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Plot Summary:
Chloé, a beautiful young French actress, moves to Los Angeles to further her acting career and escape her troubled past. Joining a small theatre troupe, she finds her life spinning out of control into a strange parallel universe dominated by her obsessions. Every Sunday as her acting group meets, Chloé is driven closer and closer to the edge - where her imaginary life threatens to take complete control over her. As an American parody of French cinema, 40 Sundays was filmed on locations in Los Angeles and the south of France. Award-winning director Geoffrey de Valois brings this modern fairy tale nightmare to life with actors Chloé Domange, Amy Lyndon, Michael Laurie, Jesus Guevara, Claudine Guerrero, Alexander Hatzidiakos, Richard Lund, Ann Nguyen, Ashley St. Pierre, Emma Lynch, Christopher Slade, Edward L. Green, Dylan Hutchins, Pasquale Cassalia, Brian Graham, Eliezer Ortiz, Zachary Titus, Aleia Ramsey, and Eric Fine.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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The Rideshare Killer (2022)
Plot Summary:
The young female CEO of a new ridesharing app must stop a serial killer who's using the app to lure victims into his car.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags:
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Innocent Prey (1984)
Plot Summary:
A woman living in Dallas discovers that her husband, from New Zealand, is actually a crazed serial killer who murders prostitutes. She helps the authorities arrest him, and he is sent to a hospital for the criminally insane. Just when she's starting to get her life back together, she learns that he's escaped from the institution and is after her. She flees to Australia and winds up staying in a house owned by a wealthy young man, who turns out to have dark secrets of his own.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: slasher
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The Grand Horror (2006)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious darkness has swallowed the earth. While running from blood-thirsty creatures, a group of six strangers are mysteriously drawn to an old movie theatre. Thinking themselves safe, they attempt to come to grips with the chaos happening to the world outside. But little do they know that something far worse resides within the walls of the theatre... ...pure evil.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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Dracula: The Original Living Vampire (2022)
Plot Summary:
Detective Amelia Van Helsing is on the desperate hunt for the killer responsible for a string of grisly murders targeting young women. Matters only worsen when all evidence leads to the seemingly untouchable Count Dracula. And when Van Helsing’s girlfriend vanishes, she is forced to question the very existence of monsters in a final showdown with the enigmatic count.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 524
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: mockbuster, surprise ending, twist ending
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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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The Inherited (2009)
Plot Summary:
When a college student who grew up a ward of the state finds out he inherited a large estate, he and his friends decide to assess for themselves his new wealth. Unfortunately, they quickly discover his long lost family was anything but normal. Between incest and murder lies his future, if he can survive long enough to embrace his destiny. The old adage proves true. Nothing in life is free.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: slasher
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Naked Fear (1999)
Plot Summary:
Camden, who suffers from agoraphobia, the fear of open spaces, takes in roommate Randy Tommy Sweeney, who suffers from claustrophobia, the fear of closed spaces. Unfortunately, Randy turns out to be a serial killer, and Camden becomes a prisoner in his own apartment.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: bloody, slasher, independent film, slasher horror
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Maniacal (2003)
Plot Summary:
Maniacal presents the story of Gilbert Gill, a confused young man who is alienated from his family and society. Like the Columbine killers and other sociopaths, Gilbert goes on a bloody killing spree, targeting local youths. He is finally hunted down by the local sheriff and his own father, in one of the most terrifying stand-offs I've seen in years.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, psychotronic, independent film
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Streets of Death (1988)
Plot Summary:
Hookers are being killed all over the place, their bodies dumped in various parts of the city. Now, it's up to Officer Kelly Anderson with the help of Detective Grant Jordan to go undercover as a hooker to stop these horrific killings.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, fake documentary
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Deadly Intruder (1985)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer escapes from a mental hospital and hides out in a small town. A local cop must catch him before he starts on another killing spree.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
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Destroyer (1988)
Plot Summary:
A prison riot breaks out at the moment of a serial murderer's execution by electrocution, and his fate becomes indeterminate when the prison is shut down. 18 months later, a team of filmmakers converge on the prison to film a women-in-prison exploitation flick, but find that a certain somebody is disrupting their shooting schedule.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 991
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: slasher, retro, bloody, independent film
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Aroused (1966)
Plot Summary:
In Manhattan, prostitutes are being murdered by a psycho. A detective is assigned to track him down and bring him in.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, detective, cult film
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Election Night (2017)
Plot Summary:
Events taking place, before and after, the 2016 Election Night, takes a turn for the worst as a group of serial killers are on the loose, tormenting and torturing the residents of the Chicago area.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, sexy, spooky, slasher, independent film, black comedy
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S.I.C.K. Serial Insane Clown Killer (2003)
Plot Summary:
A couple of friends are chased by a killer clown in the woods during a weekend.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, ridiculous
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Nefarious (2023)
Plot Summary:
On the day of his scheduled execution, a convicted serial killer gets a psychiatric evaluation during which he claims he is a demon, and further claims that before their time is over, the psychiatrist will commit three murders of his own.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Deep in the Woods (2000)
Plot Summary:
A group of artists, composed of the young actors Wilfried and Matthieu and the actresses Sophie, Mathilde and the dumb Jeanne, is hired by a millionaire, Axel de Fersen, to present a performance of Little Red Riding Hood in his isolated castle to celebrate the birthday of his grandson. Meanwhile, the police advises that a serial killer is raping and killing young women in the woods around that area. During the night, the group feels trapped and threatened in the castle, guessing who is and where might be the killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, slasher, suspense, fairy tale, perverse, queer horror, scary
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Criminally Insane (1975)
Plot Summary:
An obese woman recently released from an insane asylum kills anyone who attempts to get her to stop eating.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: slasher, retro, grindhouse, cult classic, twisted, independent film, cult film
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Dead Start (2009)
Plot Summary:
A zombie plague takes over the United States.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Hellblock 13 (1999)
Plot Summary:
In a haunted death row cellblock, a deranged female serial killer reads a trio of twisted tales to her executioner.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anthology, slasher, dark fairy tale, queer horror, independent film, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending
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Unrest (2006)
Plot Summary:
A young pathology med student suspects that the spirit of a dead cadaver in the hospital morgue where she works is killing off all those who handle or desecrate the body.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, dark, brutal, suspense, slasher, medical horror
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The Haunting of Alice D (2014)
Plot Summary:
In the late 1890s the Davenport House was a famous and successful brothel, until a young prostitute named Alice killed herself there. After her death, the brothel became haunted by Alice's ghost, and was eventually abandoned. More than a century later, the old structure is renovated into a beautiful mansion. It is still rumored to inhabit the ghost of Alice. Despite this, the new owner; the rich and arrogant heir to the Davenport fortune, decides to throw a wild party for his first night in the house.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 490
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Prisoner (2007)
Plot Summary:
A Hollywood director is taken prisoner while scouting a remote prison.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 538
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, scary, serious, realistic, suspenseful, controversial
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The Red Cell (2008)
Plot Summary:
A terminally ill patient, wakes up in a dark, decrepit underground chamber. An IV pumps an unknown liquid into his body and adorning his head is a crown of wires. His last memories lead him back to the hospital where doctors had recently discovered his illness. He didn't even have enough time to inform those closest to him of his untimely death sentence before ending up here. Behind the walls someone is lurking, and Ayden soon finds out that a psychotic killer, bent on performing strange, immoral medical experiments, is holding him captive. But there's more to this man than meets the eye, as Ayden will learn in time. What starts out as a sadistic medical experiment quickly becomes an excruciating race for Ayden to survive both his captor and his illness long enough to simply tell his shrouded family goodbye.
IMDB Rating: 1.6
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, art house, underground film, sinister, independent film, minimal cast, creepy, psychotronic, awful
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Nutbag (2000)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer stalks prostitutes on the mean streets of Las Vegas.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 577
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, controversial, extreme horror, independent film, slasher horror, cult film
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Appetites (2015)
Plot Summary:
Daisy is the all-American girl next door with a hunger for true love and an appetite for murder. Then one day Daisy meets the man of her dreams, only to discover that his own lust for killing might make her his next victim.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 428
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: sadistic, psychotronic, scary, psychological, psychological thriller, rough, brutal, slasher, psycho film
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Forced Entry (1976)
Plot Summary:
A serial rapist stalks and murders prostitutes.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, controversial, independent film, grindhouse, cult film
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The Legend of Bloody Mary (2008)
Plot Summary:
Ryan has been plagued with nightmares since the night his sister Amy went missing 8 years earlier after playing the game "Bloody Mary." Amy had stumbled onto a website on the Internet (www.marked4mary.com) about a witch called Bloody Mary and a game to summon her evil spirit. Now a senior in college, Ryan is reaching a mental breaking point from the years of stress and guilt from his sisters disappearance. His girlfriend Rachel frustrated herself at Ryan's emotional distance and self pity, calls for help to a former professor of Ryan's, Father O'Neal. Father O'Neal is both a priest and a archaeologist who decides to help Ryan end his tormenting grief by using his detective skills and wit to figure out what exactly happened to Ryan's sister, and uncover the truth to the Legend of Bloody Mary.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 794
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, serious, slasher
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Death Row (2007)
Plot Summary:
As eight convicts serve their sentences in a work-release program at a creepy abandoned prison, an unknown killer stalks them.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 604
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, scary, independent film
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The Last Showing (2014)
Plot Summary:
A couple trapped in a cinema are manipulated into becoming unwilling actors in a film being captured by CCTV cameras.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, tense, serious, psychological thriller, slasher, action thriller, realistic, sinister, independent film
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Chicago Massacre: Richard Speck (2007)
Plot Summary:
A horror film based on a real-life mass murder that took place in 1966. Richard Franklin Speck was a mass murderer who systematically tortured, raped and murdered eight student nurses from South Chicago Community Hospital in 1966.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 926
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, slasher, disturbing, bloody, suspense, scary, bleak, serious, realistic