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Plot Summary:
An enthusiastic lecturer and her student travel to Europe to go after the mythology of the Mothman, but they soon have to fight for survival.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 908
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, Hungary, USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: bleak, enigmatic, suspense, scary, surprise ending, twist ending, psychotronic, mockumentary, fake documentary
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A Guidebook to Killing Your Ex (2016)
Plot Summary:
A lonely man with an intention of documenting every important detail is planning to kill his ex-girlfriend within 72 hours only to realize things are not as easy as he previously imagined.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: Hungary, USA, UK
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, twist ending, psychotronic, scary, humorous, suspense, disturbing, independent film, mockumentary, disgusting
Similar in 82%
Bell Witch Haunting (2004)
Plot Summary:
The Bell Witch Haunting" is a powerful supernatural historic thriller based on terrifying actual events that took place in Robertson County, Tennessee from 1817 to 1821, in which a spirit tormented John Bell and his family, leaving him in a terrifying fight against the vengeful ghost to save his children and his own life. The haunting is the only known case where a spirit actually took credit for killing someone. After visiting the Bells home, Andrew Jackson said, "I vow I would rather fight the entire British Army single handed then face this witch again." Written by Ric White.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 305
Genere: Drama, History, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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Robert (2015)
Plot Summary:
In this chilling story based on real life events a family experience terrifying supernatural occurrences when their son acquires a vintage doll called Robert.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, psychotronic
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Char Man (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two friends visit fire-ravaged Ojai, California, intent on making a fake documentary about the infamous Ojai Vampire. However, things take a bizarre and frightening turn when they learn about a different local legend: The Char Man.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 641
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, fake documentary
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Spirits in the Dark (2020)
Plot Summary:
A lonely widower finds a mysterious video on his computer that leads him to an abandoned town occupied by an ominous entity.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Hungary, UK, USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, rough, bleak, twist ending, surprise ending, experimental, independent film, minimal cast
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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
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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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The 16th Episode (2018)
Plot Summary:
Three YouTubers struggling to get more views on their adventure channel, travel to the mythical city of Casablanca, unaware that it hides a terrifying secret.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, cyber, mystical
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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 Unquiet (2008)
Plot Summary:
Do you believe in ghosts? Well, whether you do or not, you'll want to tune in for this superspooky flick that takes you inside an abandoned -- and possibly haunted! -- women's prison. A skeptic and her ex-husband, a documentary filmmaker, both with differing opinions about the supernatural, stumble across some scary revelations about the facility's violent and abusive history.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Death of a Vlogger (2019)
Plot Summary:
An ambitious vlogger experiences the dark side of the internet when his latest video, which features an alleged haunting, goes viral.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, mockumentary
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Bodom (2014)
Plot Summary:
For the 50th anniversary of the Lake Bodom murders, two media students obsessed with the case launch a journalistic investigation. The footage they have left behind only raises new questions.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 411
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, surprise ending, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, mockumentary, realistic, independent film
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Spirit in the Woods (2014)
Plot Summary:
Fate of five local college students who went missing in the infamous Spiritual Woods is finally unraveled as previously unreleased footage is made public.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, mockumentary
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The Blackwell Ghost (2017)
Plot Summary:
A filmmaker tries to prove that ghosts are real but soon regrets his intentions after he finds himself being terrorized in a haunted house by a ghost with a dark past. An authentic documentary that shows actual ghost footage that was captured on camera.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: disturbing, mockumentary, bleak, scary, suspense, suspenseful, creepy, spooky, twisted, weird
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Found Footage (2012)
Plot Summary:
The contents of a memory card are presented in the exact order in which they were found. Beginning with a simple camping trip and ending in a bloodbath years later, the mystery of these video clips have never been solved.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: dark, psychotronic, bleak, scary, surprise ending, independent film
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Ragini MMS (2011)
Plot Summary:
The quintessential couple, Ragini and Uday, set out to have a dirty weekend at a friend's farmhouse on the outskirts of Mumbai. The weekend getaway quickly changes gears as they find themselves in a house that has been rigged with cameras in Big Boss style.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, mockumentary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful
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The Last Broadcast (1998)
Plot Summary:
Bristling with equipment, two enthusiastic local access cable TV producers recruit an assistant and venture into a forest in search of the mythical and horrifying Jersey Devil. Days later, only one of the trio emerges. He becomes the prime suspect in the disappearances of the other two. However, a local filmmaker examines extensive footage found at the scene and arrives at a different conclusion.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, enigmatic, suspense, detective, spooky, scary, slasher
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Hollow (2011)
Plot Summary:
An old monastery in a small, remote village in Suffolk, England has been haunted by a local legend for centuries. Left in ruin and shrouded by the mystery of a dark spirit that wills young couples to suicide, the place has been avoided for years, marked only by a twisted, ancient tree with an ominous hollow said to be the home of great evil. When four friends on holiday explore the local folklore, they realize that belief in a myth can quickly materialize into reality, bringing horror to life for the town.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, demonic, mockumentary, spooky, psychological, serious
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#Screamers (2016)
Plot Summary:
When an internet company decides to investigate a series of 'Screamer' videos, they are confronted with havoc and hell they could never expect.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, scary, serious, slasher, mockumentary
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Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)
Plot Summary:
Using a special camera that can see spirits, a family must protect their daughter from an evil entity with a sinister plan.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, entertaining, christmas horror, tense, serious, suspenseful, demonic, psychotronic, mockumentary
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Horror in the High Desert 2: Minerva (2023)
Plot Summary:
In 2018 a string of tragedies unfold in the high desert of North Eastern Nevada. A woman was found dead and another would vanish along the same stretch of remote highway. Could these events be linked to the infamous 2017 disappearance of outdoorsman Gary Hinge?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: mockumentary
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The Monster Project (2017)
Plot Summary:
When aspiring horror filmmakers post an online casting call looking for "real life" monsters to interview for their upcoming documentary called, The Monster Project, they find three individuals claiming to be a skin-walker, a vampire, and a demon. Meeting these monsters at a remote mansion in the woods on the night of a total lunar eclipse, the filmmakers invite the three subjects to share their haunting, personal experiences. Working on the crew is a recovering drug addict who suffers withdrawal and paranoia. As a person of faith, he fears his friends underestimate the dark powers they are summoning. When the interviews turn deadly, he must battle the demons, inside and out, to escape the house and defeat the rise of evil incarnate.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, mockumentary, rough, bleak, suspenseful, atmospheric, surprise ending, psychotronic, fake documentary
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Legend of the Chupacabra (2000)
Plot Summary:
Is the legend of Chupacabran (roughly translated to getsugare) true? Or is it just folklore? Or a madman in latex suit? When Maria Esperanza's uncle and his goats are assaulted and killed, she collects together a team of crypto zoology student and a Marine to unravel the mystery once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, suspenseful, scary, funny, psychotronic, fake documentary
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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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Digging Up the Marrow (2014)
Plot Summary:
He’s one of the hardest working filmmakers in the genre business.......So what’s HATCHET man Adam Green been up to this past year apart from working on his sit-com ‘Holliston’, writing KILLER PIZZA and prepping EXORCISM ON CROOKED LAKE? The answer is this documentary starting out exploring genre-based monster art and then taking an odd turn into the blurring of fantasy and reality. Because halfway through producing this treatise with cinematographer Will Barratt at his L.A. ArieScope Pictures offices, they are contacted by former policeman William Dekker who claims he can prove that monsters are indeed real. That they live in world just below our own named The Marrow and he knows where one of the entrances to this dark hidden universe is. Green of course is intrigued and so the monster hunting expedition begins… to become something else far more frightening than he ever imagined.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, disturbing, serious, suspenseful, horror comedy, tense, enigmatic, bleak, suspense, scary
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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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Butterfly Kisses (2018)
Plot Summary:
A filmmaker discovers a box of video tapes depicting two students' disturbing film project featuring a local horror legend, The Peeping Tom. As he sets out to prove this story is real and release it as a work of his own, he loses himself and the film crew following him into his project.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: mystical, mockumentary, captivating, suspense, mysterious, slasher, disturbing, psychotronic, weird
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The Levenger Tapes (2013)
Plot Summary:
Detectives in a remote town pore through every frame of a troubling tape to find the whereabouts of three missing college students. The chilling footage becomes more and more disturbing when the students come upon the bloody dress of an 8-year-old girl in the secluded wilderness and take it upon themselves to find her. Linking the case of the missing girl and the missing students together, the detectives race to piece enough information together to find them alive.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, mockumentary, tense, serious, suspense, fake documentary
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Unaired (2010)
Plot Summary:
S.P.I is entering its third season as the most watched Paranormal Hunting program with its Halloween premiere. The team is investigating a haunted garage/basement on secluded property and prepping to create some soaring ratings with scary content. Upon investigation however, they see that what they all fabricate, may in fact be very real.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: dark, psychotronic, suspense, scary, suspenseful, mockumentary, independent film
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The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Plot Summary:
In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 280000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, dark, independent film, mockumentary, suspenseful, atmospheric, bleak, psychological, disturbing