Best movies like Escape: Puzzle of Fear
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Plot Summary:
Hot-shot Hollywood agent Matthew Blake has a dark past. He thinks that he is on his way to a double date with his oldest friend to a new Escape Room in Los Angeles. When the couples are locked into the Escape Room, Matthew quickly finds himself at the center of a revenge plot meant to right the wrongs of his past, with deadly results.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychotronic, scary, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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The Sadist (2015)
Plot Summary:
A combat veteran, with serious psychological damage, stalks campers and hunters in the woods.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Action, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Antidote (2021)
Plot Summary:
A young woman is held captive in an underground medical facility where selected individuals are perpetually mutilated and then healed using an experimental miracle drug: a panacea.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: experimental, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, medical horror, underground film, weird
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Held (2020)
Plot Summary:
A couple's ailing marriage is put to the test when they are held hostage in an isolated vacation rental by an unseen Voice that commands their every move.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, psychological, brutal, bleak, unusual plot structure
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The Odds (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young woman enlists in an underground game of pain endurance in the hope of winning the million dollar prize. She soon learns the real opponent is the man who's running the game, as he employs horrific methods to manipulate and defeat her.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative
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The Awakening of Lilith (2021)
Plot Summary:
A woman finds herself in the midst of a dark mystery after the unexplained loss of a loved one. Her mind begins to unravel as her sense of reality begins to slip away.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 10
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Dead End (2012)
Plot Summary:
Carl Foster takes off on a well-deserved weekend break with his family knowing only too well that focus on work has impacted his relationship with his wife, young son, and teenage step-daughter. But after a short but restful break in the journey Carl awakens to find himself tied and bound in an old roadside diner, his family trussed and gagged next to him, and a disparate group of dirty, disheveled, vagrant-like undesirables keeping them captive. Only time will reveal who they are and what they want, but things are not everything they might seem.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 360
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Babysitter Must Die (2020)
Plot Summary:
Members of a cult invade the home of a wealthy family, but they didn't count on a resourceful babysitter who's armed with a variety of weapons.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 886
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, christmas horror
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Invoked (2015)
Plot Summary:
A group of young people went on a abandoned hostel in Sligo, Ireland. After they play a really creepy game, all of them disappear.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 770
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Brazil
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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Dangerous People (2015)
Plot Summary:
Dangerous People takes place in the early 1970's and is about two murders who pick up a girl in a bar and then take her back to their apartment. A moment of brutal violence occurs which leads to a series of mind games to see who lives and who dies. Dangerous People is psychedelic trip that is equal parts crazy, scary, sexy, funny, sick and tragic.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, psychotronic
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Save Yourself (2015)
Plot Summary:
Five female filmmakers en route to screen their new horror film in Los Angeles, experience their own real life terror when they cross paths with deranged scientist hellbent on using them for his twisted experiments.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, psychotronic
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Attack of the Morningside Monster (2014)
Plot Summary:
When desecrated corpses and ritualistic symbols start appearing, the residents of Morningside, New Jeresey, are thrust into an unreal world of darkness.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, tense, bleak, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic
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Hideout (2021)
Plot Summary:
Evading police at a remote farmhouse after fumbling a robbery, four criminals discover that the family living there is not who they appear to be.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: scary, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, psychological
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The Dare (2019)
Plot Summary:
A rare family night for Jay takes a brutal twist when he awakens in a basement with three other prisoners. As their vengeful captor runs riot, Jay engages in a twisted battle to solve the puzzle to his past and save his family's future.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, USA, UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, scary, tense, bleak, suspenseful, psychotronic
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A Cry from Within (2014)
Plot Summary:
Sebastien is a psychological horror story about dark secrets destroying people and their families from the inside out.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 423
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic
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The Boy Behind the Door (2020)
Plot Summary:
After Bobby and his best friend Kevin are kidnapped and taken to a strange house in the middle of nowhere, Bobby manages to escape. But as he starts to make a break for it, he hears Kevin’s screams for help and realizes he can’t leave his friend behind.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, scary, tense, disturbing, psychological thriller, atmospheric, dark, perverse
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Beneath Us (2019)
Plot Summary:
Everyday, thousands of immigrants line the parking lots of hardware stores and climb into cars with strangers they've never met, all for the promise of paid work. In Beneath Us, a group of undocumented workers are lured into the home of Liz Rhodes with the promise of their biggest payday, only to discover the terrifying fate she has in store for them.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, disturbing, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, psychological thriller, dark
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Prom Ride (2015)
Plot Summary:
It's the end of the school year for a group of high school friends. Their senior prom was to be a night of elegance, rejoicing and celebrating, but when a psychotic killer hijacks their stretch limo, he is determined to have them Dead On Arrival. The teens are tortured while being held hostage, and soon turn on each other for survival. By the end, we learn that one of the teens had been keeping a secret that played a bigger role in their demise.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 445
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychotronic, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Plot Summary:
Five dangerous patients, suffering from extreme phobias at a government testing facility, are put to the ultimate test under the supervision of a crazed doctor and his quest to weaponize fear.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, scary, bleak, unusual plot structure, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, anthology
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Plot Summary:
After struggling to find employment, Amanda takes a hotel position in a small town where she ends up fighting for her life.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 676
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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BnB HELL (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young woman's hunt for her missing sister ends at a rundown bed and breakfast in the Hollywood Hills run by an ill-tempered woman called Mommy. Disturbing messages left by former guests suggest unsettling secrets lay buried there.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 694
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, brutal, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic
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IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, sexy
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6 Models in Hell (2012)
Plot Summary:
6 models arrive at a warehouse to audition for a fashion show being hosted by the biggest talent agency in the city. Little do they know, the MC hosting the audition knows their innermost demons and intends to judge them for past sins.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Excess Flesh (2015)
Plot Summary:
Obsessed with her sexy roommate, Jill violently imprisons Jennifer in their apartment in a twisted attempt to bring them closer together.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 933
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Keeping Company (2021)
Plot Summary:
A fateful chain of events begin to unravel after two brash insurance salesmen go knocking on the wrong door and find themselves trapped in a stranger's basement.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 323
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Anonymous Killers (2020)
Plot Summary:
Four seasoned killers and one hapless professor are rounded up in one violent swoop and awake in chains to discover they are part of a demented experiment orchestrated by their maniacal, mysterious captor.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 246
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Odds Are (2018)
Plot Summary:
Three college students play a challenge game called Odds Are... It quickly erupts into a nightmare for the participants who find themselves caught in an unpredictable web of deceit and survival. Based on actual events.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 525
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, detective
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Werewolf Game: Inferno (2018)
Plot Summary:
Hiromi Nonoyama is a 2nd grade high school student. She finds herself confined in a strange place with nine of her classmates. They are forced to take part in a game that risks their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Meander (2020)
Plot Summary:
After getting a car ride from an unknown man, Lisa wakes up in a tube. On her arm is strapped a bracelet with a countdown. She quickly understands that every 8 minutes, fire burns an occupied section. She has no choice but to crawl into safe sections to survive. To know why she’s there and how to get out, Lisa will have to face the memories of her dead daughter….
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, scary, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, clever, slasher, minimal cast