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Plot Summary:
A TV newswoman (Lauren Tewes) catches a pervert (John DiSanti) watching her sister (Jennifer Jason Leigh) who cannot see, hear or speak.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: bloody, slasher, creepy, psychological thriller, retro, action thriller, independent film, sadistic, scary, mind bending
Best tv shows and movies like Eyes of a Stranger (1981):
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The Centerfold Girls (1974)
Plot Summary:
Police try to halt a psychotic killer's (Andrew Prine) rampage against women who posed nude in men's magazines.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 905
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, independent film, scary, tense, rough, mind bending, bleak, serious, realistic
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Death Kiss (1974)
Plot Summary:
Jim Preston receives a yacht as an anniversary present from his wealthy wife Ellen. He plans to kill her for her entire fortune. To carry out the murder plan, he makes a contact with Mike, a crazed rape killer who has been terrorizing the city. Mike agrees to be the assassin for a large quantity of heroin. However he suspects that Preston will kill him as soon as his assignment is complete, so he finds a woman who looks exactly like Ellen and kills her instead.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, sadistic, independent film, grindhouse
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A Stranger Is Watching (1982)
Plot Summary:
Three years after Steve Peterson's wife, Nina, was murdered in front of their 11 year old daughter Julie, she and his new girlfriend Sharon Martin are kidnapped by the same killer, the psychotic Artie Taggart. Imprisoning them in a bunker below Grand Central Station, he throws the police into a race against time to save the girls and catch the killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 854
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, detective, scary, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Poor Albert and Little Annie (1972)
Plot Summary:
Albert tried to kill his rich snobby mother once. Then he was institutionalized. Now he's escaped. Albert is after his mother again. And he will torture and kill anything that lays in the way.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 448
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, sadistic, disturbing, splatter, psychotronic, independent film, awful
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The Silent Scream (1979)
Plot Summary:
Scotty moves into Mrs. Engels' seaside mansion where three other college students are boarding. Mrs. Engels prefers to stay in her room in the attic, but her son Mason helps the students get settled. Soon one of the students is killed. The policemen on the case begin uncovering the Engels family secret as the remaining students become endangered.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, psychotronic, grindhouse, bloody, suspense, creepy
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Forced Entry (1976)
Plot Summary:
A serial rapist stalks and murders prostitutes.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, controversial, independent film, grindhouse, cult film
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The Slayer (1982)
Plot Summary:
Siblings, Eric & his surreal artist sister Kay, her doctor husband David, her sister-in-law Brooke along with pilot Marsh become stranded on a rugged isle face off against a supernatural beast drawn to Kay who dreams of its killings.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, grindhouse, mind bending, terrifying, independent film, scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful
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The Undertaker (1988)
Plot Summary:
A deranged undertaker kills various people to keep as his friends in his seedy funeral home.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 734
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, perverse, grindhouse, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film
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Visiting Hours (1982)
Plot Summary:
A slasher finds the hospital where a TV newswoman is recovering from his attack.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: slasher, serious, disturbing, medical horror, psychological, rough, suspenseful, grindhouse, scary, bloody
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Don't Answer the Phone! (1980)
Plot Summary:
A deeply disturbed photographer and Vietnam veteran, named Kirk Smith, terrorizes Los Angeles by going around strangling lingerie-clad young women in their homes while taunting Lindsay Gale, a young psychologist, by calling her on a radio call-in show to describe his sexual hang-ups and misogynistic ways, while a local police detective, Lt. McCable, is always two steps behind in trying to catch the psycho.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, disturbing, scary, psychological, suspenseful, detective, cult classic, bloody, independent film
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Midnight Killer (1986)
Plot Summary:
Nicola confronts his beautiful wife about the affair she's been having. But someone brutally murders her in the shower, right after he leaves the house. Naturally Nicola is made prime suspect. But his colleague, Anna, sees signs that the murder may have been committed by the so-called "Midnight Ripper". The only problem is that the Midnight Ripper has been dead for several years.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 763
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, detective, suspense, disturbing, splatter, psychotronic, slasher horror, creepy, awful
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The Forest (1982)
Plot Summary:
A cannibal hermit living in the woods preys on campers and hikers for his food supply.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, sadistic, psychological thriller, rough, grindhouse, bloody, creepy, cult classic, splatter
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Nightmare (1981)
Plot Summary:
A drug-treated schizophrenic plagued by horrible nightmares escapes from the hospital and goes on a killing spree.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, scary, bloody, grindhouse, retro, gothic, gothic horror, controversial, cult classic
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Carl (2012)
Plot Summary:
A psychological horror/thriller depicting a backwoods family with a dark secret.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, independent film, sinister, ambiguous ending
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He Knows You're Alone (1980)
Plot Summary:
A reluctant bride to be is stalked by a serial killer who only kills brides and the people around them. While her friends get whacked one by one, a hard boiled renegade cop whose bride had been killed years before tries to hunt him down before it is too late. Meanwhile, the bride has to figure out if it is all in her imagination or not, aided by her ex-boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, scary, tense, suspenseful, rough, serious, psychological thriller, disturbing, bloody
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Just Before Dawn (1981)
Plot Summary:
Five campers arrive in the mountains to examine some property they have bought, but are warned by the forest ranger Roy McLean that a huge machete-wielding maniac has been terrorising the area. Ignoring the warnings, they set up camp, and start disappearing one by one. If that sounds too run-of-the-mill, there's a genuinely shocking plot twist half-way through.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, bloody, cult classic, independent film, serious, suspense
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The Dentist (1996)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Feinstone has everything, a beautiful wife and a successful career in dentistry; but when he discovers his wife's affair, he realizes that behind every clean, white surface lies the stench of decay.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, medical horror, suspenseful, rough, disturbing, slasher, classic horror, suspense, bloody, dark
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Pieces (1982)
Plot Summary:
A frustrated Boston detective searches for the maniac responsible for mutilating a number of university coeds.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, scary, disturbing, surprise ending, grindhouse, rough, suspenseful, psychological thriller, bloody
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The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
Plot Summary:
A young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer through Italy when she herself becomes a victim of the brutal man's obsession.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, surreal, dark, disturbing, grindhouse, neo noir, stylized, suspense, creepy
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The Prowler (1981)
Plot Summary:
A masked killer, wearing World War II U.S. Army fatigues, stalks a small New Jersey town bent on reliving a 35-year-old double murder by focusing on a group of college kids holding an annual Spring Dance.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, suspenseful, bloody, suspense, grindhouse, psychotronic, retro, gothic horror
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Psycho III (1986)
Plot Summary:
Norman Bates is still running his little motel, and he has kept the dressed skeleton he calls mother. One of his guests is a young girl who has left the convent where she lived. To get some help he employs a young man. One day a nosey journalist comes to see him to ask questions about his past.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, bloody, psychological thriller, cult horror, psychological, surprise ending, scary, atmospheric, serious
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I Spit on Your Grave (1978)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring writer is repeatedly gang-raped, humiliated, and left for dead by four men whom she systematically hunts down to seek revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspense, grindhouse, psychological, disturbing, rough, bloody, independent film, bleak, splatter, slasher
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Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
Plot Summary:
Jason Voorhees, the living, breathing essence of evil, is back for one fierce, final fling! Tracked down and blown to bits by a special FBI task force, everyone now assumes that he's finally dead. But everybody assumes wrong. Jason has been reborn with the bone-chilling ability to assume the identity of anyone he touches. The terrifying truth is that he could be anywhere, or anybody. In this shocking, blood-soaked finale to Jason's carnage-ridden reign of terror, the horrible secret of his unstoppable killing instinct is finally revealed.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, scary, sexy, surprise ending, suspense, retro, controversial, anime, cult horror
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See No Evil (2006)
Plot Summary:
A group of delinquents are sent to clean the Blackwell Hotel. Little do they know reclusive psychopath Jacob Goodnight (Jacobs) has holed away in the rotting hotel. When one of the teens is captured, those who remain -- a group that includes the cop who put a bullet in Goodnight's head four years ago -- band together to survive against the brutal killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, bloody, splatter, suspenseful, suspense, serious, psychological thriller, dark, controversial
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The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1984)
Plot Summary:
A group of young and wild motocross racers venture through the desert and are stranded at an old mining ranch. They soon realize that they are being watched by a group of savage cannibals unknown to the civilized world. The film is full of flashbacks to the original film; even the dog has a flashback.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, splatter, scary, suspenseful, grindhouse, cult horror, independent film, rough, serious
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Wolf Creek 2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Lured by the promise of an Australian holiday, backpackers Rutger, Katarina, and Paul visit the notorious Wolf Creek Crater. Their dream Outback adventure soon becomes a horrific reality when they encounter the site’s most infamous local, the last man any traveler to the region ever wants to meet; Mick Taylor (John Jarratt). As the backpackers flee, Mick pursues them on an epic white knuckled rampage across hostile wasteland. Only one will remain to be dragged back to his lair to witness the true magnitude of his monstrosity. And if the last man standing is to have any hope of surviving where no one else has survived before, he’ll have to use every ounce of cunning to outwit the man behind the monster and become every bit as ruthless as the monster inside the man.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, exciting, disturbing, brutal, bloody, terrifying, realistic, psychological
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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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The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)
Plot Summary:
A family's road trip takes a dangerous turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park to stay with some relatives and find it mysteriously deserted. Under the cover of darkness, three masked psychopaths pay them a visit to test the family's every limit as they struggle to survive.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, tense, scary, rough, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, splatter, intense
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Mother's Day (1980)
Plot Summary:
Three girls discover that two men are willing to do anything to impress Mother and what impresses Mother is watching her sons commit acts of rape and murder. Now these women are prisoners and lowered to pawns in the game of checkers between two dim wits and their Maniac Mommy and the question becomes, can any of them escape, alive?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, independent film, brutal, bloody, funny
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Hell Fest (2018)
Plot Summary:
On Halloween night at a horror theme park, a costumed killer begins slaying innocent patrons who believe that it's all part of the festivities.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, rough, bleak, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, teen horror, grindhouse