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Plot Summary:
New Turkish horror picture Musallat looks the technical end looks stronger than most. Musallat the story of a young couple haunted by mysterious forces and there looks to be a heavy possession element as well. The calm life of Suat and Nurcan is broken when they begin to be scared by terroríficas supernatural creatures. The official website is now live and includes a lengthy teaser. It does include a childbirth sequence that could leave you squirming.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, demonic, scary, serious, suspenseful, gloomy
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Semum (2008)
Plot Summary:
Director Hasan Karacadag argues that he tried to create a model of a Turkish-Islamic horror film and that he would make the world recognize this model, of which he sees "Semum" as the first example. "Semum" stars Ayça inci, Burak Hakki and Cem Kurtoglu in the lead roles and recounts the true story of a woman who lives in Izmir. "Semum" will be compared with "The Exorcist" and inci will be compared with Linda Blair, the director says, noting that the Turkish horror films made so far have been far from satisfactory.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, satanic, demonic, surprise ending, neo noir, folk tale
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The Possession of David O'Reilly (2010)
Plot Summary:
A supernatural shockumentary about a demonic presence in a young couple's home in London.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, mockumentary, demonic, psychotronic, minimal cast
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Respire (2010)
Plot Summary:
The Ancient Romans believed that the soul escaped one's body with the last breath. It was believed that last breath held the power to cure disease and prolong life. In 1930's, Dr. Robert Kaminsky devoted his life to finding out how to harness the power in the last breath. Susan Jordan owns a local novelty shop. One item in her shop, an antique box once owned by Doctor Kaminsky, draws the interest of two men: Raif Collins who hopes it's contents can save his dying sister, and Alex Poe whose motives are more mysterious. Susan quickly finds herself in a perilous struggle to protect the box and the secrets that it holds.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 709
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, scary
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Shaapit: The Cursed (2010)
Plot Summary:
The story of a girl who is trapped in a generational curse, which does not allow her love & marriage and her lover who vows to conquer this curse.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspenseful, tense, psychological, disturbing, scary, exciting, serious
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May the Devil Take You Too (2020)
Plot Summary:
Two years after escaping from demonic terror, Alfie and Nara try to continue their lives. However, Alfie's worst nightmare has just begun and the dangers that await are increasingly threatening.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, dark fantasy
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Seance: The Summoning (2011)
Plot Summary:
After a loudmouth college punk singer accuses an amateur medium of being a fake, four college students break into the city morgue and video themselves holding a seance. When the kids summon a demon by mistake, they have to find a way to drive the demon out of their friend before it destroys them all.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 867
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, tense, captivating
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Deadly Visions (2004)
Plot Summary:
A woman (Nicolette Sheridan) who underwent an eye transplant is haunted by visions of her donor's last moments of life, and she is convinced that the woman was murdered.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 300
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense
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The Dunwich Horror (2008)
Plot Summary:
In Louisiana, in the wicked Whateley House, Lavina delivers two babies whose fate is written. Ten years later, three scholars of the occult discover that one page of the “Necronomicon,” the unspeakable book, is missing and the Black Brotherhood has summoned the ancient gate keeper to free legions of evil gods and monsters from the dimension of chaos.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, suspense, suspenseful, serious, tense, psychological, captivating, scary, psychotronic
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Prisoner (2007)
Plot Summary:
A Hollywood director is taken prisoner while scouting a remote prison.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 538
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, scary, serious, realistic, suspenseful, controversial
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Furnace (2007)
Plot Summary:
A ghost story taking place at a maximum security prison. A detective (Michael Paré ) is called to investigate a string of unexplained deaths as the prisoners fear for their lives.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 766
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, detective, scary, rough, bleak, serious
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I Am ZoZo (2012)
Plot Summary:
I Am ZoZo is a psychological thriller about five young people who play with a Ouija board on Halloween and attract the attention of a malevolent demon. The film is based on real experiences with an ancient and malevolent spirit called ZoZo that attaches itself to people exclusively through Ouija boards. I Am ZoZo was shot on location on San Juan Island, WA and Seattle entirely on Kodak Super 8mm negative film stock.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 719
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, mind bending, psychotronic
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Haunting of Cellblock 11 (2014)
Plot Summary:
A group of ghost hunters must up their game to compete in the competitive world of paranormal TV shows, leading them to a truly haunted prison with a grisly past that proves to be more than they bargained for.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 832
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, mockumentary, slasher
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Compound Fracture (2014)
Plot Summary:
Michael Wolffsen (Tyler Mane) receives an urgent phone call and takes his nephew and fiancee and makes the journey home to his only other living relative: his estranged, eccentric (and extremely paranoid) father, Gary (Muse Watson), who is obsessed with building an unassailable compound. Once they arrive at Gary’s modest home, surrounded by acres and acres of grounds full of cameras and other security sensors, Michael is surprised and concerned to learn that his father is in the early stages of dementia. The house is now also covered in supernatural and occult symbols. Welcome to the compound, COMPOUND FRACTURE. Will the stronghold that was designed to save them be their everlasting tomb?.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 936
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, tense, exciting, touching, suspense, mind bending, psychotronic
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London Voodoo (2004)
Plot Summary:
When ambitious analyst Lincoln Mathers (played by Doug Cockle) relocates his family from New York to London, his wife Sarah (Sara Stewart) discovers a new disturbing power and becomes hostage to an ancient spirit. As Mathers notices that the family is tearing apart and that his wife's behavior becomes more violent and erratic, he accepts that to save the woman he married he must take a leap of faith. London Voodoo is one of the few films about voodoo to show the belief system in a positive light. Here, it's "work" that's evil. The film shows multicultural voodoo followers in a contemporary urban setting (London). As research for the script, the filmmakers travelled to Cuba, Miami and New Orleans to experience voodoo first hand.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 438
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, suspenseful, suspense, serious, psychotronic
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Lizzie (2012)
Plot Summary:
Lizzie, a young woman with amnesia, slowly comes to realize that she may be responsible for the horrific murder of her parents. After returning to the family home, Lizzie had terrifying flashbacks to her childhood, and comes face to face with the true horror of her past.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 872
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating, independent film
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The Squad (2011)
Plot Summary:
The air is thick with tension as a military squad proceeds to the foot of a mountain base, where they're ordered to wait for backup and hold their position. The mountain is shrouded in fog and the men are exhausted. They've been fighting guerrillas on enemy turf for some time, and they're worn down by the stress and anxiety of battle. The men don't want to wait; they want to charge up the hill, fearing that their comrades in the base have been overrun by the guerrillas. The squad's leader tries futilely to keep his men in line while dealing with his insolent second-in-command.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Colombia, Argentina, Spain
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, tense, serious, captivating, scary, atmospheric, rough
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Haunting of Winchester House (2009)
Plot Summary:
A family moves in to look after the Winchester mansion for a few months, and soon find themselves terrorized by vengeful spirits. With the help of a paranormal investigator they'll unravel the mystery of the house.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, psychological, tense, mockbuster, captivating, suspense, frightening, scary, suspenseful, independent film
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Feng shui (2004)
Plot Summary:
Joy and her family have just moved into a new home, in a sparsely populated village. For them, it’s time for new beginnings- a new chance and a new hope. But what for fortune awaits them.. and woe the tragedies to follow. On what should be the most unfortunate day of her life, Joy picks up a package left by a stranger in a bus. It is called ‘ba-gua’, (feng shui mirror) an item that drives bad luck away. Joy could not refuse the luck that continues to come her way until everything appears too good to be true. Unexplained events disturb her family’s peace . People start to die as well. Having been advised by the geomancer to simply say no to the next form of luck, all Joy could do now is wait. But what painful decision awaits her? Will Joy prevail or be consumed by the curse of the bagua mirror?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 996
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, spooky, terrifying, realistic
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Hollow (2011)
Plot Summary:
An old monastery in a small, remote village in Suffolk, England has been haunted by a local legend for centuries. Left in ruin and shrouded by the mystery of a dark spirit that wills young couples to suicide, the place has been avoided for years, marked only by a twisted, ancient tree with an ominous hollow said to be the home of great evil. When four friends on holiday explore the local folklore, they realize that belief in a myth can quickly materialize into reality, bringing horror to life for the town.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, demonic, mockumentary, spooky, psychological, serious
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The Black Waters of Echo's Pond (2009)
Plot Summary:
Nine friends take a holiday at a Victorian home on a private island and uncover a game that when played brings out the worst in each of them. Jealously, greed, hatred, lust, all of the things they keep buried deep inside themselves rise to the surface and come to a boil.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, fast, cult film
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They Wait (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jason and his wife, Sarah, leave their adopted home of Shanghai and travel to Vancouver, British Columbia, for his uncle's funeral, staying with his Aunt Mei. Already disoriented, Jason and Sarah are unnerved when their son, Sam, begins seeing ghosts and violent deaths. After Sam is hospitalized, Sarah consults with a pharmacist who's well-informed about Chinese mythology and who tells her that supernatural forces threaten her son.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, captivating, suspense, disturbing, asian horror
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Death Factory (2014)
Plot Summary:
A bus full of strangers find themselves fighting for their lives when one of them reads from an ancient Gothic tome, bringing six dead serial killers back to life, who proceed to hunt them down one by one.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 688
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, serious, suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, scary
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How to Save Us (2014)
Plot Summary:
Brian Everett's younger brother Sam goes missing on the island of Tasmania during the middle of a mysterious quarantine forcing Brian to traverse across enemy lines to save his brother from an army of ghosts.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 876
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, stylized, independent film
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Killing Ariel (2008)
Plot Summary:
One night, a female demon attacks Rick, a contentedly married man. Under the spell of the demon, he takes a beautiful young woman, Ariel, off to an isolated house for a weekend fling. There, bizarre and frightening things happen, and accidentally Rick kills Ariel. But she won't stay dead. He soon realizes that she is the demon that first attacked him. He defends himself by killing her again. And again. But no matter how many times he kills her, she keeps coming back.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, independent film
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The Ghostmaker (2012)
Plot Summary:
A group of college friends discover a 15th century coffin that allows them to experience the world as ghosts. While their first adventures in the spirit world are playful and innocent, the "Box of Shadows" soon brings out the group's most dangerous impulses and desires. The friends find themselves pulled into a world of evil where they learn the line between life and death is there for a reason.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, psychological, scary, independent film, campy
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The 13th Unit (2014)
Plot Summary:
Seven strangers find themselves trapped in an underground storage facility, struggling to survive while being hunted by a supernatural beast that resides inside the mysterious 13th unit.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 487
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, scary, serious
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The Chosen (2015)
Plot Summary:
When a child-stealing demon attaches itself to a little girl, her family is thrust into a battle against time in order to save the girl and send the demon back to hell.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, spooky, independent film
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In the Trap (2019)
Plot Summary:
Philip, a solitary proof reader, is trapped in his apartment, too afraid to leave and tortured by an unknown evil force that has kept him prisoner for the last two years.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 688
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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Isabelle (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young couple's dream of starting a family shatters as they descend into the depths of paranoia and must struggle to survive an evil presence that wants nothing more than their very own lives.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, serious, suspense, suspenseful, twist ending
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The Appearing (2014)
Plot Summary:
A woman once possessed by a mysterious entity uncovers a shocking secret about her past and must face the demon that is lurking inside of her.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, scary, rough, independent film