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Plot Summary:
A radio host is kidnapped on air and forced to tell secrets about his past.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, bloody, atmospheric, awful
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Post Mortem, America 2021 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Lucille (Linnea Quigley) is murdered by crime boss Severin (Jim O'Rear) and his thugs, goes to hell and returns five years later as a demon / zombie to get her revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful
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Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus! (2010)
Plot Summary:
Ailing, egotistical and sexually perverted rock-star Bobby Barzell (who sold his soul for wealth and rock and roll stardom) awaits a liver transplant from a psychotic fugitive of the law; as a vengeful, demonic alien tries to collect a past debt.
IMDB Rating: 1.1
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 250 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, horror comedy, neo noir, independent film, exciting
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Piggy (2012)
Plot Summary:
London, modern day: Joe, a mild mannered young man is bored by his life. When his beloved brother is murdered Joe finds solace in Piggy, one of his brother's old friends. Piggy helps Joe to cope with grief, intent on saving him and helping him get justice for his brother's killing. As their friendship grows Joe finds himself in an increasing dangerous and murky world of violence and revenge. As Joe life collapses around him he starts to question who Piggy really is, and how honest he's really been with him. When Joe confronts Piggy a series of events are put in place that lead to a disastrous climax. Written by Anonymous (IMDb.com).
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, slasher, captivating
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Midnight FM (2010)
Plot Summary:
Popular TV anchorwoman & late night radio host Sun-Young prepares to work her final radio program. After this program she will prepare to take her ill daughter to America the following morning. During the radio show Ko Sun-Young receives a startling text message. At Ko Sun-Young’s apartment, her ill daughter is being watched by Sun-Young’s sister Ah-Young. Then, a man named Dong-Su breaks into the apartment with a large wrench. He knocks Ah-Young unconscious, but is unable to locate Sun-Young’s daughter – who is hiding in a closet. Dong-Su then sends the text message to Sun-Young instructing her to follow his directions and not to tell anyone.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, serious, suspense, disturbing, psychological, twisted, realistic
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Open House (1987)
Plot Summary:
Someone is killing off nubile real estate agents. A psychologist doing a therapy talk show begins getting calls from the perpetrator, and cooperates with the police to try and stop him. Unfortunately, his lover is a real estate agent, and when it becomes clear that the madman is getting information for his kills from her discarded home listings, they both become endangered.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 699
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, scary, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, splatter, slasher horror
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Corbin Nash (2018)
Plot Summary:
A rogue police detective in search of his parents killer is murdered and reborn the ultimate killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: gothic, captivating, suspense, scary, exciting, tense, suspenseful, queer horror, independent film
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Final Stab (2001)
Plot Summary:
After a group of college friends get together for a murder mystery weekend, the fun and games take a turn for the worse when some of them end up disappearing.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, scary, suspenseful, tense, captivating, disturbing, independent film, parody, rough
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Escape from Marwin (2018)
Plot Summary:
In life, we all deserve second chances. It doesn't matter what we have done. What if we were given a second opportunity in the form of an "escape room"? Annually, prisoners sentenced to the death penalty have the option to play this game and be able to get the great prize that they desire, their freedom.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: tense, slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative
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Radio Silence (2012)
Plot Summary:
Horror involving a serial-killer toying with a Pirate Radio DJ.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 428
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, tense, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, detective
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The Demolisher (2015)
Plot Summary:
Bruce is a repairman tormented by a crippling sense of responsibility for his disabled wife Samantha, an ex-policewoman. Bruce’s increasing hypersensitivity to the injustice suffered by his wife steers him down a dark path of vigilantism. His disintegrating mental health, paranoia and overwhelming sense of doom causes Bruce to channel his rage towards a young woman.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 685
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, scary, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological thriller, weird, psycho film
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The Hunt (2012)
Plot Summary:
Since the dawn of time man has always hunted something or other.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, exciting, rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Dead End Road (2004)
Plot Summary:
Detective Burt Williams has been on the trail of the infamous "Poe killer" for nearly three years. The most recent abduction of fashion model Heather Makepiece prompts state authorities to bring in the FBI. Burt's daughter Kris Williams, a homicide agent for the FBI, along with her partner Sean Michaels take over. Burt reluctantly steps down from the case and retires. For the next seven months the "Poe Killer" continues his murderous rampage, until Kris discovers that the killer uses internet chat rooms to seduce his prey. She logs in as Annabel Lee and sure enough, he contacts her. With the help of Larry the tech guy, she sets up a meeting at a nearby bowling alley. But, when things go wrong and Kris is abducted and her partner Sean is slaughtered, it becomes a race against time for Burt and ex-partner Grace Andrews to find Kris before she becomes the next victim of the "Poe Killer".
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 521
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, scary, realistic, rough, serious, independent film
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Downrange (2017)
Plot Summary:
Stranded at the side of the road after a tire blowout, a group of friends become targets for an enigmatic sniper.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, tense, captivating, suspenseful, cliffhanger, mumblecore, disturbing, splatter, corny
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The Furies (2019)
Plot Summary:
A gripping female-driven horror film where a young woman faces her darkest fears with seven other unwilling participants in a deadly game. A game that can only have one winner. The film burrows into universal themes of survival, revenge and redemption, and reveals the darkness lurking within us all.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, disturbing, psychological, brutal, exciting, tense, suspenseful, scary, suspense
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Cryptid (2022)
Plot Summary:
A small rural town in Maine is shocked as a mysterious animal leaves a local resident brutally ripped apart. Deemed to be a random bear attack by town officials, freelance journalist Max Frome suspects it might be something more.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: tense, disturbing, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Island (1980)
Plot Summary:
David Warner leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation out in the Caribbean. Michael Caine is a reporter who goes out there with his son to investigate the mystery of the disappearing boats. He runs across Warner and his band of raiders and they decide to induct them into their tribe.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, suspense, rough, cult classic, psychotronic, serious, slasher, scary, psychological
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Deadly Descent: The Abominable Snowman (2013)
Plot Summary:
Friends go on a snowy adventure and come face to face with a deadly creature.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 849
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating, christmas horror, scary, exciting, serious, independent film
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Code Name Banshee (2022)
Plot Summary:
Caleb, a former government assassin in hiding, who resurfaces when his protégé, the equally deadly killer known as Banshee, discovers a bounty has been placed on Caleb's head.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, brutal, serious, bloody, captivating, emotional, suspense, suspenseful, harsh, disturbing
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Skull Forest (2012)
Plot Summary:
Four female friends embark on a weekend camping expedition into the woods. Things go horribly awry when the quartet runs afoul of a group of wicked rich folks who enjoy hunting humans for sport. Will any of these ladies make it out of the forest alive?.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspenseful, tense, suspense
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Unbound (2020)
Plot Summary:
Julius Fonteneau has decided to take the law into his own hands after his daughter has gone missing. His only friend supports him while his wife resents him and the police are growing suspicious of his intentions. He must determine right from wrong and make the ultimate decision to kill the man he believes to have taken his daughter.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, intense, independent film
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Abducted (2013)
Plot Summary:
Jessica and Dave along with three other young couples are kidnapped in Griffith Park by unseen Abductors and must fight to escape certain death only to discover the world will never be the same.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 565
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, bleak, serious, suspense, tense, captivating, scary, exciting
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Battleground (2012)
Plot Summary:
The war in Vietnam is announced to finish. American troops are withdrawn and the relief of peace echoes through the air. However, as the calm after the storm spreads a sigh of relief, there is something unsettling amidst the forests of North Michigan. A disturbed war veteran remains, but he lives for one reason only - to kill. What would happen if six ruthless men stumbled across him in the eerie deserted forest, after their mass bank-robbery leaves them running from the law with three million dollars? Would they be better off facing the cells of prison or can they escape from the murderer out to get them…?.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating, exciting, rough, realistic
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Blood Craft (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two sisters who suffered abuse as children at the hands of their sadistic father decide, after his death, to use witchcraft to bring his spirit back to get revenge.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 267
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, bleak, suspenseful, suspense
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Killing Angels (2023)
Plot Summary:
A group of elitists recruit a freelance agent in an attempt to bring down the worlds biggest human trafficking network.
IMDB Rating:
IMDB Votes:
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Raped by an Angel 5: The Final Judgement (2000)
Plot Summary:
Five women seek revenge against their rapists. Can they get to him before he can strike back?.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Julia (2014)
Plot Summary:
After suffering a brutal trauma, Julia uses an unorthodox form of therapy to restore herself.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, disturbing, creepy, twisted, neo noir, independent film
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Vampire Virus (2020)
Plot Summary:
A young woman contracts a deadly virus after an unusual sexual encounter, and soon develops a taste for human blood.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, rough, gothic, brutal, serious, bloody, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Shark Week (2012)
Plot Summary:
A group of complete strangers find themselves isolated by a wealthy madman on his island compound. They are forced into a horrifying gauntlet where they must survive a barrage of ever deadlier species of shark.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Tortured (2010)
Plot Summary:
An upper-middle-class couple's life is destroyed when their only child is kidnapped and killed. Obsessed with revenge, the couple seizes an opportunity to kidnap the killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: sadistic, disturbing, tense, rough, bleak, slasher, serious, scary, psychological, depressing
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I'll Never Die Alone (2008)
Plot Summary:
A violent thriller set in the outback of remote La Plata region, I'LL NEVER DIE ALONE (aka NO MORIRE SOLA) is a tough and pounding story of revenge for rape, mercilessly carried out by a group of women intent on pursuing their attackers to the bitter end.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 874
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: disturbing, rough, suspenseful, twisted, realistic, retro, depressing, controversial, serious, splatter