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Plot Summary:
An Egyptian god figures into a bizarre murder investigation where the suspect uses astral projection to murder at will.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 346
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slasher, surprise ending, splatter, ambiguous ending, independent film
Best tv shows and movies like Appointment with Fear (1985):
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Keep My Grave Open (1977)
Plot Summary:
A crazy woman who lives in an old mansion thinks she's with her brother/lover, who lures victims to her.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 441
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, ambiguous ending, independent film, slasher horror, cult film
Similar in 76%
The Coroner (1999)
Plot Summary:
Emma is just trying to be a good lawyer but she has the distinct feeling she's being watched. Soon after this feeling hits her, someone actually kidnaps her. Stuck in a basement she is tortured but eventually escapes. But her nightmare has only begun because when she leads the police back to the madman's house, they know who it is. It's the local coroner. Now with him getting expert treatment from the cops, she must fight back on her own and hopefully submit him to the same pain he did to her. But just as you don't bullshit a bullshitter, don't play games with a serial killer. This one loves games and he'll checkmate you if you aren't careful.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 511
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
Similar in 88%
Trick or Treats (1982)
Plot Summary:
A baby sitter is stuck watching over a young brat on Halloween night who keeps playing vicious pranks on her. To add to her trouble the boy's deranged father has escaped from an asylum and is planning on making a visit.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, surprise ending, ambiguous ending, independent film, spooky, cult film
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Sawbones (1995)
Plot Summary:
An edgy, terrifying tale about an intern who failed medical school... but never gave up surgery.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, cult film
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Drive In (2000)
Plot Summary:
A man, confined to a room across from a drive-in theater showing only horror movies, escapes and goes on a killing rampage.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
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Dark Fields (2006)
Plot Summary:
Out of gas on a dark country road and forced to seek help at a farmhouse, five teenagers on their way to a rock concert step into a nightmare as they're hunted by a twisted killer with an ax.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 552
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
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Someone's Knocking at the Door (2009)
Plot Summary:
Returning to the same medical school where they were test subjects years before, two twisted serial killers use brutal sex acts to kill off a group of med students.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, realistic, disturbing, erotic, sexy, controversial
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The Last Slumber Party (1988)
Plot Summary:
On their last day of high school, Linda, Tracy and Chris celebrate by having a slumber party at Linda's house. A few boys drop by and the beer flows like wine. Just good, clean, fun-loving kids. But the girls have another visitor, one they don't yet know about. Hiding in the house is a homicidal maniac who has just escaped from a mental hospital. Armed with a scalpel, the nut slashes a little here, a little there as he sneaks from room to room. One by one the guests start disappearing. What evil lurks there? What nightmare world have they entered? The plot is twisted inside out leaving you stunned and clinging to your chair as you witness shock after horrifying shock. The ending will leave you breathless. And now, the blood flows like wine. Features a heavy metal rock sound track by FIRSTRYKE.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 887
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, scary, rough, disturbing, surprise ending, splatter, independent film
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555 (1988)
Plot Summary:
A spate of killings of teenagers by a maniac dressed like a hippie causes a detective to check the records for similar killings. He discovers that every five years, in the fifth month of the year, for five consecutive days, the same type of killings have occurred, and the few descriptions of the suspect always match: he's dressed like a hippie. As the detective searches for the killer, he begins to have suspicions about his superior, an older man who is haunted by memories of his military service in Vietnam.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 431
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, detective, surprise ending, splatter, independent film, cult film
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Night Ripper! (1986)
Plot Summary:
A guy who does glamour shots for models and the like gets mixed up in a series of mutilation killings. The murders bare a resemblance to those committed by Jack the Ripper, and the victims are all models. Naturally, the photographer becomes a suspect. He also falls for one of his models and must try to protect her from the true killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, surprise ending, independent film, slasher horror, low-budget
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Hollow Gate (1988)
Plot Summary:
At a Halloween party, a young boy is almost killed by his drunken, alcoholic father. Ten years afterward, the boy goes on a murder spree.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, cult film
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Blood Lake (1987)
Plot Summary:
Six teenagers decide to party one weekend, but before the partying begins one couple disappears. Only to be fount brutally murdered. A blood thirsty killer is stalking their summer playground. One by one bodies begin to show up, as they become prey to the venomous vengeance-seeking maniac.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 667
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, surprise ending, psychotronic, teen horror, slasher horror
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Mortuary (1982)
Plot Summary:
Christie Parson has constant nightmares of her father's death whom died in a swimming pool. Christie's mother thinks it was an accident, but Christie believes in was murder. Christie then see's an unknown figure dressed in a cape following her and harassing her. But still nobody believes her, until her boyfriend sees the figure himself. The figure hides in the town mortuary which is owned by Hank Andrews and his demented son, Paul and both are trying to form rituals to bring back Dr. Parson's spirit. But who is this figure and why is he harassing Christie?.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, horror comedy, cult classic, independent film, surprise ending, splatter, psychotronic, slasher horror, cult film
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Hellborn (2003)
Plot Summary:
James Bishop is a young psychology resident, excited about his new job at St. Andrews Mental Hospital and the chance to help severely ill patients. The excitement changes to puzzlement, concern and finally terror as some of those patients mysteriously die and James' efforts to find the cause results in increasingly strange behavior from the St. Andrews staff. Things begin to clarify when James finally encounters the Harvester.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 671
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense, contemplative
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Killjoy 2: Deliverance from Evil (2002)
Plot Summary:
In this sequel, two juvenile detention officers must escort a group of criminally-inclined urban kids to the country where they are being forced to renovate a shelter for teens as punishment for their crimes. After one of them is shot by a local, the survivors seek refuge in the home of a voodoo woman, where they mistakenly summon legendary clown-faced demon Killjoy who begins hunting them down one by one.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, suspense, scary, rough, bleak, semi serious, splatter, black comedy, dark comedy
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Twisted Nightmare (1987)
Plot Summary:
A group of teenagers win a trip to a summer camp they had attended as children. However, soon after they get there they begin to disappear one by one. The survivors suspect that the disappearances may be connected to the death of a handicapped child at the camp years before.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, splatter, psychotronic, independent film, teen horror
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Retribution (1987)
Plot Summary:
A Manic depressive artist survives a suicidal fall only to be possessed by a murdered gangster, who uses the artist to seek vengeance on those that ended his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: slasher, atmospheric, cult classic, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film, eighties, low-budget, cult film
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Basement Jack (2009)
Plot Summary:
A young serial killer preys on families during lightning storms.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 802
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense, scary, serious, realistic, low-budget
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Bastard (2015)
Plot Summary:
Five strangers - newlywed serial killers, a suicidal, depressed policemen, and two young runaways with a secret - become suspects and potential victims when a masked murderer makes its presence known in an isolated mountain town.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, dark, disturbing, perverse, bizarre
Similar in 77%
Skull: The Mask (2020)
Plot Summary:
The story of an ancient mask that possesses the human form to commit visceral sacrifices of vengeance for the incarnation of its God.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 922
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, psychological, splatter
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Girls School Screamers (1985)
Plot Summary:
Seven college girls spend the weekend at an elegant estate which begins as a fun filled adventure but ends in a nightmare of gut-wrenching terror.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 767
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, splatter, slasher horror
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Midnight Movie (2008)
Plot Summary:
In the 1970's, a slasher flick was released named The Dark Beneath. The director and star of the movie Ted Radford suffers a mental breakdown and is admitted to a psychiatric ward. His doctor attempts to cure him by showing him his movie, which he is obsessed with. Dr. Wayne, a psychiatrist, is skeptical about this idea, but leaves for the night. When he comes back the next morning, its a bloodbath, however none of the bodies were recovered. The film changes to five years later at local theater where a midnight horror movie being shown is The Dark Beneath, the first time the movie has been shown since the murders.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological, rough, serious, bloody, suspense, entertaining, splatter, cult classic
Similar in 82%
My Demon Lover (1987)
Plot Summary:
Denny has yet again been left by her thug boyfriend Chip. It seems as if she is doomed to be stuck with awful guys, this time she has to choose between nerdy Charles and the strange Kaz, who turns into a monster when sexually aroused.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, independent film, offbeat, semi serious, surprise ending, sexy, sex comedy, dark comedy, scary, funny
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)
Plot Summary:
Alice, having survived the previous installment of the Nightmare series, finds the deadly dreams of Freddy Krueger starting once again. This time, the taunting murderer is striking through the sleeping mind of Alice's unborn child. His intention is to be "born again" into the real world. The only one who can stop Freddy is his dead mother, but can Alice free her spirit in time to save her own son?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bloody, grindhouse, classic horror, spooky, psychological, retro, saga, controversial
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Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud (2007)
Plot Summary:
During a bitter family feud, Jodie Hatfield, and her boyfriend Ricky McCoy, decide to leave town to avoid being found out, but are soon caught in the act. Wanting vengeance, he seeks out the monster Pumpkinhead, and resurrects it seek revenge on the family. Despite being warned away by the ghost of Ed Harley, his vengeance plan starts out, and the Hatfield family is soon under siege by the powerful demon. Not accepting the legend of the creature and believing their arch-rivals are the real cause, the two families attempt to go to war, only to be stopped when Pumpkinhead attacks the Hatfield house. Putting aside their differences, they band together to stave off the creature before it's vengeance pact is completed.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, Romania, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, slasher, suspense, saga, rough
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Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
Plot Summary:
Just when you thought it was safe to sleep, Freddy Krueger returns in this sixth installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street films, as psychologist Maggie Burroughs, tormented by recurring nightmares, meets a patient with the same horrific dreams. Their quest for answers leads to a certain house on Elm Street -- where the nightmares become reality.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, splatter, classic horror, cult classic, psychological, psychological thriller, retro, bloody, controversial
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Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes (2006)
Plot Summary:
He threw their loved ones into a swamp. Now they want revenge... But when a demon does their dirty work, it comes at a price.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, USA, Romania
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, weird
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Sleepwalkers (1992)
Plot Summary:
A mother-and-son team of strange supernatural creatures come to town to seek out a virgin to feed on.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, slasher, sexy, rough, serious, suspenseful, splatter, creepy, cult classic
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
Plot Summary:
It's been many years since Freddy Krueger's first victim, Nancy, came face-to-face with Freddy and his sadistic, evil ways. Now, Nancy's all grown up; she's put her frightening nightmares behind her and is helping teens cope with their dreams. Too bad Freddy's decided to herald his return by invading the kids' dreams and scaring them into committing suicide.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 89000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, surreal, bloody, suspense, splatter, psychological, grindhouse, suspenseful, classic horror
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Pumpkinhead (1988)
Plot Summary:
A man conjures up a gigantic vengeance demon called Pumpkinhead to destroy the teenagers who accidentally killed his son.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspense, atmospheric, disturbing, gothic, melancholic, intense, rough, serious