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Plot Summary:
On the outside Adam appears to be a normal teenager, but underneath...his mind has been so rotted by trauma from his past and the gory films he watches, that he has blurred the lines between reality and pretend! This prompts Adam to start killing people in similar ways to films he watches, making sure to put his own little spin on it.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 733
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, controversial, horror comedy
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Crazy Bitches (2014)
Plot Summary:
7 girls and 1 fab gay guy plan a getaway to a remote ranch for a week of gossip and grub. They start off where they always do, old rivalries in place, extreme vanity covering great insecurities, but with a true love for each other underneath the bickering, sniping and sassing. A number of drinks into night one and a dark secret is revealed. The house they rented is the site of a mass murder of teenage girls 15 years earlier. Blood still stains the floors under replacement carpets. The killer still runs free. The girls take it for what it seems - a fun story for a rainy night by a roaring fire. But after one of them disappears and is discovered dead, the story doesn't seem so fun anymore. 1 by 1, they die, killed by their own vanity. The fun-filled week turns into a race against death. Who will make it out alive?.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, realistic, suspense, slasher, horror comedy
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The Last Laugh (2020)
Plot Summary:
A stand-up comedian on the verge of breakout success must make a terrible choice when he discovers a murderer on the loose in the theater where he's about to perform his biggest show.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, psychological thriller
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Hayride (2012)
Plot Summary:
A college student returning home for Halloween is forced to face his childhood fears when an escaped killer takes refuge in his family's "Haunted Hayride".
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 819
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, rough, intense, atmospheric, suspense, serious, realistic
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Antisocial Behaviour (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jakob Kelser is a lonely man living in a run-down house on the edge of a council estate. After enduring weeks of aggrevation and torment from local youths , Jacob, in a last-ditch attempt to once again lead a normal life, plots his revenge on his unsuspecting tormentors. One by one, they're be taught a lesson. One by one, they meet their deaths.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, independent film, realistic, disturbing
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The Slaughterhouse Massacre (2005)
Plot Summary:
Follow the story of several attractive teenagers as they try to have a fun time in a slaughter house after dark.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 891
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, realistic, mindfuck, independent film, slasher, slasher horror, awful
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Bikini Bloodbath Car Wash (2008)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 319
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: slasher, humorous, semi serious, realistic, horror comedy, scary, independent film, horror spoof, campy
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Woodchipper Massacre (1988)
Plot Summary:
Jon, Tom, and Denise accidently kill their senile old Aunt while she's looking after them while their father is away on business. Not sure what to do, they decide to dispose of the body in the rented woodchipper in the backyard. But more trouble comes a-knocking when their cousin Kim, their Aunt's son, shows up unexpectedly.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, scary, serious, realistic, suspenseful, slasher horror
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Death by Engagement (2005)
Plot Summary:
Two police detectives try to track down a vicious serial killer bent on reclaiming his mother's family heirloom wedding ring as it passes from bride to bride with the killer always one step behind, and the detectives one step behind the killer.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 228
Genere: Horror, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, realistic, splatter
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Triloquist (2008)
Plot Summary:
In 1993, in Hollywood, California, a decadent ventriloquist overdoses and dies, leaving her two children to be sent to a foster house with their dummy. Their lives become a nightmare of abuse and murder, to be avenged by a wrathful dummy.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 952
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, suspenseful, bleak, psychological, controversial, dark comedy, horror comedy, scary, slasher
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The Janitor (2003)
Plot Summary:
Lionel is a custodian that longs for more. Bombarded with daily disrespect and insults from his co-workers, Lionel sets on a path of revenge and begins to brutally murder everyone in his path.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 486
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, humorous, suspenseful, independent film, slasher, suspense, realistic, semi serious, bizarre
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Slaughter Daughter (2012)
Plot Summary:
After being left at the altar, Farrah has a mental break. When her mother announces her upcoming wedding, Farrah seeks help from her jailed love to plot out the perfect murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 262
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense, rough, serious, realistic
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Savage Harvest 2: October Blood (2006)
Plot Summary:
Tyge Murdock, a successful director of low-budget horror films, has been chasing monsters his whole life. When an actor is accidentally killed on the set of his latest production, Tyge returns to his hometown to reassess his life. But all new nightmares await him there… His path soon crosses that of Ashley Lomack, his high school sweetheart who vanished from his life after a gruesome mass murder ten years earlier. The sole survivor of this massacre was Ashley’s older sister Mikki. Consumed by the rumors of demonic possession surrounding the murders, Tyge soon finds himself trapped in a deadly chain of events. The demonic forces erupt once more for another night of terror and carnage. Tyge, Ashley and their friends must now unravel a bizarre mystery as the night of gore-splattered violence engulfs them!.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, independent film
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Maniacts (2001)
Plot Summary:
Two serial killers meet and fall in love in an asylum for the criminally insane. Upon escaping their corrupt captors, they flee to the country to try and lead a happy, normal life. Unfortunately, "normal" turns out to be a state of mind...an elusive state of mind.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, dark comedy, horror comedy, scary, realistic
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Halloween Camp 2: Scream If You Wanna Die Faster (2004)
Plot Summary:
A group of sexy high school graduates are ready for a weekend of serious partying at a remote camp ground. Soon a murderer is on the loose.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 903
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, scary, hot, cult film
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Snow White: A Deadly Summer (2012)
Plot Summary:
A troubled teenage girl finds herself in a web of lies and deceit when her stepmother attempts to murder her by sending her to a discipline camp.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 787
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, slasher, tense, folk tale, exciting, rough, realistic, independent film
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30 Days to Die (2009)
Plot Summary:
A group of girls trapped in an institution suffer the wrath of a serial killer on the loose. This campy thriller pays homage to Friday the 13th.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: slasher, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, scary, rough, realistic, disturbing
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Filth to Ashes, Flesh to Dust (2011)
Plot Summary:
Purge: To put to death, eliminate what is undesirable. The serial killer known as Purge lived and died by this code. But is he dead? Driving home from a road trip, ERIC and SHELLY take a back road to avoid a traffic jam. They encounter the serial killer Purge. Eric survives but Shelly is murdered. A year later, a group of adventure-seeking high school grads venture to purge's lair. Among them is Eric's brother JUAN. Eric sets out to save his brother, and get revenge on Purge. For the six teens, their imperfections will be the deciding factor if Purge shows them mercy. But if everyone is imperfect, will any of them survive? Written by Armont Casalle.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, slasher, psychological, suspense, scary, serious, realistic
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Death and Cremation (2010)
Plot Summary:
In a typical American suburb filled with middle class morals, a lonely 59-year-old, Stan, contributes to society by offering cremation services from his basement. In fact, Stan murders neighbors he perceives to be social bullies. Jarod, a fatherless 17-year-old high school outcast, lands an after-school job in Stan's cremation house and the two develop an unusual working relationship that quickly evolves into a partnership. As detective Matt Fairchild puts together clues from local disappearances, Stan must decide if protecting his newfound trainee is worth killing for.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 812
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, scary, psychological, disturbing
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The Choke (2006)
Plot Summary:
A band playing their final gig in a former meat packing factory find themselves being stalked by a psychopath.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 395
Genere: Thriller, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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Slaughtered (2010)
Plot Summary:
Everyone's getting slaughtered in the pub tonight!.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, rough, serious, suspense, tense, scary, realistic
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Dark Places (2005)
Plot Summary:
Keri Walker is a drug-addicted prostitute who ends up killing her latest john in self-defense. She finds shelter at a place run by a couple who find pleasure in others' pain. The haven house turns into a hell house and Keri must do whatever she can to stay alive.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, scary, surreal
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You Can't Kill Stephen King (2012)
Plot Summary:
Siblings Monroe (Monroe Mann) and Hilary (Crystal Arnette) have discovered that they have inherited a lake house and to make things even better, the famous horror author Stephen King is rumoured to live somewhere nearby. They decide to take their friends down to the lake house to check things out, only to find immediate resistance from all of the locals, who insist that King doesn't live in the area. Despite being completely unwelcome, they decide to stay and soon find that people are being killed one by one in a manner similar to several deaths in various Stephen King stories.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, humorous, semi serious, scary, suspenseful, mockbuster, horror comedy, realistic, independent film, horror spoof
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Camp Slaughter (2005)
Plot Summary:
While searching for a way out of the woods, a group of lost friends stumble upon Camp Hiawatha and take up with the teens who are bunking there. But the party's over when they discover that this camp is literally stuck in a time warp -- 1981, to be exact -- and that they're living the same horrible day over and over. Can they escape the wrath of a killer who's silently stalking the campers and their terrified counselors?.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 563
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, atmospheric, rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, scary
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Shredder (2001)
Plot Summary:
At an exclusive, secluded North American ski resort up on Mount Rocky Summit, brutal slashing, severing and beheading on a group of teenagers are taking place and are believed to be the work of a mysterious skier dressed in black.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, rough, serious, slasher, suspense, perverse, spoof, teen horror, independent film
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Blood Hook (1986)
Plot Summary:
During a local fishing contest, people are being mysteriously dragged into the lake and killed by a giant fish hook. After a sufficient number of deaths, the killer is finally revealed.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, sexy, spoof, grindhouse, horror comedy, cult classic, independent film, scary, rough, serious
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Vampire Clan (2002)
Plot Summary:
Five friends welcome real life vampirism into their lives. They cut their own wrists and let their friends drink from them. Rod, the leader, and a very psychotic young guy, ends up killing Heathers parents and stealing their car to go on a crazy raod trip. His behaviour begins to frighten his friends, though they went along with it at first. All end up in prison except Heather.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 939
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, dark, scary
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The Hazing (2004)
Plot Summary:
The Evil Dead meets Scream as an evil professor, through an ancient staff and a book of incantation, possesses the bodies of a group of fraterity and sorority pledges during a night of "hazing" activities in an abandoned mansion. When the students meet one grisly death after another, the survivors finally realize it's the professor who is possessing their friends and killing them all off. Now none of them trust each other-- is it their friends or puppets of the professor that they're hanging with? Somone better figure it out quick... or none of them will make it through the hellish night of The Hazing!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, bloody, horror comedy, independent film, slasher, serious, splatter
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Late Fee (2009)
Plot Summary:
A young couple’s quest to rent the scariest movie on DVD on Halloween eve results in a real life horror show they may live to regret!.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 380
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anthology, slasher, scary, suspenseful, semi serious, horror comedy, dark fairy tale, humorous, satanic
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Return to Horror High (1987)
Plot Summary:
A few years ago, a mysterious serial-killer caused panic on Crippen High School. The killer was never caught. A movie company, Cosmic Pictures, has decided to make a feature movie about these events - on location, at the now abandoned school. Since members of cast and crew disappear without a trace, it seems as if history is repeating itself.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: spoof, slasher, bloody, cult classic, surprise ending, scary, suspenseful, horror comedy, independent film, rough
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Bundy: An American Icon (2009)
Plot Summary:
Bundy, starring Corin Nemec in the title role and co-starring Kane Hodder, details the dark psyche and previously unexplored motivations of the man who became known as one of the most notorious serial killers to leave behind a legacy of evil.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 922
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, realistic