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Plot Summary:
Hoping to find proof of the paranormal, five film students set out to document the legendary Copper Queen Hospital. But as the sun goes down, they experience something far worse than they ever could have imagined and they find themselves pursued by a blood thirsty maniac.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 582
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful
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Paranormal Xperience 3D (2011)
Plot Summary:
In 2011, five Medical students investigated an abandoned mining town in search of paranormal evidence... They found them.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, serious, suspenseful, scary, psychotronic
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Hidden 3D (2011)
Plot Summary:
Brian's mother dies and is surprised when he inherit's The Sanctuary, her controversial experimental treatment center for addictions. When he and his friends are shown around the dilapidated building by a mysterious employee, it is clear that there is a sinister mood. Despite this the group enters a secret underground passage and the terrible reality is revealed. Brian's mother had built a revolutionary machine that cured people of their addiction, but as a side effect to materialize the addictions in a mutated form of children who are addicted to human flesh which have moved into the building.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy, Canada
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, rough, psychological, slasher, scary
Similar in 88%
Killer Instinct (2001)
Plot Summary:
A series of unsolved crimes from the past prove to be the common thread in three stories that intertwine to reveal big problems in a small town.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 375
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, slasher
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Unrest (2006)
Plot Summary:
A young pathology med student suspects that the spirit of a dead cadaver in the hospital morgue where she works is killing off all those who handle or desecrate the body.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, dark, brutal, suspense, slasher, medical horror
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Ring Around the Rosie (2006)
Plot Summary:
While spending time at her grandparent's secluded summerhouse to clean up the place after her grandmother's death, a young woman is plagued by horrible visions and dreams of tragic past events.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, brutal, suspense, slasher, awful
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The Roost (2005)
Plot Summary:
Part of a "special" late-nite television program...Four friends on their way to a wedding find themselves marooned on a mysterious farm. Creatures of the night awaken and the undead rise, as a night of relentless horror...Begins!.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, serious, suspenseful, mumblecore, retro, dark, natural horror, slasher, independent film
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Trackman (2007)
Plot Summary:
A perfect bank heist turns deadly when the robbers and their hostages flee to the abandoned underground subway station where they encounter the Trackman, a deformed madman that prowls the darkness.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 968
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, tense, rough, bleak, suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, underground film, slasher horror
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Haunting of Cellblock 11 (2014)
Plot Summary:
A group of ghost hunters must up their game to compete in the competitive world of paranormal TV shows, leading them to a truly haunted prison with a grisly past that proves to be more than they bargained for.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 832
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, mockumentary, slasher
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Detention (2010)
Plot Summary:
A group of high school students are sent to Detention. Abandoned and locked in, images of Ghosts appear as they attempt to escape, only to find themselves connected to a past horrific death and made responsible for it with their lives.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 977
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting, tense, rough
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The Legend of Bloody Jack (2007)
Plot Summary:
The legend of Jack The Ripper comes to real when one of his descendants revive him.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, serious
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Hayride 2 (2015)
Plot Summary:
The end of one journey only marks the beginning of another as Detective Loomis returns to uncover the truth behind the Legend of Pitchfork.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 751
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, serious, realistic, independent film, psychotronic
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Compound Fracture (2014)
Plot Summary:
Michael Wolffsen (Tyler Mane) receives an urgent phone call and takes his nephew and fiancee and makes the journey home to his only other living relative: his estranged, eccentric (and extremely paranoid) father, Gary (Muse Watson), who is obsessed with building an unassailable compound. Once they arrive at Gary’s modest home, surrounded by acres and acres of grounds full of cameras and other security sensors, Michael is surprised and concerned to learn that his father is in the early stages of dementia. The house is now also covered in supernatural and occult symbols. Welcome to the compound, COMPOUND FRACTURE. Will the stronghold that was designed to save them be their everlasting tomb?.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 936
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, tense, exciting, touching, suspense, mind bending, psychotronic
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Dark Mirror (2007)
Plot Summary:
The story about a photographer who moves her family into a home filled with mirrors which seem to reflect a different reality.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, serious, psychological, suspense, mind bending
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Cassadaga (2011)
Plot Summary:
A deaf girl attempts to contact her sister during a séance, only to connect with the ghost of a murdered woman.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, slasher, touching, independent film
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Find Me (2014)
Plot Summary:
Before boxes are unpacked in their new home, newlyweds Tim and Emily, find themselves playing a very creepy game of hide and seek with a vengeful spirit.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, independent film
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The Choke (2006)
Plot Summary:
A band playing their final gig in a former meat packing factory find themselves being stalked by a psychopath.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 395
Genere: Thriller, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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Dead in 3 Days 2 (2008)
Plot Summary:
One year ago, Nina survived the attacks of a serial killer. She wants to flee from these memories but one call at night recalls all memories and she is again in the middle of a murder mystery.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 800
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Austria
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bloody, rough
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666: The Beast (2007)
Plot Summary:
Donald Lawson, the devil child from "666: The Child", is now an adult and is determined to fulfill his destiny as the Antichrist.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 608
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, captivating, serious, independent film
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Blood Shed (2013)
Plot Summary:
Loosely based on the true events of a homeless loner who moves into a self-storage facility inhabited by a community of bizarre squatters until they are locked in for the night with a deranged female who hunts them down in search of her lost child.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 678
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, slasher, independent film
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The Crying Dead (2011)
Plot Summary:
In 2008 a cast and crew set out to shoot a pilot for a paranormal reality show. During the first night vague apparitions became violent hauntings. One by one they lost their lives. The Whispering Dead is a diary of the final tortured moments of real people in an unthinkable situation.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, mockumentary, psychotronic, fake documentary
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Greystone Park (2012)
Plot Summary:
In October 2009, the filmmakers went into an abandoned psychiatric hospital to explore the 'haunted' institution, famous for its radical treatment of patients with mental illness. Electroshock, insulin therapy, and lobotomies were commonplace. Once inside, the filmmakers quickly discovered that they were not alone.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, realistic, mockumentary, grindhouse, independent film
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Somebody Help Me (2007)
Plot Summary:
The screenplay centers on characters Brendan Young and Darryl Jennings who take a trip to the Lake Arrowhead with a group of college friends to celebrate Young's girlfriend's birthday. One-by-one the coeds begin disappearing until a mysterious young visitor arrives and helps them begin to unravel their tangled web of terror.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, bloody, slasher horror
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Intermedio (2005)
Plot Summary:
Under the border leading into Mexico, within a labyrinth of caves, a deadly presence haunts all who enter. For four friends on an expedition, the caverns become an underground graveyard as the tortured ghosts prey upon them, one by one.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, serious, psychological, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, independent film
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Pray for Morning (2006)
Plot Summary:
Looking for a night of thrills, eight friends roam the abandoned Royal Crescent Hotel, where five students were murdered more than 20 years ago. When they discover a severed hand, they conjure up a evil spirit and unleash its bloody wrath. To survive the night, the friends must solve a century-old mystery that threatens to annihilate them one by one.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 603
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, mind bending, slasher, teen horror
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The Cradle (2007)
Plot Summary:
When Frank and Julie move to a small isolated town with their son Sam, both Julie and Sam become ill. Driven by terrifying nightmares of torture that come true Frank begs a local midwife Helen to care for Sam as he desperately searches for a way to stop this curse on his family.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 761
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, surprise ending
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The Tooth Fairy (2006)
Plot Summary:
A woman and her daughter (Nicole Muñoz) encounter a deadly legend at a bed-and-breakfast.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, serious, exciting, humorous, suspense, independent film
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Dark House (2009)
Plot Summary:
A troupe of actors hired for a haunted house attraction soon find that they are working in a true house of horror.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, scary, serious, slasher, psychological horror, creepy
Similar in 84%
Shallow Ground (2004)
Plot Summary:
A naked teenage boy covered in blood appears at a remote sheriff's station one year after the brutal unsolved murder of a local girl. Now Sheriff Jack Shepherd, guilt ridden over the girl's murder, must confront his own demons as he desperately searches for the boy's true identity and possible victims. Little does Jack realize that he has started down a path that will bring him face to face with an unthinkable horror. Before sunrise the living will pay for the pain the dead have suffered.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, disturbing, scary, spooky, surprise ending
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Plasterhead (2006)
Plot Summary:
Every town has a local legend. Not all of them are deadly. Headed to Miami to celebrate winter break, a group of four college students from New Jersey take a detour into the bowels of rural West Virginia. There, the unwitting friends uncover a grotesque legend that stains the fabric of Rolling Glen, a sleepy backwoods town. As the four friends quickly find out, some believe Williams still roams the woods on the outskirts of town, surviving on the slaughter of wildlife. Others claim to have seen Williams in person, a looming figure with a ghostly white visage, purportedly a makeshift cast to mask the scars and wounds left from the merciless assault. They have a name for Williams now: Plasterhead. Soon, the four friends find themselves holed up in an abandoned farmhouse, mired in a macabre web of terror. Sheriff Taggart will do anything to keep the truth buried: the truth that Plasterhead is frighteningly real. As these teens will soon learn, true evil has no face.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 572
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, serious, scary, suspenseful, exciting, tense, suspense, independent film
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Episode 50 (2011)
Plot Summary:
Teaming up for the first time for a special episode of a supernatural reality TV show, two rival crews get more then they bargained for when they make physical contact with a ferocious spirit of terrifying power. They must band together before it destroys them all. After 49 killer episodes…this is the true story of what happened on episode 50.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful