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Plot Summary:
After the death of a group of teenagers using the Ouija, the psychologist Fernanda and her son return to Peru, but they will find themselves surrounded by an evil entity as big as its wicked sect.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Peru
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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No 46 (2016)
Plot Summary:
ELISE is a young, fearful woman who escapes her old life to move in with her best friend Miranda across the country following an altercation with a stalker leading to the death of her boyfriend. They find refuge in Malachai's home, a site that saw a serial killer's murder spree several decades earlier. Though not a superstitious person, Elise begins to encounter strange events that begin to test her curiosity, then her mind. Although she holds firm in her resolve not to believe there is a supernatural presence in their home, Elise begins to doubt her sanity, especially when Keith, a murdering stalker from her past has followed her and arrives to save her from an encounter with Owen, a nice guy with a dark secret. Owen and his partner James, a mentally unstable psychic arrive on her doorstep to announce they are there to liberate trapped spirits in the house, only to be hauled away by police. With the threat of Keith's return, the unnatural occurrences in the house and Owen and James'.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film
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The Lingering (2018)
Plot Summary:
On New Year's Eve, Qingyi (Athena Chu) and her son, Dawa, were waiting for her husband to come home from work but he never showed up. Meanwhile, Dawa keeps seeing a stranger who is invisible to Qingyi. Leaving Dawa under the care of her neighbour, she heads to the village to find out her husband’s whrereabouts. Qingyi returns home and sees a stranger hiding in her house….
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 225
Genere: Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Dolls (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young man is having repeated nightmares about dolls trying to kill him. The dreams continues and the nightmares starts to escalate.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: dark, scary, psychological, bleak, suspense, psychotronic, independent film, hispanic, grindhouse
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Father of Flies (2021)
Plot Summary:
A haunting tale of family life. A vulnerable young boy finds his mother pushed out of the family home by a strange new woman, and he must confront the terrifying supernatural forces that seem to move in with her.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 490
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic
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Visitors (2014)
Plot Summary:
When Daniel is possessed by a strange being it tries to bring back from the other world the rest of its companions in the bodies of Ana, Daniel’s wife, and Sebastian, their six year old son. Ana watches in horror as her family is transformed and sees her own possession, and tries to stop the process that seems to be irreversible.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 341
Genere: Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, hispanic
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The Rope Curse (2018)
Plot Summary:
Hoping to make a viral video by streaming a mysterious rope ritual, a couple falls into a deadly curse instead that turns their lives upside down.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 395
Genere: Horror
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Dorcha (2021)
Plot Summary:
Lisa and David, a writer and an entrepreneur couple from London travels to Ballyvadlea,Ireland for their working holiday.The short trip was panned so Lisa could start on her second book and David could work on his startup business plan, but unbeknownst to either of them the house was built on a cursed ground. Lisa's curiosity leads her to the discovery of the personal memoirs of Niav, the mysterious woman who once lived at the property a century ago, hence opening the long closed doors and in doing so awakens the demons within. David's only hope comes in the form of George, the wandering priest who has a story to tell. the narrative takes place in 1918, 1950 and 2010.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Tales from the Dark Part 2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
In "Haunted Pillow," TVB starlet Fala Chen is still obsessed with her lover (Gordon Lam) after their breakup and invariably suffers from insomnia. She gets hold of a Chinese herbal pillow that eventually helps her fall asleep again but it also draws her near something unexpected. "Hide And Seek" casts a group of young newcomers into an abandoned school campus where they meet longtime janitor Mr. Chan who takes shelter at the school. Playing hide-and-seek after midnight, the teenagers go missing, one after another. In his self-directed piece "Black Umbrella," Teddy Robin makes solving conflicts on the street at night his mission and marks each closed case with his signature black umbrella. Before he calls it a day, he meets a prostitute who forcefully pulls him upstairs for business and unfortunately things spiral out of control.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, anthology, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, disturbing
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Mansion of Blood (2015)
Plot Summary:
Millionaire Mason Murphy renovates the haunted Mayhew mansion. He plans a tremendous lunar eclipse viewing party to celebrate his return to his hometown of River Ridge Iowa. At the party, magic runs out of control and the party guests are murdered one by one.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, erotic
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Hell Girl (2019)
Plot Summary:
Tormented and bullied people can access a special website, run by a Hell Girl who will enable them to take revenge on their torturers. The price for such a service is only that the person must join their torturer in damnation.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: anime, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, manga, spooky
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Pet Peeve (2013)
Plot Summary:
A motorcycle accident in the city will be the precursor to a series of bizarre phenomena being revealed consecutively. Meanwhile, a girl named Yoko possesses a second sight which allows her to see strange things invisible to others.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic
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A Chinese Fairy Tale (2011)
Plot Summary:
Government official Ling Choi Sin journeys to the parched Black Mountain Village, to help its inhabitants find water. As he leads a group of volunteers up the haunted mountain, he encounters a bevy of sexy demons as well as a lovely girl named Siu Sin. After wooing her with some candy, he falls for her... and then realises that he is caught in a deadly triangle; another guy, a demon-hunter named Yan Chek Ha is also in love with Siu Sin. However, before the two men can settle their differences, they have to contend with the evil Tree Demon as well as a one-armed demon hunter who is determined to kill all the supernatural beings.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Know Fear (2021)
Plot Summary:
After discovering an ancient book of the occult, a family activates a dangerous ritual forcing each of them to communicate with and fight a demonic force in their own unique way: to see it, hear it or speak to it.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 704
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic
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Ghost Theater (2015)
Plot Summary:
Sara, a young actress, is able to land the leading role in big theater play, but soon learns that somebody or something is trying to end the production at all cost, which puts Sara in deadly danger.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 395
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Apparition (2015)
Plot Summary:
When his beautiful fiancée, Lori, is killed in a car accident, Doug retreats in solitude to the isolated farmhouse that should have been his new family's home. As he grieves and further isolates himself from his friends and society, he learns that he is not alone in this quaint home.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 636
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Witch Graveyard (2013)
Plot Summary:
Four travelers innocently decide to rest in a wooded area off an old freeway. Unbeknown to them, they are at an old abandoned and haunted cemetery.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Infernum (2019)
Plot Summary:
Ancient literature has referred to the sound of hell as "the wailing and gnashing of teeth." Many people believe that may be the explanation behind a paranormal phenomenon that has been heard around the world. Camille Williams (Suziey Block) believes this haunting sound is responsible for the disappearance of her parents when she was a young girl. Now a grown woman, Camille sets out with her friend James (Clinton Roper Elledge) to hopefully find some answers.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 478
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, psychological, bleak, suspense, suspenseful
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Afterimages (2014)
Plot Summary:
A group of film students burn paper effigy cameras for the wandering spirits during the ghost month in Singapore and receive a collection of horror movies in return.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Singapore
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, enigmatic
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Aval (2017)
Plot Summary:
Two families have a tough time dealing with a revenge-seeking spirit, which is strangely connected with one of its members.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: India
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, psychological thriller, enigmatic
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Is That You? (2018)
Plot Summary:
When her father goes missing, 13 year old Lili uses a spiritual ritual to find him but she gets it wrong and her life turns into a nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Rope Curse 2 (2020)
Plot Summary:
Jia-min, who was born sensitive to the paranormal, tries to summon "Yi-A-Gu" with two streamers. Huo-ge helps Jia-min subdue the spirit when the situation goes out of hand. Huo-ge possesses supernatural powers but lost his will to exorcise demons during a battle with the Thai Demon five years ago. As the wave of suicides continues, the village is thrown into chaos. Another battle is about to begin.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 458
Genere: Horror
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, enigmatic
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Queen of Spades (2021)
Plot Summary:
According to legend, an ominous entity known as the Queen of Spades can be summoned by performing an ancient ritual. Four teenagers summon the Queen of Spades, but they could never imagine the horrors that await them.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 832
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Encounter (2016)
Plot Summary:
A newlywed couple Ted and Lauren rent an old farm house to do a thesis on orbs and set up cameras, Strange ghostly noises and haunting occur at night. Ted sees video of Lauren, possessed and wandering the fields at night. When their roommate kills himself they decide to do a séance to see what is haunting the house. Little do they know what they hear and fear is nothing they can pray away.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 709
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Anomalous (2016)
Plot Summary:
A young schizophrenic who felt threatened by a presence he was unable to define turns up gruesomely dead in his bathtub.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 528
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, psychotronic, thrilling
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The Ideal (2011)
Plot Summary:
It's a high school summer job for Julia and Alexander - the chance to earn money and work with eccentric, charismatic social studies teacher, Mr. Zenidro. But something else awaits them in the empty, yet mysterious school building. As the past and present begin to blur together so do sanity and madness, and Mr. Zenidro draws them into a lesson on history one can't find in books.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Seven Hells (2014)
Plot Summary:
Seven festival-winning shorts. Seven horrifying and hilarious tales of people trapped in their own special hells. The perfect Halloween movie.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: anthology, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Blade the Iron Cross (2020)
Plot Summary:
In this standalone spinoff of Charles Band's Puppet Master series, an unspeakable evil from Blade’s past emerges in the form of a murderous Nazi scientist named Dr. Hauser. As Hauser’s heinous crimes are discovered, the psychic war journalist, Elisa Ivanov, awakens Blade, and together the bloody journey of revenge begins.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 451
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, psychotronic
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When Death Calls (2012)
Plot Summary:
It's Halloween, and an elementary school teacher is being stalked by a mysterious caller. Meanwhile, sexy DJ Roxy Richards is making her scariest broadcast yet - but she may not realize how scary things are going to get when an old friend calls in.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, anthology
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Dead Story (2017)
Plot Summary:
When a young couple – Anne and Harold – moves into a new home without knowing it was a site of horrific murders, Anne's loneliness and strange behavior makes their relationship complicated, especially after Anne meets 'Mary', a dark presence from which she can't escape.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Brimstone Incorporated (2021)
Plot Summary:
Brimstone Incorporated features three ghoulish tales of terror and a wraparound, the latter centering around a law firm that serves as the gateway to Hell. Stories include Mama's Boy, First Date and Skunk Weed,.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, psychotronic