PRIVATE COLLECTION // EST. 2025

HORROR CULT

Eight thousand films. One forbidden door.

The collection is listening.

Unauthorized eyes will be remembered.
◉ HORROR CULTTHE FORBIDDEN ARCHIVE
PRIVATE ARCHIVE // HOME

THE CULT
IS OPEN.

Your collection at a glance: what is waiting tonight, what entered the archive recently, what you reviewed, and where the collection needs attention.

WATCH TONIGHT

Tonight's Queue

◌Nothing marked for tonight.Choose something from your Watchlist or ask the archive to summon one.
NEWLY FILED

Recently Added

⌁Reading the ledger…
IN PROGRESS

Continue Watching

▶Nothing marked as watching.Set a Watchlist film to Watching and it will live here.
VIEWING HISTORY

Recently Watched

◷No watches logged yet.
FROM YOUR WATCHLIST

Recommended Next

✦Your Watchlist is waiting.
THE NIGHTLY SUMMONING

Film of the Night

☾Preparing tonight's offering…
VIEWING JOURNAL

Latest Reviews

★No reviews yet.Your latest ratings and notes will appear here.
PRIVATE SHELVES

Collections

▤No shelves yet.
COLLECTION INTEGRITY

Archive Health

◈
No diagnostic pass yet.Scan for missing artwork, metadata, detail pages, duplicates and media coverage.
TOOLS

Archive Operations

CATALOGUE NO. HC-8749

THE FORBIDDEN
FILM ARCHIVE

A living index of horror, cult, exploitation, strange cinema, and everything that should have stayed buried.

8,749 FILMS INDEXED
127+ YEARS OF CINEMA
32 GENRE PATHS
⌕ Awaiting query
MASTER INDEX // FILES/FILTER_ALPHA_ALL.HTML
◉
Opening the forbidden ledger…
PRIVATE COLLECTION ENTRY

ADD MOVIE TO COLLECTION

Add or edit a permanent server-backed film record. Media Location remains private administrator metadata for the future streaming connection.

01 Identity
02 Credits & description
03 Links & media

Storage: connecting to Horror Cult server database…

SERVER COLLECTION

Added Movies

0 records

No front-end additions yet.
PERSONAL VIEWING JOURNAL

RATE & REVIEW

Add your own rating and review notes without changing the archive's original metadata.

Synced to your server-backed Personal Vault when the archive entrance is unlocked.
THE PERSONAL VAULT

CUSTOM COLLECTIONS

Create your own shelves and import personal activity from Letterboxd without altering the original Horror Cult records.

Bookmarks0
Watchlist0
Reviews0
Collections0

PERSONAL VAULT // checking server session…

BUILD A SHELF

Create Collection

No custom collections yet.

LETTERBOXD MIGRATION

Import Letterboxd

LB

Upload the ZIP generated by Letterboxd's Export Data feature. Horror Cult will match titles and years, then import ratings, reviews, watchlist entries and lists into your personal vault. You can also select individual Letterboxd CSV files.

No Letterboxd data imported yet.
RE-IMPORT SAFE

Repeated exports reconcile against your existing Vault. Diary watches are de-duplicated by film and date, and existing reviews are updated instead of copied.

Import history 0
No imports logged yet.
Unmatched films 0
None.
PERSONAL DATA

Vault Backup

Bookmarks, Watchlist, ratings, reviews and custom collections now sync through your Personal Vault on the server. Export a JSON backup whenever you want an offline copy.
THE PERSONAL VAULT

YOUR HORROR CULT

Bookmarks, Watchlist, reviews, viewing history and private shelves — synced across your devices.

PERSONAL VAULT // CHECKING SYNC
FILE THIS RECORD

ADD TO COLLECTIONS
CURATE THE SHELF

EDIT COLLECTION

Change the shelf cover and arrange films in the exact order you want.

SMART SHELF RULES

Auto-populate from archive metadata

MANUAL ORDER

Arrange Films

0 films
ARCHIVE CONTROL ROOM

MAINTENANCE

Control public availability, restore removed generated records, and verify the server-backed collection database.
TONIGHT'S SUMMONING

WHAT SHOULD I WATCH?

Give the archive a few rules—or none at all—and let it choose one film from the collection.

✦The archive is waiting.Set any rules you care about, then summon one film.
MULTI-FIELD INDEX QUERY

ADVANCED SEARCH

Combine metadata, personal Vault state, and Plot/Keywords into a single archive query.

Ready to build a query.
CENTRAL RECORD OVERRIDES

METADATA EDITOR

Edit generated movie metadata without touching the original Detail files. Every change is reversible and logged.

Begin typing to select a record.

✎Select a film.Original values, overrides and change history will appear here.
WINDOWS MEDIA INVENTORY

MEDIA SCANNER

Scan a Windows movie folder with the included PowerShell helper, then compare that manifest against Horror Cult without exposing paths publicly.

STEP 1

Create a manifest on the Windows media PC

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\scan-horrorcult-media.ps1 -Root "D:\Movies"
Download Windows scanner
⌁No manifest loaded.The scanner never uploads the movie files themselves—only filenames and private media paths.
ARCHIVE ARTWORK CONTROL

POSTER MANAGER

Search any generated or server-added record, preview its artwork, then upload or override the poster without editing the movie HTML.

Begin typing to locate a film.

▧Select a film.Its current poster and replacement controls will appear here.
POSTER CROP

FRAME ARTWORK

Crop replacement artwork to a clean 2:3 poster frame before uploading.
COLLECTION DIAGNOSTICS

ARCHIVE HEALTH

Scan generated records, server-added films, posters, metadata, duplicate titles, detail pages, and media-location coverage.

DIAGNOSTIC PASS

Collection integrity scan

The scan is read-only. Missing metadata can be repaired through the official IMDb API when configured.

IMDb
Checking IMDb repair access…Horror Cult never screen-scrapes imdb.com.
◈No scan has been run.Run Archive Health to inspect the live server collection.
OFFICIAL IMDb LINKING

LINK IMDb RECORD

Attach an IMDb title ID to this archive record. Once linked, Horror Cult can repair missing metadata through the official IMDb API whenever it is configured.

No record selected. Open this dialog from Archive Health to attach an IMDb title ID.
IMDbNo candidate search yet.Search the official IMDb API, then select the correct title below.
OR ENTER AN IMDb ID MANUALLY
Open IMDb search
Search for candidates or paste a tt ID / IMDb URL.
VIEWER IDENTITIES

HORROR CULT PROFILES

Each profile gets its own Watchlist, bookmarks, reviews, viewing history, stats, picker presets and private collections.

ACTIVE PROFILELegacy / Shared VaultCreate a profile to separate personal activity.
PROFILE ADMINISTRATION

Create Viewer Profile

Administrator authorization is required to create profiles.
HORROR CULT // PRIVATE SCREENING

NOW PLAYING

Preparing the projection room…

◉OPENING THE REEL…Horror Cult is negotiating a secure stream with Jellyfin.
0:00 / 0:00PRIVATE STREAM // READY
Playback progress is stored in the active Horror Cult profile.
PRIVATE PROJECTION SYSTEM

STREAMING & PLAYER

Connect Horror Cult records to Jellyfin while keeping API credentials and Windows media paths off the browser.

JELLYFINNOT CHECKEDRun a connection test.
SECURITYSERVER PROXYCredentials never enter the player.
Upload api/jellyfin-config.php when your Jellyfin endpoint is ready.
FILM LINKER

Match Horror Cult → Jellyfin

⌕Choose a Horror Cult film.Search by title, year, or archive record number.
▶No Jellyfin candidates yet.Select a film to search the media server.
Connection requirementsUse an HTTPS Jellyfin URL or trusted private-network URL. Horror Cult signs short-lived stream tickets and proxies playback through api/stream.php.
⌕ ESC
Quick navigation // commands // films↑ ↓ navigate · Enter select
ARCHIVE RECOVERY SYSTEM

BACKUP & RESTORE

Create a complete portable snapshot of Horror Cult's server-side collection data, or restore a previous snapshot.

CREATE SNAPSHOT

Full Horror Cult Backup

Includes server-added films, profiles, every Personal Vault, reviews, watch history, collections, metadata overrides/history, poster overrides/history, media mappings, deleted-film ledger and maintenance state.

⇩
Ready to create backup.The generated movie HTML and video files are not copied; only Horror Cult's mutable server data is included.
RESTORE SNAPSHOT

Restore Horror Cult Data

Select a Horror Cult backup ZIP. The server creates a safety snapshot of its current data before applying the restore.

No restore operation pending.