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Plot Summary:
A young woman is invited by her girlfriend, who lives in an English country mansion, to stay there with her. The estate, however, isn't quite what it seems--and neither is the friend who issued the invitation.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: queer horror, psychological thriller, offbeat, disturbing, pastoral, suspense, independent film, grindhouse, creepy, weird
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Die! Die! My Darling! (1965)
Plot Summary:
A young woman is terrorized by her fiance's demented mother who blames her for her son's death.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, grindhouse, psychotronic, noir, slasher, gothic horror, classic horror, independent film, scary, psychological
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The Evil Within (2017)
Plot Summary:
The sadistic tale of a lonely, mentally handicapped boy who befriends his reflection in an antique mirror. This demonic creature orders him to go on a murderous rampage to kill the people he loves most.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, mystical, tense, rough, suspense, suspenseful, sadistic, disturbing, psychological thriller, slasher
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House of Madness (1973)
Plot Summary:
The inmates of an insane asylum take over the institution, imprison the doctors and staff, and then put into play their own ideas of how the place should be run.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: surreal, independent film, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, cult horror, black comedy, scary, mind bending, offbeat
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Blaze of Gory (2016)
Plot Summary:
British horror anthology with 9 different tales.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 661
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, anthology
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The Blood Spattered Bride (1972)
Plot Summary:
A young husband's sexual fantasies frighten his new wife and cause her to seek advice from Carmilla, a descendent of Mircalla de Karnstein. Carmilla seduces the young bride and forces her to commit gory acts of mutilation.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, queer horror, gothic, psychotronic, controversial, mondo
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Asylum (1972)
Plot Summary:
A young psychiatrist applies for a job at a mental asylum, and must pass a test by interviewing four patients. He must figure out which of the patients, is in fact, the doctor that he would be replacing if hired.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, anthology, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, slasher, gothic, suspense, grindhouse, creepy
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Cradle of Fear (2001)
Plot Summary:
A gruesome homage to the cult Amicus anthology Asylum, Cradle of Fear unfolds four screamplays all linked by the unspeakable need of an incarcerated child killer to wreak vengeance on those responsible for his imprisonment. Helped by deranged angel Dani Filth, who leaves a trail of charnel house death in his crimson wake, the cannibal convict forces two Goth vamps to endure a one night stand from hell, two tough female robbers to see through each other, an obscenely rich coke-head to chop up more than a few lines and an internet surfer to descend into madness when he uncovers the ultimate web depravity.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: disturbing, rough, gothic, scary, suspenseful, anthology, suspense, splatter, slasher, controversial
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Cover Up (1974)
Plot Summary:
In 1957, Dorothy and Edmund Yates (Keith and Rupert Davies) were committed to an institution for the criminally insane, she for acts of murder and cannibalism and he for covering up her crimes. Fifteen years later, they are pronounced fit for society and released. However, in Dorothy's case the doctors may have jumped the gun a bit. Edmund and eldest daughter, Jackie (Deborah Fairfax), try to discover just how far Mother's bloodlust has taken her. Meanwhile, youngest daughter Debbie (Kim Butcher) begins to explore the crazy roots of her family tree as fully as possible.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, gothic horror, creepy, cult classic, cult horror, classic horror, dark comedy, psychological, atmospheric
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I Scream on the Beach! (2020)
Plot Summary:
In the small seaside town of Mellow Coast, Emily (Hannah Paterson) is trying to discover what has happened to her father, but as she searches for answers her friends start getting picked off one-by-one by an unknown killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 264
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, psychotronic, suspense, disturbing
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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 Innocents (1961)
Plot Summary:
A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: gothic, black and white, scary, suspense, atmospheric, dark, gothic horror, psychological, tense, creepy
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The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)
Plot Summary:
The accidental unearthing of Satan’s earthly remains causes the children of 17th-century English village to slowly convert into a coven of devil worshipers.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: satanic, slasher, gothic, gothic horror, grindhouse, psychotronic, classic horror, demonic, pastoral, cult horror
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Alucarda (1977)
Plot Summary:
A young girl's arrival at a convent after the death of her parents marks the beginning of a series of events that unleash an evil presence on the girl and her mysterious new friend, an enigmatic figure known as Alucarda. Demonic possession, Satan worship, and vampirism follows.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: satanic, gothic horror, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, serious, disturbing, gothic, splatter, suspense
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Anthropophagus (1980)
Plot Summary:
A group of tourists become stranded on an uninhabited island where they are stalked by an insane, violent, and grotesque killer that slaughtered the town's former residents.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, grindhouse, scary, rough, suspenseful, bloody, psychological thriller, controversial, splatter
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Beyond the Darkness (1979)
Plot Summary:
A young rich orphan loses his fiancée to voodoo doll mischief on the part of his housekeeper who is jealous of his attentions. He digs his girlfriend up, cleans her out, stuffs her, and puts her in bed at the mansion. Following this, he tries out and disposes of a series of young maidens, trying to find the right replacement for her, and the disapproving housekeeper helps him with the disposals.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, psychological thriller, controversial, grindhouse, psychological, erotic, suspense, dark, bloody
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The Vampire Lovers (1970)
Plot Summary:
In the heart of Styria the Karnstein Family, even after their mortal deaths, rise from their tombs spreading evil in the countryside in their lust for fresh blood. Baron Hartog whose family are all victims of Karnstein vampirism, opens their graves and drives a stake through their diabolical hearts. One grave he cannot locate is that of the legendary beautiful Mircalla Karnstein. Years of peace follow that grisly night until Mircalla reappears to avenge her family's decimation and satisfy her desire for blood.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, scary, suspenseful, serious, queer horror, sexy, grindhouse, psychotronic, creepy
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Vampyres (1974)
Plot Summary:
A lesbian vampire couple haunt an abandoned castle and the English country side around it. They prey on passing motorists, whom they seduce, and murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sexy, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, scary, serious, grindhouse, gothic horror, cult classic, phantasmagoric
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Dario Argento's Suspiria (1977)
Plot Summary:
From the moment she arrives in Freiberg, Germany, to attend the prestigious Tans Academy, American ballet-dancer Suzy Bannion senses that something horribly evil lurks within the walls of the age-old institution.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 103000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, satanic, suspense, surreal, slasher, atmospheric, suspenseful, dark, cerebral
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The Sentinel (1977)
Plot Summary:
A commitment-shy New York fashion model moves into an old brownstone apartment, meets her weird neighbours and discovers she’s sitting on the gateway to Hell.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, creepy, satanic, slasher, surreal, disturbing
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Zombie (1979)
Plot Summary:
A zombie is found aboard a boat off the New York coast which belongs to a famous scientist. A journalist travels to the Antilles with the daughter of the scientist. They discover a terrifying disease which is turning the islanders into horrifying zombies, who devour human flesh and seem indestructible.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, disturbing, bloody, scary, slasher, splatter, atmospheric, gothic, brutal, creepy
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Inferno (1980)
Plot Summary:
A young man returns from Rome to his sister's satanic New York apartment house.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: dark, slasher, psychological, scary, gothic, suspenseful, grindhouse, suspense, atmospheric, surreal
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The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)
Plot Summary:
A family's road trip takes a dangerous turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park to stay with some relatives and find it mysteriously deserted. Under the cover of darkness, three masked psychopaths pay them a visit to test the family's every limit as they struggle to survive.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, tense, scary, rough, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, splatter, intense
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Plot Summary:
Five friends visiting their grandfather's house in the country are hunted and terrorized by a chain-saw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 180000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, grindhouse, suspense, bloody, splatter, cult classic, creepy, dark
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Hostel: Part II (2007)
Plot Summary:
Following a geographical tour of Slovakia, three young American women are lured into a hostel by a handsome young man who sells them to the twisted masters, ties them up and brings upon an unthinkable world of pain.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bloody, controversial, brutal, splatter, disturbing, psychological, suspense, sexy
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City of the Living Dead (1980)
Plot Summary:
A young woman has visions that suggest the eruption of the living dead into the world through a portal, spurred on by the suicide of a priest.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, grindhouse, disturbing, atmospheric, suspenseful, bloody, splatter, gothic, rough, creepy
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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
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Martyrs (2008)
Plot Summary:
A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 104000
Genere: Horror
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: disturbing, brutal, splatter, scary, bloody, dark, suspense, sinister, creepy, controversial
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Inside (2007)
Plot Summary:
Four months after the death of her husband, a woman on the brink of motherhood is tormented in her home by a strange woman who wants her unborn baby.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Horror
Country: France
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: disturbing, christmas horror, suspense, slasher, brutal, bloody, dark, splatter, tense, psychological
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The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)
Plot Summary:
During a stopover in Germany in the middle of a carefree road trip through Europe, two American girls find themselves alone at night when their car breaks down in the woods. Searching for help at a nearby villa, they are wooed into the clutches of a deranged retired surgeon who explains his mad scientific vision to his captives' utter horror. They are to be the subjects of his sick lifetime fantasy: to be the first to connect people, one to the next, and in doing so bring to life "the human centipede.".
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Horror
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: brutal, suspense, bloody, splatter, creepy, psychological, grindhouse, cult classic, disgusting, intense
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The Beyond (1981)
Plot Summary:
A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where after a series of supernatural 'accidents', she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, grindhouse, slasher, surreal, disturbing, bleak, bloody, gothic horror, atmospheric