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Plot Summary:
Amanda and her daughter live a quiet life on an American farm, but when the remains of her estranged mother arrive from Korea, Amanda becomes haunted by the fear of turning into her own mother.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, psychological, captivating, disturbing, spooky
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Kindred (2020)
Plot Summary:
When her boyfriend Ben suddenly dies in an accident, mother-to-be Charlotte collapses upon receiving the news. She wakes up in Ben’s family home, a crumbling old manor house in the middle of nowhere with Ben’s overbearing mother and his controlling stepbrother who are determined to care for her. Grief-stricken and increasingly haunted by visions possibly brought on by the pregnancy, Charlotte begins to doubt the family's intentions and her suspicions grow that they may be trying to control her and her unborn baby.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Ireland
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, dark, realistic, disturbing, scary, weird
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Carnival of Souls (1998)
Plot Summary:
Alex Grant is a troubled young woman, 20 years ago, she witnessed her mother get murdered by a carnival clown. She has nightmares of the clown - Louis Seagram. First a kind man then turned bad and also tried to rape Alex's mother. Alex fears for her life, worrying that Louis might come after her and her younger sister. One day Louis returns after being released from prison for murdering Alex's mother and tries to kill Alex. Alex dries the car that she and Louis are in into the river, then she begins to have hallucinations, she begins to lose her mind.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, surprise ending, scary, psychological, tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, dark, independent film
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Seven in Heaven (2018)
Plot Summary:
Sixteen year old Jude discovers each and every one of his fears is true.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, bleak, suspense, disturbing, dark
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The Little Stranger (2018)
Plot Summary:
In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house is now in decline. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Ireland, UK, France
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, enigmatic, bleak, gothic, melancholic, spooky, stylized, independent film, psychological horror
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Little Joe (2019)
Plot Summary:
A genetically engineered plant scatters its seeds and seems to cause uncanny changes on living creatures. The afflicted appear strange, as if they were replaced - especially for those, who are close to them. Or is it all just imagination? Thus starts a play between various truths,on which end stands the loss of the own identity.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Austria, UK, Germany, France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, underground film, art house, apocalyptic, psychotronic
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Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
Plot Summary:
Newly released from a mental ward, Jessica hopes to return to life the way it was before her nervous breakdown. But when Jessica moves to a country house with her husband and a close friend, she finds a mysterious girl living in there who may or may not be a vampire. Jessica's terror and paranoia resurface as evil forces surround her, making her wonder: Are the visions real or is she slipping back into madness?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, scary, slasher, creepy, cult classic, psychological, psychological thriller, suspense, surreal, gothic horror
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Don't Go to Sleep (1982)
Plot Summary:
A young girl begins seeing the ghost of her sister who died in an accident a year earlier.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, psychological, suspenseful, mind bending, atmospheric, bloody, suspense, spooky, serious
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Down a Dark Hall (2018)
Plot Summary:
Kit, a troubled girl, is sent to the exclusive Blackwood boarding school, where she discovers that only other four female students have been admitted to learn the four pillars of knowledge under the ominous wing of the mysterious headmistress Madame Duret.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, fairy tale, gothic, dark, demonic
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The Wretched (2019)
Plot Summary:
A rebellious teenage boy embarks on a gutsy crusade to stop the terrifying evil he suspects has possessed his neighbor in this bone-chilling occult thriller.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: dark, twist ending, suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, bleak, scary, slasher, demonic
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Nancy (2018)
Plot Summary:
Nancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, suspense, social
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American Woman (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young grandmother in a small Pennsylvania town raises her daughter's child after the girl disappears. All the while, a desperate search for her continues.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, social, detective
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The Turning (2020)
Plot Summary:
A young governess is hired by a man who has become responsible for his young nephew and niece after the deaths of their parents. A modern take on Henry James' novella "The Turn of the Screw".
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: India, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, suspense, bleak, dark, demonic, spooky, surprise ending, ambiguous ending, crying
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Come Play (2020)
Plot Summary:
A lonely young boy feels different from everyone else. Desperate for a friend, he seeks solace and refuge in his ever-present cell phone and tablet. When a mysterious creature uses the boy’s devices against him to break into our world, his parents must fight to save their son from the monster beyond the screen.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, spooky, enigmatic, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, emotional, dark
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Antlers (2021)
Plot Summary:
A young teacher discovers that her troubled student's father and younger brother harbor a deadly supernatural secret. Taking the boy into her care, the teacher must fight for their survival against horrors beyond imagination.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, mystical, unusual plot structure, slasher, suspenseful, bleak, psychological, atmospheric, depressing
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Separation (2021)
Plot Summary:
A young girl finds solace in her artist father and the ghost of her dead mother.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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An American Haunting (2005)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true events of the only case in US History where a spirit caused the death of a man.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, Romania, USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense, surprise ending, creepy, period piece, atmospheric, psychotronic
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Abandoned (2022)
Plot Summary:
After a young couple moves into a remote farmhouse with their infant son, the woman's struggles with postpartum psychosis begin to intensify... as the house reveals secrets of its own.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological horror
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The Messengers (2007)
Plot Summary:
When the Solomons trade in the craziness of big-city life for the quiet of a North Dakota farm, little do they expect the nightmare that follows. Soon after arriving, teenage Jess (Kristen Stewart) and her younger brother see terrifying apparitions and endure attacks from a supernatural source. Jess must warn her disbelieving family before it is too late to save them.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, atmospheric, tense, serious, spooky, twisted
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Dark Water (2002)
Plot Summary:
A woman in the midst of an unpleasant divorce moves to an eerie apartment building with her young daughter. The ceiling of their apartment has a dark and active leak.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, atmospheric, splatter, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, intense, creepy, slasher
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The Exorcist III (1990)
Plot Summary:
Set fifteen years after the original film, The Exorcist III centers around the philosophical Lieutenant William F. Kinderman who is investigating a baffling series of murders around Georgetown that all contain the hallmarks of The Gemini, a deceased serial killer. It eventually leads him to a catatonic patient in a psychiatric hospital who has recently started to speak, claiming he is the The Gemini and detailing the murders, but bears a striking resemblance to Father Damien Karras.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: demonic, scary, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, splatter, detective, cult classic, frightening, religious horror
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Old (2021)
Plot Summary:
A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 154000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, China
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, mysterious, tense, psychological, psychedelic, scary, dark, captivating, disturbing, retro
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Dark Water (2005)
Plot Summary:
Dahlia Williams and her daughter Cecelia move into a rundown apartment on New York's Roosevelt Island. She is currently in midst of divorce proceedings and the apartment, though near an excellent school for her daughter, is all she can afford. From the time she arrives, there are mysterious occurrences and there is a constant drip from the ceiling in her daughter's bedroom.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, dark, creepy, psychological thriller, stylized, tense
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Relic (2020)
Plot Summary:
When Edna, the elderly and widowed matriarch of the family, goes missing, her daughter Kay and granddaughter Sam travel to their remote family home to find her. Soon after her return, they start to discover a sinister presence haunting the house and taking control of Edna.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, China
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, mystical, scary, dark, slasher, tense, psychological thriller, atmospheric
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The Innkeepers (2011)
Plot Summary:
During the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, disturbing, suspenseful, atmospheric, dark, suspense, psychological, tense, spooky, stylized
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Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)
Plot Summary:
A twisted new tale of terror begins for a teenage girl and her family, predating the haunting of the Lambert family in the earlier movies and revealing more mysteries of the otherworldly realm The Further.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, intense, psychological, rough, bleak, demonic, splatter
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The Lodge (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two siblings spend the night alone with their new stepmother. Stuck in a remote mountain cabin, the trio are terrorised by a supernatural force.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, psychological thriller, disturbing, suspenseful, slasher, tense, psychological, mumblecore, atmospheric
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Unsane (2018)
Plot Summary:
A woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution amid uncertainty as to whether her greatest fear is real or delusional.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, psychological thriller, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, psychological horror, twisted, surprise ending, scary, mind bending
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Hereditary (2018)
Plot Summary:
After their reclusive grandmother passes away, the Graham family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun the sinister fate they seem to have inherited.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 364000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: psychological horror, disturbing, psychological, suspense, bleak, spooky, atmospheric, satanic, mind bending, dark
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The Ring (2002)
Plot Summary:
It sounded like just another urban legend: A videotape filled with nightmarish images, leading to a phone call foretelling the viewer's death in exactly seven days. As a newspaper reporter, Rachel Keller was naturally skeptical of the story, until four teenagers all met with mysterious deaths exactly one week after watching just such a tape. Allowing her investigative curiosity to get the better of her, Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 369000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, gloomy, dark, frightening, twist ending, psychological, disturbing
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Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Plot Summary:
A traumatized Vietnam war veteran finds out that his post-war life isn't what he believes it to be when he's attacked by horned creatures in the subway and his dead son comes to visit him.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: surreal, twist ending, psychological, disturbing, scary, bleak, surprise ending, atmospheric, psychedelic, psychological thriller