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Plot Summary:
A man known as the "Murderer" wanders through the woods. The sound of water flowing deep underground fills his head.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, cult film
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Executive Koala (2005)
Plot Summary:
Minoru Kawasaki directs this comedic psychological thriller that follows a large koala as he looks for help from several of his closest friends, which include a giant rabbit and frog. A hardworking executive at a pickle company, Mr. Tamura stands out from other employees because he's a koala bear who stands six feet tall. When his human girlfriend is found murdered, the blackout-prone Tamura goes on the run and tries to solve the mystery.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 670
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, semi serious, dark comedy, slasher, surreal, disturbing, offbeat, humorous
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Possessed II (1984)
Plot Summary:
Hsiao and his family move into a big apartment which is surprisingly cheap. When they get settled, strange things start to happen. In the 50s, a bar waitress, Lucy lived with her boyfriend Tim in the same apartment. Tim was a US sailor and he had to leave Hong Kong after the holiday. He abandoned Lucy after she was pregnant. Out of rage, Lucy committed suicide and killed her baby boy too. She swore to kill Tim after death. Hsiao's wife and daughter have been possessed by Lucy and her son and Lucy wants to kill Hsiao on his birthday….
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Death Water (2006)
Plot Summary:
Newspaper correspondent Kyoko Togakure (Haruka Igawa) visits a nursing home in the outskirts of Tokyo. She finds the dead body of a resident. It was an apparent suicide. He's holding a piece of paper with the mystifying word "Death Water" written on it. Nearby are blood-stained scissors, and his eyes are squashed. She has no idea that this death is just the beginning of a horrendous nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 251
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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Sensual Ward: Wet Red Lips (2005)
Plot Summary:
The Slit-Mouthed Woman is a striking example of Pink Cinema that mixes horror with eroticism in a way that is both unsettling and genuinely original. A young couple enter a hospital after rumours that a demonic spirit known as the slit mouthed woman had been seen there. Once inside, they are possessed by an overwhelming desire to have sex and sneak off into an empty room to satiate their lusts. Then out of the darkness a perverse and disfigured woman appears and confronts them.The Slit-Mouthed Woman, a.k.a Kuchisake, is an original hybrid of pink erotica and horror from the controversial J-sploitation director Takuaki Hashiguchi whose previous films include the disturbingly nasty Woman Prisoner Torture. The Slit-Mouthed Woman features impressive special make-up effects from Takashi Oda, who worked alongside the acclaimed actor/director Beat Takeshi Kitano on his Yakuza action film Sonatine.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: erotic, surprise ending, sexploitation film, pink cinema
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Enbalming (1999)
Plot Summary:
Young female embalmer Miyako is called in to restore the body of a young man who has committed suicide, before the funeral. While performing the embalming process she finds herself pricks by a needle buried deep in the boy’s flesh where it should not be. During the night the head is removed from the body and stolen, Miyako begins a desperate search for it so she can finish her work. Miyako search finds her encountering organ harvesting, religious cults, incest, psychopathic schizophrenics as well as some very dark secrets from here own past.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 257
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, sinister, detective, black comedy, grindhouse, dark comedy, cult film
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The Wall Man (2006)
Plot Summary:
The wall man is a strange wall-dwelling creature that is neither human nor ghost.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, surprise ending
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Shadow of the Wraith (2001)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers are plunged into the realm of psychic horror, one tormented by a stalker, and the other involved with a girl whose home is the site of eerie occurrences.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending
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Possessed (1983)
Plot Summary:
An insane man is shot dead by two cops, Kung and Hsiao, after he refused to listen to them and stabbed a woman dead. After the encounter, the two cops always strange things and Hsiaos girlfriend is also haunted. To reduce the fear of hiring police a Taoist to sort out this problem.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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Organ (1996)
Plot Summary:
Two police detectives Numata and Tosaka infiltrate a group of underground black market human organ dealers. Things go haywire during a raid on the group's surgical headquarters. Numata barely escapes, while a wounded Tosaka gets left behind. Through a series of surreal and gory events, the identities of the organ dealers are revealed as Numata plans his revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 599
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, scary, exciting, atmospheric, rough, serious, suspenseful, surreal, stylized
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All Night Long 2 (1995)
Plot Summary:
In downtown Japan, a lonely computer nerd tries to maintain a peaceful existance while being stalked by a gang of deviant homosexuals who want to use him for their brutal S&M activities.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 573
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, brutal, bloody, heavy, terrifying, extreme horror, banned, banned film, cult film
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The Last Supper (2005)
Plot Summary:
A plastic surgeon who excels at his job hides a dark secret in THE LAST SUPPER. After finally succumbing to his desire to taste human flesh, the surgeon soon finds himself addicted to the taste of his patients' skin, which leads him to discover further culinary delights at a seedy restaurant with some highly dubious special dishes. Murder and mayhem ensue as the demented doctor continues to find new and gruesome ways to satisfy his appetite.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, dark, humorous, surprise ending
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Bloody Reunion (2006)
Plot Summary:
Mi-ja, who has been taking care of a retired teacher, Ms Park, invites several of her former students to her house 16 years after their graduation. Since the end of her teaching career, Park has been residing in the countryside, suffering from an illness while an ex-student, the kind and pretty Mi-ja cares for her.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, bloody, suspense, controversial, dark fantasy
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The Vampire Who Admires Me (2008)
Plot Summary:
Macy, BiBi and Chelsea, are young fashion models who have signed on to shoot a commercial. To meet with the theme “Youth and Death”, the director suggests shooting the commercial at their boss, Mr King’s ancestral home on the East Dragon Island. King’s great-grandfather had once been a vampire and put under a spell in his family grave on the island. The girls are busy partying and shooting at the beach. Little do they know that the old vampire is awakened and three other people on the island had been bitten and are turning into vampires.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, freeze frame
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Urge (2016)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends on holiday on an island experiment a new designer drug that makes them lose their ability to control their urges.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, sexy, psychological, bizarre
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Ghost Lake (2004)
Plot Summary:
Rebecca Haster blames herself for the death of her parents and decides to spend sometime alone in the lakeside cottage of her parents in Rushford Lake. She meets Stan James on the road and gives a lift to the stranger. Later they become friends, while Rebecca sees supernatural events with drowned people in the lake. While searching the accidents in the library, she finds that mysterious deaths happen in the spot every thirteen years.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, scary, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, experimental, psychotronic
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Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman (2007)
Plot Summary:
Legend holds that 30 years ago, a suburban town was terrorized by the spirit of a woman whose horrid face had been grotesquely disfigured. Roaming the streets wearing a long coat and carrying large scissors, the spirit would approach her young victims and, while removing the mask, ask if she was pretty. The victim’s response would almost always lead to their violent death.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, rough, bloody, suspense, terrifying, scary, surprise ending
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All Night Long (1992)
Plot Summary:
Three high-school outcasts pursue a savage gang of thugs after one of their girlfriends is raped and murdered.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 813
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, extreme horror, bloody, slasher, disgusting, terrifying, transgressive, cult film
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Evil Dead Trap 2 (1992)
Plot Summary:
A female projectionist is haunted by the image of a small boy. Perhaps driven by insanity from a former abortion she goes on a killing spree, gutting women and removing their stomaches. Her relationship with her attractive and successful friend drives the plot deeper into insanity.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 799
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, controversial, frightening, scary, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surreal, disturbing
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The Spiral (1998)
Plot Summary:
A young pathologist seeks answers to the mysterious death of a friend and soon comes into contact with the same cursed videotape that caused the death of the friend's wife and son, which is haunted by the curse of Sadako, a relentless spirit.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, atmospheric, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, sequel to cult film
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Dr. Giggles (1992)
Plot Summary:
In 1957, Evan Rendell flees after his father is lynched for killing multiple patients in his effort to find a replacement heart for his ailing wife. After 35 years, Evan escapes from a mental institution and returns to town for revenge, killing off residents one by one. When Jennifer and her friends break into the Rendell house out of morbid curiosity, Evan notices Jennifer has a heart condition similar to his mother and decides to make her his final victim.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, suspenseful, medical horror, bloody, grindhouse, cult classic, black comedy, horror comedy
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Strange Circus (2005)
Plot Summary:
The erotic novelist Taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Her assistant, Yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this story, but the reality might be too much to bear.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, surreal, suspense, scary, mind bending, surprise ending, suspenseful, enigmatic, psychological thriller
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B.T.K. (2008)
Plot Summary:
A story based on real-life serial killer Dennis L. Rader, who systematically tortured and killed his victims for over two decades and evaded the police for over 30 years, all while leading a seemingly normal life as a husband, father, security officer and church president.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak, bloody, grindhouse, surprise ending
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Dread (2009)
Plot Summary:
Three college students set out to document what other people dread most.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, scary, surprise ending, tense, serious, suspenseful, psychological horror, suspense, slasher
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Muoi: The Legend of a Portrait (2007)
Plot Summary:
A Korean writer travels to Vietnam to do research for her story about a cursed portrait of a Vietnamese girl named Muoi.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, History, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Vietnam
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, creepy, spooky, surprise ending
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The Ugly (1997)
Plot Summary:
A female psychologist wants to understand the minds of a confessed serial killer who spent the last five years in a mental hospital because of his state.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, creepy, psychological horror, slasher, controversial, mindfuck
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The Hills Run Red (2009)
Plot Summary:
A group of young horror fans go searching for a film that mysteriously vanished years ago but instead find that the demented killer from the movie is real, and he's thrilled to meet fans who will die gruesomely for his art.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: slasher, rough, bloody, disturbing, splatter, psychological, epic, meta, classic horror, mindfuck
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The Empty Man (2020)
Plot Summary:
After a group of teens from a small Midwestern town begin to mysteriously disappear, the locals believe it is the work of an urban legend known as The Empty Man. As a retired cop investigates and struggles to make sense of the stories, he discovers a horrific secret that puts his life—and the lives of those close to him—in grave danger.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa, France
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, lovecraft, tense, suspenseful, detective, scary, slasher, philosophical, atmospheric
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Suicide Club (2001)
Plot Summary:
When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Does the new all-girl group Desert have anything to do with it? Detective Kuroda tries to find the answer, which isn't as simple as he had hoped.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, surreal, disturbing, atmospheric, creepy, bloody, suspenseful, controversial, splatter, cult classic
Similar in 81%
Shadow (1982)
Plot Summary:
An American writer in Rome is stalked by a serial killer bent on harassing him while killing all people associated with his work on his latest book.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological, dark, grindhouse, disturbing, creepy, bloody, surreal, erotic
Similar in 75%
Sleepless (2001)
Plot Summary:
An elderly and retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer whom has resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17-year hiatus.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspenseful, slasher, scary, psychological, rough, suspense, detective, bloody, disturbing