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Plot Summary:
New mom battles the evil lurking within as her adulterous husband hides a dark secret that may lead to the human extinction. After a freak accident during her baby shower, Allison, a dedicated nurse, is rushed to the hospital. After the premature birth of her son Neron, strange events emerge: illusions, vivid dreams, and unexplained killings. The events are linked back to Neron as Allison is taken by sudden premonitions that reveal the victims of her son's next choice.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Abe's Tomb (2007)
Plot Summary:
Moore's Lake: a small town plagued by feral vampires. Its only chance to survive rests on an all-powerful ghoul that long ago vowed to seek vengeance upon the town.
IMDB Rating: 2.0
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense
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Zombie Beach (2010)
Plot Summary:
Centuries ago, rather than have a full out war of the revelation, a deal was struck between the heroes of the good and the evil. The beach you visited was sanctioned to the evil. There, the undead could walk like living beings among us.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 712
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, dark, independent film
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Zombie Warz: Falls the Shadow (2011)
Plot Summary:
In a world gone mad, can compassion survive the Zombie Apocalypse? Amid the horrors of the Post-Apocalyptic south, three disparate groups of survivors must come together to save themselves as the only hope for the future. Pitted against a powerful neo-Confederate tribe and the relentless hunger of the infected, our heroes find redemption, love and hope.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, exciting, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Backroad (2012)
Plot Summary:
A man with a dark past hitches a ride that turns into a road trip to hell and leads him to the revelation of a family secret of biblical proportions.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak, extreme horror, psychotronic, cult film
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No Strings 2: Playtime in Hell (2012)
Plot Summary:
A clown doll possessed by a demon goes on a bloody rampage of murder after being found and taken into a home.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film, detective
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Rebound (2014)
Plot Summary:
When a young woman finds the love of her life cheating on her, she has a mental break while travelling across country and encounters hostile strangers and debilitating anxiety along the way.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 331
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: road movie, rough, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, scary
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So Cold the River (2022)
Plot Summary:
A documentary filmmaker's research on a town's mysterious benefactor unearths an unexplained evil while staying at a local resort.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 940
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, suspense, disturbing
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (2005)
Plot Summary:
Remake of Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920). Shot entirely on green screen. Some exact shots from the 1920 film were superimposed to properly replicate the original. Francis relates the story of traveling magician Dr. Caligari and Cesare. Their arrival in a town coincides with savage killings.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 759
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: gothic, atmospheric, suspenseful, surreal, suspense, black and white, scary, tense, mind bending, serious
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Dogman (2012)
Plot Summary:
Hanklin Purvis enjoys the outdoors, and he loves to hunt. He and his wife, Dorothy, live on a farm in the rural mid-west. For some reason, during the season before autumn, things start happening. The first victims are family pets, then wild animals. But it's not until people are injured that the police get involved. The attacker is not human, that's for sure and it needs to be stopped. Then they discover that the wounds have a deadly bacteria and the clock is ticking for those infected. Enter Hanklin's neighbor, Francis Wellman, a Native American who believes she has discovered an ancient antidote. And will they ever find the perpetrator of these horrifying attacks? They do.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 434
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Rise of the Zombie (2013)
Plot Summary:
Neil Parker is a passionate wildlife photographer who pays more attention to his wildlife than his human life. as a result his relationships with the real world suffer. When his girlfriend walks out on him he resigns himself to isolation and nature. But a chance occurrence changes all that. Changes that he can't seem to handle, changes that seem to take his humanity away... changes that seem unable to change back? The story follow his journey into a darkness that has to be seen to be believed. A monster that seems to be rising out of the depths of desolation and agony... soulless, depraved and out of control.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 455
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful
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Jonah Lives (2015)
Plot Summary:
A story of revenge from beyond the grave, centering on a group of teenagers who unknowingly supply the catalyst for the murdered Jonah's return from the grave.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Bleach (2022)
Plot Summary:
A man goes through extreme measures to attempt to stop the ghosts of the girls he murdered in a snuff film from haunting while trying to keep the authorities off his back as well.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: surreal, scary, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, anime, detective
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The Flying Dutchman (2001)
Plot Summary:
Sexuality and serial murder in an American village.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, tense, realistic, erotic, surprise ending
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Paranormal Adoption (2012)
Plot Summary:
A couple loses their only child in an accident and subsequently unknowingly adopts an innocent looking little girl with paranormal powers that she uses to fulfill her twisted desires.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, psychological, independent film
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All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos (2005)
Plot Summary:
During a Day of the Dead celebration, the dead come to life to prey upon the living. In the remote Mexican village of Santa Bonita, a nightmare lay buried for over a century. But when a group of hard-partying students from the OC are stranded in this strange town, they discover an innkeeper with a dark secret (Laura Harring of Mulholland Drive) a sheriff with a shocking past (David Keith of Firestarter) and a holiday that demands the most horrific sacrifice of all. Now the ceremony can commence. The hordes of the undead have been unleashed. And on this day, an unstoppable feast of human flesh has begun!.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, dark, scary, tense
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Paradise Z (2020)
Plot Summary:
In a post-apocalyptic world, two young women cling to life in an abandoned resort. They must survive in silence, in mortal fear of attracting the hordes of undead that roam the Earth. When their compound runs out of fuel, they are forced into the countryside to find gas, resulting in a nightmarish encounter with survivors. However, that is nothing compared to the horrors that await them back at home, leading to a deadly confrontation with the evil that surrounds them.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, queer horror, exciting
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A Cry from Within (2014)
Plot Summary:
Sebastien is a psychological horror story about dark secrets destroying people and their families from the inside out.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 423
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic
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Evil Eye (2020)
Plot Summary:
A seemingly perfect romance turns dark when a mother becomes convinced her daughter’s new boyfriend has a sinister connection to her own past.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, enigmatic, scary, suspenseful, psychological thriller, dark
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Blood Widow (2020)
Plot Summary:
A modern telling of an ancient genre. A serial killer is terrorizing Arizona with the police in hot pursuit. What the police don't know is that a mysterious group are also pursuing the same killer to stop the killer from unleashing an evil like nothing before. From Vampires to Biblical wrath - everything comes down to one showdown.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, suspenseful, tense, bleak, psychotronic, detective
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The Night (2020)
Plot Summary:
An Iranian couple living in the US become trapped inside a hotel when insidious events force them to face the secrets that have come between them, in a night that never ends.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, scary, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, weird
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The Dead Center (2018)
Plot Summary:
When a mysterious "John Doe" wakes up in a morgue and wanders into a psychiatric ward, a devoted doctor and curious medical examiner must slowly uncover dark and sinister secrets about the man that reveal a more horrifying truth than they could have ever imagined.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, psychological, tense, bleak, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, atmospheric
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Camp Dread (2014)
Plot Summary:
The “Summer Camp” horror trilogy was one of the most popular franchises of the 1980s. However, the decade ended and so did director Julian Barrett’s career. Now Barrett plans to resurrect his gory series via a modern reboot patterned after reality filmmaking. With his former leading lady and an eclectic group of 10 young “contestants,” Barrett returns to the same locale where his old splatter-fests were filmed. When one of the campers is found savagely murdered, they realize there’s more at stake than just fame and fortune. Each of them is in a fight for their lives as they realize summer is over – forever.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 992
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, scary, rough, serious, teen horror, slasher horror
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Feral (2017)
Plot Summary:
A wild animal attacks six medical students on a weekend hike in the woods. One by one, they become infected with a “feral disease,” turning them into rabid, bloodthirsty creatures, and the vacation becomes a nightmare as they fight to survive each other.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, brutal, suspenseful, slasher, queer horror, awful
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Room 6 (2006)
Plot Summary:
The school teacher Amy has been proposed by her boyfriend Nick early in the morning and she promises her answer later in the afternoon.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, slasher, suspense, medical horror, twisted
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Dead Within (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set six months after a deadly outbreak has all but ended the human race, a man and woman have survived by isolating themselves in a remote cabin and never opening the door. Now they don’t have a choice. Starved for resources, they must confront the horrors that threaten them… but what’s inside may be even more toxic than what remains outside. When it all ends, this is what remains.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic
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The Maid (2020)
Plot Summary:
Joy is the new maid of a royal house, whose previous maid disappeared under mysterious circumstances and is now haunting and terrorizing the family. Joy works to uncover the reason behind the former maid’s disappearance.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, disturbing, slasher, dark fantasy, contemplative
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The Dead the Damned and the Darkness (2014)
Plot Summary:
In a savage land where zombies roam freely - Lieutenant Colonel Sawyer is armed with machine guns, body armor and courage. He is on a mission to give his family a burial at sea. To reach the coast, he must enter a quarantined infected zone and fight through hordes of bloodthirsty zombies. There he encounters a group of survivors including a young woman who is a target of both the male survivors and the ravenous zombies. To protect the last non-infected humans and complete his mission, Colonel Sawyer must face the Dead, the Damned and the Darkness.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, scenic
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Murder In The Woods (2021)
Plot Summary:
Soon after arriving to a mysterious cabin in the woods, a group of teens discover the dark secret it holds, which forces them to fight for their lives.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 375
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, slasher horror, teen horror
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Gates of Darkness (2019)
Plot Summary:
A teen endures a terrifying exorcism in the hopes of unlocking shocking secrets about the church and his family.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 615
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, psychological, touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Aaron's Blood (2016)
Plot Summary:
Single father Aaron fights to save his 12-year-old hemophiliac son after becoming infected with vampire blood.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 853
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic