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 Final Scream
›2019 · Horror · 92m · Kate Lister, Marc Ozall, Becca Hirani
Aspiring actress, Kia Anderson, is about to learn that the final callback for a horror Feature Film is something more than she could ever of imagined - Something sinister is awaiting for Kia.
The Mirror
›2014 · Horror · 88m · Jemma Dallender, Joshua Dickinson, Nate Fallows
There is a long-held belief that mirrors act as gateways to another dimension. ·Some also believe the looking glass plays host to a world filled with evil spirits. Such superstition has been the basis for ancient folklore legends about haunting and possession. And one tale about a supposedly haunted mirror was picked up by the media in 2012. Both the Daily Mail and Huffington Post reported on how the owners of a recently purchased antique mirror left them dogged by bad luck, financial misery, strange sightings and death-defying illness. Now writer/director Edward Boase brings that horrifying story to the screen starring Jemma Dallender (I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE 2), Joshua Dickinson and Nate Fallows (‘Whitechapel’) as flatmates who buy the same eerie antique on ebay and set up round the clock cameras in the hopes of capturing evidence of bumps in the night. You have been warned!
Blood Dolls
›R1999 · Comedy, Horror · 84m · Kristopher Logan, Debra Mayer, William Paul Burns
Virgil, an eccentric freak billionaire, spends his days being a "biological inventor." The "blood dolls," his newest creation, aid him in getting revenge on those who betrayed him.
Exploited
›NR2022 · Thriller, Horror, Mystery · 82m · Jordan Ver Hoeve, Andrew Matthew Welch, Makenzie Vega
A college freshman becomes obsessed with the previous owner of his school issued laptop, a webcam model whose last session may have ended in murder.
Silent Retreat
›2013 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 85m · Chelsea Jenish, Sofia Banzhaf, Robert Nolan
Janey arrives at a silent retreat in the middle of the woods for rehabilitation, only to discover that the men who run it aren't afraid to show her what lurks beyond the trees.
Camp Cold Brook
›R2018 · Horror · 86m · Chad Michael Murray, Danielle Harris, Michael Eric Reid
Strange events plague crew members of a reality TV show when they visit an infamous backwoods camp that was the site of a mass murder 20 years earlier.
House of Fears
›R2007 · Horror, Thriller · 86m · Corri English, Sandra McCoy, Corey Sevier
The night before a local haunted house opens for Halloween, six friends sneak in for a few hours of fun. Soon after entering, they find themselves trapped inside with no way out.
Tempus Tormentum
›2018 · Horror, Thriller · 81m · Tyhr Trubiak, Virine Bahadoosingh, Dan Grapko
A drifter passing through a small town is drugged by three masked psychopaths and forced into a bizarre game of cat and mouse. He is chased through a series of more and more bizarre events until, in the end, he finds that this evening of terror has lasting consequences. It’s a feel bad film, nasty and brutish, red in tooth and claw.
The Hillside Strangler
›R2004 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 97m · Allison Lange, Nicholas Turturro, C. Thomas Howell
Kenneth Bianchi is a security guard whose attempts to become a police officer are repeatedly thwarted. He moves to California to live with his cousin Angelo and dates a string of women, becoming increasingly preoccupied with sex. Eventually the cousins decide to start an escort agency. After violently killing a prostitute they thought had betrayed them, Kenneth and Angelo begin committing a series of crimes that become a media sensation.
Dark House
›R2009 · Horror, Thriller · 85m · Jeffrey Combs, Meghan Ory, Diane Salinger
A troupe of actors hired for a haunted house attraction soon find that they are working in a true house of horror.
Severed
›R2005 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 93m · Paul Campbell, Julian Christopher, Michael Teigen
A multi-national forestry company engages in genetic experimentation to increase logging yield in a remote section of forest...
The Hollow
›R2004 · Horror, TV Movie · 83m · Kevin Zegers, Nick Carter, Kaley Cuoco
The presence of Ichabod Crane's descendant in Sleepy Hollow conjures the Headless Horseman to return and resume his spooky slaughtering.
Chiller
›PG-131985 · Horror, Science Fiction, TV Movie · 100m · Michael Beck, Beatrice Straight, Laura Johnson
A wealthy industrialist arranges for his body to be kept on ice in a high-tech cryonic chamber. When the instructions are not followed properly, he emerges from the frozen crypt as an empty, soulless creature with an appetite for destruction.
The Deep Ones
›2021 · Horror, Science Fiction · 83m · Gina La Piana, Robert Miano, Johann Urb
A married couple rents a beachside Airbnb, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. They soon discover they are in the grip of a mysterious cult and their ancient sea god.
An American Ghost Story
›2012 · Horror · 95m · Stephen Twardokus, Liesel Kopp, Jon Gale
When Paul, an unemployed writer, decides to rent and live in a house that's rumored to be haunted, he puts his life and his relationships in grave danger as he obsessively attempts to get the story that will finally make his career.
Sisters of Death
›PG1976 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 87m · Arthur Franz, Claudia Jennings, Sherry Boucher
During an all-girl secret society initiation, one of the new members is killed playing Russian Roulette. Many years later the survivors are invited for a reunion to a lavish estate, which turns out to be owned by the crazed father of the girl who died.
The Resurrection of Charles Manson
›R2023 · Horror, Thriller · 78m · Frank Grillo, Will Peltz, Sarah Dumont
While a couple creates an audition tape for an up-and-coming Charles Manson film, the dark events of the audition material slowly slip into their reality as they find themselves intertwined in an occult leader's sinister plot.
Bride of the Gorilla
›1951 · Horror · 70m · Raymond Burr, Barbara Payton, Lon Chaney Jr.
The owner of a plantation in the jungle marries a beautiful woman. Shortly afterward, he is plagued by a strange voodoo curse which transforms him into a gorilla. But is his transformation real or is it all in his head?
Scared to Death
›R1980 · Science Fiction, Horror · 93m · John Stinson, Diana Davidson, Jonathan David Moses
A series of hideous murders is taking place, and Inspector Capell and cop-turned-novelist Lonergan are investigating. The murders are found to be the work of an out-of-control experiment in genetic engineering. The two men must descend into the city's sewer systems to destroy the horrific miscreation. It won't be hard to find, as it's already looking for its next victims...
They Remain
›2018 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 102m · William Jackson Harper, Rebecca Henderson, Malcolm Mills
Two scientists investigate the root of environmental changes and strange animal behavior at a remote site where a cult committed atrocities. The isolated location, the unraveling of their relationship, and the biome itself begin to lead them down a path of doom where primeval forces threaten to consume them. An adaptation of Laird Barron's short story "–30–".
Grotesque
›R1988 · Horror · 89m · Linda Blair, Tab Hunter, Donna Wilkes
A gang of crazed punkers breaks into a family's vacation home in the mountains and slaughters the entire family, except for one daughter who gets away. As the gang pursues the girl through the snow, they slowly realize that some kind of murderous creature is chasing them...
Demon Hunter
›R2005 · Horror, Fantasy · 78m · William Bassett, Sean Patrick Flanery, Billy Drago
After resolving a situation of exorcism, the half-breed demon hunter Jake Greyman reports to Cardinal White and they realize that the demon Asmodeus is impregnating many mortals trying to raise offspring. Cardinal White calls Sister Sarah Ryan to assist Jake in his hunting for Asmodeus and his women.
Larva
›R2005 · Horror, TV Movie, Science Fiction · 96m · Vincent Ventresca, Rachel Hunter, William Forsythe
In Host, Missouri, the newcomer Dr. of Veterinary Science Eli Rudkus is called by the farmer Jacob Long to exam one of his cows. The veterinarian finds a strange parasite in the animal and sends it to a friend in the Department of Agriculture for research. Later, he finds the same parasite in a creek and he summons the population for a meeting, warning that the cause might be the animal food. However, Fletcher Odermatt, the wealthy owner of the local Host Tender Meals that has been providing free animal food for the farmers, brings his lawyer Hayley Anderson and discredits Eli. When a huge mutant parasite attacks Eli and Jacob, they discover that the meals are actually an experimental genetic cocktail that is growing parasites inside the cattle and people. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Hacksaw
›NR2020 · Horror · 70m · Amy Cay, Brian Patrick Butler, Cortney Palm
A young couple on a road trip takes a detour to the site where a notorious murderer, Ed "Hacksaw" Crowe, became an urban legend on the day he was killed many years before, but they quickly find the legend may not be quite as dead as they were counting on.