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Plot Summary:
The City of Salem, Massachusetts is visited by a coven of ancient witches.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, surreal, satanic, atmospheric, disturbing, splatter, art house, bleak, grindhouse
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Devil's Prey (2001)
Plot Summary:
A group of young adults attend an all-night rave, only to discover that it's a trap for a satanic cult that requires flesh for bloody sacrifices.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, slasher, exciting, captivating, suspense, satanic
Similar in 90%
The Conspiracy (2012)
Plot Summary:
A documentary about conspiracy theories takes a horrific turn after the filmmakers uncover an ancient and dangerous secret society.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, mind bending, suspenseful, serious, realistic, disturbing, psychological, satanic, psychological horror
Similar in 80%
All the Colors of the Dark (1972)
Plot Summary:
Jane lives in London with her boyfriend Richard. Her mother was murdered when she was young, she recently lost a baby in a car crash and she's plagued by nightmares of a knife-wielding man. Richard thinks that the cure is vitamins, while Jane's sister recommends psychiatric help. But a new neighbour promises that if she participates in a Black Mass, all her fears will disappear, instead it just seems to bring her nightmares to life.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: gothic, sadistic, scary, disturbing, slasher, grindhouse, surreal, suspense, demonic, art house
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The Marsh (2006)
Plot Summary:
Writer Claire Holloway is troubled by nightmares of Rose Marsh Farm. She decides to vacation at the farm which unbeknown to her is haunted by the ghost of a little girl and a teenage boy. Claire enlists the help of Geoffry Hunt to help uncover a decade old tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, mystical, scary, psychological, tense, fairy tale
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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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Amityville: The Awakening (2017)
Plot Summary:
Belle, her little sister, and her comatose twin brother move into a new house with their single mother Joan in order to save money to help pay for her brother's expensive healthcare. But when strange phenomena begin to occur in the house including the miraculous recovery of her brother, Belle begins to suspect her Mother isn't telling her everything and soon realizes they just moved into the infamous Amityville house.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, rough, tense, captivating, epic, dark
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Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014)
Plot Summary:
Seventeen-year-old Jesse has been hearing terrifying sounds coming from his neighbor’s apartment, but when he turns on his camera and sets out to uncover their source, he encounters an ancient evil that won’t rest until it’s claimed his very soul.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspense, twist ending, atmospheric, psychological, stylized, serious, suspenseful, demonic
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V/H/S/2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static white noise permeating the brain and fogging concentration. But you must fight the urge to relax: this is no mere movie night. Those obsolete spools contain more than just magnetic tape. They are imprinted with the very soul of evil.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Indonesia
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, suspenseful, anthology, suspense, tense, rough, bloody, splatter, mumblecore
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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.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, bleak, scary, slasher, suspenseful, psychological, stylized, demonic, splatter, creepy
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31 (2016)
Plot Summary:
Five carnival workers are kidnapped and held hostage in an abandoned, Hell-like compound where they are forced to participate in a violent game, the goal of which is to survive twelve hours against a gang of sadistic clowns.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, disturbing, rough, brutal, splatter, grindhouse, slasher, scary, psychological, retro
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Poltergeist (1982)
Plot Summary:
Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken dishes and furniture moving around by itself. However, when he realizes that something truly evil haunts his home, Steve calls in a team of parapsychologists led by Dr. Lesh to help before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 177000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, rough, disturbing, cult classic, creepy, terrifying, splatter
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Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)
Plot Summary:
In 1988, evil begins to terrorize young sisters Katie and Kristi for the first time when an invisible entity resides in their home.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 99000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, tense, suspenseful, mockumentary, creepy, psychological, disturbing, stylized, serious
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Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
Plot Summary:
In 1965 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by the merciless spirit, this small family confronts unthinkable fears to save her and send her possessor back to the other side.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 72000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, psychological, dark, spooky, disturbing, atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, creepy
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Starry Eyes (2014)
Plot Summary:
A hopeful young starlet uncovers the ominous origins of the Hollywood elite and enters into a deadly agreement in exchange for fame and fortune.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Belgium
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, surreal, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, suspense, creepy, light, stylized, intense
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Children of the Corn (1984)
Plot Summary:
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, slasher, atmospheric, suspenseful, demonic, creepy, rough, classic horror, psychological
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Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 186000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, mind bending, suspense, creepy, psychological, demonic, atmospheric, disturbing, intense
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The Last Exorcism (2010)
Plot Summary:
After years of performing “exorcisms” and taking believers’ money, Reverend Marcus travels to rural Louisiana with a film crew so he can dispel what he believes is the myth of demonic possession. The dynamic reverend is certain that this will be another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic but instead comes upon the blood-soaked farm of the Sweetzer family and a true evil he would have never thought imaginable.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, suspense, dark, disturbing, demonic, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, satanic
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[Rec] 2 (2009)
Plot Summary:
The action continues from [REC], with the medical officer and a SWAT team outfitted with video cameras are sent into the sealed off apartment to control the situation.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 78000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, twist ending, suspense, suspenseful, bloody, bleak, creepy, demonic, disturbing
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House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
Plot Summary:
Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: bloody, disturbing, scary, brutal, splatter, atmospheric, suspenseful, slasher, suspense, grindhouse
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Mama (2013)
Plot Summary:
Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them in at night.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 190000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, Spain, Mexico
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, gothic, splatter, frightening, dark, suspenseful, bad ending, atmospheric, intense
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6 Souls (2010)
Plot Summary:
A female forensic psychiatrist discovers that all of one of her patient's multiple personalities are murder victims. She will have to find out what's happening before her time is finished.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, fairy tale, suspense, tricky, dark, twisted, thought provoking
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Sinister (2012)
Plot Summary:
Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 274000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, twist ending, rough, dark, creepy, sinister
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Mother of Tears (2007)
Plot Summary:
An ancient urn is found in a cemetery outside Rome. Once opened, it triggers a series of violent incidents: robberies, rapes and murders increase dramatically, while several mysterious, evil-looking young women coming from all over the world are gathering in the city. All these events are caused by the return of Mater Lacrimarum, the last of three powerful witches who have been spreading terror and death for centuries. Alone against an army of psychos and demons, Sarah Mandy, an art student who seems to have supernatural abilities of her own, is the only person left to prevent the Mother of Tears from destroying Rome.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, serious, stylized, suspense, psychological, satanic, gothic, dark, creepy
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Insidious (2010)
Plot Summary:
A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 334000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, twist ending, atmospheric, disturbing, dark, intense, tense, clever, creepy
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The Cell (2000)
Plot Summary:
A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 108000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, surreal, scary, psychedelic, mind bending, psychological thriller, suspense, atmospheric, cerebral, suspenseful
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The Collector (2009)
Plot Summary:
Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, brutal, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, rough, sadistic, splatter, bloody
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The Grudge (2004)
Plot Summary:
American nurse, Karen Davis moves to Tokyo and encounters a vengeful supernatural spirit known as The Grudge that often possesses its victims. When a series of horrifying and mysterious deaths occur – with the spirit passing its curse onto each victim - Karen must find away to break the spell before she becomes the spirit's next victim.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 150000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, psychological, creepy, atmospheric, suspense, gothic, terrifying, slasher, stylized
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Case 39 (2009)
Plot Summary:
In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the child, and so Emily assumes custody of Lilith while she looks for a foster family. However, Emily soon finds that dark forces surround the seemingly innocent girl, and the more she tries to protect Lilith, the more horrors she encounters.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, psychological, gloomy, atmospheric, serious, suspense, disturbing, psychological thriller, intense
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Dead Silence (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named Billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist Mary Shaw. Destined to find out the truth, Jamie goes to the town of Raven's Fair, where Shaw used to perform and is buried. But Jamie is in for more than he expected.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 101000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, twist ending, gothic, atmospheric, suspenseful, surprise ending, dark, slasher, suspense, frightening
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The Conjuring (2013)
Plot Summary:
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 545000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: scary, dark, atmospheric, suspenseful, frightening, psychological, terrifying, creepy, demonic, splatter