About The Horror Codex

By and for horror fans.

Something I’ve learned from mainstream film sites is that horror isn’t for everyone. There are some who simply endure a grindhouse great like the Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and there are others who relish it. There are those who cry “tell me when it’s over” as an alien fetus bursts through someone’s chest, and then there are those of us who can’t help but peer through our fingers at the carnage. Some suffer discomfort, and others crave it like a drug. Some even spend entire lifetimes chasing the feeling of our first true scare, battling desensitization as we venture down ever more extreme rabbit holes where Takashi Miike and Lars von Trier lie in wait.

Horror fans are a different breed. And we deserve our own community, where film ratings aren’t diluted by casuals. Where reviews can be trusted. Where we can rate and sort films not just based on quality, but also intensity. And where we can dive deep into horror’s dozens of subgenres, or explore the catalogs of various countries.

The Horror Codex is all of this and more, built around a database of 65k+ horror and horror-adjacent films. But above all else, it’s a community. It’s something we’re building together.

Users can rate and review the films they watch, and participate in discussions about various films. But they can also update a film’s genre tags and keywords, suggest related films, add useful links, contribute to community lists, and request the films that might be missing from the database. These inputs factor into the sorting and recommendation algorithms, shaping the site around community participation.

So yes, dig deep into the database and curate a watchlist that will keep you busy for decades. Yes, pore over the upcoming release calendar. And yes, journal your horror experiences with ratings and reviews. But, also, contribute your knowledge to the Codex. Help build a resource that will benefit generations of horror fanatics to come.

– Jon
The Horror Codex webmaster