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Plot Summary:
A cellist is haunted by strange events after a car wreck.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, suspense, surreal, disturbing, extreme horror, cult classic, twisted
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Inner Senses (2002)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of Yan, a young woman haunted by fleeting images of what she believes to be dead people. Told that it is all in her mind by her psychologist Jim, Yan still cannot find any other explanations for her visions. Soon, her suspicions are confirmed when Jim begins seeing the same things she does and the two begin to unravel a mystery that leads to a forgotten past.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, bleak, serious, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic, scary, splatter, cult film
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Art of the Devil (2004)
Plot Summary:
A pregnant woman is abandoned by her lover. Enraged, she goes to a witch doctor and uses black magic to have her ex and his family killed, only for another woman claiming to be her lover's secret mistress to claim his inheritance and move into his house with her children. Not long after that, inexplicable things happen to that family and, one by one, they begin to die.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Thailand
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, saga, disturbing, demonic, terrifying
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The Beckoning (2009)
Plot Summary:
Francesca is a pediatrician who is dedicated to both motherhood and children, married to another physician, Pedro. Following the birth of a new child, Francesca begins to suffer from postpartum depression. Following the advice of friend and psychiatrist Jean, the couple move to a new home away from the city. But Francesca's obsession with her new baby engulfs her. Regardless of Pedro's and Jean's attempts to help her, she seems to drift dangerously close to madness. And to make matters worse, she is starting to hear and see things. Furtive figures and ghostly shadows start tormenting her. The large house in which she and her family live alone seems to hide terrible secrets. Both the cellar and the attic are locked and barred to the family, and it is from both these places that Francesca receives nocturnal visits that are slowly driving her mad.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, atmospheric, scary
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The Red Shoes (2005)
Plot Summary:
A woman who finds a pair of pink high heels on a subway platform soon realizes that jealousy, greed, and death follow them wherever they go.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, bleak, disturbing, mind twisting, mind bending, clever, suspense, folk tale
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One Missed Call 3: Final (2006)
Plot Summary:
Emiri, a timid high school girl, is bullied mercilessly by her classmates, but when her friend, Asuka, stands up for her, Asuka becomes the target of the bullying instead. Emiri, not wanting to be bullied again, avoids Asuka. Worn down, Asuka attempts to commit suicide, but is saved by the school janitor and remains in a comatose state in the hospital.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, dark, slasher, psychotronic, scary
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Blood Curse (2006)
Plot Summary:
An urban family inherits an old country house located in a small village. Upon their arrival they try to adapt to the new lifestyle, but they soon learn that the village is overshadowed by superstition and mysterious folklore. As they are plagued by strange events, they learn more about the history of their family, and slowly begin to believe by inheriting the house, they also inherited a curse.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Portugal
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, atmospheric, scary, serious, suspense
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Acacia (2003)
Plot Summary:
A Korean horror film about an adopted young boy with a strange link to an old, dead acacia tree. As the boy settles in to his new home, the tree comes to life. When the family who adopted him becomes pregnant, he is to go back to the orphanage, and horror ensues.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, tense
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Phone (2002)
Plot Summary:
Soon after Ji-won gets a new cell phone, her friend's young daughter, Yeong-ju, puts it to her ear and immediately begins screaming in terror. When other strange things start happening in connection with the phone, Ji-Won does some investigating and discovers that of the people before her who had the same number, almost all of them died suddenly under unusual circumstances. As Yeong-ju's behavior becomes increasingly alarming, Ji-won digs deeper into the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of the number's first owner, a high school girl named Jin-hie.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, slasher, splatter, art house, creepy, atmospheric
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The Marsh (2006)
Plot Summary:
Writer Claire Holloway is troubled by nightmares of Rose Marsh Farm. She decides to vacation at the farm which unbeknown to her is haunted by the ghost of a little girl and a teenage boy. Claire enlists the help of Geoffry Hunt to help uncover a decade old tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, mystical, scary, psychological, tense, fairy tale
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One Missed Call 2 (2005)
Plot Summary:
In Japan, the daycare teacher Kyoko Okudera is convinced by her colleague and friend Madoka to visit her boyfriend Naoto Sakurai in the restaurant where he works instead of studying as planned. When the owner Mr. Wang answers his daughter's mobile phone, he receives a message telling him that he would die in an accident in the kitchen. This immediately comes true.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, mind bending, slasher, surprise ending, detective
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Three (2002)
Plot Summary:
Memories: A woman wakes up on a street without memory. A husband cannot remember why his wife left him. The woman wanders the streets trying to contact the only phone number she has on her. The husband see's her ghost in his apartment and discovers her mutilated body in a large bag in his home (Korea). The Wheel: Extravagant cursed puppets cause fires, deaths, physical pain and a little girl to be possessed (Thailand). Going Home: A father goes in search of his missing son and is abducted by a strange man. The strangers wife has died of cancer three years prior but he keeps her in his apartment under the impression she will 'wake up' (Hong Kong).
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychological, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, surreal, dark fairy tale, serious
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Sorum (2001)
Plot Summary:
A young man moves into a run-down apartment building and soon gets into a relationship with a neighbor. Both the characters and the building have traumatic histories, and over time the ghosts of their past come to light.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 983
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, tense, mind bending, serious
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Ju-on: The Curse (2000)
Plot Summary:
A teacher visits the house of one of his students after the boy goes missing, only to have a horrifying excuse for his absence from school.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, disturbing, psychological, suspense, dark, suspenseful, tense, cult horror, spooky
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Shutter (2008)
Plot Summary:
A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, Thailand
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, atmospheric, psychological, road movie, intense, creepy, serious, suspenseful, sexy
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Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, psychological, disturbing, creepy, cult classic, suspenseful, suspense, surreal, splatter
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The Changeling (1980)
Plot Summary:
A man staying at a secluded historical mansion, finds his life being haunted by the presence of a spectre.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, suspense, gothic, suspenseful, creepy, spooky, disturbing, cerebral, cult classic
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One Missed Call (2003)
Plot Summary:
People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, in the form of the sound of them reacting to their own violent deaths, along with the exact date and time of their future death, listed on the message log. The plot thickens as the surviving characters persue the answers to this mystery which could save their live.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, suspense, dark fantasy, creepy, frightening, slasher
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One Missed Call (2008)
Plot Summary:
Several people start receiving voice-mails from their future selves -- messages which include the date, time, and some of the details of their deaths.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan, Germany, UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, slasher, creepy, psychological, mind bending, dark, mind blowing, terrifying
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The Ring Two (2005)
Plot Summary:
Rachel Keller must prevent evil Samara from taking possession of her son's soul.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 100000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, psychological, creepy, stylized, suspenseful, intense, psychological thriller, demonic, spooky
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The Messengers (2007)
Plot Summary:
When the Solomons trade in the craziness of big-city life for the quiet of a North Dakota farm, little do they expect the nightmare that follows. Soon after arriving, teenage Jess (Kristen Stewart) and her younger brother see terrifying apparitions and endure attacks from a supernatural source. Jess must warn her disbelieving family before it is too late to save them.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, atmospheric, tense, serious, spooky, twisted
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Carnival of Souls (1962)
Plot Summary:
Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish man. As the visions begin to occur more frequently, Mary finds herself drawn to the deserted carnival on the outskirts of town. The strangely alluring carnival may hold the secret to her tragic past.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, cult classic, gothic, surreal, independent film, black and white, dark, twist ending, psychological
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Ring 0: Birthday (2000)
Plot Summary:
Taking place thirty years before the events of Ringu, Ringu 0 provides the shocking background story of how the girl on the video became a deadly, vengeful spirit.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, splatter, art house, tense, serious
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Fragile (2005)
Plot Summary:
Haunted by memories of a patient's death, a nurse takes a job at an antiquated hospital for children. Soon she learns that the kids fear a ghost that prowls the floors and will not allow anyone to leave. Amy tries to protect them and convince the other staffers of the evil that lurks there.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, scary, atmospheric, surreal, demonic, suspense, intense, medical horror, sexy
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Hide and Seek (2005)
Plot Summary:
David Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his own. David is at first amused to discover that Emily has created an imaginary friend named 'Charlie', but it isn't long before 'Charlie' develops a sinister and violent side, and as David struggles with his daughter's growing emotional problems, he comes to the frightening realisation that 'Charlie' isn't just a figment of Emily's imagination.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, psychological thriller, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, intense, scary, dark
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Session 9 (2001)
Plot Summary:
Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, atmospheric, twist ending, bleak, suspenseful, dark, suspense, psychological thriller, tense
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The Ring (2002)
Plot Summary:
It sounded like just another urban legend: A videotape filled with nightmarish images, leading to a phone call foretelling the viewer's death in exactly seven days. As a newspaper reporter, Rachel Keller was naturally skeptical of the story, until four teenagers all met with mysterious deaths exactly one week after watching just such a tape. Allowing her investigative curiosity to get the better of her, Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 369000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, gloomy, dark, frightening, twist ending, psychological, disturbing
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Shutter (2004)
Plot Summary:
A young photographer and his girlfriend discover mysterious shadows in their photographs after a tragic accident. They soon learn that you can not escape your past.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, twist ending, dark, atmospheric, suspense, surprise ending, disturbing, suspenseful, creepy, psychological
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A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
Plot Summary:
A recently released patient from a mental institution returns home with her sister, only to face disturbing events between her stepmother and the ghosts haunting their house- all of which are connected to a dark past in the family's history.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 67000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychological, surreal, scary, atmospheric, twist ending, mind bending, suspenseful, suspense, dark, surprise ending
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Mirrors (2008)
Plot Summary:
An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 113000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Romania, Germany, France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspenseful, rough, demonic, intense, psychological, creepy, suspense, twist ending
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Gothika (2003)
Plot Summary:
After a car crash, a criminal psychologist (Halle Berry) comes to, only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she's been accused of murdering her husband -- but she has no memory of committing the crime. As she tries to regain her memory and convince her co-workers of her innocence, a vengeful spirit uses her as an earthly pawn, which further convinces everyone of her guilt.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 118000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Canada, Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, suspenseful, gothic, surprise ending, psychological thriller, atmospheric, suspense, dark, twist ending