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Plot Summary:
Half-sisters Aileen and Romina, along with first cousins Ruth and Sandra, reunite in Camiguin to bury their grandmother. Accompanied by Sandra's friend, Lucy, the five girls dare to call on the spirits of the dead when they find their old Ouija board from when they were kids. The Ouija board is burned by accident before they are able to finish the ritual, trapping a murderous entity around them. As they begin to realize the terror that they have brought upon themselves, Aileen and Romina's hostile relationship even become more strained, while Lucy's sanity brings a heavy burden on Sandra, and Ruth's boyfriend, Gino, is unknowingly pulled into the danger and horror that await all of them. Confronted by imminent Death, the girls have nowhere to go unless they can identify the spirit and find out where it is buried. It is only by leading the spirit to its burial ground that they will able to release the spirit from the Ouija board and survive its fatal hauntings.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Philippines
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, suspense, suspenseful, surprise ending
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The Sign (2007)
Plot Summary:
Louie receives a text message from the province that his father Ulding had a heart attack. Louie rushes to drive home from Manila only to find out that the message was nothing but a prank. Louie then senses something eerie about his hometown. He finds out there have been several killings in the area all done in the same manner. Apparently, the victim first hears some rumbling noise that is before they are found dead all covered with mud. When the killings move closer to home and threatens Louie’s family, he discovers for himself how he had been estranged from his roots and now must face his past with the horror of what is to happen.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Philippines
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, touching, captivating
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Ang Pagsanib kay Leah Dela Cruz (2017)
Plot Summary:
A lady cop who moves into a small town gets drawn to a case that involves a girl that's possessed by an evil spirit.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspense, gothic horror, disturbing, psychological, bleak, psychological horror, religious horror, christian horror, asian horror
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White House (2010)
Plot Summary:
6 eager contestants enter a pinoy horror-reality show to survive till daybreak of horror inside the famous Laperal White House in Baguio City. A million pesos is at stake but as the first night draws to a close and each one is being found dead, everyone realizes their lives are also on the line. It is up to spirit medium Jet (Gabby Concepcion) to find out what exactly is going on and who is the real enemy among he many ghosts that haunt the place, which includes a powerful Black Lady who abducted the soul of Jet’s only daughter. A chance of a lifeline with no lifelines… who will survive in the end?.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tagalog
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Haunted House (2009)
Plot Summary:
Romano and his men are ambushed in one military operation. Romano almost gets killed but wakes up after staying in coma for several days. His life will never be the same again. He resigns from the military and goes into seclusion in their Baguio ancestral house after realizing that he now has a supernatural gift.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 161 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending
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The Nightshifter (2018)
Plot Summary:
Stênio, the nightshifter of a morgue, has the ability to communicate with the cadavers that are brought to him every night.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, bleak, suspense, enigmatic, disturbing
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Glimpse (2006)
Plot Summary:
Morten is a young medical student who's Japanese girlfriend dies under mysterious circumstances. When strange things begin to happen around him, he tries to find out who she really was. He discovers that her family is haunted by a curse, a curse that now haunts him and only can be broken in one special way. But the more he learns about his former Japanese girlfriends family, the more he learns about his own family ... And one tragedy rarely comes alone.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 60
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense
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They Come Back (2007)
Plot Summary:
A psychologist's 10-year-old patient claims she's being menaced by unseen forces after her parents were killed in a car accident. What's more bizarre? The psychologist has seen these symptoms before, in a former patient who mysteriously disappeared. And the shrink worries that if she can't unravel the workings of the 10-year-old's psyche (and soon!), this little girl is destined for the same unknown fate.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 281
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, serious, mind bending, suspenseful, offbeat
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Chain Mail (2015)
Plot Summary:
A usual chain mail is forwarded to a group of people. Some pass it while others ignore. One dies and is followed by series of sudden and unexplainable deaths of others. Soon after, a revelation begins to unfold, the chain mail is cursed and so she has to find the origin and mystery behind to stop the misfortunes it may cause to anyone who fails to pass it before another life perish again. Sandra also suspects Anne is behind the tragic incidents that happened to their friends. Will she break the curse before it's too late or will she become one of the victims?.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspense, gothic, slasher, surprise ending, sinister, psychotronic, tension, psychological horror, psychological
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The Ouija Experiment (2011)
Plot Summary:
Based on true events, five friends who fall prey to the evil entities of the Ouija board. As they set about filming their experimental session, what starts out as bit of fun, soon escalates into a terrifying series of events as paranoia and personal demons are revealed…. and recorded.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense
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The Unleashed (2011)
Plot Summary:
Madison Kennard, a troubled woman dealing with her dark past, must venture home after an 8 year absence following her mothers death. Almost instantly after her return, Madison must cope with the haunting memories of a childhood best forgotten. Lindsay, a childhood friend of Madisons with an adventurous nature, hears of Madison's arrival and has every intention of reconnecting a friendship once had. Bizarre and unexplainable events occur within the house after old friends come together and dabble with the infamous Ouija board. Lindsay, being all too curious of the board and its undeniable power, gives into the persuasion of an unknown entity and allows it to possess her. Madison must overpower her deepest fears and find a way to release Lindsay and abolish the presence that haunts her.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, bleak
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TxT (2006)
Plot Summary:
A provocative thriller that will surely raise the fear in you. Proving that no one, not even DEATH can separate us from the living. A story that conquers the old adage "till death do us part", Roman (Oyo Boy Sotto) dies in a car accident. In a restless and unforgiving state he continues to prove his affection for girlfriend Joyce (Angel Locsin) . He then decides to embark in an intrepid and malevolent journey in order to keep Joyce. Joyce then began receiving hair raising text messages and even gets "death photos" of people close to her, including that of her current beau Alex (Dennis Trillo). She ignores these at first, but when the deaths happen under the exact circumstances at which they were predicted, she realizes she must fight the evil behind all these to protect her loved ones from this supernatural force.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: mystical, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Maid (2005)
Plot Summary:
Alone for the first time and away from her family in rural Philippines, Rosa Dimaano arrives in the cosmopolitan city state of Singapore to work as a maid. Her employers Mr and Mrs Teo runs a Chinese Teochew dialect opera troupe takes well to their new domestic help. So do their mentally disabled son, Ah Soon. In Chinese superstition, the seventh month of the lunar calendar is regarded as the month when the gates of hell open for forsaken spirits to walk the earth for 30 days. Unknown to Rosa, she arrives on the eve and her hell is about to begin.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Singapore
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, dark, slasher, surprise ending, gothic, gothic horror, sinister
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The Wind of Fear (2007)
Plot Summary:
Claudia is a troubled teen confined in a very particular support center ruled with roughness by renowned psychiatrist Bernarda Alquicira. Coexisting with girls who have experienced similar trances, Claudia confronts horrible visions of Andrea, a beautiful intern who committed suicide a year ago. Another strange patient -Josefina- and doctor Lucia Franyutti -the right arm of Bernarda- seem to know the key to the bizarre return of Andrea, but even they are disturbed by the supernatural events that take place when the wind starts to blow.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 711
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful
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Girl on the Third Floor (2019)
Plot Summary:
Don Koch tries to renovate a rundown mansion with a sordid history for his growing family, only to learn that the house has other plans.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, psychological, humorous, dark, disturbing, splatter, twisted
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The Unquiet (2008)
Plot Summary:
Do you believe in ghosts? Well, whether you do or not, you'll want to tune in for this superspooky flick that takes you inside an abandoned -- and possibly haunted! -- women's prison. A skeptic and her ex-husband, a documentary filmmaker, both with differing opinions about the supernatural, stumble across some scary revelations about the facility's violent and abusive history.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Complex (2013)
Plot Summary:
Nursing student Asuka (Atsuko Maeda) has just moved into an apartment complex with her parents and younger brother. On the first night in her new room, she is awoken by a strange scratching sound coming from the apartment of her neighbor, a reclusive old man who has refused all attempts at communication. Concerned over his well being, Asuka enters his home only to find him dead from malnutrition. Worse, it looks as if he had been trying to claw his way into her room. ¶ Asuka learns that there have been a number of strange deaths in the complex over the years from Shinobu (Hiroki Narimiya), the handyman cleaning up the old man’s apartment. Even the girls at school whisper rumors of it being haunted.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, suspense, tense, captivating, enigmatic, mind bending
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Whispering Corridors (1998)
Plot Summary:
While investigating the school files, the frightened teacher Mrs. Park startles and calls the young teacher Eun-young Hur, telling her that the deceased Jin-ju Jang is back. The line dies and Mrs. Park is attacked and killed by a ghost. On the next morning, the teenager Jae-yi Yoon waits for her friend Ji-oh Lim, who has the ability to call the spirits, and they begin a close friendship. The abusive and aggressive Mr. Oh, a.k.a. Mad Dog, is the substitute of Mrs. Park and prohibits Ji-oh to paint and compares the performances of the pretty So-young Park and the weird Jung-sook Kim, raising a barrier between the two former friends. Miss Hur misses her former friend Jin-ju, who committed suicide, and while trying to contact her, she discloses a dark secret about the past of her friend and Mrs. Park.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, enigmatic, bleak, serious
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Death of a Vlogger (2019)
Plot Summary:
An ambitious vlogger experiences the dark side of the internet when his latest video, which features an alleged haunting, goes viral.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, mockumentary
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Wraith (2022)
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Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful
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Laddaland (2011)
Plot Summary:
A family moves into a new house where they gradually begin to encounter paranormal and horror events.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Thailand
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, psychological, tense, captivating, dark, disturbing, terrifying, scary, serious
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Voodoo Possession (2014)
Plot Summary:
Imagine an insatiable demon that feeds on blood, thrives on pain, and reaches from beyond the grave to torment the living...and the dead. For believers and skeptics alike, there is nothing in this world or the next to rival the relentless evil of a Voodoo Possession. Burdened since childhood with a gnawing sense of guilt, cynical Aiden Chase journeys to a Haitian insane asylum in search of his missing brother. Upon arriving, he discovers all the inmates and the hospital administrator (Danny Trejo, Machete) are seemingly possessed by a bloodthirsty voodoo spirit. Now, Aiden must abandon reality and descend into a terrifying spirit world to try to rescue his brother - or they will both be damned for eternity.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 707
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, demonic, captivating, psychotronic
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Haunting of Winchester House (2009)
Plot Summary:
A family moves in to look after the Winchester mansion for a few months, and soon find themselves terrorized by vengeful spirits. With the help of a paranormal investigator they'll unravel the mystery of the house.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, psychological, tense, mockbuster, captivating, suspense, frightening, scary, suspenseful, independent film
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Feng shui (2004)
Plot Summary:
Joy and her family have just moved into a new home, in a sparsely populated village. For them, it’s time for new beginnings- a new chance and a new hope. But what for fortune awaits them.. and woe the tragedies to follow. On what should be the most unfortunate day of her life, Joy picks up a package left by a stranger in a bus. It is called ‘ba-gua’, (feng shui mirror) an item that drives bad luck away. Joy could not refuse the luck that continues to come her way until everything appears too good to be true. Unexplained events disturb her family’s peace . People start to die as well. Having been advised by the geomancer to simply say no to the next form of luck, all Joy could do now is wait. But what painful decision awaits her? Will Joy prevail or be consumed by the curse of the bagua mirror?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 996
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, spooky, terrifying, realistic
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The Marsh (2006)
Plot Summary:
Writer Claire Holloway is troubled by nightmares of Rose Marsh Farm. She decides to vacation at the farm which unbeknown to her is haunted by the ghost of a little girl and a teenage boy. Claire enlists the help of Geoffry Hunt to help uncover a decade old tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, mystical, scary, psychological, tense, fairy tale
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The Funeral Home (2020)
Plot Summary:
Bernardo is an undertaker. He runs his mortuary business in the same house where he resides. In the front, he has his clients. And in the back, his dysfunctional family lives amongst coffins, wreaths, and the mischievous but nonviolent ghosts that visit on a daily basis. But when a malevolent entity enters the scene, it wreaks havoc on the already fractured household.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 625
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Argentina
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, suspense, suspenseful, horror comedy
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Martyrs Lane (2021)
Plot Summary:
Leah, 10, has terrible nightmares. Her mother seems distant somehow, lost in her thoughts. A small, nightly visitor brings Leah comfort, but soon Leah will realize that her little visitor offers knowledge that might be very, very dangerous.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, mystical, disturbing, atmospheric
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One Missed Call 2 (2005)
Plot Summary:
In Japan, the daycare teacher Kyoko Okudera is convinced by her colleague and friend Madoka to visit her boyfriend Naoto Sakurai in the restaurant where he works instead of studying as planned. When the owner Mr. Wang answers his daughter's mobile phone, he receives a message telling him that he would die in an accident in the kitchen. This immediately comes true.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, mind bending, slasher, surprise ending, detective
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Sorum (2001)
Plot Summary:
A young man moves into a run-down apartment building and soon gets into a relationship with a neighbor. Both the characters and the building have traumatic histories, and over time the ghosts of their past come to light.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 983
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, tense, mind bending, serious
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The Echo (2008)
Plot Summary:
Bobby Reynolds is released on probation from Rikers and moves to the old apartment in East Village, New York, where his lonely mother lived and passed away. He finds a job as mechanic at the Houston Auto Repair shop owned by the supportive Hector Rodriguez and tries to rebuild his life. However, he is deemed an outcast and his former friends and neighbors do not want to talk to him. He meets his f.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, surreal, demonic, psychological horror, twisted, realistic, weird
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Suicide Forest Village (2021)
Plot Summary:
One day a mysterious box arrived and a curse began to spread all over. The source of the box is 'Jukai Village'. The village is hidden in Jukai Forest, a suicide spot that once you enter it, you can never come out.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 761
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, disturbing, psychotronic, dark fantasy, bleak