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Plot Summary:
Sina, a young homeless girl, who has lost her parents at a car accident, gets offered the once in a lifetime opportunity to play Russian roulette in front of an paying audience.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: splatter
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A Spiral of Mist (1977)
Plot Summary:
The lovely Maria Teresa is unhappily married with the impotent lawyer Marcello. Maria Teresa's marriage is contrasted by the passionate Valeria, who is killed during a chase. Is Valeria's husband the murderer? Maria Teresa helps him.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags:
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Terror Express (1980)
Plot Summary:
Three thugs commandeer a couple of cars on a moving train and spread terror among the passengers.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 557
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: erotic, controversial, grindhouse, poliziottesco, cult film
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Piety (2022)
Plot Summary:
Mateo lives with his mother Libertad in a rose-tinted world: a microcosm that has precisely two inhabitants, mother and son. One day Mateo is diagnosed with cancer.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 542
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags:
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Victims (1982)
Plot Summary:
Paulie is falling to pieces. His every encounter with the opposite sex ends in violence, while stirring up memories of his prostitute mother and her brutal pimp and the sexually abusive hooker who molested him as a child.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags:
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Queen of Carthage (2014)
Plot Summary:
An American Drifter discovers a New Zealand Singer and develops and obsession for him.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Recommendation for Mercy (1975)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by true events, a 14 year-old boy is accused of raping and murdering a little girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Temptation (2023)
Plot Summary:
Inez is a young, aspiring journalist who dreams of love and a job at a prestigious publishing house. Once she gets to the paradise of her dreams, problems will start to multiply. What's more, two handsome men will appear at her side. Both mysterious and unpredictable.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 264
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags:
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Murder Me, Monster (2018)
Plot Summary:
Rural police officer Cruz investigates the bizarre case of a headless woman's body found in a remote region by the Andes Mountains. David, the husband of Cruz's lover Francisca, becomes the prime suspect and is sent to a local mental hospital. David blames the crime to the inexplicable and brutal appearance of the "Monster." Cruz stumbles on a mysterious theory involving geometric landscapes, mountain motorcyclists and a mantra stuck in his head: Murder Me, Monster.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina, France, Chile
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, lovecraft
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Blood Delirium (1988)
Plot Summary:
After his beloved wife dies, an unbalanced painter who believes himself to be the reincarnation of Vincent Van Gogh goes over the edge and digs up her corpse--with the help of his necrophiliac butler--to bring it back to his castle and use it for "inspiration". He soon meets a beautiful musician who looks exactly like his late wife and brings her back to his castle. However, she eventually discovers their secret: the butler murders young women, disposes of their bodies and uses their blood--"the color of life"--for the artist's paints.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 377
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: controversial
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Vicious and Nude (1980)
Plot Summary:
the film attempts to raise awareness of some issues related to new immigrants in Hong Kong.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, sensual, vintage
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The Sniper (1977)
Plot Summary:
Lucas is a widower who works as a clockmaker. He has a daughter who lives in a village in northern Spain. One day his daughter go to school as each morning and he opens his shop. Aafter, a neighbor comes running to tell him that his daughter just died as an unfortunate victim of a terrorist attack that has been perpetrated against the car of a minister on official visit. Shattered, Lucas thinks that this is due to serious political tension that is living that part of the country, making a terrible emotionally unbalanced resolution: life threatening to the Head of State.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration:
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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A Brush with Death (2007)
Plot Summary:
Five high school cheerleaders drive out to a rural mansion to spend the weekend. They hear a thirty year-old urban legend about a young boy who killed his family and used their blood in his juvenile artwork. While exploring an old farmhouse on the property they discover that the boy never left his home and has grown into a sick and twisted man.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 518
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher
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Possession (1987)
Plot Summary:
Frankie is a psychopath who drags along problems with his mother. To compensate these problems he follows and persecutes Madeleine and some of her friends killing one girl after the other and also everybody who would stand in his way - without any reason or comparison.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, independent film
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Gentleman (1995)
Plot Summary:
Frank Seltsam goes for fast cars, beautiful women and expensive drugs. As recently things go down the drain, his frustration explodes in an orgy of blood, champagne and heroin.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags:
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The Body (1974)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful woman who lives on an island with her abusive husband, entices a young man into a murder-for-money plot.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Trinidad and Tobago
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Eyes Behind the Wall (1977)
Plot Summary:
The movie starts with a scene of a young man raping and murdering a woman on a train. Later he rents a room from an elderly wheelchair-bound voyeur and his much younger wife. The elderly man enjoys watching the younger man through the a hole in the wall where he has set up a periscope-like device. The first thing he sees, for instance, is the younger man get forcibly raped by a big black guy he has picked up at a cheesy disco. Then he sends his wife over to seduce the young man, and its eventually revealed the true nature of the couple's relationship and how he came to be in the wheelchair.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Thriller, Drama, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, gothic horror, classic horror
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Innuendo (2017)
Plot Summary:
Tuuli grows up in an oppressively religious and abusive family in Finland. To escape from the shadow of her angelic twin sister she travels to Melbourne, Australia. Curious of sexuality, she becomes a nude model for art classes. Her innocent surface reveals sordid cracks as she sets about exerting her twisted version of righteousness.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 170
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, Finland, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, independent film
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In the Shadow of the Blue Rascal (1986)
Plot Summary:
300 kilos of heroin have disappeared in Necrocity, a city of terror—city of night—where Captain Speed has a gang, and the government hides the dead. Pierre Clémenti’s In the Shadow of the Blue Rascal (À l’ombre de la canaille bleue) is an experimental crime film considered to be a landmark of Parisian underground cinema.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: experimental, avant garde
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Madonna: A Case of Blood Ambition (1990)
Plot Summary:
A man is convicted of raping and murdering a child and sent to prison. He is shortly afterwards beaten to death by other inmates. His daughter blames the jurors who convicted him for his death, and she hatches a scheme to murder each of the jury members, often seducing them herself first.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Wolf Lake (1979)
Plot Summary:
Canadian film where in ex-marine Steiger, unhinged by the death of his son in Vietnam, terrorizes a young couple.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Bleed (2002)
Plot Summary:
A naïve young girl desperate to fit in with her new boyfriend's tightly knit crew learns that membership may be deadly. Upon arriving at a party with her new boyfriend, Shawn, desperate-to-fit-in newcomer Debbie learns that the friends have formed a mysterious brotherhood nicknamed "The Murder Club." As Debbie accepts her invitation to join the mysterious club, a murderer who seems to take the group's name to heart begins killing off members one by one.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 708
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, surprise ending, splatter, independent film, awful
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Lost Souls (1980)
Plot Summary:
Determined to escape from the harsh regime of China to the freedom of Hong Kong, three youths are captured by Mr. Hok, a sadistic human smuggler who subjects them to an unrelenting assault of degradation. Pushed to the limits of human endurance, the prisoners must fight for their lives in an unforgettable, action-packed climax.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 417
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, surprise ending, crying, cult film
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Deadly Daphne's Revenge (1987)
Plot Summary:
A young hitchhiker is picked up by four drunken hunters, one of whom rapes her. A tough prosecutor has all four of the men indicted for the crime, which results in a suicide and a murder-for-hire plot.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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Twilight Dinner (1998)
Plot Summary:
A pale-looking man, Kazuhiko, is being questioned by the police following the extremely bloody murder of a young woman. He begins his story with the day that two sisters, Akiko and Mayuko, moved into the house across from his. After helping the pair move in, he starts talking with the younger sister, and soon they become intimate. The relationship continues for a while, but one day the sisters suddenly pack up and disappear, but not before sharing their secret with Kazuhiko. What kind of secret could have caused him to commit such a murder? Or did he?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: sexploitation film
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Vengeance (1980)
Plot Summary:
Four hoodlums break into a jeweller's house and brutally murder him, his wife and daughter. On the run they kidnap Jenny, a Senator's grand daughter and her boyfriend, but discover that the two will not be taken easily. In the melee that follows, the gang are blown away one by one, until the final vengeful confrontation between Jenny and the remaining gang member.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, slasher
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Emmanuelle's Revenge (1975)
Plot Summary:
Emanuelle is out to avenge her sister, who committed suicide after escaping from her sadistic lover Carlo. So she chains Carlo up in her basement, drugs him, and forces him to watch her having sex. As Carlo begins to hallucinate all kinds of bloody horrors and cannibalistic doings, he decides he has to break free and kill Emanuelle.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 755
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: erotic, grindhouse, suspense, sensual, queer horror, sexploitation film
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Trauma (1978)
Plot Summary:
An accomplished writer arrives to a guesthouse near the lake in the middle of nowhere. Its owner is a young and obviously troubled woman. During the night a sexually active couple is slashed to death by a mysterious black-gloved killer. More savage murders follow. Who is behind them?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 470
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher
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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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Dard Divorce (2007)
Plot Summary:
What started with a routine divorce between Natalie Stein and her husband Tim, will soon take a turn into the unexpected and evolve into scenes of torture, bloodshed and slaughter.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 997
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: disturbing, bloody, suspense, controversial, devastating, sadistic, splatter
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The Captives (2001)
Plot Summary:
Sandy has stumbled onto a lair of torture and humiliation. She was abducted and brought to this pit of pain as the next intended victim. But Sandy overthrows her captor and kills him. Does she release the other prisoners? Does she call the police? No. Her mind snaps and she assumes control over the prisoners, taking them as her own playtoys. Naked bodies writhe in ecstasy as blood runs down the walls in this chilling tale of madness and revenge.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 955
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: sadistic, explicit, rough, retro, bloody, slasher, controversial, perverse, erotic, independent film