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Plot Summary:
An uncredited adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Lurking Fear." After a violent thunderstorm, mutilated bodies are found at a Louisiana campground. Investigative reporter Clint Harrison uncovers a dark local legend about the reclusive Dansen clan, who may be connected with the murders. Determined to dig up the truth, Clint and his buddies decide to spend a stormy night at the seemingly abandoned Dansen mansion.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, slasher, independent film
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Kammaren (2007)
Plot Summary:
Tore Forsman is an old man, most people would call strange or even mad. He lives in an old house in the countryside. All his life he has kept something locked and sealed under his house.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Sweden
Duration:
Plot tags: lovecraft
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Synevir (2013)
Plot Summary:
Famous lake in Carpathian mountains -- lake Synevir -- is known for its rich history throughout the hundreds of years as a place of mystical unexplained events. There is a group of students who decided to spend a weekend at the lake. They did not believe in those stories about lake Synevir and the strange creatures around it. Too bad for them.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 300
Genere: Horror
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, enigmatic, suspenseful, disturbing
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Wolf Mountain (2022)
Plot Summary:
Aj and his brother revisit the spot where their parents were killed. But legend has it there is something mysterious roaming these woods.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Berserker (1987)
Plot Summary:
Six young adults in the woods run afoul of a berserker, a viking warrior who dons the fur and snout of a bear, and are slain in turn by him.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, crying
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Black Magic Mansion (1992)
Plot Summary:
An aging magician harboring a terrible occult secret and his daughter are taken hostage in their isolated mansion by teenage scumbags need- ing a place to hide out. When the captors refuse to listen to the magician's dire warning to release him unharmed, the mansion slowly releases its nightmare of horrors on the unsuspecting invaders.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 938
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, slasher, retro, suspense
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In Search of Lovecraft (2008)
Plot Summary:
While shooting a Halloween news story on horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, reporter Rebecca Marsh discovers that the "fiction" Lovecraft wrote is actually true and the creatures and cults described in his writings really exist.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, serious, lovecraft, offbeat, independent film
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Moonstalker (1989)
Plot Summary:
A family of tourists vacationing in the woods and a group of camp counselors training in the same forest both find themselves being terrorized by a vicious unhinged psycho.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 633
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, slasher horror
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The Summer of the Massacre (2006)
Plot Summary:
Based on supposable true life events set in the English outback. Four teenagers take a shortcut across the countryside on their way home from college. They arrive in an obscure town named Blackwood where they are terrorized by notorious serial killer, Hammerhead, who hunts humans and devours their flesh. His favored tool of death is a large hammer.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher
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Underground (2011)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends fight for their lives against the lethal and ravenous creatures lurking beneath the Earth's surface. The group finds themselves at the mercy of creatures genetically engineered by the military to be expendable in battle. Though they fought countless battles in Iraq, these friends never knew real fear until they went underground.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, bleak, scary, disturbing, slasher
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The Spade County Massacre (2011)
Plot Summary:
Years ago "The Order of Attollo" ravaged the small community of Spade County. It was through the brave leadership of Sheriff Stone Williams (Rex Sikes) that eventually brought the end to the order. It was the end to a terrifying era in Spade County. Recently, several teenagers were found dead with no leads and nothing other than several bizarre pieces of evidence. The sole survivor and prime suspect Doug Porter (Mark Mundt) had suffered psychological damage and could not give an account of what happened. The Spade County Massacre, as it came to be called remained a mystery. Sheriff Stone Williams' investigation concluded the murders were committed by Charlie Zorborski, a disturbed teenager who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Doug Porter was no longer considered a suspect by Sheriff Williams and became a free man. However public opinion feels Williams made a mistake and Doug Porter was guilty. Today, Sheriff Stone Williams searches for answers to new bizarre and grizzly.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, slasher, psychotronic, scary, independent film, cult film
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The Strangeness (1985)
Plot Summary:
A group of explorers surveying an abandoned goldmine are trapped in a cave in, and find themselves at the mercy of a slimy, mysterious creature.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 812
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, lovecraft, cult film
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Cool Air (2006)
Plot Summary:
Charlie Baxter, a struggling screenwriter, is searching for accommodation in a rundown mansion somewhere in the isolated mountains above Malibu. An expressionless and creatively bankrupt young man who rewrites exploitation sci-fi / horror scripts for a living, he takes a room in the mansion and learns of the mysterious doctor residing in the room above his own who dabbles in strange experiments. As he learns more about the circumstances of the doctor and the history of his landlady, her autistic daughter and the strange lodger across the hall, Baxter is inspired to write his long blocked "great American Screenplay". Working furiously, Baxter suffers a heart attack, and staggers up to see the doctor for treatment. He passes out immediately, but awakens a cured man. But at a terrible price.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 855
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: suspense, lovecraft, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Unnamable (1988)
Plot Summary:
Back in the 1800's a lady gives birth to a monster. They decide that the baby is too ugly to name, therefore the monster is known as the "Unnamable". The creature brutally slaughters his family, and gets trapped in a vault. Go ahead to 1998, and some college students have heard the story about the unnamable and want to check out the vault.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, slasher, independent film, retro, splatter, mystic, semi serious, spooky, weird, eighties
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Night Claws (2012)
Plot Summary:
A small town is being terrorized by a killer Bigfoot. One that is blood thirsty, vicious and kills without warning and without discrimination. A scientist by the name of Sarah Evans (Leilani Sarelle) shows up to help the town's sheriff (Reb Brown) and his deputy girlfriend Roberta (Sherrie Rose) hunt this thing down and put an end to the killings. At the same time, Hunter Crawford (David Campbell) is a thug-like character who along with his two henchmen, is hunting the creature himself, for his own personal gain and he does not care who he has to go through to accomplish his goal.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 711
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: slasher, 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 Prey (1983)
Plot Summary:
Six campers jaunt off to North Point, where they're promptly stalked and killed by a ghoulish man who ultimately is just looking for a little love.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, cult classic, independent film, grindhouse, slasher horror, cult film
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Revenge in the House of Usher (1983)
Plot Summary:
Upon arriving at the dilapidated estate of his mentor, Dr. Harker finds his former professor, Dr. Usher, radically changed. Instead of the reasoned scholar he once knew, a paranoid man is in his place and he's spiraling into madness.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 568
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, psychotronic, lovecraft
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The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1992)
Plot Summary:
A creature of demonic nature, too hideous to have a name, once again terrorizes the college kids that summoned it.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, serious, scary, rough, mind bending, suspenseful, slasher
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The Barrens (2012)
Plot Summary:
A man takes his family on a camping trip and becomes convinced they are being stalked by the legendary monster of the New Jersey Pine Barrens: the Jersey Devil.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological horror, natural horror, independent film
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Beast of the Yellow Night (1971)
Plot Summary:
Satan saves Ashley from death on condition he become his disciple (and, as it turns out, a hairy murderous beast).
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 918
Genere: Horror
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, slasher, grindhouse
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Shatterbrain (1991)
Plot Summary:
Charles Dexter Ward's wife enlists the help of a private detective to find out what her husband is up to in a remote cabin owned by his family for centuries. The husband is a chemical engineer, and the smells from his experiments (and the delivery of what appear to be human remains at all hours) are beginning to arouse the attention of neighbors and local law enforcement officials.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, detective, retro, creepy, gothic, suspense, slasher, splatter, psychological horror, cult horror
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Grotesque (1988)
Plot Summary:
A gang of crazed punkers breaks into a family's vacation home in the mountains and slaughters the entire family, except for one daughter who gets away. As the gang pursues the girl through the snow, they slowly realize that some kind of murderous creature is chasing them.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense, slasher, perverse, independent film, surprise ending, slasher 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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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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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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Don't Fuck in the Woods (2016)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends are going on a camping trip to celebrate graduating college. But once they enter the woods, the proverbial shit starts to hit the fan.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: slasher, dark, tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, disturbing, independent film, happy, sexual
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The Haunted Palace (1963)
Plot Summary:
A warlock burned at the stake comes back and takes over the body of his great grandson to take his revenge on the descendents of the villages that burned him.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, lovecraft, tense, serious, classic horror, atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, scary
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Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Plot Summary:
Pinhead is trapped in a sculpture and fortunately for him the sculpture is bought by a young playboy who owns his own night club. Pinhead busies himself escaping by getting the playboy to lure victims to his presence so he can use their blood. Once free, he seeks to destroy the puzzle cube so he need never return to Hell, but a female reporter is investigating the grisly murders and stands in his way.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bloody, splatter, gothic, disturbing, grindhouse, creepy, demonic, lovecraft
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The Howling (1981)
Plot Summary:
After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspenseful, gothic, slasher, creepy, cult classic, grindhouse, suspense, classic horror
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City of the Living Dead (1980)
Plot Summary:
A young woman has visions that suggest the eruption of the living dead into the world through a portal, spurred on by the suicide of a priest.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, grindhouse, disturbing, atmospheric, suspenseful, bloody, splatter, gothic, rough, creepy