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Plot Summary:
A nine year old boy named Joey, who after the tragic death of his father, begins to experience psychic powers such as allowing him to move inanimate objects with his mind, set things on fire, and even communicate with his dead father. However, not everything is good for Joey as his newly gained powers accidentally awake an evil supernatural force that is contained inside the body of an old ventriloquist's dummy that Joey found in an abandoned house. The supernatural Dummy shows similar powers to Joey's, and soon he puts the lives of everyone near Joey in danger as the evil Dummy has dark plans for Joey's special powers.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: West Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: serious, bleak, suspense, slasher, scary, suspenseful, exciting, weird
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Retro Puppet Master (1999)
Plot Summary:
Toulon runs a puppet theatre in the heart of Paris and meets the sorcerer (the mysterious Afzel). When his life is saved by the lovely Swiss Ambassador's daughter Ilsa, we bear witness to the origin of the Puppet Master.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: controversial, cult horror, terrifying, independent film, tense, serious, experimental, horror comedy, slasher, scary
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Cameron's Closet (1988)
Plot Summary:
A father who experiments with his sons psychokinetic powers, is unaware that these experiments release a demon from hell, which lives in his sons closet, preparing to take over the young boys soul.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, rough, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, dark fantasy, psychological horror
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Dolly Dearest (1991)
Plot Summary:
An American family moves to Mexico to fabricate dolls, but their toy factory happens to be next to a Sanzian grave and the toys come into possession of an old, malicious spirit.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, serious, suspenseful, scary, tense, sexy, controversial, cult classic, terrifying, independent film
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Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (2007)
Plot Summary:
As a child Jack Brooks witnessed the brutal murder of his family. Now a young man he struggles with a pestering girlfriend, therapy sessions that resolve nothing, and night classes that barely hold his interest. After unleashing an ancient curse, Jack's Professor undergoes a transformation into something not-quite- human, and Jack is forced to confront some old demons... along with a few new ones.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, horror comedy, humorous, slasher, suspenseful, funny, suspense, perverse, cult classic, offbeat
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Demonic Toys: Personal Demons (2010)
Plot Summary:
A group of people on a world wide search for oddities find themselves trapped in a nine hundred year old Italian castle when they accident unleash the Demonic Toys.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 825
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: demonic, scary, bleak, serious, suspenseful, slasher, terrifying, offbeat, ridiculous, cult film
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Doll Graveyard (2005)
Plot Summary:
It's 1905 when 12 year old Sophia plays all by herself in her big, creepy house with only four handmade dolls as friends. When her abusive father has finally had enough, he forces her to bury them in the backyard. But, after she "slips" and breaks her neck, dad buries her right along with the dolls. 100 years later, the Fillbrook family moves into the very same house.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 919
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, controversial, offbeat, cult film
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Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys (2004)
Plot Summary:
A group of toymakers seek to use Andre Toulon's formula, now in the hands of Toulon's great-nephew Robert, to give life to a line of killer toys that they plan to unleash on Christmas Eve.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, christmas horror, captivating, sexy, demonic, serious, controversial, horror comedy, terrifying
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Puppet Master: Axis Termination (2017)
Plot Summary:
In PUPPET MASTER XI - AXIS TERMINATION, the final chapter of the AXIS Saga, we find our heroic band of lethal puppets-BLADE, PINHEAD, TUNNELER, JESTER, SIX SHOOTER, and LEECH WOMAN, joining forces with a secret team of Allied Operatives, all masters of psychic powers, as they face off together against a new bunch of evil Nazi adversaries and their collection of vicious Axis Puppets in a showdown that will decide the future of the free world.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 762
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, captivating, suspenseful, scary, slasher, terrifying
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Puppet Master: Axis of Evil (2010)
Plot Summary:
In a Stateside hotel during the height of World War II, young Danny Coogan dreams of joining the war effort. Following the murder of hotel guest Mr. Toulon by Nazi assassins, Danny finds the old man's crate of mysterious puppets and is suddenly thrust into a battle all his own. He discovers that Nazis Max and Klaus, along with beautiful Japanese saboteur Ozu, plan to attack a secret American manufacturing plant. After his family is attacked and his girlfriend Beth is kidnapped, it is up to Danny and the living deadly Puppets to stop this Axis of Evil.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, slasher, captivating, controversial, cult horror, terrifying, scary, rough
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Puppet Master X: Axis Rising (2012)
Plot Summary:
Puppet Master X follows the characters of Danny as he attempts to rescue his girlfriend Beth with the help of Toulon's puppets. However their help is short lived as they end up getting stolen by Ozu (Terumi Shimazu). Danny and Beth must try to rescue the puppets while trying to defend themselves against a new batch of puppets. Meanwhile the occultist Commandant Moebius is attempting to use the serum that animates the puppets to create a master race and take over the world.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, tense, slasher, controversial, cult horror
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Ragdoll (1999)
Plot Summary:
A teenaged rapper uses his Gran's magic powders to help him in his revenge against those who put her in the hospital.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, controversial, scary, 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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The Snow Queen (2013)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious presence has threatened humanity for hundreds of years as it lurks in the frozen wastes people avoid. Nearly unnoticed as its power grows, she's been slowly draining the planet of one of its most precious resources. It takes two groups of adventurers, separated in time, to defeat her and the army of demons and monsters she can summon- one with swords and shields of iron, the other with assault rifles and body armor. Written by Barry Massoni.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 246
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, tense, scary, bleak, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, non-linear
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Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
Plot Summary:
Tia and Tony are two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers. Lucas Deranian poses as their uncle in order to get the kids into the clutches of Deranian's megalomaniacal boss, evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt, who wants to exploit them. Jason, a cynical widower, helps Tia and Tony escape to witch mountain, while at the same time Tia and Tony help Jason escape the pain of the loss of his wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: epic, gothic, spiritual, saga, exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, scary, fairy tale
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Cyclops (2008)
Plot Summary:
The corrupt Emperor Tiberius forces his bravest general, Marcus, to subdue the monstrous Cyclops that has been decimating the countryside.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, perverse, epic, computer animated
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Fading of the Cries (2008)
Plot Summary:
Jacob, a young man armed with a deadly sword, saves Sarah, a teenage girl, from Mathias, a malevolent evil that has begun plaguing a small farmland town while in search of an ancient necklace that had belonged to Sarahs Uncle. Jacob sets out to get Sarah home safely, running through streets, fields, churches and underground tunnels, while being pursued by hordes of demonic creatures. Along the way, both come to terms with the demons within themselves - Sarah begins to understand her hatred towards her mother and sister may be unjustified and Jacob discovers the secrets of his past, realizing the only way to truly defeat the demons is to return to the very place his family was murdered.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, tense, bleak, suspense, serious, independent film
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Voodoo Moon (2006)
Plot Summary:
Voodoo Moon takes place in the mid-west United States, where a demonic figure murders the entire population of a small town, save for one young boy and his sister. Twenty years later, the boy has been consumed with trying to track the devil down and now he thinks he's found him. His sister is now an artist who has developed psychic abilities which enable her to sense disaster, visions she expresses in her art. The two siblings work together in fighting the devil, and also get the assistance of several people they have helped over the years.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 820
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, suspenseful, serious, suspense, psychotronic
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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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Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1991)
Plot Summary:
Set in Berlin during WWII, the Nazi regime is attempting to develop a drug that will animate the dead, in order to use in the war effort. Toulin arouses suspicion as a Nazi dissident, and his secret is discovered. During a Nazi raid on his home, Toulin's beautiful wife is murdered. Toulin vows revenge, with the help of his animated puppets.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: dark, slasher, grindhouse, controversial, horror comedy, cult horror, classic horror, terrifying, independent film, serious
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Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter (1994)
Plot Summary:
The puppets battle their most powerful enemy yet as they protect the new puppet master from the demon God that created the Secret of Life.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: dark, controversial, cult horror, terrifying, independent film, rough, serious, suspenseful, slasher, scary
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Puppet Master 4 (1993)
Plot Summary:
A young scientist working on an artificial intelligence project is the target of strange gremlin-like creatures, who are out to kill him and thus terminate his research. By coincidence, in one of the rooms he uses, there's a mysterious case containing the puppets of the "puppet master". When the puppets are brought to life, they help destroy the creatures.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, dark, controversial, horror comedy, cult horror, classic horror, terrifying, independent film, serious
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Curse of the Puppet Master (1998)
Plot Summary:
Robert "Tank" begins to work for Dr. Magrew sculpting a puppet for the Doctor to bring to life using the work of Andre Toulon. Robert begins to fall in love with the Doctors daughter, Jane. Unbeknownst to Robert the Doctor is trying to create a "perfect race" of puppet humans. Jane discovers a "matt puppet" which is from his first assistant. She comes back just in time to see her father, cut up by the puppets, has succeeded in putting a living human, Robert, into the puppet he carved.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, suspenseful, serious, controversial, cult horror, terrifying, independent film, slasher, surprise ending
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Soulkeeper (2001)
Plot Summary:
Two thieves (Rodney Rowland, Kevin Patrick Walls) compete with a madman in their search for an ancient relic which can create an army of evil souls.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, humorous, queer horror, independent film, scary, offbeat, serious
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Puppet Master: The Legacy (2003)
Plot Summary:
Peter Hertz tells a woman the past stories about the puppets, but she secretly wants to kill them.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, suspenseful, scary, slasher, suspense, demonic, cult horror, terrifying, ridiculous
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Dollman vs. Demonic Toys (1993)
Plot Summary:
The Demonic Toys are back, so policewoman Judith Grey seeks the help of 12 inch tall Dollman and his 12 inch tall girlfriend, Nurse Ginger. The Toys hole up in an evil deserted toy factory and it's up to Dollman to keep the Toys from summoning the powers of darkness to the Earth.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: demonic, slasher, sexy, dark, surreal, controversial, grindhouse, terrifying, independent film, scary
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Puppetmaster (1989)
Plot Summary:
Toulon, a puppet maker, discovers an ancient Egyptian potion and uses it to bring his creations to life. His puppets become murderous little demons and escape. Distraught, the master takes his life. Years later, psychics tune into the existence of the monstrous marionettes and set off to stop them.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, rough, atmospheric, enigmatic, grindhouse, cult classic, gothic, demonic, psychological
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Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes (2006)
Plot Summary:
He threw their loved ones into a swamp. Now they want revenge... But when a demon does their dirty work, it comes at a price.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, USA, Romania
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, weird
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The Last Mimzy (2007)
Plot Summary:
Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world – and find a task ahead of them that is far more important than any of them could imagine.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: inspirational, touching, serious, spiritual, mystical, epic, entertaining, apocalyptic, mystic, spooky
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Nowhere Boys (2013)
Plot Summary:
Four teenage boys get lost in the forest and discover, when they return home, that they are in an alternate world identical to theirs except for one startling difference - they were never born.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, children's program, teen horror, urban fantasy, nostalgic
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Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)
Plot Summary:
In the 22nd century, a scientist attempts to right the wrong his ancestor created: the puzzle box that opens the gates of Hell and unleashes Pinhead and his Cenobite legions.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, atmospheric, bloody, suspense, futuristic, stylized, splatter, rough, serious