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Plot Summary:
After several years in an insane asylum, Evelyn, the keeper of the Mountaintop Motel, is released and resumes doing business. She kills her young charge out of anger, but convinces the police it was an accident - and pushed into insanity, she then proceeds to target her guests, first by releasing vermin into their rooms, but then by using her trusty sickle.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, suspenseful, slasher, suspense, psychological, bloody, cult classic, pastoral, mind bending
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The Ripper (1985)
Plot Summary:
An old antique ring turns a college professor into a homicidal maniac when he puts it on. The ring originaly belonged to Jack the Ripper, and the Ripper's spirit possesses whoever wears it.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 412
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, independent film, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, slasher horror
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A Crack in the Floor (2001)
Plot Summary:
For the past 33 years Jeremiah Hill has lived alone, with no contact with the outside world, and he intends to keep it that way. Jeremiah's mother had always warned him not to associate with the outside world, and her brutal rape and killing right before his eyes taught him a lesson he intends never to forget; and those who enter his world will pay a deadly price. As Lehman and his five friends from L.A. start their weekend camping trip they run into Tyler Trout and Floyd Fryed who represent the gateway into this distorted world that they are about to enter. These things just don't happen in sheriff Talmidge and deputy Kevin Gordon's small mountain town, and by stumbling upon this lonely cabin in the woods, they have shattered 33 years of solitude in Jeremiah's world... And unbeknownst to Lehman and his friends, soon their weekend trip of hiking and camping will become a nightmare of survival.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, slasher, independent film, scary, serious, realistic, slasher horror
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Silent Scream (2005)
Plot Summary:
A group of college students travels to the cottage of their psychology professor Barren in an isolated island as a reward of their teamwork in the research of Barren. They expect to spend the weekend with lots of sex, but a serial-killer turns their party in a nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary, psychotronic, slasher horror
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Haunts (1976)
Plot Summary:
A woman haunted by psychosexual nightmares begins to believe her father is responsible for a series of scissor-murders.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 685
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, grindhouse, pastoral, independent film, scary, psychological, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful
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The Wizard of Gore (1970)
Plot Summary:
A TV talk-show hostess and her boyfriend investigate a shady magician whom has the ability to hypnotize and control the thoughts of people in order to stage gory on-stage illusions using his powers of mind bending.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, slasher, surprise ending, bloody, detective, independent film, psychological, suspense, controversial, splatter
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Cannibal Campout (1988)
Plot Summary:
Four teenagers on an outing in the woods are attacked by a trio of mutant cannibals.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 592
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, scary, rough, serious, psychotronic, slasher horror, creepy, cult film
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American Gothic (1987)
Plot Summary:
When six friends fly off on a weekend getaway and are suddenly plagued by engine trouble, they're forced to land on a remote island. Looking for shelter, they're grateful to encounter Ma and Pa and their children - an eccentric family living in the island's backwoods. But what begins as simple hospitality turns into a terrifying race for survival as the friends start disappearing one by one ... and turning up dead.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, disturbing, gothic, suspense
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Home Sick (2007)
Plot Summary:
A maniac with a suitcase full of razorblades unleashes a super human killer upon a group of kids in a small Alabama town. They must take up arms with a insane Chili enthusiast if they want to survive.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 650
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, mumblecore, retro, disturbing, controversial, christmas horror
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Evil Spirits (1991)
Plot Summary:
A dark comedy thriller that manages to skillfully blend humor and mystery into one incredible film from its thrilling beginning to the shocking climax! The superb all-star cast is a unique collection of characters who find themselves with one very special thing in common -- they are all boarders of Mrs. Ella Purdy (Karen Black) and totally dependent upon her gracious nature. The suspense mounts as, one-by-one, they fall sacrifice to ominous secrets enshrined within the walls of her foreboding house! Murder and mayhem prevail throughout the tense but often humorous situations as each victim draws nearer to his or her fate.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, psychological, humorous, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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The Undertow (2003)
Plot Summary:
Six friends enter the strange town of Old Mines for a weekend float trip. They quickly realize that the town is not friendly to strangers, and they are pressured to leave by the police. When the friends decide to continue their float trip anyway, terrifying secrets of the town surface. A seven-foot-tall deformed maniac, known by the townsfolk as The Boy is kept under lock and key by the town's mayor. The Boy's purpose is simple: kill outsiders. The Mayor of Old Mines releases The Boy and the maniac's hunt begins. One by one, the campers on their float trip are ripped to gory shreds by the enraged, deformed, hulking Boy. But there is great mystery to the Boy. Who is his father? Who is his mother? How did he become so dangerous? In the end, the answers to these questions will put the entire town of Old Mines in danger. The Boy is an unstoppable killing machine, and anyone in his path won't be in one piece for long!.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, suspenseful, suspense, controversial, independent film, atmospheric, serious, splatter
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Scar (2005)
Plot Summary:
While hiking in a remote forest, college student Zack disappears, leaving nothing but a bloody trail for his traumatized friend Tom. Now a year later and plagued by nightmares, Tom returns to the woods with Zack's girlfriend Jenny in a last attempt to find out what happened to his friend. Following a trail of dead bodies, each one bearing a bleeding scar, Tom and Jenny soon find themselves unraveling a string of cryptic secrets and caught in an intense struggle not only for their sanity, but their survival.Everyone in the small town seems to have a secret and when the dreaded scar suddenly appears on Jenny, the two race to find out what evil dwells in the woods.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, bleak, psychological, surprise ending, independent film
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Cover Up (1974)
Plot Summary:
In 1957, Dorothy and Edmund Yates (Keith and Rupert Davies) were committed to an institution for the criminally insane, she for acts of murder and cannibalism and he for covering up her crimes. Fifteen years later, they are pronounced fit for society and released. However, in Dorothy's case the doctors may have jumped the gun a bit. Edmund and eldest daughter, Jackie (Deborah Fairfax), try to discover just how far Mother's bloodlust has taken her. Meanwhile, youngest daughter Debbie (Kim Butcher) begins to explore the crazy roots of her family tree as fully as possible.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, gothic horror, creepy, cult classic, cult horror, classic horror, dark comedy, psychological, atmospheric
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Severed (2002)
Plot Summary:
A ritualistic serial killer is beheading victims all over a city, and those surrounding the case are pulled into his world as they try and stop him.
IMDB Rating: 1.8
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, serious, suspenseful, scary, rough, unusual plot structure, psychotronic, suspense, independent film
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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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The Legend of Bloody Jack (2007)
Plot Summary:
The legend of Jack The Ripper comes to real when one of his descendants revive him.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, serious
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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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Friday the 13th: Vengeance (2019)
Plot Summary:
Friday the 13th fan film. Friday the 13th Vengeance combines death, brutality and creativity to bold storytelling in this dark take on the franchise.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 620
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, exciting, rough, serious, suspense, suspenseful, harsh, bloody, psychotronic
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Devil Times Five (1974)
Plot Summary:
Five extremely disturbed, sociopathic children escape from their psychiatric transport and are taken in unwittingly by a group of adult villagers on winter vacation.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, cult classic, satanic, christmas horror, cult horror, terrifying
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Spiker (2007)
Plot Summary:
A nightmare come to life, the Spiker is a massive pink-eyed albino and a maniac killing machine whose physical endurance borders on the fantastic. He escapes from an asylum and returns to the small town he terrorized years before, where he slashed his victims to pieces with railroad spikes and buried the bodies under the train tracks outside of town. When a group of local teens decide to camp out at an abandoned house, they are attacked by the Spiker and discover a web of terrible secrets hidden there.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 492
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, independent film
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Girls School Screamers (1985)
Plot Summary:
Seven college girls spend the weekend at an elegant estate which begins as a fun filled adventure but ends in a nightmare of gut-wrenching terror.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 767
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, splatter, slasher 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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Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964)
Plot Summary:
Six people are lured into a small Deep South town for a Centennial celebration where the residents proceed to kill them one by one as revenge for the town's destruction during the Civil War.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, scary, bloody, disturbing, southern gothic, rough, suspenseful, splatter, gothic
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Carver (2008)
Plot Summary:
Based on true events.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, rough, suspenseful, scary, brutal, serious, suspense, psychological horror, perverse, suspense thriller
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Blood Feast (1963)
Plot Summary:
In the sleepy suburbs of Miami, seemingly normal Egyptian immigrant Fuad Ramses (Mal Arnold) runs a successful catering business. He also murders young women and plans to use their body parts to revive the goddess Ishtar. The insane Ramses hypnotizes a socialite in order to land a job catering a party for her debutante daughter, Suzette Fremont (Connie Mason), and turns the event into an evening of gruesome deaths, bloody dismemberment and ritual sacrifice.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, scary, atmospheric, grindhouse, bloody, splatter, suspense, stylized, rough
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The Final Terror (1983)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends and their girlfriends head out for what is expected to be a vacation of hiking, camping and a good time, but when a backwoods mama finds them on her turf, it becomes anything but a vacation.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, rough, suspense, psychological thriller, serious, grindhouse, retro, bloody, cult classic
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Amityville: It's About Time (1992)
Plot Summary:
When an old clock arrives at home as a gift, strange things begin to happen. The family that proudly assigned a privileged place to the clock in the living room, is unaware that this thing is a link to an old and evil house.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, bloody, suspense, intense, suspenseful, rough, slasher, spooky, independent film
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Venom (2005)
Plot Summary:
Venom is a fright-filled voodoo thriller loaded with a sizzling cast of the screen's hottest young stars. Set deep in the eerie swamps of southern Louisiana - Agnes Bruckner (Murder By Numbers), Jonathan Jackson (Tuck Everlasting) and Meagan Good (Roll Bounce) are among a group of teenagers trying to uncover the truth behind a friend's mysterious death. What they find is an evil force more deadly than anyone could have imagined ... now they are running for their lives!.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspense, rough, exciting, bloody, grindhouse, teen horror, anime, southern gothic
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Tourist Trap (1979)
Plot Summary:
Their car breaks down and four friends find themselves stranded at The Lost Oasis, a strange museum run by the friendly Mr. Slausen. Even though they are warned not to, the teens explore a house nearby and learn that it belongs to Davey, Mr. Slausen's insane brother. Davey has a knack for making mannequins. In fact, his house is filled with them. Davey's enthusiasm shows when starts adding the teenagers to his collection.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological, suspenseful, serious, realistic, disturbing, bloody, grindhouse, cult horror
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
Plot Summary:
Chrissie and her friends set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. Along the way, bikers harass the foursome and cause an accident that throws Chrissie from the vehicle. The lawman who arrives on the scene kills one of the bikers and brings Chrissie's friends to the Hewitt homestead, where young Leatherface is learning the tools of terror.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, twist ending, realistic, bloody, splatter, creepy, tense, suspense
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
Plot Summary:
After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a deformed chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 151000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, creepy, bloody, splatter, brutal, scary, stylized