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Plot Summary:
Nine people are stuck in an elevator. One of them has a ticking bomb that can't be defused. The other eight will do anything to survive. There is no escape and no promise of rescue. As the tension in the elevator mounts the unthinkable soon becomes the only reasonable solution.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, psychological, scary, captivating, entertaining, thrilling, tension
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Shadow Puppets (2007)
Plot Summary:
Director Michael Winnick's chilling tale stars James Marsters as Jack, one of eight captives who awaken in an abandoned asylum not knowing who they are or why they are together. They discover that they've been used in an experiment to erase disturbing memories, but instead, a murderous creature has been unleashed. Reaching out from the shadows, the monster hunts the eight strangers as they race to escape the asylum.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, serious, slasher, suspenseful, suspense, dark, grindhouse, psychotronic
Similar in 77%
Prisoner (2007)
Plot Summary:
A Hollywood director is taken prisoner while scouting a remote prison.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 538
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, scary, serious, realistic, suspenseful, controversial
Similar in 81%
True Love (2012)
Plot Summary:
On the surface, Kate and Jack, late 20's, are happy. But like everyone, they carry secrets that neither of them is prepared to reveal. After their wedding, they wake from a deep, dark sleep, each alone in a sealed room with no doors or windows, just a projection screen and a monitor with two buttons: one for “yes”, one for “no”. As the horror of their situation unfolds, surveillance films showing their life together, appear on the screen as the monitor asks questions, each more strange and terrifying that the last. It soon becomes apparent that a bizarre test of their relationship is underway, and the secrets revealed lead them deeper and deeper into what could not just destroy their love, but threaten their very lives….
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 812
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, suspenseful, scary, serious, realistic, independent film
Similar in 81%
Below Zero (2011)
Plot Summary:
When Jack (Edward Furlong) is in danger of missing a deadline, his manager orders him to take whatever measures are needed to complete his screenplay. Jack locks himself in a slaughterhouse freezer but discovers that his inner demons are keeping him company. Despite the cold, Jack's imagination is red-hot as he concocts the story of Frank (Furlong), a tow truck driver who's locked in a fridge with the dying victim of a serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 882
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, scary, slasher, suspense, tense, mind bending, serious, independent film
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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 Chamber (2016)
Plot Summary:
The film revolves around a special ops unit who commandeer a commercial research vessel and it’s submersible to locate a mysterious item at the bottom of the Yellow Sea. When an explosion causes the sub to overturn and take on water, the crew begins to understand that not all of them will escape and a fight for survival ensues.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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Warhouse (2013)
Plot Summary:
Royal Marine A.J Budd awakes in a mysterious house and is forced to fight for his life everyday against grotesque inhuman opponents. Trapped alone in an unchanging prison of unbreakable routines, he must kill every day or die himself. As days stretch into years, the isolation and unceasing violence threaten his very soul.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: mystical, tense, suspenseful, psychological, bleak, mind twisting, suspense, mind bending, psychological horror, scary
Similar in 77%
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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12 Feet Deep (2017)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by true events, two sisters are trapped under the fiberglass cover of an Olympic sized public pool and must brave the cold and each other to survive the harrowing night.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, serious, sad, psychological thriller, psychological, creepy, suspenseful
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Deadly Weekend (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two young couples take one last trip to the country before moving to different cities. Unfortunately, when secrets come out and jealously takes a toll the weekend takes an unexpected and deadly turn for the worst.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 730
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic, independent film, bloody
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The 13th Unit (2014)
Plot Summary:
Seven strangers find themselves trapped in an underground storage facility, struggling to survive while being hunted by a supernatural beast that resides inside the mysterious 13th unit.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 487
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, scary, serious
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Panic Button (2011)
Plot Summary:
Four young men have won a trip with their favorite social network. On board the private plane that took him to New York, they are invited to participate in an in-flight entertainment: a new online gaming experience. But this is no ordinary Thurs Trapped at 30,000 feet, they will play for their lives and those of their families. They will discover the hard way that put his life online can have dire consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, suspense, psychological thriller, surreal, psychotronic, cyber, cult classic, scary, realistic
Similar in 89%
Lady in a Cage (1964)
Plot Summary:
A woman trapped in a home elevator is terrorized by a group of vicious hoodlums.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, grindhouse, scary, psychological, tense, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, retro, slasher
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Inhuman Resources (2012)
Plot Summary:
Six captive office workers are literally chained to their desks by a demented, escaped serial killer; former regional manager Thomas Reddmann (Redd). He assigns his 'human resources' the impossible task of proving his innocence or suffering gruesome consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, slasher, psychological, brutal, bloody, disturbing
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Iron Doors (2010)
Plot Summary:
A young man must escape from a mysterious locked vault before he dies of dehydration.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, psychotronic, minimal cast
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247°F (2011)
Plot Summary:
Four friends travel to a lakeside cabin for a carefree weekend, the fun turns into a nightmare when 3 of them end up locked in a hot sauna. Every minute counts and every degree matters as they fight for their lives in the heat up to 247°F.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Georgia, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, psychological, surprise ending, splatter, teen horror, rough, serious, psychotronic, scary
Similar in 85%
Buried (2010)
Plot Summary:
Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 167000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, UK, France, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, scary, surprise ending, depressing, dark, bad ending, minimal cast, twist ending
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Locked in a Room (2012)
Plot Summary:
"Locked in a Room" is a story about three teenagers that are trapped in three separate rooms. They are monitored and watched by a masked man who takes notes on paper as to their every move and emotion. They are further tormented by an eerie voice of someone outside of the room. Throughout, they use their minds to try to think as to why they are there. As time elapses the stakes and chances for survival are slim, but the question remains: who is behind this - the end reveals a startling answer.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, scary, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 85%
Escape Room (2017)
Plot Summary:
Six friends test their intelligence in a game that takes a dark turn.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, brutal, suspenseful, surprise ending, entertaining, intense, slasher, splatter, teen horror
Similar in 81%
The Belko Experiment (2016)
Plot Summary:
In a twisted social experiment, a group of 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogotá, Colombia and ordered by an unknown voice coming from the company's intercom system to participate in a deadly game of kill or be killed.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, dark comedy, slasher, psychological thriller, brutal, bloody, suspenseful, tense, captivating
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Vile (2011)
Plot Summary:
A group of attractive young people (of course) awaken to find themselves prisoners in a mysterious house with no means of escape. They are each outfitted with new accouterments--electronic devices attached to the base of their skulls--and a recording on a television screen alerts them of their task. In order to escape, they must hurt themselves and each other. The chemicals that the brain produces when in pain are collected by the devices, and when it collects a predetermined amount, the doors will be opened. Fail to do it in time, and everybody dies.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, scary, serious, realistic, disturbing, psychological, twisted, bloody, controversial
Similar in 84%
Steel Trap (2007)
Plot Summary:
A who-is-it setting in the claustrophobic corridors of an abandoned and locked-off office building that has several guests invited to a party by their mysterious, unknown host. Only it is they who are the victims of their crimes. Suspense and mistrust are not the only stalker in this cat and mouse game of wits and fear. Who is the stalker? Why is he killing? And what is it exactly that everyone here has in common?.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, captivating, christmas horror, slasher, suspense, dark, twist ending, grindhouse
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Breathing Room (2008)
Plot Summary:
Thrown naked into a desolate room with thirteen strangers, Tonya discovers that she is the final contestant in a deadly game. Restrained by lethal electronic collars, the players must utilize hints and tools from a box marked "pieces" to find both an exit and the reason for their abduction. One by one the players are eliminated as their "curfew" begins and the lights go out. With each dead body comes another clue, which they use to discover that one of them is the killer. The question is ... which one?.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, rough, suspenseful, psychological, mind bending, twist ending, scary, serious, weird
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The Cellar Door (2007)
Plot Summary:
Having developed an uncontrollable obsession with the beautiful young Rudy (Michelle Tomlinson), crazed serial killer Herman (James DuMont) kidnaps her and locks her in a cage in his basement. The only way for Rudy to survive this nightmare is to outsmart her psychopathic tormentor. But Herman has experience on his side: He's entrapped and tortured other women before, playing sick and twisted mind games with his frightened victims.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary, tense, awful
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Rogue River (2011)
Plot Summary:
When a young woman takes a trip down Rogue River, her car mysteriously disappears. Lost without transport or communication, she accepts the hospitality of a stranger who offers her shelter for the night at his cabin. With no other options available, she reluctantly accepts only to forever regret it. The ensuing hours yield nothing but torture, indescribable pain, and horrific agony. If you've seen Misery, you've seen nothing. This movie starts where horror films end and leaves viewers paralysed by fear and disgust.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, realistic, rough, tense, serious, slasher, independent film, interesting
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Would You Rather (2012)
Plot Summary:
Desperate to help her ailing brother, a young woman agrees to compete in a deadly game of "Would You Rather," hosted by a sadistic aristocrat.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, tense, sadistic, rough, twist ending, bloody, suspense
Similar in 76%
Curve (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young woman becomes trapped in her car after a hitchhiker causes her to have an automobile accident.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak, tense, scenic, scary, feel good, slasher, grindhouse
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ATM (2012)
Plot Summary:
On a late night visit to an ATM, three co-workers end up in a desperate fight for their lives when they become trapped by an unknown man.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, psychological, tense, christmas horror, serious, realistic, bad ending, psychological thriller, brutal
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House of 9 (2005)
Plot Summary:
Nine strangers wake up in a house with no recollection how they got there and no way out. The voice on the PA introduces them to a grisly game they must play. The prize is $5 million and their life.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, Germany, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, psychological, tense, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, realistic, psychological thriller, mind bending
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Nine Dead (2009)
Plot Summary:
Communication is the key to the survival for nine strangers who have been kidnapped by a masked gunman and told that one of them will die every ten minutes until they discover how they are all connected. Who of the nine lives and who dies?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, surprise ending, serious, suspenseful, scary, rough, twist ending, suspense, mind bending, psychological thriller