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Plot Summary:
Rufus is a shy and lonely boy determined to make a new start. Sure he has some quirks. So what if he likes the taste of blood? It's not like he's addicted. When a cunning vampire hunter slips into town searching for the fountain of youth, Rufus fears his darkest secret is about to be revealed.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, weird
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Devil's Diary (2007)
Plot Summary:
When two friends, Dominique and Ursula, uncover an ancient book in a graveyard one night, they discover that the book has the supernatural power to grant any evil desire written within it. In a series of escalating acts of vengeance, Ursula harms anyone who opposes her. Dominique realizes that the book fills all who possess it with the feeling of ultimate power. Seeking help from Father Mark Mulligan, a priest, and other people she knows, Dominique tries to destroy the book and save Ursula before it's too late. Unfortunately, cheerleaders Heather and Georgia find out about the book's powers as well, and plan to use it against Ursula and Dominique. The book keeps going to the person who wants it for wicked things. Eventually she manages to destroy it... or at least she thinks she does. In the last scene, someone else finds the book and the hellish cycle begins anew.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, psychological, exciting, rough, corny
Similar in 82%
Psychotica (2010)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends head out to an abandon farmhouse to kick a nasty habit. Little do they know that they are in for the night of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, bleak, serious, tense, captivating, suspense, scary, rough, realistic, cult film
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Visit (2010)
Plot Summary:
For the sake of her son, Paolo, Stella is re-married to another man, Anton, in the hopes of a having a whole and peaceful family life. However, after the wedding, she experiences major haunting that endangers her life and the people around her. All the clues are pointing to her dead husband. Feeling guilty of her ex-husband’s death, Stella tries to save her family from the ghost’s wrath. Along the way, secrets start to unravel and Stella is now unsure of who is haunting her and why she is being haunted.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, semi serious, suspense, rough, offbeat, humorous
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Bridgend (2015)
Plot Summary:
Over a 5-year period in Bridgend in Wales, 79 people, many of them teenagers, committed suicide without leaving any clue as to why. This is the starting point for this mysterious social drama.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Denmark
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, bleak, serious, psychological thriller, sexy, psychedelic, dark, existential horror, tense
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Wolf Girl (2001)
Plot Summary:
Tara Talbot is afflicted with the rare genetic condition hypertrichosis: she is covered head to toe in hair. She lives her life in Harley Dune's Travelling Freak Show, on display as the 'Terrifying Wolf Girl', but underneath she is just a teenage girl who longs to be normal.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, Romania
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: semi serious, suspense, disturbing, queer horror, offbeat
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The Brotherhood (2001)
Plot Summary:
The fraternity "Doma (House of) Tau Omega" has found a key to eternal youth without having to become blood-drinking vampires. Will they be able to recruit Chris, an innocent and perfect newcomer?.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, homoerotic, tense, captivating, erotic, independent film, serious, gay cinema, campy
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Blood Red Moon (2010)
Plot Summary:
Megan and Victor are teens in love. Victor is a vampire and he is being blamed for a rash of murders in town. It's up to Megan to help to clear Victor's name and to find the vicious killer who is responsible.
IMDB Rating: 1.7
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, gothic, bleak, suspense, funny
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Shadow Zone: The Undead Express (1996)
Plot Summary:
A teen obsessed with horror films befriends a vampire who leads him to a whole coven of vampires that hide beneath the New York subways.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 427
Genere: Drama, Family, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, offbeat, serious, suspenseful
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Southern Gothic (2007)
Plot Summary:
Hazel Fortune works in a strip club in the small Southern town of Redemption. Haunted by the death of his only daughter, Fortune has become a self-destructive, suicidal alcoholic, until he meets Starla Motes. Hazel's downward spiral is interrupted when is befriended by Starlas daughter, Hope. But when Hope is kidnapped by Enoch Pitt, a ruthless, psychotic preacher on a bloody crusade, Hazel must make the decision to rejoin the living and risk life and limb to save her from a terrible end.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 329
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, scary, atmospheric, rough, serious, independent film
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Nightmare in Psycho Town (2014)
Plot Summary:
Three teens are forced to spend the night at the house on Hollow Road. They eventually learn that each one of them has been having recurring nightmares. Nightmares that could only take place in the mind of a psychopath.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, disturbing, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, anthology
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HoneyBee (2016)
Plot Summary:
A quiet town is jumpstarted by the arrival of an enigmatic family; a statuesque mother named Louisa and her gorgeous teenage sons. Sixteen Year-Old Hilary is working hard to get good grades, hoping to escape the small town life a long line of relatives lived before her. With the arrival of the mysterious family just weeks before school is to let out, life suddenly becomes appealing. Hilary's father is instantly charmed by Louisa, while she herself finds a strong connection to middle son Kadin, ignoring her dubious instincts. As the town falls under the hypnotic spell of the young men, no one but Hilary sees the peculiar loyalty that holds them together and the lengths they will go to give their mother what she needs until it's far too late.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Filth to Ashes, Flesh to Dust (2011)
Plot Summary:
Purge: To put to death, eliminate what is undesirable. The serial killer known as Purge lived and died by this code. But is he dead? Driving home from a road trip, ERIC and SHELLY take a back road to avoid a traffic jam. They encounter the serial killer Purge. Eric survives but Shelly is murdered. A year later, a group of adventure-seeking high school grads venture to purge's lair. Among them is Eric's brother JUAN. Eric sets out to save his brother, and get revenge on Purge. For the six teens, their imperfections will be the deciding factor if Purge shows them mercy. But if everyone is imperfect, will any of them survive? Written by Armont Casalle.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, slasher, psychological, suspense, scary, serious, realistic
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Ghoul (2012)
Plot Summary:
In the tradition of Stephen King’s Stand by Me, Chiller’s original film Ghoul – based on the celebrated novel by author Brian Keene — tells the story of three damaged children who set out to find who, or what, is behind a rash of local disapperances. Staring Modern Family‘s Nolan Gould, the film explores the darkness that hides behind small town life. It is the summer of 1984 when a teenage couple goes missing among the gravestones of the local cemetery. Twelve-year-old Timmy and his best friends, Barry and Doug, have grown up hearing stories about a sinister Ghoul that haunts the cemetery. Eventually, they begin to wonder if the horrific legend might actually be real. Timmy and his friends are forced to put their friendship to the ultimate test when they dig up long-buried secrets, facing their personal demons and the one hiding underground.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 787
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense
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Bloody Homecoming (2013)
Plot Summary:
Three years after a tragic accident leaves a student dead at the annual Homecoming dance, a group of senior friends anxious about the return of Homecoming Night to their sleepy Southern town find themselves visited by a deadly presence from their past in the dark and desolate halls of their very own high school.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 768
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, scary, serious, tense, suspense, captivating, realistic, teen horror
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The Transfiguration (2016)
Plot Summary:
A New York tale about love, loss… and vampires.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological horror, scary, tense, bleak, suspense, dark, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, mumblecore
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My Babysitter's a Vampire (2010)
Plot Summary:
Geeky 14-year old Ethan is left to babysit his younger sister, Jane, with his best friend Benny but after Ethan inadvertently puts Jane in harm's way, his parents hire a professional babysitter, the beautiful yet mysterious 17-year-old Sarah who, unbeknownst to them, is actually a fledgling vampire.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, suspense, semi serious, exciting, gothic, spooky, biting, scary
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Face (2004)
Plot Summary:
Lee Hyun-min, who works reconstructing faces from skull, quits his work in a institute to stay with his Beta-allergic daughter Jin that was submitted to a transplant of heart by the specialist Dr. Yoon. The newcomer researcher to the institute Jung Sun-young comes to his house bringing the skull of a victim of a serial-killer that had her whole body melted down with acid by the murderer. Hyun-min refuses the assignment, but he is haunted by the ghost of the victim and scared he decides to reconstruct the face of the woman. When Jin has trouble with the transplanted heart, Hyun-min requests the donor case history to Dr. Yoon, but the doctor refuses to give the information, claiming confidentiality issue. Dr. Yoon becomes the prime suspect of Detective Suh, who is in charge of the investigation of the murder cases, and he discloses the identity of the victim based on the reconstructed face.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, rough, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic
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Vampire Clan (2002)
Plot Summary:
Five friends welcome real life vampirism into their lives. They cut their own wrists and let their friends drink from them. Rod, the leader, and a very psychotic young guy, ends up killing Heathers parents and stealing their car to go on a crazy raod trip. His behaviour begins to frighten his friends, though they went along with it at first. All end up in prison except Heather.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 939
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, dark, scary
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The Reverend (2011)
Plot Summary:
Fresh from seminary school, a new Reverend embarks on his first parish: A small, low-maintenance chapel based in the idyllic setting of a quiet country village. While on the surface the village seems to be a peaceful parish, with perfect residents, soon it becomes apparent that something more sinister lurks beneath the façade of a local businessman. On a wet, cold night, a mysterious girl visits the Reverend at the chapel. She is welcomed in warmly, but soon it becomes apparent that her visit is not for sanctuary but to deliver a message, a message in the form of a deep, bloody bite... Awoken with an unknown, uncontrollable thirst, the confused Reverend can't find any evidence of the girl from the night before. With nothing but his thirst and memory of the bite, the Reverend embarks on a mandate to clean up the village and the neighboring estate...by preaching or feasting.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 480
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, tense, captivating, suspense, scary
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Vampegeddon (2010)
Plot Summary:
Chased out of the old world, the dark vampire lord Giovanni flees to the American southwest where he sets up a new brood. Longshank, Brittan's premier vampire slayer follows him here, and in a final confrontation in the Arizona desert both are killed. A hundred years later Melissa, a gorgeous, goth, lesbian college student, is obsessed with becoming a vampire and escaping her terrible home life. Along with her four friends, Ted, Liz, Mona, and Kent, she regularly conducts ceremonies where she tries to commune with dark forces. When she buys an old, evil book at a creepy garage sale she finally has the key she has been searching for. Following her dreams of Giovanni and a map in the book the five friends hike out to "Massacre Lane" and finally summon up some real vampires.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, serious, slasher, tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, funny
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Alucard (2008)
Plot Summary:
Jonathan Harker, a young lawyer, has been sent to the furthest reaches of Transylvania to help an old count with his move to the more populated Nilbog.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: suspense, gothic, bleak, tense, captivating, scary, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, modern day adaptation
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The Open Door (2008)
Plot Summary:
A pirate radio station is granting callers their hearts' desires. But as some teenagers find out, be careful what you wish for.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 599
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, scary, serious, independent film
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Mothman (2010)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends band together to hide the truth about a mutual friend's tragic death. They soon discover that an evil entity is in pursuit of them.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, scary, rough
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Pop Skull (2007)
Plot Summary:
Addled prescription drug addict Daniel finds himself unraveling further under the stress of a recent breakup. Worse yet, he lives in a house haunted by nightmarish events from the past, images of which torment him in terrifying dreams. This hallucinatory horror film leaps off the screen with its disturbingly vivid visuals.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 459
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, mumblecore, tense, captivating, retro, surreal, disturbing, controversial, scary
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Under the Bed (2012)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers team up to battle a creature under the bed, in what is being described as a "suburban nightmare" tale.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, scary, serious, mystical, disturbing, psychological, captivating, suspense, independent film
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The Thompsons (2012)
Plot Summary:
On the run with the law on their trail, America's most anguished vampire family heads to England to find an ancient vampire clan. What they find instead could tear their family, and their throats, apart forever.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, scary, tense, suspense, captivating, erotic, psychological, gothic, dark
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The Moth Diaries (2011)
Plot Summary:
Rebecca is suspicious of Ernessa, the new arrival at her boarding school. But is Rebecca just jealous of Ernessa's bond with Lucie, or does the new girl truly possess a dark secret?.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA, Ireland
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspenseful, stylized, slasher, erotic, suspense, dark, mysterious, atmospheric, scary
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Witch Hunt (2021)
Plot Summary:
In a modern America where witches are real and witchcraft is illegal, a sheltered teenager must face her own demons and prejudices as she helps two young witches avoid law enforcement and cross the southern border to asylum in Mexico.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: captivating, scary, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, slasher, unusual plot structure, contemplative
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Immortally Yours (2009)
Plot Summary:
A coven of Sexy, modern Day vampires ravage the American Midwest with the thirst for blood, while a romantic twist puts the vampires at odds among themselves and with the murderous Illuminati that seek to gain their immortality.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 759
Genere: Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful
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Stake Land (2010)
Plot Summary:
Martin was a normal teenage boy before the country collapsed in an empty pit of economic and political disaster. A vampire epidemic has swept across what is left of the nation's abandoned towns and cities, and it's up to Mister, a death dealing, rogue vampire hunter, to get Martin safely north to Canada, the continent's New Eden.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, road movie, suspense, tense, rough, suspenseful, apocalyptic, brutal, futuristic