Best movies like Don't Sleep
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Plot Summary:
After Moving into a Cottage Together, two Young Lovers confront Horrors of a Forgotten Childhood.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: dark, scary, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful
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Broil (2020)
Plot Summary:
A listless grand-daughter, Chance Sinclair, is sentenced to live with her draconian grand-father, August after a violent incident at school and begins to question the source of her families immense wealth and power. When Chance's scheming Mom, June hires a troubled chef Sydney to poison August, the family's monstrous secrets are revealed over the course of one bloody night. Every soul is up for grabs as The Sinclair Family Games Night gets underway and Chance learns that being a part of this family is a blood-in, blood-out proposition.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: mysterious, light, enigmatic, dark, suspenseful, disturbing, bloody, suspense
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Be Afraid (2017)
Plot Summary:
Not long after John Chambers and his family arrive at their new home in a small country town of Pennsylvania, John begins to experience sleep paralysis. Lying there paralyzed, trapped within his own nightmare, other-worldly beings visit John. They are entities which exist in the darkest shadows of the night and can only be seen out of the corner of one's eye. These encounters begin to haunt John, transforming to complete terror as he discovers the entities' sole purpose... the abduction of his seven year old son. In the end, John will uncover the town's horrific secret, a portal on his land, and make one last attempt to save his son before the shadow people permanently take him away to their world.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, dark, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Doll (2017)
Plot Summary:
When Chris and Andy order a model from an escort service, they find that something is unnaturally wrong with Natasha, something deadly wrong.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 662
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Bleed (2016)
Plot Summary:
It seemed perfect - a new house, a new marriage, a child soon to be born. But when Sarah and Matt invite their friends to celebrate, the situation turns deadly as they enter a burned-out prison on a ghost hunt.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, slasher
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Betamax (2015)
Plot Summary:
A bunch of really cool stuff happens, just watch it. Trust me.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: dark, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, bizarre
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True Fiction (2019)
Plot Summary:
Avery Malone, a wannabe writer and lonely librarian, gets her big break when she's hand-selected to assist her hero, reclusive author, Caleb Conrad. Whisked away to Caleb's remote estate, Avery is given her one and only task; to participate in a controlled psychological experiment in fear that will serve as the basis for Caleb's next novel.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 834
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, scary, psychological, tense, bleak, dark
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May the Devil Take You Too (2020)
Plot Summary:
Two years after escaping from demonic terror, Alfie and Nara try to continue their lives. However, Alfie's worst nightmare has just begun and the dangers that await are increasingly threatening.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, dark fantasy
Similar in 87%
Evil Deeds (2019)
Plot Summary:
A Thief encounters a strange old Hermit who tells him tales of Evil Deeds - including a Detective's search for a escaped mental patient, a tale of young lady and her new beau who arrange to have her abusive father killed and the body disposed of - unfortunately he doesn't stay dead, and a babysitter is tormented by phone calls from a demented man.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, psychotronic, tense, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, dark fairy tale
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Bloody Ballet (2018)
Plot Summary:
When beautiful ballerina dancer Adriana Mena lands the lead role in the upcoming Nutcracker performance, she's forced to face her demons as jealousy and tension begin to provoke the supernatural.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 277
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, slasher
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Fire City: End of Days (2015)
Plot Summary:
Vine, a disillusioned demon, is forced into a choice to save his brethren or an innocent human girl. Demons have been living secretly among humans for centuries. It was a fragile balance that has now been shattered when their life source is destroyed. The demon population must rise up and take all necessary steps for survival or their species will cease to exist. The battle for the Earth has begun. Vine, a disillusioned demon, secretly lives with others of his kind in the world of humans sustained by their misery. Forced into a choice to save his brethren or an innocent human girl, the delicate balance between human and demon kind is threatened, which may result in war.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 872
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Ideal (2011)
Plot Summary:
It's a high school summer job for Julia and Alexander - the chance to earn money and work with eccentric, charismatic social studies teacher, Mr. Zenidro. But something else awaits them in the empty, yet mysterious school building. As the past and present begin to blur together so do sanity and madness, and Mr. Zenidro draws them into a lesson on history one can't find in books.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Day 13 (2020)
Plot Summary:
When 17-year-old Colton is left at home to babysit his little sister for the summer, he develops a crush on Heather, the beautiful girl who just moved into a mysterious old house across the street. He falls in love with her from afar — but also witnesses her foster father grow increasingly threatening towards her. When Colton suspects the man belongs to a Satanic cult, and is preparing to ritually murder her, he resorts to desperate measures to intervene, and learns that the truth of the situation is more horrifying than anything he had ever imagined.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 392
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: bleak, psychotronic, scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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A Taste of Blood (2020)
Plot Summary:
After going off to kill a vampire, a man returns home at the magic hour, between night and day. His family has doubts about whether he's still human or whether he's been bitten by the undead. His teenage daughter is determined to defend him, but their doubts and fears grow as the darkness of the night approaches.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Singapore
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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The Ice Demon (2021)
Plot Summary:
Ksyusha barely remembers her father: he went missing when she was a child. Incredibly, he is showing signs of life, despite being in a coma. The man is returned home in this condition. His wife has now remarried. The family is thrown into disarray by the return of the former master of the house – terrifying things are happening in the house, and Ksyusha’s mom starts acting weird… Ksyusha begins to suspect that something supernatural, icy, and lifeless has come home with her father. And now Ksyusha and her stepfather are about to find themselves protecting their family from a demon.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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The Harvesting (2019)
Plot Summary:
To escape their marital problems, a young family travels from the city to spend the summer in Amish Country where a malevolent presence grips them. They soon discover that they were brought there for a reason and they must break free before the demonic hold consumes them.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 591
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Digging to Death (2021)
Plot Summary:
David Vanowen moves into a mysterious house and discovers a box buried in his backyard, filled with 3 million dollars and a fresh corpse. David hides the money in the house, only to be stalked by the buried body.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 612
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Paranormal Prison (2021)
Plot Summary:
A paranormal investigation YouTube channel is getting ready to shut down if they don't have a video that goes viral in time. In this last ditch attempt, a long-time mystery is solved.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Blazing World (2021)
Plot Summary:
Ever since Margaret was six years old, she has been haunted by the memory of watching her sister drown during an explosive fight between her parents. As a young woman, she slides further into her twisted inner life, ultimately finding herself on the brink of suicide. Through an epic journey down the smokiest and scariest corridors of her imagination, she tries to exorcise the demons pushing her closer and closer to the edge.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 701
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychological, tense, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Evil Takes Root (2020)
Plot Summary:
A paranormal investigator arrives in a sleepy Midwest town to investigate the mysterious loss of his old lover and reconcile sins of the past. He discovers she fell victim to the Batibat, an ancient evil that followed her home from the Philippines.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 467
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Ouija House (2018)
Plot Summary:
A graduate student, who is trying to finish the last of her research on a book project that she hopes will help her down-on-her-luck mother, brings friends to a house with a dark past, where they soon unwittingly summon an evil entity who makes the house part of its game….
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, serious, melancholic, intense, psychotronic
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Dead Night (2017)
Plot Summary:
A caring mother loses her sanity, setting off a chain of events resulting in tragedy and murder. The story of Casey Pollack unfolds from two very different perspectives when one night in the woods culminates in absolute terror.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, enigmatic, bleak, dark, psychological, gothic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, mumblecore
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Horsehead (2014)
Plot Summary:
Since her childhood, Jessica has been haunted by recurrent nightmares whose meaning escapes her. This peculiarity has led her to study the psychophysiology of dreams and to follow a therapy with Sean, her mentor and boyfriend, to try and understand the origin of her nightmares. Following the death of her maternal grandmother she hardly knew, Jessica reluctantly returns to the family home. Jessica then begins to wander in a nightmarish world inhabited by twisted versions of her family members. She gradually improves her skills as a lucid dreamer and investigates to solve the mystery that gnaws her and haunts the family home.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychological, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, mind bending, suspense, dark, disturbing, grindhouse
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Before I Wake (2016)
Plot Summary:
About an orphaned child whose dreams - and nightmares - manifest physically as he sleeps.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, psychological, spooky, atmospheric, suspense, post-horror, psychological thriller, inspirational
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The Amityville Harvest (2020)
Plot Summary:
While staying at an aging manor to research its liquor-smuggling history, Christina and her documentary video team interview their spooky host Vincent—but no one can capture his image or voice on video. After shocking dreams and bloody encounters, the crew members fall under Victor’s hypnotic spell.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 323
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Lucky (2020)
Plot Summary:
May, a self help author with all the answers, suddenly finds herself stalked by a masked man who mysteriously reappears every night. Even when she kills him. May struggles to get help from the people around her as she fights to stay alive. Is this paranoia, or is she doomed to accept her new reality?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspense, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, slasher, mumblecore, anamorphic, thrilling, psychological, scary
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The Dawn (2019)
Plot Summary:
Following the murder of her family at the hands of her father in the wake of World War I, a young woman is sent to live in a convent. However, the demons that plagued her father follow, reawakening the nightmares of her past.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, psychological
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The Assent (2019)
Plot Summary:
After a series of disturbing supernatural events in his home, Joel a young single father, comes to suspect that his young son may be possessed. Soon Joel receives a visit from Father Lambert, a controversial exorcist in town whose last patient died during his treatment. As increasing chilling occurrences begin to unfold, the priest informs a resistant Joel that unless he can successfully perform an exorcism, the devil will soon take full control of his boy.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, tense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Vampire Virus (2020)
Plot Summary:
A young woman contracts a deadly virus after an unusual sexual encounter, and soon develops a taste for human blood.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, rough, gothic, brutal, serious, bloody, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Isabelle (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young couple's dream of starting a family shatters as they descend into the depths of paranoia and must struggle to survive an evil presence that wants nothing more than their very own lives.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, serious, suspense, suspenseful, twist ending
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Insidious (2010)
Plot Summary:
A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 334000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, twist ending, atmospheric, disturbing, dark, intense, tense, clever, creepy