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Plot Summary:
1. A crash leaves a man dead, and his wife badly injured. Soon, he returns as a ghost to try to take her with him. 2. A caretaker wins the lottery thanks to the saucer spirit. Things begin to go wrong when he breaks his promise to it.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: anthology
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The Ghosts of Monday (2022)
Plot Summary:
A group of US filmmakers travel to Cyprus to film a documentary in the tragically famous Hotel Gula - a once popular resort where more than 100 people died in mysterious circumstances. What begins as just another day at the office will eventually turn into a terrifying journey into the unknown.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 304
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Cyprus
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags:
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Troublesome Night 9 (2001)
Plot Summary:
Liu Ah Yee goes to the Bud household to worship the Buddha and to have her fortune told, but Mrs. Bud tells her it is not necessary. Ms. Liu is a compulsive gambler on the cruise ship Neptune, where Mrs. Bud's son, Pit, works, and he recognizes her. Pit has stretched the truth to his girlfriend, Moon Ah Say, about his job, so she thinks he's working in stocks, and she gets quite perturbed when he discovers that he is trying to help Ah Yee, who never wins, and whose grandmother, her only living relative, is dying. She returns to the Buds for help with her gambling, but Mrs. Bud gives her a egimen of alternatives to get her to stop gambling. Only after completing this regimen does Ms. Liu explain why gambling was so important to her.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: anthology
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The House Across the Street (2013)
Plot Summary:
Amy has moved east from Kansas, determined to start a new life. She thinks she has found the perfect small quiet town, a great neighborhood on a quiet street. As she moves into her brand new apartment, eager to start a dream job, happy to befriend her neighbors, she finds out that not everything is as it seems, especially at the house across the street.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 282
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Murder Manual (2020)
Plot Summary:
Creepy, terrifying chapters from our book of horror include a little girl's journey from a world of nightmares into the nightmare of reality, a gay couple's romantic getaway in Palm Springs that turns murderous, a young woman whose rideshare turns deadly, and a girl who is held captive by a circus that must be rescued by her husband.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 639
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: anthology, enigmatic, bleak, suspense, dark, stylized
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Still (2010)
Plot Summary:
An omnibus film of four stories pulled straight from Thailand's most gruesome headlines. In "Flame", a man is haunted by regret and a ghost after he survives a nightclub fire that killed his girlfriend. In "Imprison", a prisoner questions his sanity after his cell-mate hangs himself. In "Revenge", a deaf-mute drug dealer murders a woman thief in his apartment, and makes the mistake of stashing her corpse in his apartment building's water duct. Finally, in the comic "Haunting Motel", an aging stripper-cum-prostitute, a gay guy and his straight friend end up in a hotel owned by a crazy old lady and haunted by a ladykiller.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, psychological, suspenseful, tense, bleak, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, dark fairy tale
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The Channel (2016)
Plot Summary:
After surviving a near-death experience, a teenager discovers that she's become a channel for an evil spirit's entry into her life.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Spirit of the Raped (1976)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags:
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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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Erotic Ghost Story III (1992)
Plot Summary:
The once mighty Tang Dynasty is in its decline. The big land of China is being visited by famine, natural disasters and devils. Chu Chung is such a person. Everywhere he goes, beautiful Suzie follows. So they meet Wick, a monk endowed with magic powers. Chu Chung sees a picture of an exceedingly beautiful girl and falls in love with her. He begs Wick to help him cross the human-spiritual barrier to enter the picture. Chu Chung meets the girl Yi-meng. They make love. Little does Chu Chung realize he has fallen into arch demon Vixen's trap. Unwittingly, he kills the upright god of justice. Suzie helps a repentant Chu Chung escape into the human world. She herself is incarcerated. Wick and Suzie reluctantly help Chu Chung enter the spiritual world again. Righteousness prevails. Vixen loses the war. And Yi-meng is transported to the human world. Unfortunately, Suzie dies. But she may not have died after all.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Fearful Interlude (1975)
Plot Summary:
Accompanied by his old manservant, scholar Sung Li Ho (Hong Hoi) is on his way to the capital for the imperial exam. They spend a night in the house of Mrs. Yuan and Li Ho takes a fancy to her pretty daughter, Pei Fang (Dana). Li Ho is discovered by a maid peeping at Pei Fang as she takes a bath. He slips and falls into the bathtub, creating a most embarrassing situation. His old servant is also implicated and both are beaten up before being thrown out. Continuing their journey in the desolate countryside, they come across woodcutter Hsi Hsueh Kuei who puts them up for the night. Captivated by the beauty of the owner’s two daughters, who are vampires, he spends a night with them and turns into a skeleton. Chased by the vampires, Shun Lai makes a narrow escape.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration:
Plot tags: anthology, gothic horror
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Ghost Festival (1985)
Plot Summary:
A psychopath solicits ghostly help to find out who killed his wife, and then concocts a bizarre plan to get vengeance.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration:
Plot tags: anthology
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Bewitched (1981)
Plot Summary:
While possessed by an evil spirit, a man murders his daughter. A police detective investigating the case also becomes possessed. A good monk helps fight the evil spirit.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 536
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Thailand
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: detective, atmospheric, poliziottesco, lovecraft
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The Invoking (2013)
Plot Summary:
After inheriting a house from the family she never knew, Samantha Harris (Trin Miller) and three friends head to rural Sader Ridge to inspect the property. Soon after arriving, Sam begins to experience horrific visions of savage brutality and unspeakable evil. Plagued by the sinister forces closing in around her, Sam descends into a waking nightmare when the demons from her past refuse to stay buried any longer.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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19 Doors (2011)
Plot Summary:
When a producer suggests that screenwriter Grace Mitchel pen a horror story set in an old hotel, the lond-abandoned Lyndora seems theperfect inspiration. The turn-of-the-century hotel is known for its rough and seedy past - the doors to its rooms sealed 50 years ago following a series of gruesome murders - and local lore says it's haunted. Despite the reservations of family and friends, an undaunted Grace takes up residence in the eerie inn to immerse herself in writing ... But now that the doors are open, the secrets of the past begin to emerge. As disturbing, but seemingly explicable, events begin to escalate, Grace struggles to define reality from insanity and begins a descent into darkness from which some will never return.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, bleak, scary, suspense
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Minutes Past Midnight (2016)
Plot Summary:
As midnight falls, all manner of terror invades the Earth. demons, cannibals, killers, ghosts and monsters swarm the world in these tales of the supernatural, the fantastic, and the just plain horrific. Featuring nine stories of horror.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, rough, bleak, slasher, dark comedy
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Dreadtime Stories (2014)
Plot Summary:
A party turns bizarre when a malevolent book makes its way into the hands of the attendees who reveal its tales of monsters, madmen and the supernatural.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: anthology, slasher, suspense, bleak, scary, dark fairy tale, road movie
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The Red Book Ritual (2022)
Plot Summary:
Three friends decide to play The Red Book game. What they don't know is that in the house evil is waiting to be released. A long time ago a witch died as part of a satanic ritual. Every question they ask, they get closer and closer to her. The book will reveal the answers to all your questions… but what if your host is an evil entity with a thirst for blood?.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 484
Genere: Horror
Country: New Zealand, Argentina
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, anthology
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Chillers (1987)
Plot Summary:
Five passengers in a bus depot are waiting for a bus that is overdue. To pass the time, they start telling each other horror stories.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 548
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: anthology, grindhouse, horror comedy, dark fairy tale, independent film
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V/H/S/85 (2023)
Plot Summary:
Unveiled through a made-for-TV documentary, five chilling tales of found footage horror emerge to take viewers on a gore-filled journey through the grim underbelly of the forgotten 1980s.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: anthology, mockumentary
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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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Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie (2004)
Plot Summary:
8 short stories comprise this anthology movie, based on the Tales of Terror TV series.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 422
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychotronic, realistic, dark fairy tale, asian horror
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Hellblock 13 (1999)
Plot Summary:
In a haunted death row cellblock, a deranged female serial killer reads a trio of twisted tales to her executioner.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anthology, slasher, dark fairy tale, queer horror, independent film, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending
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Quicksilver Highway (1997)
Plot Summary:
This film is actually two one hour stories, the first based on a Stephen King story called the "Chattering Teeth" about a man who picks up a hitchhiker and the second is based on a Clive Barker story called "The Body Politic" about hands that rebel against the body.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anthology, slasher, scary, suspenseful, suspense, absurd, dark, surreal, dark fairy tale, offbeat
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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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Always Be with You (2017)
Plot Summary:
Taxi driver David, who's doomed after a terminal cancer diagnosis, accidentally kills hotel owner Patrick in a car crash. Patrick's girlfriend takes over his hotel by a lake in Hong Kong, which is soon plagued by serial suicidal incidents.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 480
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, anthology
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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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Death 4 Told (2004)
Plot Summary:
Four horror stories occur in sequence connected by time and space. The first deals with a writer and his wife who move into a large house only to find it is already occupied. The second follows three college couples on a weekend camping trip where tall tales and legends are more real than fiction. The third segment follows a TV crew as they prepare for the taping of their hit show, "World's Most Haunted Places". The final story is about a hack psychic who discovers that practice really does make perfect.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 392
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: anthology, dark fairy tale, independent film
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Fun Size Horror: Volume Two (2015)
Plot Summary:
A collection of gut-twisting and nerve-shredding tales, all Frankstein’d together to form a feature-length monster of the best and bloodiest in short-film horror.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Ouija House (2018)
Plot Summary:
A graduate student, who is trying to finish the last of her research on a book project that she hopes will help her down-on-her-luck mother, brings friends to a house with a dark past, where they soon unwittingly summon an evil entity who makes the house part of its game….
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, serious, melancholic, intense, psychotronic
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A Night of Horror Volume 1 (2015)
Plot Summary:
Whether you’re a fan of Sydney's iconic genre film festival A Night of Horror, or just a fan of the best and bloodiest in new horror cinema, you can’t afford to miss this fright-filled anthology. Zombies, demonic entities, self-surgery, cannibalism and more await in the dark corners of this terrifying offering from some of the most talented filmmakers working in the genre today.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 494
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, suspense, suspenseful, tense, dark, ironic, dark fairy tale, psychotronic, weird