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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›R1968 · Thriller, Crime, Drama · 90m · Tim O'Kelly, Boris Karloff, Arthur Peterson
An aging horror-movie icon's fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psychotic shooting spree around Los Angeles.
John Wayne Gacy: Devil in DisguiseSeries
›TV-142021 · Documentary, Crime · 1 season · Terry Sullivan
The chilling story of one of the world’s most notorious serial killers told through the words of Gacy himself, those who were forever changed by his unspeakable deeds and those who believe that the full truth remains concealed to this day.
Monster: The Ed Gein StorySeries
›TV-MA2025 · Crime, Drama · 1 season · Charlie Hunnam, Suzanna Son, Vicky Krieps
The shocking true-life tale of Ed Gein, the infamous murderer and grave robber who inspired many of Hollywood's most iconic on-screen killers.
No Man of God
›NR2021 · Crime, Drama, Thriller · 100m · Elijah Wood, Luke Kirby, Aleksa Palladino
The complicated relationship that formed between the FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier and serial killer Ted Bundy during Bundy's final years on death row.
The Barber
›2002 · Horror, Crime, Mystery · 94m · Malcolm McDowell, Jeremy Ratchford, Garwin Sanford
In the small town of Revelstoke, Alaska, local barber Dexter is surprised to learn that the body of Lucy Waters has been discovered. Having killed this woman, days ago, he hoped her body wouldn't be found until spring. Through the eyes of a serial killer, we discover the chilling layer of a weary town whose only concern is another long, dark winter.
Dahmer
›R2002 · Crime, Drama, Thriller · 101m · Jeremy Renner, Bruce Davison, Artel Great
On February 15, 1992 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Jeffrey Dahmer, one of the world's most infamous serial killers, was convicted of 15 counts of murder and sentenced to 937 years in federal prison. This movie is based on events from his life.
Ted Bundy
›2002 · Crime, Horror · 99m · Michael Reilly Burke, Boti Bliss, Tracey Walter
Seattle, 1974. Ted Bundy gives into his violent passions and embarks on a cross country killing spree, leaving a trail of raped, tortured, murdered, dismembered, and defiled corpses in his wake…
August Underground's Penance
›NR2007 · Horror · 85m · Fred Vogel, Cristie Whiles, Shelby Vogel
Has someone ever handed you a movie, not telling you one thing about it, only telling you to watch it. What if that tape was the personal home video of two sociopaths on a killing spree? This is their home movie, for their eyes-only. This is August Underground's Penance. The third and final film in the AU franchise directed by Fred Vogel and starring Cristie "Crusty" Whiles. Penance shows the dark decline of the two nameless killers from the previous films as they continue to videotape their madness on their path to destruction.
Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield
›R2007 · Crime, Drama, Horror · 90m · Kane Hodder, Adrienne Frantz, Michael Berryman
Inspired by the true story of one of the most gruesome killers in American history. Now, years after inspiring "Psycho's" Norman Bates, "The Silence Of The Lambs'" Buffalo Bill and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre's" Leatherface, the story of real life serial killer Ed Gein is told once again. Nicknamed "The Butcher Of Plainfield," Gein was responsible for a rash of gory murders that sent shock waves through his rural Wisconsin town, and across America, in the late 1950's. Prepare to enter the evil mind and twisted world of "The Butcher Of Plainfield."