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Plot Summary:
When a narcotics officer suspects that his beautiful wife, who is a former criminal, is having an affair, he becomes so obsessed with this that he has major problems to manage their work. In the end, his obsession with devastating consequences when he captures the assassin he hunts.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 655
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: detective, suspense, psychological thriller, independent film
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Blood Voyage (1976)
Plot Summary:
What is meant to be a pleasure cruise becomes a nightmare as murder follows murder on a small ship. With tension mounting, passengers and the crew turn on each other in a desperate attempt to identify the killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Crime, Thriller, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, slasher horror, cult film
Similar in 88%
Night Trap (1993)
Plot Summary:
A New Orleans cop tries to track down and stop a vicious and demonic killer whom has sold his soul to the devil for invulnerability and immortality.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, neo noir, independent film, cult film, cult movie cast
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The Night Stalker (1986)
Plot Summary:
A tough homicide cop is assigned to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: detective, independent film, weird
Similar in 83%
The Psycho Lover (1970)
Plot Summary:
A psychiatrist plots to murder his wife, but with a new twist: he will brainwash a patient he is treating into committing the crime.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 217
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film
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Naked Girl Killed in the Park (1972)
Plot Summary:
Businessman Johann Vallenberger dies mysteriously on a funfair ghost train. Questions are raised when it turns out that he died only a few hours after taking out a million dollar life policy? The insurance company suspects foul play and sends a detective to investigate.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 512
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, cult classic, psychological thriller, independent film, cult film
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Oasis of Fear (1971)
Plot Summary:
Two young sexually free hippies, Dick and Ingrid, finance their travels by selling naked snaps of Ingrid until their plan is brought to an abrupt end by the Police. Forced on the run the two seek refuge at a seemingly empty isolated large villa. As it turns out the house is inhabited by the middle-aged Barbara who invites them in for some potential three-way hanky-panky that soon locks them into something far more twisted and chilling!.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, cult classic, independent film, cult film
Similar in 87%
Swingers Massacre (1974)
Plot Summary:
This thriller/drama follows a a suburban lawyer, down a ruinous, blood-covered road. The trouble begins when he tires of life in the slow lane and suggests that he and his wife should join a swinging couple's club and do a little spouse swapping. But then he begins suspecting that the wife is having too much fun with the other swingers.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, detective, independent film
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Hong Kong Butcher (1985)
Plot Summary:
Based on the life of Hong Kong serial killer Lam Kor-wan. He was arrested in 1982 after murdering four women.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: asian horror
Similar in 84%
Caregiver (2007)
Plot Summary:
When Paige Hopkins begins working at a halfway house for degenerate teenage girls, she believes that her syrupy sweet disposition is just what the girls need to find their path to redemption. But these hardened street girls show Paige that she couldn't be more out of place. So Paige quickly adapts to their ways - which includes beatings, torture and even murder - all delivered with a smile. Gradually, it becomes clear that she may be more troubled than any of her charges. Written by Brain Damage Films.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense
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Bare Foot Thriller (1997)
Plot Summary:
A serial rapist/murderer with a leg fetish notices a pretty female police officer at a shootout, and stalks her and her family to be his next victims.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 88%
Rings of Fear (1978)
Plot Summary:
A detective investigating the murder of a teenage girl begins to focus his suspicions on the three girlfriends of the victim, who call themselves "The Inseparables.".
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 795
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany, Spain
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: detective, suspense, slasher, crying, freeze frame, poliziottesco, cult film
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The Ungodly (2007)
Plot Summary:
When struggling filmmaker inadvertently records a notorious serial killer in the middle of a murderous act, he decides to use the footage to blackmail the madman into being the subject of a disturbing new documentary.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, psychological thriller, weird
Similar in 90%
They're Playing with Fire (1984)
Plot Summary:
A married college professor decides to seduce her student, whom she hired as a handyman for her yacht. The hesitant student succumbs to his buxom professor, but their romance is interrupted by her corrupt husband and a masked murderer.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slasher, sex comedy, grindhouse, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, slasher horror, independent film
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Raising Cain (1992)
Plot Summary:
When neighborhood kids begin vanishing, Jenny suspects her child psychologist husband, Carter, may be resuming the deranged experiments his father performed on Carter when he was young. Now, it falls to Jenny to unravel the mystery. And as more children disappear, she fears for her own child's safety.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, detective, scary, tense, clever, psychotronic, slasher
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Slice (2009)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer is preying on the rich and influential, exposing their sexual proclivities, dismembering them and dumping them and their severed body parts in various locations around Thailand. The police officer on the case is not even close to finding the killer, but given an ultimatum to solve it in 15 days, Papa Chin (Chatchai Plenpanich) turns to the one man he doesn’t want to use — an imprisoned hitman named Tai (Arak Amornsupasiri), who thinks the killer is a friend of his from childhood. Tai let out of prison while his girlfriend Noi is kept under close watch by Chin. Tai heads back to his hometown to search for clues about where his old friend might be. As he recalls his childhood and friendship with the troubled boy Nut, the events of the present day crystallize until Tai is confronted with a shocking reality.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 897
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, mind bending, slasher, neo noir, bloody, suspense, detective, serious
Similar in 81%
Bloodline (2018)
Plot Summary:
Evan values family above all else, and anyone who gets between him, his wife, and newborn son learns that the hard way. But when it comes to violent tendencies, it seems the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: bloody, suspense, dark, neo noir, slasher, suspenseful, psychological thriller, twist ending, independent film, slasher horror
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The Girl in the Yellow Pajamas (1977)
Plot Summary:
Two seemingly separate stories in New South Wales: a burned, murdered body of a young woman is found on the beach, and a retired inspector makes inquiries; also, Linda, a waitress and ferry attendant, has several lovers and marries one, but continues seeing the others. The police have a suspect in the murder, but the retired inspector is convinced they're wrong; he continues a methodical investigation. Linda and her husband separate, and there are complications. Will the stories cross or are they already twisted together?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, cult classic, erotic, scary, tense, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic
Similar in 77%
The Killer Must Strike Again (1975)
Plot Summary:
The Killer Must Kill Again (Italian: L'assassino è costretto ad uccidere ancora) is a 1975 giallo film directed by Luigi Cozzi. Allmovie called the film "too erratic for the general horror audience" but "offers just enough suspense and style to please patient giallo fans." Giorgio is a greedy adulterer who makes a deal with a serial killer to dispose of his wealthy wife, Nora. Unfortunately, a thrill-seeking young couple steal the killer's car with Nora's corpse in the trunk, ending up at a run-down seaside villa.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, grindhouse, cult classic, classic horror, terrifying, psychological thriller, scary, psychological, rough, serious
Similar in 85%
Amuck! (1972)
Plot Summary:
A young American girl arrives on an island near Venice to begin her new job as secretary to famous novelist Richard Stuart. However, it turns out that her predecessor disappeared without a trace.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: erotic, grindhouse, sexy, slasher, psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing, independent film, cult film
Similar in 85%
The Crimes of the Black Cat (1972)
Plot Summary:
A blind pianist tries to figure out who is responsible for a string of murders using a black cat with its caws dipped in curare.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Denmark
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: slasher, cult classic, erotic, scary, atmospheric, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual
Similar in 79%
Calling All Police Cars (1975)
Plot Summary:
After the daughter of the prominent professor Icardi goes missing an investigation is quickly commenced, much to the chagrin of commisioner Solmi who thinks Icardi is receiving benefits because of his status and that instead the professor should be treated like anyone else would have been treated in his place. The girl is soon found, murdered, shot in the head. The investigation gets under way and with only a few, thin, leads to go by, it's not going to be an open and shut case.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, detective, psychotronic
Similar in 81%
Slasher.com (2017)
Plot Summary:
After meeting online, Jack and Kristy go on a weekend getaway to the woodlands of rural Missouri. While discovering each other, they soon learn of the terrorizing horrors that the forest has in store.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 677
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, rough, suspense, slasher, sadistic
Similar in 77%
Jack Rises (2013)
Plot Summary:
A London detective tracking a serial killer finds the killers "truth or die" methods take him to New York to solve the case.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 600
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic, detective
Similar in 79%
What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974)
Plot Summary:
Police investigate apparent suicide of teen girl and uncover details of a teenage prostitution racket. They go on the hunt for a motorcycle riding killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, poliziottesco, psychological thriller, sadistic, suspenseful, rough, grindhouse, creepy, erotic
Similar in 84%
What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)
Plot Summary:
After several coeds are murdered at a college, a professor (Fabio Testi) who is involved with a student becomes a suspect, along with several other male and female teachers.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany, UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: slasher, detective, grindhouse, suspense, surreal, controversial, deep, creepy, cult classic, dark drama
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Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972)
Plot Summary:
A woman, a survivor of a failed murder attempt by a person dubbed "The Half-Moon Killer" by the police, and her husband must find the connecting thread between herself, six other women, and the killer before the killer strikes at her again.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, atmospheric, realistic, serious, tense, disturbing, spooky, twisted, scary
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Confessions of a Serial Killer (1985)
Plot Summary:
After being arrested, a Texas man begins confessing to the brutal murder of over 200 women. He recounts his random selection of victims and his traveling companions, his friend and friend's sister. But the police can't be sure whether to believe him or not until he locates a body and shows them some polaroids. Based on the true story of Henry Lee Lucas.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 779
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, controversial, psychological, detective, independent film, scary, rough, mind bending, bleak, serious
Similar in 75%
Kemper (2008)
Plot Summary:
A film based on the true story of Ed Kemper, a serial killer who murdered ten in Santa Cruz, CA during the late sixties and early seventies.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 599
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, slasher, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, scary
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Giallo a Venezia (1979)
Plot Summary:
A couple is found dead in mysterious circumstances – there are some puzzling details concerning their murder. The detective inspector in charge of the case (Inspector DePaul – Jeff Blynn) is trying hard to understand the motives and, most of all, the strange modus operandi of the killer. The only lead he has is a photo displaying the couple together with some friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: slasher, sexy, detective, suspense, controversial, cult classic, weird, bizarre, sexploitation film, hot
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Psychosis (2010)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer unleashes his blood lust at a remote environmental-camp. Years later a horror novelist relocates to rural England and is plagued to the point of madness by horrific hauntings of a massacre.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, psychological thriller, scary, atmospheric, serious, slasher, realistic, psychotronic