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Plot Summary:
An Icelandic couple live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm. When they discover a mysterious newborn on their land, they decide to keep it and raise it as their own. This unexpected development, and the prospects of a new family, brings them much joy before ultimately destroying them.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Iceland, Sweden, Poland
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, enigmatic, scary, psychedelic, thought provoking, surreal, mindfuck, psychological, suspenseful
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Gaia (2021)
Plot Summary:
On a surveillance mission in a primordial forest, a park ranger encounters two survivalists following a post-apocalyptic lifestyle. The boy and his philosophical father seem to have their own religion, and a mysterious relationship to nature. There are many suspicious aspects to their existence, but when the cabin is attacked by strange, post-human beings one night, she learns that there is a greater threat in this emergent wilderness.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: South Africa
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological thriller, dark fantasy, splatter, mystical, weird
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All the Moons (2020)
Plot Summary:
Eternal forests and snow-capped mountains... It is the last third of the 19th century and in some valley in the north of Navarra the death throes of the last Carlist war are experienced... A projectile destroys a girls' hospice and only one girl survives, how badly injured she is rescued by a beautiful woman who cares for her until she is cured. However, fate is not on her side, and as a result of an unexpected attack on her hiding place, the girl is left alone and isolated in the mountains. It will be then that she will discover her new and strange condition, which will prevent her from seeing the light of day, and from having an ordinary life like any other girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, scary, bleak
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You Won't Be Alone (2022)
Plot Summary:
In an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, a young feral witch accidentally kills a peasant. She assumes the peasant's shape to see what life is like in her skin, igniting a deep seated curiosity to experience life inside the bodies of others.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Australia, UK, Serbia
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, psychological, slasher, gothic horror, satanic, underground film, disturbing, existential, spooky
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The Maus (2017)
Plot Summary:
Alex and Selma are a couple in love on a trip to the heart of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Suddenly, Selma feels a mysterious force is chasing them.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, psychological, psychological thriller
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You Are Not My Mother (2021)
Plot Summary:
In a North Dublin housing estate Char's mother goes missing. When she returns Char is determined to uncover the truth of her disappearance and unearth the dark secrets of her family.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Ireland
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: mystical, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, intellectual, slasher, weird
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The Monster (2016)
Plot Summary:
A mother and her 10-year old daughter are trapped in a forest. There is something in this forest. Something unlike anything they have heard before. Something that lurks in the darkness and it’s coming after them.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, psychological, spooky, tense, psychological thriller, disturbing, creepy, dark fantasy, mad
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Under the Shadow (2016)
Plot Summary:
As a mother and daughter struggle to cope with the terrors of the post-revolution, war torn Tehran of the 80s, a mysterious evil begins to haunt their home.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Jordan, Qatar, Iran
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, suspense, intense, stylized, scary, psychological thriller, disturbing, creepy, post-horror, spooky
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Before I Wake (2016)
Plot Summary:
About an orphaned child whose dreams - and nightmares - manifest physically as he sleeps.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, psychological, spooky, atmospheric, suspense, post-horror, psychological thriller, inspirational
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Men (2022)
Plot Summary:
In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to find a place to heal. But someone — or something — from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her, and what begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, surreal, slasher, scary, suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric, mind bending, intellectual, dark
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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
Plot Summary:
Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave - the birthplace of his first life.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Thailand, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Netherlands
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, disturbing, art house, philosophical, meditative, visually appealing, cerebral, slow cinema, contemplative
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Thirst (2009)
Plot Summary:
Sang-hyun (Song Kang-ho), a respected priest, volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfusion of unknown origin brings him back to life as a vampire. Now, Sang-hyun is torn between faith and bloodlust, and has a newfound desire for Tae-ju (Kim Ok-vin), the wife of his childhood friend.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: scary, dark, disturbing, atmospheric, surreal, dark comedy, splatter, creepy, cult classic, bleak
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The Keep (1983)
Plot Summary:
Nazis take over an ancient fortress that contains a mysterious entity that wreaks havoc and death upon them.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: surreal, gothic, scary, atmospheric, dark, cult classic, gothic horror, lovecraft, suspenseful, allegory
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Kwaidan (1964)
Plot Summary:
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 183 min
Plot tags: anthology, atmospheric, disturbing, suspense, scary, bleak, surreal, tense, art house, meditative
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The Lighthouse (2019)
Plot Summary:
The story of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 245000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspense, minimal cast, psychological, mysterious, lovecraft, gothic horror, disturbing, psychological thriller, black and white, gothic
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Viy (1967)
Plot Summary:
A young priest is ordered to preside over the wake of a witch in the church of a remote village. This means spending three nights alone with the corpse with only his faith to protect him.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, dark fantasy, serious, stylized, gothic, bleak, suspense, surreal, gothic horror
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In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
Plot Summary:
With the disappearance of hack horror writer Sutter Cane, all Hell is breaking loose...literally! Author Cane, it seems, has a knack for description that really brings his evil creepy-crawlies to life. Insurance investigator John Trent is sent to investigate Cane's mysterious vanishing act and ends up in the sleepy little East Coast town of Hobb's End.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 78000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, surreal, atmospheric, gothic, neo noir, suspense, lovecraft, scary, suspenseful, dark
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Saint Maud (2019)
Plot Summary:
Having recently found God, self-effacing young nurse Maud arrives at a plush home to care for Amanda, a hedonistic dancer left frail from a chronic illness. When a chance encounter with a former colleague throws up hints of a dark past, it becomes clear there is more to sweet Maud than meets the eye.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, disturbing, suspense, psychological, bleak, psychological thriller, atmospheric, slasher, art house, tense
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The Witch (2015)
Plot Summary:
In 1630s New England, William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life with five children, homesteading on the edge of an impassable wilderness, exiled from their settlement when William defies the local church. When their newborn son vanishes and crops mysteriously fail, the family turns on one another.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 291000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: disturbing, atmospheric, dark, suspenseful, scary, gothic, psychological, suspense, satanic, enigmatic
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The Woman in Black (2012)
Plot Summary:
The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease growing when he glimpses a mysterious woman dressed only in black. Receiving only silence from the locals, Kipps is forced to uncover the true identity of the Woman in Black on his own, leading to a desperate race against time when he discovers her true identity.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 191000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA, Sweden
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, suspense, scary, atmospheric, terrifying, suspenseful, twist ending, dark, creepy
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Hatching (2022)
Plot Summary:
12 year old Tinja is desperate to please her mother, a woman obsessed with presenting the image of a perfect family. One night, Tinja finds a strange egg. What hatches is beyond belief.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, surreal, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, psychological, intellectual
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The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
Plot Summary:
Set in pre- World War II era. A young man is on a strange train to see his dying father in a sanatorium. But the place is going to ruin and recalls a lot of memories from the past. He is beset by soldiers from the past, colonial black mercenaries, girls from his early life, and his parents. It is an interior adventure, with unusual atmospheric flair and extraordinary sets.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Poland
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: surreal, mind bending, psychological, psychedelic, dark, mindfuck, disturbing, existential, philosophical, slasher
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Eraserhead (1977)
Plot Summary:
Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 125000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: surreal, avant garde, art house, psychological, disturbing, psychedelic, experimental, atmospheric, black and white, dark
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The Company of Wolves (1984)
Plot Summary:
An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which innocent maidens are tempted by wolves who are hairy on the inside. As Rosaleen grows into womanhood, will the wolves come for her too?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: gothic, fairy tale, sexy, surreal, atmospheric, dark fantasy, scary, dark, cult classic, disturbing
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Marebito (2004)
Plot Summary:
A fear-obsessed freelance cameraman investigates an urban legend involving mysterious spirits that haunt the subways of Tokyo.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: disturbing, atmospheric, slasher, psychological, scary, suspenseful, lovecraft, mockumentary, suspense, clever
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Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Plot Summary:
A young couple moves into an infamous New York apartment building to start a family. Things become frightening as Rosemary begins to suspect her unborn baby isn't safe around their strange neighbors.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 231000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, surreal, suspenseful, gothic, cult classic, psychological horror, disturbing, scary, suspense
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Spiral (2000)
Plot Summary:
In a small town in Japan, Kirie comes upon her boyfriend's father silently videotaping a snail. Later, the mans obsession with spirals becomes more and more bizarre, ending in his suicide in a washing machine which turn his body into a spiral. Soon other inhabitants become possessed with different forms of spirals.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, psychological, surreal, disturbing, suspenseful, scary, dark fantasy, lovecraft, mind bending, slasher
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The Fly (1986)
Plot Summary:
When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 198000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, suspense, atmospheric, disturbing, suspenseful, cerebral, rough, psychological thriller, bloody
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Let the Right One In (2008)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1982 in the suburb of Blackeberg, Stockholm, twelve-year-old Oskar is a lonely outsider, bullied at school by his classmates; at home, Oskar dreams of revenge against a trio of bullies. He befriends his twelve-year-old, next-door neighbor Eli, who only appears at night in the snow-covered playground outside their building.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 225000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: gothic, atmospheric, captivating, dark, dark fantasy, creepy, disturbing, suspense, splatter, cult classic
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The Shining (1980)
Plot Summary:
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 11000000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, scary, atmospheric, psychological thriller, intense, disturbing, psychedelic, psychological horror, demonic
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Dumplings (2004)
Plot Summary:
A rich woman, Mrs. Li, is losing her attractiveness and longs for passion with her husband, who is having an affair with his younger and more attractive masseuse. In order to boost her image, she seeks out the help of Aunt Mei, a local chef. Mei cooks her some special dumplings which she claims to be effective for rejuvenation, but these dumplings hide a terrible secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, suspense, dark, surreal, atmospheric, bloody, controversial, intense, creepy