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Plot Summary:
Determined to escape from the harsh regime of China to the freedom of Hong Kong, three youths are captured by Mr. Hok, a sadistic human smuggler who subjects them to an unrelenting assault of degradation. Pushed to the limits of human endurance, the prisoners must fight for their lives in an unforgettable, action-packed climax.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 417
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, surprise ending, crying, cult film
Best tv shows and movies like Lost Souls (1980):
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Terror Express (1980)
Plot Summary:
Three thugs commandeer a couple of cars on a moving train and spread terror among the passengers.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 557
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: erotic, controversial, grindhouse, poliziottesco, cult film
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Mad Foxes (1981)
Plot Summary:
A man seeks revenge after a biker gang murders his family.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 999
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, Switzerland
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, suspense, controversial, poliziottesco, corny, sexploitation film
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Angel Guts: Nami (1979)
Plot Summary:
Whilst researching an article about rape for a magazine article, Nami starts having fantasies of rape as she comes closer to a fate that could be worse than death.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 250
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: bloody, controversial
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Violated Angels (1967)
Plot Summary:
A young man breaks into a nurse's rooming house and one-by-one kills off nurses.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: scary, depressing, suspense, controversial, crying, avant garde
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Bleed (2002)
Plot Summary:
A naïve young girl desperate to fit in with her new boyfriend's tightly knit crew learns that membership may be deadly. Upon arriving at a party with her new boyfriend, Shawn, desperate-to-fit-in newcomer Debbie learns that the friends have formed a mysterious brotherhood nicknamed "The Murder Club." As Debbie accepts her invitation to join the mysterious club, a murderer who seems to take the group's name to heart begins killing off members one by one.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 708
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, surprise ending, splatter, independent film, awful
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A Chinese Torture Chamber Story II (1998)
Plot Summary:
A pair of country thieves make friends with a general rising within the imperial army. After the general finds himself falling in love with the beautiful sister of one of the thieves (who is the fiancee of the other) he decides to do whatever it takes to get rid of the competition and have her for himself. Viewer discretion advised: this film contains extreme violence and sexual situations.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 601
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: erotic, crying, transgressive
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The Beasts (1980)
Plot Summary:
A father seeks revenge from a gang of thugs who raped his daughter and murdered his son.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, controversial
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All Night Long 2 (1995)
Plot Summary:
In downtown Japan, a lonely computer nerd tries to maintain a peaceful existance while being stalked by a gang of deviant homosexuals who want to use him for their brutal S&M activities.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 573
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, brutal, bloody, heavy, terrifying, extreme horror, banned, banned film, cult film
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Bamboo Women's Prison (1973)
Plot Summary:
A nurse in a Japanese women's POW camp during World War II masterminds an escapee.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 596
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller, War
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, controversial, tension, cult film
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Demented (1980)
Plot Summary:
A woman is gang-raped in a horse's stable, and even though the rapists are caught and imprisoned, she is harassed many moons later by ghastly visions of her tormentors, while her husband philanders and every little thing frightens her out of her wits.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 742
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychological, grindhouse, crying, independent film
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Emmanuelle's Revenge (1975)
Plot Summary:
Emanuelle is out to avenge her sister, who committed suicide after escaping from her sadistic lover Carlo. So she chains Carlo up in her basement, drugs him, and forces him to watch her having sex. As Carlo begins to hallucinate all kinds of bloody horrors and cannibalistic doings, he decides he has to break free and kill Emanuelle.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 755
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: erotic, grindhouse, suspense, sensual, queer horror, sexploitation film
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A Chinese Torture Chamber Story (1994)
Plot Summary:
A Hong Kong "Category 3" (exploitation) classic set during the Sung Dynasty, as a corrupt magistrate subjects a lovely, innocent young bride to inconceivable physical punishments after "convicting" her of killing her husband (by causing his penis to explode, of course). Plenty of raunch and unintentional humor. Viewer discretion advised.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, stylized, suspenseful, exciting, disturbing, controversial, dark comedy, sexual, transgressive
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Red to Kill (1994)
Plot Summary:
Insane film from the master Billy Tang. A deranged man stalks and kills women that wear red. A young, mentally challenged woman is admitted into a group home that the deranged man happens to run. One day, she happens to wear a red dress for a dance recital that her social worker puts on. The nut sees her wearing red and that's when the fun really begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 844
Genere: Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, slasher, erotic, extreme horror, sinister, splatter, crying, cult film
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Deeper: The Retribution of Beth (2014)
Plot Summary:
Mark (a journalist from Xice Magazine) is sent to do a premier article on Steve and John (co-creators of XBus & owners of Bang-on Entertainment). They decide to take Mark on a ride that, unbeknownst to them, turns into a vicious nightmare. Caught in a revenge plot that's been brewing for years, Mark tries to escape with his life as our mysterious Beth reigns down punishment for Steve and John's past dirty deeds. What is a "just" consequence for a couple of scum-bag's?... And how far will one go to get even?.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 494
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, psychotronic, surprise ending, twist ending
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Tomboys (2009)
Plot Summary:
Five girls kidnap a serial rapist... to seek revenge.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 301
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film
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Freeze Me (2000)
Plot Summary:
Chihiro is raped by three men and it is captured on video camera. She leaves her hometown and prepares to marry a colleague five years later, when one of the rapists arrives and says the others are on their way. He behaves like her long-lost lover and mistreats her again. Chihiro takes revenge, kills him and puts him in a freezer. The other rapists are awaiting a similar fate.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: disturbing, erotic, cult classic, grindhouse, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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Star of David: Beauty Hunting (1979)
Plot Summary:
"Beautiful Girl Hunter" by Norifumi Suzuki is based on manga by Maasaki Soto.The film portrays the life of Tatsuya,a young man of proper descent whose outward respectability hides his urges for rape and torture.This handsome rapist seduces women,then brings them to the basement of the mansion he inherited from his well-to-do parents,where he indulges in lengthy sessions of sado-sexual violence.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: controversial, naughty, erotic, sexual, erotic drama, disgusting, sexy, scatology
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We Are Monsters (2015)
Plot Summary:
Emma is kidnapped and imprisoned by a trio of psychopaths.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 622
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, psychological, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting, retro, suspense
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Sadistic Yoga (2007)
Plot Summary:
The female instructor Mariko gives yoga classes at a high-class club in Tokyo. She has a crush on Rika whom she gives private lessons to. When she notices bruises on Rika's body, Mariko learns that the young woman is involved in a highly abusive S&M relationship. On order to gain the affections of her student, Mariko decides to take revenge against the men in Rika's life.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Scrapbook (2000)
Plot Summary:
A young woman named Clara is captured by a serial killer named Leonard who records his “life story” by keeping a scrapbook of his many victims. In addition to adhering Polaroids, scraps of clothing, and other small trophies to the pages, Leonard has forced his victims to personally write in the scrapbook about their individual ordeals. Clara is beaten, raped, starved, and locked up like an animal, filthy and naked. She is forced to write in the scrapbook, adding her agony to the pages. She soon realizes that her only hope for survival is to manipulate Leonard through her writings in his cherished scrapbook.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: disturbing, rough, bleak, suspenseful, sexy, controversial, bloody, suspense, dark, intense
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Dard Divorce (2007)
Plot Summary:
What started with a routine divorce between Natalie Stein and her husband Tim, will soon take a turn into the unexpected and evolve into scenes of torture, bloodshed and slaughter.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 997
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: disturbing, bloody, suspense, controversial, devastating, sadistic, splatter
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The Captives (2001)
Plot Summary:
Sandy has stumbled onto a lair of torture and humiliation. She was abducted and brought to this pit of pain as the next intended victim. But Sandy overthrows her captor and kills him. Does she release the other prisoners? Does she call the police? No. Her mind snaps and she assumes control over the prisoners, taking them as her own playtoys. Naked bodies writhe in ecstasy as blood runs down the walls in this chilling tale of madness and revenge.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 955
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: sadistic, explicit, rough, retro, bloody, slasher, controversial, perverse, erotic, independent film
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House on the Edge of the Park (1980)
Plot Summary:
Alex (David Hess) is a darkly sinister thug driving around New York City at night when he spots a young woman (Karoline Mardeck) driving alongside him. He follows the woman to a nearby park where he cuts her off, gets out of his car, and runs into hers where he throws her into the back seat and proceeds to savagely rape her before strangling her to death. He takes her locket as a trophy to another one of his many killings.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, grindhouse, sexual, surprise ending, suspense, controversial, dread, cult classic, terrifying
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Chaos (2005)
Plot Summary:
Emily and her friend Angelica go to a rave in the woods, and when they arrive, they meet a stranger called Swan that promises some Exstasy for the girls. They follow him to a cabin into the forest where they meet the sadistic gang leaded by the psychotic Chaos. The girls are abused, tortured and raped in a night of nightmare and murder.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: rough, slasher, realistic, suspenseful, serious, disturbing, suspense, dark, controversial, cult classic
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Bedevilled (2010)
Plot Summary:
A woman subject to mental, physical, and sexual abuse on a remote island seeks a way out.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: disturbing, tense, bleak, serious, slasher, bloody, psychological thriller, dark, splatter, scary
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Run! Bitch Run! (2009)
Plot Summary:
Things go horribly wrong when Catherine and Rebecca, two Catholic School girls, knock on the wrong door while selling Religious paraphernalia.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, disturbing, erotic, grindhouse, brutal, suspense, slasher, psychological, psychological thriller
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The Seasoning House (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Seasoning House - where young girls are prostituted to the military. An orphaned deaf mute is enslaved to care for them. She moves between the walls and crawlspaces, planning her escape. Planning her ingenious and brutal revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, rough, bleak, realistic, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, disturbing, bloody, spooky
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I'll Never Die Alone (2008)
Plot Summary:
A violent thriller set in the outback of remote La Plata region, I'LL NEVER DIE ALONE (aka NO MORIRE SOLA) is a tough and pounding story of revenge for rape, mercilessly carried out by a group of women intent on pursuing their attackers to the bitter end.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 874
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: disturbing, rough, suspenseful, twisted, realistic, retro, depressing, controversial, serious, splatter
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I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Naturally beautiful, Katie has just settled into New York where she, like many other young women, is trying to make it as a model. But what starts out as an innocent and simple photo shoot soon turns into something disturbingly unthinkable! Raped, tortured and kidnapped to a foreign country, Jessica is buried alive and left to die. Against all odds, she manages to escape. Severely injured, she will have to tap into the darkest places of the human psyche to not only survive, but to exact her revenge….
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: brutal, disturbing, bloody, scary, grindhouse, suspenseful, rough, controversial, splatter, intense
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The Woman (2011)
Plot Summary:
A lawyer puts his family in jeopardy when he captures the last member of a violent clan and tries to forcibly tame her.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: disturbing, bleak, scary, rough, suspenseful, slasher, twisted, controversial, psychological thriller, bloody