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Plot Summary:
A game becomes deadly serious! An insane cop hunts down five students in a shopping mall after closing time. His life is ruined as he was dishonorably discharged from the police force because of these people. Armed with a Rambo knife and a crossbow, he initially only wants to scare them off, but when he accidentally injures one of the boys deadly, there is no turning back. The witnesses to the murder must be eliminated! So begins a relentless hunt through the mall at night….
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 397
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
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Murder Elite (1985)
Plot Summary:
An English woman (Ali MacGraw) returns to her homeland after losing her fortune in America, and is stalked by a serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: slasher, surprise ending, twist ending, independent film, slasher horror
Similar in 85%
Out of the Body (1989)
Plot Summary:
An invisible force is killing women in Sydney and stealing their eyes.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tragic ending, independent film
Similar in 79%
Hotline (1982)
Plot Summary:
A crisis helpline assistant attracts the attention of a serial killer who delights in feeding her cryptic, nursery-rhyme style riddles when planning his next murder!.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, crime thriller
Similar in 81%
The Dreaming (1988)
Plot Summary:
A place where ancient mysteries survive... and nightmares are real. A burial ground is unearthed. A Girl dies. An ancient curse lives on. And then there are the dreams... Dreams or nightmares?... Nightmares or premonitions? A young doctor becomes inextricably involved in a chain of supernatural events, that point towards death.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
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Snapshot (1979)
Plot Summary:
Angela is a young hairdresser thrown out of home by her puritantical mother after too many nights out. She quickly falls in with the modeling crowd and does some modeling work herself, while it seems she is being stalked by a mysterious figure driving an ice-cream van.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 661
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, gothic horror, grindhouse, classic horror, psychological, ambiguous ending, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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Murder by Phone (1982)
Plot Summary:
A disgruntled phone company employee develops a device whereby those answering a phone can be murdered, and it's up to Nat Bridger to stop the killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 903
Genere: Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, retro, action thriller, independent film, weird, eighties
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Murder by Mail (1980)
Plot Summary:
When Dr. Peter Fales’s (Klaus Kinski) patients start getting annihilated by an unknown serial killer, he and his daughter Alison (Donna Wilkes) both come under suspicion. Part slasher film and part psychological thriller, Schizoid co-stars Marianna Hill as Julie, a syndicated “Dear Abby”-style columnist who also happens to be in one of Dr. Fales’s therapy groups. After she receives several ominous letters she not only wonders if Dr. Fales might be behind the killings, she also starts to suspect her estranged husband.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychological, enigmatic, suspense, suspenseful, grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, slasher horror
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Possession (1987)
Plot Summary:
Frankie is a psychopath who drags along problems with his mother. To compensate these problems he follows and persecutes Madeleine and some of her friends killing one girl after the other and also everybody who would stand in his way - without any reason or comparison.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, independent film
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Mr Wrong (1984)
Plot Summary:
Meg moves out of her parents' home and buys a beautiful old Jaguar in a bid for independence. She begins to get strange feelings about the car. It seems to have a presence beyond the usual "personality" attributed to eccentric old cars. Slowly she uncovers the shocking history of the car's previous owner, but not before the car exerts some tragic influence in her life.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 259
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
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The Night They Knocked (2019)
Plot Summary:
During their last weekend together, a group of friends staying at a reclusive mountain house have their fun suddenly interrupted by a knock at the door.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological
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Phobia (1980)
Plot Summary:
A psychiatrist involved in a radical new therapy comes under suspicion when his patients are murdered, each according to their individual phobias.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 776
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, bloody, scary, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Plumber (1979)
Plot Summary:
At first simply grating, the presence of a hard-edged, macho plumber who damages more than he repairs and returns day after day soon turns menacing for the intellectual wife of a distracted doctor.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, erotic, slasher, spooky, crime thriller, thrilling, offbeat, humorous, realistic, suspenseful
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Edge of Sanity (1989)
Plot Summary:
When Henry Jekyll's experiments with cocaine have gotten out of control, he transforms into the hideous Jack Hyde. As Hyde he searches the London streets at night for his prey in whorehouses and opium dens. The police can't catch him, he has nothing to lose but his mind.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Hungary
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, scary, mind bending, offbeat, bleak, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, weird
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Girls Nite Out (1982)
Plot Summary:
A killer, wearing a dancing bear suit, stalks a variety of cheerleaders during an all-night scavenger hunt at a remote Ohio college.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, cult classic, surprise ending, splatter, independent film, weird, cult film
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Body Harm (1988)
Plot Summary:
A schoolteacher (John Waters) becomes obsessed with the idea that his wife (Joy Bell) did not die in a car accident, as everyone else thinks.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: neo noir, grindhouse, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film, detective
Similar in 79%
Lady Stay Dead (1981)
Plot Summary:
Millionairess actress-singer Marie Coleby (Deborah Couls) lives in a luxurious villa on a deserted beach. One afternoon following a TV commercial shoot at the villa she incites gardener Gordon Mason (Chard Hayward) to mayhem and murder. The unexpected arrival of Marie's sister Jenny Nolan (Louise Howitt) hinders Mason's attempts to dispose of the body. He then decides to kill Jenny. But she is equally determined to stay alive ... so begins a battle of wits. Jenny's salvation seems at hand when two security men arrive at the villa, but only one, Officer Collings (Roger Ward) survives the initial siege. Then Jenny is alone to face Mason for the final time.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 494
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, twisted, sexy, independent film, slasher horror, weird, cult film
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Demented (1980)
Plot Summary:
A woman is gang-raped in a horse's stable, and even though the rapists are caught and imprisoned, she is harassed many moons later by ghastly visions of her tormentors, while her husband philanders and every little thing frightens her out of her wits.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 742
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychological, grindhouse, crying, independent film
Similar in 85%
Julie Darling (1982)
Plot Summary:
A teenage girl whose inaction caused her mother's death arranges a similarly gruesome fate for her stepmother and brother.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 790
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, erotic, disturbing, independent film, neo noir, crying, detective
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Psycho Cop Returns (1993)
Plot Summary:
A group of office workers decide to have a party in the office building. Among other things, they want to have some drugs there. Their conversation on the subject is overheard by Joe Vickers, which is rather unfortunate for them, since Joe Vickers is a policeman. Even more unfortunate is the fact that Vickers is also an undead psychotic satanist, and instead of arresting them, he will make sure that nobody leaves the party alive.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, erotic, bloody, dark, detective, surprise ending, scary, serious, realistic
Similar in 87%
Thirst (1979)
Plot Summary:
The descendant of Elizabeth Bathory is abducted by a cult of self-proclaimed supermen who achieve this state of superiority by drinking from the "blood cows" (read: people) kept at the "dairy farm", and they try to get her to join them.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, slasher, retro, scary, rough, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film
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Lucid (2013)
Plot Summary:
A woman with increasingly disturbing and violent dreams consults a famous sleep therapist known for his controversial treatments. Her experience plummets her into the dark, twisted depths of her subconscious, grasping for her sanity.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Fan (1981)
Plot Summary:
A record store clerk is an obsessed fan of an actress of stage and screen (Lauren Bacall). However when his letters are rejected, the fan strikes out at the actresses friends, then at her.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, tense, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, psychological thriller, neo noir, bloody, horror comedy, serious
Similar in 82%
Don't Go in the Woods (1981)
Plot Summary:
Four backpackers decide to take a hike in the mountains of Utah. But within the woods lurks a killer. But who...or what...is it? The lazy local sheriff blames bears. But the escalating body count seems to point to a human killer. Ignoring the warning signs, our campers remain lost in the woods...alone...awaiting their fate.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, rough, bleak, bloody, splatter, grindhouse, terrifying, independent film
Similar in 85%
Dead End Drive-In (1986)
Plot Summary:
In the near future, drive-in theatres are turned into concentration camps for the undesirable and unemployed. The prisoners don't really care to escape because they are fed and they have a place to live which is, in most cases, probably better than the outside. Crabs and his girlfriend Carmen are put into the camp and all Crabs wants to do is escape.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychological, slasher, surreal, disturbing, apocalyptic, intense, cult classic, bleak, serious
Similar in 77%
Slumber Party Slaughter (2012)
Plot Summary:
On a secretive outing to a bizarre strip club, Tom Kingsford, (Tom Sizemore) is unaware that his life is about to take a dramatic turn. Club owner and real estate mogul, William O'Toole (Ryan O'Neal) is a sadistic voyeur whose desire for fear and torture is put to the test as the night's dirty deeds return to haunt him. Things quickly turn dark when, what seems like an innocent shortcut through a haunted cemetery is actually a set up, and the group is placed in the middle of an existing crime scene.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Clownface (2019)
Plot Summary:
A deranged serial killer known as "Clownface" terrorises the residents of a small town.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, tense, psychotronic, scary, suspense, suspenseful
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Just Before Dawn (1981)
Plot Summary:
Five campers arrive in the mountains to examine some property they have bought, but are warned by the forest ranger Roy McLean that a huge machete-wielding maniac has been terrorising the area. Ignoring the warnings, they set up camp, and start disappearing one by one. If that sounds too run-of-the-mill, there's a genuinely shocking plot twist half-way through.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, bloody, cult classic, independent film, serious, suspense
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Victimized (2014)
Plot Summary:
Matt Miller has spent his entire life living in the shadows of his brother. He believes if his brother were to disappear then so would all his problems. So one deadly night Matt decides to take matters into his own hands.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film
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House of Wax (2005)
Plot Summary:
A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 132000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, suspense, twist ending, gothic, serious, bloody, creepy, psychological
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You're Next (2011)
Plot Summary:
When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 108000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, psychological, twist ending, suspense, rough, disturbing, intense, dark comedy