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Plot Summary:
Two brothers, reunited for their father's funeral, stumble upon the entrance to a nearby cave. Here, they are slowly forced to confront the true, nightmarish cause of their father's death. Based on the popular Ted the Caver internet legend.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 968
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: dark, scary, mystical, bleak, unusual plot structure, contemplative
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Animal Among Us (2019)
Plot Summary:
Fifteen years ago, two teenage girls were murdered at Merrymaker Campgrounds. The case was filed an animal attack, the camp was condemned and the killer never found - but something horrific still waits in those woods.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 655
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, bleak, suspense
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Moth (2016)
Plot Summary:
An enthusiastic lecturer and her student travel to Europe to go after the mythology of the Mothman, but they soon have to fight for survival.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 908
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, Hungary, USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: bleak, enigmatic, suspense, scary, surprise ending, twist ending, psychotronic, mockumentary, fake documentary
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The Raking (2017)
Plot Summary:
THE RAKING tells the story of a group of college students who set out to debunk an urban legend in Joshua Tree, California for their anthropology thesis, only to find that they become part of the legend themselves.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, psychotronic
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The Midnight Man (2016)
Plot Summary:
A girl and her friends find a game in the attic that summons a creature known as The Midnight Man, who uses their worst fears against them.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, slasher, mystical, psychotronic
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Realms (2017)
Plot Summary:
Supernatural/Horror set against the backdrop of Bangkok, Thailand. After a high-speed police chase leads to an unexpected crash, two Americans bank robbers and their three local hostages take shelter in a mysterious manor in the woods. As the criminals plot their next move and the hostages try to escape, they begin to realize no one is safe from the evil lurking inside the house.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: bleak, scary, tense, suspense, disturbing, slasher, asian horror
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Gehenna: Where Death Lives (2016)
Plot Summary:
A group visits Saipan to search for locations for their company's newest resort. As they find what they think is the perfect spot, they discover a hidden bunker on the property which they decide to explore. However, they soon find out that curiosity can kill. As each member faces their most private secrets and the secrets of the bunker itself, the results lead to a most shocking conclusion.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, dark, suspenseful, bad ending, slasher, demonic, dread, biblical
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The 16th Episode (2018)
Plot Summary:
Three YouTubers struggling to get more views on their adventure channel, travel to the mythical city of Casablanca, unaware that it hides a terrifying secret.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, cyber, mystical
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Spirit in the Woods (2014)
Plot Summary:
Fate of five local college students who went missing in the infamous Spiritual Woods is finally unraveled as previously unreleased footage is made public.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, mockumentary
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The Call of Cthulhu (2005)
Plot Summary:
A dying professor leaves his great-nephew a collection of documents pertaining to the Cthulhu Cult. The nephew begins to learn why the study of the cult so fascinated his grandfather. Bit-by-bit he begins piecing together the dread implications of his grandfather's inquiries, and soon he takes on investigating the Cthulhu cult as a crusade of his own.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, lovecraft, black and white, silent, stylized, suspenseful, surreal, visual, creepy
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Stephanie (2017)
Plot Summary:
An orphaned young girl with girl with unworldly powers is taken in by a man and woman who claim to be her parents.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, exciting, rough, atmospheric, thrilling, psychotronic, lovecraft
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Found Footage (2012)
Plot Summary:
The contents of a memory card are presented in the exact order in which they were found. Beginning with a simple camping trip and ending in a bloodbath years later, the mystery of these video clips have never been solved.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: dark, psychotronic, bleak, scary, surprise ending, independent film
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Monstrous (2022)
Plot Summary:
Laura, traumatized by an abusive relationship, runs away from her former husband with her seven-year-old son Cody. But in their new, idyllic and remote sanctuary, they find they have another, bigger and more terrifying monster to deal with….
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, mystical, tense, captivating, disturbing, slasher, supernatural thriller
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The Unholy (2021)
Plot Summary:
Alice, a young hearing-impaired girl who, after a supposed visitation from the Virgin Mary, is inexplicably able to hear, speak and heal the sick. As word spreads and people from near and far flock to witness her miracles, a disgraced journalist hoping to revive his career visits the small New England town to investigate. When terrifying events begin to happen all around, he starts to question if these phenomena are the works of the Virgin Mary or something much more sinister.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, suspenseful, mysterious, captivating, dark, splatter, grindhouse, spooky, religious horror
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Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story (2015)
Plot Summary:
A group of student film makers are creating "Project Marble Hornets" when the production is interrupted by a series of paranormal events in this tense and shocking horror.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, mystical, tense, mockumentary, weird
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The Wretched (2019)
Plot Summary:
A rebellious teenage boy embarks on a gutsy crusade to stop the terrifying evil he suspects has possessed his neighbor in this bone-chilling occult thriller.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: dark, twist ending, suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, bleak, scary, slasher, demonic
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Antlers (2021)
Plot Summary:
A young teacher discovers that her troubled student's father and younger brother harbor a deadly supernatural secret. Taking the boy into her care, the teacher must fight for their survival against horrors beyond imagination.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, mystical, unusual plot structure, slasher, suspenseful, bleak, psychological, atmospheric, depressing
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The Cellar (2022)
Plot Summary:
When Keira Woods' daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country, she soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk losing her family's souls forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Ireland, Belgium, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, enigmatic, tense, captivating, disturbing, scary, satanic, tragic ending, mystical
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The Devil Below (2021)
Plot Summary:
A group of four amateur adventurers who specialize in exploring remote and forsaken places pay a visit to Shookum Hills, a town in the remote Appalachian Mountains which was abandoned decades ago due to a mysterious coal mine fire.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, scary, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak, weird
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Butterfly Kisses (2018)
Plot Summary:
A filmmaker discovers a box of video tapes depicting two students' disturbing film project featuring a local horror legend, The Peeping Tom. As he sets out to prove this story is real and release it as a work of his own, he loses himself and the film crew following him into his project.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: mystical, mockumentary, captivating, suspense, mysterious, slasher, disturbing, psychotronic, weird
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Dawn of the Beast (2021)
Plot Summary:
Aiming to find the Bigfoot, a group of graduate students venture deep into an area of the Northeastern wilderness known for its strange creature sightings. Soon, they learn that there is a much more sinister evil lurking in the woods, the Wendigo, and once the spirit knows you’re there, they will come for you. Who will survive in a battle between the two most notorious monsters of the forest?.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 974
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, slasher
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Unaired (2010)
Plot Summary:
S.P.I is entering its third season as the most watched Paranormal Hunting program with its Halloween premiere. The team is investigating a haunted garage/basement on secluded property and prepping to create some soaring ratings with scary content. Upon investigation however, they see that what they all fabricate, may in fact be very real.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: dark, psychotronic, suspense, scary, suspenseful, mockumentary, independent film
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We Are Still Here (2015)
Plot Summary:
After the death of their college age son, Anne and Paul Sacchetti relocate to the snowswept New England hamlet of Aylesbury, a sleepy village where all is most certainly not as it seems. When strange sounds and eerie feelings convince Anne that her son's spirit is still with them, they invite an eccentric, New Age couple to help them get to the bottom of the mystery.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: dark, atmospheric, scary, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, demonic, romantic, retro, psychological
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Lights Out (2016)
Plot Summary:
When Rebecca left home, she thought she left her childhood fears behind. Growing up, she was never really sure of what was and wasn’t real when the lights went out…and now her little brother, Martin, is experiencing the same unexplained and terrifying events that had once tested her sanity and threatened her safety. A frightening entity with a mysterious attachment to their mother, Sophie, has reemerged.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 140000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: dark, scary, creepy, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, spooky, surprise ending, psychotronic, suspense
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Vanishing on 7th Street (2010)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious global blackout yields countless populations to simply vanish, leaving only their clothes and possessions behind. A small handful of survivors band together in a dimly-lit tavern on 7th Street, struggling to combat the apocalyptic horror. Realizing they may in fact be the last people on earth, a dark shadow hones in on them alone.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, harsh, bleak, suspenseful, serious, psychological, enigmatic, suspense, surreal, absurd
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Slender Man (2018)
Plot Summary:
In a small town in Massachusetts, four high school girls perform a ritual in an attempt to debunk the lore of Slender Man. When one of the girls goes mysteriously missing, they begin to suspect that she is, in fact, his latest victim.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, bad ending, suspense, psychological, psychotronic, dark, slasher, demonic, spooky, thrilling
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Head Count (2018)
Plot Summary:
During a weekend getaway to Joshua Tree, a group of teenagers find themselves under mental and physical assault from a supernatural entity that mimics their appearances as it completes an ancient ritual.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: twist ending, scary, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, tense, atmospheric, disturbing, slasher, mumblecore
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The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Plot Summary:
In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 280000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, dark, independent film, mockumentary, suspenseful, atmospheric, bleak, psychological, disturbing
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Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)
Plot Summary:
The making of a horror movie takes on a terrifying reality for students at the most prestigious film school in the country in 'Urban Legends: Final Cut', the suspenseful follow up to the smash hit 'Urban Legend'. At Alpine University, someone is determined to win the best film award at any cost - even if it means eliminating the competition. No one is safe and everyone is a suspect. 'Urban Legends: Final Cut' is an edge-of-your-seat thriller that will keep you guessing until the shocking climax.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, surprise ending, teen, bloody, teen horror, perverse, queer horror, realistic
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The Ring (2002)
Plot Summary:
It sounded like just another urban legend: A videotape filled with nightmarish images, leading to a phone call foretelling the viewer's death in exactly seven days. As a newspaper reporter, Rachel Keller was naturally skeptical of the story, until four teenagers all met with mysterious deaths exactly one week after watching just such a tape. Allowing her investigative curiosity to get the better of her, Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 369000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, gloomy, dark, frightening, twist ending, psychological, disturbing
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Jeepers Creepers (2001)
Plot Summary:
A college-age brother and sister get more than they bargained for on their road trip home from spring break. When the bickering siblings witness a creepy truck driver tossing body bags into a sewer near an abandoned church, they investigate. Bad move! Opening a Pandora's Box of unspeakable evil, the pair must flee for their lives -- with a monstrous "shape" in hot pursuit.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 140000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, dark, atmospheric, bloody, road movie, suspense, creepy