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Plot Summary:
Five strangers awaken to find themselves trapped aboard an alien spaceship that seems to be harnessing their terror to power the ship. They begin to understand that these species have been abducting humans for decades and possibly centuries.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: dark, twist ending, suspense, talky, non-linear, tense, captivating, psychedelic, apocalyptic, mindfuck
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The Bone Snatcher (2003)
Plot Summary:
After miners disappear in the Namib Desert, some scientists find their remains and the demonic creature that killed them.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, South Africa
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, tense, natural horror, enigmatic, disturbing, serious, slasher, rough, suspenseful
Similar in 82%
The Corrupted (2010)
Plot Summary:
A group of twenty-somethings are enjoying their stay at a lakeside cabin when a series of frightening and bizarre events derail their weekend.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 305
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, scary, silent, silent film
Similar in 82%
Area 51 Confidential (2011)
Plot Summary:
People from various walks of life find themselves held captive in a desolate area surrounding a secret government installation rumored to contain extraterrestrial life.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 424
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, exciting
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Blind Alley (2011)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer traps and taunts a young dancer inside a laundromat that located down an isolated alley.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 988
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico, Colombia
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, captivating, dark, suspenseful
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Alien Strain (2014)
Plot Summary:
On a camping trip, Matthew's girlfriend Rachel was abducted by a UFO. A year later Rachel returns to the very spot from which she was taken but the creature she has become has Matthew fearing for his life.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, disturbing
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Alien Hunger (2017)
Plot Summary:
Aliens with a ravenous appetite for summertime campers descend upon a campground.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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51 (2011)
Plot Summary:
Due to political pressure from the American public, the Air Force has decided to allow two well-known reporters limited access to the most secretive base on the planet. But when one of the base’s “long-term visitors” exploits this unprecedented visit as a chance to liberate himself and his fellow alien captives, Area 51 turns from a secure government base to a horrifying destination of terror.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, suspense, dark, exciting, psychological, creepy, scary, interesting, dystopian
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The Chamber (2016)
Plot Summary:
The film revolves around a special ops unit who commandeer a commercial research vessel and it’s submersible to locate a mysterious item at the bottom of the Yellow Sea. When an explosion causes the sub to overturn and take on water, the crew begins to understand that not all of them will escape and a fight for survival ensues.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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Eden Log (2007)
Plot Summary:
A man wakes up deep inside a cave. Suffering amnesia, he has no recollection of how he came to be here or of what happened to the man whose body he finds beside him. Tailed by a mysterious creature, he must continue through this strange and fantastic world. Enclosed, Tolbiac has no other option to reach the surface than to use REZO ZERO, secret observing cells in this cemetery-like abandoned mine.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, atmospheric, bleak, suspenseful, cyber, suspense, apocalyptic, surreal, twist ending
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The Superdeep (2020)
Plot Summary:
The film is based on real events when, in the 1970s, the deepest well in the world with a depth of more than 12 thousand meters was drilled in Murmansk Region for research purposes. During drilling, seismic sensors began to pick up strange sounds, an explosion occurred that led to mystical events.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: suspense, mysterious, psychological thriller, tense, disturbing, splatter, lovecraft, unusual plot structure
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Man Vs. (2015)
Plot Summary:
As host of his own hit TV series, 'MAN VS', Doug Woods is forced to fend for himself for five days in remote locations with no crew, food, or water, only the cameras he carries on his back to film his experiences. Doug's in the remote woods for a routine episode, until he's awoken by an earth-shaking crash. Things get weirder as it becomes clear Doug isn't alone. Someone or something is watching him.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, psychotronic, tense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, psychological, mockumentary, horror comedy
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Unaware (2010)
Plot Summary:
In July 2010, a vacationing couple discovered something disturbing on a ranch in rural Texas. Armed with a home camcorder, they captured their experience on video.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, bleak, serious, futuristic, mockumentary, tense, suspense, scary, exciting, rough
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Stranded (2013)
Plot Summary:
The Lunar Base Ark explores ore and unexpectedly is hit by a meteor shower and has severe damages. Colonel Gerard Brauchman sends the crewwoman Ava Cameron to repair a wing that is full of CO2. Dr. Lance Krauss warns that the gas may cause paranoia and hallucinations. Ava brings a sample of the meteor for analysis and Dr. Krauss finds that there are spores attached to the meteor. Ava accidentally cuts her finger in a sample but she hides the cut from the doctor. Soon Ava gets pregnant and delivers an alien offspring. However, neither Col. Brauchman nor Dr. Kraus believes in her words and they believe that Ava is delusional. He offspring bites the crewman Bruce Johns and the crew discovers that Bruce has been cloned by the alien. Soon they find how dangerous the clone is.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, space horror, suspense, slasher
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Escape the Field (2022)
Plot Summary:
Six strangers suddenly awaken in a remote, endless cornfield. Stripped of their possessions, they are left with only six items: a gun with a single bullet, matches, a lantern, a knife, a compass, and a flask of water. As mysterious sirens blare in the distance and traps appear at every turn, the group realizes it’s been plunged into a cat-and-mouse game with an unseen evil, and survival depends upon solving a diabolical and deadly puzzle.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, supernatural thriller, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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In the Forest (2022)
Plot Summary:
Helen and her daughter Emily reluctantly accompany Helen’s father Stan on a family camping trip, driving deep into the forest for a real outdoors experience, only to have angry landowner Howard arrive and force them to leave. When their RV gets stuck, Helen decides to seek help but discovers a disturbing secret on the man’s property. She must then fight to protect her family and make it out of the forest alive before being hunted down.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 914
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Infection (2011)
Plot Summary:
A mystery surrounds a small town that was attacked on September 9, 2009. Now sixty years later, the last survivor, Sarah, sends a high profile reporter a letter suggesting what really happened on that day. The government calls 9/9/09 the start of the "Modern Plague", and the reporter soon realizes that the truth may be harder to uncover than the lies.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 523
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, scary, independent film
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The 13th Unit (2014)
Plot Summary:
Seven strangers find themselves trapped in an underground storage facility, struggling to survive while being hunted by a supernatural beast that resides inside the mysterious 13th unit.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 487
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, scary, serious
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Dark Skies (2013)
Plot Summary:
From the producers of Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Sinister comes Dark Skies: a supernatural thriller that follows a young family living in the suburbs. As husband and wife Daniel and Lacey Barret witness an escalating series of disturbing events involving their family, their safe and peaceful home quickly unravels. When it becomes clear that the Barret family is being targeted by an unimaginably terrifying and deadly force, Daniel and Lacey take matters in their own hands to solve the mystery of what is after their family.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, psychological, twist ending, tense, creepy, tricky, disturbing, intense
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Aftermath (2014)
Plot Summary:
Searching for a happy ending to a tale of unimaginable disaster and horror, nine strangers find themselves holed up together in a farmhouse cellar in rural Texas. The United States has hastily become embroiled in World War 3. A young doctor named Hunter survives the nuclear attack and is thrown together by happenstance with a group of wounded and frightened victims, including Elizabeth, a strong-willed confidant to Hunter, Brad - an antagonistic redneck jackass, and Jennifer, a barely coherent young woman suffering from severe post-traumatic stress. Together, they attempt to endure the devastating holocaust as they struggle with claustrophobia and conflicting personalities. In a makeshift shelter, Hunter and his dying companions wait for news from the government while fending off hunger, radiation sickness, and a horde of frightened and dying refugees.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, psychological, bleak, serious, scary, captivating, apocalyptic, independent film, erotic
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Hidden (2015)
Plot Summary:
A family takes refuge in a fallout shelter to avoid a dangerous outbreak.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, scary, suspenseful, dark, surprise ending, tricky, apocalyptic, splatter, creepy
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Saw V (2008)
Plot Summary:
Detective Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy. But when his secret is threatened, he must go on the hunt to eliminate all the loose ends.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 135000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, twist ending, suspense, psychological, slasher, bloody, disturbing, splatter, clever, tricky
Similar in 84%
Life (2017)
Plot Summary:
The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 247000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, apocalyptic, tragic ending, tense, suspenseful, surprise ending, space horror, captivating, futuristic
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Alien: Covenant (2017)
Plot Summary:
Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship 'Covenant' discovers what is thought to be an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world – which has its sole inhabitant the 'synthetic', David, survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 298000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: bad ending, futuristic, suspense, enigmatic, dark, twist ending, suspenseful, absurd, disturbing, intense
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Pandorum (2009)
Plot Summary:
Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 158000
Genere: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: futuristic, scary, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, psychological, twist ending, clever, dark
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Event Horizon (1997)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2047 a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the long lost starship "Event Horizon". The ship disappeared mysteriously 7 years before on its maiden voyage and with its return comes even more mystery as the crew of the "Lewis and Clark" discover the real truth behind its disappearance and something even more terrifying.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 194000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, futuristic, bleak, space horror, exciting, lovecraft, suspense, disturbing, atmospheric
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Cube (1997)
Plot Summary:
Seven strangers are taken out of their daily lives and placed mysteriously in a deadly cube where they all agree they must find their way out.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 244000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, surreal, suspenseful, mind bending, psychological thriller, twist ending, cerebral, futuristic, clever, exciting
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The Hive (2014)
Plot Summary:
An amnesiac must reach back into his mind for memories that will help him save the love of his life before a virus completely takes over.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological horror, psychological thriller
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Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021)
Plot Summary:
Six people unwittingly find themselves locked in another series of escape rooms, slowly uncovering what they have in common to survive as they discover all the games that they've played before.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa, Hungary, Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, thrilling, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, clever, surreal
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Cloverfield (2008)
Plot Summary:
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 416000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, tense, mockumentary, lovecraft, apocalyptic, rough, bleak, clever
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The Mist (2007)
Plot Summary:
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 333000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: twist ending, atmospheric, psychological, bad ending, scary, suspenseful, suspense, bleak, surprise ending, depressing