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Plot Summary:
Deputy Langley tracks a kidnapped girl to an abandoned ghost town. However, the town is not abandoned, but haunted by the spirits of an outlaw, Devlin, and his gang, who hold the equally deceased townspeople hostage until the outlaws can be killed by a lawman.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, suspenseful, scary, rough, cult horror, independent film, neo western, offbeat, serious, psychotronic
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Vampire Cop (1990)
Plot Summary:
Cop who just happens to be a vampire goes after the drug dealer who killed his partner with the help of a news reporter.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, independent film, surprise ending, twist ending, cult film
Similar in 84%
Blood Shack (1971)
Plot Summary:
A woman inherits an abandoned ranch whose estate is said to be haunted by "the Chooper," the sword-wielding ghost of a vengeance-seeking Indian, in this Ray Dennis Steckler shocker.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 633
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, rough, offbeat, serious, psychotronic
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Doctor Dracula (1983)
Plot Summary:
An evil hypnotist puts a beautiful woman under his spell.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 492
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, rough, serious, psychotronic
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Grave Halloween (2013)
Plot Summary:
After inadvertently unleashing an ancient curse, a documentary crew of American exchange students is haunted by angry spirits in Japan's infamous Suicide Forest.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, bleak, atmospheric, suspense
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Curse of the Forty-Niner (2002)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends discover gold deep inside an old mine. But by taking the gold and think they've hit it big, they awaken a long dead miner who's Hell Bent on protecting his treasure.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 925
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, slasher, surprise ending, corny
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Howlers (2019)
Plot Summary:
A soldier turned gunfighter rises from the grave only to find himself in a modern time where the same werewolf outlaw gang that brutally murdered his wife are running rampant. Aided by a beautiful widow, a broken down sheriff, and a corrupt Mayor, Colt must face the blood thirsty creatures once again to save a small sleepy southern town.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Action, Horror, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Shaolin vs. Evil Dead (2004)
Plot Summary:
The plot thickens as heroes Pak and Ha discover the evil Dr. Magma's plan to reanimate the dead and take on the master-fighting Shaolin monks.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 399
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary, serious, fast
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The 8th Plague (2006)
Plot Summary:
The 8th Plague is the story of a woman named Launa who is investigating the disappearance of her sister, Nikki. Nikki had gone camping in the mountain town of Halcyon Springs and never came back. Becoming more and more frustrated, Launa realizes that she must find her sister on her own with the help of Mason, a mysterious local man with a shadowed past.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 935
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, dark, psychotronic, weird
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The Quick and the Undead (2006)
Plot Summary:
The movie takes place in the present, but in this universe, a plague has broken out and the infected have been transformed into zombies. No explanation is provided for the source of the plague, nor is it explained how the original victims were infected, since by the time the narrative begins the infection spreads by bite. Nevertheless, the action starts 80 years after the initial outbreak. The western United States has devolved into a disconnected series of ghost towns overrun by zombies, and the government is awarding bounties in exchange for the pinkies of the undead.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Horror, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, tense, wild
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Voodoo Cowboys (2010)
Plot Summary:
A group of hoodoo slingers battle zombies in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Action, Horror, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, semi serious, scary, exciting, independent film, spaghetti western, grindhouse
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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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River of Darkness (2011)
Plot Summary:
When brutal murdering starts in a small riverside town, the sheriff must investigate and face the horrific past.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 947
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, scary, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, serious, independent film
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Slaughter Night (2006)
Plot Summary:
Eighteen-year-old Kristel survived a car accident in which her father dies. Tormented by nocturnal visions she begins to care for her father's investigation of serial killers - especially Andries MartÃns, a killer of children.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, rough, serious, suspenseful, scary
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BloodRayne 2: Deliverance (2007)
Plot Summary:
Rayne, a half-human half-vampire warrior, is in the America's 1880's Wild West to stop the vampired Billy the Kid and his posse of vampire cowboys.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Western
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, slasher, gothic, suspense, neo western, wild
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Dead in Tombstone (2013)
Plot Summary:
An outlaw named Guerrero Hernandez is shot in the back and killed whilst attempting to free his half-brother from a small-town prison. Making a deal with the devil, Hernandez returns from the dead to take his revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, gothic, spaghetti western, grindhouse, wild, cult film
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Left for Dead (2007)
Plot Summary:
Set in Mexico, Left For Dead is a bloody and sick dream ... A spaghetti western in terror. A desperate criminal will be caught in the ghost town of Amnesty alongside a vengeful demon.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Horror, Western
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, rough, serious, wild
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The Dead and the Damned (2011)
Plot Summary:
A meteor lands in Jamestown California in 1849 during the gold rush. It is found by miners who release it's spoors which turn the population into blood thirsty mutants.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 746
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic, exciting, wild
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The Wraith (1986)
Plot Summary:
Packard Walsh and his motorized gang control and terrorize an Arizona desert town where they force drivers to drag-race so they can 'win' their vehicles. After Walsh beats the decent teenager Jamie Hankins to death after finding him with his girlfriend, a mysterious power creates Jake Kesey, an extremely cool motor-biker who has a car which is invincible. Jake befriends Jamie's girlfriend Keri Johnson, takes Jamie's sweet brother Bill under his wing and manages what Sheriff Loomis couldn't; eliminate Packard's criminal gang the hard way.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, cult classic, road movie, retro, dark, art house, sexual, action thriller
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Haunted Forest (2007)
Plot Summary:
The Indian descendent Sean comes to a forest with his friends Josh and Flipp trying to find the track to a mysterious cursed tree and a secret burial ground.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, tense, serious, slasher, suspense, offbeat
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7 Mummies (2006)
Plot Summary:
Six escaped convicts and their female hostage make a desperate run for the Mexican border, where they stumble across a lost treasure of untold wealth, and find certain death instead on the Arizona desert.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, independent film, psychotronic
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The Era of Vampires (2003)
Plot Summary:
In 17th century China, zombies and vampires roamed the lands, feeding on the unsuspecting. A group of martial artists / vampire hunters find themselves employed by a very rich - and very insane - old man who has kept everyone of his relatives preserved in wax and not buried. Apparently it is his family's tradition. So, having generations of potential zombies in your cellar may not be the smartest idea ever, but it takes two to tango. In this case, a thief wants the old-man's treasure and hires a zombie-wrangler to re-animate the waxed up relatives in order to sneak into the mansion and steal the treasure. It's up to the kung-fu fighting vampire hunters to save the day (or night).
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: Hong Kong, Japan, Netherlands
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, scary, rough, suspenseful, suspense, serious, stylized, psychotronic
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Phantom Force (2004)
Plot Summary:
A squad of soldiers must protect the human race from the supernatural.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 335
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, exciting, rough, serious, psychotronic
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Knight of the Dead (2013)
Plot Summary:
Hunted by raiders, a band of crusading knights escort the holy grail through a valley of black death where they must hack and slash their way to freedom.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 646
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, rough, suspenseful, stylized, serious
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The Bleeding (2009)
Plot Summary:
Surrounded by carnage, slaughter, brutal crashes and total mayhem, Shawn Black is in a race to save the world from pure evil.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, exciting, bleak, serious, suspenseful, independent film, fast
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A Vampire's Tale (2009)
Plot Summary:
In the Old West, the assassination of an ageing cowboy is thwarted by a sultry vampiress, the would-be killer left for dead in the dust. A hundred years later an ancient obsidian mirror, long unearthed from the Mesopotamian desert, is liberated from an American collector's vault and illegally transported to Europe. Jacob, an unscrupulous antiques dealer, moves to a remote farmhouse with his pregnant young wife, Lauren, and his difficult ward, Rachel. His goals are clear: to pass this near-priceless mirror to the highest bidder, and to prevent these two women from ripping each other apart. Nearby, a beautiful ornithologist, in nocturnal pursuit of the Screech Owl, is disturbed in her hide by a couple of noisy hikers. Her efforts ruined, she joins them by their campfire, but when one of them is mysteriously mutilated in the woods, she and the other are forced to flee and seek refuge at Jacob's farm. Something has been unleashed into the dark of that night.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 511
Genere: Horror, Western
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, wild
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Jack-O (1995)
Plot Summary:
A long long time ago a wizard was put to death, but he swore vengeance on the townsfolk that did him in, particularly Arthur Kelly's family. Arthur had done the final graces on him when he came back to life as Mr. Jack the Pumpkin Man. The Kellys proliferated through the years, and when some devil-may-care teens accidentally unleash Jack-O, young Sean Kelly must stop him somehow as his suburban world is accosted and the attrition rate climbs.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, serious, suspenseful, slasher, psychotronic, slasher horror, campy
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Dead Noon (2007)
Plot Summary:
With the powers of hell at his disposal, Frank, a blood-thirsty outlaw from the old west, is resurrected to seek his revenge on the present day town of Weston.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, neo western, wild
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The Burrowers (2008)
Plot Summary:
It is 1879 in the Dakota Territories, a band of men who set out to find and recover a family of settlers that has mysteriously vanished from their home. Expecting the offenders to be a band of fierce natives, but they soon discover that the real enemy stalks them from below.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Horror, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, serious, lovecraft, suspense, dark, slasher, splatter
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Dead Birds (2004)
Plot Summary:
A group of Confederate soldiers who hole up in an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank, and find themselves at the mercy of supernatural forces.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: dark, scary, suspense, suspenseful, tense, creepy, frightening, mind twisting, slasher, mind bending
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Vampires: The Turning (2004)
Plot Summary:
An American muay-thai fighter in Thailand must join forces with a group of vampire hunters to track down and kill a vampire lord who has kidnapped his gilfriend.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, rough, gothic, suspense, slasher, cult classic, cult film