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Love Exposure (2008)
Plot Summary:
After Yu's mother dies his father, a priest, only seems to take solace in the confessions of his sons sins causing Yu to partake in various 'sinful' activities to appease him. This is a teen love story as only the Japanese could bring us, complete with up-skirt photography, cross dressing, and bloody gore
Duration: 237 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: sin, religion, brainwashing, coming of age, group of friends, japanese schoolgirl, family values, teenage love, youth, parents and children, teenage life, society, rebelliousness, prank, religions or cults, family relations, rebellion, porn, women, loneliness, surrealism, voyeurism, priest, lesbian relationship, virginity
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
Duration: 114 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 225000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Sweden
Plot tags: vampire, supernatural, bullying, loneliness, coming of age, goth, snow, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship, murder, boy, child, new neighbor, gore, child vampire, youth, creepy child, bully, hidden identity, deadly creature, vampire human love, fall in love, school, gory, macabre
Martyrs (2008)
Plot Summary:
A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 104000
Genere: Horror
Country: France, Canada
Plot tags: torture, violence, child abuse, kidnapping, gory, gore, brutality, revenge, afterlife, torment, home invasion, hardcore, fear, sadistic horror, torture chamber, violence against women, life is a bitch, death, plot twist, lesbian, held captive, captivity, abused woman, extreme, graphic violence
Cloverfield (2008)
Plot Summary:
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives
Duration: 85 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 416000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: monster, disaster, found footage, giant monster, alien, survival, survival horror, danger, destruction, fear, creature, chaos, deadly creature, monster terrorizes city, demolished city, army, end of the world, military, kaiju, quarantine, supernatural, chaos and mayhem, apocalypse, catastrophe, invasion
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
Plot Summary:
In this continuation to the adventure of the demon superhero, an evil elf breaks an ancient pact between humans and creatures, as he declares war against humanity. He is on a mission to release The Golden Army, a deadly group of fighting machines that can destroy the human race. As Hell on Earth is ready to erupt, Hellboy and his crew set out to defeat the evil prince
Duration: 120 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 283000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, Hungary
Plot tags: monster, superhero, supernatural, creature, heroes, supernatural ability, good versus evil, heroic mission, comic book, villain, dark hero, army, magic, superhuman powers, fate of humanity, save the world, team, hell, evil, scheme, fantasy world, heaven and hell, comic hero, superhero team, final battle
Eden Lake (2008)
Plot Summary:
Eden Lake is a relentlessly tense and immaculately paced horror-thriller about modern youth gone wild. When a young couple goes to a remote wooded lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is shattered by an aggressive group of local kids. Rowdiness quickly turns to rage as the teens terrorize the couple in unimaginable ways, and a weekend outing becomes a bloody battle for survival
Duration: 91 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 93000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Plot tags: survival, torture, camping, forest, fear, youth, gory, chase, murder, strong violent content, sadistic horror, danger, insanity, beach, gang, on the run, weekend, lake, sadism, violent, gore, lost in the woods, evil wins, macabre, children
Pontypool (2008)
Plot Summary:
When disc jockey Grant Mazzy reports to his basement radio station in the Canadian town of Pontypool, he thinks it's just another day at work. But when he hears reports of a virus that turns people into zombies, Mazzy barricades himself in the radio booth and tries to figure out a way to warn his listeners about the virus and its unlikely mode of transmission
Duration: 93 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Plot tags: zombie, epidemic, deadly virus, virus, radio station, survival, zombie apocalypse, supernatural, radio, infection, small town, end of the world, fear, insanity, monster, winter, pandemic, danger, infected, media, chaos and mayhem, undead, macabre, gory, claustrophobia
Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008)
Plot Summary:
A zombie attack brings chaos to Harvardville Airport. Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield , who fought the sinister Umbrella Corporation during the Raccoon City tragedy 7 years ago, are back. In high-octane Resident Evil style, they're ready to battle a rogue warrior who is seeking revenge after his family was killed in Raccoon City. The deadly G-Virus is unleashed and a new mutated monster rampages
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Animation, Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: zombie, infection, monster, chaos, apocalypse, genetically altered, soldier, supernatural, resident evil, danger, experiment gone awry, chases and races, good versus evil, infected, heroes, chaos and mayhem, survival, video game, gory, epidemic, pandemic, undead, virus, female hero, superhero
Bhoothnath (2008)
Plot Summary:
Banku, his mother, Anjali Sharma and father move in to their new house -- the Nath villa, unaware of the fact that the house is inhabited by a ghost. It is learnt the ghost is not too happy with his new housemates. But what the ghost is not prepared for is his unlikely friendship with Banku. Now Banku must uncover the reason why his ghostly friend is stuck and help him to attain salvation
Duration: 150 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: India
Plot tags: ghost, friendship, family relations, supernatural, family life, haunted house, mischievous children, disorder, young heroes, father son relationship, hindu, youth, friends, fish out of water, buddies, school, bully, hospital, boy, cruise, drunkenness, drunkard, ice cream, school principal, remorse
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
Plot Summary:
A worldwide epidemic encourages a bio-tech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. The repossession clause is a killer, however
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Horror, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: goth, medical, gore, opera, support group, mercilessness, torture, addiction, rock, violence, twists and turns, life is a bitch, powerful corporation, against humanity, dystopian future, apocalypse, revenge, cyberpunk, music, rock and roll, broadway, evil corporation, post apocalyptic, steampunk, infection
Dead Space: Downfall (2008)
Plot Summary:
On a deep space mining mission to a remote planet, an ancient religious relic - thought to be proof of the existence of God - is unearthed and brought aboard. When the unholy artifact unleashes a long-dormant alien race, its glimpse of Heaven transforms the ship into a living Hell. A prequel to the events of the 2008 video game Dead Space
Duration: 74 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: outer space, alien monster, deadly creature, danger, imaginary, violence, infection, spacecraft, self sacrifice, body horror, zombie, space, space and aliens, evil alien, survival horror, fanatic, struggle for survival, space opera, dystopia, team, human in outer space, colony, survival, monster, alien
Lake Mungo (2008)
Plot Summary:
16 year old Alice Palmer drowns in a local dam. When her body is recovered and, her grieving family buries her. The family experiences a series of strange, inexplicable events centered in and around their home. Unsettled, the Palmers seek the help of psychic and parapsychologist, Ray Kemeny. Ray discovers that Alice led a secret, double life. At Lake Mungo, Alice's secret past emerges
Duration: 87 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Plot tags: ghost, supernatural, found footage, drowning, slow burn, investigation, uncover truth, teenage life, family life, danger, paranormal activity, haunted house, supernatural horror, parents and children, supernatural ability, loss of daughter, haunted, paranormal phenomena, lake, secret, mistaken identity, psychic, fear, haunting, water
The Cottage (2008)
Plot Summary:
In a remote part of the countryside, a bungled kidnapping turns into a living nightmare for four central characters when they cross paths with a psychopathic farmer and all hell breaks loose
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Plot tags: countryside, kidnapping, dark humor, murder, danger, gangster, chase, nothing goes right, confined, monster, kidnapped, redneck, backwoods, social satire, gore, gory, brother brother relationship, killer, blood, survival, serial killer, ghost, macabre, farmer, captive
Cold Prey 2 (2008)
Plot Summary:
Jannicke wakes up in the hospital. All of her friends are dead. As she walks through the dark corridors, she thinks she is left alone. But the nightmare isn't over yet
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Norway
Plot tags: snow, hospital, medical, psychopath, winter, nightmare, missing person, danger, confined, mountain, serial killer, murder, blood, gore, supernatural, psychological trauma, masked killer, killer, expedition, female fighter, guts, nordic, zombie, christmas, maniac
Mirrors (2008)
Plot Summary:
An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home
Duration: 110 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 113000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Romania, Germany, France
Plot tags: supernatural, ghost, evil, demon, supernatural horror, mirror, macabre, twists and turns, investigation, possession, death, disappearance, gore, uncover truth, female nudity, family problems, family in danger, strong violent content, brutality, hallucination, medication, hospital, blood, store, zombie
The Strangers (2008)
Plot Summary:
After returning from a wedding reception, a couple staying in an isolated vacation house receive a knock on the door in the mid-hours of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. The couple find themselves in a violent struggle, in which they go beyond what either of them thought capable in order to survive
Duration: 86 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 141000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: home invasion, survival, serial killer, murder, hostage, masked killer, blood, fear, violence, masked villain, brutality, night, homicidal maniac, supernatural, mysterious character, torture, kidnapped, terror, trapped, survival horror, mind game, gory, claustrophobia, violent, trap
Splinter (2008)
Plot Summary:
When their plans for a nature trip go awry, Polly and boyfriend Seth decide to check into a motel. On their way, they're carjacked and kidnapped by low-rent crooks Dennis and Lacey, who take the victims and their SUV to a nearby gas station. Along the way, they encounter an increasingly terrifying horde of parasites, and if any of them intend to survive, they'll have to outsmart the deadly organisms
Duration: 82 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: creature, zombie, infection, infected, macabre, monster, virus, parasite, gore, death, body horror, supernatural, gory, transformation, creature feature, survival, blood splatter, epidemic, weekend, partners in crime, disease, apocalypse, pandemic, camp, hostage
The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
Plot Summary:
The photographer Leon lives with his girlfriend and waitress Maya waiting for a chance to get in the photo business. When Maya contacts their friend Jurgis, he schedules a meeting for Leon with the successful owner of arts gallery Susan Hoff; she analyzes Leon's work and asks him to improve the quality of his photos. During the night, the upset Leon decides to wander on the streets taking pictures with his camera, and he follows three punks down to the subway station; when the gang attacks a young woman, Leon defends her and the guys move on. On the next morning, Leon discovers that the woman is missing. He goes to the police station, but Detective Lynn Hadley does not give much attention to him and discredits his statement. Leon becomes obsessed to find what happened with the stranger and he watches the subway station. When he sees the elegant butcher Mahogany in the train, Leon believes he might be a murderer and stalks him everywhere, in the beginning of his journey to the darkness
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 6.0/10
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: serial killer, gory, photographer, psychopath, violent, subway, violence, butcher, twists and turns, obsession, gore, torture, train, blood, crazy, dismemberment, photograph, witnessing a crime, supernatural, plot twist, monster, murder, female detective, art gallery, macabre
I Sell the Dead (2008)
Plot Summary:
18th century justice catches up with a pair of grave robbers. With only a few hours to go before his date with the guillotine, Arthur Blake (Monaghan) tells his life story to Father Francis Duffy (Ron Perlman). Before long, Arthur spills the beans on how he got started in the grim corpse peddling business with seasoned ghoul Willie Grimes
Duration: 85 min
IMDB Rating: 6.0/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Plot tags: zombie, undead, supernatural, vampire, grave robber, grave, group of criminals, cemetery, dark humor, survival, macabre, satire, death, living dead, friendship, steampunk, infected, blood, apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, underdog, gore, buddy, post apocalyptic, alien
Tokyo Gore Police (2008)
Plot Summary:
Set in a future-world vision of Tokyo where the police have been privatized and bitter self-mutilation is so casual that advertising is often specially geared to the "cutter" demographic, this is the story of samurai-sword-wielding Ruka and her mission to avenge her father's assassination. Ruka is a cop from a squad who's mission is to destroy homicidal mutant humans known as "engineers" possessing the ability to transform any injury to a weapon
Duration: 110 min
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Plot tags: cyberpunk, female warrior, body horror, sex, mutant, supernatural, fighting crime, gore, dark humor, monster, revenge, apocalypse, extreme, conspiracy, dystopian future, samurai, oral sex, sexploitation, blood splatter, violent, martial arts, strong female lead, violence, exploitation, gory
Igor (2008)
Plot Summary:
A cliché hunchbacked evil scientist's assistant aspires to become a scientist himself, much to the displeasure of the rest of the evil science community
Duration: 87 min
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Plot tags: mad scientist, monster, brainwashing, experiment, evil scientist, rivalry, follow your dream, ambition, rising to stardom, hunchback, social misfits, experiment gone awry, plan gone awry, misfit, society, contests and competitions, disorder, genius, halloween, invention, king, frankenstein, faith, jekyll and hyde, buddies
The Machine Girl (2008)
Plot Summary:
The life of a young, Japanese schoolgirl is destroyed when her family is killed by a Ninja-Yakuza family. Her hand cut off, she replaces it with various machines-of-death, and seeks revenge
Duration: 96 min
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Plot tags: female protagonist, yakuza, gore, female killer, violence spree, revenge, bullying, murder, gory, teenage girl, girl heroine, attempted rape, gangster, schoolgirl, orphan, mechanic, vengeance, teenage life, disfigurement, violent, japanese girl, blood, danger, amputee, body horror
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
Plot Summary:
Six years after the events of The X-Files series finale, former FBI agent Doctor Dana Scully is now a staff physician at Our Lady of Sorrows, a Catholic hospital, and treating a boy named Christian who has Sandhoff disease, a terminal brain condition. FBI agent Drummy arrives to ask Scully’s help in locating Fox Mulder, the fugitive former head of the X-Files division, and says they will call off its manhunt for him if he will help investigate the disappearances of several women, including young FBI agent Monica Banan. Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10
IMDB Votes: 93000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: alien, supernatural, conspiracy, snow, investigation, abduction, psychic, supernatural ability, winter, secrets, psychopath, priest, partner, bodies, danger, special agent, hospital, obsession, skepticism, occult, fbi, paranormal activity, kidnapping, murder, redemption
The Ruins (2008)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends whose leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they, along with a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10
IMDB Votes: 82000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Australia
Plot tags: survival, gory, jungle, ruins, vacation, friendship, death, self sacrifice, chase, ancient mystery, danger, murder, group of friends, parasite, gore, tourist, mercy killing, twists and turns, creature, blood, amputation, survival horror, friends, ancient, travel
Kandisha (2008)
Plot Summary:
Shattered by the loss of her child, Nyla Jayde, a brilliant criminal defense attorney, takes on a case involving a 14th century Moroccan legend, a vengeful spirit named "Kandisha"
Duration: 91 min
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Morocco
Plot tags: ghost, lawyer, investigation, supernatural, murder, loss of child, nobody believes, legends and myths, abuse, supernatural power, genie, arab, black, black history, law, fear, ancient, muslim, self defense, belief, lawyers and clients, spouse killer, demon, criminal, spirit
Pathology (2008)
Plot Summary:
Medical student Ted Grey graduates at the top of his class and quickly joins an elite pathology program, whose top students invite him into their circle. There he uncovers a gruesome secret: They play a game in which one tries to commit the perfect, undetectable murder, then the others compete to determine the victim's cause of death
Duration: 95 min
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: psychopath, murder, medical school, hospital, serial killer, medical, twists and turns, gore, morgue, forensics, gory, rough sex, corpse, fiance fiancee relationship, god complex, danger, intern, doctors and patients, power relations, plot twist, infidelity, killer, medicine, pathology, erotica
The Children (2008)
Plot Summary:
A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents
Duration: 84 min
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Plot tags: killer child, christmas, evil child, creepy child, snow, epidemic, winter, family in danger, creepy kid, deadly virus, danger, violence spree, death of mother, child murders an adult, new year, family problems, countryside, holiday horror, child, supernatural, murder, youth, gory, husband wife relationship, trapped
Quarantine (2008)
Plot Summary:
A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers
Duration: 89 min
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain
Plot tags: virus, zombie, quarantine, found footage, infection, survival, gory, plague, trapped, graphic violence, supernatural, rabies, pandemic, monster, death, chaos, uncover truth, epidemic, gore, danger, brutality, infected, post apocalypse, disease, visceral
Dance of the Dead (2008)
Plot Summary:
With Prom only hours away, the usual suspects of Cosa High (Cheerleaders, geeks, bad boys and the happy-go-lucky student council alike) are preoccupied with the annual rituals of teendom. On the night of the big dance when the dead unexpectedly rise to eat the living, polar opposite groups will be forced to unite in their final chance to save the town from the zombies
Duration: 87 min
IMDB Rating: 5.8/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: zombie, high school, supernatural, apocalypse, virus, gory, prom, cheerleader, violence, survival, transformation, small town, save the day, loser, gore, unlikely couple, anti hero, undead, zombie apocalypse, epidemic, living dead, infected, geek, blood, back from the dead
Saw V (2008)
Plot Summary:
Detective Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy. But when his secret is threatened, he must go on the hunt to eliminate all the loose ends
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 5.8/10
IMDB Votes: 135000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: serial killer, torture, game of death, trap, psychopath, mind game, gore, survival, violent, kidnapping, blood, gory, vigilante, twists and turns, violence, escape attempt, race against time, deathtrap, justice, police corruption, survival horror, killer, kidnapped, hardcore, trapped