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Plot Summary:
Over-imaginative 12 year-old Sam heads off to the woods to summer scout camp with his pack convinced that he will encounter a monster.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Horror
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, slasher, enigmatic, psychological, disturbing, grindhouse, perverse, spooky
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Fear Runs Silent (2000)
Plot Summary:
When high school science teacher, Mr.Hill, convinces his student, Kerry Johnson, and a group of her friends to go on an overnight field trip, they find themselves face to face with the darkest side of terror. Not even their worst nightmares will compare to what they encounter in the depths of the forest. Neither Mr.Hill nor sheriff could ever hope to save them from what lurks in the unknown.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 438
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, independent film, splatter
Similar in 79%
Come Out and Play (2012)
Plot Summary:
A couple take a vacation to a remote island - their last holiday together before they become parents. Soon after their arrival, they notice that no adults seem to be present - an observation that quickly presents a nightmarish reality.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, enigmatic, rough, brutal, disturbing, suspense, mindfuck, terrifying
Similar in 89%
Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Plot Summary:
A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Adventure, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: brutal, scary, disturbing, controversial, bloody, splatter, grindhouse, creepy, mockumentary, cult classic
Similar in 85%
Frankenfish (2004)
Plot Summary:
When the body of a man is found completely destroyed in the swamps in Louisiana, the medical investigator Sam Rivers is assigned to investigate the murder. He travels with the biologist Mary Callahan to the location where the victim lived in a floating house and he meets his family and friends. They find that Chinese snake-heads genetically engineered that belong to a wealthy hunter are attacking and killing the locals. While the group fights to survive, the hunter Jeff arrives with his team to hunt the predators.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, suspenseful, rough, natural horror, spooky, queer horror, serious, slasher, splatter
Similar in 78%
Grizzly Park (2008)
Plot Summary:
A giant grizzly bear stalks 8 troubled young adults and a park ranger in a forest reserve called Grizzly Park after making the demise of an escaped serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, serious, suspenseful, slasher, suspense, natural horror, cult film
Similar in 86%
Animal (2014)
Plot Summary:
When plans for a weekend vacation hit a dead end, a group of close-knit friends find themselves stranded in unfamiliar territory, pursued by a menacing predator. Holed up in an isolated cabin, tensions mount as long-buried secrets are revealed. As the body count rises, the group must put their differences aside and fight for survival.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, rough, serious, suspense, slasher, grindhouse, dark drama, natural horror, independent film
Similar in 76%
Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines (2012)
Plot Summary:
A small West Virginia town is hosting the legendary Mountain Man Festival on Halloween, where throngs of costumed party goers gather for a wild night of music and mischief. But an inbred family of hillbilly cannibals kill the fun when they trick and treat themselves to a group of visiting college students.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Adventure, Horror
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, bloody, splatter, psychological
Similar in 89%
Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort (2014)
Plot Summary:
A sudden and mysterious inheritance brings Danny and his friends to Hobb Springs, a forgotten resort deep in the West Virginia hills. Hobb Springs is being looked after under the watchful care of Jackson and Sally, a socially awkward couple who introduce Danny to the long lost family he's never known. A clan by the name of Hillicker. But soon Danny learns his relatives have a different way of living, that for generations, the Hillickers have observed ancient traditions rooted in cannibalism and other taboo rituals.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Adventure, Horror
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, realistic, suspenseful, splatter, erotic, romantic, bloody, terrifying
Similar in 82%
Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings (2011)
Plot Summary:
Follows a group of friends that decide to go snowmobiling during their winter break. They make a "wrong turn", getting lost in a storm.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Adventure, Horror
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, suspenseful, bloody, psychological, brutal, saga, splatter, cult horror
Similar in 85%
Primal (2010)
Plot Summary:
Anja and five friends join anthroplogy student, Dace, on a journey to study a remote, ancient rock painting. Their excitement vanishes when Mel becomes delirious after skinny-dipping in the waterhole. Feverish, bleeding, confused, she physically and mentally regresses to a vicious predatory state. Mel has gone primal. Mel’s lover and friends realise they are the prey as she savagely hunts them down. Before they can escape another one of them starts to regress, posing a hideous choice; kill their friends or be killed by them. Their only hope of survival is through a cave, where Anja learns too late the meaning of the ancient rock art they came to study.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, serious, scary, brutal, bloody, slasher, disturbing, grindhouse, twisted
Similar in 87%
The Final Terror (1983)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends and their girlfriends head out for what is expected to be a vacation of hiking, camping and a good time, but when a backwoods mama finds them on her turf, it becomes anything but a vacation.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, rough, suspense, psychological thriller, serious, grindhouse, retro, bloody, cult classic
Similar in 85%
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
Plot Summary:
The Big Apple's in big trouble, as indestructible psycho-fiend Jason Vorhees hits the road to New York City. After a shocking return from beyond the grave, the diabolical Jason ships out abroad a teen-filled "love boat" bound for New York, which he soon transforms into the ultimate voyage of the damned. Then one of his terrified victims escapes into the nightmarish maze of Manhattan's subways and sewers, only to confront Jason one final time.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bloody, classic horror, psychological thriller, retro, controversial, anime, cult horror, spooky
Similar in 89%
The Burning (1981)
Plot Summary:
A caretaker at a summer camp is burned when a prank goes tragically wrong. After several years of intensive treatment at hospital, he is released back into society, albeit missing some social skills. What follows is a bloody killing spree with the caretaker making his way back to his old stomping ground to confront one of the youths that accidently burned him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, grindhouse, psychotronic, cult horror, classic horror, bloody, creepy, spooky, terrifying
Similar in 88%
It Waits (2005)
Plot Summary:
A lone female park ranger tries to track down a vicious creature killing various people and terrorizing her at a remote national park.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, serious, suspenseful, slasher, scary, splatter, psychotronic, corny
Similar in 85%
High Lane (2009)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends on vacation decide to venture onto a trail high up in the mountains that has been closed for repairs. The climb proves more perilous than planned, especially as they soon realize that they are not alone. The adventure turns into a nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, suspenseful, slasher, serious, suspense, disturbing, psychological, dread, perverse
Similar in 81%
The Funhouse (1981)
Plot Summary:
Rebellious teen Amy defies her parents by going to a trashy carnival that has pulled into town. In tow are her boyfriend, Buzz, and their friends Liz and Richie. Thinking it would be fun to spend the night in the campy "Funhouse" horror ride, the teens witness a murder by a deformed worker wearing a mask. Locked in, Amy and her friends must evade the murderous carnival workers and escape before it leaves town the next day.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspense, atmospheric, bloody, grindhouse, stylized, intense, disturbing, rough
Similar in 79%
Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
Plot Summary:
After 23 horrifying days of gorging on human flesh, an ancient creature known as the Creeper embarks on a final voracious feeding frenzy, terrorizing a group of varsity basketball players, cheerleaders and coaches stranded on a remote highway when their bus breaks down. The terrified group is forced to come together and do battle against the winged creature hell-bent on completing its grizzly ritual.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, slasher, splatter, bloody, rough, serious, creepy, psychotronic
Similar in 89%
Just Before Dawn (1981)
Plot Summary:
Five campers arrive in the mountains to examine some property they have bought, but are warned by the forest ranger Roy McLean that a huge machete-wielding maniac has been terrorising the area. Ignoring the warnings, they set up camp, and start disappearing one by one. If that sounds too run-of-the-mill, there's a genuinely shocking plot twist half-way through.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, bloody, cult classic, independent film, serious, suspense
Similar in 86%
Madman (1981)
Plot Summary:
At a summer camp for youths, cocky pre-teen calls out the name of mass serial killer "Madman Marz". Suddenly, counselors are being maimed and slaughtered in various ways by the backwoodsman who has returned when his name was called.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspenseful, bloody, serious, grindhouse, slasher horror, cult horror, independent film, suspense
Similar in 80%
Halloween (2007)
Plot Summary:
After being committed for 17 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution (where he was committed as a 10 year old) and he immediately returns to Haddonfield, where he wants to find his baby sister, Laurie. Anyone who crosses his path is in mortal danger.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 129000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological, bloody, suspenseful, splatter, suspense, creepy, stylized, rough
Similar in 88%
Eden Lake (2008)
Plot Summary:
Eden Lake is a relentlessly tense and immaculately paced horror-thriller about modern youth gone wild. When a young couple goes to a remote wooded lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is shattered by an aggressive group of local kids. Rowdiness quickly turns to rage as the teens terrorize the couple in unimaginable ways, and a weekend outing becomes a bloody battle for survival.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 93000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, brutal, slasher, scary, bleak, bad ending, disturbing, suspenseful, bloody, harsh
Similar in 85%
Tourist Trap (1979)
Plot Summary:
Their car breaks down and four friends find themselves stranded at The Lost Oasis, a strange museum run by the friendly Mr. Slausen. Even though they are warned not to, the teens explore a house nearby and learn that it belongs to Davey, Mr. Slausen's insane brother. Davey has a knack for making mannequins. In fact, his house is filled with them. Davey's enthusiasm shows when starts adding the teenagers to his collection.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological, suspenseful, serious, realistic, disturbing, bloody, grindhouse, cult horror
Similar in 77%
Sleepaway Camp (1983)
Plot Summary:
Slightly disturbed and painfully shy Angela Baker is sent away to summer camp with her cousin. Not long after Angela's arrival, things start to go horribly wrong for anyone with sinister or less than honorable intentions.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, twist ending, surprise ending, disturbing, suspenseful, bloody, sexy, rough, cult classic
Similar in 81%
Cannibal Ferox (1981)
Plot Summary:
Three friends out to disprove cannibalism meet two men on the run who tortured and enslaved a cannibal tribe to find emeralds, and now the tribe is out for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Adventure, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: bloody, slasher, grindhouse, controversial, disturbing, splatter, extreme horror, scary, suspenseful, brutal
Similar in 75%
The Descent: Part 2 (2009)
Plot Summary:
Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or why she's covered in her friends' blood - Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, scary, intense, bloody, grindhouse, brutal, slasher
Similar in 88%
Backcountry (2014)
Plot Summary:
A couple on a deep-wilderness hike become hopelessly lost within an aggressive black bear's territory.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, captivating, psychological, natural horror, scary, disturbing
Similar in 83%
The Ruins (2008)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends whose leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they, along with a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 82000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, suspenseful, slasher, suspense, creepy, atmospheric, bloody, disturbing, splatter
Similar in 86%
Cabin Fever (2002)
Plot Summary:
A group of five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrifying flesh-eating virus, which attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 82000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, disturbing, rough, splatter, creepy, dark comedy, bloody, cult classic, teen
Similar in 83%
High Tension (2003)
Plot Summary:
Alexia travels with her friend Marie to spend a couple of days with her family in their farm in the country. They arrive late and they are welcomed by Alexia's father. Late in the night, a sadistic and sick killer breaks into the farmhouse, slaughters Alexia's family--including their dog--and kidnaps Alexia. Marie hides from the criminal and tries to help the hysterical and frightened Alexia, chase the maniac, and disclose his identity in the end.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Horror
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, splatter, disturbing, twist ending, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, bloody, intense
Similar in 86%
The Descent (2005)
Plot Summary:
After a tragic accident, six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep underground and they find themselves pursued by bloodthirsty creatures. As their friendships deteriorate, they find themselves in a desperate struggle to survive the creatures and each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 242000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, dark, atmospheric, disturbing, creepy, psychological, twist ending, splatter