Best movies like Maniac on the Loose
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Plot Summary:
A patient described as "Extremely Dangerous" has escaped from the local psychiatric hospital. Fearing that he'll lose his job if word gets out, the head of the hospital, Dr. Franklin Grimm, desperately attempts to cover up the escape. Meanwhile, there is a Maniac on the Loose.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, slasher, tense, psychological, suspense, scary, mind bending, serious, realistic, psychotronic
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The Final Curtain (2007)
Plot Summary:
A group of college theater students sneak into the Baxter University theater at night to initiate the 'frosh meat'. Something goes terribly wrong. The next night the same actors become locked into the theater, each one of them has to face the consequences for their actions.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 370
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, scary, serious, realistic
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Patrick (2013)
Plot Summary:
Patrick lays comatose in a small private hospital, his only action being his involuntary spitting. When a pretty young nurse, just separated from her husband, begins work at the hospital, she senses that Patrick is communicating with her, and he seems to be using his psychic powers to manipulate events in her life.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, medical horror, suspense, psychological, mystical, slasher, grindhouse, psychotronic
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The Hospital (2013)
Plot Summary:
Old St. Leopold's Hospital has many urban legends surrounding it, but the residents of Bridgeport all agree on one thing: tortured souls roam its abandoned halls. The mystery proves too much for a pretty young student who decides to investigate for her senior class project. Unfortunately, she does not find ghosts. She, instead, finds Stanley... serial rapist, murderer, and psychopath. As the young girl becomes Stanley's new pet, a team of young investigators descend on the hospital to "hunt some ghosts." Stanley sees nothing but fun and games in his future. But, what Stanley does not know is that the hospital truly is haunted and the restless spirits there are not happy with what he has been doing.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 679
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, medical horror, captivating, slasher, retro, realistic
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Inside (2012)
Plot Summary:
Prison inmate Miles Barrett is ripped awake in the middle of the night by a terrifying crash, gunfire, and the sickening screams of a man being torn apart. Something is loose in the prison - and it's coming for Miles.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 472
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, tense, suspense, psychological, rough, serious, independent film
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Ritual (2013)
Plot Summary:
A long time ago Tom loved Lovely. They were married and everything was perfect, at least for a little while. But that was then and this is now. Lovely has just killed a man in cold blood after he tried to drug and kidnap her in a motel. She calls Tom to help but now they've found a VHS tape that depicts a satanic ritual in which a woman is murdered. Lovely desperately wants to leave and they do, but Tom forgot his engraved lighter in the room, and when they go back to find it, the dead body appears missing.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 754
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, dark, mumblecore, realistic
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Uncharted (2009)
Plot Summary:
"Uncharted" is a story of a documentary film crew who crash on an island, when they were in hopes of finding a rare animal, a jaguar, that is believed to inhabit the jungle. Unfortunate circumstances arise when her charter plane goes down and crashes on a remote island.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 557
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, serious, fake documentary
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Disturbed (2009)
Plot Summary:
The quiet town of Quartz Hill is about to experience the worst night of the town's history. A notorious killer has escaped from death row with one thought on his mind. Revenge.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, slasher, tense, suspense, captivating, scary, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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One by One: Death's Door (2011)
Plot Summary:
A group of unsuspecting teens face a railroad reaper in his desert carnival.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 999
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, brutal, serious, awful
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Sea of Fear (2006)
Plot Summary:
College athlete Lance and his friend Tom meet Tom's girlfriend Kate and her friend Ashley in a marina to travel on a rented boat on a leisure trip. The Captain brings his navigator and first mate Joel and another unexpected passenger, Derek, along on the trip. Soon the boat is stranded and one by one the shipmates are murdered.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 625
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, tense, psychological, suspenseful, scary, serious, realistic
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Dead Inside (2011)
Plot Summary:
Sarah, a mentally-disturbed teen, has a jarring premonition of her friends' impending deaths one night at a sleepover. As her house guests begin to turn murderously against each other, Sarah must determine whether her visions represent the preventable or the inevitable... or something entirely more sinister.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 437
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, touching, tense, suspense, slasher
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Snow White: A Deadly Summer (2012)
Plot Summary:
A troubled teenage girl finds herself in a web of lies and deceit when her stepmother attempts to murder her by sending her to a discipline camp.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 787
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, slasher, tense, folk tale, exciting, rough, realistic, independent film
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Death-Scort Service Part 2: The Naked Dead (2017)
Plot Summary:
Deep in the heart of Las Vegas a new killer has emerged. Having survived the previous psycho's last wrath (Michelle) Krystal "Pixie" Adams is left behind to start anew and forget about her black past. Problem is this new murderer is unstoppable!!. A new group of up and coming hookers are on the streets left to pick up the pieces and start fresh. Will they survive, or will they become prey to this maniac slasher!!.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, independent film
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30 Days to Die (2009)
Plot Summary:
A group of girls trapped in an institution suffer the wrath of a serial killer on the loose. This campy thriller pays homage to Friday the 13th.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: slasher, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, scary, rough, realistic, disturbing
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Bunnyman (2011)
Plot Summary:
Bunnyman is the story of a group of friends on their way back from a spontaneous weekend trip to Las Vegas, and while driving through the remote regions of southern California they suddenly find themselves in a sickening game of cat and mouse with a five ton dumptruck and, when looking for help, stumble upon a nightmarish family who takes pleasure in dismembering and eating as many of the kids as possible.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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Hallows' Eve (2013)
Plot Summary:
Years after a tragic accident leaves a young child scarred for life, the people responsible pay - with their lives.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 740
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, slasher, tense, suspense, captivating, realistic
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Axeman at Cutter's Creek (2013)
Plot Summary:
Nine vacationing twenty-somethings are hunted by an axe-wielding local legend.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, serious, realistic, psychotronic, suspense
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Filth to Ashes, Flesh to Dust (2011)
Plot Summary:
Purge: To put to death, eliminate what is undesirable. The serial killer known as Purge lived and died by this code. But is he dead? Driving home from a road trip, ERIC and SHELLY take a back road to avoid a traffic jam. They encounter the serial killer Purge. Eric survives but Shelly is murdered. A year later, a group of adventure-seeking high school grads venture to purge's lair. Among them is Eric's brother JUAN. Eric sets out to save his brother, and get revenge on Purge. For the six teens, their imperfections will be the deciding factor if Purge shows them mercy. But if everyone is imperfect, will any of them survive? Written by Armont Casalle.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, slasher, psychological, suspense, scary, serious, realistic
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Basement Jack (2009)
Plot Summary:
A young serial killer preys on families during lightning storms.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 802
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense, scary, serious, realistic, low-budget
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Rough Cut (2013)
Plot Summary:
An Independent film director on the edge loses his funding and his marriage. In order to fulfill his destiny with no budget, he must set the scenes and abduct his cast. Film director or homicidal maniac? Castings open and he is the man to get you into the final cut!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, psychotronic, scary, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, independent film
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Return to Blood Fart Lake (2011)
Plot Summary:
Many years have passed since the tragic events at Blood Fart Lake, where Jimmy dispatched a bunch of party going, cabin dwelling kids before he could be stopped by Ben Scrivens & his red neck pal, Leo Dechamp. Now Jimmy has returned, this time preying on a group of "Spirit Hunters" searching for the truth to his killings, & Ben must track down Leo before they're added to his list of victims!.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 178
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, spoof, horror comedy
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Fright Fest (2018)
Plot Summary:
Blood runs rampant on Halloween night when a small towns' Fright Fest becomes real inside the walls of a long abandoned asylum.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 976
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, tense, suspenseful, psychological, rough, captivating, suspense
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Trick (2019)
Plot Summary:
A detective tries to track down a masked killer who reappears every Halloween to wreak bloody havoc.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, suspense, suspenseful, scary, tense, psychotronic, splatter, detective, independent film
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Giving Up Forever (2021)
Plot Summary:
Jack Adolf, a 38 year old man with a history of being rejected by women seeks revenge against the people who have bullied him.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic, psychological horror
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Psycho Cop (1989)
Plot Summary:
Officer Joe Vickers would probably make a good policeman if it weren't for his two nasty habits. Firstly, he is a devoted satanist; secondly - he likes to kill people. When he meets a group of teenagers spending their vacation in a wood hut, he decides to investigate.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspenseful, suspense, rough, bloody, detective, cult classic, independent film, serious
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The Fear Chamber (2009)
Plot Summary:
A psychotic man likes to hunt down young women, then kill them and sell their organs. Detective Nick Stevens has been chasing this killer for years and has to overcome this personal demons in order to conquer this serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 542
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, scary, rough, serious, detective
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The Crypt (2009)
Plot Summary:
Six young criminals break into hidden catacombs underneath their town and attempt to steal jewelry buried from the "Great Depression" only to find inhabitants guarding the precious belongings. After being trapped in this dark maze of crypts the group tries to escape alive.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, serious, tense, psychological, captivating, scary, rough
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Blood Widow (2014)
Plot Summary:
Laurie and Hugh are a successful young couple who have just closed on a weekend home away from the city. Unbeknownst to them, the neighboring property contains the crumbling remains of a boarding school that was shuttered in the wake of an unspeakable massacre. The sole survivor of that massacre still resides in the ruins of the school, hiding from the world and wanting only to be left alone. When Laurie and Hugh's friends explore the property, they have no idea that they disturbed an emotionally-broken killing machine: The Blood Widow.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, serious, suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, scary, rough, realistic
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Mothman (2010)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends band together to hide the truth about a mutual friend's tragic death. They soon discover that an evil entity is in pursuit of them.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, scary, rough
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Nailbiter (2013)
Plot Summary:
A horror film that combines classic monster movie elements set within the backdrop of unpredictable Kansas weather. Start with a mother and her three daughters forced to take shelter from an advancing tornado in a local storm cellar. What is waiting for them underneath is another story entirely.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, captivating, psychological, spooky
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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