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Plot Summary:
The titular medallion is a gift presented to young Nicole Elmi. Once the girl places the gift around her neck, she is possessed by the spirit of a dead child who was a murderess.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 818
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, atmospheric, suspense, classic horror, terrifying, psychotronic
Best tv shows and movies like The Night Child (1975):
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The Mask (1961)
Plot Summary:
A young archaeologist believes he is cursed by a mask that causes him to have weird nightmares and possibly to murder. Before committing suicide, he mails the mask to his psychiatrist, Dr. Barnes, who is soon plunged into the nightmare world of the mask.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: classic horror, psychotronic, slasher, surreal, gothic horror, lovecraft, bizarre
Similar in 79%
The Dead Are Alive (1972)
Plot Summary:
A photographer on an archaeological expedition digging up Etruscan ruins in Italy begins to suspect that not all the Etruscans buried there are actually dead.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany, Yugoslavia
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspense, gothic horror, grindhouse, erotic, brutal, cult classic, classic horror, psychological thriller, psychotronic
Similar in 76%
Kesurupan (2008)
Plot Summary:
A College Teen Gets Possessed By Three Satanic Spirits After Retrieving A Mysterious Odd Doll,With The Help Of Her Two Friends They Must Race Against Time In Order Of What Is Something Sinister Happening To Her Before Time Runs Out.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspense, gothic horror, bleak, surprise ending, sinister, psychotronic
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Demons of the Mind (1972)
Plot Summary:
A physician discovers that two children are being kept virtually imprisoned in their house by their father. He investigates, and discovers a web of sex, incest and satanic possession.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary, slasher, sexy, satanic, demonic, grindhouse
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The Demon Murder Case (1983)
Plot Summary:
A young boy is taken over by demons who force him to commit murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: atmospheric
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Cathy's Curse (1977)
Plot Summary:
A young girl is possessed by the spirit of her dead aunt, who died in a car accident. Soon members of her family begin to mysteriously die off.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, terrifying, psychotronic, independent film, bizarre, cult film
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Glimpse (2006)
Plot Summary:
Morten is a young medical student who's Japanese girlfriend dies under mysterious circumstances. When strange things begin to happen around him, he tries to find out who she really was. He discovers that her family is haunted by a curse, a curse that now haunts him and only can be broken in one special way. But the more he learns about his former Japanese girlfriends family, the more he learns about his own family ... And one tragedy rarely comes alone.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 60
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense
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Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
Plot Summary:
A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, atmospheric, fairy tale, dark comedy, suspense, gothic horror, grindhouse, classic horror, terrifying
Similar in 83%
Metamorphosis (2019)
Plot Summary:
An evil spirit that changes faces infiltrates one family placing one brother in danger while the other tries to save him.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, scary, dark fantasy, gothic, satanic, religious horror, complex
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The Virgin of Nuremberg (1963)
Plot Summary:
Women are being tortured to death with various torture devices in the dungeon of an old castle by a deformed, hooded, holocaust survivor.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, classic horror, slasher, psychotronic
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An Angel for Satan (1966)
Plot Summary:
At the end of the 19th century, in a little Italian village by a lake an old statue is recovered. Soon a series of crimes start and the superstitious people of the village believe that the statue carries an ancient malediction.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 987
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, sexy, suspense, psychotronic, grindhouse, classic horror
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Beyond the Door (1974)
Plot Summary:
Jessica Barrett, wife and mother of two young children, begins to show signs of demonic possession while pregnant with her third child. As she seeks help from her husband and doctor, a mysterious man approaches her and seems to have some answers.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, satanic, demonic, bleak, suspenseful, scary, psychotronic, slasher, gothic horror, mystic
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Night of the Werewolf (1981)
Plot Summary:
An evil witch brings back to life the infamous Elizabeth Bathory, who was executed several hundred years previously for murdering young woman and bathing in their blood.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, suspense, classic horror, psychotronic, cult film
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The Spider Labyrinth (1988)
Plot Summary:
A young professor travels to Budapest to locate a lost colleague. Once there, he gets tangled up in a supernatural mystery.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 695
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, gothic, atmospheric, suspense, slasher, gothic horror, psychotronic
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Dorian Gray (1970)
Plot Summary:
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: erotic, suspense, slasher, grindhouse, queer horror, scary, atmospheric, offbeat, serious, realistic
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All the Colors of the Dark (1972)
Plot Summary:
Jane lives in London with her boyfriend Richard. Her mother was murdered when she was young, she recently lost a baby in a car crash and she's plagued by nightmares of a knife-wielding man. Richard thinks that the cure is vitamins, while Jane's sister recommends psychiatric help. But a new neighbour promises that if she participates in a Black Mass, all her fears will disappear, instead it just seems to bring her nightmares to life.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: gothic, sadistic, scary, disturbing, slasher, grindhouse, surreal, suspense, demonic, art house
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Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992)
Plot Summary:
Arriving in Gatlin, Nebraska, a news-reporter and his son get wind of a story about the youth in the town murdering their parents finds that a series of brutal murders are revealed to be worshipers of the corn-stalks and try to stop them before they carry out their plans.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, cult classic, scary, classic horror, dark, saga, pastoral, cult horror, rough, offbeat
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Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)
Plot Summary:
Two young Gatlin residents are orphaned after the younger brother kills their father. The terror of Gatlin goes urban when the two boys are placed in the custody of two foster parents in the city. The younger brother takes some corn seeds along for the road and plants them in the courtyard of an abandoned warehouse, bringing "He Who Walks Behind the Rows" to the city.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, cult classic, classic horror, dark, saga, pastoral, cult horror, tense, atmospheric
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The Evil (1978)
Plot Summary:
Shortly after moving into a dark, brooding mansion, a psychologist and his co-workers are terrorized by a horrible evil being.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, suspense, slasher, grindhouse, independent film, scary, psychological, tense, rough, serious
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The Haunting (1963)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Markway, doing research to prove the existence of ghosts, investigates Hill House, a large, eerie mansion with a lurid history of violent death and insanity.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, suspense, scary, black and white, atmospheric, suspenseful, psychological, creepy, 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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Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978)
Plot Summary:
A dog that is a minion of Satan terrorizes a suburban family.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, psychotronic, gothic horror, classic horror, spooky, natural horror, serious
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The Lords of Salem (2012)
Plot Summary:
The City of Salem, Massachusetts is visited by a coven of ancient witches.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, surreal, satanic, atmospheric, disturbing, splatter, art house, bleak, grindhouse
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To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
Plot Summary:
An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using her as the representative of the Devil on Earth.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: satanic, scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, gothic, gothic horror, psychotronic, sexy
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Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
Plot Summary:
Doctor Channard is sent a new patient, a girl warning of the terrible creatures that have destroyed her family, Cenobites who offer the most intense sensations of pleasure and pain. But Channard has been searching for the doorway to Hell for years, and Kirsty must follow him to save her father and witness the power struggles among the newly damned.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: gothic, slasher, scary, splatter, atmospheric, bloody, surreal, demonic, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 86%
Candyman (1992)
Plot Summary:
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 99000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspenseful, gothic, atmospheric, rough, creepy, frightening, suspense, bloody
Similar in 81%
Ghost Story (1981)
Plot Summary:
Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of frightening events developing.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, creepy, light, psychological, exciting, serious
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Don't Look Now (1973)
Plot Summary:
After Laura and John Baxter lose their only child in a horrible drowning, they are greeted by strange sightings of her throughout their everyday lives. When two old ladies approach them in Italy with news that their daughter may still be alive, it seems too good to be true. Perhaps it is.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspense, twist ending, disturbing, atmospheric, sexy, suspenseful, psychological, surreal, erotic, gothic
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Children of the Corn (1984)
Plot Summary:
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, slasher, atmospheric, suspenseful, demonic, creepy, rough, classic horror, psychological
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Hellraiser (1987)
Plot Summary:
Larry and his wife, Julia move into an old house and discover a hideous creature - the man's half-brother, who is also the woman's former lover - hiding upstairs. Having lost his earthly body to a trio of S&M demons, the Cenobites, Frank, is brought back into existence by a drop of blood on the floor. He soon forces his former mistress to bring him his necessary human sacrifices to complete his body... but the Cenobites won't be happy about this.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 138000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, slasher, demonic, suspense, disturbing, creepy, psychological, splatter, dark fantasy