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Plot Summary:
When a deadly secret rots the mind of a grieving widower, the decision to work alone on a deserted island morphs into a terrifying race to save his sanity and his life.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: slasher, powerful
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Three Dangerous Ladies (1977)
Plot Summary:
Obscure horror anthology featuring three tales surrounding three dangerous ladies.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: anthology, dark fairy tale
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We Need to Do Something (2021)
Plot Summary:
Seeking shelter from a storm, a family finds themselves trapped in a bathroom for days with no sign of rescue and untold evils lurking just beyond the walls.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, slasher, mumblecore
Similar in 76%
Darkest Hour (2005)
Plot Summary:
Several years ago, a sleepy Pacific Northwest town was terrorized by a skull-faced maniac with a thirst for blood. It seemed no man, woman or child was safe from the North Bend Reaper, a crafty serial killer who became infamous for stealing patches of clothing from his bloodied victims. Despite a massive manhunt, the Reaper was never found. Fast forward to the present - a group of actors try to cash in on the town's notoriety by hosting an interactive murder mystery party based on the unsolved killings. After isolating their guests at an abandoned summer camp, they come to the terrifying conclusion that someone in their midst is killing them off one by one. Has someone chosen to continue the North Bend Reaper's bloody legacy? Or has the Reaper himself come back for one last dance with death?.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, slasher horror
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Hellbreeder (2004)
Plot Summary:
Five years ago Alice saw her son murdered; now every day is consumed with the need to find his killer. In the sleepy town of Ludlow, the arrival of the mysterious stranger Alice suspects to be the killer of her son coincides with a renewed spate of horrific child murders. Now a weary drunk detective must uncover the truth behind the killings before another child is killed; and Alice must face the unbelievable truth behind the death of her son before insanity, grief and guilt break her mind.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 587
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, enigmatic, rough, suspense, tense, serious, slasher
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Eternal Evil (1985)
Plot Summary:
A dissatisfied Montreal director of TV commercials is taught to astrally project himself by a mysterious woman. But soon he finds that he does it against his will when he sleeps, and while he does it, he commits savage acts against those in his life.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 666
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, tense, serious, surprise ending, psychotronic, cult film
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Sacrifice (2020)
Plot Summary:
Isaac and his pregnant wife visit a remote Norwegian village to claim an unexpected inheritance. The couple finds themselves caught in a nightmare when they encounter a sinister cult that worships a sea-dwelling deity.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, mystical, lovecraft, enigmatic, captivating, mysterious, suspenseful
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The Witchmaker (1969)
Plot Summary:
A psychic researcher and his assistants investigate a series of murders of beautiful young women.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 568
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: satanic, gothic horror, classic horror, surprise ending, twist ending, psychotronic, independent film
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Soulmate (2013)
Plot Summary:
A widow retreats to a remote cottage to recover from a suicide attempt, only to discover the place is haunted.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 860
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, captivating, enigmatic, scary, offbeat, realistic, gloomy, gothic
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Horror on Snape Island (1972)
Plot Summary:
A group of experienced archeologists are searching for an old and mystic Phoenician treasure when they are surprised by a series of mysterious murders.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, gothic horror, sexy, classic horror, independent film, scary, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Triangle (2016)
Plot Summary:
Three filmmakers receive an unsettling postcard from an estranged friend living in a secluded commune. The filmmakers take their cameras into the wilderness of Montana to document the mysterious inner workings of the group. On their disconcerting road to self-sufficiency, witnessing something more shocking than they ever imagined.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 916
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, dark drama, psychotronic, mockumentary, documentary filmmaking
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The Mangler (1995)
Plot Summary:
When an accident involving a folding machine at an old laundry happens, detective John Hunton investigates. While he tries to solve the mystery, Bill Gartley, the owner, wants to find new victims for his machine.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: South Africa, UK
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, rough, serious, cult classic, cult horror, psychological thriller, dark, sad, dread
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Outcast (2010)
Plot Summary:
It tells the tale of Petronella (a Scottish/Romany girl) and Fergal (her mysterious Irish traveller boyfriend). As their doomed relationship plays out, a Beast stalks the estate, killing locals, working its way towards our protagonists. Meanwhile Cathal and Liam, two mysterious travellers from Ireland use ritual and magic on a blood hunt. Mary, Fergal's mother performs ritual and magic of her own. As Cathal comes face to face with Mary in a vicious finale we know one thing: the Beast must die.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, suspense
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Realms (2017)
Plot Summary:
Supernatural/Horror set against the backdrop of Bangkok, Thailand. After a high-speed police chase leads to an unexpected crash, two Americans bank robbers and their three local hostages take shelter in a mysterious manor in the woods. As the criminals plot their next move and the hostages try to escape, they begin to realize no one is safe from the evil lurking inside the house.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: bleak, scary, tense, suspense, disturbing, slasher, asian horror
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Deadly Games (1982)
Plot Summary:
A town is being terrorized by a masked killer who is murdering women. A young woman is attacked by the killer but escapes. She believes the killer to be either the town's policeman or the manager of the local theater, and she devises a plan to find out which is the actual killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 670
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, christmas horror, independent film, erotic drama, weird
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Awaken (2015)
Plot Summary:
A random group of people wake up on an Island where they are being hunted down in a sinister plot to harvest their organs.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, captivating, slasher, exciting, tense, suspense
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Fox Trap (2016)
Plot Summary:
After a terrible accident leaves a young girl disabled, five years later, the group responsible are invited to a remote manor house in the countryside for a class reunion. Little do they know, they are being targeted by a masked maniac hell bent on revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 601
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Maligno (2016)
Plot Summary:
After causing a bloody slaughter in a hospital, the most cruel and powerful forest spirit is trapped in a pavilion, after a ritual of witchcraft. Decades later, the wall is broke, waking the evil force. When a young teen is possessed by the spirit, her mother must find a way to stop him before it takes her life and regain its catastrophic murderous power.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Peru
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing
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Moloch (2022)
Plot Summary:
Betriek lives at the edge of a peat bog in the North of the Netherlands. When she and her family are attacked by a random stranger one night, Betriek sets out to find an explanation. The more she digs, the more she becomes convinced that she is being hunted by something ancient.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, atmospheric, slasher, satanic, creepy, lovecraft
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Scream (1981)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends on a rafting trip down a river stop in at an old ghost town to spend the night. Soon their rafts disappear, and then they begin to be eliminated one by one by a mysterious killer.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 889
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, cult classic, independent film, scary, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, slasher horror
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Retribution (1987)
Plot Summary:
A Manic depressive artist survives a suicidal fall only to be possessed by a murdered gangster, who uses the artist to seek vengeance on those that ended his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: slasher, atmospheric, cult classic, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film, eighties, low-budget, cult film
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Reel Nightmare (2017)
Plot Summary:
Three beautiful, vengeful witches awakened by an ancient book, the Necronomicon, bring production of a film in their old family home to a deadly halt.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspense, scary, bleak, slasher, independent film, dark comedy, esoteric, lovecraft
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Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021)
Plot Summary:
In 1666, a colonial town is gripped by a hysterical witch-hunt that has deadly consequences for centuries to come, and it's up to teenagers in 1994 to try and finally put an end to their town's curse, before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, scary, queer horror, tense, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, bloody
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Witches in the Woods (2019)
Plot Summary:
A group of students head off for a snowboarding adventure on an untouched piece of land. When their SUV mysteriously stalls in a brutal snowstorm they are not only faced with the reality of freezing to death but a fate even more horrifying. For they have become stranded in Stoughton Valley, home of some Witch Trials even more horrendous than Salem, and are being hunted by a supernatural creature determined to keep them there.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, disturbing, dark, slasher, splatter, scary
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#Screamers (2016)
Plot Summary:
When an internet company decides to investigate a series of 'Screamer' videos, they are confronted with havoc and hell they could never expect.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, scary, serious, slasher, mockumentary
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Host (2020)
Plot Summary:
Six friends hire a medium to hold a séance via Zoom during lockdown — but they get far more than they bargained for as things quickly go wrong. When an evil spirit starts invading their homes, they begin to realize they might not survive the night.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, terrifying, atmospheric, clever, enigmatic, dark, mumblecore, disturbing, splatter
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The Reeds (2010)
Plot Summary:
A weekend boating party turns into a nightmare for a group of young Londoners when they stumble upon a terrifying secret hidden in the reeds.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, scary, serious, slasher, grindhouse, independent film
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April Fool's Day (1986)
Plot Summary:
A group of eight college friends gather together at an island mansion belonging to heiress Muffy St. John to celebrate their final year of school. They soon discover that each has a hidden secret from their past which is revealed, and soon after, they turn up dead.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, twist ending, scary, suspenseful, humorous, grindhouse, surprise ending, bloody, tense, atmospheric
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Butterfly Kisses (2018)
Plot Summary:
A filmmaker discovers a box of video tapes depicting two students' disturbing film project featuring a local horror legend, The Peeping Tom. As he sets out to prove this story is real and release it as a work of his own, he loses himself and the film crew following him into his project.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: mystical, mockumentary, captivating, suspense, mysterious, slasher, disturbing, psychotronic, weird
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A Night in the Woods (2011)
Plot Summary:
Brody, his girlfriend Kerry and their friend Leo go hiking in Dartmoor's Wistman's Woods, so named because of its legendary haunted past. That night jealousies, sexual tensions and strained relationships come to a head turning what should have been a peaceful camping adventure into a trip to terror. As collective paranoia reaches fever pitch it becomes clear that there is a much darker force at work in the ancient eerie surroundings. Who or what is after them? And can any one of them survive a night in the woods?.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 981
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, mockumentary, road movie, dark, fake documentary
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The Woman in Black (1989)
Plot Summary:
When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent by his firm to settle the estate. The lawyer finds the townspeople reluctant to talk about or go near the woman's dreary home and no one will explain or even acknowledge the menacing woman in black he keeps seeing.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, atmospheric, scary, psychological, suspenseful, creepy, terrifying, dark, slasher