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Plot Summary:
An animated anthology of 5 stories adapted from Edgar Allan Poe.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Horror, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: anthology, enigmatic, captivating, gothic, disturbing, thought provoking, scary, suspense, dark, gothic horror
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A Quiet Love (2005)
Plot Summary:
Two very different love stories cross each other in warm and magical way. A humanistic and yet mysterious film about love and death near the German/Danish border.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Animation, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, Australia, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: mystical, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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H.P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror and Other Stories (2007)
Plot Summary:
In the bleak, disturbing and suspenseful universe of H.P. Lovecraft, endless horrors await. From ravaging cannibals to ancient rituals come to life, there's no escape for these hapless souls, whether they come across the Danwich outskirts or even the gruesome cover of the Necronomicon.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Animation, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, mystical, captivating, suspense, gothic horror, anime, entertaining
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Black Butler: Book of Murder (2014)
Plot Summary:
At the Queen’s request, Ciel and the demon butler Sebastian host an extravagant dinner party for the who’s who of the London underground. But an evening that begins with the promise of unmatched elegance quickly spirals into mayhem when their most distinguished guest is found murdered in his room. Now, trapped in the Phantomhive Manor by a dark and stormy night, Ciel and Sebastian must work together with their high-class guests, including the legendary author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, to find the murderer in their midst before the blame falls on the host and his somewhat suspicious staff.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Apostle (2012)
Plot Summary:
A prisoner recently escaped from prison tries to recover the loot he hid a few years earlier in a remote and secluded village, but what there is is a sentence worse than jail. Claims elderly, strange disappearances, spirits, a peculiar priest and to the very archpriest of Santiago star in a horror story, humor and fantasy. First production of stop-motion with clay made in Spain. It features the voices of Luis Tosar, Geraldine Chaplin, Manuel Manquiña, Jorge Sanz and Paul Naschy among others.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 880
Genere: Animation, Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: suspense, atmospheric, captivating, suspenseful, adult animation, anime, tense, claymation, exciting, humorous
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Aragne: Sign of Vermillion (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young woman in a decaying apartment complex finds herself seeing worms and moths everywhere, bursting out of beetles, animals, and people, and sets out to find how this is related to a rash of murders across the city.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Loving Vincent (2017)
Plot Summary:
The film brings the paintings of Vincent van Gogh to life to tell his remarkable story. Every one of the 65,000 frames of the film is an oil-painting hand-painted by 125 professional oil-painters who travelled from all across the world to the Loving Vincent studios in Poland and Greece to be a part of the production. As remarkable as Vincent’s brilliant paintings are his passionate and ill-fated life and mysterious death.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Mystery
Country: Poland, UK, USA, Switzerland, Netherlands
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: adult animation, thought provoking, artsy, sincere, visually stunning, captivating, disturbing, art film, philosophical, psychedelic
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The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder - Part 1 (2007)
Plot Summary:
August 1995: Mikiya first meets Shiki in a white kimono during a snowing day. Later on, at the high school freshmen ceremony, Mikiya sees Shiki in the crowd and chases after her, introducing himself to her. But Shiki hides a big secret: A wave of bizarre murders occur around many loose ends, and no suspects. there are still many questions: Who to believe? Who is the murderer? What is the secret of Shiki? and especially: Who is SHIKI?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective, dark drama
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Ao Oni The Animation (2017)
Plot Summary:
Based on the horror game Ao Oni by noprops. Five members of the cultural anthropology club at an old western-style school are trying to come up with ideas for their presentation at the school's culture festival, when they find a collection of folk tales gathered by a student in their club 40 years ago. They realize that the mysterious Bellflower Oni that appears in the folk tales may be the basis for the popular free game Ao Oni, and decide to make that their theme. They manage to make contact with the author of the Ao Oni game, but he dies mysteriously soon afterward. The club members become suspicious at the author's death and began to investigate on their own, but encounter a secret they never should have touched: a secret underground prison in the school. For some reason all the fire doors at the school are locked, and they are trapped in the school. The sound of the strange footsteps they hear soon turn to their screams...A new tragedy of the Ao Oni is about to begin.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Animation, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral (2008)
Plot Summary:
In the middle of October 1998, Enjou Tomoe is attacked by bullies from his old school and saved by Ryougi Shiki. He asks her to hide him at her place and admits that he killed someone. Several days after the incident there are still no broadcasts about the murder as if it didn't happen.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: anime, disturbing, psychotronic, captivating, suspense, manga, adult animation, dark drama, surprise ending, ambiguous ending
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Graveyard Kitaro (2008)
Plot Summary:
Kitarō is a yōkai boy born in a cemetery, and aside from his mostly-decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost tribe. He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and yōkai, which generally involves protecting the former from the wiles of the latter.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Animation, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, mystical, captivating, suspense, gothic horror, disturbing
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Night of the Animated Dead (2021)
Plot Summary:
An animated retelling of ‘Night of the Living Dead’, in which a group of people in a rural farmhouse struggle to survive the threat of bloodthirsty zombies.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 809
Genere: Animation, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: adult animation, anime, surprise ending, suspense, psychotronic, independent film, grindhouse, minimal cast
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Where The Dead Go to Die (2012)
Plot Summary:
A troubled group of children living on the same block are haunted by a talking dog named Labby who brings them on surreal hell-rides between different dimensions and time periods.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: disturbing, satanic, adult animation, brutal, bleak, serious, mind bending, dark, controversial, demonic
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Thriller Restaurant (2010)
Plot Summary:
At the spooky western styled mansion turned restaurant "Thriller Restaurant," Kuroka and Ryu disappear. After their disappearance others start to disappear at the restaurant. Rumors soon start that the devil himself is responsible for the missing persons.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Animation, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, anime, sexy
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Corpse Party: Tortured Souls (2013)
Plot Summary:
Heavenly Host Elementary School is a legendary elementary school for ghost stories due to its mysterious past. It was torn down following the murders and disappearances of several of its staff and students and now another school called Kisaragi Academy has been built over it. One rainy night a group of Kisaragi students still at school decide to perform the "Sachiko Ever After" charm, which will unite them forever as friends. Upon completion of the charm, a sudden earthquake transports them to Heavenly Host Elementary School, which still exists and is haunted by murderous ghosts. Seperated, the students try to survive the mysterious forces of the school and find their way home as they uncover the horrific past of Heavenly Host.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 29 min
Plot tags: anime, dark, scary, sadistic, disturbing, offbeat, serious, existential horror, adult animation, sinister
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Investigation 13 (2019)
Plot Summary:
A group of students investigates the urban legend of the Mole Man, an ex-patient of the Black Grove Psychiatric Asylum who is thought to live within its walls.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 736
Genere: Animation, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Kuso (2017)
Plot Summary:
Broadcasting through a makeshift network of discarded televisions, this story is tangled up in the aftermath of Los Angeles's worst earthquake nightmare. Travel between screens and aftershocks into the twisted lives of the survived.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: disturbing, anthology, psychological, enigmatic, captivating, satirical, semi serious, dark, mumblecore, controversial
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Lunacy (2005)
Plot Summary:
Loosely based on two short stories by Edgar Allan Poe and inspired by the works of the Marquis de Sade. In 19th century France a young man is plagued by nightmares in which he is dragged off to a madhouse. On the journey back from his mother’s funeral he is invited by a Marquis he meets at lunch to spend the night in his castle. There he witnesses a blasphemous orgy and a ‘therapeutic’ funeral. He tries to flee but is taken to a lunatic asylum where the patients have complete freedom and the staff are locked up behind bars.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, psychological, rough, suspenseful, mindfuck, dark comedy, offbeat, gothic, experimental
Similar in 78%
Fear(s) of the Dark (2007)
Plot Summary:
Several scary black-and-white animated segments in different styles appeal to our fear(s) of the dark.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Horror, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, anthology, adult animation, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, black and white, heartbreaking, disturbing
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The Garden (2017)
Plot Summary:
After a silent, masked individual encounters a man with a television for an arm; horror, euphoria and madness ensue.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: experimental, scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film, black and white, frightening
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The Pied Piper (1986)
Plot Summary:
A darkly brilliant stop-motion adaptation of The Pied Piper of Hamelin about a plague of rats that punish townsfolk corrupt with greed. One of Czechoslovakia's most ambitious animation projects of the 1980s, notable for its unusual dark art direction, innovative animation techniques and use of a fictitious language.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, psychedelic, gothic, dark, experimental, surreal, gothic horror, claymation, adult animation, avant garde
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Padak (2012)
Plot Summary:
Padak is beautiful and cruel, sad and lively. Planned in 2007, this feature-length CG animation film shares the realistic trend of the recent Korean animation, but manages not to lose the delicate sensibility inherent to animation. The world seen by the live fish in the water tank of a sushi restaurant shows the stifling modern city life of people who live according to set rules. The fish do not know when their life would end, and the power game and conflicts created in small tank provide interesting allegories. The unique characters tailored for a mackerel, flatfish and bass add funny and moving stories. The fish’s movement and water texture enhance the true beauty of animation. Also, musical-style scenes that appear at intervals display a feast of colors and lines flowing across the screen with sorrowful music, as if to console the exhausted life of city people.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 465
Genere: Animation, Drama, Horror, Musical, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: disturbing, captivating, anime, adult animation
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Constantine: The House of Mystery (2022)
Plot Summary:
John Constantine wakes up in the eerie House of Mystery with no recollection of how he got there. Fortunately, Zatanna and his friends are all there. Unfortunately, they have a bad habit of turning into demons and ripping him to shreds, over and over again!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, disturbing, interactive
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The Garden of Sinners: Remaining Sense of Pain (2008)
Plot Summary:
July 1998 - After a group of delinquents is found dead in their hangout place with all their limbs twisted and torn off, Aozaki Touko receives a request to find the murderer and asks Shiki for help. The main suspect is Asagami Fujino; a girl who was the boys' plaything until recently, who Shiki believes to be "one of her kind".
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, manga, dark drama, adult animation, adult anime
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Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (2015)
Plot Summary:
Birdboy and his animal friends plan their escape from an ecologically devastated island in this surreal, animated fantasy.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain, Japan
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, captivating, gloomy, disturbing, allegory, adult animation, tense, sad, claymation
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When Black Birds Fly (2015)
Plot Summary:
Heaven is a beautiful, clean suburban paradise as long as they follow one simple rule: DO NOT communicate with "The Evil One" that dwells on the other side of a giant wall that circles the town. One day after chasing one he discovers a talking kitten with a broken leg a small child crawls through a hole in the wall and meets the Evil One, who attempts to teach him the forbidden knowledge that was previously hidden from them all.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 335
Genere: Animation, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychedelic, tense, captivating, suspense, surreal, mind bending, dark, controversial, anime
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It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
Plot Summary:
Bill struggles to put together his shattered psyche, in this new feature film version of Don Hertzfeldt's animated short film trilogy.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: philosophical, surreal, adult animation, thought provoking, atmospheric, experimental, enigmatic, depressing, bleak, melancholic
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Dead Space: Downfall (2008)
Plot Summary:
On a deep space mining mission to a remote planet, an ancient religious relic - thought to be proof of the existence of God - is unearthed and brought aboard. When the unholy artifact unleashes a long-dormant alien race, its glimpse of Heaven transforms the ship into a living Hell. A prequel to the events of the 2008 video game Dead Space.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, anime, adult animation, space horror, tense, captivating, futuristic
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The House (2022)
Plot Summary:
Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: surreal, adult animation, anthology, dark comedy, suspenseful, experimental, gloomy, fairy tale, funny, suspense
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Monster House (2006)
Plot Summary:
Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 135000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, dark, 3d animation, computer animated, semi serious, captivating, fairy tale, funny, suspense, creepy