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Plot Summary:
S&Man (also known as Sandman) is a 2006 pseudo-documentary film that examines the underground subculture of horror films. It combines real interviews with indie horror film makers and a scripted plot that does not immediately come into focus until the second half of the film.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, serious, suspenseful, mockumentary, suspense, controversial, grindhouse, scary, offbeat
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Found Footage 3D (2016)
Plot Summary:
A group of filmmakers sets out to make the first 3D found footage horror movie, but find themselves IN the first 3D found footage horror movie when the evil entity from their film escapes into their behind-the-scenes footage.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, scary, serious, suspense, disturbing, controversial, meta, horror comedy, post modern
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The Devil's Chair (2007)
Plot Summary:
With a pocketful of drugs, Nick West takes out his girlfriend Sammy, for a shag and a good time. When they explore an abandoned asylum, the discovery of a bizarre device - a cross between an electric chair and sadistic fetish machine - transforms drugged-out bliss into agony and despair.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, atmospheric, rough, disturbing, slasher, suspenseful, splatter, grindhouse, surprise ending
Similar in 81%
Stash (2007)
Plot Summary:
Bud's a good ole' boy brought up on Bluegrass and Moonshine. While supplying the surrounding counties with its Marijuana supply, Bud has a hefty growing operation. However, this is not Bud's only secret. He has a much darker one. One that lies trapped under his cabin in the rural hills of Eastern Kentucky. What will happen when two people stand in the way of everything Bud has worked for? How much blood will have to spill?.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, disturbing, controversial, scary, realistic, independent film
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Hunters (2016)
Plot Summary:
In 1987, a group of film students go scout an abandoned resort in the Pennsylvania wilderness, becoming real victims in another film.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, rough, suspense, disturbing, controversial, splatter
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Cradle of Fear (2001)
Plot Summary:
A gruesome homage to the cult Amicus anthology Asylum, Cradle of Fear unfolds four screamplays all linked by the unspeakable need of an incarcerated child killer to wreak vengeance on those responsible for his imprisonment. Helped by deranged angel Dani Filth, who leaves a trail of charnel house death in his crimson wake, the cannibal convict forces two Goth vamps to endure a one night stand from hell, two tough female robbers to see through each other, an obscenely rich coke-head to chop up more than a few lines and an internet surfer to descend into madness when he uncovers the ultimate web depravity.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: disturbing, rough, gothic, scary, suspenseful, anthology, suspense, splatter, slasher, controversial
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Snuff (1975)
Plot Summary:
The followers of a charismatic cult leader set out to murder a pregnant actress.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Canada, Argentina
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, disturbing, controversial, rough, suspenseful, scary, sensual, suspense, perverse, terrifying
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Meadowoods (2010)
Plot Summary:
In a sleepy and uneventful small town, three college students, bored and desperate to make their mark, plot a savage and merciless murder. Electing to keep a video journal to memorialize their bizarre pact, they plot in secret, devising a homemade death chamber that will allow them to see, hear, feel, and linger over their intended victim's torment and final moments of life. Then, chosen at random, a fellow student becomes this victim when she is to receive perhaps the most brutal and horrifying of all fates. The default leader of this macabre trio directs the physical and psychological terror, even as contention and hostility within the group threatens to jeopardize their twisted plan, culminating in a violent and chilling conclusion.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 519
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, serious, psychological, captivating, depressing, scary, rough, realistic, independent film
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Kill the Scream Queen (2004)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 348
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: scary, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, suspense, independent film
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Snuff-Movie (2005)
Plot Summary:
Boris Arkadin is a horror film maker. His pregnant wife was brutally murdered by a Manson-like gang of hippy psychopaths during the 1960s. He becomes a virtual recluse - until years later he directs his own snuff inspired movies. He invites actors to take part in an audition at his country manor house - blurring the lines of what is real and what is fiction. Written by Alex L (IMDB).
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 753
Genere: Horror
Country: UK, Romania, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, controversial, serious, realistic, suspense
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Shattered Lives (2009)
Plot Summary:
Her fears and inability to cope with the harsh realities of life becoming so intense that they manifest themselves in an altered state of reality, a schizophrenic girl begins taking orders from a pair of clown dolls who instruct her to murder her adulterous mother.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, suspense, psychological thriller, powerful, scary, serious
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Monsters in the Woods (2012)
Plot Summary:
A micro-budget movie crew treks into the wilderness to shoot horror scenes for their unsellable indie-drama. They soon find themselves in the midst of their own real horror movie, as they are hunted by a large group of creatures.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, splatter, meta, weird
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Experiment in Torture (2007)
Plot Summary:
Lured by the smell of easy money, beautiful, exotic dancers agree to spend the weekend at the remote mountain getaway of a wealthy voyeur. Once there, the girls are drugged, tied up and slowly tortured to death with everything from a blowtorch to an electric drill by a killer who uses their bodies as a canvas for his sadistic, twisted art.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 360
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, realistic, slasher
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Wicked Lake (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two clans of deranged males make the mistake of stalking four young women they assume to be easy prey, only to find out that at the stroke of midnight the tables will be turned and all hell will break loose.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, dark, scary, rough
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Don't Go in the House (1979)
Plot Summary:
As a child, Donald was tormented by his mother who used fire as a punishment. Now a deranged adult, Donald stalks women at clubs, then takes them home where he kills them with a flamethrower.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: disturbing, slasher, grindhouse, scary, psychological, rough, suspenseful, retro, bloody, gothic horror
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Reel Evil (2012)
Plot Summary:
Struggling filmmakers - Kennedy, Cory and James - finally catch the break they were looking for when they are hired to shoot a 'behind-the-scenes' documentary for a major studio production. But their dream job quickly turns into a nightmare when they explore the legendary, haunted location and find something far worse than anything Hollywood could create. Terror becomes reality for the filmmakers as they uncover the malevolent secrets of the hospital, and the sinister doctor who once ran it. Trapped inside the hospital with no apparent way out, our crew is tormented by the evil, unspeakable fear.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 753
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, serious, suspenseful, mockumentary, independent film, psychotronic, fake documentary
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Cornered! (2009)
Plot Summary:
During their nightly poker game a group of lowlifes are terrorized in their own convenience store by a masked killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Belgium
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, tense, suspense, grindhouse, rough, serious, realistic, independent film
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Offspring (2009)
Plot Summary:
Survivors of a feral flesh-eating clan are chowing their way through the locals. Amy Halbard and Claire Carey strive to survive their abduction by the cannibals and save their children. A subplot involving Claire's despicable husband, Steven, gives an opportunity to cleverly compare predatory civilized folk to the appetite-driven primitives.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, suspenseful, rough, psychological, suspense, underground film, grindhouse, atmospheric, bleak
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August Underground's Penance (2007)
Plot Summary:
"August Underground's Penance" is basically the personal home video of two sociopathic killers on murder spree.Again two nameless butchers played by Fred Vogel and Cristie Whiles videotape their bloodthirsty madness,but "Penance" shows also their slow decline.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: extreme horror, disturbing, controversial, brutal, bloody, suspense, splatter, mockumentary, perverse, frightening
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Nightmare (1981)
Plot Summary:
A drug-treated schizophrenic plagued by horrible nightmares escapes from the hospital and goes on a killing spree.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, scary, bloody, grindhouse, retro, gothic, gothic horror, controversial, cult classic
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Halloween II (2009)
Plot Summary:
Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Micheal's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois; meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, bleak, psychological, bloody, splatter, grindhouse, creepy
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Carver (2008)
Plot Summary:
Based on true events.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, rough, suspenseful, scary, brutal, serious, suspense, psychological horror, perverse, suspense thriller
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Live Feed (2006)
Plot Summary:
Five young adults are about to find themselves in a fight for their lives, pitted against evil itself! While on vacation in a foreign city, one of the five makes a seemingly innocent albeit ignorant mistake and soon all of them will realize the cost of such an inconsequential action. A stranger appears to help them, but is this too little, too late?.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: bleak, scary, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, avant garde, suspense, erotic
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August Underground's Mordum (2003)
Plot Summary:
Two deranged friends bring along another guy to go on a random murder rampage. They kidnapped lesbian lovers, couples and they torture them in any way that the viewer can imagine. Your worst fears will come true in this shocking account of a killing spree.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: disturbing, extreme horror, bleak, realistic, scary, tense, serious, bloody, controversial, disgusting
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Murder-Set-Pieces (2004)
Plot Summary:
Set against Sin City, Las Vegas, "Murder-Set-Pieces" tells the story of a fashion photographer whose vocation is murder - a voyeuristic nightmare of blood, sex and brutality.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: disturbing, extreme horror, serious, suspenseful, controversial, scary, brutal, sexy, bloody, disgusting
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Schramm: Into the Mind of a Serial Killer (1993)
Plot Summary:
Lothar Schramm is a simple man with complex problems, yet he seems like such a nice guy. He works as a taxi driver and lives by himself where he is happy to answer his door to strangers and kill them outright. As with many shy loner types he has a problem dealing with woman so he drugs them and photographs their nude bodies for sexual stimulation. He then murders his helpless victims and so goes the life of a deranged serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: Germany
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: disturbing, bleak, rough, suspenseful, bloody, slasher, controversial, psychological, brutal, depressing
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August Underground (2001)
Plot Summary:
Imagine walking down the street and finding an unmarked VHS tape. Curiosity peaked, you take it home and pop it in. What starts off as two men screwing around with a video camera quickly transforms into an ultra-realistic torture sequence where the unidentified psychopaths tape their exploits as they torment and violate a woman tied to a chair.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: brutal, disturbing, suspense, controversial, mockumentary, rough, bloody, slasher, disgusting, splatter
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Hostel: Part III (2011)
Plot Summary:
Set in Las Vegas, the film centers on a man who attends his best friend's bachelor party, unaware of an insidious agenda that plays into hunting humans.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, disturbing, slasher, suspense, psychological, bloody, suspenseful, splatter, brutal, sexy
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Hostel: Part II (2007)
Plot Summary:
Following a geographical tour of Slovakia, three young American women are lured into a hostel by a handsome young man who sells them to the twisted masters, ties them up and brings upon an unthinkable world of pain.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bloody, controversial, brutal, splatter, disturbing, psychological, suspense, sexy
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Hostel (2005)
Plot Summary:
Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 189000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, serious, bloody, brutal, splatter, rough
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The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) (2011)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by the fictional Dr. Heiter, disturbed loner Martin dreams of creating a 12-person centipede and sets out to realize his sick fantasy.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sadistic, disturbing, scary, controversial, bad ending, bloody, brutal, suspense, disgusting, surreal