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Plot Summary:
A vicious serial killer is stalking the streets of New York City, murdering Times Square massage girls in a variety of brutal ways. It's up to a rogue detective team to solve the case as the body count continues to rise!.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 517
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher
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My Body Hungers (1967)
Plot Summary:
Marcia, a sexy bucolic orphan, hitch-hikes to the city to meet up with her sister, who has promised her a job at the roadhouse where she works as a hostess. She has no qualms about sleeping with her driver in order to be safeguarded to her destination. Once she arrives, she discovers that her sister has recently been violently murdered -- in a stangulation by garter belt. Marcia takes her sister's job in order to go undercover in finding the murderer. She thus imperils her own life while making discoveries about her sister's former lifestyle and the seamy antics of the local civic leaders.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: independent film
Similar in 78%
The Hollywood Strangler Meets the Skid Row Slasher (1979)
Plot Summary:
A photographer cruises Hollywood and takes pictures of young models he then strangles. Meanwhile, a woman who works in a porno bookstore in downtown L.A. takes it upon herself to kill off the local derelicts. Soon the two killers meet up with each other.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 543
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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The Baby Doll Murders (1993)
Plot Summary:
A Los Angeles cop tracks a serial killer who leaves a broken baby doll at the site of each grisly crime.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 153
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
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Dead Women in Lingerie (1991)
Plot Summary:
A private detective is hired to catch a serial killer who makes immigrant garment workers his victims.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: detective, independent film
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Prostitutes Protective Society (1966)
Plot Summary:
Madame Sue runs a successful Prostitute operation in the heart of NYC, and as it should happen, The Mob wants to get a piece of the action. Still, being the go ahead women they are, they decide to fight back and keep themselves independent of any outsider business influence.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, cult film
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Fatal Pulse (1988)
Plot Summary:
A girl is killed and raped minutes after fighting with her boyfriend (Jeff) and he left her. Jeff is the assistant of professor Caldwell at the university, and he wanted to return with his old girlfriend (Lisa). The girl lived with another five girls, including Lisa. All these girls begin to be killed, one by one, in different and strange ways. The main suspect is Jeff.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Crime, Thriller, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
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The Night Stalker (1986)
Plot Summary:
A tough homicide cop is assigned to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: detective, independent film, weird
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Evil Judgment (1984)
Plot Summary:
A girl starts her own investigation after the police fail to catch a local serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, independent film
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The Clairvoyant (1982)
Plot Summary:
Two uneasy friends, a police officer and a TV talk show host, each pursue the mysterious "handcuff killer" with the aid of an artist who sees - and draws - the killer's crimes before they're committed.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 681
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, detective, grindhouse, independent film, suspense
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Double Exposure (1982)
Plot Summary:
A photographer for a men's magazine is haunted by disturbing dreams, in which he slaughters his models. When he learns that these models are dying in real life as they did in his dreams, he begins to go insane.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 833
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, cult classic, independent film, scary, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, slasher horror
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The Playbirds (1978)
Plot Summary:
In order to unmask a pathological killer who is targeting the beautiful centrefolds of Playbirds magazine, a sexy policewoman Lucy Sheridan puts her life and reputation on the line by sleeping with millionaire publisher Harry Dougan. The Chief Superintendant and Police Commissioner are keeping a close eye on her, but time is running out fast.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 499
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, sensual, cult classic, sex comedy, independent film, cult film
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Killing Obsession (1994)
Plot Summary:
Albert (John Savage) is a psychopath who, after brutally murdering a woman, becomes obsessed with her 11-year-old daughter Annie. Twenty-one years after being sent to prison for his crimes, Albert is freed over the strenuous objections of Dr. Sachs (John Saxon), the psychiatrist who has been overseeing Albert's case all these years. Sachs is convinced that Albert is still a very real threat to the community, and it turns out that he's right; desperate to find Annie, but not knowing what surname she uses today, Albert begins contacting every Annie he can find in the phone book, leaving a bloody trail of murdered women in his path when they turn out not to be the little girl he's looking for.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
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Sushi Girl (2012)
Plot Summary:
Fish has spent six years in jail. Six years alone. Six years keeping his mouth shut about the robbery, about the other men involved. The night he is released, the four men he protected with silence celebrate his freedom with a congratulatory dinner. The meal is a lavish array of sushi, served off the naked body of a beautiful young woman. The sushi girl seems catatonic, trained to ignore everything in the room, even if things become dangerous. Sure enough, the four unwieldy thieves can't help but open old wounds in an attempt to find their missing loot.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, bloody, action packed, action adventure
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Relentless 3 (1993)
Plot Summary:
Sam Dietz, the relentless police detective, returns to Los Angeles from a self-imposed exile to help the police solve another series of brutal killings committed by another crafty serial killer whom targets Dietz's latest love interest.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 481
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, scary, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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The Girl in the Yellow Pajamas (1977)
Plot Summary:
Two seemingly separate stories in New South Wales: a burned, murdered body of a young woman is found on the beach, and a retired inspector makes inquiries; also, Linda, a waitress and ferry attendant, has several lovers and marries one, but continues seeing the others. The police have a suspect in the murder, but the retired inspector is convinced they're wrong; he continues a methodical investigation. Linda and her husband separate, and there are complications. Will the stories cross or are they already twisted together?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, cult classic, erotic, scary, tense, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic
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A Dragonfly for Each Corpse (1975)
Plot Summary:
A killer is cleaning up the streets of Milan by murdering those considered as deviant. An ornamental dragonfly, soaked in the blood of the victim, is left on each body.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 629
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, independent film, cult film
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Five Women for the Killer (1974)
Plot Summary:
Thriller about a reporter who comes home from an overseas assignment to find his baby in the hospital and his wife dead.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 439
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, cult film
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Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
Plot Summary:
A famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: disturbing, suspenseful, scary, enigmatic, slasher, suspense, neo noir, atmospheric, stylized, psychotronic
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Traces of Red (1992)
Plot Summary:
Jack, a Palm Beach detective, becomes involved in a case of multiple murders. All the women can be linked to Jack in some way. Jack and his partner have no leads, but numerous suspects. The murders continue, along with anonymous letters from the killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, twist ending, rough, independent film, detective, erotic, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The River Murders (2011)
Plot Summary:
The sins of the past are not forgotten in this chilling suspense thriller. When the first body was discovered, it seemed a coincidence. But now homicide detective Jack Verdon has cause to worry: the victims of a series of brutal sex murders are all his former girlfriends. Suspected by the FBI agent who’s taken over the case and suspended by his captain, Jack must work outside the law if he’s to find the killer, save his future and protect what’s left of his past.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, realistic
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Relentless (1989)
Plot Summary:
Two Los Angeles police detectives, cynical veteran Malloy and cocky rookie Dietz, hunt for a serial killer, an ex-cop named Taylor, whom randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, detective, slasher, neo noir, independent film, rough, serious
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Murder Eleven (2013)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer is loose on the streets of Atlantic City. His ten victims are prostitutes, his methods are ruthless and yet his motives are unknown. Two embattled homicide detectives, Mayfield and Jesse, are in a race against time to catch this killer. They have just a few hours to utilize all of their resources and prevent murder number eleven. But with very few leads, very little support, and luck playing against them they are in for a long night because being wrong is unforgiving and number eleven is already gone.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 246
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, mind bending, realistic
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Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972)
Plot Summary:
A woman, a survivor of a failed murder attempt by a person dubbed "The Half-Moon Killer" by the police, and her husband must find the connecting thread between herself, six other women, and the killer before the killer strikes at her again.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, atmospheric, realistic, serious, tense, disturbing, spooky, twisted, scary
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Dead Sexy (2001)
Plot Summary:
A female detective gets involved with a murder suspect in a series of serial killings.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 898
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, rough, suspenseful, detective, tense, serious, realistic, slasher, sexual
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Tightrope (1984)
Plot Summary:
Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer. His victims are young and pretty women, which he rapes and murders. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspenseful, detective, sexual, intense, neo noir, suspense, sexy, tricky
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The Alphabet Killer (2008)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true story of double killings occurring in Rochester, NY during the 80’s and the troubled police officer determined to solve them, with or without the help of her department.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, crime thriller, twisted, slasher
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The Little Things (2021)
Plot Summary:
Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's past, uncovering disturbing secrets that could threaten more than his case.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 120000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, suspenseful, neo noir, captivating, dark, disturbing, action thriller, twisted, psychological
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Blink (1993)
Plot Summary:
Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having problems: sometimes she doesn't "remember" what she's seen until later. One night she is awakened by a commotion upstairs. Peering out of her door, she sees a shadowy figure descending the stairs. Convinced that her neighbour has been murdered she approaches the police, only to find that she is unsure if it was just her new eyes playing tricks on her.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, psychological, exciting, suspense, neo noir, enigmatic, erotic, psychological thriller, gloomy
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Switchback (1997)
Plot Summary:
FBI agent Dennis Quaid tries to catch a serial killer who kidnapped his son.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, intense, rough, serious, realistic, clever, surprise ending, psychological
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Untraceable (2008)
Plot Summary:
Special Agent Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane) works in an elite division of the FBI dedicated to fighting cybercrime. She thinks she has seen it all, until a particularly sadistic criminal arises on the Internet. This tech-savvy killer posts live feeds of his crimes on his website; the more hits the site gets, the faster the victim dies. Marsh and her team must find the elusive killer before time runs out.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: clever, psychological thriller, intense, surprise ending, scary, psychological, disturbing, detective, suspenseful, serious