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Plot Summary:
A young writer believes she has discovered the holy grail of terror, the knives used by Jack the Ripper for his notorious murders.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 247
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Dementia 13 (2017)
Plot Summary:
A vengeful ghost, a mysterious killer, and a family where everyone has a secret converge in one night of terror in this remake of Francis Ford Coppola's first feature film.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, captivating, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, bloody, tragic
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The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1994)
Plot Summary:
This film concerns a writer of mystery stories who bases his villain on a criminal, played by Malcolm McDowell, who is incarcerated in prison. Escaping prison after his apparent death in a fire, the criminal plans to revenge himself on the writer (Roger Moore) for 'stealing his personality', and proceeds to carry out a set of murders based around the novels. Moore is unable to convince the authorities of the true murderer and, alerted by an avid fan (Nancy Allen) who has psychic powers, seeks to trap McDowell into giving himself away.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 435
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Blood Fiend (1967)
Plot Summary:
The Theatre of Death in Paris specialises in horror presentations. A police surgeon finds himself becoming involved in the place through his attraction to one of the performers. When bloodless bodies start showing up all over town he realises there could be links with the theatre.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 816
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, gothic horror, cult classic, classic horror, psychotronic, independent film, weird
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A Knife for the Ladies (1974)
Plot Summary:
A mutilating knife-killer haunts the small Southwest-desert town of Mescal. Though most victims have been prostitutes, the first was none other than Travis Mescal, the only son of the town's first family. When the Sheriff proves unable to solve the case, the town leaders invite Investigator Burns to unravel the mystery.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 388
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: detective, slasher, psychotronic, independent film, spaghetti western, slasher horror, wild
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The Lesson (2023)
Plot Summary:
Liam, an aspiring and ambitious young writer, eagerly accepts a tutoring position at the family estate of his idol, renowned author J.M. Sinclair. But soon, Liam realizes that he is ensnared in a web of family secrets, resentment, and retribution. Sinclair, his wife Hélène, and their son Bertie all guard a dark past, one that threatens Liam’s future as well as their own.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, independent film
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The Door with Seven Locks (1962)
Plot Summary:
A rich man bequeaths seven keys to seven of his friends, but only one will unlock the door to untold wealth.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 825
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Blade (1973)
Plot Summary:
A homicide detective goes after a woman-hating serial killer, who uses knives to murder his victims.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 279
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, slasher, independent film, detective, slasher horror
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Seven Murders for Scotland Yard (1972)
Plot Summary:
Several murders have taken place in London. All the victims are prostitutes and the murderer is using the same techniques as Jack the Ripper. Peter Dockerman, an ex-acrobat and husband of one of the victims is the prime suspect. But whoever the killer is has cannibalistic tendencies and if Scotland Yard doesn't solve the murders quickly the evidence just might be eaten!.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film, detective, cult film
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The Monster of Venice (1965)
Plot Summary:
A mad killer is loose in Venice's catacombs. He attacks the beautiful women, releasing them into the underworld, kill them and then stop them and add them to his "collection".
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 524
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, grindhouse, slasher, psychotronic
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The House That Cried Murder (1973)
Plot Summary:
The neurotic and newlywed Barbara (Robin Strasser) finds her husband (Arthur Roberts) in bed with his old flame Eva (Iva Jean Saraceni). Robin doesn't get mad-she gets even. Using funds supplied by her wealthy daddy John Beal, the scorned bride turns Roberts and Saraceni's love nest into a dungeon of horror.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 413
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, odd
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The Phantom of Sojo (1964)
Plot Summary:
A masked killer is stalking and killing Londoners outside a nightclub.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, classic horror, art house, psychotronic
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Sleepstalker (1995)
Plot Summary:
Seventeen years after slaughtering all but one member of a family, a vicious serial killer known only as "The Sandman" awaits execution. But first, his jailers allow a minister to visit the killer to give him last rites, unaware that the minister is a voodoo priest and an ally of the condemned prisoner. The priest places a hex on the Sandman so that when he is executed, his soul migrates into a new body made of sand. To sever his ties with his former life and achieve absolute power, the sandman must find and kill a man named Griffin, the sole survivor of the last family murdered by the killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: slasher, retro, independent film, scary, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, detective
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Zipperface (1992)
Plot Summary:
Lisa Ryder is a young policewoman recently promoted to detective when she has her first case in tracking down and identifying a serial killer in her small California town.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 415
Genere: Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, detective, erotic, independent film
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Nightmare on the 13th Floor (1990)
Plot Summary:
In this made-for-cable television horror thriller, a travel writer visits a historic hotel to write a story about it and inadvertently finds herself on the 13th floor where she witnesses a Satanic rite and tangles with an axe-wielding killer. She escapes, but no one believes her story because the hotel has no 13th floor.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 762
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, weird, nostalgic
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Grave Misconduct (2008)
Plot Summary:
A fledgling mystery writer sees an opportunity to advance her career after the death of a novelist/friend but faces dire consequences when a series of vicious murders occur, implicating her.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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Ripper Untold (2021)
Plot Summary:
A detective and a medical examiner join forces to solve a series of horrific murders in Victorian London - but one of them harbours a deadly secret.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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The Lodger (2009)
Plot Summary:
Set in Los Angeles with two converging plot lines – The first involves an uneasy relationship between a psychologically unstable landlady and her enigmatic lodger – The second is about a troubled detective engaged in a cat-and-mouse game with the elusive killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, bleak, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, noir, suspense, creepy, suspense thriller, scary
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Reaper (2000)
Plot Summary:
Horror novelist Luke Sinclair retreats to a small town to finish writing his latest book. A young woman is murdered in the woods nearby, in circumstances similar to those in his bestselling novel, "Reaper". Faced with increasing pressure from a suspicious local sheriff, as well as the advances of a female FBI investigator, he must uncover the killer before he or she strikes again, further implicating him in the crime.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: detective, independent film
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Eden Lodge (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young couple arrive at a retreat in the English countryside in the hope of saving their failing marriage. But when the people around them start to be picked off by a vicious killer, the weekend becomes a matter of saving their lives.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 445
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Braxton Butcher (2015)
Plot Summary:
Every town has a devil. For the small community of Braxton, that devil is Tommy Miller. A bullied and tormented teen who finally snapped, killing his friends and family at the annual Braxton town hall party, Miller escaped into the woods, never to be seen or heard from again. Until now. Ten years later, a group of fresh-faced teens find themselves targeted by a masked man in a hooded cloak. It's up to Detective Ryan Fenton and his fish-out-of-water partner to protect the town from Miller's clutches; there's just one issue - Ryan himself is a survivor of the original massacre. Is Miller opening up a new chapter, or has he returned to attend to some unfinished business?.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 261
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, detective
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Attack of the Morningside Monster (2014)
Plot Summary:
When desecrated corpses and ritualistic symbols start appearing, the residents of Morningside, New Jeresey, are thrust into an unreal world of darkness.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, tense, bleak, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic
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And Soon the Darkness (1970)
Plot Summary:
Two young English women go on a cycling tour of the French countryside. When one of them goes missing, the other begins to search for her. But who can she trust?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, slasher, grindhouse, road movie, psychological thriller, offbeat, dread, deep, creepy
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Blood Widow (2020)
Plot Summary:
A modern telling of an ancient genre. A serial killer is terrorizing Arizona with the police in hot pursuit. What the police don't know is that a mysterious group are also pursuing the same killer to stop the killer from unleashing an evil like nothing before. From Vampires to Biblical wrath - everything comes down to one showdown.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, suspenseful, tense, bleak, psychotronic, detective
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The Prodigy (2019)
Plot Summary:
A mother concerned about her young son's disturbing behavior thinks something supernatural may be affecting him.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, tense, emotional, suspense, demonic, psychological, psychological thriller, clever, suspenseful
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Alone (2002)
Plot Summary:
Experience the fear as you're sucked into the disturbed mind of Alex. Tormented by harrowing voices of the past Alex searches for the one girl who can silence the horror of a tortured soul. As the quest becomes darker and more sinister Alex's fear filled stalking leaves behind a trail of dead bodies. Inspector Hannah is the detective who makes a desperate attempt to piece together the mystery as he is drawn into this terrifying journey.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 665
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, scary, tense, mind bending, serious, realistic
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Incubus (2006)
Plot Summary:
Stranded after a car accident, a medical school student and her friends try to find shelter - only to cross paths with a deranged killer.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Death Factory (2014)
Plot Summary:
A bus full of strangers find themselves fighting for their lives when one of them reads from an ancient Gothic tome, bringing six dead serial killers back to life, who proceed to hunt them down one by one.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 688
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, serious, suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, scary
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Edge of the Axe (1988)
Plot Summary:
A deranged guy in a mask kills people with an axe.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychological, bloody, suspense, disturbing, independent film, slasher horror, cult film, awful
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Murder by Decree (1979)
Plot Summary:
Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper who is killing prostitutes in London's East End. Assisted by Dr. Watson, and using information provided by a renowned psychic, Robert Lees, Holmes finds that the murders may have its roots in a Royal indiscretion and that a cover-up is being managed by politicians at the highest level, all of whom happen to be Masons.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, disturbing, gothic, serious, factual, stylized, psychotronic, gothic horror
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From Hell (2001)
Plot Summary:
Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 163000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspense, atmospheric, scary, suspenseful, tense, gothic horror, serious, twist ending, psychological