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Plot Summary:
Contestants on a reality TV show must stay in solitary confinement to win a $1 million prize.
IMDB Rating: 2.0
IMDB Votes: 809
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, non fiction
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Final Draft (2007)
Plot Summary:
A screenwriter suffering from writers block decides to lock himself in his apartment for 18 days in order to meet a career-making deadline. His script involves characters from his past, including a terrifying and disfigured clown. As cabin fever sets, he soon finds himself living in a world where what's real and what's fiction begin to cross lines with chilling and fatal consequences.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 633
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, tense, suspenseful, dark, scary, serious, gloomy, surprise ending
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Shelter in Place (2021)
Plot Summary:
When a global pandemic limits the possibility of travel, a honeymooning couple gets stranded at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel where a skeleton staff of two employees tend to them. As tensions escalate amidst a forced lockdown, it becomes apparent there is more to fear at the storied hotel than just cabin fever.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 694
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, apocalyptic
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The Pit and the Pendulum (2009)
Plot Summary:
Seven students answer an advertisement to participate in an experiment to explore how the sensation of pain can be eliminated. Arriving at a secluded institute, they are welcomed by mysterious scientist JB Divay. Initially, JB's fascination with hypnosis, clocks and cactus plants are dismissed by the group as mere eccentricities. But as the students begin to disappear one by one, they begin to question JB's true intentions.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 475
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, scary, surprise ending, tense, suspense, captivating, melancholic, erotic, queer horror
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Paura (2012)
Plot Summary:
Three young musicians think they have luck on their side when they score the keys to a beautiful villa outside of Rome for the weekend. Unfortunately, they soon discover that they are not alone.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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American Gothic (2017)
Plot Summary:
A quiet couple. An isolated farmhouse. A pair of desperate fugitives. Everything breaks under pressure.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 416
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, psychological, suspense, disturbing
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Prisoner (2007)
Plot Summary:
A Hollywood director is taken prisoner while scouting a remote prison.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 538
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, scary, serious, realistic, suspenseful, controversial
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Luster (2010)
Plot Summary:
Thomas Luster is a troubled businessman who tries to make sense of a life being driven out-of-control by a force closer to home than he first realizes. When he discovers that the man working against him is another side of his own personality he is forced to fight back against his manipulative alter-ego as murder, madness and mayhem combine to take Luster on the most bizarre and terrifying ride of his life.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 385
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, scary, mind bending, realistic
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Nite Tales: The Movie (2008)
Plot Summary:
Actors: Flavor Flav, Dante Basco, Chico Benymon, Andrea Bogart, James Ferris.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, suspenseful, anthology, tense, psychological, scary, rough, serious, realistic
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Claustrofobia (2011)
Plot Summary:
When Eva opens her eyes a young girl finds herself chained terrified for being abused. Her fears become reality in a way no one could ever imagine.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, psychological, scary, realistic, psychotronic, disturbing, suspense, mindfuck
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Darkroom (2013)
Plot Summary:
Michelle kills three of her friends in a horrific car accident while driving under the influence. After rehab, Michelle takes a job recommended by her counselor that lands her trapped in a mansion with three psychotic siblings hell bent on physical torture to purge Michelle of her sins.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, scary, slasher, serious, realistic
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Last Girl (2013)
Plot Summary:
Kidnapped and tortured, elite call girl "#12" must overcome her attackers and fight through a post-industrial hell to avoid the brutal filming of her own death. Last Girl builds to a shattering conclusion you won't soon forget. Previously available only in the Detroit underground, Renegade Video brings the extreme vision of reality filmmaker Jorje Krippe to a mainstream audience for the first time.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, disturbing, psychological, rough, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, mockumentary
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Romina (2018)
Plot Summary:
A shocking assault inspires horrific violence when a group of teens encounters a girl from their school while camping in a remote spot.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: suspense, brutal, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film
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Insanitarium (2008)
Plot Summary:
After he's institutionalized in order to cover for his sister, a young man encounters a doctor who is turning his patients into flesh-eating psychopaths.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, disturbing, tense, serious, suspense, slasher, psychological horror
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Visible Scars (2012)
Plot Summary:
Seventeen years ago, Mike kills a new mother of twin girls and took the babies to a house in the woods, claiming them as his own to appease his wife's desire for kids. 10 years later Stacy flees to her uncle's old secluded cabin in those same woods to escape her abusive boyfriend. There she is haunted by the ghosts of the little girls crying for their mother.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 581
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, spooky, scary, rough, realistic, independent film
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The Chamber (2016)
Plot Summary:
The film revolves around a special ops unit who commandeer a commercial research vessel and it’s submersible to locate a mysterious item at the bottom of the Yellow Sea. When an explosion causes the sub to overturn and take on water, the crew begins to understand that not all of them will escape and a fight for survival ensues.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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Phobias (2021)
Plot Summary:
Five dangerous patients, suffering from extreme phobias at a government testing facility, are put to the ultimate test under the supervision of a crazed doctor and his quest to weaponize fear.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, scary, bleak, unusual plot structure, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, anthology
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Deadfall Trail (2009)
Plot Summary:
John, Julian and Paul enter the Kaibab National Forest for a three-week survival trip and peyote vision quest. The only items they take with them are a knife, a bottle of water and a garbage bag each. A week into their journey a disastrous turn of events changes everything and the men are forced to ultimately confront the darkest corners of their morality and mortality. Battling the elements and each other, the quest becomes to make it out of the forest alive.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 747
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, psychological, captivating, psychological thriller, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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BnB HELL (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young woman's hunt for her missing sister ends at a rundown bed and breakfast in the Hollywood Hills run by an ill-tempered woman called Mommy. Disturbing messages left by former guests suggest unsettling secrets lay buried there.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 694
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, brutal, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Squad (2011)
Plot Summary:
The air is thick with tension as a military squad proceeds to the foot of a mountain base, where they're ordered to wait for backup and hold their position. The mountain is shrouded in fog and the men are exhausted. They've been fighting guerrillas on enemy turf for some time, and they're worn down by the stress and anxiety of battle. The men don't want to wait; they want to charge up the hill, fearing that their comrades in the base have been overrun by the guerrillas. The squad's leader tries futilely to keep his men in line while dealing with his insolent second-in-command.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Colombia, Argentina, Spain
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, tense, serious, captivating, scary, atmospheric, rough
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After... (2006)
Plot Summary:
Urban Exploration. The practice of investigating areas not designed for public use. But strange things can happen in the dark, closed-off areas of history beneath the streets of Moscow, and what started as a way for Nate to escape his grief quickly turns into a journey that forces him to confront it head-on, with nothing less than his eternal destiny hanging in the balance.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 833
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, scary, bleak, independent film
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Collapse (2011)
Plot Summary:
The normal worries of a struggling small town farmer are blown away when the world is suddenly overrun by undead monsters. How can a good man protect and provide for his family in a hostile world without becoming a monster himself?.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, bleak, captivating, tense, suspense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, disturbing, talky
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The Final Patient (2005)
Plot Summary:
When retired physician Daniel Green (Bill Cobbs, Night at the Museum) lifts a 5-ton farm tractor off a boy trapped beneath, the enigma of his supernatural strength piques the curiosity of two med students passing through town. Visiting the old doctor at his isolated farmhouse, they soon learn his bizarre secret: he has uncovered the key to eternal youth. But sometimes the lust for immortality has deadly consequences. The night takes a twisted turn as the young men discover Dr. Green's "miracle" has come with a horrifying price - and a fate far worse than growing old.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, depressing, tense, psychotronic
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Lost Signal (2006)
Plot Summary:
New Years Eve, 2004- Kevin Healy(Santos) and Tiffany Matthews(McCoy) head out to celebrate the New Year and a new beginning in their 7-year relationship. In the midst of the celebration the young couple decide to mark the occasion by experimenting with Crystal Meth. Unbeknown to them, town bad boy Randy Martin slips LSD in their drinks, setting into motion a night of life altering events which will leave one dead and the other forever scarred. The young couple leave the party and quickly begin to realize that they are not alone, or so they think. After a car accident the two run into the woods to escape their stalker, with no protection from the elements. Attempts to call for help are futile when they realize that their cell phone signal is lost. Alone in the woods with the delusions of being chased the couple slowly begin to turn on each other.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 807
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, serious, scary, dark, slasher, psychological
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Deadly Weekend (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two young couples take one last trip to the country before moving to different cities. Unfortunately, when secrets come out and jealously takes a toll the weekend takes an unexpected and deadly turn for the worst.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 730
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic, independent film, bloody
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The Ganzfeld Haunting (2014)
Plot Summary:
In a world where past meets present and the present gets lost in time, reality is blurred for 5 College psychology students who are pushing all boundaries during an ESP experiment over a lost weekend.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 899
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, mockumentary, erotic, psychotronic
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Farm House (2008)
Plot Summary:
Set in the modern day mid-west, the film focuses on a young couple trying to establish a new life. They become stranded in a very isolated vineyard. They are forced to face secrets from their own pasts and the malicous intents of the vineyard's inhabitant who turn out to be demons from hell.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, twist ending, extreme horror, tense, independent film
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Locked in a Room (2012)
Plot Summary:
"Locked in a Room" is a story about three teenagers that are trapped in three separate rooms. They are monitored and watched by a masked man who takes notes on paper as to their every move and emotion. They are further tormented by an eerie voice of someone outside of the room. Throughout, they use their minds to try to think as to why they are there. As time elapses the stakes and chances for survival are slim, but the question remains: who is behind this - the end reveals a startling answer.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, scary, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Cellar Door (2007)
Plot Summary:
Having developed an uncontrollable obsession with the beautiful young Rudy (Michelle Tomlinson), crazed serial killer Herman (James DuMont) kidnaps her and locks her in a cage in his basement. The only way for Rudy to survive this nightmare is to outsmart her psychopathic tormentor. But Herman has experience on his side: He's entrapped and tortured other women before, playing sick and twisted mind games with his frightened victims.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary, tense, awful
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The Executioners (2018)
Plot Summary:
Four female friends spend the night in a mansion. Their joy is quickly shattered when three men break in and cruelly attack them. As the night takes a darker turn, they find themselves relishing in the violence they had once suffered.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 763
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, slasher, surprise ending, disturbing
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The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
Plot Summary:
This film is based on the actual events that took place in 1971 when Stanford professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo created what became one of the most shocking and famous social experiments of all time.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: disturbing, thought provoking, psychological, tense, serious, realistic, intense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense