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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The Nanny
›1965 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 91m · Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett
Nanny, a London family's live-in maid, brings morbid 10-year-old Joey back from the psychiatric ward he's been in for two years, since the death of his younger sister. Joey refuses to eat any food Nanny's prepared or take a bath with her in the room. He also demands to sleep in a room with a lock. Joey's parents -- workaholic Bill and neurotic Virgie -- are sure Joey is disturbed, but he may have good reason to be terrified of Nanny.
Barbarian
›R2022 · Horror, Mystery · 103m · Georgina Campbell, Justin Long, Bill Skarsgård
In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway.
The Invitation
›NR2016 · Thriller, Horror · 100m · Logan Marshall-Green, Tammy Blanchard, Emayatzy Corinealdi
Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.
You're Next
›R2013 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 94m · Sharni Vinson, Nicholas Tucci, Wendy Glenn
When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
Woken
›2024 · Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller · 90m · Erin Kellyman, Maxine Peake, Peter McDonald
Anna wakes to kind faces she doesn’t recognize and a remote island she has no memory of. She is forced to re-learn everything about herself, her husband and the baby she is carrying. But when two disfigured people arrive on the island and there is a violent altercation she discovers that the human race is close to extinction and goes searching for the truth about herself.
The Lady Vanishes
›2013 · Thriller, Mystery, Horror · 86m · Tuppence Middleton, Keeley Hawes, Julian Rhind-Tutt
Young socialite Iris Carr befriends an older woman while traveling solo by train. When Iris wakes from a nap, the woman is gone and other passengers claim she never existed.
Caveat
›NR2021 · Horror, Mystery · 88m · Jonathan French, Leila Sykes, Ben Caplan
A lone drifter suffering from partial memory loss accepts a job to look after a psychologically troubled woman in an abandoned house on an isolated island.
Jennifer Eight
›R1992 · Crime, Drama, Mystery · 124m · Andy Garcia, Lance Henriksen, Uma Thurman
John Berlin, a big-city cop from LA moves to a small-town police force and immediately finds himself investigating a murder. Using theories rejected by his colleagues, Berlin meets a young blind woman named Helena, whom he is attracted to. Meanwhile, a serial killer is on the loose—and only John knows it.
Who Invited Them
›2022 · Horror, Thriller, Comedy · 80m · Ryan Hansen, Melissa Tang, Timothy Granaderos
Adam and Margo's housewarming party goes well enough except there's this one mysterious couple lingering after the other guests have left.
Malicious
›2023 · Horror, Thriller, Crime · 91m · Kevin Interdonato, Nick Baillie, Melissa Anschutz
The McCabe family's weekend getaway is turned upside down when a mysterious stranger knocks on their door.
The Rental
›R2020 · Horror, Thriller · 88m · Dan Stevens, Alison Brie, Sheila Vand
Two couples on an oceanside getaway grow suspicious that the host of their seemingly perfect rental house may be spying on them. Before long, what should have been a celebratory weekend trip turns into something far more sinister.
Retreat
›R2011 · Horror, Drama, Thriller · 89m · Cillian Murphy, Jamie Bell, Thandiwe Newton
Kate and Martin escape from personal tragedy to an Island Retreat. Cut off from the outside world, their attempts to recover are shattered when a man is washed ashore, with news of airborne killer disease that is sweeping through Europe.
Motherly
›2022 · Thriller, Horror · 90m · Lora Burke, Tessa Kozma, Kristen MacCulloch
Kate and her daughter Beth live alone in an isolated farmhouse in the woods, but when Kate slowly begins to suspect that something sinister is happening, her motherly instincts are put to the test.
Screamers
›R1995 · Horror, Science Fiction, War · 108m · Peter Weller, Jennifer Rubin, Roy Dupuis
SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078. On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one purpose only -- to hunt down and destroy all enemy life forms.
Taking Lives
›R2004 · Thriller · 103m · Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland
Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is a museum employee who might be the killer's only eyewitness.
Eli
›R2019 · Horror · 98m · Charlie Shotwell, Sadie Sink, Lili Taylor
A boy named Eli with a rare autoimmune disorder is confined to a special experimental clinic for his treatment. He soon begins experiencing supernatural forces, turning the supposedly safe facility into a haunted prison for him and his fellow patients.
Blood and Lace
›1971 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 87m · Gloria Grahame, Melody Patterson, Milton Selzer
After her prostitute mother and her john are beaten to death while they are asleep in bed, teen-aged Ellie Masters is sent to an isolated orphanage run by a mysterious woman and her handyman, both whom she comes to suspect are hiding dark secrets.
Road Games
›2015 · Horror, Thriller · 95m · Andrew Simpson, Joséphine de la Baume, Frédéric Pierrot
When hitchhiker Jack rescues Véronique from a road rage altercation, the twosome decide to travel together for safety’s sake after learning a serial killer is cutting a murderous swathe through the region. Tired and hungry, they decide against their better judgment to take up an offer to stay the night at a mysterious elderly couple’s mansion…
Heart of Midnight
›R1988 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 93m · Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brenda Vaccaro, Jack Hallett
A young woman who is getting back on her feet after a mental breakdown, Carol Rivers discovers that her late uncle has left her a rundown nightclub. Carol decides to renovate the venue, but, in the process, uncovers dark secrets about the club and her dead relative. After a series of disturbing events, Carol becomes increasingly unstable, but she finds some measure of comfort in Sharpe, an enigmatic older detective.
The Invasion
›PG-132007 · Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction · 99m · Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jackson Bond
Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that transforms anyone who comes into contact with it into unfeeling drones while they sleep. Carol realizes her son holds the key to stopping the spread of the plague and she races to find him before it is too late.
Satan's Slave
›R1976 · Horror · 90m · Michael Gough, Martin Potter, Candace Glendenning
A young girl is caught up in a devil cult run by her wicked uncle and cousin. She can trust no one and even those she thought were dead return to haunt her.
Dead Sea
›2024 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 88m · Isabel Gravitt, Alexander Wraith, Dean Cameron
Stranded in the open sea after a fatal accident, a young woman and her two friends are rescued by a fishing vessel's captain, unaware that the ship harbors a chilling secret.
Gone
›R2006 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 88m · Scott Mechlowicz, Amelia Warner, Shaun Evans
A contemporary psychological thriller in which a young British couple travelling through the Australian outback become involved with a mysterious and charismatic American whose motive for imposing his friendship upon them becomes increasingly suspect and sinister.
F Marry Kill
›R2025 · Comedy, Thriller, Horror · 97m · Lucy Hale, Jedidiah Goodacre, Virginia Gardner
When true-crime junkie Eva Vaugh is shoved into the dating app world by her besties on her 30th birthday, she suddenly finds herself at the center of a real-life murder case. As new details about the murders are revealed on her favorite podcast, she realizes that one of the three men she’s dating could be the infamous "Swipe Right Killer" terrorizing the city.