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Plot Summary:
Will and Maura, despite their marital problems, decide to come to Ireland and live on Maura's ancestral estate, bringing with them their daughter Aubrey. But soon weird happenings around the house lead a local priest to confess that Maura's ancestors practiced black magic, and Maura's own insecurities threaten to bring her into the evil fold.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 471
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Amityville Terror (2016)
Plot Summary:
When a new family moves to an old house in Amityville, they are tormented and tortured by an evil spirit living in the home while trapped by the malicious townspeople who want to keep them there.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, tense, suspenseful, independent film
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Phantom Racer (2009)
Plot Summary:
Seventeen years ago, NASCAR racer Cutter McCullough died in a fiery crash. But death can’t stop a man driven by revenge. He and his car are back from the grave to settle a score with his old girlfriend Tammy and his rival JJ Sawyer. Now JJ, Tammy, and their daughter, Jesse, are hitting the road with the Phantom Racer on their tail.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 570
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, exciting, rough
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A Dream Within a Dream (2011)
Plot Summary:
Six high school students, WILL, CHARLIE, BARTOK, TODD, STEVIE and LINDA, are handed invitations to a party by the school’s mysterious and enigmatic new student, SADDLER. However, once they enter Saddler’s house, they are each somehow magically transported to a different room, where Saddler reveals their innermost guilty secrets and desires through the use of black magic and exploits them in an attempt to resurrect his mother, a three-hundred year old witch.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, homoerotic, independent film, campy
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Urban Ghost Story (1998)
Plot Summary:
After a car accident, Lizzie lies dead on the roadside - slowly she is taken into the light - but is pulled back to earth when she is revived by the doctors. Lizzie feels sure that during the 184 seconds that she lay dead, something latched on to her and came back into her world. The nightmares and visions that follow only crystallize her belief that she should have died in the crash... Then the disturbances start, at first merely tappings and bad smells - but soon the activity escalates. Lizzie seems to be the focus, but according to others, she's just playing games for attention. Only when Kate, her mother, is confronted with inexplicable events does she face the possibility that they may be the victims of a poltergeist infestation.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 653
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, atmospheric, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, suspense
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Conjurer (2008)
Plot Summary:
After moving to the country to start life anew after their child's death, photographer Shawn Burnett and his wife, Helen, begin to suspect that a ramshackle cabin on their property is haunted by the malevolent spirit of a long-dead witch who once lived there.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, mind bending, serious, psychotronic
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The Haunting of Hell House (1999)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious, morbid professor who has suffered a number of horrid events in his life tries to help a young troubled man, whose girl friend was killed during an illegal abortion.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 590
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: christian film, suspense, independent film, serious, suspenseful
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The Visitors (1988)
Plot Summary:
Frank, Sara and their two children have recently moved into the house of their dreams on the countryside. Frank is disturbed by mysterious sounds and somebody tears down the wallpaper from the walls. He contacts a ghost-hunter, Allan, to find out the truth.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: Sweden
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: splatter, creepy, scary, serious, suspenseful, cult film
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The Doorway (2000)
Plot Summary:
Four young college students agree to fix up an abandoned home for rent, only to discover the demons within and an open doorway... to Hell.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 497
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, erotic, independent film, scary, serious, slasher
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Sightings: Heartland Ghost (2002)
Plot Summary:
The crew of a reality-TV show about the paranormal visits a small Kansas town to investigate a house that may be haunted.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 487
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, mind bending
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The Skeptic (2009)
Plot Summary:
After the mysterious death of his Aunt, a confirmed skeptic lawyer, Bryan Becket, dismisses reports that her house is haunted and moves in. Immediately occurrences begin he cannot explain. And beyond the occurrences there is something about the house which gnaws at Becket - some strange connection he senses he has with the house's past. Soon, the haunting turns personal.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, scary, bleak, suspense, intellectual, grindhouse, psychological, mind bending
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The Unborn (2003)
Plot Summary:
Based on an urban legend that became the talk of the town in the year 2000. The story begins when Por wakes up in hospital, after being brutally beaten by a drug dealer, to find herself going to give birth. Frightened and confused, Por finds herself confronting strange and disturbing events. She hears the weird voice of a child, she can't see but whose doll moves around by it. As well, she has to deal with the appearance of a mysterious woman who she has never met before. Danger is all around her and she gets caught up in a series of life-threatening situations. Trapped between reality and illusion, Por faces the most terrifying experience of her life!.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 490
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, mind bending, surreal
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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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Presence of Mind (1999)
Plot Summary:
Henry James' classic tale of terror The Turn of the Screw receives yet another screen adaptation in this thriller shot in Spain. A young woman (Sadie Frost) is hired to serve as a governess for two children, Miles and Flora (Nilo Mur and Ella Jones). She is hired by their uncle, the Master (Harvey Keitel), who became the guardian of the youngsters after the death of their parents. While the governess is initially enthusiastic about her job, Miles and Flora soon prove to be quite a handful, and the housekeeper Mrs. Grose (Lauren Bacall), who oversees most of the activities at the Master's estate, is openly antagonistic to her. Before long, the governess discovers the house bears a dark secret involving Miss Jessel (Dayne Danika), the previous governess, and Fosc (Agusti Villaronga), the Master's former valet. El Celo was the first feature from director Antoni Aloy.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 713
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, psychological, tense, stylized, psychotronic
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Restless Souls (2005)
Plot Summary:
A young couple and their daughter move into a rambling old house. Soon, an increasingly alarming string of events and supernatural disturbances connects the house, and them, with a series of unsolved murders committed three years earlier. They are the only living witnesses, but for how long?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 530
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, enigmatic, psychotronic
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Dark Mirror (2007)
Plot Summary:
The story about a photographer who moves her family into a home filled with mirrors which seem to reflect a different reality.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, serious, psychological, suspense, mind bending
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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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Secrets in the Walls (2010)
Plot Summary:
A single mom and her two daughters move from their cramped Detroit apartment to the suburbs but scratching, cries and shadows haunt their new home.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, slasher, exciting, tense, thought provoking, touching, suspense, gothic
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Amityville Dollhouse (1996)
Plot Summary:
A dollhouse that is a replica of the infamous Amityville haunted house is given to a little girl. Soon after, all sorts of horrible unexplained accidents start to happen. The family must work together to fight off the terrifying evil that has inhabited their lives.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense, spooky, independent film, serious, psychotronic, sexy
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Inheritance (2004)
Plot Summary:
Inheritance tells the tale of sinister old lady Lillian Baker (Marjorie Nelson) & her kind hearted, good natured carer Abigail Nielsen (Jen Taylor). Abigail feels sorry for Lillian & does her best to keep her happy, however one fateful night Lillian passes away in her sleep. Abigail is obviously upset & attends Lillian's funeral to say her goodbyes, it soon comes to light that Lillian has left Abigail her large house & it's entire contents a situation which Lillian's daughter Joan (Kathryn Mesney-Hetter) is unhappy with. The reason for Lillian's generosity becomes clear as her spirit starts to possess Abigail & take complete control of her body.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, scary
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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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Greystone Park (2012)
Plot Summary:
In October 2009, the filmmakers went into an abandoned psychiatric hospital to explore the 'haunted' institution, famous for its radical treatment of patients with mental illness. Electroshock, insulin therapy, and lobotomies were commonplace. Once inside, the filmmakers quickly discovered that they were not alone.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, realistic, mockumentary, grindhouse, independent film
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Spirit Trap (2005)
Plot Summary:
When five young students move into an old unoccupied mansion an inexplicable chain of events is set into motion as a mysterious spirit clock begins to tick again. As the story unfolds, revealing each student's dark secrets, the boundary between the real world and the afterlife is no longer clear. Will they find a way to escape or will they be trapped with the spirits forever?.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, bleak, gothic, suspense, sexy, tense
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The Cry (2007)
Plot Summary:
In New York, detective Alex Scott is investigating with his partner Sergio Perez the disappearance of several children. When they visit the Mexican witch Gloria, the woman advises that a powerful evil force is chasing the reincarnation of her son and drowning the other children to bring pain to their mothers.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 575
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, suspense, scary, independent film, psychotronic, hispanic
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Apartment 143 (2011)
Plot Summary:
A team of parapsychologists sets out to investigate a series of anomalous phenomena taking place in a newly occupied apartment. Telephone calls with no caller, mysterious shadows, extraordinary light emissions, flying objects, and exploding light bulbs are some of the events they will face while recording their every step with state-of-the-art technology. Using infrared filming, digital photography, psychophonic recordings, movement detectors, and magnetic field alteration meters, the group’s attempts to contact the “other side” will grow increasingly dangerous as they near a point of no return.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, enigmatic, bleak, mockumentary, suspense, demonic, psychological, psychological horror, spooky
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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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Out of the Dark (2014)
Plot Summary:
A couple and their daughter moves to Colombia to take over a family manufacturing plant, only to realize their new home is haunted.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Colombia, Spain
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, dark, serious, inspirational, independent film, sinister
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The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (2003)
Plot Summary:
Set at the turn of the century, this is the tale of Ellen Rimbauer who just received this mysterious mansion as a wedding gift from her new husband.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, dark, disturbing, splatter, creepy
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Dark Circles (2013)
Plot Summary:
When new parents Alex and Penny retreat from the city and move into a place outside town, the stress and massive sleep-deprivation caused by their infant has both of them seeing things in the house that may or may not exist. Persistent sightings of a strange woman has each of them wondering if they are suffering from hallucinations, or if their new home holds a dark, supernatural presence. As their fragile grasp on reality spirals into delirium, Alex and Penny find themselves nearly helpless to deal with the horrific truth of what is really going in this house.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, serious, suspenseful, dark, spooky, psychotronic
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The St. Francisville Experiment (2000)
Plot Summary:
According to local legend, the ghosts of tortured slaves still haunt New Orleans' Lalaurie House. For The St. Francisville Experiment, a paranormal researcher, a self-proclaimed psychic, a Louisiana historian, and a filmmaker were given digital video cameras for one night in the house to document whatever they saw. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, mockumentary, dark, independent film, mind bending, psychotronic
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Poltergeist (2015)
Plot Summary:
Legendary filmmaker Sam Raimi and director Gil Kenan reimagine and contemporize the classic tale about a family whose suburban home is invaded by angry spirits. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and take the youngest daughter, the family must come together to rescue her.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, intense, suspense, suspenseful, serious, splatter, psychotronic, psychological thriller, spooky