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Plot Summary:
After twenty years, local police captures the murderer of the older brother of a young boy. Now a doctor, he must go back to his old town and face the murderers himself. He then discovers that the murderers are Aswangs (folkloric Filipino vampire-like creatures) and they pose a deadly threat not only to him but also for the entire town.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags:
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Tiyanak (1988)
Plot Summary:
Julie begins to suspect that an abandoned baby she takes in may be a demon in disguise.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 432
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: mystic
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Dark Spells (2004)
Plot Summary:
A group of archeologists are determined to make digs on a ghost town to find an old book, ignoring that the town is cursed due to events occurred about seven hundred years ago. An evil spirit comes to haunt this team.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Villa Estrella (2009)
Plot Summary:
How come people who go there are never seen again? Does the villa "eat" people alive? The movie tells the story of Ana who has always been having nightmares about certain people getting killed of Madre Na Aswang. Things become scarier when her ex-boyfriend brings her to Villa Estrella where she meets a girl named Gisele who seems to be very familiar to her.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Barang (2006)
Plot Summary:
A heart-pounding fright movie about a provincial lass whose life and death is shrouded by inexplicable and ghastly events so affecting the whole community of Sta. Barbara. Igan suffers a gruesome death in the hands of a devil worshipper, Nana Ursula. After young Igna incurs the wrath of a spiteful witch, a strong spell leaves the unlucky provincial woman cursed for the rest of her life and her death. Eager to exact revenge from the grave, Igna targets three young visitors. The trio must fight for their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration:
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Hunch (2005)
Plot Summary:
Convinced that her boyfriend, Carlo (Ryan Agoncillo), is cheating on her, Erica (Rica Peralejo) consults a fortune-teller, who confirms that bad times are ahead if she doesn't leave him. Nevertheless, Erica ignores the woman's advice, which only makes things worse in her withering relationship. The plot thickens when Lemuel (Marvin Agustin), a close friend, reveals his hidden feelings for Erica … as well as a dangerous dark side.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags:
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The Bonesetter (2003)
Plot Summary:
One hundred years ago, an evil bonesetter was killed for his crimes against children. Now in the present a single mother and a shy librarian must discover who is behind a rash of child abductions, is the Bonesetter back to finish his depraved work?.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 218
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, independent film, low-budget
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Black Mamba (1974)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Paul Morgan is stunned to discover witchcraft and voodoo being practiced in the 20th century. while treating the citizens of a small village in the Philippines, Morgan falls for pretty young widow Elena, who becomes the target of a black witch who has swiped a valuable ring from the grave of Elena's late husband. (IMDb).
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Shake Rattle and Roll 12 (2010)
Plot Summary:
The first episode "Mamanyiika" plays on the words "mama" and "manyika" which literally means "mother doll". The story of a possessed doll. The second episode, is the tale of three girls, one of them the apple of the eye of a terrible engkanto, who then captures the girl. Punerarya the third story, is a story of a tutor teaching the children of the ghoul entrepreneurs of a funeral parlor.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, anthology, exciting
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Be Careful of... Spells (2008)
Plot Summary:
Mira survives a car accident, and awakens without a memory of her past. As she is regaining pieces of her life with husband Paul and blind daughter Sophie, her business associate Dave convinced her to leave her husband as what she promised her before the accident. However, the situations go more weird as strange things start to occur in her home. Mira is forced to confront her past and discover the real story.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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All Hallows Eve: October 30th (2015)
Plot Summary:
A schizophrenic filmmaker, traumatized since childhood by the murder of his mother, writes and plots a retelling of his past staring a naive teenage girl and her friends while a creepy old man haunts them in the woods.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: dark fairy tale
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Night of the Cobra Woman (1972)
Plot Summary:
Horror story of a beautiful girl turns into a man-eating cobra.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 476
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, sexploitation film
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Bliss (2017)
Plot Summary:
"Bliss" tells the story of actress Jane Ciego. Though successful and desirable to many, Jane, now in her 30’s, has become tired of the usual projects she’s been getting. She decides to produce her own film to win respect in the industry. But things do not go as planned. A terrible accident on the set leaves her temporarily crippled, trapped in a house filled with bizarre phenomena, and under the care of her unloving husband and a strange, obsessive nurse. With the horrors and madness escalating each day, Jane’s simple dream turns into an endless nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, clever, weird
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Shake, Rattle & Roll 2k5 (2005)
Plot Summary:
The second installment of episodes from this classic horror series scares up even more screams than the first. In "Poso," a wealthy client tempts a hack occultist out of retirement. In "Aquarium," a family moves into their new home only to discover that the previous occupants left something terrible behind. And in "Lihim," a pregnant woman fears for the life of her unborn child.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: dark fairy tale, anthology
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Shake, Rattle & Roll II (1990)
Plot Summary:
Shake, Rattle & Roll II is the second installment of the Shake Rattle & Roll franchise. It was distributed by Regal Films. It is directed by Peque Gallaga & Lore Reyes. This film is an entry of the 1990 Metro Manila Film Festival. It is the first starring role of Manilyn Reynes before the following sequels.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 406
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anthology, dark fairy tale, terrifying, suspense
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White House (2010)
Plot Summary:
6 eager contestants enter a pinoy horror-reality show to survive till daybreak of horror inside the famous Laperal White House in Baguio City. A million pesos is at stake but as the first night draws to a close and each one is being found dead, everyone realizes their lives are also on the line. It is up to spirit medium Jet (Gabby Concepcion) to find out what exactly is going on and who is the real enemy among he many ghosts that haunt the place, which includes a powerful Black Lady who abducted the soul of Jet’s only daughter. A chance of a lifeline with no lifelines… who will survive in the end?.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tagalog
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Haunted House (2009)
Plot Summary:
Romano and his men are ambushed in one military operation. Romano almost gets killed but wakes up after staying in coma for several days. His life will never be the same again. He resigns from the military and goes into seclusion in their Baguio ancestral house after realizing that he now has a supernatural gift.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 161 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending
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Hide & Seek (2007)
Plot Summary:
After a tragedy, a family moves to an isolated house where strange apparitions appear.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, mystical, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, sinister
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Feng Shui 2 (2014)
Plot Summary:
It focuses on Lester who, upon getting the cursed bagua, starts to get all the luck and prosperity he could get in his life, but with deadly consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 214
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, sinister
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Nightshift (2020)
Plot Summary:
A young woman is stuck in the morgue - on her first day - working as an assistant to a pathologist when the dead begin to manifest signs of resurrection.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 421
Genere: Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: bleak, disturbing, scary, suspense, suspenseful
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Bloody Crayons (2017)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends goes to an island for a short film project when they are attacked by a mysterious killer after playing a game of bloody crayons.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 212
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, scary, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, psychotronic
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Blood Is the Color of Night (1964)
Plot Summary:
Dr Marco's most beloved Katrina has died. As a vampire, Marco has devised a plan to bring her back from the dead. It requires large amounts of human blood and will eventually necessitate the transplantation of a human heart.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 399
Genere: Horror
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspense, grindhouse, independent film, scary, serious, suspenseful
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Beast of the Yellow Night (1971)
Plot Summary:
Satan saves Ashley from death on condition he become his disciple (and, as it turns out, a hairy murderous beast).
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 918
Genere: Horror
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, slasher, grindhouse
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Shake, Rattle & Roll 13 (2011)
Plot Summary:
An old man Lando (Ronnie Lazaro) has buried something under his house. When he is finished, he encounters a group of white people. The chieftain (Manu Respall) demands Lando to give back something that belongs to them which he refuses. Angered, he and his tribesmen savagely killed him.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Hellcome Home (2019)
Plot Summary:
A family moves into an old house, unaware of its diabolic, bloody history. The film features two separate stories from different time periods: the Villareal family from the present time, and the Domingo family who lived in the same house back in the 90s.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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The Echo (2004)
Plot Summary:
After moving into his new digs a ratty apartment in a decrepit building Marvin senses that something is amiss. Every night, domestic violence occurs at the home of his neighbors: an alcoholic cop, his wife, Anna, and their daughter, Lara. When bloody apparitions of Anna and Lara flash before Marvin's eyes, he begins to question his sanity in this atmospheric horror film.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 983
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, creepy, terrifying, twisted
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Cryptid (2022)
Plot Summary:
A small rural town in Maine is shocked as a mysterious animal leaves a local resident brutally ripped apart. Deemed to be a random bear attack by town officials, freelance journalist Max Frome suspects it might be something more.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: tense, disturbing, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Road (2011)
Plot Summary:
A 12 year old cold case is reopened when three teens are missing in an old abandoned road where a gruesome murder is left undiscovered for three decades.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, scary, psychological, slasher, detective, creepy, terrifying, unpredictable
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Feng shui (2004)
Plot Summary:
Joy and her family have just moved into a new home, in a sparsely populated village. For them, it’s time for new beginnings- a new chance and a new hope. But what for fortune awaits them.. and woe the tragedies to follow. On what should be the most unfortunate day of her life, Joy picks up a package left by a stranger in a bus. It is called ‘ba-gua’, (feng shui mirror) an item that drives bad luck away. Joy could not refuse the luck that continues to come her way until everything appears too good to be true. Unexplained events disturb her family’s peace . People start to die as well. Having been advised by the geomancer to simply say no to the next form of luck, all Joy could do now is wait. But what painful decision awaits her? Will Joy prevail or be consumed by the curse of the bagua mirror?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 996
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, spooky, terrifying, realistic
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Madhouse (2004)
Plot Summary:
A young psychiatric intern unearths secrets about the mental health facility in which he works.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, mind bending, suspense, dark, psychological horror
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Block Z (2020)
Plot Summary:
A pre-med student and her friends encounter the death of a patient that exhibited symptoms of rabies. They are soon faced with an even bigger problem as their patient comes back from the dead and infects the people on campus, causing a lockdown and trapping the students inside.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 370
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, exciting, suspense, suspenseful