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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80 titles
Repulsion
›NR1965 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 105m · Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser
Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday with her married boyfriend, Carole withdraws into her apartment. She begins to experience frightful hallucinations, her fear gradually mutating into madness.
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer StorySeries
›TV-MA2022 · Crime, Drama · 1 season · Evan Peters, Richard Jenkins, Molly Ringwald
This series examines the gruesome and horrific true crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer and the systemic failures that enabled one of America’s most notorious serial killers to continue his murderous spree in plain sight for over a decade.
ThemSeries
›TV-MA2021 · Drama, Mystery, Crime · 2 seasons · Deborah Ayorinde, Pam Grier, Luke James
A limited anthology series that explores terror in America.
It
›R2017 · Horror, Thriller, Drama · 135m · Jaeden Martell, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
I'll Be Gone in the DarkSeries
›TV-MA2020 · Documentary, Crime · 1 season · Amy Ryan
An exploration of the case of the Golden State Killer who terrorized California in the 1970s and 1980s, committing 50 sexual assaults and 10 murders, and true crime author Michelle McNamara's obsessive quest to find justice on behalf of his victims.
CrossSeries
›TV-MA2024 · Crime, Drama, Mystery · 3 seasons · Aldis Hodge, Isaiah Mustafa, Juanita Jennings
Alex Cross is a brilliant but flawed homicide detective and full of contradictions. A doting father and family man, Cross is single-minded to the point of obsession when he hunts killers. He is desperate for love, but his wife’s murder has left him too damaged to receive it.
Nope
›R2022 · Horror, Science Fiction · 130m · Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea
Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.
Those Who KillSeries
›2014 · Action & Adventure, Crime · 1 season · Chloë Sevigny, James D'Arcy
Follows Catherine Jensen, a recently promoted homicide detective who enlists the help of Thomas Schaeffer, a forensic psychologist, to track down serial killers and relentlessly seeks the truth behind the disappearance of her brother.
Durham CountySeries
›TV-MA2007 · Drama · 3 seasons · Hugh Dillon, Louis Ferreira, Helene Joy
Detective Mike Sweeney has just moved with his wife and daughters from Toronto to his hometown of Durham County after the death of his partner. Hoping to escape the violent world of big city police work, Mike falls into a suburban world besieged by crime, abuse and murder.
His House
›NR2020 · Horror, Drama · 93m · Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Wunmi Mosaku, Malaika Wakoli-Abigaba
After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.
The Passenger
›NR2023 · Horror, Thriller · 98m · Kyle Gallner, Johnny Berchtold, Liza Weil
Randolph Bradley is perfectly content fading into the background, but when his coworker Benson snaps and goes on a violent killing spree, he’s forced to face his fears and confront his troubled past in order to find a way to survive.
Red White & Blue
›NR2010 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 102m · Amanda Fuller, Noah Taylor, Marc Senter
A woman attracts the attention of a psychotic former Army interrogator and an emotionally fragile young man caring for his ailing mother.
Pin : A Plastic Nightmare
›R1988 · Horror, Thriller · 103m · Jonathan Banks, David Hewlett, Cynthia Preston
Pin, a plastic medical dummy, has been the fixation of Leon since youth. Now grown up and orphaned in an accident, Leon brings Pin home to live with him and his sister Ursula, much to her reluctance. Soon, however, Leon's fixation on Pin spirals out of control, and Ursula must face the devastating consequences.
The Awakening
›R2011 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 107m · Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton
In post–War England, a writer and sometime-ghost hunter investigates a reported haunting at a boys boarding school.
Haunt
›R2019 · Horror, Thriller · 93m · Katie Stevens, Will Brittain, Lauryn McClain
On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an extreme haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realisation that some nightmares are real.
RellikSeries
›2017 · Crime, Drama · 1 season · Richard Dormer, Jodi Balfour, Kieran Bew
A serial killer thriller told in reverse, unravelling the truth behind a series of murders as DCI Gabriel Markham hunts down a brutal killer.
BedlamSeries
›TV-142011 · Drama, Mystery · 2 seasons · Hugo Speer, Lacey Turner, Gemma Chan
Welcome to Bedlam Heights. Converted from an imposing former lunatic asylum, this apartment building offers the ultimate in stylish 21st century urban living. But little do its new residents suspect that behind the luxury fittings lay unimaginable horrors.
The Burning
›R1981 · Horror · 91m · Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Brian Backer
A caretaker at a summer camp is burned when a prank goes tragically wrong. After several years of intensive treatment at hospital, he is released back into society, albeit missing some social skills. What follows is a bloody killing spree with the caretaker making his way back to his old stomping ground to confront one of the youths that accidentally burned him.
Prevenge
›2017 · Horror, Comedy, Drama · 89m · Alice Lowe, Jo Hartley, Kayvan Novak
A pregnant widow, believing herself to be guided by her unborn child, embarks on a homicidal rampage.
When a Stranger Calls
›R1979 · Horror, Thriller · 97m · Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Colleen Dewhurst
A student babysitter has her evening disturbed when the phone rings. So begins a series of increasingly terrifying and threatening calls that lead to a shocking revelation.
Castle Freak
›R1996 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 90m · Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Jonathan Fuller
John Reilly discovers that his family's newly inherited castle in Italy is haunted by a relentless, bloodthirsty creature.
Abducted: The Mary Stauffer Story
›2019 · Horror, Thriller, Drama · 87m · Alyson Hannigan, Daphne Hoskins, Howie Lai
High school teacher Mary Stauffer and her eight-year old daughter, Beth are held captive for 53 days by an obsessed former student. Based on a true story.
Dorothy Mills
›R2008 · Drama, Thriller, Mystery · 102m · Carice van Houten, Jenn Murray, David Wilmot
When a gloomy, God-fearing island community is rocked by the assault of an infant, a psychiatrist is called in to examine Dorothy Mills, the teenager accused of the crime. Despite the villagers' hostility to her inquiry, she soon comes to suspect that Dorothy suffers from multiple personality disorder...
Spiral
›PG-132007 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 90m · Joel David Moore, Amber Tamblyn, Zachary Levi
A reclusive telemarketer has only one semblance of a friend: His telecommuter boss. But the telemarketer's social circle seems to improve greatly when a whimsical co-worker enters his life. Only, as he begins to sketch his new friend's portrait, disturbing "voices" from the phone man's past threaten to lead him into a network of destruction.