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Plot Summary:
Spain, 1950s. Montse's agoraphobia keeps her locked in a sinister apartment in Madrid and her only link to reality is the little sister she lost her youth raising. But one day, a reckless young neighbor, Carlos, falls down the stairwell and drags himself to their door. Someone has entered the shrew's nest... perhaps he'll never leave.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, psychological thriller, sexy, surreal, controversial, hispanic
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Julie Darling (1982)
Plot Summary:
A teenage girl whose inaction caused her mother's death arranges a similarly gruesome fate for her stepmother and brother.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 790
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, erotic, disturbing, independent film, neo noir, crying, detective
Similar in 86%
To Let (2006)
Plot Summary:
Mario and his pregnant girlfriend Clara are trying to find in a short period a new apartment to live since they have sold their apartment and they need to move in fifteen days. When Mario finds an attractive advertisement in his mailbox, he convinces Clara to visit the place with him. He drives to a far area in the periphery and meets the real estate agent in front of an old building in an abandoned neighborhood. When the couple sees the apartment, they do not like it but they are forced to stay.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, Australia, South Africa
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, disturbing, psychological, grindhouse, creepy, thrilling
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The Baby (1973)
Plot Summary:
A social worker who recently lost her husband investigates the strange Wadsworth family. The Wadsworths might not seem too unusual to hear about them at first - consisting of the mother, two grown daughters and the diaper-clad, bottle-sucking baby. The problem is, the baby is twenty-one years old.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, terrifying, controversial, cult classic, psychological, mind bending, clever, slasher, cult horror
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Strait-Jacket (1964)
Plot Summary:
After a 20 year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behaviour.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, psychological, surreal, disturbing, grindhouse, cult classic, surprise ending, suspenseful
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Like.Share.Follow. (2017)
Plot Summary:
Garrett is a rising YouTube star. Shell is a deeply emotional fan. When they begin a romantic relationship, he's forced to question whether opening your life to strangers online is an invitation to community and rescue... or to stalking, obsession and madness.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: cyber, realistic, mind bending, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, psychological thriller, smart, thrilling, crying
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Plot Summary:
Two aging film actresses live as virtual recluses in an old Hollywood mansion. Jane Hudson, a successful child star, cares for her crippled sister Blanche, whose career in later years eclipsed that of Jane. Now the two live together, their relationship affected by simmering subconscious thoughts of mutual envy, hate and revenge.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, gothic, psychological, psychological horror, scary, black and white, atmospheric, suspenseful, black comedy, suspense
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When Angels Sleep (2018)
Plot Summary:
Germán, an honest family man, sees how his whole world wobbles the night when, driving home, accidentally runs over two teenage girls. From that moment, Germán will have to do everything in his power to prevent his life from being destroyed forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological thriller, dark, fairy tale, road movie, neo noir
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Killing of the Dolls (1975)
Plot Summary:
Paul is the son of a gardener who works in a big mansion that has returned home with his parents after failling in his medecin degree. He is emotionally unstable. He collect dolls because he was educated as a girl because his sister died. After his arrival home murders begin to happen, is him the responsible?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, surreal, crying, psychotronic, detective, freeze frame, slasher horror, campy
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Macabre (2009)
Plot Summary:
Macabre, international title for Rumah Dara (Indonesian title), and in Singapore titled Darah) is an Indonesian horror/slasher film in 2010. The movie tells about a group who attempt to escape from a house that owned by mysterious lady named Dara and her family. We later discover the family are killers and cannibals attempting to gain immortality. The film is based on the short film Dara. Before the film was screened in Indonesia, it was screened at several festivals in 2009. Rumah Dara was released in Singapore where it gained an M18 rating (for Gore and Violence).
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, Singapore
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, serious, psychological, disturbing, tense, captivating, psychological thriller, bloody, suspense
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M.F.A. (2017)
Plot Summary:
An art student taps into a rich source of creative inspiration after the accidental slaughter of her rapist. An unlikely vigilante emerges, set out to avenge college girls whose attackers walked free- all the while fueling a vivid thesis exhibition.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: crying, detective, psychological, suspense, independent film, disturbing, rough, bloody, slasher, crime drama
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Sexy Killer: You'll Die for Her (2008)
Plot Summary:
In medical school of an elite university, campus starts sown with corpses. The police have no clue who is responsible for the carnage. Nobody suspected Barbara, a beautiful young innocent looking whose only concern seems to be the fashion. However, under the facade of frivolity, hides the most lethal and unforgiving of the killer: Barbykiller, the psychopath who reinvents the term "fashion victim".
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, dark comedy, sexy, horror comedy, crying
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The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976)
Plot Summary:
Anger stemming from being abused as a child drives an alcoholic's daughter to kill as an adult.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, rough, serious, slasher, satanic, controversial, grindhouse, anamorphic, cult classic
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Bad Ronald (1974)
Plot Summary:
A shy teenager accidentally kills a mocking peer, and his mother helps him hide in a spare room in their house. Problems arise when the mother goes for an operation and dies, and the house is sold to a new family, with the teen still living inside.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, scary, slasher, psychotronic, psychological thriller, disturbing, controversial
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The Roommate (2011)
Plot Summary:
When Sara, a young design student from Iowa, arrives for college in Los Angeles, she is eager to fit in and get to know the big city. Her wealthy roommate, Rebecca, is more than eager to take Sara under her wing and show her the ropes. The two become close, but when Sara begins to branch out and make more friends on campus, Rebecca becomes resentful. Alarmed, Sara moves in with her new boyfriend, causing Rebecca's behavior to take a violent turn.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological thriller, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, intense, harsh, serious, teen, dark
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Homecoming (2009)
Plot Summary:
A jealous woman (Mischa Barton) plots revenge after her former beau (Matt Long) returns to their hometown with a pretty new girlfriend (Jessica Stroup).
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, rough, suspenseful, psychological thriller, dark, christmas horror, teen, serious, realistic
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Repulsion (1965)
Plot Summary:
In Roman Polanski's first English-language film, beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday with her married boyfriend, Carole withdraws into her apartment. She begins to experience frightful hallucinations, her fear gradually mutating into madness.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: surreal, disturbing, black and white, cerebral, atmospheric, psychological, scary, suspense, art house, psychological thriller
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Sleep Tight (2011)
Plot Summary:
Apartment concierge Cesar is a miserable person who believes he was born without the ability to be happy. As a result, he decides his mission is to make life hell for everyone around him. A majority of the tenants are easy to agitate, but Clara proves to be harder than the most. So Cesar goes to creepy extremes to make this young woman mentally break down. Things get even more complicated in this twisted relationship when her boyfriend, Marcos, shows up.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, psychological thriller, tense, disturbing, serious, suspense, mind twisting, mind blowing, twisted
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Marrowbone (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young man and his four younger siblings, who have kept secret the death of their beloved mother in order to remain together, are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor in which they live.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, surprise ending, tense, psychological thriller, slasher, clever, non-linear, mind blowing, post-horror
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Pet (2016)
Plot Summary:
A man imprisons the woman he's still obsessed with after years apart, then finds the tables turned on him.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: disturbing, suspense, bleak, suspenseful, slasher, rough, psychological thriller, tense, melancholic, scary
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Misery (1990)
Plot Summary:
Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her mercy.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 230000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, scary, suspense, psychological thriller, atmospheric, tense, tension, slasher
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We Are What We Are (2013)
Plot Summary:
In this reimagining of the 2010 Mexican film of the same name, director Jim Mickle paints a gruesome portrait of an introverted family struggling to keep their macabre traditions alive, giving us something we can really sink our teeth into.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, creepy, serious, intense
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The Lodge (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two siblings spend the night alone with their new stepmother. Stuck in a remote mountain cabin, the trio are terrorised by a supernatural force.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, psychological thriller, disturbing, suspenseful, slasher, tense, psychological, mumblecore, atmospheric
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The Body (2012)
Plot Summary:
A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense, suspense, mind blowing, detective, serious, psychological thriller, mind twisting
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Greta (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young woman returns an elderly widow’s lost purse, leading to an unlikely relationship between the two — until the young woman discovers her elder might not be all that she seems.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing, psychological thriller, surprise ending, clever, slasher
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The Hidden Face (2011)
Plot Summary:
A Spanish orchestra conductor deals with the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Colombia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, twist ending, psychological, suspenseful, enigmatic, surprise ending, tense, serious, intense, dark
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Unsane (2018)
Plot Summary:
A woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution amid uncertainty as to whether her greatest fear is real or delusional.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, psychological thriller, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, psychological horror, twisted, surprise ending, scary, mind bending
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The Woman (2011)
Plot Summary:
A lawyer puts his family in jeopardy when he captures the last member of a violent clan and tries to forcibly tame her.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: disturbing, bleak, scary, rough, suspenseful, slasher, twisted, controversial, psychological thriller, bloody
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Excision (2012)
Plot Summary:
Alienated teen Pauline struggles with the pressures of fitting into high school, pleasing her mother and a burning desire to lose her virginity. With a grotesque curiosity for the darker side of life, Pauline is considered a social outcast by everyone around her. Enticed by flesh, she retreats into her own fantasies and hopes to become a great surgeon - that is, if she doesn't go insane first.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, surreal, scary, tense, dark comedy, erotic, funny, slasher, controversial
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Dead Ringers (1988)
Plot Summary:
Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, atmospheric, disturbing, dark, psychological thriller, suspenseful, surreal, sexy, art house
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May (2002)
Plot Summary:
Psychological horror about a lonely young woman traumatized by a difficult childhood, and her increasingly desperate attempts to connect with the people around her.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: gothic, psychological, scary, disturbing, atmospheric, dark, suspenseful, dark comedy, suspense, creepy