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Plot Summary:
The year is 1988. Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fourth grade. After an evening of skinny-dipping goes disastrously wrong, Gretchen begins to act…different, which leads Abby to suspect her best friend may be possessed by a demon. With help from some unlikely allies, Abby embarks on a quest to save Gretchen. But is their friendship powerful enough to beat the devil?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, dark comedy, spooky, teen horror
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Happy Birthday (2016)
Plot Summary:
When two friends embark on a journey to Mexicali for a Birthday celebration, they soon realize their psychedelic shenanigans have taken a turn for the worse.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 937
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, teen horror, dark comedy, horror comedy
Similar in 89%
The Possessed (1977)
Plot Summary:
A former priest, now an exorcist, battles the satanic forces that are threatening the students at a girls school.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 691
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, spooky
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The Blackening (2022)
Plot Summary:
A group of Black friends reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, slasher horror, horror comedy, parody
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The Demon Murder Case (1983)
Plot Summary:
A young boy is taken over by demons who force him to commit murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: atmospheric
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Metamorphosis (2019)
Plot Summary:
An evil spirit that changes faces infiltrates one family placing one brother in danger while the other tries to save him.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, scary, dark fantasy, gothic, satanic, religious horror, complex
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Prom Night II (1987)
Plot Summary:
When Hamilton High's Prom Queen of 1957, Mary Lou Maloney is killed by her jilted boyfriend, she comes back for revenge 30 years later. Bill Nordham is now the principle of Hamilton High and his son is about to attend the prom with Vicki Carpenter. However, she is possessed by Mary Lou Maloney after opening a trunk in the school's basement. Now Bill must face the horror he left behind in 1957.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, teen horror, cult classic, suspense, serious, splatter, psychotronic, psychological, retro
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Satanic Panic (2019)
Plot Summary:
A pizza delivery girl is suddenly in for the fight of her young life when encountering a group of Satanists in need of a virgin to ritually sacrifice.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, psychological, slasher, dark comedy, scary, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, erotic, psychological thriller
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A Return to Salem's Lot (1987)
Plot Summary:
Joe Weber is an anthropologist who takes his son on a trip to the New England town of Salem's Lot unaware that it is populated by vampires. When the inhabitants reveal their secret, they ask Joe to write a bible for them.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspense, gothic horror, classic horror, black comedy, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, surprise ending, psychotronic, dark comedy
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Mom And Dad (2017)
Plot Summary:
A teenage girl and her little brother must survive a wild 24 hours during which a mass hysteria of unknown origin causes parents to turn violently on their own kids.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, horror comedy, bloody, slasher, captivating, suspenseful, psychological thriller, funny, disturbing
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The Crucifixion (2017)
Plot Summary:
When a priest is jailed for the murder of a nun on whom he was performing an exorcism, an investigative journalist strives to determine whether he in fact murdered a mentally ill person, or if he lost the battle with a demonic presence.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: satanic, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, demonic, splatter, psychotronic, bizarre
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Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
Plot Summary:
In an isolated family mansion, a group of rich 20-somethings decides to play Bodies Bodies Bodies, a game where one of them is secretly a "killer" while the rest tries to "escape". Things take a turn for the worse when real bodies start turning up, setting off a paranoid and dangerous chain of events.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, slasher, suspense, dark, minimal cast, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, funny
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Exorcism (2003)
Plot Summary:
In the city of angels - Los Angeles - no one is immune from the lurking spirits, neither good nor evil. As the end of time rapidly approaches, both forces have much work to do. Both sides contend for the same souls, but which force will prevail?.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: demonic, suspense
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Prey for the Devil (2022)
Plot Summary:
Sister Ann is a restless 25-year-old who devoutly believes that performing exorcisms is her calling. But she is at odds with the institution's traditions: nuns are not allowed to perform exorcisms, only priests. With the support of a mentor, a professor who senses her special gift, she is allowed to observe actual training sessions. Her desire to prove herself takes a personal turn when she meets one of the school's most disturbed patients. During their harrowing encounters, Sister Ann comes face to face with a demonic force that infests the school and has mysterious ties to her own past. It is then that the power of evil and her own startling abilities are fully realized.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, tense, suspense, surprise ending, suspenseful, unusual plot structure
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Grace (2014)
Plot Summary:
A unique horror film told from the first-person perspective of Grace - a naive, virginal college freshman trying to deal with campus culture and her outgoing roommate as an evil entity takes over her body and unleashes chaos.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, stylized, scary, demonic, mockumentary, serious, surprise ending, psychotronic, weird
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The Vatican Tapes (2015)
Plot Summary:
In a highly secured vault deep within the walls of Vatican City, the Catholic Church holds thousands of old films and video footage documenting exorcisms/supposed exorcisms and other unexplained religious phenomena they feel the world is not ready to see. This is the first tape - Case 83-G - stolen from these archives and exposed to the public by an anonymous source.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, demonic, suspense, bleak, biblical, religious horror, disgusting, fake documentary
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Little Witches (1996)
Plot Summary:
Six misfit schoolgirls at an all-girl Catholic high school, left alone at the school for Easter week, get mixed up with the occult and witchcraft after an old Satanic temple is found underneath the church where they attend as well as an old book of black magic spells for conjuring up an ancient demon from the pits of Hell. Janie, the most characteristic and cruelest of the girls, takes charge of the group and plots to resurrect the demon using a series of black arts spells, while one innocent girl, Faith, has a change of heart and tries to stop them from completing their spell which also includes a human sacrifice.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, semi serious, bleak, suspense, scary, black comedy, dark comedy, independent film, sex comedy, corny
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In the Trap (2019)
Plot Summary:
Philip, a solitary proof reader, is trapped in his apartment, too afraid to leave and tortured by an unknown evil force that has kept him prisoner for the last two years.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 688
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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Cheerleader Camp (1988)
Plot Summary:
Alison follows her friends to a summer camp for cheerleaders. But she is having bad nightmares. Her boyfriend has followed her to the camp but he seems to be more interested in the other girls, girls who sooner or later are found brutally murdered. Alison starts to believe that she has a split-personality who kills them.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, humorous, semi serious, scary, suspenseful, bloody, entertaining, sex comedy, cult classic, rough
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The Babysitter (2017)
Plot Summary:
When Cole stays up past his bedtime, he discovers that his hot babysitter is part of a Satanic cult that will stop at nothing to keep him quiet.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, horror comedy, exciting, slasher, dark comedy, suspenseful, scary, funny, splatter, black comedy
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Freaky (2020)
Plot Summary:
A mystical, ancient dagger causes a notorious serial killer to magically switch bodies with a 17-year-old girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: slasher, horror comedy, humorous, entertaining, not serious, dark comedy, scary, bloody, suspense, dark
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Motel Hell (1980)
Plot Summary:
Farmer Vincent kidnaps unsuspecting travellers and is burying them in his garden. Unfortunately for his victims, they are not dead. He feeds his victims to prepare them for his roadside stand. His motto is: It takes all kinds of critters...to make Farmer Vincents fritters. The movie is gory, but is also a parody of slasher movies like Last House on the Left.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, black comedy, slasher, parody, humorous, dark comedy, rough, psychological, atmospheric, gothic
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Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
Plot Summary:
After three years of therapy Charley Brewster, now a college student, is convinced that Jerry Dandridge was a serial killer posing as a vampire. But when Regine, a mysterious actress and her entourage move into Peter Vincent's apartment block, the nightmare starts again - and this time it's personal!.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, splatter, horror comedy, humorous, gothic, dark comedy, spooky, suspenseful, semi serious
Similar in 77%
976-EVIL (1988)
Plot Summary:
People who dial 976-EVIL receive supernatural powers and turn into satanic killers. When Spike dialed 976-EVIL, he knew it was an expensive toll call, but he didn't know that he'd have to pay for it with his soul.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, satanic, suspenseful, cult classic, splatter, homoerotic, horror comedy, cult horror
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Annabelle: Creation (2017)
Plot Summary:
Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the dollmaker's possessed creation, Annabelle.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 148000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: scary, spooky, psychological, suspense, demonic, psychotronic, rough, suspenseful, splatter, psychological thriller
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Children of the Corn (1984)
Plot Summary:
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, slasher, atmospheric, suspenseful, demonic, creepy, rough, classic horror, psychological
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Better Watch Out (2016)
Plot Summary:
On a quiet suburban street tucked within a 'safe neighborhood', a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from strangers breaking into the house, only to discover that this is far from a normal home invasion.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, suspense, suspenseful, horror comedy, enigmatic, psychological, slasher, scary, disturbing, surprise ending
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Idle Hands (1999)
Plot Summary:
Anton is a cheerful but exceedingly non-ambitious 17-year-old stoner who lives to stay buzzed, watch TV, and moon over Molly, the beautiful girl who lives next door. However, it turns out that the old cliché about idle hands being the devil's playground has a kernel of truth after all.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, humorous, scary, suspense, dark comedy, horror comedy, funny, teen, semi serious, realistic
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Shocker (1989)
Plot Summary:
After being sent to the electric chair, a serial killer uses electricity to come back from the dead and carry out his vengeance on the football player who turned him in to the police.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, sadistic, suspense, splatter, rough, suspenseful, horror comedy, cult classic, grindhouse
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Jennifer's Body (2009)
Plot Summary:
A newly possessed cheerleader turns into a killer who specializes in offing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 148000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sexy, dark comedy, scary, teen horror, slasher, black comedy, teen, horror comedy, cult classic, satirical
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Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)
Plot Summary:
The next great psycho horror slasher has given a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo, all the while deconstructing the conventions and archetypes of the horror genre for them.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, dark comedy, suspenseful, mockumentary, horror comedy, funny, bloody, satirical, atmospheric