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Plot Summary:
New York police are bemused by reports of a giant flying lizard that has been spotted around the rooftops of New York, until the lizard starts to eat people. An out-of-work ex-con is the only person who knows the location of the monster's nest and is determined to turn the knowledge to his advantage, but will his gamble pay off or will he end up as lizard food?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: detective, scary, atmospheric, grindhouse, rough, suspenseful, independent film, splatter, cult classic, cult horror
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Maniac Cop (1988)
Plot Summary:
In New York, people are slain and strangled to death brutally on the open street. All witnesses agree that the murderer was in a cop's uniform. Soon the police searches and finds a suspect in its own ranks: Jack Forrest, turned in by his own wife. To prove his innocence, he has to investigate on his own.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, grindhouse, cult horror, classic horror, psychological thriller, retro
Similar in 87%
The Mangler (1995)
Plot Summary:
When an accident involving a folding machine at an old laundry happens, detective John Hunton investigates. While he tries to solve the mystery, Bill Gartley, the owner, wants to find new victims for his machine.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: South Africa, UK
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, rough, serious, cult classic, cult horror, psychological thriller, dark, sad, dread
Similar in 80%
Drive In Massacre (1976)
Plot Summary:
Two police detectives try to catch a serial killer who is stalking a rural California drive-in theater, randomly killing people with a sword.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, realistic, slasher, psychotronic, detective, grindhouse, independent film, cult film
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The Pit (1981)
Plot Summary:
Twelve year-old Jamie Benjamin is a solitary misunderstood boy in his preteens. His classmates pick on him, his neighbors think he's weird and his parents ignore him. But now Jamie has a secret weapon: deep in the woods he has discovered a deep pit full of man-eating creatures he calls Trogs... and it isn't long before he gets an idea for getting revenge and feeding the Trogs in the process!.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, scary, slasher, rough, cult horror, psychological, sexy, splatter, disgusting
Similar in 82%
The Stalker (2020)
Plot Summary:
The man only known as the Stalker, is looking for the Hamilton's, and is willing to kill anyone who gets in his way. Embark on this horror, mystery, thrill ride, that takes you back to the classic films of the genre.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: slasher, retro, suspense, intense, scary, psychotronic, independent film, surprise ending, classic horror, frightening
Similar in 88%
The Stuff (1985)
Plot Summary:
Weird yummy goo erupts from the earth and is discovered by a couple of miners. They taste it and decide to market it because it tastes so good. The American public literally eats up the new dessert sensation now known as the Stuff but, unfortunately, it takes over the brains of those who eat it, turning them into zombie-like creatures. It is up to ex-FBI agent David Rutherford and a kid named Jason to stop the spread of the mind-devouring dessert.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, satirical, absurd, suspenseful, humorous, horror comedy, cult classic, black comedy, cult horror, retro
Similar in 78%
Maniac Cop 2 (1990)
Plot Summary:
A supernatural, maniac killer cop teams up with a Times Square serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, christian film, christmas horror, classic horror, psychological thriller, bloody, dark, cult classic, spooky, independent film
Similar in 87%
Malignant (2021)
Plot Summary:
When cancer patient Alan Gates discovers that his tumor is actually a mysterious parasite that gives him otherworldly powers, he begins a battle against an army buried beneath society's skin. The movie is based on james wans comic of the same name, director of insidious & the conjuring.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 105000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, China
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspense, dark, tense, psychological horror, neo noir, psychotronic, bloody, splatter
Similar in 75%
God Told Me To (1976)
Plot Summary:
A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to.".
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, enigmatic, rough, grindhouse, suspense, slasher, surreal, disturbing, detective
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The Crater Lake Monster (1977)
Plot Summary:
The heat of a meteor crashing into the lake incubates a prehistoric egg, which grows into a plesiosaur-like monster that terrifies the community.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, captivating, disturbing, grindhouse, natural horror, mythical, independent film, offbeat, semi serious
Similar in 88%
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999)
Plot Summary:
A gang of bank-robbing misfits heads to Mexico with the blueprints for the perfect million-dollar heist, but when one of the crooks wanders into the wrong bar... and crosses the wrong vampire... the thieving cohorts develop a thirst for blood!.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, cult classic, stylized, mystical, retro, slasher, independent film, scary, rough, serious
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Malevolence (2003)
Plot Summary:
It's ten years after the kidnapping of Martin Bristol. Taken from a backyard swing at his home at the age of six, he is forced to witness unspeakable crimes of a deranged madman. For years, Martin's whereabouts have remained a mystery...until now.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, bloody, creepy, scary, realistic
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The Relic (1997)
Plot Summary:
A researcher at Chicago's Natural History Museum returns from South America with some crates containing his findings. When the crates arrive at the museum without the owner there appears to be very little inside. However, police discover gruesome murders on the cargo ship that brought the crates to the US and then another murder in the museum itself.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Japan, Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, exciting, serious, splatter, tense, art house, grindhouse, horror comedy, cult horror
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Blood Feast (1963)
Plot Summary:
In the sleepy suburbs of Miami, seemingly normal Egyptian immigrant Fuad Ramses (Mal Arnold) runs a successful catering business. He also murders young women and plans to use their body parts to revive the goddess Ishtar. The insane Ramses hypnotizes a socialite in order to land a job catering a party for her debutante daughter, Suzette Fremont (Connie Mason), and turns the event into an evening of gruesome deaths, bloody dismemberment and ritual sacrifice.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, scary, atmospheric, grindhouse, bloody, splatter, suspense, stylized, rough
Similar in 83%
Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)
Plot Summary:
A shady police detective becomes embroiled in a strange world of murder, sadism and madness after being assigned a murder investigation against a madman known only as "The Engineer".
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, detective, scary, slasher, tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, splatter, classic horror
Similar in 76%
Dead & Buried (1981)
Plot Summary:
After a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses appear to be coming back to life and living normally as locals in the small town.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, atmospheric, disturbing, suspense, surreal, cult classic, frightening, suspenseful, scary
Similar in 79%
C.H.U.D. (1984)
Plot Summary:
A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. A courageous policeman, a photo journalist and his girlfriend, and a nutty bum, who seems to know a lot about the creatures, band together to try and determine what the creatures are and how to stop them.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, atmospheric, grindhouse, rough, suspenseful, cult classic, cult horror, retro, detective
Similar in 82%
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)
Plot Summary:
The mutant babies have been placed by court order on a deserted island. Appalled by the cynicism and exploitation of the children by the legal system and the media, the man responsible for them leads an expedition to the island to free them.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, rough, disturbing, mystic, medical horror, cult classic, cult horror, surprise ending, tense
Similar in 84%
Dario Argento's Phenomena (1985)
Plot Summary:
A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: surreal, scary, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, disturbing, grindhouse, atmospheric, psychological, creepy
Similar in 79%
Basket Case 2 (1990)
Plot Summary:
Having eluded the authorities after a series of grisly murders, the pair find sanctuary at the palatial home of Granny Ruth, an eccentric philanthropist who rallies the cause of "Unique Individuals". But even amongst "friends" the pair soon find themselves having to confront their murderous past.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychotronic, suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, cult classic, grindhouse, slasher, horror comedy
Similar in 75%
Graveyard Shift (1990)
Plot Summary:
John Hall is a drifter who wanders into a small town in Maine. He needs a job and decides to seek employment at the community's top business: a large textile mill. He is hired to work the "graveyard shift" -- from around midnight to dawn -- and, along with a few others, he is charged with cleaning out the basement. This task strikes the workers as simple enough, but then, as they proceed deeper underground, they encounter an unspeakable monstrosity intent on devouring them all.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, slasher, disturbing, suspense, intense, rough, serious, suspenseful, dark
Similar in 90%
The House of the Devil (2009)
Plot Summary:
In the 1980s, college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, psychological, satanic, disturbing, creepy, grindhouse, cult classic
Similar in 78%
Deliver Us from Evil (2014)
Plot Summary:
When a frightening wave of violence sweeps through New York City, troubled cop Sarchie fails to find a rational explanation for the bizarre crimes. However, his eyes are opened to a frightening alternate reality when renegade Jesuit priest, Mendoza convinces him that demonic possession may be to blame for the gruesome murders. Together, they wage a valiant supernatural struggle to rid the city of an otherworldly evil.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 84000
Genere: Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: scary, demonic, rough, suspense, serious, suspenseful, detective, mystical, neo noir, satanic
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The Believers (1987)
Plot Summary:
Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laconic police psychologist Cal Jamison (Martin Sheen) is reluctantly drawn into a series of grisly, ritualistic murders involving the immolation of two youths.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, psychological, tense, suspenseful, bloody, intense, serious, slasher, gothic
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The Killing Floor (2007)
Plot Summary:
A literary agent moves into a penthouse apartment. Soon after the move, he receives crime scene photographs that seem to have taken place in his new apartment. Next he receives a series of stalker videotapes that document his every move.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, psychological, tense, rough, surprise ending, detective, microfilm
Similar in 77%
Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)
Plot Summary:
Working in the shadow of an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at the center of the killer’s morbid game.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, detective, intellectual, bloody, saga, splatter, slasher horror
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Psycho II (1983)
Plot Summary:
After years of treatment at a mental institution for the criminally insane, serial killer Norman Bates is finally released. Deciding to move back into his long-dead mother's infamous old house, he soon finds himself tormented by "her" demands and begins to question his own sanity.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological, twist ending, suspense, bloody, splatter, surprise ending, suspenseful, psychological thriller
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Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Daniel Challis and Ellie Grimbridge stumble onto a gruesome murder scheme when Ellie's novelty-salesman father, Harry, is killed while in possession of a strange mask made by the Silver Shamrock mask company. The company's owner, Conal Cochran, wants to return Halloween to its darker roots using his masks -- and his unspeakable scheme would unleash death and destruction across the country.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, scary, creepy, suspense, splatter, cult classic, psychological, suspenseful, cult horror
Similar in 86%
Captivity (2007)
Plot Summary:
The sought-after images of top model, Jennifer, adorn magazine covers and billboards worldwide. When alone at a charity event, she is abducted and incarcerated in a cell with another prisoner. When their captor subjects the two to torture, and commit to escaping the chamber of horrors before they're killed.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, rough, disturbing, intense, suspenseful, bloody, suspense, splatter, dark
Similar in 77%
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
Plot Summary:
A college-age brother and sister get more than they bargained for on their road trip home from spring break. When the bickering siblings witness a creepy truck driver tossing body bags into a sewer near an abandoned church, they investigate. Bad move! Opening a Pandora's Box of unspeakable evil, the pair must flee for their lives -- with a monstrous "shape" in hot pursuit.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 140000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, dark, atmospheric, bloody, road movie, suspense, creepy