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Plot Summary:
Several old college friends converge at a mansion, ostensibly for a pleasant reunion. Larry Dann, the most easygoing of the bunch, comes to the conclusion that all is not well in the old dark house. For one thing, he's run across several people whom he's never met. For another, they all seem to be of a different time and place.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 549
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: offbeat, psychotronic, independent film
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Draugasaga (1985)
Plot Summary:
A young student starts working as a night watchman in the Icelandic TV-house which is supposed to be haunted. Together with a make-up girl working there, he pretends to be a red-haired ghost. But what started out as a joke, soon becomes no laughing matter.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Horror
Country: Iceland
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
Similar in 90%
Haunted House (2004)
Plot Summary:
Two filmmakers enlist four college students to partcipate in exploring a haunted house, while being filmed. The Filmmaker's plan goes awry when a malevolent ghost is awakend from an ancient slumber.
IMDB Rating: 1.5
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: teen horror
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The Revenge of Robert (2018)
Plot Summary:
Germany, 1941. Two secret agents, one working for British intelligence and the other working for the Nazis, board a train. Their mission is to find a Toymaker who is in possession of a mystical book which gives life to the inanimate. As the two secret agents close in and the Toymaker has no idea who to trust, he uses the magical tome to bring a vintage doll called Robert to life...and Robert will stop at nothing to protect his puppet master.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 865
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: bloody, scary, bleak, suspenseful
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Something Creeping in the Dark (1971)
Plot Summary:
A group of stranded travelers takes refuge in an old abandoned house, only to find out that they are not the only residents of the building.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 410
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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The Watcher in the Woods (2017)
Plot Summary:
Mrs. Aylwood is a distraught mother since her daughter, Karen, vanished in the English countryside over 20 years ago. When the Carstairs family move into the Aylwood manor for the summer, strange occurrences begin to unnerve the family and Jan begins to suspect that they are linked to Karen's disappearance. As Jan unravels the dark past hidden by the townspeople, she delves further into the mystery and deeper into danger, but now it might be too late to escape the Watcher in the Woods.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 734
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: spooky, psychotronic
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Beyond Evil (1980)
Plot Summary:
An architect and his wife moves into a house with a bloody past and a 100 year old ghost, who possesses the wife.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 992
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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Robert Reborn (2019)
Plot Summary:
In 1951 USSR, as the Cold War intensifies, infamous dictator Joseph Stalin is suffering with illness and his death is imminent. Meanwhile, KGB agent Stoichkov discovers a mysterious stage show in the Baltic region featuring three creepy dolls - Robert, Kalashnikov and Miss Cyclops. Spellbound by the lifelike animation displayed by the dolls on stage, Stoichkov investigates the show's host and discovers he is a German Toymaker who owns a mystical book which holds the key to eternal life. Believing the Toymaker and his book will help Stalin escape death, Stoichkov kidnaps him and they board a plane to Moscow. But the Toymaker's living creations have followed them. When the plane is in mid air all hell breaks loose as Stoichkov and his team of KGB agents realize the three dolls are on board and will stop at nothing to rescue their puppet master. Fasten your seat belt and prepare for blood soaked toy terror at 30,000 feet.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 657
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspense, psychotronic, captivating, scary
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The Amityville Terror (2016)
Plot Summary:
When a new family moves to an old house in Amityville, they are tormented and tortured by an evil spirit living in the home while trapped by the malicious townspeople who want to keep them there.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, tense, suspenseful, independent film
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Carnage (1984)
Plot Summary:
Carol and Jonathan, a newlywed couple, move into their new house which is haunted by the ghosts of another newlywed couple who commited suicide in the house three years earlier.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 599
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, independent film, gay cinema
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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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The House in Sherwood (2020)
Plot Summary:
Angela Bennett is conducting an investigation into the paranormal events that happened at a haunted house in Sherwood. What Angela doesn't know is that she is being followed by Karen, who is making a film of her own.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, suspense, disturbing, mockumentary
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Sweet Home (1989)
Plot Summary:
A TV production crew are making a documentary about the infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro. When they start filming at his old home, they come under attack from the ghost of the painter's wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: cult classic, scary, tense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, stylized, corny, documentary filmmaking, asian horror
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Revenge in the House of Usher (1983)
Plot Summary:
Upon arriving at the dilapidated estate of his mentor, Dr. Harker finds his former professor, Dr. Usher, radically changed. Instead of the reasoned scholar he once knew, a paranoid man is in his place and he's spiraling into madness.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 568
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, psychotronic, lovecraft
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The Visitors (1988)
Plot Summary:
Frank, Sara and their two children have recently moved into the house of their dreams on the countryside. Frank is disturbed by mysterious sounds and somebody tears down the wallpaper from the walls. He contacts a ghost-hunter, Allan, to find out the truth.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: Sweden
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: splatter, creepy, scary, serious, suspenseful, cult film
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Hell Asylum (2002)
Plot Summary:
A desperate producer faced with unemployment has the ultimate reality television program ready to roll.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 665
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, semi serious, psychological, bleak
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The House That Would Not Die (1970)
Plot Summary:
A tale of witchcraft, black magic and a haunted house in the Amish country.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 949
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspense, satanic, spooky, psychotronic, odd
Similar in 86%
7 Below (2012)
Plot Summary:
The story centers on a group of strangers trapped in a time warp house where a terrible event transpired exactly 100 years prior.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, rough, psychological
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The House of Seven Corpses (1974)
Plot Summary:
A director is filming on location in a house where seven murders were committed. The caretaker warns them not to mess with things they do not understand (the murders were occult related), but the director wants to be as authentic as possible and has his cast re-enact rituals that took place in the house thus summoning a ghoul from the nearby cemetery to bump the whole film crew off one by one.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, suspense, independent film, psychotronic, grindhouse
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The Haunting of Helen Walker (1995)
Plot Summary:
TV remake of the Henry James' classic tale "Turn of the Screw", with changes in location and character names. A live in nanny discovers two children haunted by the spirits and deeds of their former care givers.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 403
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Not Alone (2015)
Plot Summary:
Torn by years in an abusive marriage, an emotional Ellie Rose arrives alone at the family cabin on the East Coast. Her story and motives for being there are unclear. Arriving unprepared and packed with few supplies she seems anxious at either leaving or someone else arriving. The cabin unused for years, still holds memories providing hints of a shattered family.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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616: Paranormal Incident (2013)
Plot Summary:
When Special Agent Watts and his Investigation Unit are called to the derelict Woodburrow Prison he thinks it's business as usual. But there's nothing usual about Woodburrow. A mysterious woman is found attempting to flee the scene and things begin to spiral out of control as an evil force picks the team off one by one. Soon Agent Watts is left alone to face what might be the world's most powerful evil... The Devil.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 597
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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An American Ghost Story (2012)
Plot Summary:
When Paul, an unemployed writer, decides to rent and live in a house that's rumored to be haunted, he puts his life and his relationships in grave danger as he obsessively attempts to get the story that will finally make his career.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, independent film
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An English Haunting (2020)
Plot Summary:
In 1960s England, Blake Cunningham and his alcoholic mother are forced to move into the mysterious Clemonte Hall, a vast isolated manor house, to care for his dying Grandfather who resides in the attic room. Soon, ghostly goings-on fill the house with dread, as it becomes apparent Grandfather's illness may have a supernatural cause that can only be cured by uncovering the terrifying secrets of the house and its dark history.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 703
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, scary, suspenseful
Similar in 87%
Amityville Dollhouse (1996)
Plot Summary:
A dollhouse that is a replica of the infamous Amityville haunted house is given to a little girl. Soon after, all sorts of horrible unexplained accidents start to happen. The family must work together to fight off the terrifying evil that has inhabited their lives.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense, spooky, independent film, serious, psychotronic, sexy
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Amityville 3-D (1983)
Plot Summary:
To debunk the Amityville house's infamous reputation and take advantage of a rock-bottom asking price, skeptical journalist John Baxter buys the place and settles in to write his first novel. But as soon as the ink on the deed has dried, people who have come into contact with John and the house begin to meet with shocking fates. Is it all just coincidence, or is the house really the gateway to hell?.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: splatter, scary, cult horror, spooky, serious, suspenseful, independent film, psychotronic, unusual plot structure, humorous
Similar in 76%
Amityville: A New Generation (1993)
Plot Summary:
When young photographer Keyes (Ross Partridge) snaps a picture of a mysterious homeless man the subject insists he take a dark yet strangely beautiful antique mirror. Back at Keyes' home, the demonic forces of the infamous Long Island horror-house find new life through the mirror's frightening reflections. As unsuspecting victims gaze into the shimmering glass, they witness the.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, spooky, independent film, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, psychological, inspirational, enigmatic
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The Curse of Humpty Dumpty (2021)
Plot Summary:
An old doll seemingly returns to life to wreak havoc.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 571
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic
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Blood Curse II: Asmodeus Rises (2022)
Plot Summary:
Alicia Stone returns in this gore-drenched sequel. Having lost all hope, husband Jason calls on the help of Paranormal TV host Tyson to confront the demonic forces that have plagued the Stone household.
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Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, erotic, independent film
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Altar (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young family find themselves in serious danger when they move to an isolated haunted house in the Yorkshire Moors.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller, demonic, esoteric, offbeat, surprise ending
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Dark Circles (2013)
Plot Summary:
When new parents Alex and Penny retreat from the city and move into a place outside town, the stress and massive sleep-deprivation caused by their infant has both of them seeing things in the house that may or may not exist. Persistent sightings of a strange woman has each of them wondering if they are suffering from hallucinations, or if their new home holds a dark, supernatural presence. As their fragile grasp on reality spirals into delirium, Alex and Penny find themselves nearly helpless to deal with the horrific truth of what is really going in this house.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, serious, suspenseful, dark, spooky, psychotronic