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Plot Summary:
Cannibal Taboo tells the story of Janet, a young woman raised in the wilds of Africa who is rescued by explorer Cliff Hendricks. When Cliff contracts a rare blood disease, Janet must leave her jungle ways to care for her husband and their four children. The bulk of the plot occurs when the youngest son, Paul, is about to have his twenty-first birthday. His brother Luke, a successful professor, returns for the celebration. However, things are not so simple in the Hendricks household, since fourth sibling Matthew disappeared on his twenty-first. Moreover, Paul and his sister have an incestuous relationship, and Janet is harboring a terrible secret.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, disturbing, surprise ending, independent film, lovecraft, sexploitation film
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What the Waters Left Behind (2017)
Plot Summary:
Epecuén was one of the most important touristic villages of Argentina. Thousands of people concurred, attracted by the healing properties of its thermal waters. On November 10th 1985, a huge volume of water broke the protecting embankment and the village was submerged under ten meters of salt water. Epecuén disappeared. Thirty years later, the waters receded and the ruins of Epecuén emerged exposing a bleak and deserted landscape. The residents never returned. The plot revolves around a group of young people that take a trip to the ruins in order to film a documentary about Epecuén. Ignoring the warnings, and after a brief tour, they get stranded in the abandoned village. Contrary to what they thought, they begin to realize that they are really not alone….
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: Argentina, New Zealand
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, brutal, slasher horror, slasher
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Shriek of the Mutilated (1974)
Plot Summary:
A group of college students are led by their professor into the mountains in search of the Yeti. The students start to be killed off one by one.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, retro, slasher, independent film
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KillerKiller (2007)
Plot Summary:
In the middle of nowhere, there lies a secure facility housing only serial killers. One morning the doors are open and the guards have vanished, but a strange freezing mist surrounds the building, preventing the inmates from leaving. Then, one by one, they are murdered. The survivors bicker, fight and blame each other, but the thing that's killing them looks suspiciously like a traditional 'victim'... A babysitter in a shower, a cheerleader, a camper.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 306
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, rough, suspenseful, surprise ending, slasher, dark comedy
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Sinthia: The Devil's Doll (1970)
Plot Summary:
Cynthia Kyle enters puberty with a vengeance, murdering her parents as they make love: she's wanted her father to love only her. Eight years later, she's free and wants to marry, but nightmares plague her so she seeks psychiatric help. The doctor asks her to describe a dream: it's long and elaborate with dreams within dreams of Lucifer, Hell, and her parents in various guises. To shed her guilt, the shrink recommends that she commit suicide in her next dream. In it, she falls in love with an artist who reminds her of her father, responds to a woman who finds her attractive, and celebrates her first school-yard kiss. The dream takes her back to her parents' bedside. Is any cure possible?.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 327
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, detective, cult film
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Invasion of the Blood Farmers (1972)
Plot Summary:
Somewhere in upstate New York, a young woman is terrorized by a group of rural farmers primarily interested in a harvest of blood.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, grindhouse, psychotronic, disturbing, independent film
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Drawing Blood (2005)
Plot Summary:
Bodies begin to pile up the moment George Adam's wife leaves town for the weekend. George's past comes back to him, but its nothing like his current life in a safe, calm suburban home.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, independent film
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Janie (1970)
Plot Summary:
A sadistic teenager searching for "Daddy" murders and dismembers anybody who picks her up hitch-hiking.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: independent film, sadistic
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Skinned Alive (2008)
Plot Summary:
In the heart of New York City, men are dying in very violent ways. They are being torn up and ripped apart...and eaten. The only connection is that they all die after hiring a prostitute. And searching for love in this city is Jeffrey...Jeffrey is a sad and lonely man. He hates his job, he hates his life and all he wants is a woman to shower with love and affection. Socially awkward and fearing rejection, Jeffrey finds his companionship with hookers. In a bizarre twist of fate, Jeffrey hires this hooker and almost instantly they fall madly in love. Now he has to find out just how much he is willing to accept in the name of true love...She is feeding on the men of New York City...and there is a lunatic that is hunting her down...and caught in the middle is Jeffrey, who only wanted to love and be loved.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 240
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tense, queer horror, scary, serious, realistic
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Welcome to Arrow Beach (1973)
Plot Summary:
A hippie girl wandering on a California beach is taken in by a Korean War veteran who lives in a nearby mansion with his sister. The girl soon begins to suspect that the mansion is home to some very strange goings-on.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 421
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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One Remains (2019)
Plot Summary:
When a group of filmmakers trek deep into the woods to investigate a missing persons case, they inadvertently start a chain of events that lead to horrific consequences.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, surprise ending
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Laundry Man (2016)
Plot Summary:
On an obscure chat site, Jeff pretends to be an SM mistress who’s looking for a sister to her slave Julie. That way Jeff manages to gain the trust of his victims and lure them to his flat, where a gruesome fate awaits them.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Horror
Country: Belgium
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, disturbing, tense, rough, melancholic, suspenseful, psychotronic, slasher
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Cool Air (2006)
Plot Summary:
Charlie Baxter, a struggling screenwriter, is searching for accommodation in a rundown mansion somewhere in the isolated mountains above Malibu. An expressionless and creatively bankrupt young man who rewrites exploitation sci-fi / horror scripts for a living, he takes a room in the mansion and learns of the mysterious doctor residing in the room above his own who dabbles in strange experiments. As he learns more about the circumstances of the doctor and the history of his landlady, her autistic daughter and the strange lodger across the hall, Baxter is inspired to write his long blocked "great American Screenplay". Working furiously, Baxter suffers a heart attack, and staggers up to see the doctor for treatment. He passes out immediately, but awakens a cured man. But at a terrible price.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 855
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: suspense, lovecraft, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
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Beef: You Are What You Eat (2007)
Plot Summary:
Drew, a young man bullied and abused throughout his life, aspires to be a body builder, but can't quite achieve his goals. His sanity ends when his girlfriend leaves him for being too much of a health fanatic, and he's beaten up and bullied just one too many times. He begins murdering local body builders, as he searches for the ultimate key to health and strength. Inevitably his search leads him to an ancient secret, which adds new truth and meaning to the saying: "you are what you eat.".
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, rough, serious, suspense, scary, homoerotic
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Hellbender (2021)
Plot Summary:
A teen and her mother live simply in a home in the woods, spending their time making metal music. A chance encounter with a fellow teen causes her to uncover a connection between her family and witchcraft, which causes a rift with her mother.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, slasher, creepy, tense, captivating, disturbing, satanic
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Tomb of the Werewolf (2004)
Plot Summary:
A reality TV crew visits Castle Daninsky to search for a hidden treasure in the dungeons. Instead of finding treasure, they unearth a tomb and unleash a cursed servant.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 401
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, queer horror, surprise ending
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Dead Nude Girls (2013)
Plot Summary:
A man obsessed with bird-watching takes on a new hobby, killing young ladies.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, scary, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, controversial
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The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula (2001)
Plot Summary:
This movie is about a lady that is turned into a vampire. She hates being a vampire and living in the darkness and refuses to drink blood and has Rienfeld to go out and find a solution for her to become mortal like everybody else. So, he goes out and finds three virgins. She was a rock singer before she was a vampire and wants to become a singer again and still be mortal.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: erotic, tense, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, independent film
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The Blood Shed (2007)
Plot Summary:
A sweet little tale about your average inbred, hillbilly, cannibal family residing in the northern part of New Jersey and how they deal with the day-to-day annoyances of encroaching suburbia.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 302
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, controversial, extreme horror, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy
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The Cannibal Killer: The Real Story of Jeffrey Dahmer (2020)
Plot Summary:
This is a fictitious, yet mostly historically accurate account of Jeffrey Dahmer's life as a serial killer, as narrated by Jeffrey Dahmer (Giancarlo Herrera) using many actual quotes. It shows part of his boyhood, and his first murder as a teenager. There are realistic depictions of several of his murders from pick up to dismemberment and eventual consumption, as well as his attempts to create "living zombies" by pouring hydrochloric acid into his victim's skulls. Dahmer's frequent interactions with his friendly neighbor and his grandmother are also shown. In essence, the story explores the psychodynamics of Jeffrey Dahmer's relationships with his victims both pre and postmortem.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, disturbing, scary, unusual plot structure, suspense, slasher, suspenseful
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Wicked Lake (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two clans of deranged males make the mistake of stalking four young women they assume to be easy prey, only to find out that at the stroke of midnight the tables will be turned and all hell will break loose.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, dark, scary, rough
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Coffin Baby (2013)
Plot Summary:
An attractive young woman is kidnapped, held captive and forced to endure the evils of one of the most violent homicidal maniacs in the city's history. "The Toolbox Killer" aka TBK. It is by her will, strength and her faith that she must survive, the ordeal. Her escape is almost hopeless. Unfortunately her situation only worsens when outside supernatural forces become more difficult to contend with than TBK.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, psychological, disturbing, surprise ending, detective
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Porkchop 3D (2012)
Plot Summary:
When a Group of survivors come together in a bid for revenge they're in for a shock when they discover the masked maniac Porkchop is not alone!.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 396
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Violent Shit II (1992)
Plot Summary:
Drilled by his deranged mother, Karl the Butcher jr. takes revenge for the gruesome death of his father. Anyone who sets foot on the forest has to die. Hold on to your limbs as Karl jr. slaughter his victims to some amazing tunes of terror. Decapitation is just the beginning.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 596
Genere: Horror
Country: Germany
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: bloody, slasher, disturbing, controversial, extreme horror, splatter, cult film
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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
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Roadside Massacre (2012)
Plot Summary:
Five college friends take a detour while traveling to their spring break destination. They end up in the remote mountain town of Blueridge, where Karen (Marina Resa) believes her older sister went missing 2 years before. After a few odd encounters with the locals, Karen and her friends decide to continue their journey until an unexpected auto malfunction leaves them stranded. The group takes refuge in a local motel and soon learns that in Blueridge, "missing persons" is just a way of life. One-by-one they begin disappearing until the grizzly discovery is made that the local BBQ Rib Restaurant might be serving up more than anyone had bargained.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, rough, suspenseful, slasher, road movie
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August Underground's Mordum (2003)
Plot Summary:
Two deranged friends bring along another guy to go on a random murder rampage. They kidnapped lesbian lovers, couples and they torture them in any way that the viewer can imagine. Your worst fears will come true in this shocking account of a killing spree.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: disturbing, extreme horror, bleak, realistic, scary, tense, serious, bloody, controversial, disgusting
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Blood Feast (1963)
Plot Summary:
In the sleepy suburbs of Miami, seemingly normal Egyptian immigrant Fuad Ramses (Mal Arnold) runs a successful catering business. He also murders young women and plans to use their body parts to revive the goddess Ishtar. The insane Ramses hypnotizes a socialite in order to land a job catering a party for her debutante daughter, Suzette Fremont (Connie Mason), and turns the event into an evening of gruesome deaths, bloody dismemberment and ritual sacrifice.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, scary, atmospheric, grindhouse, bloody, splatter, suspense, stylized, rough
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Escape from Cannibal Farm (2017)
Plot Summary:
In the British countryside, the Harver family head out on an idyllic summer camping trip where they can bury past tensions and enjoy some family bonding. But when their camp is sabotaged by an unseen intruder in the night, they head to the nearby creepy old farm desperate for help, where vengeful farmer Hunt Hansen and his hideously deformed son aren't farming animals... Caged and waiting for their limbs to be severed, cooked and eaten one at a time, the Harver family must overcome their differences and unite in order to escape alive!.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 690
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
Plot Summary:
Chrissie and her friends set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. Along the way, bikers harass the foursome and cause an accident that throws Chrissie from the vehicle. The lawman who arrives on the scene kills one of the bikers and brings Chrissie's friends to the Hewitt homestead, where young Leatherface is learning the tools of terror.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, twist ending, realistic, bloody, splatter, creepy, tense, suspense
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Headless (2015)
Plot Summary:
In this "lost slasher film from 1978," a masked killer wages an unrelenting spree of murder, cannibalism, and necrophilia. But when his tortured past comes back to haunt him, he plunges to even greater depths of madness and depravity, consuming the lives of a young woman and those she holds dear.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, scary, suspense, controversial, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, bloody, extreme horror