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The Others (2001)
Plot Summary:
Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions
Duration: 101 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 387000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA, France, Italy
Plot tags: ghost, haunted house, supernatural, twists and turns, afterlife, nightmare, mansion, supernatural horror, haunting, mysterious character, macabre, spiritualism, psychic, isolation, uncover truth, plot twist, cemetery, able to see the dead, confined, children, old dark house, danger, parallel world, alternate reality, supernatural ability
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Plot Summary:
After losing his father, 10-year-old Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucia School, which shelters orphans of the Republican militia and politicians, and is taken in by the steely headmistress, Carmen, and the kindly professor, Casares. Soon after his arrival, Carlos has a run-in with the violent caretaker, Jacinto. Gradually, Carlos uncovers the secrets of the school, including the youthful ghost that wanders the grounds
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Plot tags: ghost, spanish civil war, orphan, child abuse, boarding school, orphanage, supernatural, revenge, children, coming of age, civil war, republican, danger, boarding school life, murder, disappearance, death, fear, childhood, haunted house, older woman younger man relationship, boy, gold, disorder, crime gone awry
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
Plot Summary:
In 18th century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent by the King to the Gevaudan province to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast
Duration: 142 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Plot tags: werewolf, martial arts, beast, supernatural, conspiracy, murder, investigation, monster, legends and myths, good versus evil, animal attack, sword fight, medieval, native american, revolution, wolf, blood, violence, sex scene, secret society, fear, creature, aristocracy, kung fu, lion
The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their first guest commits suicide and in order to avoid trouble they decide to bury him in the backyard. Things get way more complicated when their second guest, a famous sumo wrestler, dies while having sex with his underage girlfriend and the grave behind the house starts to fill up more and more
Duration: 113 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Musical
Country: Japan
Plot tags: surrealism, suicide, absurdism, zombie, parents and children, family life, resort, nothing goes right, macabre, murder, husband wife relationship, mountain, dancing, death, nightmare, solar eclipse, monster, musician, humour, trippy, extreme, scared, salesman, secret agent, guesthouse
From Hell (2001)
Plot Summary:
Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity
Duration: 122 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 163000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Czech Republic
Plot tags: serial killer, jack the ripper, freemason, police investigation, conspiracy, prostitution, a vision, murder, violent, graphic violence, goth, psychic, conspiracy theory, murder of a prostitute, life is a bitch, drug addiction, insanity, supernatural, who done it, revenge, corruption, gory, surgery, illuminati, psychology
Visitor Q (2001)
Plot Summary:
A father who is a failed former television reporter tries to mount a documentary about violence and sex among youths. He proceeds to have sex with his daughter who is now a prostitute, and films his son being humiliated and hit by classmates. "Q", a perfect stranger, somehow gets involved and enters the bizarre family whose son beats his mom, who in turn is also a prostitute and a heroin addict
Duration: 84 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: rape, incest, dysfunctional family, sexual abuse, macabre, father daughter incest, breast feeding, heroin, sex, obsession, violent, necrophilia, psychopath, male nudity, sexual harassment, violence spree, satire, family relations, family life, life is a bitch, family problems, violence, surrealism, sexual relations, journalism
Suicide Club (2001)
Plot Summary:
When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Does the new all-girl group Desert have anything to do with it? Detective Kuroda tries to find the answer, which isn't as simple as he had hoped
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: suicide, conspiracy, gore, death, police investigation, gory, violent, surrealism, high school, brutality, macabre, hacker, student, website, extreme, youth, lesbian, dark humor, police, violence, kidnapping, hospital, vengeance, blood, blood splatter
Pulse (2001)
Plot Summary:
After one of their friends commits suicide, strange things begin happening to a group of young Tokyo residents. One of them sees visions of his dead friend in the shadows on the wall, while another's computer keeps showing strange, ghostly images. Is their friend trying to contact them from beyond the grave, or is there something much more sinister going on?
Duration: 119 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: ghost, internet, supernatural, afterlife, suicide, missing person, haunting, depression, macabre, technology, college student, apocalypse, lifestyle, confined, alienation, existentialism, coming of age, death, gore, cosmic horror, loneliness, supernatural power, epidemic, fear, extreme
Session 9 (2001)
Plot Summary:
Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back
Duration: 100 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: mental institution, supernatural, psychology, mental illness, twists and turns, lobotomy, macabre, ghost, insanity, hospital, transformation, obsession, murder, secrets, slow burn, paranoia, storytelling, haunted, mind game, haunted by the past, blood, rivalry, mentally unstable, fear, gory
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
Plot Summary:
A college-age brother and sister get more than they bargained for on their road trip home from spring break. When the bickering siblings witness a creepy truck driver tossing body bags into a sewer near an abandoned church, they investigate. Bad move! Opening a Pandora's Box of unspeakable evil, the pair must flee for their lives -- with a monstrous "shape" in hot pursuit
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 140000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany
Plot tags: monster, macabre, supernatural, serial killer, demon, chase, scarecrow, devil, dead teenager, deadly creature, characters murdered one by one, scared, death, violence, halloween, destiny, brutality, gory, creature feature, torture, creature, brother, characters killed one by one, danger, strong violent content
Dagon (2001)
Plot Summary:
A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul is pursued by the entire town. Running for his life, he uncovers Imboca's secret..they worship Dagon, a monstrous god of the sea...and Dagon's unholy offspring are on the loose
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Spain
Plot tags: curses spells and rituals, cthulhu, chase, monster, supernatural, small town, mutant, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, gory, nightmare, ritual, human sacrifice, fishing village, cosmic horror, sea, boat, body horror, sea monster, suicide, torture, manhunt, tentacle, one against many, metamorphosis, loss of loved one
Thir13en Ghosts (2001)
Plot Summary:
Arthur and his two children, Kathy and Bobby, inherit his Uncle Cyrus's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to 12 ghosts. When the family, accompanied by Bobby's Nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped inside an evil machine "designed by the devil and powered by the dead" to open the Eye of Hell. Aided by Dennis, a ghost hunter, and his rival Kalina, a ghost rights activist out to set the ghosts free, the group must do what they can to get out of the house alive
Duration: 91 min
IMDB Rating: 5.6/10
IMDB Votes: 93000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Plot tags: ghost, supernatural, haunted house, supernatural horror, gory, confined, machine, blood, halloween, apocalypse, danger, family in danger, trapped, collector, inheritance, monster, haunted, parents and children, haunting, isolation, supernatural ability, lawyer, spirit, survival, paranormal
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001)
Plot Summary:
Burt Gummer returns home to Perfection, Nev., to find that the town of terror has become a theme park, and when the simulated giant worm attacks turn real, the survivalist must battle the creatures once again. Gummer pits his impressive knowledge of weaponry against the newest and deadliest generation of flesh-eating graboids, with help from two young entrepreneurs
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 5.3/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: creature, small town, survival, creature feature, chase, giant monster, supernatural, rescue, store, danger, deadly creature, worm, monster, desert, kaiju, eaten alive, human versus monster, killer animal, giant creature, hunter, apocalypse, alien, serial killer, distopia, epidemic
Scary Movie 2 (2001)
Plot Summary:
While the original parodied slasher flicks like Scream, Keenen Ivory Wayans's sequel to Scary Movie takes comedic aim at haunted house movies. A group of students visit a mansion called "Hell House," and murderous high jinks ensue
Duration: 83 min
IMDB Rating: 5.3/10
IMDB Votes: 172000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Plot tags: haunted house, supernatural, ghost, dumb, teenager, stoner, stupidity, weed, satire, creativity, farce, supernatural ability, college, exorcism, exorcist, high school, youth, comedy team, erotic scene, woman peeing, erotica, monster, fight, devil, dark humor
Valentine (2001)
Plot Summary:
Five friends are stalked and murdered by a masked assailant while preparing for Valentine's Day
Duration: 96 min
IMDB Rating: 4.9/10
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Plot tags: serial killer, valentine's day, psychopath, murder, revenge, gory, woman in danger, mystery killer, danger, violence against women, school, masked killer, death of friend, bullying, holiday horror, youth, vengeance, women, blood, public humiliation, stalker, holiday, mind game, obsession, prank
Ghosts of Mars (2001)
Plot Summary:
Melanie Ballard (Natasha Henstridge) is a hard nosed police chief in the year 2025. She and a police snatch squad are sent to Mars to apprehend a dangerous criminal James Williams (Ice Cube). Mars has been occupied by humans for some time and they have set up mining facilities. The mining activities on Mars have unleashed the spirits of alien beings who gradually possess the bodies of the workers. It soon turns out that catching the dangerous fugitive takes a back seat as the alien spirits begin to rid their planet of the 'invaders'
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 4.9/10
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: mars, zombie, alien, survival, supernatural, alien possession, martian, space, outer space, apocalypse, chaos, ghost, jail, ghost town, danger, alien invasion, monster, virus, post apocalyptic, violence, siege, survival horror, possession, anti hero, rapper
Jason X (2001)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2455, Old Earth is now a contaminated planet abandoned for centuries -- a brown world of violent storms, toxic landmasses and poisonous seas. Yet humans have returned to the deadly place that they once fled, not to live, but to research the ancient, rusting artifacts of the long-gone civilizations. But it's not the harmful environment that could prove fatal to the intrepid, young explorers who have just landed on Old Earth. For them, it's Friday the 13th, and Jason lives!
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 4.4/10
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: serial killer, space, murder, monster, psychopath, masked killer, good versus evil, friday the 13th, gore, gory, survival, space travel, space station, violent, danger, scientist, experiment gone awry, heroic mission, violence spree, unstoppable, autopsy, female doctor, alien, halloween, survival horror
Soul Survivors (2001)
Plot Summary:
A female collage co-ed freshman who was involved in a fatal car crash discovers she may not have survived the tragedy after all when she becomes caught between the world of the living and the dead A sort of limbo state of being between both the real and the spirit worlds in which the ghosts of the afterlife want to collect her, or even worse, use her body in its transition state to enter our world
Duration: 84 min
IMDB Rating: 3.9/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: afterlife, twists and turns, supernatural, ghost, alternate reality, life & death, psychology, hallucination, multiple storylines, college, student life, danger, haunted by the past, college life, great ending, death, goth, love and romance, campus, exploitation, terror, dead teenager, car crash, lesbianism, voyeur