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Plot Summary:
A group of contest winners arrive at an island hotel to live out their dreams, only to find themselves trapped in nightmare scenarios.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, suspenseful, psychological, psychotronic, tense, horror comedy, scary, slasher, splatter
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The Axiom (2018)
Plot Summary:
At the risk of her group's safety, a young woman travels into a National Forest where her sister has become trapped in a multi-dimensional world of monsters.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, captivating, suspense, rough, serious, suspenseful, slasher
Similar in 75%
The Cursed (2021)
Plot Summary:
In the late nineteenth century, brutal land baron Seamus Laurent slaughters a Roma clan, unleashing a curse on his family and village. In the days that follow, the townspeople are plagued by nightmares, Seamus’s son Edward goes missing, and a boy is found murdered. The locals suspect a wild animal, but visiting pathologist John McBride warns of a more sinister presence lurking in the woods.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, bleak, disturbing, atmospheric, gothic, bloody, slasher
Similar in 75%
Day Shift (2022)
Plot Summary:
An LA vampire hunter has a week to come up with the cash to pay for his kid's tuition and braces. Trying to make a living these days just might kill him.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, exciting, realistic, psychological, touching, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, scary, suspense
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The Fog (2005)
Plot Summary:
Trapped within an eerie mist, the residents of Antonio Bay have become the unwitting victims of a horrifying vengeance. One hundred years earlier, a ship carrying lepers was purposely lured onto the rocky coastline and sank, drowning all aboard. Now they're back – long-dead mariners who've waited a century for their revenge.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, slasher, surprise ending, bloody, dark, social, splatter, grindhouse
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Scream 3 (2000)
Plot Summary:
A murdering spree begins to happen again, this time its targeted toward the original Woodsboro survivors and those associated with the movie inside a movie, 'Stab 3'. Sydney must face the demons of her past to stop the killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 161000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, twist ending, splatter, intense, exciting, realistic, psychological
Similar in 84%
Fear Island (2009)
Plot Summary:
Five students on spring break meet at a secluded island cabin for a weekend getaway. Stranded on the island they become the prey of a mysterious killer who seems bent on revenge for something the friends have done.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, rough, slasher, suspense, dark, tense, disturbing, realistic
Similar in 84%
The Crow: Salvation (2000)
Plot Summary:
Alex Corvis returns to the world of the living to solve the murder of a young woman that he was wrongly accused of killing. Alex follows the crow into the police department's evidence room, where he discovers that Lauren was killed by a group of corrupt cops.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspense, stylized, harsh, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, gothic, entertaining, scary
Similar in 81%
New Nightmare (1994)
Plot Summary:
In this meta horror film, a demonic entity uses the fictional character of Freddy Krueger to enter the real world and torment "Elm Street" heroine Heather Langenkamp and her family.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological, bloody, suspense, splatter, cult classic, classic horror, spooky, meta
Similar in 76%
Sleepwalkers (1992)
Plot Summary:
A mother-and-son team of strange supernatural creatures come to town to seek out a virgin to feed on.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, slasher, sexy, rough, serious, suspenseful, splatter, creepy, cult classic
Similar in 79%
Thinner (1996)
Plot Summary:
A fat Lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old gypsy man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the gypsy to lift the curse. Time is running out for the desperate lawyer as he draws closer to his own death, and grows ever thinner.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, scary, tense, psychological, bad ending, splatter, cult classic, slasher, serious
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Skyscraper (2018)
Plot Summary:
Framed and on the run, a former FBI agent must save his family from a blazing fire in the world's tallest building.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 131000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, psychotronic, suspenseful, anamorphic, fairy tale, cult classic, action thriller, action packed, detective
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Lord of Illusions (1995)
Plot Summary:
During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are preparing for the resurrection of their leader Nix, a powerful magician who was killed 13 years earlier.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: scary, dark, neo noir, detective, rough, suspenseful, creepy, atmospheric, satanic, religious horror
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Old (2021)
Plot Summary:
A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 154000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, China
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, mysterious, tense, psychological, psychedelic, scary, dark, captivating, disturbing, retro
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Scream 2 (1997)
Plot Summary:
Two years after the terrifying events that occurred in Woodsboro, Sidney is now attending Windsor College in Cincinnati, and Gale Weathers' best selling book on Sidney's life has now been made into a major motion picture. When two college students are killed in a theatre while watching the new film 'Stab', Sidney knows deep down that history is repeating itself.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 206000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, sexy, twist ending, bloody, splatter, horror comedy, psychological
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I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
Plot Summary:
Unfinished business with coed Julie James brings the murderer to the Bahamas to terrorize her and her friends, Karla, Tyrell and Will, during a vacation. Can Ray Bronson who survived a bloody attack alongside Julie two summers ago, get to the island in time to save everyone?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 78000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, teen horror, suspenseful, bad ending, bloody, intense, teen, psychotronic
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Scream (1996)
Plot Summary:
A killer known as Ghostface begins killing off teenagers, and as the body count begins rising, one girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the 'rules' of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 381000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, scary, suspense, psychological thriller, bloody, parody, teen, spooky, cult classic
Similar in 83%
Ready or Not (2019)
Plot Summary:
A bride's wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 175000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, horror comedy, surprise ending, brutal, slasher, gothic, suspenseful, dark comedy, funny
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Nightbreed (1990)
Plot Summary:
A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of monsters are hiding from humanity.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: scary, dark fantasy, gothic, slasher, suspenseful, grindhouse, cult classic, splatter, creepy, suspense
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House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Plot Summary:
A remake of the 1959 film of the same name. A millionaire offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, slasher, rough, serious, atmospheric, gothic, creepy, psychological, disturbing
Similar in 87%
Truth or Dare (2018)
Plot Summary:
A harmless game of "Truth or Dare" among friends turns deadly when someone—or something—begins to punish those who tell a lie—or refuse the dare.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, slasher, suspenseful, scary, suspense, surprise ending, ambiguous ending, psychotronic, demonic, thrilling
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The Boy (2016)
Plot Summary:
A nanny, working for a family whose son has just passed away, finds herself put in charge of caring for a lifelike doll that the couple treat as a real child.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 100000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, China
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, psychological, tense, surprise ending, atmospheric, twist ending, minimal cast, suspenseful, clever
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Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)
Plot Summary:
The making of a horror movie takes on a terrifying reality for students at the most prestigious film school in the country in 'Urban Legends: Final Cut', the suspenseful follow up to the smash hit 'Urban Legend'. At Alpine University, someone is determined to win the best film award at any cost - even if it means eliminating the competition. No one is safe and everyone is a suspect. 'Urban Legends: Final Cut' is an edge-of-your-seat thriller that will keep you guessing until the shocking climax.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, surprise ending, teen, bloody, teen horror, perverse, queer horror, realistic
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The Final Girls (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, parody, humorous, scary, horror comedy, bloody, funny, absurd, spoof, satirical
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Saw II (2005)
Plot Summary:
When a new murder victim is discovered with all the signs of Jigsaw's hand, Detective Eric Matthews begins a full investigation and apprehends Jigsaw with little effort. But for Jigsaw, getting caught is just another part of his plan. Eight more of his victims are already fighting for their lives and now it's time for Matthews to join the game.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 272000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, slasher, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, psychological, bloody, splatter, creepy
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The Ring (2002)
Plot Summary:
It sounded like just another urban legend: A videotape filled with nightmarish images, leading to a phone call foretelling the viewer's death in exactly seven days. As a newspaper reporter, Rachel Keller was naturally skeptical of the story, until four teenagers all met with mysterious deaths exactly one week after watching just such a tape. Allowing her investigative curiosity to get the better of her, Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 369000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, gloomy, dark, frightening, twist ending, psychological, disturbing
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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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Odd Thomas (2013)
Plot Summary:
In a California desert town, a short-order cook with clairvoyant abilities encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark, threatening forces.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, twist ending, suspense, stylized, serious, horror comedy, dark fantasy, touching, sad, surreal
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Ma (2019)
Plot Summary:
Sue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting, if younger, friends of her own. She offers the kids the chance to avoid drinking and driving by hanging out in the basement of her home. But there are some house rules: One of the kids has to stay sober. Don’t curse. Never go upstairs. And call her “Ma.” But as Ma’s hospitality starts to curdle into obsession, what began as a teenage dream turns into a terrorizing nightmare, and Ma’s place goes from the best place in town to the worst place on earth.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological thriller, slasher, disturbing, suspenseful, scary, tense, psychological, bloody, perverse
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Devil (2010)
Plot Summary:
A group of people trapped in a elevator realizes that the devil is among them.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 155000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, surprise ending, suspenseful, twist ending, suspense, serious, satanic, demonic, tricky
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Get Out (2017)
Plot Summary:
Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 673000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological thriller, twist ending, psychological, suspenseful, tense, surprise ending, atmospheric, psychological horror, cerebral