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Plot Summary:
A woman with increasingly disturbing and violent dreams consults a famous sleep therapist known for his controversial treatments. Her experience plummets her into the dark, twisted depths of her subconscious, grasping for her sanity.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Cut! (2014)
Plot Summary:
Nothing is as it seems as an ex-con and aspirant filmmaker set out to manufacture a horror film by scaring real people; however, when it goes too far and someone actually dies, the pair decide that killing for real on film is the way to make a truly terrifying movie.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic, twisted, spooky
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Devil May Call (2013)
Plot Summary:
A blind young suicide-hotline operator descends into a night of unrelenting terror when an obsessive caller turns out to be a serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 483
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Thailand, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic, psychological thriller
Similar in 79%
Hole (2010)
Plot Summary:
Ed Kunkle is a convicted felon tormented by his own demons. Eve Adams is a single woman trying to cope with a tragic loss. Bodie Jameson is the detective looking for answers. All 3 lives intertwine with horrific consequences when their fears come upon them.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic, spiritual, cult film
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The White Devil (2019)
Plot Summary:
A camping trip for a group of friends turns into an unexpected nightmare when one of them encounters a mysterious stranger.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 60
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Bleeding Hearts (2015)
Plot Summary:
Captured Hearts, an insane serial killer/horror film, is a heart-jumping, heart-crushing - truly demented - roller coaster ride of mystery, violence, sex and gore. With a raging, climatic twist, all hearts end up in one place. And it's not where they're supposed to be.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 239
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, captivating, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Cove Road (2012)
Plot Summary:
While an unseen serial killer stalks the imaginary town of Bluefish, New York, the accidental vehicular homicide of a young vandal by a local drug dealer leads to a case of mistaken identity that precipitates a cycle of violence and death among a house full of partying teenagers who have reunited for the first time since graduating from high school the previous year.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Capps Crossing (2017)
Plot Summary:
David has lost his girlfriend and his mind. Capps Crossing is his only refuge. When six hikers make the mistake of choosing Capps Crossing to spend the weekend, David will stop at nothing to make sure they never come back.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 356
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Halloween Horror Tales (2018)
Plot Summary:
A movie featuring four stories. First is about a psychotic killer clown stalking a young woman. In the second a scream queen gets more than she bargained for when she is interviewed by a TV talk show hostess. The third is a nature run amok tale and the fourth tells the story of an FBI agent investigating a series of brutal murders in a small town.
IMDB Rating: 1.9
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: anthology, suspense, scary, psychotronic, suspenseful, disturbing, dark fairy tale, independent film
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Del Playa (2017)
Plot Summary:
Struggling with a horrific past, Claire Rhodes must confront a stalker turned murderer of her youth in order to win her life - but will her own demons help the killer exact his vengeance?.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 362
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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The Craving (2011)
Plot Summary:
Leading a double life, Chef Ronnie spends her days as a charming celebrity chef who thrives and shines as owner of a trendy Spanish tapas restaurant in San Francisco, and spends her nights in ways too gruesome to fathom. As Chef Ronnie's reputation scorches up the culinary scene, San Francisco's murder count hits a record high. Haunted by her past in the form a vengeful lover, and caught in the seductive cross fire of an increasingly serious relationship; Chef Ronnie has bitten off more than she can chew.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film, grindhouse, dark comedy
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Erik: Portrait of a Living Corpse (2010)
Plot Summary:
A darkly comic retelling of Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera, from Erik the Phantom's, twisted perspective.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing
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Blue Call (2021)
Plot Summary:
Haylee, a local EMT suffering from PTSD, spends her days making split second decisions with lives that hang in the balance. One night on a routine call, she is faced with a moral decision, taking matters into her own hands and mercy kills a young woman. Now, falling deeper into a rabbit hole, she gets caught up in a world of underground drugs and a sadistic killer who’s made her his next victim.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, slasher, psychotronic, psychological, medical horror
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Suspension (2015)
Plot Summary:
A high school girl and her bullying peers are terrorized by an escaped psychotic killer who is more than meets the eye. The Night Daddy Came Home! Tormented at high school, Emily Hanson’s only escape is drawing graphic sketches depicting a crazed masked killer on a bloody rampage. Except the deranged maniac is her father who snapped eight years ago and is now locked away in a mental institution where Emily’s bullying classmates taunt she should be too. On the anniversary of his massacre, the In Crowd throw a party while Emily babysits her mute little brother. Little does she know she’s in for a night of unrelenting terror and madness, forced to confront her demons once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 346
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, dark
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The Mad Hatter (2021)
Plot Summary:
An eccentric professor takes four of his students to the mansion of the “Mad Hatter”, an urban legend driven insane by mercury poisoning and grief. He says that there’s nothing to worry about now: the strange, shambling “caretakers” that haunt the home are merely servants that have fallen to inbreeding, and the Hatter himself has been dead for years. But as the students start disappearing one by one, those that remain start to question if the professor’s experiment is truly scientific...and if the Hatter didn’t just succumb to his madness, but decided to spread it.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 665
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, suspense, scary, bleak, disturbing, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic, suspense thriller
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King of the Underground (2011)
Plot Summary:
Part true story, part fiction, King of the Underground is a dark comedy about a frustrated rap artist who goes on an all out murderous killing spree after years of being rejected by the music industry.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Chop Chop (2020)
Plot Summary:
A night of chaos ensues when a murderous psychopath targets a loving young couple who might be harboring a secret of their own.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Taught in Cold Blood (2017)
Plot Summary:
A troubled teen is torn between a girl who loves him and a mysterious stranger who pushes him to kill.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Central Park (2017)
Plot Summary:
School is boring, family life unbearable, and Harold and his high school friends have turned Central Park into their 'spot'. Unbeknownst to them, a revenge-seeking executioner prepares to kill them off one by one to pay for the sins of the father.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 654
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, dark, teen horror
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Last of the Grads (2021)
Plot Summary:
A class of graduating high school seniors, nearing the crossroads of their lives, celebrate their last night together at the annual school lock-in. They never could have guessed that they’re about to encounter the harbinger of death, the legendary “Coast to Coast Killer”.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 904
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, grindhouse
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Death Heads: Brain Drain (2018)
Plot Summary:
The third chapter in the splat-tastic horror 'greatest hits' film series spotlighting some of Full Moon's strangest and sickest sequences framed by an all new narrative, This time, we follow the further adventures of a masochistic drifter trapped in the lair of "The Gore Collector," a sadistic curator of carnage who was has chosen the drifter to be the heir to take over his evil operation.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Halloween Awakening: The Legacy of Michael Myers (2012)
Plot Summary:
Michael Myers stalks a group of party-goers who break into Smith's Grove Sanitarium on Halloween night.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing
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Slumber Party Slaughter (2012)
Plot Summary:
On a secretive outing to a bizarre strip club, Tom Kingsford, (Tom Sizemore) is unaware that his life is about to take a dramatic turn. Club owner and real estate mogul, William O'Toole (Ryan O'Neal) is a sadistic voyeur whose desire for fear and torture is put to the test as the night's dirty deeds return to haunt him. Things quickly turn dark when, what seems like an innocent shortcut through a haunted cemetery is actually a set up, and the group is placed in the middle of an existing crime scene.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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KILD TV (2016)
Plot Summary:
The crew of a local horror movie showcase, used to broadcasting creepy stories of heinous killers, finds themselves trapped with a real killer among them.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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After Dark (2013)
Plot Summary:
Spring break for seven college students is derailed with one wrong turn. A flat tire on a deserted road leaves them stranded after dark in the company of a menacing drifter who may or may not be trying to help.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Kruel (2015)
Plot Summary:
'Kruel' - is a horror/thriller feature length movie about a psychotic killer who masquerades as an ice cream man in order to get closer to the objects of his affection.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 514
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, psychological thriller
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Face: A Frat Party Massacre (2012)
Plot Summary:
An annual Halloween fear competition between a fraternity and sorority goes awry when drugs, alcohol and the old battle of the sexes are mixed together. What is on the line? The losers must do anything the winners ask for one night. The bros won last year. They not only violated the loser but uploaded the footage on the internet. Jamie, the head of the sorority, wants vengeance. She has concocted a devilish plan to humiliate the frat brothers and come out on top. However, she is not aware that Matt, the head of the fraternity, has machinations of his own. Who will win this year? At what cost?.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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The Killer & I (2015)
Plot Summary:
Horror legend Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th Part 7-X, Hatchet 1-3) and the author of his biography, Mike Aloisi, travel the world and have insane adventures.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 10 min
Plot tags: humorous, scary, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Victimized (2014)
Plot Summary:
Matt Miller has spent his entire life living in the shadows of his brother. He believes if his brother were to disappear then so would all his problems. So one deadly night Matt decides to take matters into his own hands.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film
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The Night Watchman (2016)
Plot Summary:
Jack wants to prove to his wife Alma, that he is a new man after his drug abuse and time spend in prison. He is offered new job as a night watchman of an old mine complex, which he accepts without a question. What no one knows that the dark place holds a disturbing secret that will fill their lives with terror.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 294
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, slasher, suspenseful
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Blood Prism (2017)
Plot Summary:
A successful art gallery coordinator, living a double life as a serial killer, preys on the hopeless as she attempts to find meaning behind the voices she hears. When she believes she is falling in love with a depressed comic book artist; she struggles between what her heart is telling her to do about him... and what the voices are telling her to do about him.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, psychotronic, psychological, scary, tense, suspenseful, dark comedy, independent film