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Plot Summary:
A young woman goes searching for answers after her friend mysteriously vanishes in Whitehall, NY, an Adirondack town known for its Bigfoot sightings. She quickly learns that hiding in the woods is an evil more sinister than she could ever imagine.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 857
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, enigmatic, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, dark drama
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Creature from Black Lake (1976)
Plot Summary:
Two men exploring the Louisiana swamps run into a Bigfoot-type creature.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: anamorphic, psychotronic, independent film
Similar in 75%
Haunting of the Mary Celeste (2020)
Plot Summary:
Rachel, a concerned researcher, and her team have set out to sea to prove that the disappearance of a family and crew from a merchant ship was for reasons having to do with the supernatural. Her theory that those on the Mary Celeste vanished into a "rift" between dimensions proves true as the boat breaks down and her crew begins to vanish one by one.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 727
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 83%
Stomping Ground (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ben and Annie are a young couple on a weekend trip to Annie's small North Carolina hometown who, after meeting a charming old friend, embark on an impromptu 'Bigfoot hunt' that threatens both their relationship and their lives.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, independent film
Similar in 82%
Secret of Slenderman (2013)
Plot Summary:
After their bus broke down two friends, Sergey and Oksana, go into the woods, where they plan to reside in the cabin of Sergey's friend. Suddenly a monster starts to haunt them. A monster, which goes by the name of Slender Man.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 514
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, bleak, suspenseful, experimental, underground film, independent film, amateur film
Similar in 81%
The Wild Man of the Navidad (2008)
Plot Summary:
Based on the recently acquired journals of Texan Dale S. Rogers, this vintage horror tale debunks history books to tell the veracious, harrowing story of a rural Texas community whose residents were terrified for years by a mysterious creature inhabiting the nearby woods.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 563
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, serious, suspenseful, scary, avant garde, retro, suspense, independent film, black comedy, weird
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The Cursed: Dead Man’s Prey (2021)
Plot Summary:
A teenage girl who has the ability to bring death by using Hanja (Chinese characters), names, photos, and belongings; and a just social issues reporter, fighting against the massive evil hidden behind an IT conglomerate. The film for the series "The Cursed".
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 75%
Hoax (2019)
Plot Summary:
An investigation into a camping trip gone wrong turns into a fight for survival when a team, including a brilliant primate specialist and led by a ruthless television producer, must come to grips with the possible existence of Bigfoot.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 933
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 84%
The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)
Plot Summary:
A documentary-style drama based on true accounts of the Fouke Monster in Arkansas. It focuses on the lives of back country people and their culture while detailing certain sightings of the monster. This title was a drive-in B movie favorite for it's time.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, independent film, mockumentary, grindhouse, southern gothic, slasher, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Hellborn (2003)
Plot Summary:
James Bishop is a young psychology resident, excited about his new job at St. Andrews Mental Hospital and the chance to help severely ill patients. The excitement changes to puzzlement, concern and finally terror as some of those patients mysteriously die and James' efforts to find the cause results in increasingly strange behavior from the St. Andrews staff. Things begin to clarify when James finally encounters the Harvester.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 671
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense, contemplative
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Abominable (2020)
Plot Summary:
A research team embarks on a journey to obtain a plant that can advance medical research by centuries. While stumbling upon clues of the previous expedition, they discover that a Yeti creature lurks within the Himalayan mountains and will do anything to protect its terrain.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Last Radio Call (2022)
Plot Summary:
On June 30th, 2018, Officer David Serling went missing inside an undisclosed abandoned hospital. Using his recovered body cam footage, his wife attempts to piece together what happened to him on that horrible night.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 717
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, mockumentary
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The Fear Footage: 3AM (2021)
Plot Summary:
Dennis Rosen disappeared on September 19th, 2020, while filming an episode for his urban exploration channel 'Dennis the explorer'. He was exploring Darkbluff, Maryland, a town that authorities discovered abandoned during their search for Dennis. They also discovered a camera. This footage was on that camera.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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*69 (2016)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends fall victim to tragic events after one of them dials *69 in response to a crank call. Tina, who's finally putting the missing pieces of her life back together after a car accident robbed her of her memory a year prior, uncovers that these events are somehow linked to her past. Now, she must find a way to unlock the truth that is buried deep within in order to put an end to the nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Sightings (2017)
Plot Summary:
A dysfunctional family under suspicion of murder after three bodies mysteriously appear on their ranch are terrorised by what they can only describe as Bigfoot.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 455
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful
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Memory (2006)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Taylor Biggs is haunted by a past that's not his own. A hallucinatory drug gives him the power to see visions of vicious crimes, visions made all that more disturbing when he discovers that the murderous memories may belong to the father he never knew . Biggs's mother, whose own failing memory makes her powerless to help him unravel his family history.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting, psychological thriller, suspense
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Missing: The Other Side (2020)
Plot Summary:
A village holds spirits of missing, deceased people. A search to find the missing bodies and discover the truth behind their disappearance occurs.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 87%
Dead Night (2017)
Plot Summary:
A caring mother loses her sanity, setting off a chain of events resulting in tragedy and murder. The story of Casey Pollack unfolds from two very different perspectives when one night in the woods culminates in absolute terror.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, enigmatic, bleak, dark, psychological, gothic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, mumblecore
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Valley of the Sasquatch (2015)
Plot Summary:
After losing their home following a devastating tragedy, a father and son are forced to move to an old family cabin. Neither reacts well to being thrown into this new world. The son's attempts to relate to his father are complicated when two old friends arrive for a weekend of hunting. This trip into the forest will unearth not only buried feelings of guilt and betrayal, but also a tribe of Sasquatch that are determined to protect their land.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 736
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, captivating, suspense
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Hunting the Legend (2014)
Plot Summary:
In 2008, a deer hunter was taken by something in the Alabama woods. Only his rifle, blood and a 16" footprint were left behind... Five years later, his son seeks revenge.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 379
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, scary
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Clawed: The Legend of Sasquatch (2005)
Plot Summary:
When a group of poachers is found mauled to death in the woods of the Pacific Northwest -- mirroring a grisly slaying that happened years ago, known as the "Echo Mountain Massacre" -- angry locals are convinced that the infamous Sasquatch is to blame. But that doesn't stop four passionate high school students from making a plea to spare the creature's life.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller, Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, scary, serious
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Primal Rage (2018)
Plot Summary:
A newly reunited young couple's drive through the Pacific Northwest turns into a nightmare as they are forced to face nature, unsavory locals, and a monstrous creature, known to the Native Americans as Oh-Mah.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: scary, surprise ending, slasher, tense, serious, suspense, suspenseful, intense, psychotronic
Similar in 79%
The Sighting (2016)
Plot Summary:
A terrifying psychological thriller set near the beautiful landscape of Glacier National Park, Montana. Two high school friends, Travis and Nate, are on a road trip to Canada when they're attacked by mysterious and vicious creatures. Nate is stolen into the woods and Travis will stop at nothing to get him back. Travis recruits Nate's older brother Chris to bring an arsenal and wage war against these monsters in an effort to retrieve Nate.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 946
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, slasher, psychological thriller, psychotronic, low-budget
Similar in 90%
Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues (1983)
Plot Summary:
Professor and students camp out to find Bigfoot-type creature.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
Similar in 79%
The Axiom (2018)
Plot Summary:
At the risk of her group's safety, a young woman travels into a National Forest where her sister has become trapped in a multi-dimensional world of monsters.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, captivating, suspense, rough, serious, suspenseful, slasher
Similar in 78%
Daddy's Girl (2002)
Plot Summary:
British television film starring Martin Kemp.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, serious, suspense, suspenseful
Similar in 79%
Bigfoot Horror Camp (2017)
Plot Summary:
A Bigfoot terrorizes a nudist colony, not a horror camp. Mostly made up of footage from MONSTER OF THE NUDIST COLONY.
IMDB Rating: 1.7
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 78%
Primitive (2011)
Plot Summary:
After being forced to visit a hypnotist, Martin receives news of his estranged mother's passing. He returns home for the funeral, and before long, people start dropping dead. The victims - brutally torn apart by what appears to be a predatory monster - convince the local police that Martin is somehow responsible, and soon he comes to believe it too, as all the victims are connected to the evil within him.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 178
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, suspense, scary
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The Purging Hour (2016)
Plot Summary:
With the hopes of a new life for his family, Bruce Diaz left the harsh city for the serene and majestic mountains of California. The Diaz family's first day in their new house would go down as one of the most violent 24 hours any family could ever imagine. With no serviceable evidence being retrieved and no witnesses to speak, the case was eventually dismissed. Several years later, the family's personal home movie footage was released by anonymous source. "Home Video" tells the family's story, through their eyes.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes (2012)
Plot Summary:
Sean Reynolds, a highly acclaimed investigative journalist (who strongly believed in paranormal phenomena), destroyed his career when the most watched episode of his reality show, based on paranormal phenomena, turned out to be a hoax. Sean saw a news report on a "Bigfoot Hunter" (Carl Drybeck) who claimed to possess the body of a dead Sasquatch. He believes Drybeck is a phony and decides to create a new show that reveals people's paranormal claims as hoaxes. Sean assembles his old film crew and heads to Northern California's "Lost Coast" to meet with and interview Drybeck. Obsessed, Sean is staking his comeback, his life and the lives of his documentary film crew on proving Drybeck's claim to be a hoax.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, enigmatic, independent film, surprise ending, natural horror, fake documentary
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Dawn of the Beast (2021)
Plot Summary:
Aiming to find the Bigfoot, a group of graduate students venture deep into an area of the Northeastern wilderness known for its strange creature sightings. Soon, they learn that there is a much more sinister evil lurking in the woods, the Wendigo, and once the spirit knows you’re there, they will come for you. Who will survive in a battle between the two most notorious monsters of the forest?.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 974
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, slasher