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Plot Summary:
A father on vacation wakes up separated from his family and races through the woods to find them.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, deep, disgusting, twisted, thrilling
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The Queen of Black Magic (2019)
Plot Summary:
Families were terrorized at the orphanage. Someone wants them dead, apparently with black magic that is very deadly. She has a grudge and she was also born because of the sins of the orphans who formed her into the queen of black magic.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: bloody, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, psychological, dark fantasy, creepy
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Stunts (1977)
Plot Summary:
After a stunt man dies while he is involved in the making of a motion picture, his brother takes his place in order to find out what really happened.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, exciting, captivating, independent film, realistic, mind bending
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Blur (2007)
Plot Summary:
Artist Adrian Jonas toils in preparation for the biggest gallery opening of his career. The creative process takes Adrian deep into the depths of his mind, where he begins to experience premonitions of a terrible fate that awaits his beloved Iliana. Adrian grows to suspect that a mysterious neighbor is the phantom who means to harm his wife.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 485
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, tense, psychological, captivating, psychological horror, independent film, scary, suspenseful, surprise ending
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Hurt (2009)
Plot Summary:
There are terrible things happening in the desert...unexplainable, frightening things. Tragic, inexplicable incidents… ever since she arrived.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, tense, captivating, psychological thriller, scary, offbeat, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Kiss of a Killer (2013)
Plot Summary:
A true story, Bela Kiss was one of the the most brutal serial killers, who killed 23 young women during the beginning of the first World War. The blood-drained bodies were found in metal barrels, conserved in alcohol. According to rumors, he was still seen decades later, in different parts of the world. He never was found and so the whereabouts of this man are unknown, even today. Almost a century later, five bank robbers search for a hideaway in a remote hotel, as they flee from the police. Brutal and unforeseen events take overhand and build a bridge to the past. The assumed safe house turns into a nightmare... is Bela Kiss still alive?.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 715
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, scary, serious, realistic, stylized, independent film
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Treehouse (2014)
Plot Summary:
A teenage boy discovers the perpetrators of several brutal kidnappings in his home town.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, serious, suspenseful, tense, psychological
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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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Cold Storage (2009)
Plot Summary:
A backwoods recluse steals the body of a young girl killed in a violent car crash, locking her in the freezer of his isolated shed as her sister and boyfriend search frantically for any clues to her whereabouts. The woman of Clive's dreams may be dead, but she'll always be true and she'll never grow old - at least as long as he keeps her on ice. When Cathy and Deric show up looking for the missing traveler, Clive takes them both hostage in a sinister bid to hide his ghoulish secret. ~ Jason Buchanan.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 406
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, suspenseful, psychological, tense, slasher, twisted, scary, serious, realistic
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Satan's Slaves 2: Communion (2022)
Plot Summary:
After moving from their home to an apartment building, a new terror awaits Rini’s family.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, bleak, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, gothic horror, disturbing, spooky, asian horror
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Gut (2012)
Plot Summary:
Something is missing in Tom's life. His marriage has lost its spark, his job is suffocating him, and his childhood best friend Dan still clings to the past. Every day he goes through the motions, becoming increasingly detached from those around him. Dan has the solution... something Tom's got to see to believe... tonight. What Dan shows him leaves Tom unsettled, flooding his mind with disturbing images, and binding the two friends together with its ugly secret.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 980
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, captivating, controversial, scary, realistic
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Madison County (2011)
Plot Summary:
A group of college kids travel to a small, mountain town called Madison County to interview the author of a tell-all book on the accounts of several grisly murders that happened there. But when the kids get to Madison County, the author is no where to be found and the towns people act like they haven't seen him in years. They also say that the killer never existed and the murders never happened. However, when the kids start digging around to get their own answers, they find out that the stories maybe more real than the townspeople are letting on!.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: slasher, serious, tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, scary, rough, realistic
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In Fear (2013)
Plot Summary:
Driving, lost and tormented in the night, primal fears of the dark and the unknown give way to fear that you have let the evil in, or that it is already there.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, realistic, intense, minimal cast, psychological, psychological thriller, mind bending
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The Bleeding House (2011)
Plot Summary:
The Smiths -- a family with a secret past -- are visited by a sweet-talking southern gentleman who is looking for small town humanity. But they'll soon find out that kindness towards strangers is not always rewarded, and the secretive stranger will find redemption does not always come easy.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, scary, serious, psychological, depressing, mysterious, surreal, mumblecore, southern gothic
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A Near Death Experience (2008)
Plot Summary:
Ellie suffers a strong shock to discover that, after suffering a near-death experience, can hear voices from beyond. He soon realizes that it is a gift with which you can help others.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 394
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, scary, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Maid (2020)
Plot Summary:
Joy is the new maid of a royal house, whose previous maid disappeared under mysterious circumstances and is now haunting and terrorizing the family. Joy works to uncover the reason behind the former maid’s disappearance.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, disturbing, slasher, dark fantasy, contemplative
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Diary (2006)
Plot Summary:
Winnie Leung becomes more disturbed and depressed after her boyfriend Seth Lau breaks up with her and she turns schizophrenic - imagining events which never occurred, and often living in her own world- until one day she meets a guy named Ray, bearing a close resemblance to Seth. Seeing this, her best friend Yvonne encourages her to go out with Hou so she can forget her misery and start over. As time passes, Winnie realises that the relationship with Ray is so alike her previous relationship with Seth, and when things seem to be running smoothly, the relationship begins to sours, just like with Seth. She begins to doubt his feelings and the lines between reality and fantasy start blurring again for her, leading her to question: did this all exist in the first place?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 807
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, suspense, captivating, psychological thriller, atmospheric, mind bending, serious, realistic, gloomy
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The Big Game (2020)
Plot Summary:
Sixteen contestants of a new survival show are taken to the Siberian taiga to compete for the price of one million euros. The rules are simple: no food, personal belongings, electricity, communications and civilization for hundreds of kilometers around. The one remains wins. Soon TV project turns into a deadly game, where LIFE becomes the main prize... What is it? Is it sick TV script? Who is behind this? And who can survive without losing their humanity?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 716
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, tense, scary, bleak, disturbing, surprise ending
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Atrocious (2010)
Plot Summary:
Quintanilla family was found dead in their country side house. Police reported the existence of 37 hours of recorded evidence. The family traveled to their old farm house, where they investigated about the Legend of the Girl in the Garraf woods. They used to record whatever they did. Atrocious shows the last five days of this family, and the strange situations that they lived in those moments and which remain unexplained.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, serious, mockumentary, psychological, splatter, creepy, spooky, surprise ending
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The Mooring (2012)
Plot Summary:
Every 40 seconds a person goes missing. In northern Idaho, a group of teenage girls attended a summer camp to help them connect with nature without technology. They were told it would be a summer of change. As the girls' houseboat is suddenly stranded in the middle of the river an odd couple comes to their aid. What was suppose to be an act of kindness turns deadly as the girls find themselves on the run, being pursued through the forest by a brutal and determined killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, grindhouse, serious, independent film, surprise ending, suspense
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Axed (2012)
Plot Summary:
A strict father loosens up enough to let his children take a day off school for a trip to the countryside. But things turn darker when the family realize he is planning to make it their last outing ever.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 969
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, psychological, scary, realistic, black comedy
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And Soon the Darkness (2010)
Plot Summary:
When two American girls on a bike trip in a remote part of Argentina split up and one of them goes missing, the other must find her before her worst fears are realized.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Argentina, France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, disturbing, serious, tense, bleak, realistic, psychological, psychological thriller, brutal
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Chasing Sleep (2000)
Plot Summary:
A college professor wakes up to find his wife has not returned home, then struggles to understand her disappearance.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, tense, scary, mind bending, mind twisting, surreal, dark comedy, mindfuck, mind blowing
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I See You (2019)
Plot Summary:
When a 12-year-old boy goes missing, lead investigator Greg Harper struggles to balance the pressure of the investigation and troubles with his wife, Jackie. Facing a recent affair, great strain is put on the family that slowly gnaws away at Jackie's grip on reality. But after a malicious presence manifests itself in their home and puts their son, Connor, in mortal danger, the cold, hard truth about evil in the Harper household is finally uncovered.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, bleak, detective, twisted, scary, slasher
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The Call (2013)
Plot Summary:
Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 129000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, surprise ending, psychological, tense, twist ending, realistic, serious, intense, teen
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A Perfect Getaway (2009)
Plot Summary:
For their honeymoon, newlyweds Cliff and Cydney head to the tropical islands of Hawaii. While journeying through the paradisaical countryside the couple encounters Kale and Cleo, two disgruntled hitchhikers and Nick and Gina, two wild but well-meaning spirits who help guide them through the lush jungles. The picturesque waterfalls and scenic mountainsides quickly give way to terror when Cliff and Cydney learn of a grisly murder that occurred nearby and realize that they're being followed by chance acquaintances that suspiciously fit the description of the killers.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspenseful, tense, suspense, twist ending, clever, scenic, tricky, slasher, psychological thriller
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The Strangers (2008)
Plot Summary:
After returning from a wedding reception, a couple staying in an isolated vacation house receive a knock on the door in the mid-hours of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. The couple find themselves in a violent struggle, in which they go beyond what either of them thought capable in order to survive.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 141000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, rough, atmospheric, disturbing, creepy
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Nine Dead (2009)
Plot Summary:
Communication is the key to the survival for nine strangers who have been kidnapped by a masked gunman and told that one of them will die every ten minutes until they discover how they are all connected. Who of the nine lives and who dies?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, surprise ending, serious, suspenseful, scary, rough, twist ending, suspense, mind bending, psychological thriller
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Shrill Cries of Summer (2008)
Plot Summary:
Early summer, Keiichi had just moved to a remote mountain village. As he becomes close friends with a group of girls, he was enjoying his life in the village. However when he starts to become suspicious that his friends may be deeply involved in successive murders that occur every summer, the situation around Keiichi gradually starts to turn into something more sinister.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 419
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, enigmatic, tense, captivating, suspenseful, manga
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Escapee (2011)
Plot Summary:
While on a class observation trip at a local mental hospital, young psychology major, Abby Jones has a chilling encounter with high-risk patient, Harmon. She returns home for an evening of normal study with her two roommates unaware of the darkness shes awakened within him.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, serious, scary, slasher, realistic, independent film, suspense
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Alone (2020)
Plot Summary:
A recently widowed traveler is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on her.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, psychological thriller, tense, dark, scary, art house, disturbing, biting