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Plot Summary:
Faustus is a scholar at the University of Wittenberg when he earns his doctorate degree. His insatiable appetite for knowledge and power leads him to employ necromancy to conjure Mephistopheles out of hell. He bargains away his soul to Lucifer in exchange for living 24 years during which Mephistopheles will be his slave. Faustus signs the pact in his own blood and Mephistopheles reveals the works of the devil to Faustus.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, philosophical, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, contemplative, talky, psychotronic, period drama
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Devil's Diary (2007)
Plot Summary:
When two friends, Dominique and Ursula, uncover an ancient book in a graveyard one night, they discover that the book has the supernatural power to grant any evil desire written within it. In a series of escalating acts of vengeance, Ursula harms anyone who opposes her. Dominique realizes that the book fills all who possess it with the feeling of ultimate power. Seeking help from Father Mark Mulligan, a priest, and other people she knows, Dominique tries to destroy the book and save Ursula before it's too late. Unfortunately, cheerleaders Heather and Georgia find out about the book's powers as well, and plan to use it against Ursula and Dominique. The book keeps going to the person who wants it for wicked things. Eventually she manages to destroy it... or at least she thinks she does. In the last scene, someone else finds the book and the hellish cycle begins anew.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, psychological, exciting, rough, corny
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Lift to Hell (2013)
Plot Summary:
A killing spree takes place in a northern China's hospital, an old elevator goes to the 18th floor - underground.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Night Watch (1973)
Plot Summary:
Ellen Wheeler, a rich widow, is recovering from a nervous breakdown. One day, while staring out the window, she witnesses a murder. But does anybody believe her?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, clever, suspense, slasher, independent film, psychological, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Under Milk Wood (1971)
Plot Summary:
This Dylan Thomas work is a delightful if peculiar story of a day in the life of a small, Welsh fishing village called "Llareggub" (read it backwards!). We meet a host of curious characters (and ghosts) through the 'eyes' of Blind Captain Cat. This is a true "Classic" of modern British writing with a wonderful, mischievous use of language. Under Milk Wood was Sinclair's first film and he was able to sign up Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor to the project with the help of O'Toole, Sinclair's long-term friend. Burton and Taylor were paid £10,000 each. Elizabeth Taylor was only available for three days of filming, which at her request took place in London. At £600, her three dresses took up half of the costume budget. It was the only film in which Burton, Taylor and O’Toole appeared together. It was shot on various locations in Wales and has since acquired a reputation among aficionados as a cult movie.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 840
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, realistic, contemplative, stylized, semi serious, independent film
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Beyond the Woods (2018)
Plot Summary:
A gathering of friends is thrown into chaos by the opening of a mysterious fiery sinkhole near their secluded holiday home.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Ireland
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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The Haunting of Alcatraz (2020)
Plot Summary:
Alcatraz. 1937. A young prison guard working the night shift experiences a string of chilling disturbances culminating in the bizarre death of an inmate at the most famous prison in the world.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 247
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, serious, captivating, suspenseful, stylized
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Curse of the Fly (1965)
Plot Summary:
Remember that scientist that was trying to perfect a matter transportation machine but got fused with a fly when one of the little critters got into the transporter with him? Well, this story is about three of his descendents (a son, Henri Delambre, played by Brian Donlevy and two grandsons). Seems the son wants to continue and perfect the machine while his two sons want to get out of the scientist business and live "normal" lives. The oldest son, Martin, decides to take a wife (who just happens to have escaped from a mental hospital after her parents died). Martin's father is not happy with this intrusion but finally gives in because he understands him son's needs. They all try to be a happy family until humans used in botched experiments are discovered by the new bride and the police nearly discover the lab while looking for Martin's wife. Everyone tries to get out of there via the transporter but things just don't go according to plan.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, exciting, serious, black and white, natural horror, psychotronic, suspense, medical horror, classic horror
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The Devil's Messenger (1962)
Plot Summary:
In this feature version of the Swedish TV series "13 Demon Street," a 50,000-year-old woman is found frozen in an ice field, and a man's death is foretold in dreams.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 526
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: anthology, suspense, dark fairy tale, classic horror, independent film, scary, rough, mind bending, serious, suspenseful
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Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)
Plot Summary:
A priest is sent to a small parish in the Polish countryside which is believed to be under demonic possession and there he finds his own temptations awaiting.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Poland
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: satanic, black and white, philosophical, gothic, suspense, gothic horror, existential, cult classic, psychological, atmospheric
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One Missed Call 3: Final (2006)
Plot Summary:
Emiri, a timid high school girl, is bullied mercilessly by her classmates, but when her friend, Asuka, stands up for her, Asuka becomes the target of the bullying instead. Emiri, not wanting to be bullied again, avoids Asuka. Worn down, Asuka attempts to commit suicide, but is saved by the school janitor and remains in a comatose state in the hospital.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, dark, slasher, psychotronic, scary
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Medusa (2020)
Plot Summary:
After being bitten by a lethal snake, a young woman experiences changes in her senses and appearance, as she sheds her old self and slowly turns into a deadly weapon.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 626
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, psychotronic
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It Comes (2018)
Plot Summary:
To protect his family from a mysterious being, a man joins forces with a journalist and an exorcist - but they come to learn what they are dealing with is beyond their imagination.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: scary, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, psychotronic, disturbing, weird, asian horror
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13 Graves (2019)
Plot Summary:
On the orders of their boss, two seasoned contract killers are marching their latest victim to the mob graveyard they have used for several years. When he escapes leaving them no choice but to hunt him through the surrounding forest, they are soon hopelessly lost. As night falls they uncover a dark and terrifying truth about the vast, sprawling woodland, and the hunters become the hunted as they find themselves stalked by an ancient supernatural force.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 888
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Ghosts of Borley Rectory (2021)
Plot Summary:
Harry Price investigates the ghosts of Borley Rectory during his stay there.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 747
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic, independent film
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Death of a Vlogger (2019)
Plot Summary:
An ambitious vlogger experiences the dark side of the internet when his latest video, which features an alleged haunting, goes viral.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, mockumentary
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Lampor: The Flying Coffin (2019)
Plot Summary:
Edwin and Netta with their two children, Adam and Sekar going to Netta's hometown at Temanggung. Netta were suspected as the cause of Lampor terror at her hometown, a demon who bring a flying casket.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, twisted
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Conjuring the Genie (2021)
Plot Summary:
After the passing of her father, Morgan is told by her course tutor she must complete an assignment on an urban legend. Morgan and her friends awake the demonic genie from an amulet. Their wishes are granted one by one. Morgan is granted the wish of her father’s life back. However, soon, the group of friends realize their wishes are about to turn deadly, and they will realize the horrors the genie can create.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 698
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Return (2015)
Plot Summary:
A tale of terror. Cathy Reed has been institutionalized most of her life because of Schizophrenia, as a child her parents thought she was possessed by demons and had her exercised by priests. Medical science saw different. Now decades later Cathy is freed, relocated to her own flat and given a chance to be independent. Once alone things are not what they all seem and when her nightmares turn real she questions her state of mind before she is left to face her demons.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 10
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, disturbing, psychotronic
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Voodoo Possession (2014)
Plot Summary:
Imagine an insatiable demon that feeds on blood, thrives on pain, and reaches from beyond the grave to torment the living...and the dead. For believers and skeptics alike, there is nothing in this world or the next to rival the relentless evil of a Voodoo Possession. Burdened since childhood with a gnawing sense of guilt, cynical Aiden Chase journeys to a Haitian insane asylum in search of his missing brother. Upon arriving, he discovers all the inmates and the hospital administrator (Danny Trejo, Machete) are seemingly possessed by a bloodthirsty voodoo spirit. Now, Aiden must abandon reality and descend into a terrifying spirit world to try to rescue his brother - or they will both be damned for eternity.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 707
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, demonic, captivating, psychotronic
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The Haunting of Julia (1977)
Plot Summary:
After the death of her daughter, Julia Lofting, a wealthy housewife, moves to London to re-start her life. All seems well until she is haunted by the sadness of losing her own child and the ghosts of other children.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: slasher, gothic, suspense, sad, gothic horror, psychotronic, cult classic, classic horror, spooky, scary
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Spirits of the Dead (1968)
Plot Summary:
Three directors each adapt a Poe short story to the screen: "Toby Dammit" features a disheveled drugged and drunk English movie star who nods acceptance in the Italian press and his producers fawn over him. "Metzengerstein" features a Mediveal countess who has a love-hate relationship with a black stallion - who it turns out is really her dead lover. "William Wilson" tells the story of a sadistic Austrian student with an exact double whom he later kills.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: anthology, surreal, gothic, scary, erotic, art house, cerebral, visual, cult classic, gothic horror
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Plot Summary:
Mike Nichols’ film from Edward Albee's play brought new themes to the film industry. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton have never been more brilliant together as they portray an experienced married couple who love each other yet verbally attack one another when they see how boring their naïve newlywed guests have made their night.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: tense, black and white, psychological, clever, black comedy, dark comedy, rough, captivating, minimal cast, atmospheric
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Equus (1977)
Plot Summary:
A psychiatrist, Martin Dysart, investigates the savage blinding of six horses with a metal spike in a stable in Hampshire, England. The atrocity was committed by an unassuming seventeen-year-old stable boy named Alan Strang, the only son of an opinionated but inwardly-timid father and a genteel, religious mother. As Dysart exposes the truths behind the boy's demons, he finds himself face-to-face with his own.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, enigmatic, serious, suspenseful, surreal, sexual, talky, controversial, tricky
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The Medusa Touch (1978)
Plot Summary:
"I have a gift for disaster," says John Morlar (Ricard Burton). Morlar is cursed with a unique telekinesis power that only seems to cause disaster.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, atmospheric, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, retro, slasher, surreal
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Children of the Damned (1964)
Plot Summary:
Six children are found spread through out the world that not only have enormous intelligence, but identical intelligence and have a strange bond to each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, suspenseful, tense, mind bending, black and white, classic horror, psychotronic, gothic horror, expressionism
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Dracula (2006)
Plot Summary:
The Romanian count known as Dracula is summoned to London by Arthur Holmwood, a young Lord who is one the verge of being wed. Unknown to Arthur's future bride Lucy, her future husband is infected with syphilis and therefore cannot consummate their marriage. Arthur has laid his hopes of being cured on the enigmatic count; as it is said that Dracula has extraordinary powers. But these supernatural powers have sinister origins. The Count is a vampire. Soon Arthur realizes his serious mistake as all hell breaks loose and the Count infects others with his ancient curse. But Dracula has not counted on the young Lord acquiring the assistance of the Dutch Vampire expert Prof. Abraham Van Helsing.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, scary, serious, suspenseful, dark, spooky, psychotronic, period drama
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The Turn of the Screw (2009)
Plot Summary:
A young governess, Ann, is sent to a country house to take care of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Soon after her arrival, Miles is expelled from boarding school. Although charmed by her young charge, she secretly fears there are ominous reasons behind his expulsion. With Miles back at home, the governess starts noticing ethereal figures roaming the estate's grounds. Desperate to learn more about these sinister sightings she discovers that the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of her predecessor hold grim implications for herself. As she becomes increasingly fearful that malevolent forces are stalking the children the governess is determined to save them, risking herself and her sanity in the process.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, gothic horror, gothic, slasher, costume drama, psychotronic, mind bending, period drama
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (1973)
Plot Summary:
Adaptation of the novel by Oscar Wilde.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 509
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, psychological, tense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, gothic horror, psychotronic
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The Rite (2011)
Plot Summary:
Seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donoghue) reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rome, Michael meets an unorthodox priest, Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), who introduces him to the darker side of his faith, uncovering the devil’s reach even to one of the holiest places on Earth.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 102000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary, Italy
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: scary, demonic, suspense, psychological, disturbing, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, satanic, surreal
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The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
Plot Summary:
Satan-worshiper Prince Prospero invites the local nobility to his castle for protection against an oncoming plague, the Red Death. He orders his guests to attend a masked ball and, amidst an atmosphere of debauchery and depravity, notices the entry of a hooded stranger dressed all in red. Believing the figure to be his master, Satan, Prospero is horrified at the revelation of his true identity.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: gothic, atmospheric, suspense, surreal, suspenseful, scary, grindhouse, cult classic, gothic horror, serious