
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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Frenzy
›1972 · Crime, Thriller, Horror · 116m · Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt
London is terrorized by a vicious sex killer known as The Necktie Murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence.

Dark Night of the Scarecrow
›NR1981 · Horror, TV Movie · 97m · Charles Durning, Larry Drake, Robert F. Lyons
Bubba, an intellectually disabled man, is falsely accused of attacking a young girl. Disguised as a scarecrow, he hides in a cornfield, only to be hunted down and shot by four vigilante men. After they are acquitted due to lack of evidence, the men find themselves being stalked one by one.

Nightmare at Shadow Woods
›R1987 · Horror, Thriller · 79m · Louise Lasser, Mark Soper, Marianne Kanter
Twins Todd and Terry seem like sweet boys -- that is, until one of them takes an axe to the face of a fellow patron at the local drive-in.

The Murders in the Rue Morgue
›PG1986 · Crime, Horror, Mystery · 100m · George C. Scott, Rebecca De Mornay, Ian McShane
A detective comes out of retirement to help his daughter's fiance prove that he did not commit a series of murders.

Crimewave
›PG-131985 · Comedy, Crime, Horror · 83m · Reed Birney, Louise Lasser, Sheree J. Wilson
A pair of whacked-out cartoon-like exterminator/hitmen kill the owner of a burglar-alarm company, and stalk the partner who hired them, his wife, and a nerd framed for the murder, who tells the story in flashback from the electric chair.

Dracula's Widow
›R1988 · Horror, Thriller · 86m · Sylvia Kristel, Josef Sommer, Lenny Von Dohlen
Dracula's wife, Vanessa, comes back to life and attacks Raymond who has a waxworks museum, where he displays notorious monsters and murderers.

100 Tears
›NC-172007 · Horror · 91m · Raine Brown, Joe Davison, Georgia Chris
After being accused of crimes he did not commit, a lonely circus performer exacts his revenge on those who unjustly condemned him. The act sparks something inside of him which he cannot stop and now, years later, his inner-demons have truly surfaced. Part urban legend, part tabloid sensationalism... he is now an unstoppable murderous juggernaut, fueled only by hate.






















