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Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013)
Plot Summary:
A year has passed since Guts parted ways with the Band of the Hawks. Meanwhile, his former mercenary group is plotting a rescue mission to save an imprisoned Griffith
Duration: 110 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Plot tags: imaginary kingdom, medieval, battles, good versus evil, demon, strength, dark hero, heroes, supernatural, supernatural ability, imaginary, master warrior, escapades, vengeance, rivalry, curses spells and rituals, witchcraft, fight, supernatural power, gore, monster, friendship, macabre, brutality, evil
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
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 545000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: haunted house, supernatural, ghost, exorcism, witch, paranormal investigation, fear, possession, psychic, supernatural horror, paranormal, haunting, doll, investigation, danger, house, death, demonic possession, clairvoyant, spirit, imaginary friend, family in danger, seance, haunted by the past, paranormal activity
Toy Story of Terror (2013)
Plot Summary:
What starts out as a fun road trip for the Toy Story gang takes an unexpected turn for the worse when the trip detours to a roadside motel. After one of the toys goes missing, the others find themselves caught up in a mysterious sequence of events that must be solved before they all suffer the same fate in this Toy Story of Terror
Duration: 22 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Plot tags: halloween, toy story, superhero, cowboy, friendship, happy ending, good versus evil, little girl, dark and stormy night, objects come to life, friends, escapades, danger, imaginary, road trip, hotel, toys, on the road, 007, holiday, escape, astronaut, girl, motel, female protagonist
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
Plot Summary:
A depressed musician reunites with his lover in the desolate streets of Detroit. Though their romance has endured several centuries, it is tested by the arrival of her capricious and unpredictable younger sister
Duration: 123 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Greece, France
Plot tags: vampire, goth, love, supernatural, eternal life, immortality, blood, vampirism, family relations, musician, fate of humanity, vampire bite, supernatural romance, true love, lovers reunited, existentialism, love story, suicide, love and romance, human nature, death, murder, rock, music, life philosophy
World War Z (2013)
Plot Summary:
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls
Duration: 116 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 706000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Malta
Plot tags: zombie, apocalypse, virus, epidemic, zombie apocalypse, post apocalypse, deadly virus, survival, end of the world, infected, pandemic, natural disaster, post apocalyptic, disease, plague, vaccine, zombie outbreak, save the world, dystopia, chaos, catastrophe, self sacrifice, infection, disaster, asthma
Big Bad Wolves (2013)
Plot Summary:
A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings - a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder
Duration: 110 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Israel
Plot tags: twists and turns, serial killer, vigilante, kidnapping, vigilantism, torture, murder, investigation, violence, obsession, police officer, death, tragedy, brutality, chase, imagination, guilt, police investigation, moral ambiguity, captivity, parents and children, rivalry, confined, loss of child, partner
Warm Bodies (2013)
Plot Summary:
After a zombie becomes involved with the girlfriend of one of his victims, their romance sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 241000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: zombie, supernatural, zombie apocalypse, post apocalypse, teenager, love and romance, young woman, supernatural romance, fall in love, survival, love story, characters in danger, rescue, young man, danger, friendship, forbidden love, power of love, virus, transformation, interspecies romance, apocalypse, undead, chase, infection
Odd Thomas (2013)
Plot Summary:
In a California desert town, a short-order cook with clairvoyant abilities encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark, threatening forces
Duration: 100 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: afterlife, supernatural ability, psychic, able to see the dead, supernatural, seeing dead people, a vision, husband wife relationship, good versus evil, transformation, plot twist, social relations, evil force, mysterious character, home invasion, chief of police, terrorist plot, death, small town life, superhero, distopia, fantasy world, vigilante, adaptation, occult
Cheap Thrills (2013)
Plot Summary:
Recently fired and facing eviction, a new dad has his life turned upside down when he meets a wealthy couple who offer a path to financial security... but at a price
Duration: 88 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: dark humor, extramarital affair, friendship, greed, gambling, violent, bet, life turned upside down, twists and turns, cocaine, human nature, society, working class, disorder, adultery, mechanic, survival, rivalry, one day, manipulation, murder, deception, game of death, casino, gore
Borgman (2013)
Plot Summary:
Borgman is the central character of this dark, malevolent fable. Is he a dream or a demon, a twisted allegory or an all-too-real embodiment of our fears? Borgman is a sinister arrival in the sealed-off streets of modern suburbia. His presence unleashes a crowing gallery of distortion around the careful façade constructed by an arrogant, comfortable couple, their three children and nanny
Duration: 113 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark
Plot tags: nightmare, dog, home invasion, mysterious character, family crisis, family relations, dishonesty, surrealism, good versus evil, manipulation, hidden identity, life turned upside down, supernatural, family problems, terrorizing, female nudity, garden, husband wife relationship, poison, crumbling marriage, homeless, children, dark humor, suburbs, poisoning
Go Goa Gone (2013)
Plot Summary:
A rave party off the coast of Goa, goes horrifyingly and hilariously wrong when the island is overrun with zombies
Duration: 108 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: India
Plot tags: zombie, zombie apocalypse, island, friends, danger, buddies, deadly creature, escapades, drug dealing, supernatural, stoner, travel, zombie attack, marijuana, russian mafia, zombie survival, cocaine, zombie outbreak, yuppie, experimental drug, rock, violent content, survival, blonde, beach
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
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 186000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Plot tags: supernatural, haunted house, paranormal activity, supernatural horror, fear, ghost, demon, nightmare comes true, child in peril, macabre, possession, psychic, serial killer, boy, afterlife, haunted, curses spells and rituals, exorcism, blood, abusive mother, haunting, nightmare, spirit, occult, possessed
Oculus (2013)
Plot Summary:
A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 138000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: supernatural, haunted house, mirror, supernatural horror, danger, siblings relations, paranormal activity, ghost, insanity, brother sister relationship, demon, hallucination, trauma, monster, haunting, survival, gore, twists and turns, gory, plot twist, paranormal, haunted, magical mirror, husband murders wife, psychology
Evil Dead (2013)
Plot Summary:
Evil Dead, the fourth installment of the Evil Dead franchise, serving as both a reboot and as a loose continuation of the series, features Mia, a young woman struggling with sobriety, heads to a remote cabin with a group of friends where the discovery of a Book of the Dead unwittingly summon up dormant demons which possess the youngsters one by one
Duration: 91 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 194000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, New Zealand, Australia
Plot tags: gory, demon, supernatural, zombie, demonic possession, blood, violence, brutality, transformation, extreme violence, cabin in the woods, addiction, woods, fear, vacation, evil dead, survival, apocalypse, drug addiction, friendship, exorcism, characters killed one by one, self mutilation, dark humor, isolation
Witching & Bitching (2013)
Plot Summary:
In this heist film turned horror fest, director Álex de la Iglesia's love of mayhem is on full display as a gang of gold thieves lands in a coven of witches who are preparing for an ancient ritual -- and in need of a sacrifice
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Spain, France
Plot tags: witch, witchcraft, heist, kidnapping, love, village, giant, good versus evil, evil witch, chase, curse, woman, danger, down on your luck, countryside, curses spells and rituals, border, ex wife, little boy, ex husband ex wife relationship, broom, coming of age, father son relationship, supernatural power, gory
Horns (2013)
Plot Summary:
In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples
Duration: 120 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: supernatural, transformation, investigation, murder mystery, good versus evil, supernatural ability, devil, danger, vengeance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, snake, false accusation, protagonist as suspect, plot twist, love, blood, friendship, girl, infidelity, dark humor, fantasy world, adaptation, betrayal, murder, outcast
Scenic Route (2013)
Plot Summary:
Stranded on an isolated desert road, two life-long friends fight for survival as their already strained relationship spirals into knife-wielding madness
Duration: 82 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: desert, isolation, friends, on the road, survival, murder, breaking point, stupidity, fight, nature, road trip, redneck, twists and turns, loneliness, mental disorder, dialogue, infidelity, stranded, trapped, supernatural horror, car trip, meme, summer, workaholic, confined
Dark Skies (2013)
Plot Summary:
From the producers of Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Sinister comes Dark Skies: a supernatural thriller that follows a young family living in the suburbs. As husband and wife Daniel and Lacey Barret witness an escalating series of disturbing events involving their family, their safe and peaceful home quickly unravels. When it becomes clear that the Barret family is being targeted by an unimaginably terrifying and deadly force, Daniel and Lacey take matters in their own hands to solve the mystery of what is after their family
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: alien, supernatural, alien abduction, danger, parents and children, paranormal activity, ufo, bird, disorder, abduction, family in danger, extraterrestrial, alien invasion, evil alien, husband wife relationship, macabre, life turned upside down, home invasion, evil force, boy, german shepherd, security system, brother brother relationship, job interview, consciousness
Under the Skin (2013)
Plot Summary:
A seductive alien prowls the streets of Glasgow in search of prey: unsuspecting men who fall under her spell
Duration: 108 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 154000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Switzerland, USA
Plot tags: alien, femme fatale, human prey, extraterrestrial, disguise, nudity, female nudity, desire, eroticism, seduction, nightclub, deformity, very little dialogue, macabre, male nudity, creature, surrealism, deadly creature, burned alive, rape, erection, body horror, attempted rape, human alien, death of family
Open Grave (2013)
Plot Summary:
A man awakes-- without memory -- in a pit full of bodies and must figure out if the people who rescued him are the killers, or if he is the murderer
Duration: 102 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
Plot tags: memory loss, zombie, murder, experiment, suspicion, virus, paranoia, infection, life turned upside down, woods, monster, macabre, murder mystery, gore, stranger, cabin in the woods, uncover truth, losing-it hero, forest, time loop, isolation, post apocalypse, corpse, held captive, rottweiler
Afflicted (2013)
Plot Summary:
Two friends' tour of Europe takes a dark turn when one of them contracts a mysterious illness. They race to find out what it is and how to cure it before the sickness consumes him completely
Duration: 85 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Plot tags: found footage, vampire, supernatural, virus, macabre, violent, gore, monster, murder, survival, travel, insanity, friends, on the road, chases and races, danger, infected, hysteria, cure, body horror, zombie, witch, internet, buddies, blood
A Field in England (2013)
Plot Summary:
During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an alchemist, who forces the group to aid him in his search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field. Crossing a vast mushroom circle, which provides their first meal, the group quickly descend into a chaos of arguments, fighting and paranoia, and, as it becomes clear that the treasure might be something other than gold, they slowly become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, History, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Plot tags: folk horror, hallucination, psychedelia, wilderness, group of strangers, surrealism, captivity, danger, human nature, trippy, on the run, poisoning, military, ghost, deserter, battles, battlefield, medieval, madness, arthouse horror, occult, virus, time loop, mental disorder, witchcraft
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
Duration: 100 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 190000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, Spain, Mexico
Plot tags: ghost, supernatural, supernatural horror, children, haunted house, mother daughter relationship, afterlife, macabre, adoption, danger, revenge, redemption, monster, haunted, hospital, haunting, parents and children, paranormal activity, zombie, death, blood, terror, imaginary friend, nightmare, forest
Wolf Creek 2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Lured by the promise of an Australian holiday, backpackers Rutger, Katarina, and Paul visit the notorious Wolf Creek Crater. Their dream Outback adventure soon becomes a horrific reality when they encounter the site’s most infamous local, the last man any traveler to the region ever wants to meet; Mick Taylor (John Jarratt). As the backpackers flee, Mick pursues them on an epic white knuckled rampage across hostile wasteland. Only one will remain to be dragged back to his lair to witness the true magnitude of his monstrosity. And if the last man standing is to have any hope of surviving where no one else has survived before, he’ll have to use every ounce of cunning to outwit the man behind the monster and become every bit as ruthless as the monster inside the man
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Plot tags: psychopath, serial killer, torture, gory, killing spree, sadistic horror, escape attempt, chase, decapitation, violence, danger, tourist, survival, gore, deathtrap, strong violent content, confined, maniac, death, backwoods, australian outback, monster, killer, expedition, vacation
The Sacrament (2013)
Plot Summary:
A fashion photographer is traveling to meet his sister at Eden Parish. Once there, his friends begin to film interviews with the Eden Parish inhabitants, all of whom speak of the commune in glowing terms. However, they soon discover that there is a sinister edge to the commune that belies the seemingly peaceful setting
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: brainwashing, cult leader, commune, religion, isolated community, isolation, found footage, religions or cults, mass suicide, murder, manipulation, atheism, supernatural, macabre, brutality, mentor, mysterious character, mother daughter relationship, ak 47, filicide, american abroad, mute child, sect, missing person, escape attempt
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
Duration: 88 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 215000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Germany
Plot tags: witch, supernatural, good versus evil, witch hunt, bounty hunter, magic, hansel and gretel, medieval, steampunk, blood, chase, danger, transformation, black magic, curses spells and rituals, siblings relations, troll, kidnapping, death of loved one, full moon, sacrifice, gory, witchcraft, wizards and magicians, abduction
The Den (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young woman studying the habits of webcam chat users from the apparent safety of her apartment witnesses a brutal murder online and is quickly immersed in a nightmare in which she and her loved ones are targeted for the same grisly fate as the first victim
Duration: 76 min
IMDB Rating: 6.0/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: found footage, internet, murder, danger, panic, cyberspace, brutality, police, violence, fear, hacking, laptop, masked killer, nudity, hacker, computer, car crash, psycho killer, sex, abduction, police officer, missing person, blood, desperation, running for your life
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
Duration: 96 min
IMDB Rating: 6.0/10
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Indonesia
Plot tags: found footage, supernatural, macabre, gore, zombie, monster, gory, danger, murder, evil, violence, videotaping, paranormal investigation, death, hospital, blood, alien abduction, ghost, terror, violent, student, brutality, fear, disappearance, mysterious disappearance
We Are What We Are (2013)
Plot Summary:
In this reimagining of the 2010 Mexican film of the same name, director Jim Mickle paints a gruesome portrait of an introverted family struggling to keep their macabre traditions alive, giving us something we can really sink our teeth into
Duration: 105 min
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Plot tags: cannibalism, cannibal, rain, death, small town, gory, gore, macabre, nudity, religion, family drama, family relations, parents and children, siblings relations, missing person, danger, family problems, dog, serial killer, storm, kidnapping, funeral, father daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, religious
Haunter (2013)
Plot Summary:
A teenager is stuck in a time loop that is not quite the same each time. She must uncover the truth but her actions have consequences for herself and others
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Plot tags: ghost, time loop, afterlife, haunted house, supernatural, rescue, trapped, youth, murder, coming of age, uncover truth, house, danger, haunted by the past, time travel, haunted, time warp, time, groundhog day, found footage, imaginary character, evil force, teenager, imaginary friend, serial killer