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Plot Summary:
Bruce Taylor (Rodrigo Aragon) works as a doctor at a mental hospital with a dark mysterious history. When the nightmares of a patient starts to affect Bruce's sleep, he thinks he might be going crazy himself. Worse still, the discovery of an old human skull threatens everyone with disease. Bruce must call upon his father Anthony for help to figure out the truth behind the skull and stop the spread of the disease.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Horror
Country: Argentina
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: medical horror, independent film
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When Evil Lurks (2023)
Plot Summary:
Residents of a small rural town discover that a demon is about to be born among them. They desperately try to escape before the evil is born, but it may be too late.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Horror
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags:
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Gong Tau (2007)
Plot Summary:
CID detective Rockman was sent to Thailand to investigate a case involving the Hong Kong and Thai underground syndicate. During his visit he met a sexy table dancer called Elli, they had a brief but hot steamy affair. Unexpectedly Rockman was ordered to return to Hong Kong. Before leaving he promised Elli he would return. But he never did. Heart broken Elli felt she was deceived. Rockman never expect his affair would bring the worst luck for him and family. Three years later in Hong Kong, when Rockman was busily investigating a murder case one stormy night, a senior policeman was murdered by a most wanted fugitive Lam Chiu. On the other hand, Rockman's wife broke down after their son died mysteriously. All the major newspapers headlined the two cases, saying the murder and the baby's death are related. Frustrated Rockman worked closely with Brother Sum well seasoned detective.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 500
Genere: Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, erotic, weird
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Raving Maniacs (2005)
Plot Summary:
At a rave, people give out glowing pills that turns people into zombies.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 246
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, independent film
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Rat Man (1988)
Plot Summary:
A maniac butchers a fashion model on a Caribbean island and leaves the body to be eaten by rats. The model's sister suspects something isn't quite right with the police investagation and decides to go snooping on her own. With her friend, Fred, their investagations lead them to an unknown part of the island where they discover a monstrosity of a rat like man. The creature is killed by Fred, but the true horror of it's nature is just beginning.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 924
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic
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Surgikill (1989)
Plot Summary:
A masked killer is killing off doctors, nurses, and patients at a poorly run Los Angeles hospital.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, medical horror, surprise ending, splatter, psychotronic, independent film, spoof, slasher horror, parody, gay cinema
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Terminal Choice (1985)
Plot Summary:
A patient in an hospital dies under mysterious circumstances. The attending doctor Frank Holt gets under suspect - he'd been fired already from his last position due to malpractice. For his defense he investigates with help of doctor Anna Lang. Soon they find out that half of their colleagues were betting on the patient's diagnosis - was someone trying to increase his chances? But when Frank's friend, dissector Mary Connor, becomes deadly sick, he suspects there's even more to it.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, medical horror, psychotronic, tech noir, surprise ending, independent film, slasher horror
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Intensive Care (1991)
Plot Summary:
A deranged doctor gets in to a car accident and burns beyond recognition. Years later he awakes from his coma and stalks a young male nurse and his girlfriend, killing everyone along the way.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 407
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: medical horror, slasher, independent film, cult film
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Sadisticum (2009)
Plot Summary:
Sadisticum tells the story of a man for whom there seems to be only one purpose in life, the torture and killing of others. At age 17, he has already killed two people. But he manages to suppress his appetite for many years. Half of his life he spent with working and adapting the company externally. But the void in his life has been increased steadily, until one day it happens again, he kills. Only this time he would not stop, this time he would give free rein to his appetite. But even by the brutal killing of his fellow man, he learns no more satisfaction. His ever-growing need for recognition is driving him to create some kind torture course. He'd selected peers point to which way is best torturing anyone without killing him early. But it does not stop at a seminar, his addiction to attention and admiration grows into the vast, ever more cruel torture methods he tried. But one day, the story takes a surprising turn.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Horror
Country: Germany
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags:
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Drawing Blood (2005)
Plot Summary:
Bodies begin to pile up the moment George Adam's wife leaves town for the weekend. George's past comes back to him, but its nothing like his current life in a safe, calm suburban home.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, independent film
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Doctor Bloodbath (1987)
Plot Summary:
It's the story of Dr. Thorn, an abortionist who uses post-procedure house calls as opportunities to murder his patients.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, slasher horror
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The Witch's Sabbath (2005)
Plot Summary:
A murderous coven of witches open a sexy strip club to lure in unsuspecting sacrifice victims in this erotic tale of terror from genre specialist Jeff Leroy. As Halloween draws near, a coven of witches must claim the heads of 666 victims in order to usher in the arrival of the Dark Lord and maintain their evil power. With only days to go before their deadline arrives, the satanic sirens open the "Sin and Skin" gentlemen's club in hopes of reaching their goal and achieving ultimate power. As the clueless victims are lured to the witches' lavish mansion and offered one final meal, their dark goal comes ever closer to being fully realized. On this night, though, the evil coven has underestimated the determination of their dinner guest to see another sunrise, and before the night is over these witches are in for one hell of a deadly surprise.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 413
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Nurse Sherri (1977)
Plot Summary:
A hospital nurse is possessed by an evil spirit, and proceeds to kill off the hospital's patients.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 872
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: medical horror, slasher, slasher horror, psychotronic, independent film, grindhouse
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Beyond the Wall of Sleep (2006)
Plot Summary:
Joe Slaader is a mysterious mountain man being held in the Ulster County Asylum after the brutal murder of his family. Edward Eischel, a young intern, sees something more than just an inbred monster in this new inmate, however. Instead, he sees him as the harbinger of some greater and much darker force. With bodies piling up, his job in jeopardy, and his sanity hanging in the balance he gives in to his obsession with tapping into Joe's hidden power, risking all that he has along the way.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, bleak, serious, suspenseful, non-linear, suspense, psychological
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Blood Rage (1987)
Plot Summary:
In 1974, Terry commits a murder and pins it on his twin brother, Todd. Ten years later, Todd escapes from a mental institution on the same day as Terry’s murderous instincts resurface.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, christmas horror, bloody, perverse, cult classic, spooky, sadistic, independent film, slasher horror, cult film
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Ozone! Attack of the Redneck Mutants (1986)
Plot Summary:
An ecological disaster turns some rednecks into flesh-eating mutants.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: splatter, dark comedy, horror comedy
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Zombie Bloodbath 2: Rage of the Undead (1995)
Plot Summary:
An evil demonic scarecrow resurrects the dead as ravenous cannibalistic zombies who feast on the living. A motley assortment of folks who include a bunch of bickering college kids, a trio of dangerous escaped convicts, an equally lethal pair of savage hoodlums, and three sisters do their best to stay alive and survive this harrowing ordeal.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Facility (2012)
Plot Summary:
A group of volunteers find themselves fighting for their lives when a drug trial goes horribly wrong.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, bloody, medical horror, scary, realistic, minimal cast
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The Grapes of Death (1978)
Plot Summary:
A young woman discovers that the pesticide being sprayed on vineyards is turning people into murderous lunatics.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: surreal, gothic, suspense, art house, grindhouse, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, mad
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Patrick (2013)
Plot Summary:
Patrick lays comatose in a small private hospital, his only action being his involuntary spitting. When a pretty young nurse, just separated from her husband, begins work at the hospital, she senses that Patrick is communicating with her, and he seems to be using his psychic powers to manipulate events in her life.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, medical horror, suspense, psychological, mystical, slasher, grindhouse, psychotronic
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The Hospital (2013)
Plot Summary:
Old St. Leopold's Hospital has many urban legends surrounding it, but the residents of Bridgeport all agree on one thing: tortured souls roam its abandoned halls. The mystery proves too much for a pretty young student who decides to investigate for her senior class project. Unfortunately, she does not find ghosts. She, instead, finds Stanley... serial rapist, murderer, and psychopath. As the young girl becomes Stanley's new pet, a team of young investigators descend on the hospital to "hunt some ghosts." Stanley sees nothing but fun and games in his future. But, what Stanley does not know is that the hospital truly is haunted and the restless spirits there are not happy with what he has been doing.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 679
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, medical horror, captivating, slasher, retro, realistic
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Bone Sickness (2004)
Plot Summary:
Her husband's health suddenly devastated by a terminal bone disease, a desperate young woman finds her search for alternative treatment leading to unexpectedly grave consequences.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: disturbing, bloody, controversial, medical horror, terrifying, independent film, weird, cult film
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The Bloody Exorcism of Coffin Joe (1974)
Plot Summary:
The director José Mojica Marins travels to spend Christmas with friends in the small farm where they live and write the story of his next film. However, he observes eerie things in the house, with his friends being possessed one by one by some supernatural evil force. Sooner he learns that the matriarch of the family had made a deal with a local witch Malvina to get pregnant and save her marriage. In return, Malvina should indicate who would marry the girl. However, her daughter Wilma is engaged of her beloved fiancé and Malvina wants her to get married with Eugenio, who is the son of Satan. Further, José Mojica Marins discovers that his fictional creation Zé do Caixão (a.k.a. Coffin Joe) is ready to collect the souls of Wilma's family and only and exorcism may save the doomed family.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 298
Genere: Horror
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, satanic, psychotronic
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The Dead Pit (1989)
Plot Summary:
A renegade doctor is shot dead and entombed with his fiendish experiments in the basement of an abandoned wing of a mental hospital. Twenty years later, a mysterious woman is admitted with amnesia, and her arrival is marked by an earthquake - which cracks the seal to the Dead Pit, freeing the evil doctor to continue his work.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, retro, atmospheric, medical horror, creepy, cult classic, surprise ending, scary, rough
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The Dead Next Door (1989)
Plot Summary:
The government sets up a zombie squad after an epidemic has made the world run rampant with living corpses. The team head off to Ohio to try and find a cure but soon run into a crazy cult of zombie lovers who are set on preserving the walking dead as they believe it's God's will.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, bloody, cult classic, independent film, scary, exciting, rough, offbeat, epic, serious
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Terrified (2017)
Plot Summary:
Police commissary Funes and three researches of supernatural phenomena investigate inexplicable events that are occurring in the suburbia of Buenos Aires.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Horror
Country: Argentina
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, spooky, psychological horror, psychological, atmospheric, dark, slasher
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Insanitarium (2008)
Plot Summary:
After he's institutionalized in order to cover for his sister, a young man encounters a doctor who is turning his patients into flesh-eating psychopaths.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, disturbing, tense, serious, suspense, slasher, psychological horror
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Violent Shit II (1992)
Plot Summary:
Drilled by his deranged mother, Karl the Butcher jr. takes revenge for the gruesome death of his father. Anyone who sets foot on the forest has to die. Hold on to your limbs as Karl jr. slaughter his victims to some amazing tunes of terror. Decapitation is just the beginning.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 596
Genere: Horror
Country: Germany
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: bloody, slasher, disturbing, controversial, extreme horror, splatter, cult film
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Reel Evil (2012)
Plot Summary:
Struggling filmmakers - Kennedy, Cory and James - finally catch the break they were looking for when they are hired to shoot a 'behind-the-scenes' documentary for a major studio production. But their dream job quickly turns into a nightmare when they explore the legendary, haunted location and find something far worse than anything Hollywood could create. Terror becomes reality for the filmmakers as they uncover the malevolent secrets of the hospital, and the sinister doctor who once ran it. Trapped inside the hospital with no apparent way out, our crew is tormented by the evil, unspeakable fear.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 753
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, serious, suspenseful, mockumentary, independent film, psychotronic, fake documentary
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The Sadness (2021)
Plot Summary:
With the spread of the new virus, people all over the world are becoming numb to the virus. No one believes that the mutation of the virus and the Tibet crisis are coming. Junzhe and his girlfriend Kai Ting discuss when the epidemic will end, but life remains as usual. One morning, after Junzhe drove Kai Ting to work and separated, the two witnessed attacks by unknown thugs: including the breakfast shop owner being beaten and bitten by his grandmother, the neighbor next door ran into the street with a weapon, and frequent riots in various places. , Panic and screams spread throughout the city. Infected anomalous humans are everywhere, and bloody pictures of being tortured and killed are all over the street. Who can survive the horror of murder? How can Junzhe find a way to survive and save his beloved girlfriend who has gone missing?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Horror
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: disturbing, suspense, scary, psychological, slasher, brutal, suspenseful, apocalyptic, tense, contemplative
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Cabin Fever (2002)
Plot Summary:
A group of five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrifying flesh-eating virus, which attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 82000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, disturbing, rough, splatter, creepy, dark comedy, bloody, cult classic, teen