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Plot Summary:
Fay is a small town girl on a cross country road trip, trying to escape her own reality after the death of her father. When her muscle car breaks down during a drag race she finds herself stranded along route 66 in an isolated desert town. Short on cash, she makes a series of choices to make enough money to repair her car. After encountering a neurotic, drug abusing clown she finds herself sliding down a dark spiral. Soon thereafter, her road trip starts to devolve into a living nightmare. Trapped and desperate, she fights to regain her identity while navigating through a host of locals; a creepy motel clerk, an overzealous preacher, and a sexy temptress with horns and a tail.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: bleak, surreal, tense, suspenseful, independent film, scary, rough, serious, disturbing, surprise ending
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Shelter Island (2003)
Plot Summary:
Ally Sheedy is a retired golfer turned motivational speaker. Patsy Kensit plays her lover and also works with her. There is another girl as well. There are some difficulties at work, a New York firm. So Ally decides she's going to go away for the weekend to some property she owns at Shelter Island. Her lover goes with her. A big storm is coming to the island and the mansion is very isolated from the rest of the island's people. The storm is a perfect set-up for the visitor who just happens to show up, supposedly "stranded" by the storm. This is the Stephen Baldwin character. It seems at first, he is who he says he is. But then he keeps finding excuses to delay leaving, and then finally he attacks Ally Sheedy. He tosses her in a marsh thinking she is dead.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 838
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, psychological, realistic
Similar in 82%
Terror Trap (2010)
Plot Summary:
Driving to a weekend getaway, a car breakdown strands young couple Don and Nancy (David James Elliot and Heather Marsden) while passing through a small, rural Louisiana town. Finding the couple on the roadside, the towns inhospitable Sheriff Taylor (Jeff Fahey) tells them therell be no one to repair their car before morning. He directs them to a nearby motel for the night run by Carter (Michael Madsen). Checking into the seedy, rundown establishment, Don and Nancy have no way of knowing how this place deals with outsiders. Badge aside, the Sherriff answers to Carter, as do a gang of twisted, masked kidnappers, torturers, and killers. By the time Don and Nancy realize whats happening, its too late to flee. They must fight to survive the night, or be the next victims of the Terror Trap.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, slasher, psychotronic
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Zephyr Springs (2013)
Plot Summary:
When Dawn, an overworked single mother, agrees to take her teenage daughter, Kayla, to a luxurious but isolated spa retreat, the women believe they have escaped to a paradise of spa treatments, yoga, and nature hikes until a series of disturbing incidents has Kayla questioning the perfection around her.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 469
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, scary, realistic
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Murder on the 13th Floor (2012)
Plot Summary:
A neglectful mother concocts a plan to kill her live-in nanny when she discovers the nanny is having an affair with her husband.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 614
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, psychosexual thriller
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Exit Speed (2008)
Plot Summary:
On Christmas Eve, ten strangers board a bus traveling across Texas. Far out in the wilds they collide with a meth-addicted biker.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, exciting, realistic
Similar in 76%
The Contract (1999)
Plot Summary:
Anna has a bad week. Her boss is a pain to her, as is the grocery store clerk. Her friend was bad to her, her husband couldn't take his eyes off a waitress, and her babysitter annoyed her. One night at the local pub, she tells a man about her problems and he says he can solve them if she just signs a paper. The next day, her boss has been brutally murdered. Soon, Anna realizes everybody she knows is in danger, including her family and friends.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, independent film, scary, realistic
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From the Inside (2010)
Plot Summary:
Alone in their isolated home where no cars pass and no one lives nearby, Vincent and Tally suffer together in a loveless marriage. But what they don't know is that they are not as alone as they think -- a criminal and his psychotic brother are watching them through binoculars. They stare lustfully at Tally through the windows and plan something horrible for the unhappy couple when night falls.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic, independent film
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Benefit of the Doubt (1993)
Plot Summary:
Twenty two years earlier, Karen helped convict her father, Frank, for the murder of her mother. With his new freedom, thanks to parole, Frank returns home to seek revenge. Having always pleaded his innocence, Frank soon works his way back into Karen's life.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 640
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Legend of DarkHorse County (2014)
Plot Summary:
As Jon (Shawn Welling / Michael Biehn) and Joy Ford (Tory Tompkins) move into the small town of DarkHorse, mysterious and supernatural occurrences threaten to tear the town apart. Teenage girl abductions and a chain of serial killings force good-ol'-boy Sheriff McElroy (Lee Majors / Larry Wade Carrell), the town's rugged symbol of justice, to use any means necessary to keep his beloved town from tumbling into chaos, and when Joy's nieces (Olivia 'ChaChi' Gonzales and Presley Bishop) are kidnapped, they must race to find the abductor and in turn come face to face with a monster.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 228
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Way of the Wicked (2014)
Plot Summary:
Lawrence Salva's script centers on a detective (Facinelli), on the trail of a murderer, who is led to believe that a local teenager, harboring some sort of strange supernatural power, may be involved. Slater plays the man's disbelieving boss, while Hauer plays a man-of-the-cloth who aids the cop on his mission.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, scary, serious, suspenseful, detective, satanic
Similar in 86%
Drones (2013)
Plot Summary:
Drones begins in the Nevada desert, where new girl Sue Lawson joins airman Jack in a hot, windowless bunker from which they manoeuvre unmanned drones across the plains of Afghanistan. Their first day at work is awkward but polite, with Jack all too aware of Sue’s privileged status as daughter of a well-respected general. This, however, will be no ordinary mission: as they train their sights on an unarmed terrorist suspect, a power struggle erupts between the smart, sophisticated Sue and the dogged, blue-collar Jack.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 836
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, captivating
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The Lost Angel (2005)
Plot Summary:
Slight off-balance police inspector Palmer (Alison Eastwood) works with Father Brian (Judd Nelson) to solve for a religion-based killer, while she deals with her teen-aged goth sister.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 440
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Suspended Animation (2001)
Plot Summary:
Hollywood animator Tom (Alex McArthur) gets lost in the Michigan woods after a snowmobile ride goes wrong. He finds refuge at an isolated cabin inhabited by two sisters (Laura Esterman and Sage Allen). Initially grateful to them, Tom soon realizes that the women are cannibals who peg him as their next meal. Tom's friends manage to rescue him, but he's perpetually haunted by his horrific ordeal.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 539
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, rough, serious, slasher, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, independent film
Similar in 77%
Crawlspace (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Gates family dream house turns quickly into a nightmare when their life is disturbed by the deranged previous owner who plots to retake his home and the Gates children for his own - hiding in the house attic and methodically taking out all those that stand in his way.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 887
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, scary, suspenseful, tense, suspense, disturbing, realistic
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The Life Zone (2011)
Plot Summary:
Kidnapped by a mysterious figure, three women find themselves trapped in an abandoned hospital. Held against their will for months, the prisoners are faced with life-transforming decisions and must struggle for their lives.
IMDB Rating: 1.9
IMDB Votes: 639
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, realistic, independent film, surprise ending, twist ending
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The Hitchhiker (2007)
Plot Summary:
Four young women driving across the desert to Las Vegas have their road trip turned upside-down when they pick up a handsome, seemingly-friendly hitchhiker. When their car breaks down near a roadside motel in the middle of nowhere, they find themselves trapped with a woman-hating, masochistic killer.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, serious, rough, realistic, disturbing, mockbuster, splatter, road movie
Similar in 87%
Night Drive (1977)
Plot Summary:
A housewife is stalked by a psycho after she sees him a murder a highway patrol officer.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 777
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: road movie, suspense, slasher, spooky, crime thriller, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 86%
The Cursed (2000)
Plot Summary:
A woman desperate to save her injured husband is taken hostage by an escaped mental patient.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, independent film, exciting, tense, bleak, realistic
Similar in 83%
For Elise (2012)
Plot Summary:
A young college is responsible for the care of an innocent little girl, but soon all he knows give a twist that will endanger his own life. All begin when crossing under the floor of the third floor to the left, a road without knowing directly the door open to the forces of evil, freeing them at will through the building. A desperate race to save the lives when terror and pure evil are in the next aisle.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 812
Genere: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, serious, scary, captivating, suspense, realistic
Similar in 76%
Held for Ransom (2000)
Plot Summary:
Held for Ransom is a 2000 direct-to-video film about five high-school students that are kidnapped and held for ransom in a remote swamp area in Florida. It was directed and written by Lee Stanley based on the novel by Lois Duncan.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, scary, tense
Similar in 85%
Poker Run (2009)
Plot Summary:
Robert (Bertie Higgins) and Allan (J.D. Rudometkin) decide to add some excitement to their lives by taking up Harley riding. But things go south when two psychopathic bikers (Robert Thorne and Jay Wisell) kidnap their wives (Debra Hopkins and Jasmine Waltz) and force the men to perform horrific tasks to retrieve their spouses. Now they must enter -- and participate in -- a world of violence they couldn't have imagined in this bloody thriller.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 427
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller, retro, scary, realistic, independent film, surprise ending
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Deadly Cargo (2003)
Plot Summary:
Journalist Sara joins timid Victor and pregnant wife Thais, instructors Ivan and Edgar, and local kid Drui in Senegal for some underwater exploration. When their craft blows up following a misfired bullet, they float around in the water for a while before seeing a ship. Their initial relief turns to horror as they see a man being tipped into the water from it but the ship is the group's only option. Hiding on board, things start to unravel for them in a horrific way.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 569
Genere: Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, realistic
Similar in 83%
Venom (2011)
Plot Summary:
After a car breaks down in an isolated desert, a mother and young daughter are relentlessly pursued by a deadly snake.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, exciting, serious, realistic, psychotronic
Similar in 86%
Death Row (2007)
Plot Summary:
As eight convicts serve their sentences in a work-release program at a creepy abandoned prison, an unknown killer stalks them.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 604
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, scary, independent film
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Tripfall (2000)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer turns the life of a family on vacation into a nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 474
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, independent film, exciting, realistic, fast
Similar in 78%
Deviation (2012)
Plot Summary:
Told over one horrifying night, Deviation will take you on a white-knuckle journey into the mind of Frank Norton, a dangerous schizophrenic murderer as he escapes from Broadmoor Hospital and embarks on a murderous rampage across London. But when Frankie takes a hostage, the deadly game of cat-and-mouse truly begins.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 580
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, suspense, tense, captivating, realistic
Similar in 82%
Event 15 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Three soldiers get trapped in an elevator when terrorists set off a dirty bomb. But when White escapes, her world turns upside down as she realizes nothing is what it seems.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, tense, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, independent film
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Not Safe for Work (2014)
Plot Summary:
An office worker is trapped inside the building where a killer is on the loose.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, psychological, suspense, crime thriller, vintage
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The Tomb (2007)
Plot Summary:
Based on a story by the master of outrageous horror, H.P. Lovecraft, this bloodcurdling film introduces the "Puppetmaster." Imprisoning a group of people in a living hell of darkness and death the Puppetmaster controls the fate of each one. One by one, the captives awake in agonizing pain - some are slightly injured, others are fatally wounded. The survivors are also mentally tortured by the unseen villain, who demands that there can be only one winner at this game.
IMDB Rating: 1.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film
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The Canyon (2009)
Plot Summary:
A survival story about a honeymooning couple who get lost in the wide expanse of the Grand Canyon.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, scary, realistic, suspense, sexy, serious, independent film