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Plot Summary:
Accompanied by his old manservant, scholar Sung Li Ho (Hong Hoi) is on his way to the capital for the imperial exam. They spend a night in the house of Mrs. Yuan and Li Ho takes a fancy to her pretty daughter, Pei Fang (Dana). Li Ho is discovered by a maid peeping at Pei Fang as she takes a bath. He slips and falls into the bathtub, creating a most embarrassing situation. His old servant is also implicated and both are beaten up before being thrown out. Continuing their journey in the desolate countryside, they come across woodcutter Hsi Hsueh Kuei who puts them up for the night. Captivated by the beauty of the owner’s two daughters, who are vampires, he spends a night with them and turns into a skeleton. Chased by the vampires, Shun Lai makes a narrow escape.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration:
Plot tags: anthology, gothic horror
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One Minute Before Death (1972)
Plot Summary:
Based on a work by Edgar Alan Poe. A woman finds herself possessed by the soul of another woman trapped inside a painting. Also known as The Oval Portrait.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 297
Genere: Horror
Country: Mexico, Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, classic horror
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The Criminals, Part 3: Arson (1977)
Plot Summary:
Part 1 : 'Gun Snatchers' - Two criminals wanted for murder are turned in by one of their own. Part 2: 'Arson' - A Triad revenge plan to burn down a nightclub goes wrong and results in the deaths of five people.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: anthology, poliziottesco
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The Criminals, Part 4: Assault (1977)
Plot Summary:
Part 1 : 'Maniac' - A gang is kidnapping and raping young women. Part 2: 'Queen of Temple Street' - A gambling addict sells his wife to a brothel to pay off his debts.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: anthology, poliziottesco
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The Criminals, Part 2: Homicides (1976)
Plot Summary:
An anthology film featuring four true-crime stories that took place in Hong Kong in the early 1970's.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: anthology, poliziottesco
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The Legend Trip (2006)
Plot Summary:
A local legend turns into a horrifying reality for a group of young grad students seeking to debunk a Wisconsin haunted house.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Psycho Street (2011)
Plot Summary:
A psycho housewife (Tiffany Shepis) spins three tales of horror in this anthology.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: anthology, dark fairy tale
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Living Space (2018)
Plot Summary:
College sweethearts Brad and Ashley venture into the heartland of Germany. Their romantic holiday takes a sinister turn when encountering a German SS Officer, thrusting them into a psychological vortex revealing there is not always life in a 'Living Space'.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, scary, suspense
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Bite (2022)
Plot Summary:
Pursued by a dangerous criminal after a failed theft, con artists Nina and Yaz get more than they bargained for when they target a seemingly innocent elderly widow.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags:
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Terror Tales of the Crimson Creeper (2019)
Plot Summary:
Three Macabre tales told by the Crimson Creeper that opens up the mind to Madness and Fear. Horror Anthology that will leave you Screaming for More.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: anthology
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Evil of Dracula (1974)
Plot Summary:
Dracula, played by an uncredited caucasian, was shipwrecked in the 1600s in Japan, when Christianity was illegal. He was forced to spit on the cross and wander alone in the desert. Upon finding himself bleeding, he was so thirsty he drank the blood and acquired a taste for it, attacking local teenager Keiko. In present day, Professor Shiraki arrives at a girl's school where he was to be teaching, but now the principal, whose wife died in a car accident, wants Shiraki to take over for him. The principal is keeping his wife in the cellar for a week, supposedly according to local custom, to see if she might return to life. Immediately suspicious, Shiraki investigates and becomes entrenched in horror of the vampires. Three girls are caught up too, as one has already been bitten, and her roomates stay to care for her.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 864
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, weird
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Haunted Tales (1980)
Plot Summary:
1. A crash leaves a man dead, and his wife badly injured. Soon, he returns as a ghost to try to take her with him. 2. A caretaker wins the lottery thanks to the saucer spirit. Things begin to go wrong when he breaks his promise to it.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: anthology
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Dead Teenagers (2007)
Plot Summary:
On a dark Autumn eve, a college student finds a mysterious book in his campus library. Within its pages, he finds four gruesome tales of ghosts, werewolves, vampires and the unknown.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: anthology, suspense, dark fairy tale, independent film
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Chillers (1987)
Plot Summary:
Five passengers in a bus depot are waiting for a bus that is overdue. To pass the time, they start telling each other horror stories.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 548
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: anthology, grindhouse, horror comedy, dark fairy tale, independent film
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Visions of Horror (2007)
Plot Summary:
Horror - Prepare yourself for seven of the most horrifying short films ever. Too sick and too disturbing for the faint of heart, Visions of Horror consists of critically acclaimed gore masterpieces. This collection is a must for a true gore guru. - Tony Simmons, Lora Martinez-Cunningham, Gabriel Sigal.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anthology
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The Haunting of M. (1979)
Plot Summary:
This ghost story, set at the turn of the century, centers on the plight of elderly dowager Marianna, who is tormented by the alleged specter of a young man roaming the corridors of her mansion. After spotting a face in an old photograph that seems to match the old woman's description of the "visitor", Marianna's sister decides to check things out and see if any of this is for real.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, psychotronic, independent film
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Buried Secrets (1996)
Plot Summary:
A young woman moves with her mother to her mother's hometown and is haunted by the ghost of a dead teenager.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 725
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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Leonor (1975)
Plot Summary:
Richard is a medieval nobleman. After his first wife dies in an accident and is buried in the family vault, he remarries and has children by his second wife. A mad longing for his first wife Leonor comes over him, and he sells his soul to the devil for a chance to get her back. But when she returns, she is a murderous vampire.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 448
Genere: Fantasy, Drama, Horror
Country: Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, philosophical, atmospheric, classic horror
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Blood Red Moon (2010)
Plot Summary:
Megan and Victor are teens in love. Victor is a vampire and he is being blamed for a rash of murders in town. It's up to Megan to help to clear Victor's name and to find the vicious killer who is responsible.
IMDB Rating: 1.7
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, gothic, bleak, suspense, funny
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Crucible of Terror (1971)
Plot Summary:
An obsessed sculptor kills a young women to make a perfect bronze sculpture of her. Years later at his secluded home a number of people become trapped in a web of revenge, murder and horror.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 665
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: classic horror, slasher, gothic horror, grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film
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The Naked Witch (1967)
Plot Summary:
College student Stephen accidently awakens Beth, a witch put to death back in the 1800's who begins a wave of killing as well as terrorizing him.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 60
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, gay cinema
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The Witch in the Window (2018)
Plot Summary:
When Simon brings his twelve year-old son, Finn, to rural Vermont to help flip an old farmhouse, they encounter the malicious spirit of Lydia, a previous owner. And now with every repair they make - she's getting stronger.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, dark, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense, psychological horror, spooky, psychotronic, cult film
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The Haunted (1991)
Plot Summary:
When the Smurl family moves into a duplex, they find out it's haunted.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, scary, rough, suspenseful, spooky, retro, atmospheric, creepy, frightening
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Sorum (2001)
Plot Summary:
A young man moves into a run-down apartment building and soon gets into a relationship with a neighbor. Both the characters and the building have traumatic histories, and over time the ghosts of their past come to light.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 983
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, tense, mind bending, serious
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Face (2004)
Plot Summary:
Lee Hyun-min, who works reconstructing faces from skull, quits his work in a institute to stay with his Beta-allergic daughter Jin that was submitted to a transplant of heart by the specialist Dr. Yoon. The newcomer researcher to the institute Jung Sun-young comes to his house bringing the skull of a victim of a serial-killer that had her whole body melted down with acid by the murderer. Hyun-min refuses the assignment, but he is haunted by the ghost of the victim and scared he decides to reconstruct the face of the woman. When Jin has trouble with the transplanted heart, Hyun-min requests the donor case history to Dr. Yoon, but the doctor refuses to give the information, claiming confidentiality issue. Dr. Yoon becomes the prime suspect of Detective Suh, who is in charge of the investigation of the murder cases, and he discloses the identity of the victim based on the reconstructed face.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, rough, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic
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Count Dracula (1970)
Plot Summary:
Jess Franco's version of the Bram Stoker classic has Count Dracula as an old man who grows younger whenever he dines on the blood of young maidens.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Spain, West Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, grindhouse, cult classic, classic horror, suspense, perverse, twisted, scary, atmospheric
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Dracula (2006)
Plot Summary:
The Romanian count known as Dracula is summoned to London by Arthur Holmwood, a young Lord who is one the verge of being wed. Unknown to Arthur's future bride Lucy, her future husband is infected with syphilis and therefore cannot consummate their marriage. Arthur has laid his hopes of being cured on the enigmatic count; as it is said that Dracula has extraordinary powers. But these supernatural powers have sinister origins. The Count is a vampire. Soon Arthur realizes his serious mistake as all hell breaks loose and the Count infects others with his ancient curse. But Dracula has not counted on the young Lord acquiring the assistance of the Dutch Vampire expert Prof. Abraham Van Helsing.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, scary, serious, suspenseful, dark, spooky, psychotronic, period drama
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Haunted (1995)
Plot Summary:
Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. Soon after arriving Ash begins to doubt his own senses, and watching the strange behaviour of its residents does not make his task any easier. In time, he finds there's more to Edbrook than even he can debunk.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, surprise ending, serious, spiritual
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The Addiction (1995)
Plot Summary:
A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her thirst for blood.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: philosophical, black and white, scary, psychological, art house, disturbing, suspenseful, dark, splatter, creepy
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Ghost Stories (2017)
Plot Summary:
Professor Phillip Goodman devotes his life to exposing phony psychics and fraudulent supernatural shenanigans. His skepticism soon gets put to the test when he receives news of three chilling and inexplicable cases -- disturbing visions in an abandoned asylum, a car accident deep in the woods and the spirit of an unborn child. Even scarier -- each of the macabre stories seems to have a sinister connection to the professor's own life.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: anthology, spooky, enigmatic, suspense, scary, psychological thriller, dark, splatter, post-horror, realistic
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Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Plot Summary:
Director F.W. Murnau (John Malkovich) makes a Faustian pact with a vampire (Willem Dafoe) to get him to star in his 1922 film "Nosferatu.".
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, dark, psychological horror, dark comedy, suspense, cult classic, suspenseful, disturbing, black comedy