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Plot Summary:
At a Halloween party, a young boy is almost killed by his drunken, alcoholic father. Ten years afterward, the boy goes on a murder spree.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, cult film
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Trick or Treats (1982)
Plot Summary:
A baby sitter is stuck watching over a young brat on Halloween night who keeps playing vicious pranks on her. To add to her trouble the boy's deranged father has escaped from an asylum and is planning on making a visit.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, surprise ending, ambiguous ending, independent film, spooky, cult film
Similar in 78%
The Fear: Resurrection (1999)
Plot Summary:
It's death-by-fear (aka scared-to-death) in this deceptively psychological thriller. The hero, Mike brings his friends to his grandparents' house for a Halloween party wherein they will all dress up as their innermost fears. Mike's fear is that he's inherited a homicidal legacy from his father. Mike's father was a serial killer who murdered his mother right in front of him when Mike was five before committing suicide. Mike's fear manifests itself in his inability to commit to his girlfriend of 4 1/2 years, Peg for fear that he will kill her too. Everything gets rolling when an ancient Indian totem wooden figure named Morty comes to life and starts killing off Mike's friends by making their worst fears come true. The ultimate confrontation comes when Mike has to face his greatest fear - his own father.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, independent film
Similar in 81%
Night Of The Pumpkin (2010)
Plot Summary:
At the beach, a pumpkin washes ashore and is promptly and cruelly destroyed by two young women frolicking on the sand. When they crush the pumpkin, their legs become covered in an inexplicable red liquid. Fast forward to mischief night when these same two women and their friends find themselves being stalked by a killer Pumpkinman. Is he just a sicko in a costume or something more bizarre that has marked them for death?.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 150
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: rough, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, independent film, slasher, campy
Similar in 89%
Scare Zone (2009)
Plot Summary:
Scare Zone is Oliver's pride and joy. Sure, it's just another strip-mall Halloween Horror House, but as always, he's put his heart and soul into it. The attraction is open for three nights only, and Oliver has brought back his old staff, including ex-con Spider, eager bride-to-be Summer, and the enigmatic Goth princess Claire. A bunch of newbies are also on board, including earnest young Darryl, who immediately finds himself bewitched by the creepy Claire. The dysfunctional 'scream team' learns to work together while someone or some-thing is out to make the horror REAL.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, gothic
Similar in 81%
Pillow Party Massacre (2023)
Plot Summary:
After a bullying incident leads to tragedy, four former High school friends reconnect at a vacation home where a maniacal killer stalks the night.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, slasher horror
Similar in 80%
Jack O'Lantern (2004)
Plot Summary:
A violent spirit that manifests itself in the form of a Jack O'Lantern avenges people who have been wronged.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 261
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, psychotronic
Similar in 88%
The Night Brings Charlie (1990)
Plot Summary:
A late era slasher firmly stuck in 1983 that knows how to keep it simple: a quiet, hooded tree-trimmer goes on a twisted killing spree in a small town.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 421
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
Similar in 84%
Drive In (2000)
Plot Summary:
A man, confined to a room across from a drive-in theater showing only horror movies, escapes and goes on a killing rampage.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
Similar in 75%
Black Eve (2010)
Plot Summary:
The West Jefferson Mall is closed down and set to be demolished. The department store was the site of a grizzly murder/suicide years before and now... it's the perfect location for a wild Halloween party. Two floors, fifty thousand square feet, loud music, booze, sexy Halloween costumes, and one uninvited guest. It's one hell of a night and by morning the only survivor, a woman with psychic abilities, is pitted in a cat and mouse game with the killer, running from room to room and using her powers to retrace the final steps of the other guests.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: slasher, dark, independent film, cult film
Similar in 83%
Lucifer (1987)
Plot Summary:
A psychotic killer is embarked on a murder spree, and the authorities begin to suspect that he may have been sent from Hell.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, slasher horror
Similar in 79%
Dark Fields (2006)
Plot Summary:
Out of gas on a dark country road and forced to seek help at a farmhouse, five teenagers on their way to a rock concert step into a nightmare as they're hunted by a twisted killer with an ax.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 552
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
Similar in 88%
The Last Slumber Party (1988)
Plot Summary:
On their last day of high school, Linda, Tracy and Chris celebrate by having a slumber party at Linda's house. A few boys drop by and the beer flows like wine. Just good, clean, fun-loving kids. But the girls have another visitor, one they don't yet know about. Hiding in the house is a homicidal maniac who has just escaped from a mental hospital. Armed with a scalpel, the nut slashes a little here, a little there as he sneaks from room to room. One by one the guests start disappearing. What evil lurks there? What nightmare world have they entered? The plot is twisted inside out leaving you stunned and clinging to your chair as you witness shock after horrifying shock. The ending will leave you breathless. And now, the blood flows like wine. Features a heavy metal rock sound track by FIRSTRYKE.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 887
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, scary, rough, disturbing, surprise ending, splatter, independent film
Similar in 84%
555 (1988)
Plot Summary:
A spate of killings of teenagers by a maniac dressed like a hippie causes a detective to check the records for similar killings. He discovers that every five years, in the fifth month of the year, for five consecutive days, the same type of killings have occurred, and the few descriptions of the suspect always match: he's dressed like a hippie. As the detective searches for the killer, he begins to have suspicions about his superior, an older man who is haunted by memories of his military service in Vietnam.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 431
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, detective, surprise ending, splatter, independent film, cult film
Similar in 81%
A Night to Dismember (1983)
Plot Summary:
A woman from a "cursed" family is released from a mental facility, and soon dismembered corpses start turning up.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 823
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
Similar in 90%
Frightworld (2006)
Plot Summary:
Nine people find themselves trapped in a warehouse that contains the remains of the old Frightworld Amusement Park - a place haunted by the spirit of Verden Fell, a serial killer who died there a year before.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, independent film
Similar in 75%
The House Where Death Lives (1981)
Plot Summary:
A nurse goes to a house to care for a crippled old man. Then people in the house start being murdered.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychotronic, independent film
Similar in 77%
Mr. Halloween (2007)
Plot Summary:
The town of Sauquoit, New York has a local legend, which says that the reclusive man who runs the annual Halloween haunted house uses real body parts to make his attraction so frightening. This is a legend that is taken lightly by everyone until the youth of the town begin disappearing, and people start pointing fingers. The remaining teens of the town want to get to the bottom of the mystery, so they decide to check out that old haunted house for themselves. As more kids disappear, less of the mystery is solved. And why is the Sheriff so uninterested in investigating Bill Loomis, who has gotten the nickname... Mr. Halloween.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
Similar in 76%
Stabbed in the Face (2004)
Plot Summary:
A slasher throwback to the grandest clichés and stereotypes, Terror Optics presents Stabbed in the Face. Follow a group of teenagers into the woods for a good time. Undoubtedly, you'll find serial killers, red herrings, boobs and booze all in one night. Leaving little to the imagination, Terror Optics continues the party-film concept of having a really good time with little regard to critics and potential fans. Set in an undeterminable time period, stocked with a slew of villains and well deserving victims, Stabbed in the Face proves that slasher films are ONLY about the boobs, butts, and body count.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, controversial
Similar in 87%
Evil Night (1992)
Plot Summary:
A group of rich college brats conspire to play a prank on Jimmy Fisher, the school nerd. But when Jimmy ends up unconscious, the co-eds leave him and head out to a party. What they don't realize is that, when Jimmy wakes up, the evil inside of him triggers and he sets out for revenge as he offs his tormentors in some very original ways: exploding cigarettes, beer bottles, mops, spiked frat paddles and more.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: slasher, slasher horror
Similar in 76%
Halloween Night (1988)
Plot Summary:
Strange things are happening in Tommy's seemingly perfect town... a bloody pitchfork is found beside a mutilated corpse... dark chanting permeates the night chill... a deranged man warns of murder and madness... graves are robbed... and an ancient evil is about to be unleashed on the most devilish day - and night - of all: Halloween. Enter into a world of black secrets, revenge, and death. Spine-chilling suspense, shocking revelations, and the ultimate terror of all are about to be revealed... when the sun goes down and the wind begins to howl. It is the season of the witch... and the night of the devil. It is the unspeakable fear of HALLOWEEN NIGHT!.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
Similar in 82%
Blood Lake (1987)
Plot Summary:
Six teenagers decide to party one weekend, but before the partying begins one couple disappears. Only to be fount brutally murdered. A blood thirsty killer is stalking their summer playground. One by one bodies begin to show up, as they become prey to the venomous vengeance-seeking maniac.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 667
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, surprise ending, psychotronic, teen horror, slasher horror
Similar in 83%
Bad Apples (2018)
Plot Summary:
It’s Halloween night, and two “bad apples” decide to play some wicked tricks on the one house in a suburban cul-de-sac that is not celebrating Halloween. They terrorize a young couple in their home and these tricks become increasingly more sinister as the night progresses, finally ending in a Halloween the entire neighborhood will never forget.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: dark, slasher, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 80%
American Nightmare (2002)
Plot Summary:
A deranged female serial killer stalks seven young people whom phone a radio call-in show to discuss their darkest fears and a night-long game of cat-and-mouse is put into motion by the darkly sinister-looking murderess.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 645
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, scary, serious, realistic, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
Similar in 81%
HauntedWeen (1991)
Plot Summary:
Twenty years ago a deadly accident forced Eddie Burber from his home. Since Eddie was younger he wanted to be part of the family business "The Burber Haunted House." A note is placed on the local Fraternity giving permission to use the old house as a fund-raiser. While the students prepare the house, they soon are hunted down and placed in the Haunted House for amusement. One thing is for sure. Nobody knows it really happening - People are dying, and people are laughing.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, slasher horror, horror comedy, psychotronic, independent film
Similar in 78%
Home Sweet Home (1981)
Plot Summary:
An escaped mental patient steals a station wagon and makes his way to the Bradleys' Thanksgiving celebration, where he plans to make them a little less thankful.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 879
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, christmas horror, grindhouse
Similar in 87%
Halloween Night (2006)
Plot Summary:
Halloween Night starts as a young boy named Chris Vale (Sam Stone) witnesses his mum (Jan Anderson) get raped & then murdered before being horribly burnt by a jet of steam from a pipe. Jump forward 'Ten Years Later' on 'Halloween Night' where Chris (Scot Nery) is now locked up inside a mental asylum with a face that looks like a McDonald's hamburger, he escapes & kills teenager Todd (Nicholas Day Clark) & his girlfriend who were on their way to a Halloween party organised by their friend David (Derek Osedach). It just so happens that David is organising this Halloween party in the house where Chris used to live & he heads there dressed in Todd's Halloween costume & everyone mistakes Chris for Todd which lets him move about freely killing everyone he meets for no apparent reason.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, mockbuster, queer horror, slasher horror
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Fright Fest (2018)
Plot Summary:
Blood runs rampant on Halloween night when a small towns' Fright Fest becomes real inside the walls of a long abandoned asylum.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 976
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, tense, suspenseful, psychological, rough, captivating, suspense
Similar in 80%
Bunni (2013)
Plot Summary:
Following a Halloween party, an attractive girl and her friends must fight to escape the nightmarish dwelling of a twisted killer with a dark secret.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, bleak, suspense, psychotronic, disturbing, independent film, sexy, twisted
Similar in 90%
Trick (2019)
Plot Summary:
A detective tries to track down a masked killer who reappears every Halloween to wreak bloody havoc.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, suspense, suspenseful, scary, tense, psychotronic, splatter, detective, independent film
Similar in 79%
The Pumpkin Karver (2006)
Plot Summary:
A feature film based on a story in which a young man is stabbed to death on the evening of October 31, 2003. One year later, at a Halloween party, six people were brutally butchered in a remote location. The victims faces were carved and mutilated beyond recognition. The crime is still unsolved and is currently under investigation. Written by Robert Mann (Writer/Director).
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, awful