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 Mad Ghoul
›1943 · Science Fiction, Horror · 65m · George Zucco, David Bruce, Evelyn Ankers
A university chemistry professor experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student, turning the would-be surgeon into a murdering ghoul as part of a plan to steal his lover.
Cult of the Cobra
›1955 · Horror · 82m · Faith Domergue, Richard Long, Marshall Thompson
While stationed in Asia, six American G.I.'s witness the secret ritual of Lamians (worshipers of women who can change into serpents). When discovered by the cult, the High Lamian Priest vows that "the Cobra Goddess will avenge herself". Once back in the United States, a mysterious woman enters into their lives and accidents begin to happen. The shadow of a cobra is seen just before each death.
The Possession of Joel Delaney
›R1972 · Horror · 105m · Shirley MacLaine, Perry King, Michael Hordern
An upper-class Manhattan divorcee comes to believe that her brother is possessed by the spirit of a serial killer who beheaded young women in Spanish Harlem.
Dark Places
›PG1973 · Horror · 91m · Christopher Lee, Joan Collins, Herbert Lom
The heir of a mysterious estate must unveil its secrets and discover its treasures before a scheming doctor and his seductive sister can steal what is rightfully his.
Afraid of the Dark
›R1991 · Drama, Fantasy, Horror · 91m · Ben Keyworth, James Fox, Fanny Ardant
A little boy, obsessed with blindness and violence, slowly gets trapped in his own delusions.
J.D.'s Revenge
›R1976 · Horror, Thriller, Action · 95m · Glynn Turman, Louis Gossett Jr., Joan Pringle
After notorious New Orleans gangster J.D. Walker is murdered in the 1940s, his spirit remains restless for three decades, until a hypnotist's supernatural nightclub act allows him to take over the body of a mild-mannered law student and seek revenge on those who had him killed.
The Vampire
›NR1957 · Horror, Science Fiction · 76m · John Beal, Coleen Gray, Kenneth Tobey
A small town doctor mistakenly ingests an experimental drug made from the blood of vampire bats which transforms the kindly medic into a bloodthirsty monster.
The Hunt for the BTK Killer
›2005 · TV Movie, Crime, Thriller · 82m · Robert Forster, Michael Michele, Maury Chaykin
After 31 years at-large, detectives in Wichita, Kansas hone in on the serial killer known as BTK.
Whirlpool
›1970 · Drama, Mystery, Horror · 87m · Karl Lanchbury, Vivien Neves, Pia Andersson
Tulia, a young model, is invited to a photographer's country home for what purports to be a quiet weekend retreat - but soon appears to be anything but.
Without Name
›2017 · Horror, Mystery, Drama · 93m · Alan McKenna, Niamh Algar, James Browne
A land surveyor working in an unnamed woodland area is disturbed and beguiled by a strange silhouette that moves amongst the trees.
The Gray Man
›R2007 · Crime, Drama, Thriller · 97m · Patrick Bauchau, Jack Conley, John Aylward
In the late 1920s, Albert Fish, a seemingly benevolent father and grandfather who reared his family by himself after his wife deserted them, turns out to be a serial child molester and murderer. Based on a true story.
Kill Me Again
›2025 · Thriller, Horror · 108m · Brendan Fehr, Majandra Delfino, Raoul Max Trujillo
Charlie, a notorious serial killer known as the Midnight Mangler finds himself trapped, reliving the same violent night over and over. Initially embracing his grisly urges, Charlie soon becomes desperate to escape the endless nightmare.
A Child's Voice
›2018 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 92m · Joey Burke, Angela Mavropoulos, Joseph Lopez
A homeless teen answers the voice of a child calling out for help and is sent on a journey to find a human trafficking network run by the child's killer.
Die Influencers Die
›NR2020 · Horror · 74m · DevHorra Dark, Seth Fischer, Esther Gabriel
Alpha male social media star Stue Harrington dupes a group of his peers into an overnight live-streaming event at an abandoned movie studio in Las Vegas, Nevada. Deep behind the old movie sets is the lair of a savage blood thirsty Clown Model Moxie who's directed to kill these intruders by a sinister Otherworld-Coyote.
The House in Nightmare Park
›PG1973 · Comedy, Horror · 92m · Frankie Howerd, Ray Milland, Hugh Burden
Comedy legend Frankie Howerd stars as the victim of sinister shenanigans in this hilarious spoof of British horror films of the early ‘70s. Starring Hugh Burden and Oscar winner Ray Milland, and written by Terry Nation. Foster Twelvetrees, a struggling tragedian who scrapes a living by giving hammy performances from the classics, can hardly believe his luck when he’s invited to give a dramatic reading at the country home of a well-off family. Joy soon turns to outraged horror when he discovers dead bodies, foul intentions, lots of snakes and a madwoman in the attic. Can he uncover the hidden family secret before he comes to a sticky end..?
Mischief Night
›2014 · Horror · 88m · Brooke Anne Smith, Malcolm McDowell, Marc Valera
The night before Halloween, a teenage babysitter is stalked by a masked killer; but in an unusual turn of events, victim and victimizer begin to develop romantic feelings for each other.
Curse of Crom: The Legend of Halloween
›2022 · Fantasy, Horror · 92m · Chelsea Jurkiewicz, Tanner Gillman, Colin Cunningham
High school teenagers accidentally unleash an ancient Irish entity on their hometown and must stop it before midnight on Halloween.
The Black Door
›2001 · Horror · 96m · Sergio Gallinaro, Staci Tara Moore, Kevin Blatch
Seattle, USA, 1999. At the demand of MEG, a camera crew investigates the strange course of events that brought STEVEN H., her boyfriend, to be hospitalized. Steven's condition is serious. His body has been severely lacerated by an unknown assailant. The doctors think it could be a wild animal, or maybe even a man with extremely long and hard nails. Steven is also suffering from a mysterious infection that spreads inside him at an alarming speed...
The Boogie Man Will Get You
›NR1942 · Comedy, Horror · 67m · Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Maxie Rosenbloom
A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar.
Reginald the VampireSeries
›TV-142022 · Comedy · 2 seasons · Jacob Batalon, Mandela Van Peebles, Em Haine
Imagine a world populated by beautiful, fit and vain vampires. Reginald Andres tumbles headlong into it as an unlikely hero who will have to navigate every kind of obstacle – the girl he loves but can’t be with, a bully manager at work and the vampire chieftain who wants him dead. Fortunately, Reginald discovers he has a few unrecognized powers of his own.
R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead
›PG-132025 · Horror, Fantasy · 91m · Bean Reid, Adeline Lo, Seth Isaac Johnson
When his brother disappears and everyone forgets he existed, Sam must unravel the mystery before Finn is gone forever.
Dead Dicks
›2019 · Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction · 83m · Jillian Harris, Heston Horwin, Matt Keyes
After Becca receives a distressing call from her suicidal brother Richie, she rushes over to his apartment and finds him alive and well - surrounded by copies of his own dead body.
Alison's Birthday
›1981 · Horror · 99m · Joanne Samuel, Lou Brown, Bunney Brooke
During a Ouija board session with her teenaged friends, 16-year-old Alison gets a message from beyond the grave not to go home for her birthday three years later.
Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss
›2020 · Comedy, Horror, Thriller · 93m · Kate Micucci, Sam Huntington, Taika Waititi
A small-town couple finds the perfect apartment in the big city, except there's one catch: the apartment is home to the ritualistic suicides of a deranged cult.