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Plot Summary:
Five archetypal teens serving detention find themselves in a life or death situation.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, unusual plot structure, humorous, suspense, psychotronic, horror comedy
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The Axe Murders of Villisca (2016)
Plot Summary:
Three ghost-hunting high-schoolers visit the Moore House in Villisca, Iowa—the site of one of America’s most grisly unsolved mass murders. After their private tour is interrupted, the group sneaks back in at night, unaware of the otherworldly terror that awaits them.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, psychotronic
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The Boom Boom Girls of Wrestling (2015)
Plot Summary:
Six female athletic actresses who gets cast for being superhero's on a wrestling show. After hard training and ups and down's in the gym, the fresh wrestlers board the bus to their first fight in Las VegasS. The bus get stuck in the middle of nowhere, and the girls end up in a Ghost town together. They must survive and discover the truth behind the Ghost town.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, disturbing, psychotronic, slasher, queer horror, independent film
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Bloody Crayons (2017)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends goes to an island for a short film project when they are attacked by a mysterious killer after playing a game of bloody crayons.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 212
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, scary, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, psychotronic
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Dropping Evil (2012)
Plot Summary:
After his friends slip him LSD on a camping trip, ultra-nerdy Nancy hallucinates that they are evil beings and begins to systematically hunt them down. Meanwhile, a mysterious corporation monitors the entire event for their own hidden purpose.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 166
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, scary, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, horror comedy
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The Slashening (2015)
Plot Summary:
Best friends Lucy, Eva, Ashley, Beth and Margot throw a slumber party…..BUT MURDER NEVER SLUMBERS!!!!! It’s a timeless tale of friendship, betrayal, madness, and the search for some decent dick.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 259
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, parody, psychotronic, humorous, bleak, spoof, queer horror, splatter, independent film
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Amigo Undead (2015)
Plot Summary:
Amigo Undead is the story of Kevin Ostrowski as he attempts to reconcile with his estranged, underachieving brother Norm on a camping trip. They're accompanied by several of Norm's unusual friends. When one of these friends dies accidentally, the decision is made to bury him out in the desert with some very unforeseen supernatural consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, dark comedy, horror comedy
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Witness Infection (2020)
Plot Summary:
Two rival mob families are transferred from the Witness Protection Agency by mistake to same city, Temecula, CA, and find themselves fending off a zombie outbreak.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 732
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, horror comedy
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Jonah Lives (2015)
Plot Summary:
A story of revenge from beyond the grave, centering on a group of teenagers who unknowingly supply the catalyst for the murdered Jonah's return from the grave.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Sacrilege (2020)
Plot Summary:
Four lifelong friends head to a remote lodge for a weekend of fun. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly descends into a fight for their lives when a local Pagan cult offer them up to their Goddess as a sacrifice for the Solstice.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, tense, slasher, disturbing, psychotronic
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Cabin Fear (2015)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends is stalked by a killer at an isolated destination wedding.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 454
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, teen horror, horror comedy, surprise ending, twist ending
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President's Day (2010)
Plot Summary:
A group of high school students are hunted by a madman in an Abraham Lincoln disguise.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 471
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, dark comedy, teen horror
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Thriller (2018)
Plot Summary:
Years after a childhood prank goes horribly wrong, a clique of South Central LA teens find themselves terrorized during Homecoming weekend by a killer hell-bent on revenge.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Playdate (2012)
Plot Summary:
A new family moves into the house next door to the Valentine family. While they become fast friends, Emilie Valentine starts to notice bruises and odd behavior from the two sons in the new family. Are they victims of child abuse? Or are there twists and turns to finding out the real reason?.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, slasher
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The White Devil (2019)
Plot Summary:
A camping trip for a group of friends turns into an unexpected nightmare when one of them encounters a mysterious stranger.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 60
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Thrill Kill (2016)
Plot Summary:
Three seemingly normal teenagers commit a heinous murder for the sheer excitement of the act & their master ploy slowly crumbles to pieces... Thrill Kill is a dark, suspenseful tale which explores the cynical relationship between three lost teenagers left drifting alone in a foreclosed corner of Small Town America feeding on booze, pop culture, drugs, violent video games & plotting the unthinkable... a gruesome murder for the thrill of it.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Paintball Massacre (2020)
Plot Summary:
Old school friends go on a paintball trip miles away from civilization. But things go horribly wrong when they discover a cold-blooded masked killer is amongst them. Now, they must fight to survive their school reunion.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Craving (2011)
Plot Summary:
Leading a double life, Chef Ronnie spends her days as a charming celebrity chef who thrives and shines as owner of a trendy Spanish tapas restaurant in San Francisco, and spends her nights in ways too gruesome to fathom. As Chef Ronnie's reputation scorches up the culinary scene, San Francisco's murder count hits a record high. Haunted by her past in the form a vengeful lover, and caught in the seductive cross fire of an increasingly serious relationship; Chef Ronnie has bitten off more than she can chew.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film, grindhouse, dark comedy
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Erik: Portrait of a Living Corpse (2010)
Plot Summary:
A darkly comic retelling of Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera, from Erik the Phantom's, twisted perspective.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing
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Bloody Slumber Party (2014)
Plot Summary:
After Kelly broke up with Rick, her abusive boyfriend, her friends had a slumber party to cheer her up. As they are telling horror stories, there is a killer in the house coming for them.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, anthology
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Init!ation (2020)
Plot Summary:
Whiton University unravels the night a star-athlete is murdered, kicking off a spree of social media slayings that force students to uncover the truth behind the school's hidden secrets and the horrifying meaning of an exclamation point.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, scary, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, bloody, dark, independent film, weird
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The Anniversary at Shallow Creek (2011)
Plot Summary:
Six best friends find themselves at the wrong place at the wrong time. They fight for their lives against a serial killer who has more in store for them than death.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 369
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, tense, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Movie Night (2013)
Plot Summary:
In the small suburban hood of Nukaville, New Jersey lives the story of young Jerry Rizzo, a 15 year old who can't get enough of horror films. One day after a fatal mistake from one of the bullies at school turns Jerry's path into a brutal serial killer. It just so happens they're having a scary movie week of non-stop horror, horror, horror on the television, while Jerry is killing everyone in his way. Who will survive? Will this be his victims last Movie Night?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychological, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, cult film
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The Mad Hatter (2021)
Plot Summary:
An eccentric professor takes four of his students to the mansion of the “Mad Hatter”, an urban legend driven insane by mercury poisoning and grief. He says that there’s nothing to worry about now: the strange, shambling “caretakers” that haunt the home are merely servants that have fallen to inbreeding, and the Hatter himself has been dead for years. But as the students start disappearing one by one, those that remain start to question if the professor’s experiment is truly scientific...and if the Hatter didn’t just succumb to his madness, but decided to spread it.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 665
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, suspense, scary, bleak, disturbing, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic, suspense thriller
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King of the Underground (2011)
Plot Summary:
Part true story, part fiction, King of the Underground is a dark comedy about a frustrated rap artist who goes on an all out murderous killing spree after years of being rejected by the music industry.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Camp Blood 8: Revelations (2020)
Plot Summary:
The Killing at Camp Blood stopped for a while. But the son of the original killer clown has carried on the machete and driven by his deranged mother, played by Sally Mullins (Things 4, Lights Out With David Spade), continues to kill anyone who trespasses in his woods. When a group of female volleyball players' vehicle breaks down in the woods, they are all potential victims of the killer clown. Their leader and coach Dolly, played by Phoebe Dollar (Hell's Highway, Sunset Society), devices a plan that is meant to help them escape, but could possible get them all killed. Is she in on the murders" Does she have a dark secret herself? All will be revealed.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing
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Last of the Grads (2021)
Plot Summary:
A class of graduating high school seniors, nearing the crossroads of their lives, celebrate their last night together at the annual school lock-in. They never could have guessed that they’re about to encounter the harbinger of death, the legendary “Coast to Coast Killer”.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 904
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, grindhouse
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After Dark (2013)
Plot Summary:
Spring break for seven college students is derailed with one wrong turn. A flat tire on a deserted road leaves them stranded after dark in the company of a menacing drifter who may or may not be trying to help.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Billy Club (2013)
Plot Summary:
Four little league teammates reunite after fifteen years to solve the mystery behind a horrible killing from their childhood. A mysterious letter sends the gang on a mission to unearth the grave of their old coach and prove that their incarcerated friend is innocent. Little do they know the real killer is stalking them and hungry for their blood!.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, horror comedy, dark drama
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Aaron's Blood (2016)
Plot Summary:
Single father Aaron fights to save his 12-year-old hemophiliac son after becoming infected with vampire blood.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 853
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Victimized (2014)
Plot Summary:
Matt Miller has spent his entire life living in the shadows of his brother. He believes if his brother were to disappear then so would all his problems. So one deadly night Matt decides to take matters into his own hands.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film