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Plot Summary:
Transfer student Mizuki Aonuma (Rina Sakuragi) is bullied mercilessly by classmate Aya (Eriko Nakamura) and others. Nevertheless, Mizuki is always able to maintain her calm composure. Kirie (Maika Shimamura), who has a passive character and is also bullied, becomes interested in Mizuki and longs for her. The two become close. With a guy named Shibanai (Syun Asada), Mizuki and Kirie decide to stand up to their tormentors. Mizuki though is badly beaten by Aya. Kirie and Shibanai are assaulted by teachers and endure shocking violence. Mizuki decides to get revenge. She wanders the street at night. At that time, Mizuki becomes possessed by a poisonous flower spirit. Madness of the flower spirit begins.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, sincere, suspense, suspenseful, weird, asian horror
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Almost Mercy (2015)
Plot Summary:
Jackson and Emily aren't like the other kids. Two burgeoning sociopaths on the brink of total meltdown. Ticking time bombs seeking revenge. Who will unravel first?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, rough, serious, scary, slasher
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Offensive (2016)
Plot Summary:
A retired couple, Bernard and Helen Martin, inherit a house in rural France. Bernard's father had liberated this same village from the Nazis during the Second World War, in a rage-fueled killing spree. This peaceful couple quickly become the target of a cruel gang of street kids, who terrorise the village. Plugged into their devices and devoid of empathy, they are a new breed of technological psychopath... Bernard and Helen's lives become a living hell as they are harassed and tormented by the gang. When pushed beyond breaking point, right or wrong no longer matters, survival is everything! Can Bernard live up to his father's legend? And could they live with the consequences? This is the old generation vs the new!.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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J-Horror Anthology: Underworld (2005)
Plot Summary:
Six short stories. • Chain Mail • Left Behind • Tattoo • Viewfinder's Memory • Guardian Angel • Mortuary.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 60
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense, anthology, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, dark fairy tale
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Gut Instincts (2012)
Plot Summary:
Gut Instincts contains four horrific little tales. Call Me is about a man who thinks a night of passion is in store, but when he gets home, what awaits him is far from passion. In Patterson Road, a group of teens ventures to a wooded area rumored to have a hidden cemetery. They should have been careful what they asked for because in this case, that's exactly what they got. Speaking Ill of the Dead has a basic theme that karma is a bitch. And Trip has Terra, a struggling alcoholic looking for anything to decrease her stress. In all of these tales, characters had a bad feeling, a gut instinct, about what they were doing, but they didn't listen and paid the ultimate price.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, dark fairy tale, anthology, independent film
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Janie (1970)
Plot Summary:
A sadistic teenager searching for "Daddy" murders and dismembers anybody who picks her up hitch-hiking.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: independent film, sadistic
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Chronicle of the After-School Wars (2018)
Plot Summary:
It is not Tag. It is not Battle Royale. It is Battle Royale Tag. Sena walks up to the school rooftop to return Yudachi's handkerchief. Yudachi is not there and Sena falls asleep waiting. It is dark, she is confined and locked up at her school when Sena wakes up. The school has turned bloody red and the girls have to fight to the death. Who will survive the carnage is up to the girls.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, unusual plot structure, asian horror
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Man Hunting (2010)
Plot Summary:
A young girl is kidnapped by a mysterious figure, and then taken to a cabin in the forest. The kidnapper, his face hidden under a hood, then pushes the girl to escape. He catches up, however, after a few hours fixes her up before letting her escape again.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Jakob's Wife (2021)
Plot Summary:
Anne is married to a small-town Minister and feels her life and marriage have been shrinking over the past 30 years. After a brutal and bloody encounter with "The Master", she discovers a new sense of power and an appetite to live bigger and bolder than before. However, these changes come with a heavy body count and a toll on her marriage.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, psychological, thrilling, spooky, weird
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Cannibal Troll (2021)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends on a camping trip, for the bride to be' s hen do, find themselves hunted down by a man eating cannibal troll in the woodland. They are hunted, captured and locked up in the Trolls torture chamber being forced to undergo a variety of challenges in order to escape their fate.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 306
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, brutal, bleak, bloody, emotional, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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KatieBird* Certifiable Crazy Person (2005)
Plot Summary:
The story follows the obviously psychotic Katiebird immediately after the death of her father.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, rough, suspenseful, controversial
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Last the Night (2022)
Plot Summary:
During the pandemic, a burned-out teacher on the verge of a breakdown overhears his students making fun of him in a Zoom class and vows revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Liverleaf (2018)
Plot Summary:
The story follows Nozaki Haruka, a middle school student who transfers to a new school in a small town because of her father's work. Unfortunately, she becomes a victim of horrific bullying, but since the school will be closing in 2 months after graduation, no one is willing to help her.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 990
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dark fantasy, mindfuck, crying, psychotronic
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A Banquet (2021)
Plot Summary:
Widowed mother Holly is radically tested when her teenage daughter Betsey experiences a profound enlightenment and insists that her body is no longer her own, but in service to a higher power. Bound to her newfound faith, Betsey refuses to eat but loses no weight. In an agonizing dilemma, torn between love and fear, Holly is forced to confront the boundaries of her own beliefs.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Dead Nude Girls (2013)
Plot Summary:
A man obsessed with bird-watching takes on a new hobby, killing young ladies.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, scary, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, controversial
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Nympha (2007)
Plot Summary:
NyMpha is the story of Sarah (Tiffany Shepis), a young American girl, who goes to Italy to take vows needed to become a cloister nun of the "New Order" Convent. The rules of the convent are very strict, so strict that they are often considered a form of torture. Sarah's path is divided into four steps, "hear" the Lord, "see" the Lord, "touch" the Lord and "talk" with the Lord... Each step will be painful for both Sarah's physical and mental self. Moreover, during Sarah's journey, she often has visions of the Convents past, visions that it was the house of a young girl named Ninfa... Ninfa's life was ruined by the religious fanaticism of her violent grandfather Geremia, who believes that he can talk directly with God. In reality, he is utterly mad, and this madness seems to be present today (within the walls of the convent) where young Sarah lives.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 346
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, tense, psychological, scary, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Slaughter Daughter (2012)
Plot Summary:
After being left at the altar, Farrah has a mental break. When her mother announces her upcoming wedding, Farrah seeks help from her jailed love to plot out the perfect murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 262
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense, rough, serious, realistic
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Against the Devil (2018)
Plot Summary:
After the tragic death of her eldest son, Blanca and her family travel to the coast of Chile. Weird things happen in the new house, Blanca thinks that it is her son trying to communicate with them, but the truth is much worse. An evil spirit with a thirst for revenge is stalking them. Only the town priest can help them, but the man of the cloth is hiding a terrible secret.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Horror
Country: Chile
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, tense, suspenseful
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Teke Teke (2009)
Plot Summary:
The upper torso of a female, claws her way around Japan searching for her lower half. The person's lower half was severed in a train accident in Hokkaido. Anyone that hears of this story will see Teke-Teke's lower half walking aimlessly around the countryside within three days.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 628
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, asian horror
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Tormented (2011)
Plot Summary:
To his mute sister's dismay, a young boy puts a dying rabbit out of its misery with a brick -- and soon the siblings end up in a world of nightmares.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 640
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan, Netherlands
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: tense, disturbing, scary, psychological, mind bending, suspense, suspenseful, clever, atmospheric, serious
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Teke Teke 2 (2009)
Plot Summary:
The story of Teke Teke, the ghost woman with no legs, continues. Conflict arises between a group of high school classmates, and Teke Teke starts hunting them down one by one.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 268
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, asian horror
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Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Diet (2005)
Plot Summary:
When an overweight girl gets dumped by her lover, she resolves to impress him by going on an extreme diet. All goes well at first, but when she is reunited with her former lover, she begins to feel the hunger pains once again.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, disturbing, anthology, detective, weird
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The Werewolf Game: Mad Land (2018)
Plot Summary:
Abducted teen Moe Koike is thrust into the Werewolf Game, where a role playing fight to the death plays out with nine other unfortunate souls.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, disturbing
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Something Sinister (2014)
Plot Summary:
Amelia's claustrophobic life with Aunt Helen is disrupted when her past tries to push through to her present.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, psychological, suspenseful, psychotronic
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666: The Devil's Child (2014)
Plot Summary:
Vanessa, a documentary filmmaker, and she is making a film about folklore. Her best friend Brad was meant to help her, but he instead decides to go on a date with new love Jessica, who he met online. His new girlfriend persuades Vanessa to join him by telling her the house is haunted and would be a good subject for her film, but it turns out she has been lured into a trap and she is a creature from Hell. Quite how she will be impregnated by a female demon will be revealed in the movie.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspenseful, suspense, dark
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Filth to Ashes, Flesh to Dust (2011)
Plot Summary:
Purge: To put to death, eliminate what is undesirable. The serial killer known as Purge lived and died by this code. But is he dead? Driving home from a road trip, ERIC and SHELLY take a back road to avoid a traffic jam. They encounter the serial killer Purge. Eric survives but Shelly is murdered. A year later, a group of adventure-seeking high school grads venture to purge's lair. Among them is Eric's brother JUAN. Eric sets out to save his brother, and get revenge on Purge. For the six teens, their imperfections will be the deciding factor if Purge shows them mercy. But if everyone is imperfect, will any of them survive? Written by Armont Casalle.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, slasher, psychological, suspense, scary, serious, realistic
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Premonition (2004)
Plot Summary:
While stopped at a roadside phone booth for transmitting his work through Internet to the university, Professor Hideki Satomi finds a scrap of newspaper with the picture of his five year old daughter Nana in the obituary. He sees his wife Ayaka trying to release their daughter from the seatbelt, when a truck hits his car killing Nana. Three years later, Hideki is divorced from Ayaka, who is researching paranormal people who claim to have read an evil newspaper anticipating the future. Still trying to believe in Hideki, she finds that there are people cursed to foresee the future but without the power to save the victims. When Hideki changes the future saving Ayaka, he becomes trapped in hell and he has to make a choice for his own destiny.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, bleak, slasher, psychological thriller, mind bending, suspense, disturbing, scary
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The Open Door (2008)
Plot Summary:
A pirate radio station is granting callers their hearts' desires. But as some teenagers find out, be careful what you wish for.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 599
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, scary, serious, independent film
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Ju-on: The Beginning of the End (2014)
Plot Summary:
An elementary school teacher named Yui visits the home of a boy named Toshio Saeki who's been absent from school for a long period of time. When she arrives, she re-lives the horrifying events that occurred in the Saeki household 10 years earlier.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspenseful, scary, captivating, suspense, enigmatic, terrifying
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Vanished: Age 7 (2011)
Plot Summary:
Mayu the teen girl hasn’t opened her heart to anyone since ten years ago when some terrible case happened. Instead of going to high school, she goes to the church every day and looks for redemption. One day, she disappears in the woods, silently and suddenly. On the other side, Mana lives with her husband and her seven-year-old daughter in happiness. However, an unexpected occurrence happens and tears their happiness apart. Her little girl Sakura plays in the woods and goes missing. Mana loses her mind because of sadness. What is there inside the woods?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, mind bending
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Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness (1995)
Plot Summary:
Misa Kuroi is an adorable high-school girl who arrives at her new school when it is falling under an evil supernatural force. Trying to figure out who's behind the supernatural attack, Misa also has to deal with assumptions by her fellow classmates that believe she is the one behind it all. Misa and twelve other students are kept late after school hours one day to retake an exam. Then, after sunset, the entire school is deserted, and the students find themselves trapped inside and their teacher no where to be found. One by one, the thirteen students are picked up and disposed of in horrific and graphic fashion. It is up to Misa to try and gain the trust of her fellow students so that she can protect them and stop the evil before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 828
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bleak, suspense, manga, queer horror, rough, serious, suspenseful, splatter