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Plot Summary:
A shady police detective becomes embroiled in a strange world of murder, sadism and madness after being assigned a murder investigation against a madman known only as "The Engineer".
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, detective, scary, slasher, tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, splatter, classic horror
Best tv shows and movies like Hellraiser: Inferno (2000):
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Hellraiser: Revelations (2011)
Plot Summary:
Two friends in Mexico discover the Lament Configuration and unleash Pinhead, but one decides to try to survive by swapping himself with someone else. Once they go missing, family members go in search of them, but find Pinhead instead.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, rough, slasher, psychological, bloody, splatter, lovecraft, mindfuck
Similar in 81%
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
Similar in 84%
Dark Intruder (1965)
Plot Summary:
Police call in occult expert to help solve series of murders.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 453
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, psychotronic, suspense, detective, grindhouse, action thriller, weird
Similar in 80%
Hellraiser: Deader (2005)
Plot Summary:
In London, after investigating crack addicted junkies for an article in her newspaper, Amy Klein watches a bizarre videotape where an underground group of youngsters in Bucharest apparently becoming zombies. Amy finds Marla dead with a puzzle cube in her hands. She brings the object to her hotel room, and opens it, beginning her journey to hell.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, slasher, psychotronic, suspense, psychological, bloody, lovecraft
Similar in 85%
Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002)
Plot Summary:
Kirsty Cotten is now all grown up and married. Her memory of the events that took place back at her parent's home and the mental institution have dimmed, but she is still traumatized. A fatal car crash kills Kirsty. Now, her husband finds himself in a strange world full of sexy women, greed and murder, making him believe that he is in hell.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspense, bloody, splatter, grindhouse, creepy, lovecraft, cult horror, classic horror
Similar in 80%
Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005)
Plot Summary:
Pinhead returns to terrorize computer hackers who have opened a virtual Lament Configuration on the website Hellworld.com.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, psychological, exciting, gothic, bloody, suspense
Similar in 77%
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
Plot Summary:
Doctor Channard is sent a new patient, a girl warning of the terrible creatures that have destroyed her family, Cenobites who offer the most intense sensations of pleasure and pain. But Channard has been searching for the doorway to Hell for years, and Kirsty must follow him to save her father and witness the power struggles among the newly damned.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: gothic, slasher, scary, splatter, atmospheric, bloody, surreal, demonic, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 79%
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Plot Summary:
Pinhead is trapped in a sculpture and fortunately for him the sculpture is bought by a young playboy who owns his own night club. Pinhead busies himself escaping by getting the playboy to lure victims to his presence so he can use their blood. Once free, he seeks to destroy the puzzle cube so he need never return to Hell, but a female reporter is investigating the grisly murders and stands in his way.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bloody, splatter, gothic, disturbing, grindhouse, creepy, demonic, lovecraft
Similar in 83%
Curse of the Zodiac (2007)
Plot Summary:
Genre guru Ulli Lommel (THE BOOGEYMAN, BTK KILLER) directs this horror film about the infamous Zodiac killer. Though decades have passed since the multiple murderer held the state of California hostage with fear, the mystery of his identity has never been solved.
IMDB Rating: 1.3
IMDB Votes: 931
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, mockbuster, psychological thriller
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Mummy Maniac (2007)
Plot Summary:
Based on true events, tells how a serial murderer, kidnaps and tortures then bandaging girls like mummies.
IMDB Rating: 1.3
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, rough, slasher, psychotronic, suspenseful, exciting, tense, funny, suspense
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The First Power (1990)
Plot Summary:
A young man born out of an incestuous relationship, after enduring an emotionally scarring childhood, gives in to the dark side of Satanic forces and becomes a weapon of evil. He kills with such ferocity that he becomes the main target of the L.A.P.D. Detective Russell Logan engages in a battle of wits with Channing in life and after death. It appears that Channing can't be stopped, but Logan has a few tricks of his own to match Channing's -"First Power".
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, scary, rough, bleak, serious, satanic, detective, religious horror, demonic
Similar in 77%
Feardotcom (2002)
Plot Summary:
With four corpses on his hands, New York City gumshoe Mike Reilly (Stephen Dorff) teams with Department of Health worker Terry Huston (Natascha McElhone) to track down a homicidal sadist who telecasts shocking acts of torture on the Internet. But they have their work cut out: It seems the victims' only link is that they all went toes up 48 hours after logging on a site known as feardotcom.com. Stephen Rea also stars in this gruesome thriller.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Luxembourg, USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, psychological, rough, bleak, suspense, dark, slasher, neo noir, detective
Similar in 87%
The Nature of the Beast (1995)
Plot Summary:
Two men, both hiding a deadly secret, are on a murderous rampage through the desert.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, slasher, road movie, independent film
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Lord of Illusions (1995)
Plot Summary:
During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are preparing for the resurrection of their leader Nix, a powerful magician who was killed 13 years earlier.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: scary, dark, neo noir, detective, rough, suspenseful, creepy, atmospheric, satanic, religious horror
Similar in 86%
Baskin (2015)
Plot Summary:
Feature length version of the 2013 Turkish short film about police making a horrifying discovery in an apartment building.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, suspense, lovecraft, scary, satanic, tense, retro, brutal, captivating
Similar in 83%
Saw V (2008)
Plot Summary:
Detective Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy. But when his secret is threatened, he must go on the hunt to eliminate all the loose ends.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 135000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, twist ending, suspense, psychological, slasher, bloody, disturbing, splatter, clever, tricky
Similar in 76%
Sinister (2012)
Plot Summary:
Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 274000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, twist ending, rough, dark, creepy, sinister
Similar in 84%
Hellraiser (1987)
Plot Summary:
Larry and his wife, Julia move into an old house and discover a hideous creature - the man's half-brother, who is also the woman's former lover - hiding upstairs. Having lost his earthly body to a trio of S&M demons, the Cenobites, Frank, is brought back into existence by a drop of blood on the floor. He soon forces his former mistress to bring him his necessary human sacrifices to complete his body... but the Cenobites won't be happy about this.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 138000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, slasher, demonic, suspense, disturbing, creepy, psychological, splatter, dark fantasy
Similar in 89%
Hellraiser (2022)
Plot Summary:
A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Serbia
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, bloody, demonic, sexual, twisted, thrilling, psychotronic, sexy, post modern
Similar in 77%
Blink (1993)
Plot Summary:
Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having problems: sometimes she doesn't "remember" what she's seen until later. One night she is awakened by a commotion upstairs. Peering out of her door, she sees a shadowy figure descending the stairs. Convinced that her neighbour has been murdered she approaches the police, only to find that she is unsure if it was just her new eyes playing tricks on her.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, psychological, exciting, suspense, neo noir, enigmatic, erotic, psychological thriller, gloomy
Similar in 76%
Saw II (2005)
Plot Summary:
When a new murder victim is discovered with all the signs of Jigsaw's hand, Detective Eric Matthews begins a full investigation and apprehends Jigsaw with little effort. But for Jigsaw, getting caught is just another part of his plan. Eight more of his victims are already fighting for their lives and now it's time for Matthews to join the game.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 272000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, slasher, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, psychological, bloody, splatter, creepy
Similar in 78%
Saw III (2006)
Plot Summary:
Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detective scramble to locate him, Doctor Lynn Denlon and Jeff Reinhart are unaware that they are about to become the latest pawns on his vicious chessboard.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 209000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, disturbing, slasher, suspense, twist ending, bloody, clever, splatter, brutal
Similar in 78%
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 85%
Saw (2004)
Plot Summary:
Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer abducts the morally wayward. Once captured, they must face impossible choices in a horrific game of survival. The victims must fight to win their lives back, or die trying.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 459000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, surprise ending, psychological, twist ending, disturbing, psychological thriller, mind bending, clever, splatter
Similar in 77%
Saw VI (2009)
Plot Summary:
Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 123000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: bloody, scary, slasher, suspense, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, twist ending, splatter, clever
Similar in 85%
Saw IV (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead. Now, upon the news of Detective Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm and Agent Perez, arrive in the terrified community to assist the veteran Detective Hoffman in sifting through Jigsaw's latest grisly remains and piecing together the puzzle. However, when SWAT Commander Rigg is abducted and thrust into a game, the last officer untouched by Jigsaw has but ninety minutes to overcome a series of demented traps and save an old friend...or face the deadly consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 162000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, twist ending, disturbing, slasher, suspense, psychological, bloody, suspenseful, splatter, rough
Similar in 89%
The Zodiac (2005)
Plot Summary:
An elusive serial killer known as the Zodiac terrorizes the San Francisco Bay in the late 1960s, while detectives aim to stop him before he claims more victims. Based on a true story.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags: rough, psychological, bleak, scary, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, detective, independent film, realistic
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The Bone Collector (1999)
Plot Summary:
Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The murderer's special signature is to leave tantalizing clues based on the grim remains of his crimes.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 182000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, psychological, detective, surprise ending, clever, neo noir, bad ending
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The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
Plot Summary:
The photographer Leon lives with his girlfriend and waitress Maya waiting for a chance to get in the photo business. When Maya contacts their friend Jurgis, he schedules a meeting for Leon with the successful owner of arts gallery Susan Hoff; she analyzes Leon's work and asks him to improve the quality of his photos. During the night, the upset Leon decides to wander on the streets taking pictures with his camera, and he follows three punks down to the subway station; when the gang attacks a young woman, Leon defends her and the guys move on. On the next morning, Leon discovers that the woman is missing. He goes to the police station, but Detective Lynn Hadley does not give much attention to him and discredits his statement. Leon becomes obsessed to find what happened with the stranger and he watches the subway station. When he sees the elegant butcher Mahogany in the train, Leon believes he might be a murderer and stalks him everywhere, in the beginning of his journey to the darkness.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: bloody, suspense, scary, slasher, atmospheric, psychological, suspenseful, splatter, disturbing, tense
Similar in 88%
Se7en (1995)
Plot Summary:
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 18000000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, detective, suspenseful, disturbing, neo noir, suspense, scary, tense, bad ending, atmospheric