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Plot Summary:
A man who serves in the war between the forces of Light and Dark comes into possession of a device that can restore life to Moscow, which was nearly destroyed by an apocalyptic event.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: dark fantasy, intense, exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, confusing, dark, mindfuck, light, stylized
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The Prophecy: Uprising (2005)
Plot Summary:
There exists an ancient manuscript still writing itself called the Lexicon. It supposedly tells of the coming of the Anti-Christ, and happens to fall into the hands of an unsuspecting woman (Kari Wuhrer). Now, she is being pursued by angels intent on obtaining the information from the book.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Thriller, Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, brutal, mystical, suspense, epic
Similar in 84%
The Prophecy V: Forsaken (2005)
Plot Summary:
In Bucharest, Allison is protecting the mysterious bible, "The Prophet Lexicon", where the last chapter about the apocalypse, called Revelations, discloses the name of the Antichrist in its last page. Meanwhile, the evil and jealous leader of the renegade angels Thrones, Stark, forces the hit-man Dylan to kill Allison to get the information about the Antichrist, but Dylan mysteriously feels attracted by the woman, protecting her against the Thrones. Allison seeks John Reigart for help, but Satan tell her that he is interested in the apocalypse to gather millions of souls to Hell. Alone and betrayed, Allison discloses the truth about her origins, while protecting the Lexicon.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: exciting, gothic, suspenseful, stylized, mystical, suspense, dark, apocalyptic, scary, serious
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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.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, exciting, rough, suspenseful, stylized, bloody, serious, psychotronic, splatter
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Vampires: Los Muertos (2002)
Plot Summary:
Tough-as-nails vampire hunter Derek Bliss is on the hunt for "suckers" in the heart of Mexico when he receives a new assignment from a mysterious client. Thrown together with a group of slayers, including sexy Zooey, who may or may not be one of the undead. Derek and company are up against a growing number of fast-moving, bloodthirsty vampires and their elusive and powerful leader.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: rough, scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, gothic, suspense, dark, slasher
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Night Watch (2004)
Plot Summary:
Among normal humans live the "Others" possessing various supernatural powers. They are divided up into the forces of light and the forces of the dark, who signed a truce several centuries ago to end a devastating battle. Ever since, the forces of light govern the day while the night belongs to their dark opponents. In modern day Moscow the dark Others actually roam the night as vampires while a "Night Watch" of light forces, among them Anton, the movie's protagonist, try to control them and limit their outrage.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, dark fantasy, atmospheric, dark, exciting, stylized, bleak, absurd, serious, confusing
Similar in 83%
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)
Plot Summary:
A man on the run is hunted by a demon known as the Collector.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, demonic, tense, rough, suspenseful, surprise ending, black comedy, creepy, cult classic, horror comedy
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The Minion (1998)
Plot Summary:
New York, Christmas Eve, 1999 - at the dawn of the new millennium - a subway construction crew unearths an eight hundred year old Celtic skeleton and a mysterious key. Archeologist Karen Goodleaf is called in to determine the meaning of the discovery. News of the discovery reaches a Middle East monastery where the warrior monks knowns as the Knights Templer - an ancient sect entrusted with protecting holy relics - choose their best pupil, Lukas (Dolph Lundgren) to face the diabolical threat. As Lukas races to New York, an evil Minion seizes Karen and uses its body like a parasite and host. Lukas arrives just in time to rescue Karen and despatch the Minion. The Minion takes hold of another host - revealing that it is immortal. As it cuts a path of destruction through the city, decimating a parking garage and leaving a trail of death, Karen realizes that the Minion can't be killed - but only delayed from finding a new host.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, bleak, serious, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic, independent film, dark fantasy, detective, christmas horror
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Warlock: The Armageddon (1993)
Plot Summary:
Every six hundred years, a great evil has the opportunity to escape and unleash Armageddon. A group of five stones has the power to either free the evil, or banish it for another six hundred years. An order of Druids battles with a Warlock determined to unleash his father upon the world.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, retro, dark, mystic, slasher horror, classic horror, independent film, scary, rough
Similar in 87%
Hellbound (1994)
Plot Summary:
Two Chicago police officers are sent to investigate the brutal murder of a rabbi. As the investigation begins, Shatter and Jackson are summoned to Israel for questioning. Upon arrival they realize that they are, in fact, pursuing a supernatural being.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, funny, grindhouse, perverse, cult classic, independent film
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
Plot Summary:
President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 160000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, exciting, stylized, splatter, grindhouse, action packed, scary, psychotronic, mystical
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BloodRayne (2005)
Plot Summary:
In eighteenth century Romania, Rayne, a dhampir (half-human, half-vampire), prone to fits of blind blood rage but saddled with a compunction for humans, strives to avenge her mother's rape by her father, Kagan, King of Vampires. Two vampire hunters, Sebastian and Vladimir, from the Brimstone Society persuade her to join their cause.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: bloody, gothic, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, cult classic, action packed
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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.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, sexy, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, cult classic, exciting, fairy tale, dark
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I, Frankenstein (2014)
Plot Summary:
200 years after his shocking creation, Dr. Frankenstein's creature, Adam, still walks the earth. But when he finds himself in the middle of a war over the fate of humanity, Adam discovers he holds the key that could destroy humankind.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: gothic, exciting, stylized, scary, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, fairy tale, psychological, gothic horror
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Against the Dark (2009)
Plot Summary:
When most of the population of Earth is infected by a virus and transformed into flesh eaters and blood drinking creatures, a group of hunters lead by Tao and his sword chase the vampire zombies to eliminate them. Six non-infected survivors try to find the exit of an abandoned hospital crowded of the infected creatures. Meanwhile, the military is ready to bomb the whole area.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, serious, apocalyptic, splatter, action adventure, futuristic
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Skinwalkers (2006)
Plot Summary:
Creatures, bound by the blood of the wolf, that can kill with curses and move at lightening speed, watching the night sky for the rise of the blood-red crescent moon. They are SKINWALKERS. They feed on our flesh and thirst for the taste of human blood. The red moon signals each pack, divided by principles, hell bent to survive an ancient prophecy.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, suspenseful, rough, serious, erotic, dark, psychotronic, sexy, unusual plot structure
Similar in 87%
Blade II (2002)
Plot Summary:
A rare mutation has occurred within the vampire community - The Reaper. A vampire so consumed with an insatiable bloodlust that they prey on vampires as well as humans, transforming victims who are unlucky enough to survive into Reapers themselves. Blade is asked by the Vampire Nation for his help in preventing a nightmare plague that would wipe out both humans and vampires.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 231000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: scary, stylized, exciting, entertaining, suspense, action packed, rough, serious, suspenseful, splatter
Similar in 89%
Vampires (1998)
Plot Summary:
The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to exist in sunlight.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: scary, bloody, rough, suspense, splatter, cult classic, exciting, stylized, gothic, retro
Similar in 82%
Daybreakers (2009)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vampires on a way to save humankind.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 134000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: futuristic, scary, stylized, intense, apocalyptic, tense, serious, suspenseful, bloody, splatter
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Priest (2011)
Plot Summary:
In an alternate world, humanity and vampires have warred for centuries. After the last Vampire War, the veteran Warrior Priest lives in obscurity with other humans inside one of the Church's walled cities. When the Priest's niece is kidnapped by vampires, the Priest breaks his vows to hunt them down. He is accompanied by the niece's boyfriend, who is a wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 123000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: dark fantasy, scary, exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, apocalyptic, rough, bleak, gothic, psychotronic
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End of Days (1999)
Plot Summary:
On December 28th, 1999, the citizens of New York City are getting ready for the turn of the millennium. However, the Devil decides to crash the party by coming to the city, inhabiting a man's body, and searching for his chosen bride, a 20-year-old woman named Christine York. The world will end, and the only hope lies within an atheist called Jericho Cane.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: satanic, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, biblical, rough, serious, scary, action packed
Similar in 78%
Nightbreed (1990)
Plot Summary:
A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of monsters are hiding from humanity.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: scary, dark fantasy, gothic, slasher, suspenseful, grindhouse, cult classic, splatter, creepy, suspense
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Constantine (2005)
Plot Summary:
John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 367000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: dark fantasy, gothic, suspense, stylized, dark, demonic, satanic, mind bending, surreal, suspenseful
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Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)
Plot Summary:
On the surface, Saya is a stunning 16-year-old, but that youthful exterior hides the tormented soul of a 400-year-old "halfling." Born to a human father and a vampire mother, she has for centuries been a loner obsessed with using her samurai skills to rid the world of vampires, all the while knowing that she herself can survive only on blood like those she hunts.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, France, China
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: intense, serious, atmospheric, anime, stylized, brutal, funny, gothic, suspense, perverse
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Underworld: Evolution (2006)
Plot Summary:
As the war between the vampires and the Lycans rages on, Selene, a former member of the Death Dealers (an elite vampire special forces unit that hunts werewolves), and Michael, the werewolf hybrid, work together in an effort to unlock the secrets of their respective bloodlines.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 207000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: stylized, dark fantasy, gothic, splatter, action packed, scary, serious, visual, suspense, saga
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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
Plot Summary:
A prequel to the first two Underworld films, this fantasy explains the origins of the feud between the Vampires and the Lycans. Aided by his secret love, Sonja, courageous Lucian leads the Lycans in battle against brutal Vampire king Viktor. Determined to break the king's enslavement of his people, Lucian faces off against the Death Dealer army in a bid for Lycan independence.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 166000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, New Zealand, Australia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, scary, exciting, stylized, rough, serious, suspenseful, visual, action packed
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Wanted (2008)
Plot Summary:
Doormat Wesley Gibson discovers that his recently murdered father – who Wesley never knew – belonged to a secret guild of assassins. After a leather-clad sexpot drafts Wesley into the society, he hones his innate killing skills and turns avenger.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 404000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Russia
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, entertaining, action packed, intense, surprise ending, suspenseful, serious, action thriller, bloody, suspense
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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
Plot Summary:
After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted, and must face an evil far greater than witches... their past.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 215000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, dark fantasy, exciting, suspenseful, splatter, action packed, dark, mystical, fantasy adventure, action adventure
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Underworld: Awakening (2012)
Plot Summary:
After being held in a coma-like state for fifteen years, vampire Selene learns that she has a fourteen-year-old vampire/Lycan hybrid daughter named Nissa, and when she finds her, they must stop BioCom from creating super Lycans that will kill them all.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 160000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, scary, exciting, action packed, futuristic, serious, suspenseful, stylized, saga
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Van Helsing (2004)
Plot Summary:
Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster and is hell-bent on exacting a centuries-old curse on her family.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 281000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, exciting, scary, suspenseful, fairy tale, gothic horror, entertaining, serious, stylized
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Dracula Untold (2014)
Plot Summary:
Vlad Tepes is a great hero, but when he learns the Sultan is preparing for battle and needs to form an army of 1,000 boys, including Vlad's son, he vows to find a way to protect his family. Vlad turns to dark forces in order to get the power to destroy his enemies and agrees to go from hero to monster as he's turned into the mythological vampire Dracula.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 205000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, exciting, scary, suspenseful, serious, fairy tale, epic, intense, psychotronic