the good of the group.
The Clearing
›2020 · Horror · 88m · Liam McIntyre, Aundrea Smith, Steven Swadling
A father must battle his way through the zombie apocalypse to save his daughter.
Silent Night, Zombie Night
›R2009 · Horror, Action, Comedy · 83m · Jack Forcinito, Andy Hopper, Nadine Stenovitch
A week before Christmas a viral outbreak turns the citizens of Los Angeles into the walking dead. On the brink of severing ties with both his wife and longtime partner, L.A.P.D. officer Frank Talbot finds himself trapped with them. As death closes in their survival is further threatened by the fact that both men love the same woman.