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Plot Summary:
When 3 college kids take a summer job its a chance of a lifetime to bartend at a bar in the middle of a lake! The bar has been around for over a hundred years and is presumed by many locals to be haunted, after the owner killed himself many years before. Unfortunately they miss the last boat off the island and are stuck trying to find a way off. As darkness falls, they quickly realize things are very different after hours as they are hunted by the paranormal caretaker.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 573
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, demonic
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Conjuring the Devil (2020)
Plot Summary:
A woman who is struggling with the conflict between her faith and her personal life must defend herself against the spirit of a demonic nun who is bent on destroying her.
IMDB Rating: 1.7
IMDB Votes: 465
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, disturbing
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It Lives Inside (2018)
Plot Summary:
Directed by Jeff Hall; starring Rett Terrell, Alissa Rose Ford, Liam Rose, Laurie Cummings, Christian R. Black, Philip W. Paz, Justin Hendrix, Bill Brewer, and Briana Looby. A chronic sleepwalker reads from a mysterious book that foretells his impending demonic possession. He then struggles to hold his family together as the ancient evil threatens to consume everything he holds dear.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, disturbing
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Accidental Exorcist (2016)
Plot Summary:
Fate has dealt Richard Vanuck a very strange hand; he's a natural born exorcist. In fact, he's the best there's ever been, and with possessions on the rise across the city he's booked solid. Eventually he comes to realize that performing exorcisms is the only thing he's truly good at, even though his daily battles with Satanic forces are wearing him down.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, tense, bleak, suspense, disturbing, independent film
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First House on the Hill (2017)
Plot Summary:
Four friends decide to spend a weekend in a Malibu mansion owned by an old lady. The situation is flipped upside down once they come across an ancient haunted tarot deck that will change the fate of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, suspense, disturbing
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Hell Girl (2019)
Plot Summary:
A demonic creature not of this world impregnates a woman. 160 years later a team of ghost hunters must set aside their quick buck party mentality when they discover one of their team is the offspring of the entity haunting the place - and its true target. The offspring and her friends become uneasy allies with the ghost of the mother to destroy the demon and restore harmony.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, spooky
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Mansion of Blood (2015)
Plot Summary:
Millionaire Mason Murphy renovates the haunted Mayhew mansion. He plans a tremendous lunar eclipse viewing party to celebrate his return to his hometown of River Ridge Iowa. At the party, magic runs out of control and the party guests are murdered one by one.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, erotic
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Pet Peeve (2013)
Plot Summary:
A motorcycle accident in the city will be the precursor to a series of bizarre phenomena being revealed consecutively. Meanwhile, a girl named Yoko possesses a second sight which allows her to see strange things invisible to others.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic
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Within These Walls (2015)
Plot Summary:
A prisoner in her own home, a captive in her own body. Assaulted and trapped with no one to hear her cries for help... and knowing no one will believe her if they do. This is the terrifying reality Alaina finds herself in when she moves in to the house her mother died in. At first she thinks it's the loss of her mother that is haunting her, but she is soon shown it is something far more malicious and unrelenting. The spirit taunts her as it invades her body, mind, and soul, completely trapping her. Alaina has to fight for answers on what really happened to her mother if she has any hopes of survival. She must find a way to endure this monster who lives and breathes to rob her of her sanity as it demands a savage hold on her.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, psychological horror
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Infernum (2019)
Plot Summary:
Ancient literature has referred to the sound of hell as "the wailing and gnashing of teeth." Many people believe that may be the explanation behind a paranormal phenomenon that has been heard around the world. Camille Williams (Suziey Block) believes this haunting sound is responsible for the disappearance of her parents when she was a young girl. Now a grown woman, Camille sets out with her friend James (Clinton Roper Elledge) to hopefully find some answers.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 478
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, psychological, bleak, suspense, suspenseful
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Alone in the Ghost House (2015)
Plot Summary:
A minor celebrity and her husband head out on the road to investigate the most haunted house in America for their very own reality show, but upon arriving at the Devil's Commune things become worse than they could have ever imagined. They wanted fame, they found HELL.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, spooky
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Provoked (2016)
Plot Summary:
A group of amateur paranormal investigators, frustrated with the lack of any solid evidence after months of attempts, decide to provoke and taught spirits from the afterlife in a last ditch attempt for a paranormal encounter. The experiment works, but they have awakened something angry and very deadly - something that follows them home and now will not leave. The investigators must now defend their home, and their family, from the spirits who were brought into this world and are not going without taking some souls with them.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, independent film
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Hong Kong Ghost Stories (2011)
Plot Summary:
Wong Jing's Classroom follows Ling, the new substitute teacher at a suburban high school. She feels something wrong about her class. The students in her Class 4E are an unruly bunch, except for Don Don, who always sits quietly in the corner. Suspecting that her students Gi Gi, Co Co, and Fong engage in prostitution, Ling reports the problems with her class to the dean, only to be told that there has never been a Class 4E in the school... In Patrick Kong's Travel, a group of friends go on vacation in Mainland, during which Bo gets killed in a road accident. At Bo's funeral, her travel mates meet Bo's estranged lover Ka Ming , with whom Bo had a heated quarrel on the phone just prior to her tragic death. At the hot-pot dinner after the funeral, a pale-faced Ka Ming reveals to the survivors the secret of his relationship with Bo before going on a killing spree.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 170
Genere: Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, anthology
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Darkness Reigns (2018)
Plot Summary:
A film crew is ravaged by a demon, who is hell bent on cashing in on a deal he made with someone on set who was seeking fame and fortune.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Encounter (2016)
Plot Summary:
A newlywed couple Ted and Lauren rent an old farm house to do a thesis on orbs and set up cameras, Strange ghostly noises and haunting occur at night. Ted sees video of Lauren, possessed and wandering the fields at night. When their roommate kills himself they decide to do a séance to see what is haunting the house. Little do they know what they hear and fear is nothing they can pray away.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 709
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Exscind (2016)
Plot Summary:
After reading a magazine article about a case of multiple murders 50 years ago, an excited paranormal group sets out to investigate the site where the serial killers lived and where the horrifying crimes occurred. As day turns to night and evidence mounts, they encounter a situation far beyond their control and expectations.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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616: Paranormal Incident (2013)
Plot Summary:
When Special Agent Watts and his Investigation Unit are called to the derelict Woodburrow Prison he thinks it's business as usual. But there's nothing usual about Woodburrow. A mysterious woman is found attempting to flee the scene and things begin to spiral out of control as an evil force picks the team off one by one. Soon Agent Watts is left alone to face what might be the world's most powerful evil... The Devil.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 597
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Impossible Horror (2017)
Plot Summary:
After Lily, an insomniac young filmmaker, starts to hear a recurring sinister scream every night outside her apartment window, she teams up with a friend Hannah to try and track down the source of the terrifying noise. Soon the intrepid duo’s investigations lead them into a dark and sinister tangled web involving shadowy figures and a deadly supernatural force beyond their comprehension.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, sinister
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Wraith (2017)
Plot Summary:
After living in an old mansion for almost 10 years a family suddenly discovers a ghost-like presence trying to communicate with them. A super-natural thriller.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 799
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, psychotronic, psychological, disturbing
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Seven Hells (2014)
Plot Summary:
Seven festival-winning shorts. Seven horrifying and hilarious tales of people trapped in their own special hells. The perfect Halloween movie.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: anthology, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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When Death Calls (2012)
Plot Summary:
It's Halloween, and an elementary school teacher is being stalked by a mysterious caller. Meanwhile, sexy DJ Roxy Richards is making her scariest broadcast yet - but she may not realize how scary things are going to get when an old friend calls in.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, anthology
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Hell Hole (2013)
Plot Summary:
When two of the world's biggest slackers accidentally open the door to hell, they have to figure out a way to close it before hell's monsters destroy the earth, and their babes.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Entity Project (2019)
Plot Summary:
A director and her friends renting a haunted house to capture paranormal events in order to prove it and become popular.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 293
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Dead Story (2017)
Plot Summary:
When a young couple – Anne and Harold – moves into a new home without knowing it was a site of horrific murders, Anne's loneliness and strange behavior makes their relationship complicated, especially after Anne meets 'Mary', a dark presence from which she can't escape.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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A Haunting at Silver Falls: The Return (2019)
Plot Summary:
Several years after a deadly struggle with her serial killer aunt, Jordan works to escape her troubled history. But when her aunt's revenge-seeking specter surfaces to join forces with a deranged convict, Jordan must return to the haunted town of Silver Falls for a final showdown with the ghosts of her past.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Brimstone Incorporated (2021)
Plot Summary:
Brimstone Incorporated features three ghoulish tales of terror and a wraparound, the latter centering around a law firm that serves as the gateway to Hell. Stories include Mama's Boy, First Date and Skunk Weed,.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Exit 14 (2016)
Plot Summary:
Laurie, a good-natured college student, embarks on a spring break vacation with her friends Faith, Joey, and her boyfriend Mick. They get off on the ghostly Exit 14 where they befriend a mysterious store clerk and are haunted by the ghost story he shares with them.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 638
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Abigail Haunting (2020)
Plot Summary:
After escaping the clutches of an abusive relationship, Katie reluctantly returns to the foster home she grew up in. Little does she know, her foster mother Marge is harboring a sinister secret dating back a decade. Now, Katie finds herself caught up in a horrifying family drama while confronting an angry spirit named Abigail.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 596
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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11th Hour Cleaning (2022)
Plot Summary:
A group of crime scene cleaners struggle to escape a murder house after becoming trapped by an ancient Nordic demon that is hell-bent on driving them insane.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 369
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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The Blackwell Ghost 3 (2019)
Plot Summary:
A filmmaker takes a journey to discover a new haunted house and brings along his cameras to document what happens inside. The house, which is plagued by its dark history, begins to come alive in this third instalment of “The Blackwell Ghost.”.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 640
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful
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Incorporeal (2014)
Plot Summary:
A tale of an overzealous movie director and his unappreciative leading actress that go on a location scouting mission. What they find will change their lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: experimental, psychotronic, scary, bleak, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, meta