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Plot Summary:
Sam is desperate to fit in at school, rejecting her Indian culture and family to be like everyone else. When a mythological demonic spirit latches onto her former best friend, she must come to terms with her heritage in order to defeat it.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, demonic
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Alone (2007)
Plot Summary:
"ALONE" tells the story of Pim who moved from Thailand to Korea to escape the guilt of being the surviving half of a conjoined twin. Flashbacks to Pim's childhood show how the bittersweet relationship with her sister, and their commitment to stay together forever, transforms into a repressive bond that ultimately leads to a separation. After she returns to visit her dying mother, the spirit of her dead sister angrily thrusts herself into Pim's life.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: serious, psychological, atmospheric, realistic, scary, disturbing, spooky, intense, mind twisting, terrifying
Similar in 84%
The Demon Murder Case (1983)
Plot Summary:
A young boy is taken over by demons who force him to commit murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: atmospheric
Similar in 87%
The Viral Demon (2016)
Plot Summary:
The Viral Demon recording is a wakeup call to understand the truth of what’s happening to our world ever since the Viral Demon was accidentally released from its prison. Spread across the country, former college friends Kendra, AJ, Mar and Dwayne find themselves growing apart. Attempting to hang on to their good old Ohio State days, the gang gets together online for a night of stories, pranks and drinking via web-cam. As the evening progresses, they unknowingly release a deviously clever demon that had been trapped for centuries in Salem, Massachusetts. Since the demon can possess multiple people at once, the group of friends must determine who they can still trust in order to survive the demon’s dark and twisted mission.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, cyber, psychological, psychotronic
Similar in 81%
Paranormal Investigation (2018)
Plot Summary:
A ghost hunter investigates an evil spirit dwelling within a young man who reportedly became possessed after playing with a Ouija board.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, demonic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, mockumentary
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Soul to Keep (2018)
Plot Summary:
Siblings invite their friends to their inherited yet abandoned farmhouse only to become victims of a demonic ritual.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, scary, bleak, disturbing, suspense, psychotronic, splatter, queer horror, demonic
Similar in 80%
The Dellville Witch (2009)
Plot Summary:
When Sarah Richter and her daughter Michelle move to Aunt Ida's old place in the country they find out her 'hobby' had unexpected consequences.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: splatter, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
Similar in 78%
Jonah Lives (2015)
Plot Summary:
A story of revenge from beyond the grave, centering on a group of teenagers who unknowingly supply the catalyst for the murdered Jonah's return from the grave.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Hematic Web (2020)
Plot Summary:
An Anthology feature film with webs of evil and murder. Shorts "FEM", "On The Hunt", "Dark Psychosis", and "Cop A Kill" intertwine with blood and death to form a dark hematic web.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anthology, bloody, scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspenseful, suspense, dark fairy tale, independent film
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Among Us (2017)
Plot Summary:
After the mysterious death of their young son, a couple desperately flees to a remote lake house to escape the unrelenting haunting following them only to discover the mysterious entity is still very much a part of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 375
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Binding (2020)
Plot Summary:
While visiting her fiancé's mother in southern Italy, a woman must fight the mysterious and malevolent curse intent on claiming her daughter.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, atmospheric
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Blackwood (2014)
Plot Summary:
Having recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor Ben Marshall relocates to the countryside with his wife and young son, hoping for a fresh start. He has a teaching job lined up and a new home to move into; things finally look to be going Ben's way. Until, that is, he starts to feel that something isn't quite right in the house. Finding himself plagued by spectral visions, Ben becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind a local mystery that appears to be putting the lives of his family in danger.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, scary, suspenseful, tense
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Our Evil (2017)
Plot Summary:
A man with spiritualist powers is told by his mentor that a demonic entity is returning to destroy his daughter's soul, and that he should take drastic measures to prevent this from happening.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 726
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, surreal, psychological horror, psychological
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Occurrence at Mills Creek (2020)
Plot Summary:
A young girl awakens to a nightmare as her pleas to be seen and heard by her sister are taken as supernatural occurrences in this stylistic and suspenseful short that is now a full-length feature film.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
Similar in 81%
GH5 (2017)
Plot Summary:
After the sudden loss of his fiancee Emma, Matt becomes obsessed with finding life after death. For seven years, Matt and his younger brother Michael visited over one hundred Ghost House cases in the U.S.- every one of them turning into a disappointment. Beginning to give up hope, Matt tracks down the only paranormal investigator in history to document the highest level of paranormal activity you can encounter, a GH5. Eager to visit the GH5, Matt runs into a situation when his other brother CJ returns home from active duty. After distancing themselves over the years, CJ tries to strengthen their relationship by joining the investigation. It soon becomes clear that the paranormal is real and CJ's opportunity to reconcile his relationship with his brothers has turned into a night of deceit, loss and survival.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, bleak, disturbing, independent film
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House of Forbidden Secrets (2013)
Plot Summary:
Jacob Hunt has had some very bad breaks in life. His wife left him, his friends have all abandoned him, and his children barely see him! Jacob has been given an amazing gift and the chance he needs to get back on his feet and start anew. Jacob has landed the job of overnight security officer at the old ShadowView Manor. It has now been turned into a commercial office and retail building. Jacob is about to learn nights around the old Manor contains many secrets. A dark past that is breaking through the boundaries of time, leaking into this dimension. As luck would have it, Jacob's first night on the job is the anniversary of a dark tragedy that has stained the building.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 499
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, satanic
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Door to the Other Side (2016)
Plot Summary:
A young couple awakens a terrible force when they attempt to socialize their reclusive neighbor.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 685
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological thriller
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Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005)
Plot Summary:
Haunted by terrible acts the Nazis forced him to participate in, the disenchanted Father Lankester Merrin focuses his energies on helping with an archaeological dig in the northern part of Kenya. There, the crew uncovers a church that predates Christian missions into the area, but the discovery also causes strange events to start occurring -- including physical changes to a young, disabled boy, whom Merrin grows to suspect has been possessed by a demon.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, demonic, psychological, rough, bleak, religious horror, satanic
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Before I Wake (2016)
Plot Summary:
About an orphaned child whose dreams - and nightmares - manifest physically as he sleeps.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, psychological, spooky, atmospheric, suspense, post-horror, psychological thriller, inspirational
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His House (2020)
Plot Summary:
After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, slasher, art house, spooky, intense, dark
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The Dawn (2019)
Plot Summary:
Following the murder of her family at the hands of her father in the wake of World War I, a young woman is sent to live in a convent. However, the demons that plagued her father follow, reawakening the nightmares of her past.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, psychological
Similar in 81%
Demonic (2021)
Plot Summary:
A young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter are ruthlessly revealed.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, demonic, grindhouse, disgusting, bleak
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Jeepers Creepers: Reborn (2022)
Plot Summary:
Forced to travel with her boyfriend to a horror festival, Laine begins to experience disturbing visions associated with the urban legend of The Creeper. As the festival arrives and the blood-soaked entertainment builds to a frenzy, she believes that something unearthly has been summoned… and that she is at the center of it.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Finland
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, slasher, bloody, suspense, meta
Similar in 77%
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2014)
Plot Summary:
40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, awakening the house's darkest inhabitant.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, suspense, twist ending, suspenseful, gothic horror, stylized, splatter, atmospheric, dark
Similar in 75%
We Go On (2016)
Plot Summary:
WE GO ON tells the story of one man's quest to find out if there is more out there after we die. Paralyzed by his fear of dying, Miles Grissom offers a cash reward to the first person who can show him a ghost, an angel, a demon anything that can prove that we go on after our deaths. He narrows the responses down to three viable candidates a scientist, a medium, and a worldly entrepreneur. Along with his fiercely protective mother, he embarks on an adventure that will spiral into an unthinkable nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, scary, psychological thriller, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, spooky, psychological, atmospheric, intellectual
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The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
Plot Summary:
When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants to believe what Father Moore says is true.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 138000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: scary, demonic, satanic, suspense, dark, suspenseful, disturbing, frightening, psychological, creepy
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They Look Like People (2015)
Plot Summary:
Suspecting that people around him are turning into evil creatures, a troubled man questions whether to protect his only friend from an impending war, or from himself.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, stylized, disturbing, mumblecore, mind bending, philosophical
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Ghost Story (1981)
Plot Summary:
Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of frightening events developing.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, creepy, light, psychological, exciting, serious
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The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013)
Plot Summary:
Sequel to the 2009 mezzo-mezzo supernatural horror purporting to be based on a true story in which a cancer-afflicted teen starts seeing things in the new Victorian house he and his family moved into.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, scary, suspenseful, serious, demonic, spooky, exciting, splatter, intense, creepy
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The Rite (2011)
Plot Summary:
Seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donoghue) reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rome, Michael meets an unorthodox priest, Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), who introduces him to the darker side of his faith, uncovering the devil’s reach even to one of the holiest places on Earth.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 102000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary, Italy
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: scary, demonic, suspense, psychological, disturbing, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, satanic, surreal
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Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
Plot Summary:
In 1965 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by the merciless spirit, this small family confronts unthinkable fears to save her and send her possessor back to the other side.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 72000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, psychological, dark, spooky, disturbing, atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, creepy