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Plot Summary:
The town of Leffert's Corners has been plagued by unearthly beings for decades, and now there is only a few people left, including the local priest and a woman traumatised by the death of her sister. But when John Martense turns up to claim his illicit family fortune, with bad guys in pursuit, the last stand had become a lot more complicated. Based on the writings of H P Lovecraft.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, christmas horror, gothic, grindhouse, independent film, psychotronic, scary, serious, cult film
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The Sunday Night Slaughter (2020)
Plot Summary:
An anthology horror film following 3 stories including demons, cannibals, psychopaths and demigods all intertwined, taking place in the final 31 days of earth.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychotronic, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, dark fairy tale
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The Unnamable (1988)
Plot Summary:
Back in the 1800's a lady gives birth to a monster. They decide that the baby is too ugly to name, therefore the monster is known as the "Unnamable". The creature brutally slaughters his family, and gets trapped in a vault. Go ahead to 1998, and some college students have heard the story about the unnamable and want to check out the vault.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, slasher, independent film, retro, splatter, mystic, semi serious, spooky, weird, eighties
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Dark Night (2019)
Plot Summary:
The first vampire himself Vlad Tepes arrives in the sleepy community of Willcox and quickly turns an innocent private nurse into his vampire queen. He then has her commit acts of murder on the communities less desirable and draining them of their blood, while also supplying him with a female representing all 8 blood types to become his brides. Damien Cruz investigates the murders and disappearances, which at first he believes Nicole or the mysterious priest Father Nero could be responsible for. But what will happen when Vlad realizes how close Damien is getting to discovering his evil deeds.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, bleak, suspense, psychotronic, detective
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Vampire Cop (1990)
Plot Summary:
Cop who just happens to be a vampire goes after the drug dealer who killed his partner with the help of a news reporter.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, independent film, surprise ending, twist ending, cult film
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All the Devils Are Here (2014)
Plot Summary:
Five college students on a backwoods excursion encounter a deadly, nocturnal presence. As horrific events unfold, the group joins forces with a town local and a prison escapee and attempt to survive the night.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA, Bahamas
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, exciting, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film, dark comedy
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The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1992)
Plot Summary:
A creature of demonic nature, too hideous to have a name, once again terrorizes the college kids that summoned it.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, serious, scary, rough, mind bending, suspenseful, slasher
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In the Woods (1999)
Plot Summary:
Two hunters who have journeyed deep into the woods stumble across a burial site. They decide to dig it up. It is only after they uncover a strange horned skull amongst the artifacts that they become aware of the evil they have unleashed. Getting out of the woods becomes a nightmare for the two men.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 862
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, serious, suspenseful, splatter
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The Good Things Devils Do (2020)
Plot Summary:
It was supposed to be one last heist but it shouldn't be a surprise that a burglary in Transylvania County would be interrupted by an ancient vampire's awakening, resulting in a night of terror.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 252
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bleak, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, spooky
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Don't Kill It (2016)
Plot Summary:
Demon hunter, Jebediah Huntley teams up with an FBI agent to battle a supernatural force in the southern state of Mississippi.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, entertaining, slasher, psychological, demonic
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Shatterbrain (1991)
Plot Summary:
Charles Dexter Ward's wife enlists the help of a private detective to find out what her husband is up to in a remote cabin owned by his family for centuries. The husband is a chemical engineer, and the smells from his experiments (and the delivery of what appear to be human remains at all hours) are beginning to arouse the attention of neighbors and local law enforcement officials.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, detective, retro, creepy, gothic, suspense, slasher, splatter, psychological horror, cult horror
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Prime Evil (1988)
Plot Summary:
A coven of devil-worshiping monks living in New York City search for victims for their sacrificial ceremonies.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 929
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, satanic, christmas horror, grindhouse, independent film, scary, gothic, serious, suspenseful, cult film
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Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1992)
Plot Summary:
A female cop is gunned down and wrongly accused of using excessive force in a hostage rescue attempt. Maniac cop returns from the dead once more to seek revenge, destroying everthing and anyone that stands in his way.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, classic horror, psychological thriller, bloody, detective, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, scary, rough
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Wendigo (1995)
Plot Summary:
A duo of gun happy redneck hunters stupidly break a sacred circle in a hunting spree, which releases the deadly wendigo. The wendigo kills many of the hunters gruesomely, leaving the chosen woman and a gun toting idiot to destroy the deadly beast.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 814
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, grindhouse, independent film, scary, offbeat, humorous, serious
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Hemoglobin (1997)
Plot Summary:
A man with an unknown disease travels to an island with his girlfriend where his relatives once lived, hoping to find a cure to his illness. While it was thought that his relatives were all dead he actually finds them to be living underground. However because they have been inbreeding for all these years they don't look right, plus they have developed a pretty bad eating habit. Will he chose his girlfriend or his people?.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, lovecraft, suspenseful, rough, enigmatic, tense, erotic, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic
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HellKat (2021)
Plot Summary:
A fallen MMA fighter must win a netherworld no-holds-barred death tournament against man, beast and demon to save her soul.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Chill (2007)
Plot Summary:
In this classic retro horror thriller, Sam, an aspiring writer, takes a job as a clerk in an L.A. inner city grocery market owned by the sinister Dr. Munoz, a former scientist who claims to have a rare skin condition.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 552
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, lovecraft, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, scary, serious, awful
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Howlers (2019)
Plot Summary:
A soldier turned gunfighter rises from the grave only to find himself in a modern time where the same werewolf outlaw gang that brutally murdered his wife are running rampant. Aided by a beautiful widow, a broken down sheriff, and a corrupt Mayor, Colt must face the blood thirsty creatures once again to save a small sleepy southern town.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Action, Horror, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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The 8th Plague (2006)
Plot Summary:
The 8th Plague is the story of a woman named Launa who is investigating the disappearance of her sister, Nikki. Nikki had gone camping in the mountain town of Halcyon Springs and never came back. Becoming more and more frustrated, Launa realizes that she must find her sister on her own with the help of Mason, a mysterious local man with a shadowed past.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 935
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, dark, psychotronic, weird
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A Grim Becoming (2014)
Plot Summary:
Raphael, a young executive who is on the verge of losing a multimillion dollar architectural deal with a large distribution company lead by the awkward Stanford(s). Raphael suffers a sudden death in his family and has to immediately leave to go to the funeral in his home town of Metzburgh. Seeing this as his big chance to get ahead is Wayne, a jealous co-worker who is in competition with Raphael. As Raphael returns to Metzburgh, he experiences a life changing event: witnessing a Grim Reaper taking a soul. This sighting results in Raphael becoming a Reaper and having to explore his own conscience and the lengths he will go to get his own life back. But Death, has other plans for the naive young executive.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 395
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, horror comedy
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Carnosaur 3: Primal Species (1996)
Plot Summary:
International terrorists get a surprise when their cargo turns out to contain living dinosaurs. The army commando team now have to think fast, if they want to prevent the extinction of the human species, instead of the reptiles.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: natural horror, scary, independent film, rough, serious, unusual plot structure, humorous, suspense, entertaining, slasher
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The Dunwich Horror (2008)
Plot Summary:
In Louisiana, in the wicked Whateley House, Lavina delivers two babies whose fate is written. Ten years later, three scholars of the occult discover that one page of the “Necronomicon,” the unspeakable book, is missing and the Black Brotherhood has summoned the ancient gate keeper to free legions of evil gods and monsters from the dimension of chaos.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, suspense, suspenseful, serious, tense, psychological, captivating, scary, psychotronic
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The Valdemar Legacy II: The Forbidden Shadow (2010)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends discover an ancient book, the Necronomicon, the Book of the Deads. They discover that the book is a link between our world and the world of ancients creatures, older than our civilizations.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 992
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: gothic, lovecraft, atmospheric, scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, dark fantasy, demonic, detective
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The Elf (2016)
Plot Summary:
Nick is haunted by night terrors stemming from a tragic murder he saw when he was young. After inheriting an old toy shop, he discovers a cursed elf doll sealed inside an ancient chest with a naughty list of his family's names written on it. He soon discovers that the elf was an evil conduit meant to unleash a supernatural killing spree during the Christmas Holidays by whomever set it free.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, dark fantasy, slasher horror, scary
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Assault of the Sasquatch (2009)
Plot Summary:
When a merciless bear poacher is caught and arrested deep in the woods of a state park, he and his truck are taken to a neglected precinct in the heart of a dying city. Unbeknown-st to the authorities, the impounded truck holds a deadly cargo in the form of the legendary Sasquatch. Now, stuck in an unfamiliar world, the creature will let nothing and no one stop it from coming face-to-face with the unscrupulous man who ruthlessly ripped it from its environment. Taking an inventive and action packed approach, "Sasquatch Assault" breaths new and exciting life into the immortal legend of Bigfoot.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 396
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, creepy, natural horror, scary, exciting, rough, bleak
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Banshee!!! (2008)
Plot Summary:
A group of college friends on a spring break camping trip are stalked and slashed by an unknown creature with the ability to make them hallucinate through sound waves. The survivors hold up refuge in an isolated farmhouse, cut off from all communication. Now, they have to come up with a plan to kill this unrelenting creature before it kills them. "Banshee!!!" takes the idea of the legendary Irish myth and spins it around into a terrifying and unstoppable monster!.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 400
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, rough, suspenseful, slasher, serious
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Way of the Vampire (2005)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Abraham Van Helsing is granted immortality by the Catholic Church until he can hunt down the last vampire prince.
IMDB Rating: 1.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, independent film
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The Bleeding (2009)
Plot Summary:
Surrounded by carnage, slaughter, brutal crashes and total mayhem, Shawn Black is in a race to save the world from pure evil.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, exciting, bleak, serious, suspenseful, independent film, fast
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Last American Horror Show (2018)
Plot Summary:
A trifecta of 80s throwback terror with mauling monsters, home invasions gone haywire and stomach-turning human sacrifice.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 534
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, anthology, psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, grindhouse
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Grim (1996)
Plot Summary:
A team of spelunkers, when investigating a system of caves beneath a small town, come across a hideous creature that can move through walls.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, independent film, psychotronic
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Jack-O (1995)
Plot Summary:
A long long time ago a wizard was put to death, but he swore vengeance on the townsfolk that did him in, particularly Arthur Kelly's family. Arthur had done the final graces on him when he came back to life as Mr. Jack the Pumpkin Man. The Kellys proliferated through the years, and when some devil-may-care teens accidentally unleash Jack-O, young Sean Kelly must stop him somehow as his suburban world is accosted and the attrition rate climbs.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, serious, suspenseful, slasher, psychotronic, slasher horror, campy