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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
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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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Escape Room (2017)
Plot Summary:
Four friends who partake in a popular Los Angeles escape room find themselves stuck with a demonically possessed killer. The friends have less than an hour to solve the puzzles needed to escape the room alive.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, tense, captivating, crying, independent film
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Phobias (2021)
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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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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Nightlight (2015)
Plot Summary:
Five friends play a game in a "mysterious" forest with a long history as a beacon for troubled young people contemplating suicide.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, slasher, teen horror, slasher horror, fake documentary
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Countdown (2019)
Plot Summary:
A young nurse downloads an app that tells her she only has three days to live. With time ticking away and a mysterious figure haunting her, she must find a way to save her life before time runs out.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, mysterious, scary, suspenseful, tense, neurotic, psychological, surprise ending, esoteric
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Funhouse (2019)
Plot Summary:
When 8 celebrities from around the globe are invited to compete in an online reality show, they soon realize that they are playing for their very lives, as those voted off suffer horrific consequences, broadcast live to the entire world.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: scary, bad ending, twist ending, suspenseful, brutal, serious, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, slasher
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No Escape (2020)
Plot Summary:
A social media personality travels with his friends to Moscow to capture new content for his successful VLOG. Always pushing the limits and catering to a growing audience, they enter a cold world of mystery, excess, and danger. When the lines between real life and social media are blurred, the group must fight to escape, and survive.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, scary, exciting, suspenseful, twist ending, psychological, intellectual, disturbing, intense
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Choose or Die (2022)
Plot Summary:
In pursuit of an unclaimed $125,000 prize, a broke college dropout decides to play an obscure, 1980s survival computer game. But the game curses her, and she’s faced with dangerous choices and reality-warping challenges. After a series of unexpectedly terrifying moments, she realizes she’s no longer playing for the money but for her life.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, perverse, tech noir, supernatural thriller, interesting
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Cube (2021)
Plot Summary:
Six complete strangers with widely varying personalities are involuntarily placed in an endless maze of interlocking cube-shaped rooms containing deadly traps.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, intense, scary, psychological, tense, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic, spooky, surprise ending
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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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No Escape Room (2018)
Plot Summary:
A father and daughter check out a small town escape room and discover there is something sinister about the place.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, atmospheric, suspenseful, psychological horror, mind bending, twisted, mystical
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Elevator (2012)
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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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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A Quiet Place Part II (2020)
Plot Summary:
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 264000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, apocalyptic, disturbing, suspenseful, dark, slasher, anamorphic, spooky, thrilling
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31 (2016)
Plot Summary:
Five carnival workers are kidnapped and held hostage in an abandoned, Hell-like compound where they are forced to participate in a violent game, the goal of which is to survive twelve hours against a gang of sadistic clowns.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, disturbing, rough, brutal, splatter, grindhouse, slasher, scary, psychological, retro
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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
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The Collection (2012)
Plot Summary:
Arkin escapes with his life from the vicious grips of "The Collector" during an entrapment party where he adds beautiful Elena to his "Collection." Instead of recovering from the trauma, Arkin is suddenly abducted from the hospital by mercenaries hired by Elena's wealthy father. Arkin is blackmailed to team up with the mercenaries and track down The Collector's booby trapped warehouse and save Elena.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, scary, suspenseful, brutal, disturbing, intense, suspense, splatter, clever
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Final Destination 3 (2006)
Plot Summary:
A student's premonition of a deadly rollercoaster ride saves her life and a lucky few, but not from death itself – which seeks out those who escaped their fate.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 152000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, bloody, slasher, suspenseful, splatter, intense, teen, brutal, teen horror
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Green Room (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young punk rock band find themselves trapped in a secluded venue after stumbling upon a horrific act of violence.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 137000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, tension, atmospheric, bleak, dark, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, creepy, scary
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Vacancy (2007)
Plot Summary:
A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological thriller, atmospheric, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, suspense, creepy, tense
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House of Wax (2005)
Plot Summary:
A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 132000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, suspense, twist ending, gothic, serious, bloody, creepy, psychological
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Haunt (2019)
Plot Summary:
On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an "extreme" haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some nightmares are real.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, scary, suspense, enigmatic, disturbing, psychological, psychological thriller, brutal, dark
Similar in 78%
You're Next (2011)
Plot Summary:
When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 108000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, psychological, twist ending, suspense, rough, disturbing, intense, dark comedy
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Final Destination 2 (2003)
Plot Summary:
When Kimberly has a violent premonition of a highway pileup she blocks the freeway, keeping a few others meant to die, safe...Or are they? The survivors mysteriously start dying and it's up to Kimberly to stop it before she's next.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 179000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, splatter, serious, absurd, teen, bloody
Similar in 77%
Saw (2004)
Plot Summary:
Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer abducts the morally wayward. Once captured, they must face impossible choices in a horrific game of survival. The victims must fight to win their lives back, or die trying.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 459000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, surprise ending, psychological, twist ending, disturbing, psychological thriller, mind bending, clever, splatter
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Escape Room (2019)
Plot Summary:
Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 138000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, surprise ending, psychological thriller, mind bending, psychological, scary, mindfuck, captivating, slasher
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Circle (2015)
Plot Summary:
Could you trust a jury of your peers with your life? The contestants of a mysterious death game must make harrowing decisions as they strategize for survival in this psychological sci-fi thriller.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, twist ending, suspense, psychological thriller, entertaining, cerebral, mindfuck, clever, mind bending
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Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021)
Plot Summary:
Six people unwittingly find themselves locked in another series of escape rooms, slowly uncovering what they have in common to survive as they discover all the games that they've played before.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa, Hungary, Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, thrilling, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, clever, surreal
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The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
Plot Summary:
Five college friends spend the weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 443000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, mind bending, surreal, twist ending, bloody, slasher, suspenseful, horror comedy, surprise ending, suspense