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Plot Summary:
Creepy, terrifying chapters from our book of horror include a little girl's journey from a world of nightmares into the nightmare of reality, a gay couple's romantic getaway in Palm Springs that turns murderous, a young woman whose rideshare turns deadly, and a girl who is held captive by a circus that must be rescued by her husband.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 639
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: anthology, enigmatic, bleak, suspense, dark, stylized
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19 Doors (2011)
Plot Summary:
When a producer suggests that screenwriter Grace Mitchel pen a horror story set in an old hotel, the lond-abandoned Lyndora seems theperfect inspiration. The turn-of-the-century hotel is known for its rough and seedy past - the doors to its rooms sealed 50 years ago following a series of gruesome murders - and local lore says it's haunted. Despite the reservations of family and friends, an undaunted Grace takes up residence in the eerie inn to immerse herself in writing ... But now that the doors are open, the secrets of the past begin to emerge. As disturbing, but seemingly explicable, events begin to escalate, Grace struggles to define reality from insanity and begins a descent into darkness from which some will never return.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, bleak, scary, suspense
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Dreadtime Stories (2014)
Plot Summary:
A party turns bizarre when a malevolent book makes its way into the hands of the attendees who reveal its tales of monsters, madmen and the supernatural.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: anthology, slasher, suspense, bleak, scary, dark fairy tale, road movie
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The Crumbs (2020)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Benjamin and his family run a Bed and Breakfast in the woods whereby the family performs experiments on unsuspecting guests.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 689
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: dark, suspense, stylized, psychotronic
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Psychos in the Woods (2012)
Plot Summary:
A motley group of friends go camping in a remote forest where people have been disappearing for several years. What starts as an innocent weekend of fun turns into an ordeal of backwoods terror as a group of psychotic wood-dwellers starts stalking the friends. Capture leads to torture and mayhem, and the friends are killed off one by one. It all leads to a final confrontation between the sole survivor and the deadliest wood-dwelling psycho of all.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: brutal, suspense, serious, sadistic, slasher, independent film
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The Pyramid (2013)
Plot Summary:
Four episodes strictly connected to an infernal object: a bizarre pyramid that came into our world to spread madness, death and destruction.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, bleak, suspense, dark, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, anthology, splatter
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Slices of Life (2010)
Plot Summary:
Sexual Parasites, Disembowelment, Zombies, Serial Killers, Demon Children, Violent Vixens, Rabid Office Workers and Angry Embryos all spring to life from the flesh covered sketch books featured in Anthony G. Sumner's (Gallery of Fear) SLICES OF LIFE.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 681
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: anthology, suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, dark fairy tale, independent film, exciting, contemplative
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St. Agatha (2018)
Plot Summary:
St. Agatha is set in the 1950s in small town Georgia. A pregnant con woman named Agatha is on the run and seeks refuge in a convent hidden in deafening isolation. What first starts out as the perfect place to have a child turns into a dark lair where silence is forced. Ghastly secrets are masked, and every bit of will power Agatha has is tested. She soon learns the sick and twisted truth of the convent and the odd people that lurk inside its halls. Agatha must now find a way to discover the unyielding strength needed to escape and save her baby before she’s caged behind these walls forever.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, brutal, disturbing, spooky, odd
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Beyond the Limits (2003)
Plot Summary:
The rookie journalist Vivian seeks Frederick, the caretaker of the oldest cemetery in an undefined country, asking for an interview and the old man tells the story of two "costumers" and both connected by a mysterious secret. The powerful gangster Jimmie Levinson accuses his former partner Paul Pattuchi of stealing a load of cocaine and orders to kill his beloved girlfriend Clarice. Paul is found dead later in a cottage, and Jimmie and his friends and girlfriends are visited during a dinner party by Robert Downing first and then by the sadistic Mortimer and his partner Rick seeking the truth about Paul and a suitcase with a mysterious relic. The second story takes place in the Middle Ages, where the cruel David Deming and his minion Tom Brewster chase the renegade priest James Flynn in the name of the Inquisition but actually trying to force him to reveal the secret of the Eternal Heart to grant immortality.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: anthology, tense, suspense, scary, bloody, controversial, dark fairy tale, slasher, splatter, weird
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Antidote (2021)
Plot Summary:
A young woman is held captive in an underground medical facility where selected individuals are perpetually mutilated and then healed using an experimental miracle drug: a panacea.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: experimental, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, medical horror, underground film, weird
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Evil Deeds (2019)
Plot Summary:
A Thief encounters a strange old Hermit who tells him tales of Evil Deeds - including a Detective's search for a escaped mental patient, a tale of young lady and her new beau who arrange to have her abusive father killed and the body disposed of - unfortunately he doesn't stay dead, and a babysitter is tormented by phone calls from a demented man.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, psychotronic, tense, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, dark fairy tale
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Nite Tales: The Movie (2008)
Plot Summary:
Actors: Flavor Flav, Dante Basco, Chico Benymon, Andrea Bogart, James Ferris.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, suspenseful, anthology, tense, psychological, scary, rough, serious, realistic
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The Voices (2020)
Plot Summary:
Angry and upset after a sudden breakup with her fiancé, Grace Crawford seeks sanctuary at the remote home of her sister, Catherine. It becomes clear that Catherine is suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, much like their late mother, who had taken her own life. While coming to terms with this heavy realization, Grace also uncovers another terrible little secret that has her struggling to maintain her own sanity and ultimately scurrying to save herself and her family from further harm.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 734
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, psychological, atmospheric, rough, bleak, serious, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic
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Darkroom (2013)
Plot Summary:
Michelle kills three of her friends in a horrific car accident while driving under the influence. After rehab, Michelle takes a job recommended by her counselor that lands her trapped in a mansion with three psychotic siblings hell bent on physical torture to purge Michelle of her sins.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, scary, slasher, serious, realistic
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Ghost Note (2017)
Plot Summary:
An immortal blues musician terrorizes childhood sweethearts reunited over the Thanksgiving holiday.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 969
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, disturbing
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Fun Size Horror: Volume Two (2015)
Plot Summary:
A collection of gut-twisting and nerve-shredding tales, all Frankstein’d together to form a feature-length monster of the best and bloodiest in short-film horror.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Ghost House (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young couple go on an adventurous vacation to Thailand only to find themselves haunted by a malevolent spirit after naively disrespecting a Ghost House.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, dark, exciting, mind bending, suspense, enigmatic, suspenseful, twist ending, disturbing
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Phobias (2021)
Plot Summary:
Five dangerous patients, suffering from extreme phobias at a government testing facility, are put to the ultimate test under the supervision of a crazed doctor and his quest to weaponize fear.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, scary, bleak, unusual plot structure, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, anthology
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American Hunt (2019)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends is torn apart when they become part of two human hunter's sick game. The men give them ten minutes to hide, and then the real hunt begins.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Besetment (2017)
Plot Summary:
After struggling to find employment, Amanda takes a hotel position in a small town where she ends up fighting for her life.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 676
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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BnB HELL (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young woman's hunt for her missing sister ends at a rundown bed and breakfast in the Hollywood Hills run by an ill-tempered woman called Mommy. Disturbing messages left by former guests suggest unsettling secrets lay buried there.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 694
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, brutal, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Incision (2020)
Plot Summary:
Beauty Blogger Alexa Landry only had one fear, plastic surgery. She ultimately had to face this fear when she was kidnapped with her friends by Dr. Cunningham. A deranged plastic surgeon who is obsessed with beautifying his victims.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic
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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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Bad Candy (2020)
Plot Summary:
On Halloween night in New Salem, Radio DJs Chilly Billy and Paul tell a twisted anthology of terrifying local myths. Residents of the small-town experience horrifying paranormal encounters that lead them to a grim end.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, dark, spooky
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Vampire Virus (2020)
Plot Summary:
A young woman contracts a deadly virus after an unusual sexual encounter, and soon develops a taste for human blood.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, rough, gothic, brutal, serious, bloody, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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A Night of Horror Volume 1 (2015)
Plot Summary:
Whether you’re a fan of Sydney's iconic genre film festival A Night of Horror, or just a fan of the best and bloodiest in new horror cinema, you can’t afford to miss this fright-filled anthology. Zombies, demonic entities, self-surgery, cannibalism and more await in the dark corners of this terrifying offering from some of the most talented filmmakers working in the genre today.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 494
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, suspense, suspenseful, tense, dark, ironic, dark fairy tale, psychotronic, weird
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The Killing Strain (2010)
Plot Summary:
A man-made virus, 'The Killing Strain'-- an out-of-control swine flu-- turns infected humans into raging monsters. As it rapidly spreads, a group of uninfected survivors must make life-or-death decisions before the U.S. military firebombs the area in a desperate attempt contain the contagion. The survivors are unaware that the virus has already reached their group-- by infecting one of them-- and now the merciless metamorphic process has begun.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic
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Nobody Gets Out Alive (2012)
Plot Summary:
A group of college students escape their troubled lives but only to find themselves fighting for their lives from a revenge seeking mad man.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 877
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, rough, serious, suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, retro, scary
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Spell (2020)
Plot Summary:
A father survives a plane crash in rural Appalachia, but becomes suspicious of the elderly couple who take him in to nurse him back to health with the ancient remedies.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, atmospheric, psychological, tense, clever, serious, dark, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Collector (2009)
Plot Summary:
Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, brutal, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, rough, sadistic, splatter, bloody
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Terrifier (2016)
Plot Summary:
A maniacal clown named Art, terrorizes three young women on Halloween night and everyone else who stands in his way.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, suspense, rough, disturbing, psychological, brutal, bloody, dark