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Plot Summary:
Six students go on a weekend camping trip to the lake district, to enjoy a few days of freedom before they go back to university. Having been warned by a local to camp in a different mountain range they carry on regardless, walking into a trip that will change their lives forever. Fun turns to fear as the group find themselves running for their lives from the unknown. As tensions grow between the remaining group members who will have the survival instinct to make it out alive.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: teen horror
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The Chanting 2 (2007)
Plot Summary:
Sam, or Samantha, has recently moved out from her old, haunted boarding house, escaping from followers of Mangkoedjiwo Sect who seek revenge over the death of Sri Sukmarahimi Mangkodjiwo. Her traumatic boyfriend, Agung, is looking for her. Sam sets herself apart in a new foster family to deal with her own dark side. The menace within her is raised stronger and stronger as she cannot stop herself from chanting the cursed chant to bring deadly punishments to people around her. Agung has to find her, and bring her back to pure conscience before the chant and her own dark side take over her life completely.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 212
Genere: Horror
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 102 min
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The 13th Sign (2000)
Plot Summary:
A young girl is drawn back to the village where her father went on a killing spree fifteen years earlier to the day of this solar eclipse. At first, it seems disturbingly quiet. Then all hell breaks loose.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 211
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Horror 101 (2001)
Plot Summary:
A bunch of students get summoned at night in college by its professor to make the final presentation of the semester, little they know that a serial killer will be there too making them disappear one by one.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, independent film, surprise ending
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The Mothman Curse (2014)
Plot Summary:
An Ancient Evil Unleashed. A supernatural thriller based on the terrifying legend of The Mothman. Rachel and Katy work together in a large, empty museum.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags:
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The Chanting 3 (2008)
Plot Summary:
A group of youngsters is on a mission to Ujung Sedo, to find their missing friends in a haunting jungle. Along the way, they met Samantha who's in a personal mission to the a mystical village. They went across the dark woods, a deafening fog, and a deadly cave where strange events followed them. Every twist is connected to Samantha who has a wicked curse to summon a she-devil called Kuntilanak. The old witch who lives in the village may be the only one who can stop the curse. But, that's not her plan at all.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Horror
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 90 min
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The Hike (2011)
Plot Summary:
A young soldier, Kate (Zara Phythian), returns from a tour in Afghanistan after witnessing her boyfriend's tragic death in combat. With the comfort of her friends, including Torri (Barbara Nedeljacova), she takes the chance to get away on a camping trip to a picturesque, remote area of the British countryside. Wanting to escape their past, the girls begin their expedition into the woods for a peaceful break. As they near Sunset Point, they come across a strange and evasive group of locals who seem to be living off the land. During their journey they also have a friendly encounter with three charming, rock-climbing adventurers, led by Ethan (Ben Loyd Holmes). After the girls find themselves secluded again, Charlie (Jemma Bolt) goes suddenly goes missing, leaving the girls vulnerable in the dangerous woods. As darkness falls, the girls will be forced to rely on each other and their newly formed friendships to find Charlie before it becomes the last hike of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspenseful, psychotronic, slasher
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The Last Rite (2021)
Plot Summary:
Based on True Events: Suffering from sleep paralysis, a medical student falls prey to a demonic force that wants to rip her apart from within. Torn between sanity and the unknown, she's left with no alternative but to contact a local priest for help.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 818
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Elderly (2022)
Plot Summary:
An octogenarian named Manuel falls into a state of dementia after the sudden suicide of his wife, sparking a series of paranormal events that will put his family’s lives at risk.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 659
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing
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Welcome to Essex (2018)
Plot Summary:
Overnight, the United Kingdom was consumed by an epidemic of terrifying proportions. The majority of the population were killed in a matter of hours as millions of recently-dead people returned to life and began to attack and kill the living. The disaster spread so rapidly that the government had no time to control the situation. The order to evacuate England was given. But it was too late. Now, the following day, a small group of mismatched survivors find themselves trapped in the famous town of Brentwood, hunted by large hordes of fast-moving corpses. They must learn to work together and reach the last-known point of rescue, Southend-on-Sea, or face certain death. Or worse.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, rough, scary, cult film
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Tooth Fairy (2019)
Plot Summary:
Nana starts to tell the legend of the evil tooth fairy who rips out teeth. Carla is sick of her crazy alcoholic stories and tries to leave, however a power outage suggests something is amiss, something much more sinister than Carla could imagine.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 388
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, suspenseful, scary, dark, sinister
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Coulrophobia (2018)
Plot Summary:
An on-the-run twisted family of circus performers live in the remote Scottish highlands, miles away from civilisation. When a team of kick ass Roller Derby girls go camping just a bit too close to them all hell breaks loose.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Cannibal Troll (2021)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends on a camping trip, for the bride to be' s hen do, find themselves hunted down by a man eating cannibal troll in the woodland. They are hunted, captured and locked up in the Trolls torture chamber being forced to undergo a variety of challenges in order to escape their fate.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 306
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, brutal, bleak, bloody, emotional, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Wtf! (2017)
Plot Summary:
Three years ago, twenty-two year old "girl-next door" Rachel barely survived a brutal massacre that left all of her friends murdered. Time has passed, and Rachel has moved on, but unfortunately her close friends are spending Spring Break in a secluded house in the woods, and they have cordially invited her to join. She would never have accepted the invitation if she realized that another bloodbath would be showing up as plus one. Once Rachel and her friends arrive at the cabin, the partying, sex, and...terror begins. From girls' only pillow fights to debauchery in a bedroom, it's going to be a blast...aside from the stabbing, flesh melting, and castration. Seven friends will go into a secluded house for the best Spring Break of their lives, but only one will be alive to post about it on Facebook the next week, as Rachel's biggest fears become a reality once again! Can Rachel survive another bloody massacre?.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 847
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, brutal, scary, rough, suspense, erotic, teen horror, surprise ending, independent film
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Albino Farm (2009)
Plot Summary:
College students exploring the Ozark Mountains for a school assignment, stumble upon a group of scary, redneck cave-dwellers.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, slasher, scary, rough, serious, suspense, dark
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The La Llorona Curse (2019)
Plot Summary:
A paranormal television show crew investigates a home where alleged paranormal sightings of La Llorona (The Crying Woman) have occurred. Soon, the group finds themselves in a life or death fight as one of the world's oldest urban legends comes to life before their eyes.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, rough, suspenseful
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The Heiress (2021)
Plot Summary:
Claire and Anna are cousins who share a mysterious connection to a dark family secret. Following the death of Clare’s grandmother, ancient spirits are unleashed and the women must do battle with ‘Lilith’, a malevolent female spirit who has returned to claim possession of Anna’s unborn child.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, tense, bleak, suspense, disturbing
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Party Night (2017)
Plot Summary:
Six friends become prey for a sadistic psychopath when they decide to ditch their high school's after prom party for their own celebration at a secluded house.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 518
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, teen horror, independent film
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Some Be (2022)
Plot Summary:
Mexican feature film.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration:
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Mysterious Island (2011)
Plot Summary:
In the 1970s on the Binlusai islands, a young mother is killed when she was running with her son run from an evil presence in an abandoned Roman Catholic leper colony. In the present day, a group of four young men and women are travelling to the island to take part in a survival game run by TV channel Search Planet headed by Chen Jiadong (Philip Keung). Also on the boat is the television presenter Stanley (Jessica Xu) and cameraman Ken (Shaun Tam). The eight people have been split into four pairs where they are given a map which leads to a flag; their aim is to survive without any supplies, and the winning duo gets a grand prize of one-million dollars. As they approach the island, their ship is attacked by something unknown under the water and most of their luggage is lost. Shen Yilin (Mini Yang) has preserved her map which she gives to her partner Peng Fei (Jordan Chan).
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 348
Genere: Horror
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, tense, suspense, disturbing, asian horror
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Deep Rooted Evil (2010)
Plot Summary:
Six friends plan a weekend getaway to "Camp Happy Dream" despite the campsite being plagued by a deadly urban legend. As legend has it, a machete-wielding park ranger named Sparrow, brutally murdered two people in fit of jealous rage, and is said to continue to roam the forest to this day. The friends's disbelief in this urban legend is soon changed when strange happenings begin to occur to each of them.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Horror
Country: Poland, UK
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, teen horror
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Undertaker (2012)
Plot Summary:
The dead return to life as cruel predators - the so-called "returners" have spread all over the world. Only a few survivors succeeded in escaping from this madness. They are submerged in remote areas, because the cities were completely occupied by the returners. There is only one person who still daggers in the cities: the Undertaker. A dark hero, a champion of the battlefield and equipped for the world after the apocalypse, starts his own personal revenge campaign.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 593
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, manga, asian horror
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World War Dead: Rise of the Fallen (2015)
Plot Summary:
To celebrate the centenary of WW1, a TV Documentary team travels to the Somme to put together a ratings smash about new mysteries relating to the famous battle. However, what they unearth is far from a new story of those that died 100 years ago – but an army of the undead and a brand new war.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, fake documentary
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Lost After Dark (2015)
Plot Summary:
A group of teens sneak out of their high school dance to cruise around and have some unsupervised fun. When their car runs out of gas on a deserted road, they discover an old farmhouse and the cannibal killer living inside.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, suspenseful, intense, scary, atmospheric, sexy, teen horror, slasher horror, retro
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The Redwood Massacre (2014)
Plot Summary:
‘THE REDWOOD MASSACRE’ is about five adventurous friends, visiting the legendary murder site of Redwood. It has all the hallmarks of being an exciting and thrilling camping weekend away. They soon discover they’re not the only people in the mysterious location. The fun camping expedition soon turns into a nightmare as they are sadistically stalked by a mysterious unseen killer.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, tense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, psychological thriller, independent film
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There's No Such Thing as Vampires (2020)
Plot Summary:
A group of teenagers encounter vampires in a remote outpost.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Indigenous (2014)
Plot Summary:
A group of five American friends on the cusp of adulthood travel to Panama to relax and reconnect. They befriend a local woman in their hotel bar—and despite some ominous whispers—she goes against the specific instructions of her brother and brings the Americans on a daytrip into the pristine falls at the nearby jungle. What begins as an innocent outing to a picturesque waterfall quickly turns terrifying after she suddenly goes missing. As night closes in, the friends realize too late the truth behind the rumors—the legendary, blood-sucking Chupacabra is now stalking them.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Panama
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, rough, suspenseful, slasher, weird
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The Summoning (2014)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends set out on a road trip to "the party of the century" in the middle of nowhere, but on the way, they break down and find themselves being hunted for a satanic ritual.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, slasher, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, teen horror
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The Test (2024)
Plot Summary:
A horror film about a pilot who is the sole survivor of the plane crash in the deep unknown. He must survive in an isolated building where something evil is waiting.
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Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, scary, psychological, bleak, disturbing, psychotronic, psychological thriller, silent, independent film
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A Night in the Woods (2011)
Plot Summary:
Brody, his girlfriend Kerry and their friend Leo go hiking in Dartmoor's Wistman's Woods, so named because of its legendary haunted past. That night jealousies, sexual tensions and strained relationships come to a head turning what should have been a peaceful camping adventure into a trip to terror. As collective paranoia reaches fever pitch it becomes clear that there is a much darker force at work in the ancient eerie surroundings. Who or what is after them? And can any one of them survive a night in the woods?.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 981
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, mockumentary, road movie, dark, fake documentary
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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