Best movies like Grim Prairie Tales: Hit the Trail... to Terror
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Plot Summary:
Two travelers meet on the open prairie, and pass their time together by trading stories with each other. Their tales become a sort of competition, each attempting to relate something which might disturb the other.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, dark, dark fairy tale, surprise ending, twist ending, psychotronic, independent film, wild, cult film
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Terrorgram (1990)
Plot Summary:
Three horror stories linked by a sinister delivery boy. The stories are "Heroine Overdose", "Pandora" and "Veteran's Day".
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: anthology, slasher, dark fairy tale, psychotronic
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Fun Size Horror: Volume One (2015)
Plot Summary:
Thirty-one twisted tales made from a collective of genre loving filmmakers, Fun Size Horror: Volume One aims to chill and delight horror fans. From classic slashers and creature features, to horror-comedy and hauntings all made into bite size pieces. Like a bag of Halloween candy after a night of trick or treating, Fun Size Horror: Volume One is filled with the unexpected and not without the threat of the occasional razor blade. Which leaves only one question: Trick or treat?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 403
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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The Field Guide to Evil (2018)
Plot Summary:
A feature-length anthology film. They are known as myths, lore, and folktales. Created to give logic to mankind’s darkest fears, these stories laid the foundation for what we now know as the horror genre.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Greece, India, New Zealand, Hungary, Austria, Turkey, Poland
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, scary, mumblecore, dark fairy tale, fairy tale
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Stephen King's Golden Tales (1985)
Plot Summary:
A collection of horror stories taking the viewer into the dark world of Stephen King, featuring vampires, strange objects and sinister humor. The five 20-minutes tales were all taken from the Tales from the Darkside TV series and strung together as a video feature.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Horror
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, surprise ending, twist ending
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Escapes (1986)
Plot Summary:
An anthology of five tales of terror, each originally produced for video. The titles are "Something's Fishy," "Coffee Break," "Who's There," "Jonah's Dream," and "Think Twice.".
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 272
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: anthology, dark fairy tale, surprise ending, twist ending
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Return of the Dead (1979)
Plot Summary:
Three inmates in an asylum tell their stories. Story 1, a husband and wife discover they should be careful what they wish for. Story 2, a naked female ghost gets revenge from her watery grave. Story 3, a dead prostitute returns as a ghost.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: anthology, dark fairy tale
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Fertile Ground (2011)
Plot Summary:
Emily and Nate Weaver leave the city for the rural comfort of Nate’s ancestral home in the country. Once there, Emily is plagued by horrifying visions and haunted by the ghosts inhabiting their isolated new home. When Nate’s behavior undergoes a strange and fearful metamorphosis, Emily fears she might be the latest target in a murderous tradition.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, suspense, serious, dark, grindhouse, psychotronic
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Witchouse III: Demon Fire (2001)
Plot Summary:
A young woman leaves her abusive boyfriend to go and stay with her two best friends, documentary makers Stevie & Rose. After an evening of sipping wine in the hot-tub, the three women decide to dabble in a bit of black magic as part of Stevie's latest project, an in-depth expose on contemporary witchcraft.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 399
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, twist ending, psychotronic
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Blood Bath (1975)
Plot Summary:
The actors for a horror movie go out to dinner one evening with their director and tell horror stories to each other.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychotronic, dark fairy tale, independent film
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Terror 66 (2017)
Plot Summary:
Chapter One : Motel 666 - This rural desert motel offers the final check-out for many late night Route 66 travelers. Chapter Two : The Road To Hell - A small desert town harbors a dark secret in the form of a serial murderer destined to discover the most brutal and horrifying ways of killing human beings. True to an unspoken community truce, his voracious appetite for torture and death is relegated to outsiders traveling through town via Route 66. Chapter Three : The Grave of Bleu Chambers - Throughout the years, urban legend has it that the ghost of a small boy, killed by a speeding car decades earlier, is responsible for the sporadic disappearances of Route 66 travelers near an adjacent cemetery of which his body is interred.
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Country: USA
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Plot tags: dark fairy tale, suspense, anthology
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Tales from the Quadead Zone (1987)
Plot Summary:
Actress Shirley Latanya Jones returns from the director's first film (Black Devil Doll from Hell) to be in front of Turner's camcorder, and reads two spooky tales to the ghost of her dead son, Bobby. The second story features a zombie clown from Hell. When we finally return to Shirley, she kills her hot-headed boyfriend, and there's a bloody finale as the cops arrive.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 410
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: anthology, dark fairy tale, independent film, psychotronic, cult film
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Vampire Junction (2001)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 281
Genere: Horror, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: erotic, suspense, psychotronic, spaghetti western, euro western
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The Pale Door (2020)
Plot Summary:
The Dalton gang escape to a nearby town after a train robbery goes south, but they are met by a coven of witches with sinister plans for the unsuspecting outlaws.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, captivating, dark, mumblecore, wild
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Black Noon (1971)
Plot Summary:
A traveling minister and his wife are quietly menaced by a devil cult in the Old West. By the time the Good Reverend figures out what's going on it may be too late to stop the evil.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 381
Genere: Horror, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, grindhouse, spooky, wild
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Trapped Ashes (2006)
Plot Summary:
Trapped in a house of horror, seven people discover that the only way they'll get out alive is to tell their scariest stories, setting the stage for five tales from directors Ken Russell, Sean S. Cunningham, Joe Dante, Monte Hellman and John Gaeta. This anthology includes spine-tingling tales of sexy succubi, possessed breast implants, nightmarish dream hauntings and more. Jayce Bartok, Lara Harris and Henry Gibson star.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: anthology, rough, serious, slasher, suspenseful, scary, psychological, suspense, dark fairy tale
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Vault of Terror II: The Undead (2015)
Plot Summary:
Following the macabre footsteps of the first VAULT OF TERROR installment, this sequel anthology film tells six more evil, demonic, hellish tales of dread and horror by some of the genre's best filmmakers.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anthology, slasher, suspense, scary, psychotronic, dark fairy tale
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Scarewaves (2014)
Plot Summary:
In the tradition of Tales from the Crypt and Creepshow comes terror in a new frequency with SCAREWAVES. Join radio host Amos Satan as he lets his hungry listeners in on four of the most terrifying and true stories he's heard over his years in show business.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: anthology, slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, dark fairy tale
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Night Angel (1990)
Plot Summary:
A legendary she-demon, in the updated guise of a beautiful model, infiltrates the offices of a successful fashion magazine with the aim of corrupting the world via mass media.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 740
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: queer horror, independent film, scary, rough, slasher, suspenseful, semi serious, psychotronic, weird, cult film
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Dark, Deadly & Dreadful (2018)
Plot Summary:
Fun Size Horror Presents "Dark, Deadly & Dreadful", an anthology of short films from Fun Size Horror's community of filmmakers. Each film explores different themes in the horror genre all from the unique perspective of its creator. Featuring work from a diverse group of filmmakers, shorts include submissions to Fun Size Horror, world premiers, and festival winners.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 360
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, bleak, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, dark fairy tale, horror spoof
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Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear (2013)
Plot Summary:
A horror anthology of shorts themed around the five senses.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, serious, suspenseful, slasher, tense, suspense, dark fairy tale, horror musical, psychological
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The Shadow of Chikara (1977)
Plot Summary:
Confederate veterans of the last battle of the Civil War set out to find a hidden treasure.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 452
Genere: Horror, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: dark, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, spaghetti western
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Ghoulish Tales (2014)
Plot Summary:
On a cold December night Logan's babysitter tells him three tales of unspeakable horror. But the most terrifying tale of all is lurking right outside their door.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, anthology, christmas horror, psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, horror comedy
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Southbound (2015)
Plot Summary:
The film contains five stories set on desolate stretches of a desert highway. Two men on the run from their past, a band on its way to a gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in these interwoven tales.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: anthology, suspense, dark, disturbing, spooky, psychological, tense, road movie, atmospheric, enigmatic
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All Hallows' Eve 2 (2015)
Plot Summary:
A woman finds a VHS tape on her doorstep that shows a series of gruesome tales that could be real. But the true danger is the pumpkin-faced killer that's using the tape to find his next victim.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: anthology, dark, psychotronic, scary, psychological, slasher, dark fairy tale, slasher horror
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When Death Calls (2012)
Plot Summary:
It's Halloween, and an elementary school teacher is being stalked by a mysterious caller. Meanwhile, sexy DJ Roxy Richards is making her scariest broadcast yet - but she may not realize how scary things are going to get when an old friend calls in.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, anthology
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Last American Horror Show (2018)
Plot Summary:
A trifecta of 80s throwback terror with mauling monsters, home invasions gone haywire and stomach-turning human sacrifice.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 534
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, anthology, psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, grindhouse
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Eyes of Fire (1983)
Plot Summary:
A preacher is accused of adultery and he and his followers are chased out of town and become stranded in an isolated forest which is haunted by the spirits of long dead Native Americans.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: dark, slasher, anthology, indie film, independent film, tense, bleak, serious, emotional, suspenseful
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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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Bone Tomahawk (2015)
Plot Summary:
During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. One of the villagers takes care of him in prison. One day they both disappear – only the spear of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and his nurse.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 114000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Western
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: scary, brutal, suspense, bleak, dark, suspenseful, disturbing, creepy, psychological, splatter