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Plot Summary:
Henrik is a young father who lives in Stockholm, constantly plagued by nightmares with his deceased mother. One day, he receives the news that his father, father, who lives in a remote village, it is drowned and died. The circumstances of drowning are mysterious. Henrik travels to the village to investigate the cause of his death. To find out more about the drowning and on his father, the door to the unknown and open. Shadows of the past emerge, returning to this world for one reason only: revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, demonic, splatter, mind bending, realistic
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Left in Darkness (2006)
Plot Summary:
Celia (Monica Keena, Freddy vs. Jason) has had a rough life, with a mother who died in childbirth and a father who disappeared. Unfortunately for Celia, death is not any easier than life. When she is drugged and raped at a frat party, Celia dies from an overdose, and must battle the terrible Soul Eaters who roam the afterlife.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, suspenseful, serious, rough, disturbing, suspense, light
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Cold Sweat (2010)
Plot Summary:
A young man searching for his missing girlfriend. An unconditional friend willing to do anything to uncover the truth. An investigation that culminates in an old house. Inside await two brutal murderers, armed with twenty-five boxes of explosives that were lost since the last military dictatorship.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 977
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Mexico
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, slasher, disturbing, scary, rough
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House of Bad (2013)
Plot Summary:
Yearning to break free from their sordid pasts, three sisters unite for a simple plan: steal enough drugs to set themselves up for a new life. But when the eldest sister Teig decides they're going to hide out in their old, abandoned family house, its painful memories quickly become too real to fight off. Three sisters with a history, a suitcase full of stolen drugs, and a family house with a dark secret is the recipe for terror in House of Bad.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, psychological, realistic
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Haunted Echoes (2008)
Plot Summary:
Laura (Sean Young) and Guy (David Starzyk) are devastated by grief when their 8-year-old daughter, Kimberly, is murdered. Hoping to repair their tattered marriage, they move to a quiet town to remodel an old mansion, but weird things start to happen in this eerie ghost story. Laura is convinced that they are being visited Kimberly's spirit, and Guy ultimately believes her, but is it really their daughter who is urging them to seek vengeance?.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 560
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, psychological, serious
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The Uninvited (2003)
Plot Summary:
Impaired by amnesia, Jeong-won (Shin-yang Park) can't remember his youth -- until he meets Yeon (Ji-hyun Jun), a psychic who may be able to uncover his past. After witnessing the horrific deaths of children, both share dreamlike visions of ghostly forms. Together, they explore the depths of psychological terror in this chilling Korean thriller, artfully directed by Su-yeon Lee.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, mind twisting, mind bending, suspense, mystic, tense, serious
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Clear Lake, WI (2009)
Plot Summary:
A group of childhood friends return to their former hometown to revisit the horrors that happened there 15 years ago.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 413
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, bleak, psychological thriller
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Second Name (2002)
Plot Summary:
After the suicide of her beloved father, the biologist Daniella Logan visits her catatonic mother in a mental institution to tell the tragic event and her mother calls her "Josephine". Daniella goes to the cemetery and finds that her father's grave had been opened and his corpse was profaned. She decides to investigate, and receives a message of a diabetic priest, Father Elias, who tells her about an ancient fanatic religious sect of followers of Abraham that kills the first child. Later, she meets a weird man, Toby Harris, who claims to be his legitimate father. Daniella continues seeking the truth about her origins and discloses very dark secrets about her family and friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, mind bending, psychological, dark
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Drowning Ghost (2004)
Plot Summary:
Hundred years ago, three students at the Hellestads Boarding School were brutally slaughtered, the murderer drowned himself in a lake nearby and his body was never found. The story has become a legend for generations of students as well as a yearly festivity. Sara, a student, is writting an essay based on the legend and uncovers new facts from the event that will cast dark shadows on the family name of one of the school's main benificiaries. On the night of the hundreth anniversary, the festivities go awry, students disappear and something dark and unknown is moving through the schools corridors.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary, slasher, mind bending, realistic, teen horror
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Breaking at the Edge (2013)
Plot Summary:
A pregnant woman fears for her unborn child's life if she doesn't avenge a supernatural entity.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, psychological, tense, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, hispanic
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The Lost Angel (2005)
Plot Summary:
Slight off-balance police inspector Palmer (Alison Eastwood) works with Father Brian (Judd Nelson) to solve for a religion-based killer, while she deals with her teen-aged goth sister.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 440
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Devil's Hand (2014)
Plot Summary:
Five young Amish girls accused of being Satan's children must fight for their lives when their devout community elders insist they be "cleansed" before turning 18.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, gothic, demonic, independent film
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5 Souls (2013)
Plot Summary:
When a disgraced architect awakens from a coma, he is confronted by an agent of evil with a proposition; kill five people to reconcile his life's misdeeds and live, or decline the offer and die. As he proceeds with his grim assignment and begins collecting the fifth and final soul, he learns that his pact may have eternally horrifying consequences….
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 335
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, captivating, scary, independent film
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I Am ZoZo (2012)
Plot Summary:
I Am ZoZo is a psychological thriller about five young people who play with a Ouija board on Halloween and attract the attention of a malevolent demon. The film is based on real experiences with an ancient and malevolent spirit called ZoZo that attaches itself to people exclusively through Ouija boards. I Am ZoZo was shot on location on San Juan Island, WA and Seattle entirely on Kodak Super 8mm negative film stock.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 719
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, mind bending, psychotronic
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The Skeptic (2009)
Plot Summary:
After the mysterious death of his Aunt, a confirmed skeptic lawyer, Bryan Becket, dismisses reports that her house is haunted and moves in. Immediately occurrences begin he cannot explain. And beyond the occurrences there is something about the house which gnaws at Becket - some strange connection he senses he has with the house's past. Soon, the haunting turns personal.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, scary, bleak, suspense, intellectual, grindhouse, psychological, mind bending
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The Monitor (2011)
Plot Summary:
After escaping an abusive husband, Anna and her 8 year old son move to a secret location in a giant apartment building. Terrified that her ex-husband will find them she buys a baby monitor to keep in her son's room at all times. But strange noises echo in the baby monitor from elsewhere in the building. Reliving the nightmare she recently escaped, Anna will need to figure out what's real and what isn't before she loses her sanity and her child.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Norway, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, scary, serious, psychological thriller, suspense, dark, social, grindhouse, cult horror
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Hipnos (2004)
Plot Summary:
Dr Sánchez Blanch owns and operates a psychiatric hospital where he specializes in hypnotizing his severely emotionally disturbed patients.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, scary, clever, unpredictable, realistic, weird
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Blackwater Valley Exorcism (2006)
Plot Summary:
Disturbed Isabelle is locked in a fierce battle with a vicious demon that's hell-bent on owning her soul.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 787
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: demonic, suspense, suspenseful, scary, disturbing, serious, surprise ending
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Grindstone Road (2008)
Plot Summary:
The Sloan's young son Daniel has been in coma for an extended period of time following a car accident. Hannah, who was driving at the time of the accident, is suffering a great deal of guilt and depression. Shortly after moving into a newly purchased farmhouse, strange occurrences begin to happen.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 773
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, tense, captivating, scary, serious, realistic
Similar in 76%
The Visitation (2006)
Plot Summary:
In Antioch, the former Father Travis Jordan lost his faith on God three years ago when his beloved wife was murdered and the criminals never found. Suddenly, miracles happen in the little town: the son of the newcomer and veterinary Morgan Elliot survives a car accident without a single scratch; Travis's dog Max revives after being buried; a paraplegic walks; a wounded woman and her father with b.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, disturbing, christian film, scary, suspense, demonic, tense, serious
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Lizzie (2012)
Plot Summary:
Lizzie, a young woman with amnesia, slowly comes to realize that she may be responsible for the horrific murder of her parents. After returning to the family home, Lizzie had terrifying flashbacks to her childhood, and comes face to face with the true horror of her past.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 872
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating, independent film
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Greystone Park (2012)
Plot Summary:
In October 2009, the filmmakers went into an abandoned psychiatric hospital to explore the 'haunted' institution, famous for its radical treatment of patients with mental illness. Electroshock, insulin therapy, and lobotomies were commonplace. Once inside, the filmmakers quickly discovered that they were not alone.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, realistic, mockumentary, grindhouse, independent film
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Dabbe (2006)
Plot Summary:
A very large number of people start to commit suicide using brutal and horrible techniques and without any reasons. Starting from the United States, this suicide wave spreads all over the world. In Turkey, in a small town called Selcuk, a young man kills himself after a long, night he spends on the Internet. Following the incident, his best friends start to get strange e-mails from him. They also start seeing horrible creatures around themselves--this is just the begining of the apocalypse.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, serious, suspenseful, demonic, rough, offbeat, futuristic, surprise ending
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Death of a Ghost Hunter (2007)
Plot Summary:
Renowned "ghost hunter", Carter Simms is paid to conduct a paranormal investigation of a supposedly haunted house. Along with a cameraman, a reporter, and a spiritual advocate, she embarks on a three night journey into terror.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense, twist ending, mockumentary, spooky
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Il nascondiglio (2007)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 741
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric
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The Legend of Bloody Mary (2008)
Plot Summary:
Ryan has been plagued with nightmares since the night his sister Amy went missing 8 years earlier after playing the game "Bloody Mary." Amy had stumbled onto a website on the Internet (www.marked4mary.com) about a witch called Bloody Mary and a game to summon her evil spirit. Now a senior in college, Ryan is reaching a mental breaking point from the years of stress and guilt from his sisters disappearance. His girlfriend Rachel frustrated herself at Ryan's emotional distance and self pity, calls for help to a former professor of Ryan's, Father O'Neal. Father O'Neal is both a priest and a archaeologist who decides to help Ryan end his tormenting grief by using his detective skills and wit to figure out what exactly happened to Ryan's sister, and uncover the truth to the Legend of Bloody Mary.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 794
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, serious, slasher
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Dark Souls (2010)
Plot Summary:
A young girl, Johanna, is attacked and seemingly murdered. Her father receives a phone call from the police pronouncing her dead as he sees her walk in the front door of their house. Strange things begin to happen to Johanna; she is disorientated and becomes pale and unresponsive. Similar attacks begin to happen, and Johanna’s father takes it on himself to find out the truth. He embarks on a dark thrill ride of lost memories, conspiracy, and zombie-like symptoms. Finding the mysterious darkness within is the source of the bizarre world he has uncovered.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Norway, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, mind bending, cult horror, slasher, independent film
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The Chosen (2015)
Plot Summary:
When a child-stealing demon attaches itself to a little girl, her family is thrust into a battle against time in order to save the girl and send the demon back to hell.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, spooky, independent film
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The Ganzfeld Haunting (2014)
Plot Summary:
In a world where past meets present and the present gets lost in time, reality is blurred for 5 College psychology students who are pushing all boundaries during an ESP experiment over a lost weekend.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 899
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, mockumentary, erotic, psychotronic
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Entity (2012)
Plot Summary:
In 1998, thirty four unidentified bodies were found in shallow graves in a remote Siberian forest. After subsequent investigations, no official explanation by the Russian authorities was ever offered about the circumstances of the deaths.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, tense, slasher, splatter, mockumentary, grindhouse, spooky
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The Borderlands (2013)
Plot Summary:
Vatican investigators are sent to the British West Country to investigate paranormal activity, and they find the events are more disturbing than they first imagined.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, demonic, mockumentary, lovecraft, suspense, slasher, disturbing