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Plot Summary:
Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Micheal's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois; meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, bleak, psychological, bloody, splatter, grindhouse, creepy
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Similar in 75%
Nightmare (1981)
Plot Summary:
A drug-treated schizophrenic plagued by horrible nightmares escapes from the hospital and goes on a killing spree.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, scary, bloody, grindhouse, retro, gothic, gothic horror, controversial, cult classic
Similar in 87%
Blood Feast (1963)
Plot Summary:
In the sleepy suburbs of Miami, seemingly normal Egyptian immigrant Fuad Ramses (Mal Arnold) runs a successful catering business. He also murders young women and plans to use their body parts to revive the goddess Ishtar. The insane Ramses hypnotizes a socialite in order to land a job catering a party for her debutante daughter, Suzette Fremont (Connie Mason), and turns the event into an evening of gruesome deaths, bloody dismemberment and ritual sacrifice.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, scary, atmospheric, grindhouse, bloody, splatter, suspense, stylized, rough
Similar in 85%
Mandy (2018)
Plot Summary:
Pacific Northwest. 1983 AD. Outsiders Red Miller and Mandy Bloom lead a loving and peaceful existence. When their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed by a cult led by the sadistic Jeremiah Sand, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and laced with fire.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, Belgium, USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: suspense, satanic, suspenseful, surreal, scary, psychedelic, slasher, art house, psychotronic, phantasmagoric
Similar in 90%
Halloween II (1981)
Plot Summary:
After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her life. The institution proves to be particularly suited to serial killers, however, as Myers cuts, stabs and slashes his way through hospital staff to reach his favorite victim.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 100000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, bloody, splatter, grindhouse, slasher horror, tense, creepy, cult classic
Similar in 75%
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
Plot Summary:
Presumed dead after a shoot-out with the Haddonfield police, Michael Myers is secretly nursed back to health -- and returns a year later to kill again and once more targets his young niece, Jamie. Jamie is now recovering in the local children's hospital after attacking her stepmother and losing her voice. Her mental link with her evil uncle may be the key to uprooting her family tree.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bloody, surprise ending, classic horror, suspenseful, psychotronic, psychological, slasher horror, psychological thriller
Similar in 77%
The Burning (1981)
Plot Summary:
A caretaker at a summer camp is burned when a prank goes tragically wrong. After several years of intensive treatment at hospital, he is released back into society, albeit missing some social skills. What follows is a bloody killing spree with the caretaker making his way back to his old stomping ground to confront one of the youths that accidently burned him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, grindhouse, psychotronic, cult horror, classic horror, bloody, creepy, spooky, terrifying
Similar in 76%
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
Plot Summary:
Two decades after surviving a massacre on October 31, 1978, former baby sitter Laurie Strode finds herself hunted by persistent knife-wielder Michael Myers. Laurie now lives in Northern California under an assumed name, where she works as the headmistress of a private school. But it's not far enough to escape Myers, who soon discovers her whereabouts. As Halloween descends upon Laurie's peaceful community, a feeling of dread weighs upon her -- with good reason.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 81000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bloody, suspense, intense, creepy, teen, suspenseful, psychological, splatter
Similar in 90%
The Funhouse (1981)
Plot Summary:
Rebellious teen Amy defies her parents by going to a trashy carnival that has pulled into town. In tow are her boyfriend, Buzz, and their friends Liz and Richie. Thinking it would be fun to spend the night in the campy "Funhouse" horror ride, the teens witness a murder by a deformed worker wearing a mask. Locked in, Amy and her friends must evade the murderous carnival workers and escape before it leaves town the next day.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspense, atmospheric, bloody, grindhouse, stylized, intense, disturbing, rough
Similar in 84%
The House by the Cemetery (1981)
Plot Summary:
A deranged killer lives in the basement of an old mansion and pops out occasionally to commit grisly murders that include be-headings.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, grindhouse, suspenseful, scary, bloody, psychotronic, gothic, rough, lovecraft, controversial
Similar in 80%
Black Christmas (2006)
Plot Summary:
An escaped maniac returns to his childhood home on Christmas Eve, which is now a sorority house, and begins to murder the sorority sisters one by one. A remake of the 1974 horror movie, Black Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, christmas horror, suspense, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, bloody, cult classic, erotic
Similar in 80%
Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
Plot Summary:
Evil dream-demon Freddy Krueger devises a plan to manipulate the unstoppable Jason Vorhees into hacking up the teenagers of Elm Street in an effort to make people remember the name Freddy Krueger, thus freeing him from limbo.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 126000
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, brutal, suspense, sadistic, splatter, grindhouse, creepy, cult classic, bloody
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Murder-Set-Pieces (2004)
Plot Summary:
Set against Sin City, Las Vegas, "Murder-Set-Pieces" tells the story of a fashion photographer whose vocation is murder - a voyeuristic nightmare of blood, sex and brutality.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: disturbing, extreme horror, serious, suspenseful, controversial, scary, brutal, sexy, bloody, disgusting
Similar in 85%
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
Plot Summary:
Unfinished business with coed Julie James brings the murderer to the Bahamas to terrorize her and her friends, Karla, Tyrell and Will, during a vacation. Can Ray Bronson who survived a bloody attack alongside Julie two summers ago, get to the island in time to save everyone?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 78000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, teen horror, suspenseful, bad ending, bloody, intense, teen, psychotronic
Similar in 90%
Halloween (2007)
Plot Summary:
After being committed for 17 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution (where he was committed as a 10 year old) and he immediately returns to Haddonfield, where he wants to find his baby sister, Laurie. Anyone who crosses his path is in mortal danger.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 129000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological, bloody, suspenseful, splatter, suspense, creepy, stylized, rough
Similar in 81%
Hostel: Part III (2011)
Plot Summary:
Set in Las Vegas, the film centers on a man who attends his best friend's bachelor party, unaware of an insidious agenda that plays into hunting humans.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, disturbing, slasher, suspense, psychological, bloody, suspenseful, splatter, brutal, sexy
Similar in 79%
Tourist Trap (1979)
Plot Summary:
Their car breaks down and four friends find themselves stranded at The Lost Oasis, a strange museum run by the friendly Mr. Slausen. Even though they are warned not to, the teens explore a house nearby and learn that it belongs to Davey, Mr. Slausen's insane brother. Davey has a knack for making mannequins. In fact, his house is filled with them. Davey's enthusiasm shows when starts adding the teenagers to his collection.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological, suspenseful, serious, realistic, disturbing, bloody, grindhouse, cult horror
Similar in 77%
House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
Plot Summary:
Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: bloody, disturbing, scary, brutal, splatter, atmospheric, suspenseful, slasher, suspense, grindhouse
Similar in 75%
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Plot Summary:
Five friends visiting their grandfather's house in the country are hunted and terrorized by a chain-saw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 180000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, grindhouse, suspense, bloody, splatter, cult classic, creepy, dark
Similar in 87%
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
Plot Summary:
Chrissie and her friends set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. Along the way, bikers harass the foursome and cause an accident that throws Chrissie from the vehicle. The lawman who arrives on the scene kills one of the bikers and brings Chrissie's friends to the Hewitt homestead, where young Leatherface is learning the tools of terror.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, twist ending, realistic, bloody, splatter, creepy, tense, suspense
Similar in 87%
Cabin Fever (2002)
Plot Summary:
A group of five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrifying flesh-eating virus, which attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 82000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, disturbing, rough, splatter, creepy, dark comedy, bloody, cult classic, teen
Similar in 84%
High Tension (2003)
Plot Summary:
Alexia travels with her friend Marie to spend a couple of days with her family in their farm in the country. They arrive late and they are welcomed by Alexia's father. Late in the night, a sadistic and sick killer breaks into the farmhouse, slaughters Alexia's family--including their dog--and kidnaps Alexia. Marie hides from the criminal and tries to help the hysterical and frightened Alexia, chase the maniac, and disclose his identity in the end.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Horror
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, splatter, disturbing, twist ending, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, bloody, intense
Similar in 87%
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
Plot Summary:
The legend of that creepy masked-man, Michael Myers, comes to life once again in this fourth installment of the successful horror franchise. This time, it's Michael's niece, Jamie, who can't seem to escape her crazy uncle. With Michael on the loose, Jamie enlists the help of good old Dr. Loomis to stop the murderer. This time, though, there seems to be no end to Michael's madness.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bloody, splatter, suspense, suspenseful, sexy, psychological, classic horror, surprise ending
Similar in 85%
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
Plot Summary:
Six years ago, Michael Myers terrorized the town of Haddonfield, Illinois. He and his niece, Jamie Lloyd, have disappeared. Jamie was kidnapped by a bunch of evil druids who protect Michael Myers. And now, six years later, Jamie has escaped after giving birth to Michael's child. She runs to Haddonfield to get Dr. Loomis to help her again.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bloody, creepy, suspenseful, psychological, slasher horror, saga, controversial, mystic
Similar in 78%
The Collector (2009)
Plot Summary:
Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, brutal, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, rough, sadistic, splatter, bloody
Similar in 88%
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
Plot Summary:
After the Crystal Lake Massacres, Jason is pronounced dead and taken to the hospital morgue, where he is mysteriously revived, allowing his diabolical killing spree to continue at the camp where the gruesome slaughtering began. But this time, in addition to terrified teenagers, he meets a young boy named Tommy who has a special talent for horror masks and make up, leading up to a horrifying, bloody battle! Has Jason finally met his match?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, splatter, grindhouse, bloody, suspenseful, spooky, teen horror, slasher horror, psychological
Similar in 76%
Halloween (1978)
Plot Summary:
In John Carpenter's horror classic, a psychotic murderer, institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 302000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic, grindhouse, slasher horror, psychological thriller, creepy, dark
Similar in 88%
The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)
Plot Summary:
During a stopover in Germany in the middle of a carefree road trip through Europe, two American girls find themselves alone at night when their car breaks down in the woods. Searching for help at a nearby villa, they are wooed into the clutches of a deranged retired surgeon who explains his mad scientific vision to his captives' utter horror. They are to be the subjects of his sick lifetime fantasy: to be the first to connect people, one to the next, and in doing so bring to life "the human centipede.".
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Horror
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: brutal, suspense, bloody, splatter, creepy, psychological, grindhouse, cult classic, disgusting, intense
Similar in 87%
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Plot Summary:
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger (Robert Englund), who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen (Johnny Depp), must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 258000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, demonic, disturbing, bloody, creepy, dark, spooky
Similar in 90%
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
Plot Summary:
Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, it seems Jason Voorhees and his demented mother are in the past. Paul opens up a new camp close to the infamous site, ignoring warnings to stay away, and a sexually-charged group of counselors follow -- including child psychologist major Ginny. But Jason has been hiding out all this time, and now he's ready for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, bloody, suspenseful, psychological, grindhouse, cult classic, serious, rough
Similar in 84%
Friday the 13th (2009)
Plot Summary:
Ignoring the warnings of the locals, a group of teenage camp counselors takes on the job of reopening Camp Crystal Lake — on Friday the 13th no less, and raise the ire of Jason Voorhees, a masked, homicidal maniac.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 115000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bloody, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, brutal, splatter, teen, erotic