
House of the Damned
13 keys to unleash the living dead.
Directed by Maury Dexter
Produced by Associated Producers (API), 20th Century Fox
A Gothic haunted-house thriller built on supernatural dread and grotesque apparitions, where couples trapped in a cursed castle encounter increasingly bizarre and unsettling phenomena.
An architect and his wife are staying in an empty castle in California. They are joined by an unhappily married lawyer and his wife. Things start getting strange when they spot a half man/half beast prowling around the house and keep seeing a headless woman wandering the grounds.
Questions people ask
Is House of the Damned easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.
Does House of the Damned end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.
Is House of the Damned scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.
Is House of the Damned sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.
Is House of the Damned violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Conventional, and it does not land.
How unlike any other film this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like House of the Damned
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as House of the Damned
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like House of the Damned, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like House of the Damned, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like House of the Damned, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
























































