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Bone Tomahawk (2015)
Plot Summary:
During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. One of the villagers takes care of him in prison. One day they both disappear – only the spear of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and his nurse
Duration: 132 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 114000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Western
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: wilderness, violent, cannibalism, rescue, brutality, native american, survival, blood, gore, murder, cannibal, macabre, violence, captive, civil war veteran, scalping, revenge, ambush, supernatural, death, sheriff, desert, modern western, modern west, pregnant woman
Green Room (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young punk rock band find themselves trapped in a secluded venue after stumbling upon a horrific act of violence
Duration: 95 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 137000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: skinhead, survival, murder, brutality, violence, punk, friendship, punk band, escape, gore, neo nazi, revenge, heroin, murder witness, killed by a dog, blood, punk rock, police investigation, plot twist, trapped, dog, hostage, witness, concert, blonde girl
The Witch (2015)
Plot Summary:
In 1630s New England, William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life with five children, homesteading on the edge of an impassable wilderness, exiled from their settlement when William defies the local church. When their newborn son vanishes and crops mysteriously fail, the family turns on one another
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 291000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Plot tags: witch, supernatural, religion, witchcraft, folk horror, family bonds, macabre, wilderness, black magic, insanity, paranoia, curses spells and rituals, satan, paganism, isolation, family relations, goat, violence, parents and children, sacrifice, forest, woods, darkness, pagan, magic
Turbo Kid (2015)
Plot Summary:
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, an orphaned teen must battle a ruthless warlord to save the girl of his dreams
Duration: 93 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, New Zealand, USA
Plot tags: post apocalypse, superhero, childhood, apocalypse, dystopia, distopia, monster, gore, friendship, post apocalyptic, catastrophe, brutality, transformation, mad scientist, fight scenes, vengeance, gang, loneliness, childhood trauma, blood, immaturity, violent, robot, teen superhero, bmx
The Invitation (2015)
Plot Summary:
Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something
Duration: 100 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 117000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: dinner party, suspicion, conspiracy, suicide, obsession, deception, old friend, insanity, survival, brutality, vengeance, twists and turns, paranoid, shooting, paranoia, psychology, death, mind game, dinner, social commentary, plot twist, great ending, trapped, group of friends, pagan cult
Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
Plot Summary:
When the old-old-old-fashioned vampire Vlad arrives at the hotel for an impromptu family get-together, Hotel Transylvania is in for a collision of supernatural old-school and modern day cool
Duration: 89 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 139000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: hotel, vampire, monster, supernatural, zombie, children, dracula, fantasy world, female vampire, magic, frankenstein, imaginary, imaginary kingdom, frankenstein's monster, friendship, culture clash, halloween, kids and family, werewolf, technology, full moon, grandfather grandson relationship, teenager, wedding, insect
The Final Girls (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer
Duration: 91 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: teenager, serial killer, virginity, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, camp counselor, survival, summer camp, camp, scream queen, characters murdered one by one, characters killed one by one, murder, accident, car accident, brutality, violence, kidnapping, gory, female protagonist, slasher spoof, masked killer, revenge, hostage, hospital
Crimson Peak (2015)
Plot Summary:
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers
Duration: 119 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 156000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Plot tags: ghost, haunted house, supernatural, incest, macabre, murder, female protagonist, psychopath, betrayal, brother sister incest, estate, ghost story, old mansion, serial killer, supernatural romance, incestuous relationship, brutal murder, poison, blood, loss of mother, greed, violence, supernatural ability, strong female character, mansion
Hidden (2015)
Plot Summary:
A family takes refuge in a fallout shelter to avoid a dangerous outbreak
Duration: 84 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: virus, post apocalypse, survival, quarantine, epidemic, murder, father daughter relationship, underground, twists and turns, infected, bomb shelter, nightmare, plot twist, mother daughter relationship, zombie, military, isolation, post apocalyptic, end of the world, monster, gore, infection, apocalypse, supernatural, disaster
Tale of Tales (2015)
Plot Summary:
From the bitter quest of the Queen of Longtrellis, to two mysterious sisters who provoke the passion of a king, to the King of Highhills obsessed with a giant Flea, these tales are inspired by the fairytales by Giambattista Basile
Duration: 134 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy, France, UK
Plot tags: medieval, witch, beautiful scenery, magic, castle, monster, fantasy world, king, fight scenes, ogre, circus, violence, imagination, brutality, sacrifice, flea, wedding, death, sword and sorcery, magical, ancient rome, escape, witchcraft, father daughter relationship, italian history
The Devil's Candy (2015)
Plot Summary:
A struggling painter is possessed by satanic forces after he and his young family move into their dream home in rural Texas
Duration: 79 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: father daughter relationship, painting, serial killer, kidnapping, heavy metal, possessed, buying a house, art gallery, haunted house, devil, murder, psychotic, possession, occult, supernatural horror, hearing voices, teenager, police, escape, religion, arson, girl in peril, obsession, supernatural, haunted
Hell House LLC (2015)
Plot Summary:
Five years after an unexplained malfunction causes the death of 15 tour-goers and staff on the opening night of a Halloween haunted house tour, a documentary crew travels back to the scene of the tragedy to find out what really happened
Duration: 93 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: found footage, haunted house, halloween, dark secret, supernatural, house, hanging, basement, mysterious death, group of friends, abandoned hotel, investigation, tragic event, night, ghost, fright, murder, brutality, mannequin, supernatural power, death, hotel, fear, danger, panic
Deathgasm (2015)
Plot Summary:
Two teenage boys unwittingly summon an ancient evil entity known as The Blind One by delving into black magic while trying to escape their mundane lives
Duration: 86 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Music
Country: New Zealand
Plot tags: heavy metal, demon, gore, supernatural, teenage boy, bullying, devil, apocalypse, music, demonic possession, high school, high school student, zombie, blood, black metal, gory, stoner, rock and roll, massacre, rehearsal, teenager, rock, hard rock, exploitation, brutality
The Lure (2015)
Plot Summary:
Two mermaid sisters, who end up performing at a nightclub, face cruel and bloody choices when one of them falls in love with a beautiful young man
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Musical, Thriller
Country: Poland
Plot tags: mermaid, dance club, female monster, teenage girl, sister sister relationship, love triangle, dancing, sensuality, body horror, lesbian, murder, first sex, family relations, rivalry, seductive woman, rebirth, husband wife relationship, female vigilante, acrobat, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, metamorphosis, bad dream, interspecies romance, teenager, monster
Goosebumps (2015)
Plot Summary:
After moving to a small town, Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets next door neighbor Hannah, the daughter of bestselling Goosebumps series author R.L. Stine. When Zach unintentionally unleashes real monsters from their manuscripts and they begin to terrorize the town, it’s suddenly up to Stine, Zach and Hannah to get all of them back in the books where they belong
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 94000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Australia
Plot tags: monster, werewolf, magic, good versus evil, youth, imaginary, ventriloquist dummy, book, high school, praying mantis, ghost, teenager, escapades, creativity, adaptation, storytelling, school, fantasy world, supernatural, children, mythology, kids and family, vampire, halloween, medieval
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
Plot Summary:
Three scouts and lifelong friends join forces with one badass cocktail waitress to become the world’s most unlikely team of heroes. When their peaceful town is ravaged by a zombie invasion, they’ll fight for the badge of a lifetime and put their scouting skills to the test to save mankind from the undead
Duration: 93 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Plot tags: zombie, teenager, gory, zombie apocalypse, apocalypse, friendship, survival, strip club, zombie attack, supernatural, youth, danger, virus, boy scout, undead, camp, nudity, foul language, dark humor, scout, friendship between boys, small town, living dead, infection, blood
He Never Died (2015)
Plot Summary:
Jack is a solitary man with a mysterious past. His strange habits will soon become stranger when his past catches up with him
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Plot tags: vampire, immortality, immortal, supernatural, cannibalism, father daughter relationship, loneliness, superhero, violence, brutality, life & death, culture clash, gangster, vengeance, apocalypse, dark humor, hitman, murder, sarcasm, visceral, moral ambiguity, violent, kidnapping, eating human flesh, diner
The Visit (2015)
Plot Summary:
The terrifying story of a brother and sister who are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a weeklong trip. Once the children discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing, they see their chances of getting back home are growing smaller every day
Duration: 94 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 147000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Plot tags: murder, elderly, danger, kids in trouble, siblings relations, found footage, family relations, sibling relationship, farm, grandmother granddaughter relationship, parents and children, basement, plot twist, grandfather granddaughter relationship, brother sister relationship, child protagonist, macabre, family drama, disturbed individual, hide and seek, farmhouse, dark humor, laptop, rural setting, single mother
Krampus (2015)
Plot Summary:
A horror comedy based on the ancient legend about a pagan creature who punishes children on Christmas
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 81000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: christmas, supernatural, monster, demon, beast, holiday, creature, legends and myths, folklore, danger, krampus, dark humor, survival, snow, winter, fear, holiday horror, brutality, family bonds, xmas, santa claus, deadly creature, christmas season, transformation, adaptation
Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)
Plot Summary:
A twisted new tale of terror begins for a teenage girl and her family, predating the haunting of the Lambert family in the earlier movies and revealing more mysteries of the otherworldly realm The Further
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Plot tags: haunted house, supernatural, supernatural horror, ghost, demon, psychic, curses spells and rituals, family in danger, family problems, haunted, supernatural power, evil spirit, seance, possession, danger, imaginary, exorcism, teenager, father daughter relationship, monster, possessed, mind game, survival, spirit, haunting
Circle (2015)
Plot Summary:
Could you trust a jury of your peers with your life? The contestants of a mysterious death game must make harrowing decisions as they strategize for survival in this psychological sci-fi thriller
Duration: 87 min
IMDB Rating: 6.0/10
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: survival, twists and turns, execution, life & death, morality, prejudice, game of death, stranger, survival horror, struggle for survival, plot twist, sole survivor, death, brutality, murder, alien abduction, voting, alien, catastrophe, trapped, mind game, redemption, sacrifice, sudden death, spaceship
Southbound (2015)
Plot Summary:
The film contains five stories set on desolate stretches of a desert highway. Two men on the run from their past, a band on its way to a gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in these interwoven tales
Duration: 89 min
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Plot tags: desert, occult, macabre, survival, occult ritual, highway, masked killer, road trip, trapped, monster, murder, catastrophe, chase, insanity, multiple storylines, hospital, surgery, arizona desert, revenge, devil, twins, mind game, traveler, home invasion, radio
Backtrack (2015)
Plot Summary:
Troubled psychotherapist Peter Bowers is suffering from nightmares and eerie visions. When he uncovers a horrifying secret that all of his patients share, he is put on a course that takes him back to the small hometown he fled years ago. There he confronts his demons and unravels a mystery 20 years in the making
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK, United Arab Emirates
Plot tags: ghost, memory, nightmare, therapist, death, murder, hallucination, death of daughter, repressed memory, female police officer, train crash, spirit, haunted, rain, girl, father son relationship, bicycle, loss of daughter, psychotherapist, homecoming, dead daughter, rape, train, psychologist, beach
The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015)
Plot Summary:
In the dead of winter, Kat and Rose, two very different girls, find themselves spending winter break at their prestigious prep school. What they don't know is that Kat is being stalked by an evil entity, and their lives are about to change forever. Meanwhile, Joan, a young, troubled woman, makes her way across a frozen landscape towards the school. But why?
Duration: 93 min
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Plot tags: boarding school, possession, satanism, teenage girl, nun, loneliness, murder, snow, supernatural horror, demonic possession, supernatural, evil child, flash forward, female psychopath, serial killer, demon, catholic, blood, new year, teenager, ghost, killer, twists and turns, virus, mental disorder
Victor Frankenstein (2015)
Plot Summary:
Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment
Duration: 110 min
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Plot tags: monster, mad scientist, frankenstein, hunchback, frankenstein's monster, friendship, experiment gone awry, scientist, experiment, obsession, escapades, steampunk, vengeance, insanity, life philosophy, doctor frankenstein, giant, anatomy, friends, hopes, laboratory, disorder, science, supernatural, engineer
Freaks of Nature (2015)
Plot Summary:
In the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apocalypse arrived. Now three teenagers-one human, one vampire, and one zombie-have to team up to figure out how to get rid of the visitors
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: zombie, vampire, apocalypse, small town, high school, nerd, alien, supernatural, monster, alien invasion, humanity, save the day, ufo, social issues, youth, teenage life, young heroes, heroes, space and aliens, female vampire, male nudity, dark humor, family relations, social satire, ghetto
Extinction (2015)
Plot Summary:
And suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 5.8/10
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA, Hungary, France
Plot tags: zombie, post apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, post apocalyptic, epidemic, end of the world, wilderness, father daughter relationship, dystopia, virus, monster, survival, apocalypse, chase, snow, blood, infection, winter, infected, mutant, betrayal, distopia, disaster, found footage, space
Baskin (2015)
Plot Summary:
Feature length version of the 2013 Turkish short film about police making a horrifying discovery in an apartment building
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 5.8/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Plot tags: torture, frog, black mass, nightmare, body horror, gore, violence, police officer, death, dream, accident, insanity, imagination, patrol, road accident, survival, supernatural, danger, squad, supernatural horror, extreme, hell, murder, fear, zombie
A Christmas Horror Story (2015)
Plot Summary:
Christmas is supposed to be a time of joy, peace and goodwill. But for some folks in the small town of Bailey Downs, it turns into something much less festive
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 5.8/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Plot tags: christmas, zombie, supernatural, dysfunctional family, murder, holiday, krampus, elf, monster, twists and turns, kids and family, brutality, holiday horror, love story, teenager, ghost, blood, winter, gore, christmas spirit, snow, xmas, staff, macabre, clone
Intruders (2015)
Plot Summary:
Anna suffers from agoraphobia so crippling that when a trio of criminals break into her house, she cannot bring herself to flee. But what the intruders don't realize is that agoraphobia is not her only psychosis
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 5.7/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: home invasion, agoraphobia, revenge, hidden room, violence, obsession, murder, brutality, female protagonist, basement, intruder, trapped in a room, serial killer, death, gory, twists and turns, plot twist, women, supernatural, mental disorder, lonely, kidnapped, woman, femme fatale, death valley