Best movies like H.P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror and Other Stories
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Plot Summary:
In the bleak, disturbing and suspenseful universe of H.P. Lovecraft, endless horrors await. From ravaging cannibals to ancient rituals come to life, there's no escape for these hapless souls, whether they come across the Danwich outskirts or even the gruesome cover of the Necronomicon.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Animation, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, mystical, captivating, suspense, gothic horror, anime, entertaining
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Who Will Fuck Daddy? (2017)
Plot Summary:
A dive down to the collective subconscious, where the man's stinking corpse is broken down into nourishing soil from which we are born again and rise to the surface with a new feminine thinking and feeling and unimaginable perversions. An artful film with a sweet side, but also violent sex scenes and a perverse taste.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Sweden
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: mystical, captivating, suspense, anime, experimental, avant garde, queer cinema
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Kuroko no Basket Movie 3: Winter Cup Soushuuhen - Tobira no Mukou (2016)
Plot Summary:
The third of three Kuroko no Basket compilation films.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 487
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining
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Ninja Collection (2020)
Plot Summary:
Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories spin-off. The story will center on the Tōkeshū ninja group in Tokyo, the city where dreams and desires swirl like eddies in a river. With ancient techniques passed down through generations, the ninja are intent on wiping out the "darkness" enveloping people in the current Reiwa era.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 5 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense
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Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End (2017)
Plot Summary:
The animated conclusion to the live action Todd and The Book Of Pure Evil Show. Todd tries to mend his friendship with Curtis after killing his girlfriend. The book has returned along with Hannah and there is talk of a new Pure Evil one.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 456
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, humorous, captivating, anime
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The Apostle (2012)
Plot Summary:
A prisoner recently escaped from prison tries to recover the loot he hid a few years earlier in a remote and secluded village, but what there is is a sentence worse than jail. Claims elderly, strange disappearances, spirits, a peculiar priest and to the very archpriest of Santiago star in a horror story, humor and fantasy. First production of stop-motion with clay made in Spain. It features the voices of Luis Tosar, Geraldine Chaplin, Manuel Manquiña, Jorge Sanz and Paul Naschy among others.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 880
Genere: Animation, Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: suspense, atmospheric, captivating, suspenseful, adult animation, anime, tense, claymation, exciting, humorous
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Aragne: Sign of Vermillion (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young woman in a decaying apartment complex finds herself seeing worms and moths everywhere, bursting out of beetles, animals, and people, and sets out to find how this is related to a rash of murders across the city.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Extraordinary Tales (2013)
Plot Summary:
An animated anthology of 5 stories adapted from Edgar Allan Poe.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Horror, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: anthology, enigmatic, captivating, gothic, disturbing, thought provoking, scary, suspense, dark, gothic horror
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Malice@Doll (2001)
Plot Summary:
Robot prostitute Malice@Doll roams a deserted city unsuccessfully looking for johns after the human race is obliterated in this adult anime tale. With no people left, the android serving class has a meaningless existence. But after a horrific tentacled beast rapes Malice@Doll, she inexplicably turns human. With a renewed purpose in life, she tries to share the gift of humanity with others of her kind.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 257
Genere: Animation, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: anime, hentai, cyberpunk anime
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Twilight of the Cockroaches (1987)
Plot Summary:
A messy bachelor's apartment is a paradise for the huge colony of cockroaches living there: no sprays, no traps, and plenty of food. When the homeowner's girlfriend moves in, however, the party comes to an abrupt end, and the roaches must quickly adapt to a life of struggling for survival. Combines animation with live actors.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Animation, Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: anime, adult animation, allegory
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Mononoke (2007)
Plot Summary:
Mononoke is a spin-off of the Bakeneko story arc of Ayakashi - Japanese Classic Horror. It follows the Medicine Seller as he deals with various spirits or "Mononoke" in feudal Japan. Just like in the Bakeneko story, he combats with a series of tools and his vast knowledge of the supernatural on his side, but can only slay the Mononoke when he uncovers its form (Katachi), the truth behind its appearance (Makoto) and the reason for its unusual behavior (Kotowari). In other words : Truth, Form and Regret.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, tense, suspense, adult animation, deep, seinen, manga, bizarre
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Graveyard Kitaro (2008)
Plot Summary:
Kitarō is a yōkai boy born in a cemetery, and aside from his mostly-decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost tribe. He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and yōkai, which generally involves protecting the former from the wiles of the latter.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Animation, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, mystical, captivating, suspense, gothic horror, disturbing
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Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack (2012)
Plot Summary:
To celebrate their graduation from university Kaori and her two friends visit Okinawa in southern Japan for a short vacation. At the vacation house, provided by Tadashi's uncle, a numbing stench awaits the girls, and can be traced to a horrendously deformed, legged fish that Kaori kills. More and more of these creatures appear and portend a horrific change for the animal life in the area. A phone call from Kaori's fiancé Tadashi in Tokyo quickly shows the scope of this epidemic, when he is also attacked by these mechanized fish. Kaori immediately sets out on an perilous voyage to find out what happened to Tadashi, helped by Shirakawa — a videographer in search of the truth behind all this.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological thriller, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, disturbing, dark fantasy, manga, weird
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Creepschool (2004)
Plot Summary:
Creepschool is a Swedish, French and Canadian animated series by Alphanim, Cookie Jar Entertainment, Happy Life and France 3 about four kids who find themselves at a spooky boarding school. The basic concept was created by Torbjörn Jansson, which was then substantially re-worked and developed by the co-head-writers Kristina Mansfeld and Per Carlsson into the series it is today. They also wrote all the storylines. Creepschool has been compared to Gravedale High.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, France, Sweden, Luxembourg
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, gothic horror, disturbing, gothic
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The Empire of Corpses (2015)
Plot Summary:
The story of The Empire of Corpses takes place in 19th century Europe, and revolves around John Watson. He is scouted by the government to become a secret agent- However, Watson lives in a world where "Frankensteins"- human corpses that are re-purposed with a false soul in order to use them as laborers- are used to improve industrial development.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anime, gothic, tense, captivating, suspense, manga, spooky, adult animation, psychological
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Mieruko-chan (2021)
Plot Summary:
She can see dead people…she just chooses to ignore them. That’s Miko’s plan, anyway, with horrifying (and sometimes hilarious) results.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, mystical, manga, shounen, seinen, horror comedy
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Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (2017)
Plot Summary:
Ciel learns of a "Aurora Society", that is rumored to be researching how to bring the dead back to life. Their next meeting is scheduled to be conducted on the ship Campania, voyaging across the Atlantic Ocean. Much to Ciel's dismay, Elizabeth "Lizzy" Midford, is taking the same ship, thus leaving him with no choice but to get aboard as well.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, shounen, dark fantasy
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Fate/Grand Order: First Order (2016)
Plot Summary:
The year 2015 CE. The last era in which magecraft still thrived. The Chaldea Security Organization was founded to focus on preserving the continuation of human history. They observe a world which magecraft couldn't observe and science couldn't measure all to prevent the certain extinction of humanity. But one day, the future that Chaldea continued to observe disappears and humanity's extinction in 2017 becomes clear. Rather, it had already happened. The cause seems to be related to Fuyuki, a provincial town in Japan, in the year 2004 CE. There, an "unobservable region" that had not existed before appears. Based on the assumption that Fuyuki is the reason for humanity's extinction, Chaldea issues an order to explore, investigate, and possibly destroy this singularity – a quest for the Holy Grail, the Grand Order.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining
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Thriller Restaurant (2010)
Plot Summary:
At the spooky western styled mansion turned restaurant "Thriller Restaurant," Kuroka and Ryu disappear. After their disappearance others start to disappear at the restaurant. Rumors soon start that the devil himself is responsible for the missing persons.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Animation, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, anime, sexy
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Zatch Bell! 101st Devil (2004)
Plot Summary:
While the battle to determine the next king of the demon realm has often been fraught, the rules were always clear. 100 demon children partnered with 100 humans would challenge each other, using 100 magical books. What none of them knew was that there was a 101st magical book, powerful enough to stop any of the others. Gash and Kiyomaro must begin a journey that will take them into the demon realm to confront the mysteries of Gash's past. But will they escape in time to help their friends in a battle with a seemingly unstoppable enemy?.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato (2019)
Plot Summary:
Half a year after the events of the series "Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress", the team attempt to take back Unato castle.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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One Night in City (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jan Balej's animated film Night In A City / Jedné Noci V Jednom Meste (2007) from the Czech Republic. Very little dialogue throughout, but instead a rich world of sounds and music which more than match the detailed animation and curious vignettes that create the film.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Horror
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: adult animation, enigmatic, captivating, entertaining, mysterious, satirical, suspenseful, surreal, anthology, anime
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The Pied Piper (1986)
Plot Summary:
A darkly brilliant stop-motion adaptation of The Pied Piper of Hamelin about a plague of rats that punish townsfolk corrupt with greed. One of Czechoslovakia's most ambitious animation projects of the 1980s, notable for its unusual dark art direction, innovative animation techniques and use of a fictitious language.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, psychedelic, gothic, dark, experimental, surreal, gothic horror, claymation, adult animation, avant garde
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Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness (2018)
Plot Summary:
Returning from his previous adventure, Howard Lovecraft must lead an expedition to Antarctica, to prevent the awakening of Cthulhu!.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, mystical, light, captivating, entertaining, suspense, anime, horror comedy, spooky
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Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom (2016)
Plot Summary:
After visiting his father in Arkham Sanitarium, young Howard Lovecraft accidentally uses the legendary Necronomicon to open a portal to a strange frozen world filled with horrifying creatures and a great adventure.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, captivating, suspense, 3d animation, anime, spooky, entertaining
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Yo-kai Watch: The Movie - The Great King Enma and the Five Tales, Meow! (2015)
Plot Summary:
Nate, Whisper, Jibanyan, Hailey, USApyon, and all of their Yo-kai friends embark on five unique adventures that all end up tied together in the end.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Jungle Emperor: Courage Changes the Future (2009)
Plot Summary:
Because of non-stop environmental destruction, the United Nations commission a private company, "Eternal Earth", to create an artificial jungle to be a nature preserve and to protect animals. Leo, son of Panja, is born in this artificial world. The story starts when Leo and Kenichi, the son of the Eternal Earth company's CEO, meet. Kenichi has the ability to understand and talk to the animals.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Zatch Bell! Attack of Mechavulcan (2005)
Plot Summary:
As Kiyomaro races to catch the bus to seaside camp, little does he know that Dr. M2, a demonic magic scientist from the future, has sent out a robot to kidnap him. He's trapped in limbo with the mad magic scientist who wants to be his partner and an army of Vulcan robot lookalikes. Dr. M2 sends a robot to pretend to befriend Gash, keeping him away from Kiyomaro until M2 can abscond with the teen genius to the future. In the end, it comes down to saving the world with a little help from their friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom (2013)
Plot Summary:
When Chizuru Yukimura comes to Edo-period Kyoto searching for her missing father, she witnesses a bloody murder by crazed members of the Shinsengumi - the shogunate's secret police and supposed peacekeepers. Taken into custody after seeing something she wasn't supposed to see, Chizuru finds herself caught up in the group's battles and secrets. Based on the video game by Otomate.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, super sentai, exciting, unusual plot structure
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Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)
Plot Summary:
In Japan, the vampire-hunter Saya, who is a powerful original, is sent by her liaison with the government, David, posed as a teenage student to the Yokota High School on the eve of Halloween to hunt down vampires. Saya asks David to give a new katana to her. Soon she saves the school nurse Makiho Amano from two vampires disguised of classmates and Makiho witnesses her fight against the powerful demon.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Animation, Action, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: anime, intense, exciting, rough, suspenseful, adult anime, suspense, surreal, cult classic, manga
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Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom (2017)
Plot Summary:
After conquering R'yleh and the Frozen Kingdom young Howard Lovecraft must now travel to the Undersea Kingdom in order to free his captured family, protect three mysterious magical books, and prevent the impending wrath of Cthulhu.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, light, captivating, entertaining, suspense, anime, spooky