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Plot Summary:
The ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: jidai geki
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The Haunted Castle (1969)
Plot Summary:
The film takes place during the rule of the eighth shogun Yoshimune, placing the film’s setting somewhere between 1716 and 1745, and focuses on a noble Lord Nabeshima Tango-no-kami (note the name). He rides out one day and sees a parasol on the distance. His friend, the blind Mataichirou, is having tea served by his sister Sayo. Nabeshima joins them and comments on her beauty.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 177
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: suspense
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Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (1975)
Plot Summary:
A mountain man beheads his many wives to prove his love to an alluring woman he meets in an enchanted forest.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: weird, cult film
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Sinister Circle (2016)
Plot Summary:
After the death of a group of teenagers using the Ouija, the psychologist Fernanda and her son return to Peru, but they will find themselves surrounded by an evil entity as big as its wicked sect.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Peru
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Snake Woman's Curse (1968)
Plot Summary:
An old man dies of heartbreak when a cruel landlord is about to repossess his land. The old man haunts the landlord from the grave. Since the man died in debt, his wife and daughter are indentured servants and are forced to work in the landlord's factory.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 330
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: mind bending, psychedelic, gothic, suspense, surreal, gothic horror, psychotronic, weird
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The Beast and the Magic Sword (1983)
Plot Summary:
His family cursed by a witch, Waldemar Daninsky (Paul Naschy) seeks the help of a Jewish doctor to cure him of his annoying habit of turning into a werewolf. The doctor is attacked by some local Christians in hoods and, before he dies, he tells Waldemar to head to Japan to seek out another doctor who can surely help him. So the Daninsky family head to the land of the rising sun to battle his curse of the full moon. This is a pretty fascinating take on the werewolf myths Naschy had been building for over a decade in his native Spain. Apparently the Waldemar flicks were big in Japan and a company offered to co-produce this movie if he set it in Japan. The end result is really unlike any werewolf movie. Where else can you see a werewolf and ninjas (besides your nightmares)? (IMDB).
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 406
Genere: Horror, Fantasy
Country: Spain, Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic
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Don't Look Up (1996)
Plot Summary:
On the set of a dark war time drama at an old movie studio, a young director, Toshio Murai (Yanagi), is trying to complete his debut film. The two starring actresses, Hitomi Kurokawa and Saori Murakami, play sisters in his film. Murai has a crush on Hitomi (Shiroshima), the seasoned leading actress, and keeps a photo of her by his bed. The younger and less experienced actress, Saori (Ishibashi), is annoying and likes to have recess on the set. The production of the movie is consistently interrupted by strange occurrences and the cast and crew begin to get spooked.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 619
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful
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Grace's Room (2016)
Plot Summary:
Billie, a twenty something burnout, is tasked with house-sitting for her aunt and uncle, but after inviting some friends over, becomes convinced her teenage cousin Grace has stolen a notebook containing her latest screenplay. While hunting for the book in "Grace's Room", the gang uncovers a bloody trove of occult paraphernalia. Unbeknownst to Billie and her friends, said cult has been watching them from the nearby woods, and now must kill them for discovering too much. A gruesome assault on the house ensues as the gang struggles to survive the night.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Dolls (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young man is having repeated nightmares about dolls trying to kill him. The dreams continues and the nightmares starts to escalate.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: dark, scary, psychological, bleak, suspense, psychotronic, independent film, hispanic, grindhouse
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Ju-on: White Ghost (2009)
Plot Summary:
Akane begins seeing visions of a female ghost wearing the same yellow hat and red satchel she wore as a school child.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: suspense, spooky, asian horror
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Ju-on: Black Ghost (2009)
Plot Summary:
A Nurse named Yuko (Ai Kago) has a strange experience while taking care of a girl named Fukie. Test results show a cyst inside Fukie’s body, but that cyst is actually the leftover grudge from a baby who was unable to be born. The cyst’s grudge spreads to Fukie and everyone around her. Soon Fukie’s father goes mad and commits murder. Fukie’s sister Mariko has special spiritual power, and together with their mother they have some success driving out the evil spirit. But the worst of the grudge is yet to come.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspense, spooky, asian horror
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Hell Girl (2019)
Plot Summary:
Tormented and bullied people can access a special website, run by a Hell Girl who will enable them to take revenge on their torturers. The price for such a service is only that the person must join their torturer in damnation.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: anime, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, manga, spooky
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Ju-on: The Final Curse (2015)
Plot Summary:
Following the events of Ju-on: The Beginning of the End, Mai, the older sister of elementary schoolteacher Yui Shono, goes to look for her sister, who disappeared after a year while working in an elementary school. Mai soon discovers the Teriyaki household who tells her about what happened to her sister. Mai will now uncover the dark secrets of Ju-on and will try to end the curse once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bleak, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, enigmatic
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Vampire Clay (2017)
Plot Summary:
Absurdity and gore ensue as a possessed pile of clay begins terrorizing students at an art school.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 482
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, disturbing, weird, asian horror
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Pet Peeve (2013)
Plot Summary:
A motorcycle accident in the city will be the precursor to a series of bizarre phenomena being revealed consecutively. Meanwhile, a girl named Yoko possesses a second sight which allows her to see strange things invisible to others.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic
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Toshimaen: Haunted Park (2019)
Plot Summary:
Saki, Anju, Chiaki, Ami, and Kaya reunite for the first time in years. The five of them excitedly decide to go Toshimaen Amusement Park, a place that was very important to them when they were younger. None of them know that they're about to enter a nightmare….
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, asian horror
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Fatal Frame (2014)
Plot Summary:
High school student Aya Tsukimori becomes cursed and is unable to leave her school dormitory. Meanwhile, many students begin reporting ghost sightings at the school, while others go missing and are later discovered to have drowned mysteriously. Soon, Aya attempts to communicate with fellow student Michi Kazato, who begins investigating the disappearances of her friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 601
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, manga, queer horror, asian horror
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Samurai Reincarnation (1981)
Plot Summary:
After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to Satan and receives the power to resurrect the dead to join him in a murderous rampage.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: perverse, exciting, atmospheric, bleak, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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GARO: Fang of God (2017)
Plot Summary:
Ryuga Dogai returns to investigate a new mystery - the theft of Makai Knights armour. Among the victims are Ryuga's old comrades from the Volcity crisis, Takeru and Aguri. The three will face off against an enemy previously though defeated - Zinga.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Rokuroku: The Promise of the Witch (2017)
Plot Summary:
A quiet woman receives a social media request from a middle-school friend, who she doesn’t remember fondly. The two meet at a hotel’s restaurant where they find a room numbered 666 containing Rokuroku, a long-neck woman wearing a red kimono.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 64
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, asian horror
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A Chinese Fairy Tale (2011)
Plot Summary:
Government official Ling Choi Sin journeys to the parched Black Mountain Village, to help its inhabitants find water. As he leads a group of volunteers up the haunted mountain, he encounters a bevy of sexy demons as well as a lovely girl named Siu Sin. After wooing her with some candy, he falls for her... and then realises that he is caught in a deadly triangle; another guy, a demon-hunter named Yan Chek Ha is also in love with Siu Sin. However, before the two men can settle their differences, they have to contend with the evil Tree Demon as well as a one-armed demon hunter who is determined to kill all the supernatural beings.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Haunted School: The Curse of the Word Spirit (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ayano, Miyu, Yuri and Mei are high school students. They learn about a fatal gas accident which occurred at a school in the past. The girls then experience unusual occurrences like hearing breathing from closed classrooms and seeing a person's shadow. Hitomi then sneaks into an abandoned school to shoot a horror video for the internet. Hitomi hears from her colleague Kimio about a fox's window which leads to the spirit world.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Ghost Theater (2015)
Plot Summary:
Sara, a young actress, is able to land the leading role in big theater play, but soon learns that somebody or something is trying to end the production at all cost, which puts Sara in deadly danger.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 395
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Afterimages (2014)
Plot Summary:
A group of film students burn paper effigy cameras for the wandering spirits during the ghost month in Singapore and receive a collection of horror movies in return.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Singapore
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, enigmatic
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Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01 - Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman (2012)
Plot Summary:
New mocumentary series from auteur Koji Shiraishi. POV style depiction of a TV crew as they cover the urban legend of "Kuchisake-Onna" or "Slit-Mouthed Woman". Director Kudo (Osako Shigeo), assistant director Ichikawa (Kuboyama Chika) and cameraman Tashiro (Shiraishi) work at a video production company, and are sent amateur footage of a supposed sighting. This leads them down a path of treacherous investigation and inventive experiments.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, mockumentary
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Cult (2013)
Plot Summary:
Three female idols appear on a television show to investigate an exorcism. An exorcist with psychic powers named Unsui claims that the show’s subjects, the Kaneda family, are cursed by a demon that’s too powerful for him to banish on his own, so he calls in a fellow exorcist to help. Soon, a reckless ghost hunter enters the fray as the three idols witness a series of terrifying events.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 929
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, mockumentary, lovecraft, asian horror
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The Grudge (2020)
Plot Summary:
After a young mother murders her family in her own house, a detective attempts to investigate the mysterious case, only to discover that the house is cursed by a vengeful ghost. Now targeted by the demonic spirits, the detective must do anything to protect herself and her family from harm.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, harsh, demonic, suspense, bleak, suspenseful, detective, esoteric, non-linear
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Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud (2007)
Plot Summary:
During a bitter family feud, Jodie Hatfield, and her boyfriend Ricky McCoy, decide to leave town to avoid being found out, but are soon caught in the act. Wanting vengeance, he seeks out the monster Pumpkinhead, and resurrects it seek revenge on the family. Despite being warned away by the ghost of Ed Harley, his vengeance plan starts out, and the Hatfield family is soon under siege by the powerful demon. Not accepting the legend of the creature and believing their arch-rivals are the real cause, the two families attempt to go to war, only to be stopped when Pumpkinhead attacks the Hatfield house. Putting aside their differences, they band together to stave off the creature before it's vengeance pact is completed.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, Romania, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, slasher, suspense, saga, rough
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Kwaidan (1964)
Plot Summary:
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 183 min
Plot tags: anthology, atmospheric, disturbing, suspense, scary, bleak, surreal, tense, art house, meditative
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Kamen Rider Amazons: The Last Judgement (2018)
Plot Summary:
The “Amazon Livestock Project,” a mysterious care facility, the Amazon extermination organization 4C (Competitive Creatures Control Center) pursuing Haruka Misuzawa . . . all come together in a tale of symbiosis and competition; the mortal combat between the carnivore and herbivore. And, finally, an end to the troubles and conflicts of the Riders, two beings confronting a fierce fate.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing, anime
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Vanished: Age 7 (2011)
Plot Summary:
Mayu the teen girl hasn’t opened her heart to anyone since ten years ago when some terrible case happened. Instead of going to high school, she goes to the church every day and looks for redemption. One day, she disappears in the woods, silently and suddenly. On the other side, Mana lives with her husband and her seven-year-old daughter in happiness. However, an unexpected occurrence happens and tears their happiness apart. Her little girl Sakura plays in the woods and goes missing. Mana loses her mind because of sadness. What is there inside the woods?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, mind bending