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Plot Summary:
Harumi Hagiwara lands in the hospital after being involved in an accident. She hits it off with her nurse, Reiko Nishimura, and the two decide to move in together after she's discharged. However, Harumi begins to witness a series of mysterious events soon after noticing Reiko's strange behavior. Additionally, she fears for her own safety when Reiko starts referring to herself as 'Mari' as if she's become an entirely different person. Before long, the situation develops into a case of murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 451
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, suspense, suspenseful
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Haunted Campus (2016)
Plot Summary:
Shinji Yagami (Yuma Nakayama) is a university student. He is easily frightened, due to seeing ghosts. He has feelings for Koyomi Nada (Haruka Shimazaki). To protect Koyomi Nada, Shinji and Koyomi joins the occult research group at their university. They try to solve a mystery of the haunted campus with members of their occult group.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychological
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Chronicle of the After-School Wars (2018)
Plot Summary:
It is not Tag. It is not Battle Royale. It is Battle Royale Tag. Sena walks up to the school rooftop to return Yudachi's handkerchief. Yudachi is not there and Sena falls asleep waiting. It is dark, she is confined and locked up at her school when Sena wakes up. The school has turned bloody red and the girls have to fight to the death. Who will survive the carnage is up to the girls.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, unusual plot structure, asian horror
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She Who Must Burn (2015)
Plot Summary:
When Angela (Sarah Smyth) refuses to leave her planned-parenthood clinic after it is shut down by the state, a family of fanatical evangelists vow to make her pay.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 459
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, bleak, serious, atmospheric
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The Invitation (2003)
Plot Summary:
The Invitation, a 2003 movie starring Lance Henriksen. When an author invites his friends to his home on a private island, the guests realize they've been poisoned at dinner. The only way to receive the antidote from their twisted host will be to confess to all the lies they've ever told.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 602
Genere: Drama, Thriller, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, melancholic, scary, tense, serious, surprise ending
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Forgotten Evil (2017)
Plot Summary:
A woman with amnesia tries to restart her life until the past comes back to haunt her.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 392
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, bleak, suspense
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 710
Genere: Sci-Fi, Horror, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspense, gothic horror, scary, psychological, bleak, serious, slasher, suspenseful, period drama
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The 7th Hunt (2009)
Plot Summary:
For Gothic Callie, her deaf sister Ariel, computer nerd Chris, popular Sarah, and misogynist Ricky, their evening plans are about to be re-written. Taken to an abandoned military training school, they finds themselves the target of 5 sadistic killers, each with their own unique and different style of killing. They fight for their lives against sociopaths who know their environment intimately, becoming increasingly outnumbered as their friends are killed.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 251
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: gothic, psychological, rough, bleak, scary, serious, realistic
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Wake Up (2019)
Plot Summary:
When a psychiatric doctor researches a young girls' diary to find out why she murdered her entire family, he begins to fall into the same state of insomnia and confusion that led her to lose her mind.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 372
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, surprise ending, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller
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Rise of the Zombie (2013)
Plot Summary:
Neil Parker is a passionate wildlife photographer who pays more attention to his wildlife than his human life. as a result his relationships with the real world suffer. When his girlfriend walks out on him he resigns himself to isolation and nature. But a chance occurrence changes all that. Changes that he can't seem to handle, changes that seem to take his humanity away... changes that seem unable to change back? The story follow his journey into a darkness that has to be seen to be believed. A monster that seems to be rising out of the depths of desolation and agony... soulless, depraved and out of control.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 455
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful
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The Scissors Massacre (2008)
Plot Summary:
Three sisters grow up on a chicken farm in a small town in Gifu. The oldest sister, Yukie Sawada, is engaged to be married, the middle sister, Sachiko works at a beauty salon and the youngest, Mayu, is on the track team in high school. Their happy, carefree lives are changed forever when Yukies ex-boyfriend Suzuki commits an atrocious crime with Mayu as the tragic victim. Half-crazed and bent on revenge against the Sawada family, Suzuki mistakes Mayu for Yukie and pours acid all over her face. Overwhelmed by physical and psychological trauma, Mayu sinks deeper into depression and isolation, unresponsive to her sisters encouragement Meanwhile, chilling news of a serial murderer, who preys on the alumni of Mayus high school, sends shockwaves through their small town.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 433
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, bloody, slasher, terrifying, asian horror
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Black Rat (2010)
Plot Summary:
Six classmates receive an e-mail from Asuka, who they thought had committed suicide, asking them to meet up later that night. But when a person wearing a bloody rat mask surprises them and begins a ferocious attack, the students realize that someone is out for revenge!.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 355
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, suspenseful, slasher, tense, disturbing, scary, rough, realistic
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Kill Me Please (2015)
Plot Summary:
Barra da Tijuca, West Side Zone of Rio de Janeiro. A wave of murderers plague the area. What starts off as a morbid curiosity for the local youth slowly begins to spoil away at their lives. Among them is Bia, a fifteen year old girl. After an encounter with death, she will do anything to make sure she's alive.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 735
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Brazil, Argentina, Portugal
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: surreal, suspense, suspenseful, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, post-horror, queer horror
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The Awakening of Lilith (2021)
Plot Summary:
A woman finds herself in the midst of a dark mystery after the unexplained loss of a loved one. Her mind begins to unravel as her sense of reality begins to slip away.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 10
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Missing 44 (2010)
Plot Summary:
Four teenage girls are abducted, kidnapped and tortured. Designated by numbers on their skin with a hot iron, young girls are ranked in the evening. The one that finishes last will then see punished if his comrades fail to solve a puzzle ….
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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The Werewolf Game: Mad Land (2018)
Plot Summary:
Abducted teen Moe Koike is thrust into the Werewolf Game, where a role playing fight to the death plays out with nine other unfortunate souls.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, disturbing
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Stalker (2010)
Plot Summary:
When novelist Paula Martin retreats to the seclusion of her family home Crows Hall she hopes to clear her mind and focus on her new book. The arrival of an assistant, Linda, should take the pressure off... but as the bodies pile up, Paula finds herself trapped in a terrifying nightmare of murder and madness.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 604
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary, captivating, suspense, realistic
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Roman (2006)
Plot Summary:
Roman (Lucky McKee) is a lonely young man who yearns to find love, happiness and companionship. Tormented by his ungrateful co-workers and trapped in a life of tedium as a welder in a local factory, Roman's one pleasure is his obsession with the elusive beauty (Kristen Bell) who lives in another apartment in his building complex. When a chance encounter with the young woman goes horribly wrong, a moment of frenzied desperation triggers a chilling turn of events leading to the girl's murder. As he teeters between deranged fantasy and cold reality, Roman's struggle to hide his grisly secret is further complicated by an eccentric neighbor named Eva (Nectar Rose) who develops an unlikely attraction to Roman and forces herself into his dark and tortured world.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, independent film, realistic, surprise ending, black comedy, dark comedy
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Dog Lay Afternoon (1976)
Plot Summary:
A young girl witnesses her mother having sex with the family dog. When her father finds out, he burns the dog alive. She is so traumatized by these incidents that she later turns into a nymphomaniac. She moves to an island and lives there with her own dog, having sex with various guests who visit her.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 443
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: erotic, thought provoking, controversial, transgressive, banned, sexploitation film, banned film
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The Nun (2005)
Plot Summary:
A group of catholic school girls are victimized by a sadistic and jealous nun, "Sister Ursula". The girls drown the nun in a pool of "holy" water. Eighteen years later circumstances arise in which the nuns spirit is released to take her revenge. She possesses the body of Eva, the daughter of one of her killers. In order for the Sister Ursula to be properly laid to rest Eva herself must be killed.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, suspenseful, bleak, rough, slasher, serious
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Girl in Woods (2016)
Plot Summary:
After a tragic accident Grace is lost and alone in the Smoky Mountains. Grace's struggle for survival is made more complicated by her troubled past. Battling the demons in her mind may be the only way to come out alive.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 560
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, grindhouse
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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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The Bad Seed Returns (2022)
Plot Summary:
Several years after the murderous events of the first movie left her father dead, Emma is now living with her aunt Angela and navigating high school. Angela’s husband begins to suspect that Emma may not be as innocent as she appears and suggests sending her off to boarding school. Meanwhile, a new girl at school seems to know Emma’s secrets, leaving Emma no choice but to slip back to her old ways and take care of her enemies by any means necessary.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 977
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful
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The Haunting of Molly Hartley (2008)
Plot Summary:
When teenage Molly Hartley moves to a new town, she's haunted by terrifying visions that may have to do with dark secrets from her past. Something evil lurks just beneath the lush surfaces of her private-school world, and it holds the rights to her very soul. On the eve of her 18th birthday, Molly is about to discover the truth of just who or what she is destined to become.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, bleak, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, serious, suspense, scary, slasher, scenic
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Relative Fear (1994)
Plot Summary:
Linda and Peter Pratman's son Adam is autistic, but they still love him and hope that he'll at least start talking some day. However he's teased and abused by the kids of the neighborhood and his grandpa . When several people around Adam die an unexpected death, his parents start to suspect Adam - is he just simulating to be so ignorant about his environment?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 369
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, detective, mystical, terrifying, independent film, mind bending
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Capture Kill Release (2016)
Plot Summary:
A couple plots to murder a random stranger just for the thrill of it, but things turn ugly when one of them decides not to go through with it.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 864
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, rough, suspenseful, mockumentary, scary, psychological thriller, psychotronic, independent film
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Inside (2006)
Plot Summary:
Alex has a disturbing hobby of following strangers...until one night he gets caught. Instead of calling the police, the couple--fascinated by Alex's resemblance to their dead son--asks him to stay, and Alex finds himself trapped in a horrifying existence of desperation, despair, and insanity.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 697
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, emotional, dark, rough, serious, realistic
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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 Werewolf Game: The Villagers Side (2013)
Plot Summary:
Airi is a high school student. On the way home from school, Airi is kidnapped by someone. Then, 9 more high school students are all kidnapped like Airi. Those kidnapped students are forced to participate in Jinroh Game, with their lives at stake.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, asian horror
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Signal 100 (2019)
Plot Summary:
A group of high school students are forced into a game where they are hypnotized to commit suicide on an unknown command. Where no one is safe from a sudden death, how can they avoid their fates?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 330
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic, weird
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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