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Plot Summary:
A married man has a brief affair, then goes back to his wife and children. His jilted mistress, believing that if he had no more family he'd come back to her, sets fire to his house, hoping to kill them. The man, unsuccessfully trying to rescue them, is horribly burned. After he undergoes an operation to reconstruct his face, he begins to plot his revenge against his former mistress.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic
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Picture Mommy Dead (1966)
Plot Summary:
Susan Shelley is released from an asylum where she's been confined to after the shock suffered over the fiery death of her mother. Her father has a new wife, who has only married him for the money left to him by Zsa Zsa. Susan is still haunted by her mother's memory, and her step-mother is conspiring with her lover, Maxwell Reed, to get the troubled girl to lead them to Zsa Zsa's missing diamond necklace.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 712
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, independent film
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Playroom (1990)
Plot Summary:
An archaeologist is haunted by a nightmare in which his family is murdered.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, surprise ending, lovecraft, cult film
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The Ice House (1969)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer who works in an ice house murders women, then brings their bodies back to the ice house and stores them there. He also murders his brother, who is a cop, and takes his place in the investigation.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film
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The Dead Don't Die (1975)
Plot Summary:
In the 1930s, a sailor trying to prove that his brother was wrongly executed for murder finds himself becoming drawn in the occult world.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 370
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: detective, neo noir, psychotronic, weird
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Death by Invitation (1971)
Plot Summary:
A young woman learns that one of her ancestors had been burned at the stake as a witch. She decides to revenge her on the descendants of the people who had her killed.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 388
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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Attack of the Beast Creatures (1985)
Plot Summary:
A terrible storm at sea turns an ocean liner's luxury voyage into a nightmare! Those lucky enough to survive the sinking ship soon find themselves stranded on an uncharted island. A living hell breaks loose when the survivors encounter gruesome, flesh-eating Beast Creatures!.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 705
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, weird
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Fortune Cookie (2016)
Plot Summary:
Cryptic fortune cookie messages become death omens for a group of friends. Director: Rob Pallatina.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, psychotronic, horror comedy
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The House That Cried Murder (1973)
Plot Summary:
The neurotic and newlywed Barbara (Robin Strasser) finds her husband (Arthur Roberts) in bed with his old flame Eva (Iva Jean Saraceni). Robin doesn't get mad-she gets even. Using funds supplied by her wealthy daddy John Beal, the scorned bride turns Roberts and Saraceni's love nest into a dungeon of horror.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 413
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, odd
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Blood Orgy of the She-Devils (1973)
Plot Summary:
Lorraine and Mark enter the world of witchcraft where Mara foretells the future and helps them remember their past lives. When a series of mysterious murders begin to occur, they turn to Dr. Helsford for advice.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 863
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, gothic horror, satanic, classic horror, independent film, cult film
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Blue Sunshine (1977)
Plot Summary:
At a party, someone goes insane and murders three women. Falsely accused of the brutal killings, Jerry is on the run. More bizarre killings continue with alarming frequency all over town. Trying to clear his name, Jerry discovers the shocking truth...people are losing their hair and turning into violent psychopaths and the connection may be some LSD all the murderers took a decade before.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, disturbing, psychedelic, surreal, psychotronic, mind bending, thought provoking, gothic horror, controversial, grindhouse
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An Eye for an Eye (1973)
Plot Summary:
The host of a children's TV show is really a psychopathic killer, and when he hears stories from the kids who watch his show about the abuse they get from their parents, he starts visiting the parents and murdering them.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 214
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, independent film, slasher horror, cult film
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Confessions of a Psycho Cat (1968)
Plot Summary:
A deranged, wealthy woman offers $100,000 to three men if they can stay alive for 24 hours in Manhattan, and then hunts them down.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 300
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychedelic, surreal, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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Don't Hang Up (1974)
Plot Summary:
A dutiful grand-daughter goes home to take care of her elderly grandmother. Once there, she finds herself trapped inside the house with a homicidal maniac.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 633
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, gothic horror, grindhouse, classic horror, independent film, scary, psychological, mind bending, serious, realistic
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The Doll (2016)
Plot Summary:
Anya and Daniel just moved to their new house in Bandung. Daniel brings home a doll from his workplace. Anya, who is a dollmaker, welcomes the doll happily to their house. They later learned that the doll belonged to a little girl named Uci, who died when she and her family were brutally murdered in a robbery. Strange things begin to happen.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 939
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic
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The Wrath of Becky (2023)
Plot Summary:
Two years after she escaped a violent attack on her family, 16-year-old Becky attempts to rebuild her life in the care of an older woman -- a kindred spirit named Elena. However, when a violent group known as the Noble Men break into their home, attack them and take their beloved dog, Becky must return to her old ways to protect herself and her loved ones.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags:
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Escape from Marwin (2018)
Plot Summary:
In life, we all deserve second chances. It doesn't matter what we have done. What if we were given a second opportunity in the form of an "escape room"? Annually, prisoners sentenced to the death penalty have the option to play this game and be able to get the great prize that they desire, their freedom.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: tense, slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative
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Dead End (2012)
Plot Summary:
Carl Foster takes off on a well-deserved weekend break with his family knowing only too well that focus on work has impacted his relationship with his wife, young son, and teenage step-daughter. But after a short but restful break in the journey Carl awakens to find himself tied and bound in an old roadside diner, his family trussed and gagged next to him, and a disparate group of dirty, disheveled, vagrant-like undesirables keeping them captive. Only time will reveal who they are and what they want, but things are not everything they might seem.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 360
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Five Desperate Women (1971)
Plot Summary:
Five young women vacation together at a resort on an isolated island. They are the resort's only customers and, aside from the boat captain who brought them here and the resort's handyman, Wylie, the island's only inhabitants. When one of the women is found dead, the others begin to fear the captain, who's been acting strangely. Wylie and the captain argue over the identity of the murderer, each accusing the other, and a fight erupts. Alarmed, the women attempt to leave the island, but the boat -- their only means of escape -- explodes and sinks before they can board it. Then Wylie comes to their aid, claiming to have killed the boat captain in self-defense and telling the women they're safe. But are they?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags:
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Survival Knife (2016)
Plot Summary:
The lone survivor of a serial killer's attack tries to cope with the death of her friends and her mutilation at the hands of the maniac - but she fears the trauma has awakened a dark side within her as she slowly becomes something possibly even worse than the man who scarred her forever.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful
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Honeymoon Horror (1982)
Plot Summary:
Imagine every newlywed's fantasy, a rustic secluded lover's paradise- Honeymoon Island. What starts as a weekend of love, turns into a nightmare of blood and terror for three young innocent couples. What lurks in the shadows of Honeymoon Lodge? Is it the caretaker, or perhaps something more fiendish and deadly? Honeymoon Island, where newlyweds joined in holy matrimony spend their wedding night screaming in terror!.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 377
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, grindhouse
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Hitchhiker Massacre (2017)
Plot Summary:
Beautiful, young hitchhiker Sally (Ely LaMay), attempts to survive the night while making her way back home as a sadistic killer and cannibalistic madman (John Blyth Barrymore) haunts the desert highways, probing for fresh roadkill.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 566
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, grindhouse, sadistic
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The Devil's Dolls (2016)
Plot Summary:
A brutal serial killer is finally gunned down in the middle of carrying out one last heinous act of bloody murder. In the maniac’s possession, a box of Guatemalan talismans, which mistakenly end up being sold as charm jewelry in Chloe’s Collectables thrift shop. Soon those who bought the Worry Dolls begin to act strangely out of character and cause another rash of senseless slaughter. An ancient curse is consuming the city and pits a hardened detective against the clock to save his 8 year-old daughter’s life.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, psychotronic, tense, suspense, disturbing, psychological thriller, spooky
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Ghost Note (2017)
Plot Summary:
An immortal blues musician terrorizes childhood sweethearts reunited over the Thanksgiving holiday.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 969
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, disturbing
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The Terrible Two (2018)
Plot Summary:
Albert and Rose Poe bought their dream house seven years ago in Greenfield, NC. They had no idea of the unspeakable horrors that took place in the house before they moved in. If they had known, then their children, Addi and Jade would still be alive. Instead the Poes now find themselves imprisoned in the house they thought was their safe place, and battling their two daughters for survival.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 407
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Bonehill Road (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young couple become stranded in the woods where they encounter a werewolf and a house of horrors.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, grindhouse, cult classic
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The Terror (1963)
Plot Summary:
Lieutenant Andre Duvalier has been accidentally separated from his regiment. He is wandering near the coast when he sees a young woman. He asks the road to Coldon, where he hopes to rejoin his regiment. But the woman doesn't answer, doesn't even greet him and walks away. Eventually she takes him to the sea, where she disappears in rough water. How can he save the mysterious girl?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric, serious, cult classic, classic horror, scary, stylized
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The House by the Lake (1976)
Plot Summary:
Harry is a rich dentist who often brings women up to his rural lakehouse. One weekend, he invites Diane, a former fashion model. On their way to the house, Diane runs a gang of thugs off the road. Humiliated, the thugs track down the couple for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, slasher, disturbing, controversial, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, scary, serious, realistic
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X-Ray (1981)
Plot Summary:
While receiving a routine check-up, a beautiful woman is stalked by a maniac out to avenge a childhood Valentine's Day humiliation.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, medical horror, grindhouse, psychotronic, bloody, atmospheric
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The Forest (1982)
Plot Summary:
A cannibal hermit living in the woods preys on campers and hikers for his food supply.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, sadistic, psychological thriller, rough, grindhouse, bloody, creepy, cult classic, splatter
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Texas Chainsaw (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young woman learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from her deceased grandmother. After embarking on a road trip with friends to uncover her roots, she finds she is the sole owner of a lavish, isolated Victorian mansion. But her newfound wealth comes at a price as she stumbles upon a horror that awaits her in the mansion’s dank cellars.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, twist ending, intense, suspense, slasher, rough, serious, suspenseful, bloody, splatter