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Plot Summary:
Based on the myth of Frau Perchta, a witch that comes on the 12 days of Christmas taking children each night.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, mystical, suspense, dark, mysterious, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, dark fantasy
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Tom Holland's Twisted Tales (2014)
Plot Summary:
Horror legend Tom Holland dares you to join him for nine nerve-shredding, totally Twisted Tales. Serving up a mind-bending assortment of the macabre, it’s an anthology fine-tuned to keep you on the edge of your seat. A new drug offers users a glimpse of the future… with beastly consequences. A murderous husband is stalked by his own cell phone. A jilted lover wreaks satanic vengeance. The nightmarish action then leads to worlds haunted by dark magic, demonic possession, vampires, witches and more in this seriously freaky festival of fear.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 423
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, psychological
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Blood Beat (1983)
Plot Summary:
A woman who lives in deer-hunting country in rural Wisconsin is possessed by the spirit of a Japanese samurai warrior.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, christmas horror, bloody, psychotronic, independent film, weird
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The Curse of Humpty Dumpty (2021)
Plot Summary:
An old doll seemingly returns to life to wreak havoc.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 571
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic
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For We Are Many (2019)
Plot Summary:
The shock portmanteau showcases the work of upcoming genre directors from around the world. Each gives a fun, fresh and frightening take on a different demon, from Succubi and Wendigos to the Biblical and Lovecraftian, making this chilling collection a wild, fun-filled, terrifying ride through a diabolical and fantastical bestiary.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 450
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: anthology, bleak, suspense, realistic, disturbing, psychotronic, dark fairy tale, lovecraft
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The Wailer 2 (2007)
Plot Summary:
After Professor McBride learns that the body of his daughter Julie was never found, he takes it upon himself to go on a quest to discover the truth about his daughter's disappearance. With the help of Chava, a young Mexican anthropologist and a cult of old witch ladies, he embarks on a mission to exorcise the body of Julie from the evil soul of La Llorona.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Horror
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: mystical, suspense, suspenseful, gothic horror, disturbing
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Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story (2015)
Plot Summary:
A group of student film makers are creating "Project Marble Hornets" when the production is interrupted by a series of paranormal events in this tense and shocking horror.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, mystical, tense, mockumentary, weird
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House on Elm Lake (2017)
Plot Summary:
A man convinced that Lucifer was within him brutally murdered his wife and child in satanic sacrifice. Now, years later, Eric, Hayley and their daughter Penny, move into the same house after being left unsold on the market.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, suspense, disturbing, psychological thriller
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Curse of the Witching Tree (2015)
Plot Summary:
An innocent woman, accused of murdering her son and hanged as a witch, curses a tree and the children who play around it. The effects of this act of revenge echo through the years.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Blood Curse II: Asmodeus Rises (2022)
Plot Summary:
Alicia Stone returns in this gore-drenched sequel. Having lost all hope, husband Jason calls on the help of Paranormal TV host Tyson to confront the demonic forces that have plagued the Stone household.
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Country: UK
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Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, erotic, independent film
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The Candy Witch (2020)
Plot Summary:
Two ghost hunters are called upon a distressed family who claim they are being tormented by an evil spirit known in their local town as The Candy Witch. But as the mystery of her curse is uncovered, surprising and sinister turns are discovered around The Candy Witch's identity. Their hardest case yet, can they solve this evil curse before more people are killed by the demonic spirit?.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, suspense, suspenseful, scary, surprise ending, atmospheric, serious, dark, intense, psychotronic
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The Nights Before Christmas (2019)
Plot Summary:
A murderous Santa and Mrs Claus play a cat and mouse game with the FBI.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 395
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic
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Beyond Remedy (2009)
Plot Summary:
An international group of medical students takes part in a seminar on fear - with deadly results.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 280
Genere: Horror
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bleak, serious, suspense, dark, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, stylized
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Cruel Peter (2019)
Plot Summary:
It is Christmas 1908 in Messina, one of the richest merchant cities of the Mediterranean. Peter, the 13 year-old son of a rich English family is notorious for his cruelty to children, animals and servants. One night he is ambushed and wakes up in a coffin underground in the city's Gothic cemetery, buried in retaliation for his callousness by a servant boy from his mother's estate. When a powerful earthquake razes Messina to the ground, Peter is trapped and his whereabouts are forgotten. Until a century later an English archaeologist and his daughter arrive in the city.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, christmas horror, scary, psychological, rough, bleak, dark, suspenseful, disturbing, slasher
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Cupid (2020)
Plot Summary:
After being embarrassed by the mean girls at school, Faye, a practicing witch, summons the evil Cupid to take revenge on all those who wronged her. On Valentine’s Day, Cupid does in fact rise and will stop at nothing until the walls are covered in blood. The students must figure out a way to stop Cupid and undo the spell before their hearts get broken… literally.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, mystical, tense, disturbing, semi serious, psychological, slasher horror, twisted, absurd
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The Elf (2016)
Plot Summary:
Nick is haunted by night terrors stemming from a tragic murder he saw when he was young. After inheriting an old toy shop, he discovers a cursed elf doll sealed inside an ancient chest with a naughty list of his family's names written on it. He soon discovers that the elf was an evil conduit meant to unleash a supernatural killing spree during the Christmas Holidays by whomever set it free.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, dark fantasy, slasher horror, scary
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Ghoulish Tales (2014)
Plot Summary:
On a cold December night Logan's babysitter tells him three tales of unspeakable horror. But the most terrifying tale of all is lurking right outside their door.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, anthology, christmas horror, psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, horror comedy
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Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming (2013)
Plot Summary:
The abandoned home of Wilfred Butler, a wealthy but troubled man who committed suicide in 1987, has been willed to his grandson, Jeffrey. The house has sat in disarray since Wilfred's death, standing in the way of developers who want to turn the property into residential homes. Just before Christmas 2012, many years after Wilfred's death, Jeffrey and his lawyer appear in town to negotiate the sale of the property. But an Axe wielding maniac has set up residence in the house, and he doesn't take kindly to strangers.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 492
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, christmas horror, psychotronic, tense, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, bloody, psychological horror
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Hosts (2020)
Plot Summary:
On Christmas Eve, an innocent couple become hosts to a malicious entity. Throughout the night they terrorise a family of five in unimaginably violent and disturbing ways.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, psychological, atmospheric, perverse
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Savage Christmas (2013)
Plot Summary:
When Mitch decides to take his virgin girl friend Sarah away for Christmas, her friends tag along. What was suppose to be a weekend of fun, turned into a Christmas they will never forget. A group of filmmakers bring back a demon from the beyond, who is in search for virgin flesh to transfer its soul into. Sarah is in for the night of her life, as she is the target of the demons desires.
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Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Mrs. Claus (2018)
Plot Summary:
Students attending a Christmas party at a sorority house with a sinister past are stalked by a bloodthirsty killer disguised as Mrs. Claus.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 681
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, disturbing
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The Test (2024)
Plot Summary:
A horror film about a pilot who is the sole survivor of the plane crash in the deep unknown. He must survive in an isolated building where something evil is waiting.
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Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, scary, psychological, bleak, disturbing, psychotronic, psychological thriller, silent, independent film
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Mother Krampus 2: Slay Ride (2018)
Plot Summary:
It's Christmas time in Cleveland, Ohio and four young ladies are on the verge of completing their mandatory thirty days of community service. With only one night to go, they are required to make a series of in-home visits to the older and less fortunate. Upon arriving at their final stop for the night, they become introduced to a pleasant older woman who graciously welcomes them into her home for the evening. However, as darkness falls and the cold settles in, they begin to realize that there is far more to their seemingly innocent host than meets the eye.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 304
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (1989)
Plot Summary:
Ricky Caldwell, the notorious 'Killer Santa Claus', awakens from a six-year coma after being kept alive on life-support by a slightly crazed doctor experimenting with ESP and other special abilities. Ricky targets a young, clairvoyant blind woman, named Laura, whom is traveling with her brother Chris, and his girlfriend Jerri to their grandmother's house for Christmas Eve, and Ricky decides to go after her, leaving a trail of dead bodies in his wake.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, christmas horror, bloody, cult horror, independent film, cult film
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Christmas Cruelty (2013)
Plot Summary:
We follow a serial killer and his victims as they all prepare for Christmas in their own ways. This year it doesn't matter if you have been naughty or nice, Santa is coming to town no matter what, and he knows where you live.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Horror
Country: Norway
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, scary, bleak, bloody, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, slasher horror
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Dismembering Christmas (2015)
Plot Summary:
At a vacation winter lake house, seven high school seniors are attacked by a madman out for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 225
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, scary, psychotronic, suspense, disturbing, bloody, independent film
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Santa Claws (1996)
Plot Summary:
A young man finds his divorced mother having sex with a man in a Santa Clause hat and shoots them both dead. Years later, now thinking he is Santa Clause, the man develops an obsession with an erotic horror film star named Raven and begins stalking her.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, bloody, independent film, cult film
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Krampus: The Devil Returns (2016)
Plot Summary:
Five years after the murder of his wife and disappearance of his daughter, former police officer Jeremy Duffin is brought back to help in the hunt for a yuletide monster that punishes children that have been "naughty." As the monster becomes more erratic and unpredictable, Jeremy learns the truth about the disappearance of his daughter and the fate that has been bestowed upon him by an unlikely source. Can Jeremy finally end the nightmare Christmas monster that has terrorized this town for years?.
IMDB Rating: 1.6
IMDB Votes: 651
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspense, dark, slasher, christmas horror, dark fantasy
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Krampus Origins (2018)
Plot Summary:
The first World War rages on when a group of American soldiers find a mysterious artifact that can summon the ancient evil of the Krampus. After the men are killed in action, the artifact is sent to the commanding officer's widow who is a teacher at a small-town orphanage. The orphans accidentally summon the Krampus and the teacher, and her pupils are forced to battle this ancient evil.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 434
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, atmospheric, dark, suspenseful, dark fantasy
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Krampus: The Christmas Devil (2013)
Plot Summary:
Jeremy, a local police officer leads a life of a confusing past, spending his current time searching for his kidnapper as a child. After other children begin missing, Jeremy pieces together the truth and realizes that his childhood kidnapper could be a creature of ancient yuletide lore, Krampus, who is the brother of St. Nick, and punisher of children who perform acts of unspeakable evil without repercussion. Can Jeremy kill Krampus and prevent more missing children?.
IMDB Rating: 1.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, dark, disturbing, scary, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, dark fantasy
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Krampus Unleashed (2016)
Plot Summary:
In pursuit of buried treasure, a group of fortune hunters unearth an ancient demonic summoning stone that holds a terrible curse and awakens a timeless evil, the Krampus. After centuries of slumber, Krampus has awoken with a thirst for blood.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 666
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, suspense, dark, disturbing, intense