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Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)
Plot Summary:
D has been hired to track down Meier Link, a notoriously powerful vampire who has abducted a woman, Charlotte Elbourne. D's orders are strict - find Charlotte, at any cost. For the first time, D faces serious competition. The Markus Brothers, a family of Vampire Hunters, were hired for the same bounty. D Must intercept Meier and conquer hostile forces on all sides in a deadly race against time
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, Hong Kong, USA
Plot tags: vampire, supernatural, gory, danger, master warrior, bounty hunter, blood, obsessive quest, violent content, true love, half breed, missing person, werewolf, supernatural power, mutant, woman in danger, justice, supernatural being, vampire apocalypse, monster, betrayal, vampire human love, kidnapping, zombie, revenge
American Psycho (2000)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies
Duration: 102 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 690000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: psychopath, serial killer, insanity, sociopath, satire, dark humor, violence, materialism, mental illness, psycho killer, psycho, yuppie, hidden identity, serial murder, millionaire, nihilism, greed, cannibal, sadism, macabre, brutality, terror, murder, crazy, maniac
Pitch Black (2000)
Plot Summary:
When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is rapidly plunging into the utter blackness of a total eclipse. With the body count rising, the doomed survivors are forced to turn to Riddick with his eerie eyes to guide them through the darkness to safety. With time running out, there's only one rule: Stay in the light
Duration: 109 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 251000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: monster, creature, survival, alien, space travel, alien life-form, one man army, outer space, dark hero, tough guy, anti hero, deadly creature, space and aliens, escape, eclipse, spaceship crash, mysterious planet, danger, alien invasion, tough heroes, alien encounter, alien creature, warrior, evil alien, space
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Plot Summary:
Director F.W. Murnau (John Malkovich) makes a Faustian pact with a vampire (Willem Dafoe) to get him to star in his 1922 film "Nosferatu."
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, Luxembourg, USA
Plot tags: dracula, vampire, supernatural, obsession, monster, filmmaker, filmmaking, megalomaniac, escapades, human nature, imaginary, artists and showbiz, great ending, bloodsucker, undead, movie business, gory, blood, satire, love, gay, ghost, hunter, frankenstein, dream
Ginger Snaps (2000)
Plot Summary:
The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger (Katharine Isabelle) and Brigitte (Emily Perkins), in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously heal but something is not quite right. Now Brigitte must save her sister and save herself
Duration: 108 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Plot tags: coming of age, werewolf, halloween, teenager, obsession, transformation, gory, goth, high school, sisters, full moon, goth girl, puberty, blood, monster, supernatural, dark humor, female werewolf, death, body horror, drug dealing, halloween party, sister sister relationship, shapeshifting, violence
Final Destination (2000)
Plot Summary:
After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 274000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: supernatural, death, life & death, survival, characters killed one by one, destiny, danger, group of friends, disaster, freak accident, psychic, race against time, air disaster, gory, teenager, youth, psychic power, premonition, omen, gore, supernatural horror, strong violent content, a vision, torture, catastrophe
The Gift (2000)
Plot Summary:
When a local woman disappears and the police can't seem to find any leads, her father turns to a poor young woman with psychic powers. Slowly she starts having visions of the woman chained and in a pond. Her visions lead to the body and the arrest of an abusive husband, but did he really do it?
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 74000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: psychic, mental illness, investigation, clairvoyant, small town, extrasensory perception, murder, psychic power, tarot card, fortune teller, violence, macabre, foreknowledge, adultery, missing person, abusive husband, murder mystery, supernatural, violence against women, wife abuse, ghost, premonition, child abuse, backwoods, widow
Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)
Plot Summary:
In Japan, the vampire-hunter Saya, who is a powerful original, is sent by her liaison with the government, David, posed as a teenage student to the Yokota High School on the eve of Halloween to hunt down vampires. Saya asks David to give a new katana to her. Soon she saves the school nurse Makiho Amano from two vampires disguised of classmates and Makiho witnesses her fight against the powerful demon
Duration: 48 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Animation, Action, Horror
Country: Japan
Plot tags: vampire, gory, deadly creature, murder, good versus evil, heroic mission, secret movement, battles, escapades, rivalry, danger, imaginary, violent content, halloween, graphic violence, violence, sword fight, blood, gore, supernatural, mature, supernatural horror, badass female lead, vietnam war, heroes
What Lies Beneath (2000)
Plot Summary:
When Claire Spencer starts hearing ghostly voices and seeing spooky images, she wonders if an otherworldly spirit is trying to contact her. All the while, her husband tries to reassure her by telling her it's all in her head. But as Claire investigates, she discovers that the man she loves might know more than he's letting on
Duration: 130 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 134000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: ghost, haunted house, adultery, couple relations, haunted by the past, supernatural horror, losing-it hero, infidelity, supernatural, woman in danger, danger, spiritualism, haunting, betrayal, panic, murder, psychology, couples, murder mystery, secret, scientist, revenge, investigation, lake, missing person
The Cell (2000)
Plot Summary:
A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim
Duration: 107 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 108000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Plot tags: serial killer, surrealism, psychopath, race against time, coma, psychiatrist, mind game, virtual reality, investigation, fbi, child abuse, schizophrenia, dream, torture, traumatic childhood, violent, horse, gore, sadomasochism, female bodybuilder, macabre, subconscious, kidnapping, psychology, obsession
Versus (2000)
Plot Summary:
Set in the present where a group of ruthless gangsters, an unknown woman and an escaped convict have met, unwittingly, in The Forest of Resurrection, the 444th portal to the other side. Their troubles start when those once killed and buried in the forest come back from the dead, with the assistance of the evil Sprit that has also come back, come back from ages past, to claim his prize. The final standoff between Light and Dark has never been so cunning, so brutal and so deadly. This is where old Japanese Samurai mysticism meets the new world of the gangster and the gun. Gruesome, bloody and positively bold
Duration: 119 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: yakuza, zombie, martial arts, supernatural, on the run, samurai, hostage, chase, danger, gangster, gore, heroic mission, heroes, chases and races, escapades, chaos, imaginary, chaos and mayhem, female warrior, kung fu, zombie apocalypse, living dead, survival, gang, good versus evil
Anatomy (2000)
Plot Summary:
Medical student Paula Henning wins a place at an exclusive Heidelberg medical school. When the body of a young man she met on the train turns up on her dissection table, she begins to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death, and uncovers a gruesome conspiracy perpetrated by an Antihippocratic secret society operating within the school
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 6.0/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Plot tags: gory, serial killer, medical school, murder, medical, university, amateur detective, woman in danger, teenage life, death, secret society, professor, medicine, strong female character, body horror, blood, killer, doctor, biology, scalpel, butterfly, extreme, train, morgue, medical student
Ring 0: Birthday (2000)
Plot Summary:
Taking place thirty years before the events of Ringu, Ringu 0 provides the shocking background story of how the girl on the video became a deadly, vengeful spirit
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 6.0/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: supernatural, split personality, ghost, curse, supernatural ability, haunted by the past, twists and turns, mental illness, danger, a vision, curses spells and rituals, gory, extreme, murder, tragedy, post apocalypse, children, journalist, technology, evil child, bad kids, good versus evil, killer, parapsychology, theatre group
Hollow Man (2000)
Plot Summary:
Cocky researcher, Sebastian Caine is working on a project to make living creatures invisible and he's so confident he's found the right formula that he tests it on himself and soon begins to vanish. The only problem is – no-one can determine how to make him visible again. Caine's predicament eventually drives him mad, with terrifying results
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 5.8/10
IMDB Votes: 137000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Plot tags: invisible man, invisibility, psychopath, experiment, nudity, sex scene, rape, mad scientist, scientist, stalker, voyeur, monster, transformation, voyeurism, danger, brutality, invisible, killing spree, disorder, supernatural, science, insanity, supernatural power, paranoia, murder
Scream 3 (2000)
Plot Summary:
A murdering spree begins to happen again, this time its targeted toward the original Woodsboro survivors and those associated with the movie inside a movie, 'Stab 3'. Sydney must face the demons of her past to stop the killer
Duration: 116 min
IMDB Rating: 5.6/10
IMDB Votes: 161000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: serial killer, masked killer, mystery killer, murder, filmmaking, telephone call, psychopath, mind game, hollywood, vengeance, serial murder, brutality, blood, violence, supernatural, isolation, whodunit, profanity, wannabe, nightmare, killer, strong female lead, jay and silent bob, danger, female warrior
Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)
Plot Summary:
A shady police detective becomes embroiled in a strange world of murder, sadism and madness after being assigned a murder investigation against a madman known only as "The Engineer"
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 5.4/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: nightmare, murder, supernatural, serial killer, torture, police detective, hellraiser, chase, psychopath, escapades, rivalry, danger, law enforcement, mind game, race against time, body horror, violence, gore, psychiatrist, monster, demon, maniac, devil, pandemic, paranormal
Bless the Child (2000)
Plot Summary:
When Maggie's sister Jenna saddles her with an autistic newborn named Cody she touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed for. But six years later Jenna suddenly re-enters her life and, with her mysterious new husband, Eric Stark, abducts Cody. Despite the fact that Maggie has no legal rights to Cody, FBI agent John Travis, takes up her cause when he realizes that Cody shares the same birth date as several other recently missing children
Duration: 107 min
IMDB Rating: 5.1/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Plot tags: good versus evil, supernatural, demon, murder, kidnapping, chase, evil child, satanism, religious, apocalypse, save the world, danger, custody, religions or cults, curses spells and rituals, christmas, strong female character, babies and infants, orphan, single parent, killer child, kidnapped, xmas, serial killer, religion
Dracula 2000 (2000)
Plot Summary:
In the millenium version of this classic Gothic horror we find Abraham Van Helsing (Plummer), who has tangled with Count Dracula (Butler) in the past, working as an English antiques dealer. Simon (Miller) is a vampire hunter in training under his apprenticeship
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 4.9/10
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: vampire, dracula, chase, supernatural, death, violence, betrayal, blood, brutality, good versus evil, danger, legends and myths, monster, destiny, transformation, mardi gras, immortality, mentor, home invasion, gore, martial arts, fight, hunter, college, mythical creature
The Crow: Salvation (2000)
Plot Summary:
Alex Corvis returns to the world of the living to solve the murder of a young woman that he was wrongly accused of killing. Alex follows the crow into the police department's evidence room, where he discovers that Lauren was killed by a group of corrupt cops
Duration: 102 min
IMDB Rating: 4.9/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Plot tags: superhero, afterlife, revenge, supernatural, electric chair, tragic hero, murder, death, good versus evil, comic book, death row, brutality, violence, betrayal, vigilante, murder mystery, false accusation, law enforcement, fighting crime, danger, martial arts, love, father daughter relationship, death of father, crow
Supernova (2000)
Plot Summary:
Set in the 22nd century, when a battered salvage ship sends out a distress signal, the seasoned crew of the rescue hospital ship Nova-17 responds. What they find is a black hole--that threatens to destroy both ships--and a mysterious survivor whose body quickly mutates into a monstrous and deadly form
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 4.8/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: space travel, outer space, space, alien, robot, rescue, space and aliens, survival, danger, end of the world, natural disaster, heroic mission, save the world, imaginary, race against time, alien invasion, disaster, chess, artificial intelligence, violence, remote control, ship, interracial couple, apocalypse, monster
Lost Souls (2000)
Plot Summary:
A small group of Catholics led by an ailing priest believe that Satan intends to become man, just as God did in the person of Jesus. The writings of a possessed mental patient lead them to Peter Kelson, a writer who studies serial killers. They think it's his body Satan will occupy. The youngest in the group, a teacher named Maya Larkin, goes to Peter to investigate further and to convince him to believe in the possibility of Evil incarnate. Other signs come to him as he and Maya them take a journey full of strange occurrences, self-discovery, and an ultimate showdown
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 4.8/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: devil, supernatural, antichrist, apocalypse, serial killer, curses spells and rituals, religion, satanism, devil worship, religions or cults, supernatural ability, exorcism, reincarnation, chosen one, religious, trial, hallucination, vampire, murder, 666, erotica, angel, epidemic, women, black magic
Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)
Plot Summary:
The making of a horror movie takes on a terrifying reality for students at the most prestigious film school in the country in 'Urban Legends: Final Cut', the suspenseful follow up to the smash hit 'Urban Legend'. At Alpine University, someone is determined to win the best film award at any cost - even if it means eliminating the competition. No one is safe and everyone is a suspect. 'Urban Legends: Final Cut' is an edge-of-your-seat thriller that will keep you guessing until the shocking climax
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 4.4/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: urban legend, serial killer, murder, college, teenage life, gory, halloween, college life, masked killer, multiple storylines, psychopath, filmmaking, movie business, who done it, winter, killer, campus, city life, survival, murderer, violence, snow, death, male nudity, chase
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
Plot Summary:
Young adults become fascinated by the events of the three missing filmmakers in Maryland, so they decide to go into the same woods and find out what really happened
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 4.0/10
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: supernatural, witch, supernatural ability, surveillance, psychology, gory, danger, curses spells and rituals, mysterious death, witchcraft, human sacrifice, found footage, lesbian, paranoia, magic, occult, ghost, folk horror, black magic, devil, violence, murder, blood, supernatural horror, zombie
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (2000)
Plot Summary:
Another spoof of the Scream/I Know What You Did Last Summer horror gene involving a group of popular high school students stalked by a bumbling masked killer while a dogged reporter named Hagitha Utslay covers the story and of the plight of the prime suspect and transfer student Dawson
Duration: 86 min
IMDB Rating: 3.9/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Plot tags: murder, sexual humor, youth, high school life, dark humor, serial killer, teenage life, who done it, danger, disorder, strong sexual content, law enforcement, high school, reporter, whodunit, supernatural, halloween, satire, university, social relations, silly humor, violent content, dancing, lifeguard, cat