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Plot Summary:
Four mental patients - who, due to unauthorized experiments, believe they're living in a dream and have shed all moral imperatives - escape and find their way to the nearest bus-load of stranded schoolgirls.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 766
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, offbeat, mysterious, disturbing, grindhouse, scary, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Best tv shows and movies like Killer's Moon (1978):
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The Last Laugh (2020)
Plot Summary:
A stand-up comedian on the verge of breakout success must make a terrible choice when he discovers a murderer on the loose in the theater where he's about to perform his biggest show.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, psychological thriller
Similar in 90%
In the Devil's Garden (1971)
Plot Summary:
After one schoolgirl is raped while taking a short cut through the local woods, and another is murdered in the same woods a few days later, the local police are baffled. With the help of a reporter from one of the local papers, and against the wishes of a psychologist at the local hospital, a young teacher at the school the girls attended uses herself as bait to lure the perpetrator out. Could it be the creepy husband of the head mistress at the school, the psychologist who seems to be taking an unusual interest in the case, or something altogether more sinister?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 697
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, noir, detective, independent film, scary, tense, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic
Similar in 80%
American Gothic (1987)
Plot Summary:
When six friends fly off on a weekend getaway and are suddenly plagued by engine trouble, they're forced to land on a remote island. Looking for shelter, they're grateful to encounter Ma and Pa and their children - an eccentric family living in the island's backwoods. But what begins as simple hospitality turns into a terrifying race for survival as the friends start disappearing one by one ... and turning up dead.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, disturbing, gothic, suspense
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Art of Darkness (2012)
Plot Summary:
Ben and Liz are a married couple still coming to terms with Liz's recent miscarriage. Too distraught in the weeks after it, she quit her nursing job, and Ben is struggling to hold on to his accountancy job after a round of redundancies. Things are not that great between them right now. In a bid to make some money on the side to help out, Liz accepts a shady modeling job for Philip, an intense photographer who works from his sprawling house in the middle of nowhere. But Philip isn't what he seems.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 293
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, serious, suspense, psychological, slasher, realistic
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Head Case (2007)
Plot Summary:
A pseudo-documentary edited from the home movies of serial killers Wayne & Andrea Montgomery, presenting a look into their quiet, suburban lives...as well as the graphic & disturbing details of their horrific crimes.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 318
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, scary, rough, disturbing, mockumentary, controversial, tense, realistic, independent film
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Head Cases: Serial Killers in the Delaware Valley (2013)
Plot Summary:
A documentary of serial killer Wayne Montgomery and his followers.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, disturbing, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Sweet Home (2015)
Plot Summary:
A couple decides to spend a romantic evening in a floor of a semi-abandoned building that slip because she works as a consultant for the council house and got the keys. During the evening they discover that a hooded murderer is the only tenant left in the building...and they have become the new target.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain, Poland
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, rough, tense, slasher, suspense, christmas horror, serious, realistic
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Kill the Scream Queen (2004)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 348
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: scary, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, suspense, independent film
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Snow White: A Deadly Summer (2012)
Plot Summary:
A troubled teenage girl finds herself in a web of lies and deceit when her stepmother attempts to murder her by sending her to a discipline camp.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 787
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, slasher, tense, folk tale, exciting, rough, realistic, independent film
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Psycho Ward (2007)
Plot Summary:
A group of urban researchers set about exploring an abandoned psychiatric hospital with a terrible history, but are they prepared for the horrifying, possibly supernatural secrets hidden within its crumbling walls? No sooner do they get there than the would-be explorers begin to vanish mysteriously, and soon they must band together and use their wits, knowledge and resourcefulness to survive the terror of the Pyscho Ward.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 375
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, realistic, splatter
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30 Days to Die (2009)
Plot Summary:
A group of girls trapped in an institution suffer the wrath of a serial killer on the loose. This campy thriller pays homage to Friday the 13th.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: slasher, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, scary, rough, realistic, disturbing
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Bunnyman (2011)
Plot Summary:
Bunnyman is the story of a group of friends on their way back from a spontaneous weekend trip to Las Vegas, and while driving through the remote regions of southern California they suddenly find themselves in a sickening game of cat and mouse with a five ton dumptruck and, when looking for help, stumble upon a nightmarish family who takes pleasure in dismembering and eating as many of the kids as possible.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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Insane (2010)
Plot Summary:
A lonely hotel by a lonely road. Sarah is lost, looking for somewhere to sleep. She's come to the wrong place. A lonely hotel by a lonely road. Sarah is lost, Jenny is looking for her. She's come to the right place. The Bridgeburn Hotel.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: Sweden
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, realistic, creepy, independent film, low-budget
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Igor and the Lunatics (1985)
Plot Summary:
After 16 years in prison, Igor and his gang are out and bent on taking revenge on the town that sent them up.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 453
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, slasher, brutal, grindhouse, independent film, realistic, campy, cult film
Similar in 82%
Sanctimony (2000)
Plot Summary:
A handsome, brilliant stock trader, bored with his existence, becomes a serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, slasher, suspense, erotic, independent film, slasher horror
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Mimesis (2011)
Plot Summary:
A group of horror fans find themselves unwilling participants in a nightmarish role playing game that pays homage to a classic horror film.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, slasher, suspenseful, realistic
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Basement Jack (2009)
Plot Summary:
A young serial killer preys on families during lightning storms.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 802
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense, scary, serious, realistic, low-budget
Similar in 81%
Slaughtered (2010)
Plot Summary:
Everyone's getting slaughtered in the pub tonight!.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, rough, serious, suspense, tense, scary, realistic
Similar in 79%
H6: Diary of a Serial Killer (2005)
Plot Summary:
H6 tells the story of Antonio Frau, a serial killer set free after serving 25 years in jail for the violent murder of his girlfriend. After inheriting and old motel from a relative he never knew, he sees this as a signal and takes to his holy task of relieving the grief of those who have lost the will to live. He takes his victims to room Number 6 in the motel where he 'purifies' them, while, at the same time, continues his everyday life next to his wife. A mistake leads to his arrest, and his plan to become rich and famous takes relevance.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, realistic, suspense, disturbing, controversial, slasher
Similar in 90%
Dark Asylum (2001)
Plot Summary:
Asylum is a taut psychological thriller about a deranged fearsome killer running lose in an abandoned high security Asylum. Pitting the county psychiatrist Dr. Maggie Belham against the psychotic maniac, Dr Belham is trapped in a maze of corridors, and her only help is the janitor, Quitz who may in fact be a forgotten asylum inmate.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 931
Genere: Thriller, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary, independent film
Similar in 88%
Psycho Cop (1989)
Plot Summary:
Officer Joe Vickers would probably make a good policeman if it weren't for his two nasty habits. Firstly, he is a devoted satanist; secondly - he likes to kill people. When he meets a group of teenagers spending their vacation in a wood hut, he decides to investigate.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspenseful, suspense, rough, bloody, detective, cult classic, independent film, serious
Similar in 88%
Don't Let Him In (2011)
Plot Summary:
Two couples spend a weekend in the country, only to cross paths with a brutal serial killer. As the body count rises, suspicion spirals into paranoia, climaxing in a terrifying battle for survival.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, serious, suspense, tense, captivating, cult classic, scary, realistic, dark
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Black Dahlia (2006)
Plot Summary:
Horror master Ulli Lommel is back with a terrifying tale of a copycat killer in Los Angeles. A young rookie cop and his team discover dismembered female bodies in L.A. similar to the Black Dahlia cold case from 1947. A serial killer seems to be copying the brutal massacre of 1940s Hollywood starlet Betty Short - The Black Dahlia. Ultimately his investigation leads him to a frightening lair of death and torture, all part of a terrifying fantasy that the killer is trying to bring to life.
IMDB Rating: 1.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, rough, serious, slasher, realistic, suspense, low-budget
Similar in 79%
The Great American Snuff Film (2004)
Plot Summary:
Two pretty young women are abducted to be the featured stars of a snuff film produced by a couple low-life goons. The ladies are bound, gagged, tortured, burned with cigarettes and forced to dig their own graves.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 537
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: disturbing, bleak, slasher, rough, suspenseful, serious, suspense, controversial, independent film
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Green River Killer (2005)
Plot Summary:
Along twenty years, the deranged serial-killer Gary Ridgway has killed at least forty-eight prostitutes and dumped their bodies in Green River.
IMDB Rating: 1.9
IMDB Votes: 998
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, slasher, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, detective, independent film
Similar in 79%
Nightstalker (2002)
Plot Summary:
A stylish horror film based on the life of Richard Ramirez, aka the Nightstalker, who terrorized people in Los Angeles during the 1980s.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, scary, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, realistic, detective
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Kemper (2008)
Plot Summary:
A film based on the true story of Ed Kemper, a serial killer who murdered ten in Santa Cruz, CA during the late sixties and early seventies.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 599
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, slasher, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, scary
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Bundy: An American Icon (2009)
Plot Summary:
Bundy, starring Corin Nemec in the title role and co-starring Kane Hodder, details the dark psyche and previously unexplored motivations of the man who became known as one of the most notorious serial killers to leave behind a legacy of evil.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 922
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, realistic
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Son of Sam (2008)
Plot Summary:
This chilling tale recounts the late 70's in New York City, when a serial killer on the loose dubbed "Son of Sam" creates havoc. When arrested, "Son of Sam" tells police he was influenced by a satanic cult. New York would never be the same.
IMDB Rating: 1.8
IMDB Votes: 469
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, slasher
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Henry II: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1996)
Plot Summary:
Henry has wandered into a small town looking for work and a place to stay. He gets a job delivering and cleaning porto-potties and moves in with a co-worker until he gets his feet off of the ground. Henry and his new friend soon start to kill.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, scary, psychological, terrifying, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful