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Plot Summary:
A distraught mother suspects her teenage son is a psychopath who may shoot up his high school, but when he outsmarts the mental healthcare system she is forced to take matters into her own hands.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, slasher, mockumentary, natural horror, fake documentary
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The Viral Demon (2016)
Plot Summary:
The Viral Demon recording is a wakeup call to understand the truth of what’s happening to our world ever since the Viral Demon was accidentally released from its prison. Spread across the country, former college friends Kendra, AJ, Mar and Dwayne find themselves growing apart. Attempting to hang on to their good old Ohio State days, the gang gets together online for a night of stories, pranks and drinking via web-cam. As the evening progresses, they unknowingly release a deviously clever demon that had been trapped for centuries in Salem, Massachusetts. Since the demon can possess multiple people at once, the group of friends must determine who they can still trust in order to survive the demon’s dark and twisted mission.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, cyber, psychological, psychotronic
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Jack Goes Home (2016)
Plot Summary:
After his father is killed in a car crash, Jack travels home to Colorado to help nurse his mother (who was injured in the crash) back to health. There, he uncovers long buried secrets and lies within his family, his friends, and his very identity.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: ambiguous ending, surreal, disturbing, rough, bleak, captivating, suspense, natural horror, queer cinema, extraordinary
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Killer Daddy Issues (2020)
Plot Summary:
An equestrian discovers her family's estate harbors an unfathomable secret.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, entertaining
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For Sale By Owner (2009)
Plot Summary:
One man's journey to find his past leads him to discover the secret to one of America's most haunting mysteries.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 628
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, mystical, tense, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing
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The Wrong Son (2018)
Plot Summary:
Thirteen years after disappearing and presumed drowned, Matt returns home to his mother Sarah. Suspicions grow when her older son Ian is injured in a car accident similar to the one that recently killed his father.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 682
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Don't Wake Mommy (2015)
Plot Summary:
Molly is struggling with being a new mom, but after meeting Beth, things temporarily improve only to turn sinister as Beth's dark intentions are brought to light.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 529
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Early Release (2017)
Plot Summary:
Taylor Reynolds, a typical suburban mom, who made some bad life decisions and was sentenced to three years in jail for a DUI and possession of drugs. After her release, Taylor fights the stigma of her past misdeeds, works to regain the support of her daughter Bianca and husband Jeff, and once again become a contributing member of society. But just when Taylor's life is getting back on track, her former cellmate and career criminal, Meghan Flanagan, unexpectedly appears and invades Taylor's world. Meghan has a devious plan. She wants Taylor to come clean and confess the truth behind her early release. Taylor will stop at nothing to keep her family safe from Meghan, even if it means stepping back into the world she ultimately escaped.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 424
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Bastard (2012)
Plot Summary:
The nine-year-old Nikolas has been missing for days. The criminal psychologist Claudia Meinert notices contradictions in her conversation with the parents of the missing child. In particular Nikolas' mother appears to be hiding something. When a video of the missing Nikolas surfaces, showing him tied up in a cellar, the trail leads to his school. The 13-year-old Leon and Mathilda strike the psychologist as conspicuous and provocative. Shortly afterwards, Meinert encounters the children with Nikolas' parents at the local swimming pool and her suspicions are confirmed: the parents are entangled in an insidious father-mother-child game with the possible suspects Leon and Mathilda. Now it is up to the psychologist to resolve the dark mystery of Nikolas' disappearance and save the child.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense
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Hostile Border (2015)
Plot Summary:
When she’s deported to México, Claudia must choose between reconciling with her estranged father or partnering with a dangerous smuggler to return to the U.S.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 611
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Sacrament (2014)
Plot Summary:
Leaving the city behind for a weekend of booze, bud and bonding at the coast, seven friends find themselves stranded en route to South Padre Island when a big storm interferes with their plans. The town of Middle Spring is more than happy to welcome them with open arms, however; located in the rhinestone buckle of the Bible Belt, Middle Spring is smack-dab in the middle of a big barbecue and tent revival and there’s always room at their table for a few more warm bodies. Unfortunately, no one in Middle Spring is exactly who they seem to be— this town takes the Bible quite literally, and the friends have to stick together as time begins to run out and they realize that what’s on the menu may be closer to home than they suspected.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, slasher
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The Cottage (2012)
Plot Summary:
A romance novelist (David Arquette) moves into a "cottage" behind the home of a composer and his family. He seems sweet, but what do they really know about him?.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating, scary, realistic
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The Shattering (2021)
Plot Summary:
Claire has everything - money, a loving husband and a desired child. But suddenly her life changes. Doubts and lies bring her to the edge of insanity.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 240
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Followed (2018)
Plot Summary:
To gain more subscribers, a controversial vlogger stays at a cursed hotel with terrifying results.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, mockumentary, cyber, fake documentary
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Secrets in the Walls (2010)
Plot Summary:
A single mom and her two daughters move from their cramped Detroit apartment to the suburbs but scratching, cries and shadows haunt their new home.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, slasher, exciting, tense, thought provoking, touching, suspense, gothic
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Animus (2013)
Plot Summary:
Hoping to find proof of the paranormal, five film students set out to document the legendary Copper Queen Hospital. But as the sun goes down, they experience something far worse than they ever could have imagined and they find themselves pursued by a blood thirsty maniac.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 582
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful
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Happy Camp (2014)
Plot Summary:
A man returns to the childhood town where his brother was abducted 20 years earlier.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 362
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, mockumentary, scary, independent film, fake documentary
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Delirium (2018)
Plot Summary:
A group of young men dare a classmate to reach the porch of a legendary old house, said to be haunted by the thirteen victims of a family massacre. In hopes of making a viral video they arm him with a video camera to prove he was there or to capture him fleeing in terror before even reaching the house, as others have. When he doesn't return, the guys must go in to get him. Inside they discover the truth about the house, the fate of their friend and their own fate as well.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, rough, suspense
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Exhibit A (2007)
Plot Summary:
Exhibit A tells the timely story of a normal family disintegrating under financial pressure, eventually driven to the unimaginable. All is not as it seems as the King family go about their day-to-day lives oblivious of the horror to come. Dad Andy (Bradley Cole) is nursing a secret that ultimately leads to terrible consequences for them all. We witness these chilling events unfold through daughter Judith's video camera, which subsequently becomes Exhibit A.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, serious, scary, suspenseful, tense, captivating, depressing, disturbing, controversial
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Ratter (2015)
Plot Summary:
Emma is a young and beautiful graduate student just starting a new life in New York City. Like most people her age, she is always connected - her phone and laptop are constant companions, documenting her most intimate moments. What she doesn't realize is that she's sharing her life with an uninvited and dangerous guest. A hacker is following Emma’s every move. When the voyeuristic thrill of watching her digitally isn't enough, the situation escalates to a dangerous and terrifying level.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: cyber, psychological, thought provoking, suspenseful, suspense, tense, disturbing, scary, slasher, mysterious
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The Midnight Swim (2014)
Plot Summary:
Spirit Lake is unusually deep. No diver has ever managed to find the bottom. When Dr. Amelia Brooks disappears during a deep-water dive, her three daughters travel home. They find themselves unable to let go and become drawn into the mysteries of the lake.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, psychological, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, grindhouse
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Beckoning the Butcher (2014)
Plot Summary:
Beckoning the Butcher explores the night Chris Shaw and his four friends summoned a spirit into their holiday house - then disappeared forever.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 521
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, scary, psychological thriller
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You Are Not Alone (2014)
Plot Summary:
"An idyllic summer day turns into a living nightmare ... With school finally over, college graduate Natalie Wilner returns to her hometown to celebrate the Fourth of July weekend. But beneath the flags and fireworks lurks a dark, malevolent figure. After a night of drunken parties, she stumbles home and drifts off to sleep, only to be woken moments later by a loud knock on the door. Experience one night of terror, through Natalie’s eyes as she fights to escape a relentless, knife-wielding maniac …".
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, independent film
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The Au Pair Nightmare (2020)
Plot Summary:
Trying to escape the pain from the death of her fiancé, a woman becomes an au pair in a house where she learns the family is hiding a mysterious secret.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (2019)
Plot Summary:
The recently widowed mother of two, Sarah, is desperate to know who murdered her husband in front of her young son, rendering him mute. Coerced into helping a low-life drug dealer stash narcotics stolen from the local Mr. Big, she's forced into taking drastic action to protect her children, evolving from downtrodden submissive to take-charge vigilante.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Belgium, France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, bloody, dark, slasher, hood, perverse
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Home Movie (2008)
Plot Summary:
Reverend David Poe and his psychiatrist wife trade hectic New York life for an idyllic rural farmhouse; the perfect place for 10 year old twins Jack & Emily to run, play and imagine. Documenting this lifestyle change, David decides to film every holiday and special family event. To the Poe's horror their home movies reveal an increasing malice and evil within their children and by Valentines Day, the children's sadism has turned to a blood lust for human prey.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, suspenseful, serious, mockumentary, suspense, disturbing, christmas horror, creepy, depressing
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Population Zero (2016)
Plot Summary:
In 2009 three young men were killed in a remote part of Yellowstone National Park. Authorities never found the murderer. He found them! Hours after the trio were gunned down, Dwayne Nelson confessed to the crime. Despite this Nelson was allowed to go free because of an American Constitution loophole. Documentarian Julian T. Pinder travels to Yellowstone in a compelling chase for truth behind a crime that should have rocked the nation. How did a guilty man go free? In his hunt for answers Pinder risks his own life when he finds evidence that could re-open the case years later.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological thriller, mockumentary, fake documentary
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Veil (2017)
Plot Summary:
The temptation to have a one night stand leads a man to a distant town and a woman with a dark agenda. When he doesn't return, it falls upon his black sheep sister to uncover the truth of what happened.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Death Saved My Life (2021)
Plot Summary:
On the surface it seems Jade has it all, including a successful marketing career, a husband admired and respected in the community, and a young daughter they both dote on. However, behind closed doors, her life is far from perfect.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 686
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, emotional
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HazMat (2013)
Plot Summary:
The television crew of the "Scary Antics" hidden camera show sets up a disturbed young man for a practical joke, but the joke is on them when heads roll.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, slasher, tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, scary, serious, realistic
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Creep 2 (2017)
Plot Summary:
After finding an ad online for “video work,” Sara, a video artist whose primary focus is creating intimacy with lonely men, thinks she may have found the subject of her dreams. She drives to a remote house in the forest and meets a man claiming to be a serial killer. Unable to resist the chance to create a truly shocking piece of art, she agrees to spend the day with him. However, as the day goes on, she discovers she may have dug herself into a hole from which she can’t escape.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, disturbing, mumblecore, horror comedy, dark, mockumentary, tense, rough