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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GhostsSeries
›TV-142019 · Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 5 seasons · Charlotte Ritchie, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Mathew Baynton
A cash-strapped young couple inherits a grand country house, only to find it is both falling apart and teeming with the ghosts of former inhabitants.
The Uninvited
›NR1944 · Mystery, Horror, Fantasy · 99m · Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Gail Russell
A pair of siblings from London [Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey] purchase a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, England. Only to discover that it actually carries a ghostly price, and soon they’re caught up in a bizarre romantic triangle from beyond the grave. Rich in atmosphere, The Uninvited, directed by Lewis Allen, was groundbreaking for the seriousness with which it treated the supernatural, haunted house genre, and it remains an elegant and eerie experience, featuring a classic score by Victor Young. A tragic family past, a mysteriously locked room, cold chills, bumps in the night - this gothic Hollywood classic has it all.
The Pit and the Pendulum
›1961 · Horror, Mystery, Drama · 80m · Vincent Price, John Kerr, Barbara Steele
In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor.
The Mummy
›NR1959 · Horror · 88m · Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux
One by one the archaeologists who discover the 4,000-year-old tomb of Princess Ananka are brutally murdered. Kharis, high priest in Egypt 40 centuries ago, has been brought to life by the power of the ancient gods and his sole purpose is to destroy those responsible for the desecration of the sacred tomb. But Isobel, wife of one of the explorers, resembles the beautiful princess, forcing the speechless and tormented monster to defy commands and abduct Isobel to an unknown fate.
LightfieldsSeries
›2013 · Drama · 1 season · Karla Crome, Dakota Blue Richards, Sam Hazeldine
The story follows three families that each lived in Lightfields farmhouse at different time periods (1944, 1975 and 2012) but who are linked by a spine-chilling presence: the ghost of a teenage girl who died in mysterious and tragic circumstances.
A Ghost Story for ChristmasSeries
›1971 · Drama · 2 seasons
A strand of annual British short television adaptations of classic ghost stories, referencing the oral tradition of telling supernatural tales at Christmas. First broadcast on BBC One from 1971 to 1978, and revived in 2005 on BBC Four.
GoosebumpsSeries
›TV-142023 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Mystery · 1 season · Zack Morris, Isa Briones, Miles McKenna
A group of five high schoolers embark on a shadowy and twisted journey to investigate the tragic passing three decades earlier of a teen named Harold Biddle – while also unearthing dark secrets from their parents' past.
Tales from the Gimli Hospital
›1988 · Comedy, Horror · 64m · Kyle McCulloch, Michael Gottli, Angela Heck
While their mother is dying in the modern Gimli, Manitoba hospital, two young children are told an important tale by their Icelandic grandmother about Einar the lonely, his friend Gunnar, and the angelic Snjofrieder in a Gimli of old.
The Dreadful
›R2026 · Horror · 94m · Sophie Turner, Kit Harington, Marcia Gay Harden
In medieval England, Anne and her domineering mother-in-law Morwen struggle to survive on the outskirts of society. But when a man from Anne's past returns from war, a curse begins to take shape through a mysterious knight and threatens to destroy them all.
Newlyweds
›2026 · Horror · Piero Miguel Vergara, Melat Morningstar, Kayla Perez Rosit
After murdering his bride on the night of their wedding, a panicked groom races down a desolate backroad to dispose of her body before dawn. But as the miles disappear beneath his tires, unsettling phone calls, impossible visions, and a growing presence in the backseat begin to blur the line between reality and nightmare. Trapped alone with his guilt, he soon discovers that some truths refuse to stay buried.
RequiemSeries
›TV-MA2018 · Mystery, Drama · 1 season · Lydia Wilson, Joel Fry, Joanna Scanlan
In 1994, a toddler disappeared from a small Welsh village, never to be seen again. 23 years later, in London, the mother of rising cello star Matilda Gray commits suicide, without apparent reason. Among her possessions, Matilda discovers tantalising evidence, linking her mother to the Welsh girl's disappearance all those years ago.
Grip of the Strangler
›NR1958 · Horror, Crime, Mystery · 78m · Boris Karloff, Jean Kent, Elizabeth Allan
A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.
Like Minds
›PG-132006 · Thriller, Mystery, Horror · 110m · Eddie Redmayne, Tom Sturridge, Toni Collette
A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.
J.D.'s Revenge
›R1976 · Horror, Thriller, Action · 95m · Glynn Turman, Louis Gossett Jr., Joan Pringle
After notorious New Orleans gangster J.D. Walker is murdered in the 1940s, his spirit remains restless for three decades, until a hypnotist's supernatural nightclub act allows him to take over the body of a mild-mannered law student and seek revenge on those who had him killed.
The Locals
›NR2003 · Horror, Mystery · 88m · Johnny Barker, Dwayne Cameron, Kate Elliott
Two best friends, Grant and Paul, hita country road for a night of fun, but unfortunately take a short cut to their fate...where they meet the Locals.
The Kindred
›2021 · Horror · 94m · April Pearson, Blake Harrison, James Cosmo
After her father’s suicide, a young mother investigates what led to his death. But when she is haunted by spirits and unearths an unsolved mystery from 30 years ago, she discovers a dark family history that could prove deadly for her child.
Disappearance
›2002 · Mystery, Horror, Thriller · 92m · Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Jer Adrianne Lelliott
A family driving through Nevada decides to take some snapshots at an out-of-the-way ghost town named Weaver, and horrible things start happening.
RWD
›2015 · Science Fiction, Horror · 80m · Adam Hartley, Matt Stuertz
Two men went searching for ghosts, but they found themselves instead...
You Should Have Left
›R2020 · Horror, Thriller · 93m · Kevin Bacon, Amanda Seyfried, Avery Tiiu Essex
In an effort to repair their relationship, a couple books a vacation in the countryside for themselves and their daughter. What starts as a perfect retreat begins to fall apart as one loses their grip on reality, and a sinister force tries to tear them apart.
The Abandoned
›R2006 · Horror, Thriller · 99m · Anastasia Hille, Karel Roden, Valentin Ganev
Marie, a film producer, returns to her native Russia to find her birth parents. She quickly learns they are dead, and she has inherited their long-empty farmhouse. At the farm, she meets Nicolai, who claims to be her twin brother. Events take a terrifying turn when the two spot a pair of ghastly doppelgangers and the house itself seems to propel them toward a fate they should have met 40 years earlier.
Lord of Tears
›2013 · Drama, Horror · 100m · David Schofield, Alexandra Nicole Hulme, Euan Douglas
Lord of Tears tells the story of James Findlay, a school teacher plagued by recurring nightmares of a mysterious and unsettling entity. Suspecting that his visions are linked to a dark incident in his past, James returns to his childhood home, a notorious mansion in the Scottish Highlands, where he uncovers the disturbing truth behind his dreams, and must fight to survive the brutal consequences of his curiosity.
House of Last Things
›NC-172013 · Fantasy, Thriller, Horror · 110m · Lindsey Haun, Blake Berris, RJ Mitte
A mind-bending thriller set in Portland, Oregon about an unspoken tragedy and its effects on a house, its temporary caretakers and the owners, a classical music critic and his wife on a recuperative trip to Italy.
The Legend of Lucy Keyes
›2006 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 93m · Julie Delpy, Justin Theroux, Brooke Adams
When an urban family moves to a rural New England town with secrets, little do they know that their new house holds a history of tragic sorrow.
Girls School Screamers
›R1986 · Horror, Mystery · 86m · Mollie O'Mara, Sharon Christopher, Beth O'Malley
Seven girls from the local Catholic school are chosen to go inventory the Wells estate. It sounds like a fun weekend until the girls hold a séance to try and contact Jennifer Wells, a 20-year-old who died mysteriously on the grounds in 1939. Their weekend gets even stranger when it is revealed one of the girls, Jackie, is a dead ringer for the deceased.
