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Plot Summary:
a film by Mauro Gia Samonte.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags:
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Zombi Child (2019)
Plot Summary:
Haiti, 1962: A man is brought back from the dead only to be sent to the living hell of the sugarcane fields. In Paris, 55 years later, at the prestigious Légion d’honneur boarding school, a Haitian girl confesses an old family secret to a group of new friends - never imagining that this strange tale will convince a heartbroken classmate to do the unthinkable.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, mind bending, psychedelic, surreal, weird
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Don't Awaken the Dead (1987)
Plot Summary:
Robertito falls in love with Helen. Gabriel is jealous of his brother being the favorite son of their mother so he makes Helen fall in love to him. Robertito is heartbroken. Aurora asks Julie, who is in love with Robertito, to bring comfort and love to Robertito. When Robertito learns about the arrangement, he speed off, meet an accident and dies. Aurora refuses to accept that his favorite son has died so she made a great pact with Lucio to bring Robertito back to life.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags:
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The Monk (1972)
Plot Summary:
Ambrosio (Franco Nero) is a monk who is sexually tempted by an emissary of the Devil, a young girl in monk's robes. After he has committed numerous crimes, it appears that he will be caught and punished by the Inquisition. Instead, he signs up on the Devil's team and wins his freedom.. and eventually, the papacy.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 346
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Shake Rattle and Roll 12 (2010)
Plot Summary:
The first episode "Mamanyiika" plays on the words "mama" and "manyika" which literally means "mother doll". The story of a possessed doll. The second episode, is the tale of three girls, one of them the apple of the eye of a terrible engkanto, who then captures the girl. Punerarya the third story, is a story of a tutor teaching the children of the ghoul entrepreneurs of a funeral parlor.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, anthology, exciting
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Tarot (2009)
Plot Summary:
A young woman uses her grandmother's tarot cards to find her missing boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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Heartless (2009)
Plot Summary:
The story follows Jamie, a troubled young man with a birthmark on his face, which has left him feeling isolated and fearful, hiding from the world outside. He lives in the East End of London, an area notorious for its violent hooded gangs. According to news reports, the gangs are now wearing demon masks. But, one night, Jamie discovers the terrifying truth.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, surreal, philosophical, depressing, neo noir, suspense
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Black Wind (1965)
Plot Summary:
The building of a railroad under tough conditions from searing heat to freezing cold in the Sonora desert provokes clashes of passion and struggles between the engineers and the workers at the campsite. The workers also contend with sudden dust storms that are called the 'black wind'.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 303
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags:
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Count Dracula (1971)
Plot Summary:
Czech television production of Dracula that is very faithful to Bram Stoker's novel.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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The Damned House of Hajn (1989)
Plot Summary:
Sonya is the inheritor to the riches of a Czech noble family - the Hajns. Petr, a social climber marries her, ignoring the shady goings-on, especially an insane uncle who prowls the mansion thinking he is invisible, a peccadillo the family seems to bear with and entertain. The mad uncle stalking every corner of the house, popping out of cupboards and curtains slowly takes its toll on the young bride.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, neo noir, crying, psychotronic
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Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (1975)
Plot Summary:
A mountain man beheads his many wives to prove his love to an alluring woman he meets in an enchanted forest.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: weird, cult film
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Queen of Spades (1982)
Plot Summary:
Hermann is an officer of the engineers in the Imperial Russian Army. He constantly watches the other officers gamble, but never plays himself. One night, Tomsky tells a story about his grandmother, an elderly countess. Many years ago, in France, she lost a fortune at cards, and then won it back with the secret of the three winning cards, which she learned from the notorious Count of St. Germain. Hermann becomes obsessed with obtaining the secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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The Devil's Child (1997)
Plot Summary:
A woman's mother makes a last-minute deal with the Devil to save her daughter's life, not realizing that her daughter's life is her stake. The daughter lives but with no chance of children. 20 years later, she mysteriously becomes pregnant after meeting a dashing stranger. Yet people are dying around her.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 455
Genere: Drama, Thriller, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Kokak (1989)
Plot Summary:
a film by Leroy Salvador.
IMDB Rating:
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Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration:
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Blue Blood (1974)
Plot Summary:
A debauched young aristocrat entrusts the running of his country house to Tom, the butler, on whom he depends absolutely. Before long the servant begins to dominate his master, to the alarm of the newly hired German nanny who senses sinister, demonic intent in Tom's control of the house.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 678
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: offbeat, independent film, weird
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Dream City (1973)
Plot Summary:
A married couple of artists move to a utopian town known for its absolute freedom, but behind the surface perversion and violence are spreading.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: West Germany
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: dark, experimental, surreal, disturbing, weird
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The Mysterious World of Elias Paniki (1989)
Plot Summary:
A vampire hunter who has the quest to kill vampires.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration:
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Dorian Gray (1977)
Plot Summary:
No movie overview is available.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 64
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: gothic horror
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The Dead One (2007)
Plot Summary:
Trapped between the living and the dead, Diego de la Muerte fights to rescue his soul from the evil god of death that controls him. But a bigger battle awaits him when the Aztec god demands the soul of Maria, the girlfriend Diego left behind.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 702
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, psychological, captivating, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Two Orphan Vampires (1997)
Plot Summary:
A pair of teenage girls, who are blind by day, but when the sun goes down, they roam the streets to quench their thirst for blood.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 885
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: scary, sexy, sexual, suspense, atmospheric, serious
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Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf (1975)
Plot Summary:
Nazareno Cruz is the seventh son of a couple living in a high mountain village. According to a myth, a seventh son will become a wolf on nights of the full moon. Everyone in the village is relieved when this doesn't happen. The boy grows up and falls in love with a beautiful girl, Griselda. When he's 20 years old, he is visited by the Devil, who offers him the wealth of the world if he will turn his back on his love for Griselda, and if he fails to do this, he will become a wolf.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 710
Genere: Drama, Horror, Fantasy
Country: Argentina
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, psychotronic
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Meridian (1990)
Plot Summary:
Catherine Bomarzini returns to the family castle in Italy after her father's death and gets caught in the web of a mysterious love triangle: a man who is at times repulsive, at others enchanting; and a creature of the night whose gentle eyes and touch reveal his infinitive love and devotion. With the help of Martha, her faithful childhood nanny, and the ghost of a slain young girl, Catherine discovers the medieval curse that threatens their lives and only she can dispel.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: gothic, atmospheric, suspenseful, fairy tale, sexy, erotic, slasher, grindhouse, sensual, independent film
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The Keep (1983)
Plot Summary:
Nazis take over an ancient fortress that contains a mysterious entity that wreaks havoc and death upon them.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: surreal, gothic, scary, atmospheric, dark, cult classic, gothic horror, lovecraft, suspenseful, allegory
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Kwaidan (1964)
Plot Summary:
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 183 min
Plot tags: anthology, atmospheric, disturbing, suspense, scary, bleak, surreal, tense, art house, meditative
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It Chapter Two (2019)
Plot Summary:
Because every 27 years evil revisits the town of Derry, Maine, it chapter two brings the chapters - who've long since gone their separate ways - back together as adults, nearly three decades after the events of the first film.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 294000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, bloody, epic, spooky, suspense, demonic, suspenseful, splatter, psychological horror
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The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
Plot Summary:
Set in pre- World War II era. A young man is on a strange train to see his dying father in a sanatorium. But the place is going to ruin and recalls a lot of memories from the past. He is beset by soldiers from the past, colonial black mercenaries, girls from his early life, and his parents. It is an interior adventure, with unusual atmospheric flair and extraordinary sets.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Poland
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: surreal, mind bending, psychological, psychedelic, dark, mindfuck, disturbing, existential, philosophical, slasher
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Tale of Tales (2015)
Plot Summary:
From the bitter quest of the Queen of Longtrellis, to two mysterious sisters who provoke the passion of a king, to the King of Highhills obsessed with a giant Flea, these tales are inspired by the fairytales by Giambattista Basile.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy, France, UK
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, dark fantasy, atmospheric, stylized, disturbing, surreal, anthology, dark, costume drama, tense
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Spiral (2000)
Plot Summary:
In a small town in Japan, Kirie comes upon her boyfriend's father silently videotaping a snail. Later, the mans obsession with spirals becomes more and more bizarre, ending in his suicide in a washing machine which turn his body into a spiral. Soon other inhabitants become possessed with different forms of spirals.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, psychological, surreal, disturbing, suspenseful, scary, dark fantasy, lovecraft, mind bending, slasher
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Queen of the Damned (2002)
Plot Summary:
Lestat de Lioncourt is awakened from his slumber. Bored with his existence, he has now become this generation's new Rock God. While in the course of time, another has arisen, Akasha, the Queen of the Vampires and the Dammed. He wants immortal fame, his fellow vampires want him eternally dead for his betrayal, and the Queen wants him for her King. Who will be the first to reach him? Who shall win?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: gothic, sexy, atmospheric, suspenseful, light, suspense, stylized, dark, bleak, psychotronic
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Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Plot Summary:
When Dracula leaves the captive Jonathan Harker and Transylvania for London in search of Mina Harker -- the spitting image of Dracula's long-dead wife, Elisabeta -- obsessed vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing sets out to end the madness.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 234000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, dark fantasy, atmospheric, gothic horror, visually stunning, period piece, visually appealing, sexy, suspense
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Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Plot Summary:
A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 342000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, scary, suspenseful, melancholic, visually appealing, dark, surprise ending, captivating, gloomy