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The Blue Elephant 2 (2019)
Plot Summary:
A meeting with a new inmate in the psychiatric hospital flips Dr. Yehia's life upside down. She prophecies that the death of his entire family is only three days away
Duration: 130 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Plot tags: witchcraft, demon, devil, exorcism, supernatural, paranormal phenomena, supernatural power, peril, paranormal investigation, ghost, revenge, heroes, violence, death, murder, paranormal, rescue, chase, supernatural ability, evil, fear, escapades, vengeance, society, creature
The Lighthouse (2019)
Plot Summary:
The story of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s
Duration: 109 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 245000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: isolation, hallucination, lighthouse, lighthouse keeper, symbolism, drunkenness, island, nightmare, fight, storm, madness, violence, death, unconsciousness, stolen identity, bird, hard labor, seagull, homoeroticism, contaminated water, human nature, rain, humiliation, killing an animal, going insane
Doctor Sleep (2019)
Plot Summary:
A traumatized, alcoholic Dan Torrance meets Abra, a kid who also has the ability to "shine." He tries to protect her from the True Knot, a cult whose goal is to feed off people like them in order to remain immortal
Duration: 152 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 214000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: psychic power, supernatural, psychic, ghost, stephen king, murder, doctor, mind game, native american, fear, haunted house, terror, magician, hotel, vampire, little girl, death, disappearance, occult, mind control, sadism, supernatural power, eaten alive, teenager, snow
Bacurau (2019)
Plot Summary:
Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their community has vanished from most maps
Duration: 131 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: Brazil, France
Plot tags: village, revenge, flying saucer, funeral, manhunt, resistance, murder, drone, life is a bitch, survival, distopia, fight, women, lgbt, corruption, society, adaptation, dishonesty, hopes, catastrophe, danger, transsexuality, politics, time travel, past
Midsommar (2019)
Plot Summary:
A young couple travels to Sweden to visit their friend’s rural hometown and attend its mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly descends into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult
Duration: 148 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 382000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Sweden
Plot tags: paganism, ritual, religious cult, folk horror, travel, community, nervous breakdown, pagan, rite, isolated community, burned alive, female protagonist, hallucinogenic drug, sacrifice, grief, unsettling, emotional breakdown, trip, human sacrifice, suicide, abused woman, hallucination, murder, death, blood
The Platform (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two people per level. An unknown number of levels. A platform with food for all of them. Are you one of those who think too much when they are up? Or of those who have no guts when they are down? If you discover it too late, you will not live out of the hole
Duration: 94 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 261000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Plot tags: survival, struggle for survival, confined, prison, food shortage, cannibalism, social differences, social injustice, rivalry, social relations, fear, danger, society, symbolism, existentialism, jail, hunger, murder, suicide, isolation, dystopia, open ending, distopia, dystopian future, locked in a room
Ready or Not (2019)
Plot Summary:
A bride's wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game
Duration: 95 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 175000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: survival, game, rite, satanic cult, pursuit, murder, woman kills a man, hide and seek, wedding, ritual, family curse, fiancee, twists and turns, trapped in a building, deal with the devil, father in law daughter in law relationship, wealth, female protagonist, gore, sarcasm, human sacrifice, human prey, survival horror, hiding, most dangerous game
I See You (2019)
Plot Summary:
When a 12-year-old boy goes missing, lead investigator Greg Harper struggles to balance the pressure of the investigation and troubles with his wife, Jackie. Facing a recent affair, great strain is put on the family that slowly gnaws away at Jackie's grip on reality. But after a malicious presence manifests itself in their home and puts their son, Connor, in mortal danger, the cold, hard truth about evil in the Harper household is finally uncovered
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: home invasion, kidnapping, infidelity, serial killer, disappearance, murder, dysfunctional family, search party, investigation, plot twist, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, small town, cruelty, missing child, obsession, terror, forest, criminal, danger, vigilante, threat, complex characters, found footage, crime scene
Us (2019)
Plot Summary:
Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited
Duration: 116 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 332000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan
Plot tags: home invasion, doppelganger, murder, amusement park, panic, african american, evil twin, childhood memory, husband wife relationship, traumatic childhood, black family, mother daughter relationship, torment, metaphor, vacation gone wrong, family vacation, black, fear, beach, terror, blaxploitation, lost, golf club, animal cruelty, traumatic memory
The Golden Glove (2019)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s
Duration: 115 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Plot tags: serial killer, murder, murder of a prostitute, mentally unstable, macabre, murderer, brutality, sex crime, alcoholic, loser, misfit, loner, sadist, serial murder, disposing of a dead body, prostitute, sadistic killer, misery, anti social, killer, violence, alcoholism, worm, criminal, maniac
Saint Maud (2019)
Plot Summary:
Having recently found God, self-effacing young nurse Maud arrives at a plush home to care for Amanda, a hedonistic dancer left frail from a chronic illness. When a chance encounter with a former colleague throws up hints of a dark past, it becomes clear there is more to sweet Maud than meets the eye
Duration: 84 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Plot tags: obsession, supernatural, mental illness, terminal illness, nurse, loneliness, nightmare, religion, occult, narration, terror, mental disorder, possession, female warrior, women, macabre, danger, nervous breakdown, psycho, violence, fear, insanity, isolation, doctors and patients, religious fanatic
Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)
Plot Summary:
The group will face a new zombie threat as a new breed of zombie has developed. This new super-zombie type is faster, bigger, and stronger than the previous strain of zombies and harder to kill. These super-zombies have started grouping up into a horde going from city to city leaving a path of destruction behind them
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 196000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Plot tags: zombie, end of the world, survival, zombie attack, post apocalypse, marriage proposal, zombie apocalypse, mutation, zombie outbreak, plague, christmas present, escape, apocalypse, team, fight, virus, van, pacifist, monster truck, friendship, pandemic, infection, on the road, teamwork, danger
Glass (2019)
Plot Summary:
In a series of escalating encounters, security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities. Meanwhile, the shadowy presence of Elijah Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men
Duration: 129 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 262000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Plot tags: dissociative identity disorder, twists and turns, superhero, psychology, mental illness, pig, feminine beauty, psychic, mental patient, sociopath, cheerleader, plot twist, psychopath, split personality, justice, villain, mental institution, super powers, father son relationship, crossover, conflict, hospital, haunted by the past, mental disorder, conspiracy
Deerskin (2019)
Plot Summary:
A man who becomes obsessed with owning the designer deerskin jacket of his dreams. This obsession will lead him to turn his back on his humdrum life in the suburbs, blow his life savings and even turn him to crime
Duration: 77 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: France, Belgium, Switzerland
Plot tags: obsession, mentally unstable, manipulation, dark humor, loneliness, murder, paradox, fashion, mental disorder, guts, waitress, jacket, serial killer, bartender, paranoia, thief, money, excavation, cinema, bank, deer, blood, bookstore, bank clerk, gas station
It Chapter Two (2019)
Plot Summary:
Because every 27 years evil revisits the town of Derry, Maine, it chapter two brings the chapters - who've long since gone their separate ways - back together as adults, nearly three decades after the events of the first film
Duration: 169 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 294000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: killer clown, clown, evil clown, stephen king, terror, fear, evil, group of friends, villain, panic, carnival, murder, asthma, kids in trouble, creature, memory, good versus evil, friendship, gore, macabre, death, small town, childhood friend, promise, dark past
Extra Ordinary (2019)
Plot Summary:
A driving instructor must use her other-worldly gifts to save a lonely man’s daughter from a rock star looking to use her for Satanic purposes
Duration: 94 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Ireland, Belgium
Plot tags: loss of virginity, ghost, supernatural, danger, family relations, death, rescue, investigation, rivalry, friendship, love and romance, escapades, society, ambition, redemption, small town, life philosophy, virus, abduction, exorcism, pact with the devil, creature, exploitation, possession, european
The Mortuary Collection (2019)
Plot Summary:
In the phantasmagorical town of Raven's End, a misguided young girl takes refuge in a decrepit old mortuary. The eccentric undertaker chronicles the strange history of the town through a series of twisted tales, each more terrifying than the last, but the young girl's world is unhinged when she discovers that the final story... is her own
Duration: 108 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Plot tags: mortician, funeral home, mysterious death, dark secret, supernatural, memories, young woman, babysitting, killings, blonde, dark humor, morgue, multiple deaths, blood, nightmare, halloween, pregnant man, teenager, monster, serial killer, creature, body horror, funeral, twists and turns, student
Don't Let Go (2019)
Plot Summary:
A detective suffering from a personal loss receives a call from his recently deceased niece. Being able to communicate across time, the two work together to try and stop the crime before it occurs
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: time travel, evidence, phone terror, black, family in danger, murder, murder mystery, terror, survival, murderer, mysticism, investigation, murder investigation, evil, fear, family problems, changing the past or future, private investigation, delusion, saving a life, tragic past, threatening telephone call, teenager, mafia, time
Escape Room (2019)
Plot Summary:
Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 138000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Plot tags: puzzle, trapped, game of death, survival, escape room, clue, group of strangers, quest, riddles and clues, evil corporation, death, teamwork, survivor, characters killed one by one, insecurity, code, characters murdered one by one, waking up from a nightmare, locked in, phone ringing, trap, violence, game, murder of friend, teenage girl
Little Monsters (2019)
Plot Summary:
A washed-up musician teams up with a teacher and a kids show personality to protect young children from a sudden outbreak of zombies
Duration: 93 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Plot tags: zombie, children, zombie outbreak, travel, trapped, survival, salvation, monster, virus, blood, dark humor, epidemic, trip, fall in love, teacher, apocalypse, teenager, fight, professor, disease, infected, guts, propaganda, coming of age, terror
Haunt (2019)
Plot Summary:
On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an "extreme" haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some nightmares are real
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: characters killed one by one, survival, halloween, masked killer, murder, macabre, psychopath, haunted house, youth, childhood trauma, killer clown, mental illness, gang, party, death, psychological trauma, life & death, terror, teenager, haunted, serial killer, clown, evil clown, ambush, killer
Synchronic (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after encountering a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects
Duration: 102 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: time travel, drug, best friend, disappearance, brain tumor, paramedic, time, investigation, racism, ambulance, chemotherapy, alligator, swamp, parallel universe, uncover truth, crime investigation, life & death, shark, apocalypse, monster, serial killer, time loop, puzzle, hospital, surrealism
Color Out of Space (2019)
Plot Summary:
The Gardner family moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard, melts into the earth, and infects both the land and the properties of space-time with a strange, otherworldly colour. To their horror, the family discovers this alien force is gradually mutating every life form that it touches—including them
Duration: 111 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Malaysia, Portugal
Plot tags: cosmic horror, mutation, farm, husband wife relationship, alien invasion, farmhouse, meteorite, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, infected, monster, mind control, self mutilation, body horror, father son relationship, teenage boy, brother brother relationship, husband murders wife, transformation, contamination, woods, going insane, extraterrestrial, dog, farmer
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
Plot Summary:
The shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large in the small town of Mill Valley for generations. It's in a mansion that young Sarah Bellows turns her tortured life and horrible secrets into a series of scary stories. These terrifying tales soon have a way of becoming all too real for a group of unsuspecting teens who stumble upon Sarah's spooky home
Duration: 108 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 84000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada, Mexico
Plot tags: teenager, halloween, urban legend, small town, monster, haunted house, murder, supernatural, ghost, scarecrow, fear, old dark house, bully, hospital, hidden room, supernatural horror, school, friendship, albino, locked in a room, loss of friend, racism, zombie, investigation, haunted
Villains (2019)
Plot Summary:
When their car breaks down, a couple on the run headed southbound for a fresh start in the Sunshine State break into a nearby house looking for a new set of wheels. What they find instead is a dark secret, and a sweet-as-pie pair of homeowners who will do anything to keep it from getting out
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: home invasion, captivity, captive, eccentric family, sadistic killer, secret, heist gone wrong, sadist, young couple, abused child, dark secret, criminal, murder mystery, robbery, sadism, family secret, attempted escape, shared dream, mental disorder, blood, hardcore, pop culture, terror, redhead girl, kidnapped girl
Happy Death Day 2U (2019)
Plot Summary:
Tree Gelbman learns that dying over and over again was surprisingly easier than the dangers that lie ahead
Duration: 100 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Plot tags: time loop, university, repeated event, paradox, suicide, time travel, mystery killer, deja vu, masked killer, murder, serial killer, friends, doctor, teenager, killer, college, characters killed one by one, parallel universe, whodunit, alternate timeline, time, twists and turns, supernatural, parallel world, twins
Crawl (2019)
Plot Summary:
While struggling to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, a young woman finds herself trapped inside a flooding house and fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators
Duration: 87 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: animal attack, survival, trapped, disaster, flood, alligator, natural disaster, creature feature, hurricane, survival horror, killer animal, predator, chase, flooding, storm, creature, tsunami, father daughter relationship, race against time, evacuation, death, female warrior, desperation, young woman, monster
Daniel Isn't Real (2019)
Plot Summary:
A troubled college freshman, Luke, suffers a violent family trauma and resurrects his childhood imaginary friend Daniel to help him cope
Duration: 100 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: imaginary friend, artist, mental illness, hypnosis, hallucination, body horror, occult, disorder, terror, teenage crush, friends, society, danger, superhero, teenager, mental disorder, pandemic, photographer, guts, creature, cosmic horror, gay subtext, monster, devil, painter
Brightburn (2019)
Plot Summary:
What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: evil child, evil, alien, creepy child, baby, child, evil wins, macabre, little boy, killer child, super villain, gore, supernatural ability, adopted son, infertility, serial killer, adoption, showdown, superhero, murderer, alien invasion, creature feature, terror, revenge, villain
The Lodge (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two siblings spend the night alone with their new stepmother. Stuck in a remote mountain cabin, the trio are terrorised by a supernatural force
Duration: 108 min
IMDB Rating: 6.0/10
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: stepmother, winter, suicide, snow, murder, cult leader, mass suicide, religious cult, vacation gone wrong, destiny, violence, life is a bitch, couples, religion, nudity, supernatural, terror, danger, survival, psychopath, family relations, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, guilt, suspicion