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Plot Summary:
Young female embalmer Miyako is called in to restore the body of a young man who has committed suicide, before the funeral. While performing the embalming process she finds herself pricks by a needle buried deep in the boy’s flesh where it should not be. During the night the head is removed from the body and stolen, Miyako begins a desperate search for it so she can finish her work. Miyako search finds her encountering organ harvesting, religious cults, incest, psychopathic schizophrenics as well as some very dark secrets from here own past.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 257
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, sinister, detective, black comedy, grindhouse, dark comedy, cult film
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The Guard from the Underground (1992)
Plot Summary:
One of the contemporary masters of Japanese film, Kiyoshi Kurosawa here fashions a dark tale that is both a sharp satire of corporate life and a B-movie thriller. A former sumo wrestler now working as a security guard goes on a murderous rampage in the company that's employed him.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 431
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slasher
Similar in 81%
The Chasing World (2008)
Plot Summary:
Teenager is transported to a parallel world where everyone who shares his family name is being hunted down by the dictatorial government.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 302
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 78%
Death Water (2006)
Plot Summary:
Newspaper correspondent Kyoko Togakure (Haruka Igawa) visits a nursing home in the outskirts of Tokyo. She finds the dead body of a resident. It was an apparent suicide. He's holding a piece of paper with the mystifying word "Death Water" written on it. Nearby are blood-stained scissors, and his eyes are squashed. She has no idea that this death is just the beginning of a horrendous nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 251
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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Shadow of the Wraith (2001)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers are plunged into the realm of psychic horror, one tormented by a stalker, and the other involved with a girl whose home is the site of eerie occurrences.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending
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Possessed (1983)
Plot Summary:
An insane man is shot dead by two cops, Kung and Hsiao, after he refused to listen to them and stabbed a woman dead. After the encounter, the two cops always strange things and Hsiaos girlfriend is also haunted. To reduce the fear of hiring police a Taoist to sort out this problem.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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All Night Long 2 (1995)
Plot Summary:
In downtown Japan, a lonely computer nerd tries to maintain a peaceful existance while being stalked by a gang of deviant homosexuals who want to use him for their brutal S&M activities.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 573
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, brutal, bloody, heavy, terrifying, extreme horror, banned, banned film, cult film
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The Last Supper (2005)
Plot Summary:
A plastic surgeon who excels at his job hides a dark secret in THE LAST SUPPER. After finally succumbing to his desire to taste human flesh, the surgeon soon finds himself addicted to the taste of his patients' skin, which leads him to discover further culinary delights at a seedy restaurant with some highly dubious special dishes. Murder and mayhem ensue as the demented doctor continues to find new and gruesome ways to satisfy his appetite.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, dark, humorous, surprise ending
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Chain Mail (2015)
Plot Summary:
A usual chain mail is forwarded to a group of people. Some pass it while others ignore. One dies and is followed by series of sudden and unexplainable deaths of others. Soon after, a revelation begins to unfold, the chain mail is cursed and so she has to find the origin and mystery behind to stop the misfortunes it may cause to anyone who fails to pass it before another life perish again. Sandra also suspects Anne is behind the tragic incidents that happened to their friends. Will she break the curse before it's too late or will she become one of the victims?.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspense, gothic, slasher, surprise ending, sinister, psychotronic, tension, psychological horror, psychological
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The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974)
Plot Summary:
Sylvia, an industrial scientist, is troubled by strange hallucinations related to the tragic suicide of her mother.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: surreal, mind bending, surprise ending, suspense, mind twisting, gothic, psychological thriller, erotic, psychedelic, slasher
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Urge (2016)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends on holiday on an island experiment a new designer drug that makes them lose their ability to control their urges.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, sexy, psychological, bizarre
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Body (2007)
Plot Summary:
Chon is suffering from having bad times while sleeping. He tries not to sleep because he's scared of a girl in his nightmares. In the dreams, the girl screams for help before she is cruelly killed. Ae, Chon's sister is worried about the illusion that Chon sees in his dreams, so she introduces him to a psychiatrist. Chon tries to prove that what he sees is not just the illusion. Finally, Chon is right when some clues in his nightmares lead him to a morgue number 19. Now, the story of the dead body inside the morgue is gradually revealed.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, scary, mind bending, serious, bloody, surprise ending
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Id (2005)
Plot Summary:
A man known as the "Murderer" wanders through the woods. The sound of water flowing deep underground fills his head.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, cult film
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Danika (2005)
Plot Summary:
The story follows Danika, a woman whose fears for her children are manifested in premonitions of death and disaster. Bierko plays Tomei's husband, while Hall is her psychiatrist and confidant.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, psychological thriller, detective, scary, realistic, psychotronic
Similar in 76%
Cannibal Apocalypse (1980)
Plot Summary:
Released from captivity in Vietnam, two American Army officers return to civilian life and discover they have acquired an insatiable taste for human flesh. A city is terrorised... as they stalk the inhabitants to satisfy their primitive appetites.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, serious, scary, grindhouse, psychotronic, suspense, splatter, apocalyptic, cult classic
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All Night Long (1992)
Plot Summary:
Three high-school outcasts pursue a savage gang of thugs after one of their girlfriends is raped and murdered.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 813
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, extreme horror, bloody, slasher, disgusting, terrifying, transgressive, cult film
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Tomie (1998)
Plot Summary:
Following some trauma in her past that has since been repressed, a young woman is trying to recover her memories with the help of a psychiatrist. During her hypnosis sessions, she repeats the name "Tomie" but is unable to recall where she knows it from. Meanwhile, a police detective is investigating a string of brutal murders, where he also runs across the name "Tomie." How are the two connected?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: manga, detective, scary, tense, rough, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, weird
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Evil Dead Trap 2 (1992)
Plot Summary:
A female projectionist is haunted by the image of a small boy. Perhaps driven by insanity from a former abortion she goes on a killing spree, gutting women and removing their stomaches. Her relationship with her attractive and successful friend drives the plot deeper into insanity.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 799
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, controversial, frightening, scary, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surreal, disturbing
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Castle Freak (1995)
Plot Summary:
John has inherited a castle and Italy and he moves there with his wife Susan and their blind daughter Rebecca. What they don't realize is that there is somebody else in the castle. An abused child left to die in the basement who has now become the castle freak and is out to wreak havoc.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, rough, suspenseful, lovecraft, independent film, gothic, splatter, grindhouse, creepy
Similar in 83%
Dr. Giggles (1992)
Plot Summary:
In 1957, Evan Rendell flees after his father is lynched for killing multiple patients in his effort to find a replacement heart for his ailing wife. After 35 years, Evan escapes from a mental institution and returns to town for revenge, killing off residents one by one. When Jennifer and her friends break into the Rendell house out of morbid curiosity, Evan notices Jennifer has a heart condition similar to his mother and decides to make her his final victim.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, suspenseful, medical horror, bloody, grindhouse, cult classic, black comedy, horror comedy
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Angel Dust (1994)
Plot Summary:
Psychiatrist Setsuko Suma is called in to help the police solve an ongoing case of female-centric serial murder in the local subway system. Her investigation leads to her former mentor and lover, who becomes the prime suspect in the case.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, psychological thriller, retro, dark, cult classic, neo noir, detective, psychological horror, scary, tense
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Jigsaw (2017)
Plot Summary:
Dead bodies begin to turn up all over the city, each meeting their demise in a variety of grisly ways. All investigations begin to point the finger at deceased killer John Kramer.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, psychological, scary, psychotronic, rough, twist ending, surprise ending, psychological thriller, exciting
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The Empty Man (2020)
Plot Summary:
After a group of teens from a small Midwestern town begin to mysteriously disappear, the locals believe it is the work of an urban legend known as The Empty Man. As a retired cop investigates and struggles to make sense of the stories, he discovers a horrific secret that puts his life—and the lives of those close to him—in grave danger.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa, France
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, lovecraft, tense, suspenseful, detective, scary, slasher, philosophical, atmospheric
Similar in 81%
Suicide Club (2001)
Plot Summary:
When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Does the new all-girl group Desert have anything to do with it? Detective Kuroda tries to find the answer, which isn't as simple as he had hoped.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, surreal, disturbing, atmospheric, creepy, bloody, suspenseful, controversial, splatter, cult classic
Similar in 89%
The Invisible Man (2020)
Plot Summary:
Currently unknown.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 249000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, surprise ending, disturbing, slasher, tension, gothic, psychological horror, dark, twist ending
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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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Don't Say a Word (2001)
Plot Summary:
When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he's horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a post traumatic stress disorder suffering young woman who knows a secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Switzerland, Canada
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, rough, intense, serious, clever, scary
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Audition (1999)
Plot Summary:
Seven years after the death of his wife, company executive Aoyama is invited to sit in on auditions for an actress. Leafing through the resumés in advance, his eye is caught by Yamazaki Asami, a striking young woman with ballet training.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, scary, disturbing, tense, dark, bloody, surreal, controversial, suspenseful, suspense
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Saw III (2006)
Plot Summary:
Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detective scramble to locate him, Doctor Lynn Denlon and Jeff Reinhart are unaware that they are about to become the latest pawns on his vicious chessboard.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 209000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, disturbing, slasher, suspense, twist ending, bloody, clever, splatter, brutal
Similar in 78%
Shadow (1982)
Plot Summary:
An American writer in Rome is stalked by a serial killer bent on harassing him while killing all people associated with his work on his latest book.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological, dark, grindhouse, disturbing, creepy, bloody, surreal, erotic
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Saw IV (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead. Now, upon the news of Detective Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm and Agent Perez, arrive in the terrified community to assist the veteran Detective Hoffman in sifting through Jigsaw's latest grisly remains and piecing together the puzzle. However, when SWAT Commander Rigg is abducted and thrust into a game, the last officer untouched by Jigsaw has but ninety minutes to overcome a series of demented traps and save an old friend...or face the deadly consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 162000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, twist ending, disturbing, slasher, suspense, psychological, bloody, suspenseful, splatter, rough