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Plot Summary:
Four participants sign up for a mysterious medical test.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 839
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, bleak, scary, cult classic, twisted, cult film
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Wither (2012)
Plot Summary:
Ida and Albin are a happy couple. They set off to a cabin in the vast Swedish woodlands to have a fun holiday with their friends. But under the floorboards is an evil that waits to be unleashed.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, rough, bleak, demonic, bloody, slasher, disturbing, controversial, horror comedy
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Bombshell Bloodbath (2014)
Plot Summary:
Doctor Carter losts his wife and devotes his life to resurrecting her. However, every test of his C-900 formula creates hungry, flesh-eating zombies. Then, his daughter Cara contracts the virus and she and her sister strive to obtain the anti-serum.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 303
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, apocalyptic, independent film
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Underground (2011)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends fight for their lives against the lethal and ravenous creatures lurking beneath the Earth's surface. The group finds themselves at the mercy of creatures genetically engineered by the military to be expendable in battle. Though they fought countless battles in Iraq, these friends never knew real fear until they went underground.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, bleak, scary, disturbing, slasher
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Animal Among Us (2019)
Plot Summary:
Fifteen years ago, two teenage girls were murdered at Merrymaker Campgrounds. The case was filed an animal attack, the camp was condemned and the killer never found - but something horrific still waits in those woods.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 655
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, bleak, suspense
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Shadows of the Dead (2016)
Plot Summary:
A group of teenagers try to escape a creature that lives among the shadows and is hunting them down one by one.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, tense, suspenseful, psychotronic, detective
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The Black Water Vampire (2014)
Plot Summary:
A documentary film crew investigate a series of brutal killings known as the Black Water murders. As they delve deeper into the story, they stumble upon a horrifying secret. One they may not survive.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, bleak, suspense, atmospheric, mockumentary
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Shockwave (2016)
Plot Summary:
Just as Wes thought his summer couldn't get any worse it got terrifying when he wakes up one morning to find a bloody mess with a letter to add the cherry on top to a confusing puzzle that leads to a gruesome trail of shock and horror.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, surprise ending, scary, bleak, cult classic, cult horror, spooky, cult film, cult movie cast
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Gehenna: Where Death Lives (2016)
Plot Summary:
A group visits Saipan to search for locations for their company's newest resort. As they find what they think is the perfect spot, they discover a hidden bunker on the property which they decide to explore. However, they soon find out that curiosity can kill. As each member faces their most private secrets and the secrets of the bunker itself, the results lead to a most shocking conclusion.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, dark, suspenseful, bad ending, slasher, demonic, dread, biblical
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Hall (2020)
Plot Summary:
When a hotel hallway is ravaged by a dreadful airborne virus, pregnant Japanese runaway wife Naomi is tragically thrust into the fight of her life. After getting infected, she is forced to crawl her way through other helpless victims to escape. In the room next door to her is Val, a mother trapped in a toxic marriage, who must also navigate her way out of the hotel corridor through the long and narrow stretch of isolated carnage, desperately looking for her young daughter Kelly. Will these two women avoid the debilitating sickness and get out alive?.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 502
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Haunted Hospital: Heilstatten (2018)
Plot Summary:
Group of Youtubers enter an abandoned surgery ward for 24-hour challenge, hoping to go viral. They will soon learn that they're not welcome.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: bleak, scary, rough, suspense, slasher, splatter, tense, disturbing, medical horror
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Night Drive (2010)
Plot Summary:
Against the tranquil backdrop of a game reserve, South African thriller Night Drive tracks a group of tourists left stranded during a night-time game drive after their vehicle breaks down. As a series of terrifying events unfolds, the tourists realise that wild animals are the least of their fears.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Antibirth (2016)
Plot Summary:
In a desolate community full of drug-addled Marines and rumors of kidnapping, a wild-eyed stoner named Lou wakes up after a crazy night of partying with symptoms of a strange illness and recurring visions. As she struggles to get a grip on reality, the stories of conspiracy spread.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: disturbing, suspense, spooky, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, dark, controversial
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The Unforgiving (2010)
Plot Summary:
Two survivors, who appear unwilling to answer questions, are the only links authorities have to a spate of attacks that have hit rural South Africa.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 666
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, serious, psychological, tense, psychedelic, bloody, disturbing, disgusting, independent film
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The Night (2020)
Plot Summary:
An Iranian couple living in the US become trapped inside a hotel when insidious events force them to face the secrets that have come between them, in a night that never ends.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, scary, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, weird
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Glorious (2022)
Plot Summary:
After a breakup, Wes ends up at a remote rest stop. He finds himself locked inside the bathroom with a mysterious figure speaking from an adjacent stall. Soon Wes realizes he is involved in a situation more terrible than he could imagine.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, rough, suspenseful, absurd, disturbing, lovecraft, funny, philosophical, minimal cast
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The Dead 2: India (2013)
Plot Summary:
The Sequel to the Ford brothers The Dead. The action moves to India.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, suspense, rough, bleak, scary, atmospheric, apocalyptic
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Rise of the Dead (2007)
Plot Summary:
In the sleepy small town of Dudley, Ohio, a terrifying future awaits. Laura is almost raped by a normal lawyer who appears to have gone crazy. When her boyfriend, Jack Walther saves her by running him over with her car, the cops don't buy the story. Things get complicated when Laura's roommate is murdered and the local police start asking questions that they can't answer.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 639
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, psychological, captivating, scary, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Dead Within (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set six months after a deadly outbreak has all but ended the human race, a man and woman have survived by isolating themselves in a remote cabin and never opening the door. Now they don’t have a choice. Starved for resources, they must confront the horrors that threaten them… but what’s inside may be even more toxic than what remains outside. When it all ends, this is what remains.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic
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Chemical Peel (2014)
Plot Summary:
A weekend trip to the woods for a bachelorette party turns deadly when a nearby train accident causes a chemical reaction that overtakes the secluded valley. But waiting out the disaster inside could prove to be just as dangerous as being outdoors.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 758
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, bleak, suspense, rough, realistic, psychological thriller, semi serious, disaster movie
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Sea Fever (2019)
Plot Summary:
The crew of a West of Ireland trawler—marooned at sea—struggle for their lives against a growing parasite in their water supply.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, Sweden, Belgium
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting, rough, scary, dark, nautical, perverse
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Deadlands 2: Trapped (2008)
Plot Summary:
The United States Government has developed a highly effective nerve gas that is unleashed upon the residents of a small Maryland City. During the top secret exercise the infected citizens begin to convert each resident into a sort of living zombie, until the remaining town residents, 6 total strangers, are trapped inside a movie theater cineplex.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 363
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, exciting
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Infection (2019)
Plot Summary:
Film about an epidemic outbreak of a new rabies virus in Venezuela and a father trying to save his son from contagion. A Russian man is in Caracas under the influence of the Krokodil drug, when he gets infected with the rabies virus and starts an epidemic of aggressive and cannibalistic beings. Doctor Adam Vargas is in the midst of all this, when he begins a journey within a ravaged Venezuela to save his son from being infected.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Venezuela, Mexico
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, suspenseful, scary, apocalyptic, exciting
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Open Grave (2013)
Plot Summary:
A man awakes-- without memory -- in a pit full of bodies and must figure out if the people who rescued him are the killers, or if he is the murderer.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: scary, twist ending, psychological, tricky, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, tense, rough
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The Vigil (2019)
Plot Summary:
A man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community finds himself opposite a malevolent entity.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, rough, brutal, bleak, atmospheric, suspense, slasher, disturbing, anamorphic
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The Pyramid (2014)
Plot Summary:
A team of U.S. archaeologists unearths an ancient pyramid buried deep beneath the Egyptian desert. As they search the pyramid's depths, they become hopelessly lost in its dark and endless catacombs. Searching for a way out, they become desperate to seek daylight again. They come to realize they aren't just trapped, they are being hunted.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Morocco, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, intense, atmospheric, suspense, mockumentary, suspenseful, psychological, mystical, mystic
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[Rec] 2 (2009)
Plot Summary:
The action continues from [REC], with the medical officer and a SWAT team outfitted with video cameras are sent into the sealed off apartment to control the situation.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 78000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, twist ending, suspense, suspenseful, bloody, bleak, creepy, demonic, disturbing
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Devil's Pass (2013)
Plot Summary:
Five young filmmakers retrace the steps of a doomed group of hikers in pursuit of an unsolvable mystery.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Russia, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, factual, creepy, mockumentary, harsh, natural horror, psychological
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REC (2007)
Plot Summary:
A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 193000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, tense, suspense, dark, disturbing, creepy, frightening, psychological, atmospheric
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Afflicted (2013)
Plot Summary:
Two friends' tour of Europe takes a dark turn when one of them contracts a mysterious illness. They race to find out what it is and how to cure it before the sickness consumes him completely.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, tense, dark, intense, disturbing, atmospheric, stylized, bloody, mockumentary
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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