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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undertone
›R2026 · Horror, Mystery · 94m · Nina Kiri, Adam DiMarco, Keana Bastidas
The host of a popular paranormal podcast becomes haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously sent her way.
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.
Phase IV
›PG1974 · Horror, Science Fiction · 86m · Nigel Davenport, Michael Murphy, Lynne Frederick
Arizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.
October FactionSeries
›TV-MA2020 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama · 1 season · Aurora Burghart, Gabriel Darku, Tamara Taylor
Monster hunters Fred and Deloris Allen tangle with evil ... and family drama with their teenage twins. From the comics by Steve Niles and Damien Worm.
The Cleansing Hour
›NR2019 · Horror · 91m · Kyle Gallner, Ryan Guzman, Alix Angelis
Two millennial entrepreneurs stage elaborate fake exorcisms on social media until one of their girlfriends becomes possessed by a demon.
Burnt Offerings
›PG1976 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 116m · Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith
A family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.
The Revenant
›R2009 · Comedy, Horror, War · 117m · Chris Wylde, David Anders, Louise Griffiths
A horror movie/buddy comedy about Joey and his undead friend Bart who comes back from the dead as a revenant: an articulate zombie that needs to drink blood to arrest the decomposition of his body.
Demon Seed
›R1977 · Horror, Science Fiction · 94m · Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, Gerrit Graham
A scientist creates Proteus, an organic supercomputer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creator's wife.
Resurrection
›R2022 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 104m · Rebecca Hall, Tim Roth, Grace Kaufman
A woman's carefully constructed life is upended when an unwelcome shadow from her past returns, forcing her to confront the monster she's evaded for two decades.
This Island Earth
›1955 · Science Fiction, Adventure, Horror · 85m · Rex Reason, Faith Domergue, Jeff Morrow
Aliens have landed and are hiding on Earth, but need Earth’s scientists to help them fight an inter-planetary war.
It Feeds
›NR2025 · Horror · 102m · Ashley Greene, Ellie O'Brien, Shawn Ashmore
A clairvoyant therapist confronts her own personal demons while trying to save a young girl who believes a malevolent entity is feeding on her.
The Harvest
›NR2015 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 104m · Samantha Morton, Michael Shannon, Natasha Calis
After becoming orphaned, a lonely girl moves in with her grandparents and tries to befriend a sick, bed-ridden boy next door, despite his mother’s strong objections. Her persistence leads to a friendship, but during secret visits, she uncovers dark secrets in the boy's home.
You'll Never Find Me
›R2024 · Horror, Thriller · 100m · Brendan Rock, Jordan Cowan, Elena Carapetis
Patrick, a strange and lonely resident, lives in a mobile home at the back of an isolated caravan park. After a violent thunderstorm erupts, a mysterious young woman appears at his door, seeking shelter from the weather. The longer the night wears on and the more the young woman discovers about Patrick, the more difficult she finds it to leave. Soon she begins to question Patrick’s intentions, while Patrick begins to question his own grip on reality...
Taste the Blood of Dracula
›R1970 · Horror · 95m · Christopher Lee, Geoffrey Keen, Gwen Watford
Three elderly distinguished gentlemen are searching for some excitement in their boring borgoueis lives and gets in contact with one of count Dracula's servants. In a nightly ceremony they restore the count back to life. The three men killed Dracula's servant and as a revenge, the count makes sure that the gentlemen are killed one by one by their own sons.
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
›PG1971 · Horror, Mystery, Drama · 89m · Zohra Lampert, Barton Heyman, Kevin O'Connor
Newly released from a mental ward, Jessica hopes to return to life the way it was before her nervous breakdown. But when Jessica moves to a country house with her husband and a close friend, she finds a mysterious girl living in there. Jessica's terror and paranoia resurface as evil forces surround her.
Parents
›R1989 · Horror, Comedy · 82m · Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis
Michael is a young boy living in a typical 1950s suburbanite home... except for his bizarre and horrific nightmares, and continued unease around his parents. Young Michael begins to suspect his parents are cooking more than just hamburgers on the grill outside, but has trouble explaining his fears to his new-found friend Sheila, or the school's social worker.
The Countess
›2009 · Drama, History, Thriller · 100m · Julie Delpy, Daniel Brühl, William Hurt
Kingdom of Hungary, 17th century. As she gets older, powerful Countess Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614), blinded by the passion that she feels for a younger man, succumbs to the mad delusion that blood will keep her young and beautiful forever.
Blood for Dracula
›R1974 · Horror · 103m · Udo Kier, Joe Dallesandro, Vittorio De Sica
Deathly ill Count Dracula and his slimy underling, Anton, travel to Italy in search of a virgin's blood. They're welcomed at the crumbling estate of indebted Marchese Di Fiore, who's desperate to marry off his daughters to rich suitors. But there, instead of pure women, the count encounters incestuous lesbians with vile blood and Marxist manservant Mario, who's suspicious of the aristocratic Dracula.
The Rule of Jenny Pen
›R2025 · Horror, Thriller · 104m · John Lithgow, Geoffrey Rush, Nathaniel Lees
Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychopath who employs a child's puppet to abuse the home's residents with deadly consequences.
Die Alone
›2024 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 91m · Carrie-Anne Moss, Douglas Smith, Frank Grillo
Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, Ethan, a young man with amnesia navigates the dangerous landscape in search of his lost love Emma. His journey takes an unexpected turn when he encounters Mae, a hardened and eccentric survivor. Together, Ethan and Mae face threats both human and otherwise before a fateful encounter with Kai unravels a secret that lies just beyond Ethan's fractured memory.
100 Bloody Acres
›R2012 · Comedy, Horror · 91m · Damon Herriman, Angus Sampson, Anna McGahan
Reg and Lindsay run an organic fertiliser business. They need a fresh supply of their "secret ingredient" to process through the meat grinder. Reg comes across two guys and a girl with a broken-down vehicle on their way to a music festival.
Hellbender
›NR2021 · Horror · 83m · Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, Lulu Adams
A teen and her mother live simply in a home in the woods, spending their time making rock music. A chance encounter with a fellow teen causes her to uncover a connection between her family and witchcraft, which causes a rift with her mother.
Subspecies
›R1991 · Horror · 84m · Anders Hove, Angus Scrimm, Laura Mae Tate
Three students get caught in the struggle between a good vampire and his evil brother in the Transylvanian mountains.
Mum & Dad
›NR2008 · Horror, Thriller · 84m · Perry Benson, Dido Miles, Olga Fedori
Mum and Dad, and their 'adopted' children, Birdie & Elbie, work at the airport. The family live off whatever they scavenge from cargo holds, offices and hotels - including a steady stream of transient workers who populate the airport's soulless hub. When Lena, a young Polish office cleaner, is befriended by Birdie, she gets drawn into a nightmarish world of torture, murder and perversity.