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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Honeymoon
›R2014 · Horror, Science Fiction · 88m · Rose Leslie, Harry Treadaway, Ben Huber
On her honeymoon, a young bride sleepwalks into the woods surrounding a secluded cabin. When she returns, she looks the same—but something about her is terrifyingly different.
House
›R1985 · Comedy, Horror, Fantasy · 92m · William Katt, George Wendt, Richard Moll
A divorced horror novelist coming to terms with the disappearance of his young son inherits an old mansion home to malevolent supernatural residents.
Needful Things
›R1993 · Drama, Horror · 121m · Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia
A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.
The LangoliersSeries
›1995 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery · 1 season · Patricia Wettig, Dean Stockwell, Kate Maberly
A jet leaves on a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Boston. But early in the flight, ten passengers awaken to a startling realization: All of the other passengers have vanished.
Lisa Frankenstein
›PG-132024 · Horror, Comedy, Romance · 102m · Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse, Liza Soberano
In 1989, a misunderstood teenager has a high school crush — who just happens to be a handsome corpse! After a set of playfully horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a murderous journey to find love, happiness…and a few missing body parts along the way.
In a Violent Nature
›NR2024 · Horror, Thriller, Drama · 94m · Ry Barrett, Andrea Pavlovic, Cameron Love
The enigmatic resurrection, rampage, and retribution of an undead monster in a remote wilderness unleashes an iconic new killer after a locket is removed from a collapsed fire tower that entombed its rotting corpse.
V/H/S/94
›R2021 · Horror, Thriller · 103m · Anna Hopkins, Christian Potenza, Brian Paul
After the discovery of a mysterious VHS tape, a brutish police SWAT team launches a high-intensity raid on a remote warehouse, only to discover a sinister cult compound whose collection of pre-recorded material uncovers a nightmarish conspiracy.
Cuckoo
›R2024 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 103m · Hunter Schafer, Jan Bluthardt, Marton Csokas
After reluctantly moving to the German Alps with her father and his new family, Gretchen discovers that their new town hides sinister secrets, as she's plagued by strange noises and frightening visions of a woman pursuing her.
Nefarious
›R2023 · Horror, Drama · 98m · Sean Patrick Flanery, Jordan Belfi, Tom Ohmer
On the day of his scheduled execution, a convicted serial killer gets a psychiatric evaluation during which he claims he is a demon, and further claims that before their time is over, the psychiatrist will commit three murders of his own.
Maniac
›NR1980 · Horror · 88m · Joe Spinell, Caroline Munro, Abigail Clayton
A psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, kills and mutilates young women and local models on the streets of New York City.
Vampire's Kiss
›R1989 · Comedy, Horror, Fantasy · 104m · Nicolas Cage, María Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals
A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a vampire and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to come to terms with his affliction.
The Dark Half
›R1993 · Mystery, Horror · 122m · Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan, Michael Rooker
Following the public's realization that Thad Beaumont and George Stark are one and the same, the former stages a mock funeral, only for a series of gruesome murders to begin occurring as in his books.
Mother's Day
›R2010 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 112m · Rebecca De Mornay, Jaime King, Frank Grillo
Crazed members of a sadistic family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new owners.
The Canal
›NR2014 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 93m · Rupert Evans, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Hannah Hoekstra
A man who suspects his wife is cheating on him begins having nightmarish visions of an evil presence that he believes inhabits his house.
Wer
›R2013 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 89m · A.J. Cook, Sebastian Roché, Simon Quarterman
A defense attorney begins to suspect that her client, who is charged with the murders of a vacationing family, might be more than meets the eye.
Kristy
›NR2014 · Thriller, Horror · 85m · Haley Bennett, Ashley Greene, Lucas Till
When a college girl who is alone on campus over the Thanksgiving break is targeted by a group of outcasts, she must conquer her deepest fears to outwit them and fight back.
The Children
›R2008 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 84m · Eva Birthistle, Hannah Tointon, Stephen Campbell Moore
A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents.
Beyond the Black Rainbow
›R2010 · Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery · 110m · Michael J Rogers, Eva Bourne, Scott Hylands
In 1983, a young mute woman with psychic abilities is held captive within the Arboria Institute, a secluded futuristic facility overseen by a sinister doctor with an unraveling mind and a growing obsession with her.
Significant Other
›R2022 · Science Fiction, Mystery, Horror · 85m · Maika Monroe, Jake Lacy, Matthew Yang King
Ruth and Harry decide to take a romantic backpacking trip through the Pacific Northwest, but amongst the beautiful scenery, Ruth makes an unexpected discovery that sets her off on a strange, frightening new path. The couple aren't alone in the woods, and they might not be the same when they come out...if they come out.
April Fool's Day
›R1986 · Horror, Mystery · 89m · Amy Steel, Ken Olandt, Deborah Foreman
On April Fool's Day weekend, a group of college friends gather together at a secluded island mansion to celebrate their final year of school, where they soon become prey for an unseen murderer.
Lord of Illusions
›R1995 · Horror, Fantasy, Drama · 109m · Scott Bakula, Kevin J. O'Connor, Famke Janssen
During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are preparing for the resurrection of their leader Nix, a powerful magician who was killed 13 years earlier.
A Christmas Horror Story
›NR2015 · Horror, Fantasy · 99m · William Shatner, George Buza, Rob Archer
Christmas is supposed to be a time of joy, peace and goodwill. But for some folks in the small town of Bailey Downs, it turns into something much less festive.
The Wind
›2018 · Horror, Mystery, Western · 88m · Caitlin Gerard, Ashley Zukerman, Julia Goldani Telles
Lizzy is a tough, resourceful frontierswoman settling a remote stretch of land on the 19th-century American frontier. Isolated from civilization in a desolate wilderness where the wind never stops howling, she begins to sense a sinister presence that seems to be borne of the land itself, and when a newlywed couple arrive at a nearby homestead, their presence amplifies Lizzy's fears, setting into motion a shocking chain of events.
Begotten
›NR1991 · Fantasy, Horror · 72m · Brian Salzberg, Donna Dempsey, Stephen Charles Barry
Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.