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Plot Summary:
Bad things happen when innocent blood is shed. In the early 1700s, Lord Sodom Ichibei is happily celebrating his wedding day when his wife-to-be suddenly dies. In his search for an explanation, he kills any and every suspect he comes across. When Lord Ichibei tortures and kills two innocent girls, their death brings about a curse on the Sodom family. Three hundred years later, one of Sodom's descendents, Ichiro, is also set to be married. But one of the innocent victims has been reincarnated as Ichiro's sister and she kills everyone at the wedding. This transforms Ichiro into the evil and vengeful "Sodom The Killer", a cursed man hell-bent on slaughter and the world's destruction.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, bleak
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X-Cross (2007)
Plot Summary:
Recovering from a failed love affair Shiyori heads to the country, in the company of best friend and bad girl Aiko. Having taken a long soak in the hot spring they retire to their respective cabins. They soon discover that the tranquil village is the home of a cult with a fetish for cutting off female legs. Trying to escape they are split up and keep in touch via their mobile phones. Multiple points of view and time frames keeps the viewer on their toes trying to discern the grisly fate of these "lost" girls.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 645
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, slasher, dark comedy
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Into the Mirror (2003)
Plot Summary:
Woo Yeong-min retired from the police force after trying to save his partner and causing his death. After a series of mysterious deaths in the shopping mall in which his uncle has allowed him to work as a security guard prior to its reopening, he must face both his own fear of mirrors and the mystery surrounding the fire that closed down the mall.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, mysterious, detective, psychological horror, action thriller, mind blowing
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Plot Summary:
A fun-filled trip to Thailand turns out to be a deadly one for four best friends when they accidentally killed the sister of a local sorcerer. When one of them mysteriously died upon returning the remaining trio discovers that a curse has been cast upon them. They must turn to a Thai magician for help.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 551
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: erotic, horror comedy, scary, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, sexual, black comedy, dark comedy, transgressive
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Hallows Point (2007)
Plot Summary:
Trapped in an abandoned schoolhouse with an evil they helped create, but cannot defeat, the students are ill prepared for their last lesson...in terror!.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 815
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Plot Summary:
An abused woman conjures up a spirit to take revenge on the men who have misused her.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, scary, rough, offbeat, bleak, serious, suspenseful
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Plot Summary:
Two police detectives Numata and Tosaka infiltrate a group of underground black market human organ dealers. Things go haywire during a raid on the group's surgical headquarters. Numata barely escapes, while a wounded Tosaka gets left behind. Through a series of surreal and gory events, the identities of the organ dealers are revealed as Numata plans his revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 599
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, scary, exciting, atmospheric, rough, serious, suspenseful, surreal, stylized
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The Hypnotist (1999)
Plot Summary:
Three apparently unrelated suicides occur on the same day in Tokyo. One involves a young athlete, one a groom at his wedding reception, and the third an elderly man celebrating his wife's birthday. A middle aged detective investigating one of the cases begins to suspect a connection between the three when he discovers that each person mentioned a "green monkey" before they died. With the help of a young psychiatrist he formulates the theory that hypnosis is somehow involved. In the mean time other bizarre "suicides" are reported and the mystery intensifies. Who will be next? What is the truth? Can more deaths be prevented?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 729
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: bloody, detective, action thriller, scary, psychological, tense, atmospheric, mind bending, serious, realistic
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 451
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, rough, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, offbeat, serious, realistic, campy
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Truth About Demons (2000)
Plot Summary:
In the place between what you know, and what you fear, demons rule. All hope is stripped away as demonic forces overcome you. Dr. Harry Ballard has just unearthed the essence of evil. He’s a marked man, a living sacrifice, thrown to the depths of the demon world. At his side is a beautiful young woman – an ex-cult member who’s experienced their immeasurable power.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, rough, brutal, erotic, suspense, serious, surprise ending, independent film, campy
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Hiruko the Goblin (1991)
Plot Summary:
A school was built on one of the Gates of Hell, behind which hordes of demons await the moment they will be free to roam the Earth. Hiruko is a goblin sent to Earth on a reconnaissance mission. He beheads students in order to assemble their heads on the demons' spider-like bodies. Hieda, an archaeology professor, and Masao, a haunted student, investigate the gory deaths and eventually battle Hiruko.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, cult classic, scary, atmospheric, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, surreal, cult film
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Killer Instinct (2001)
Plot Summary:
A series of unsolved crimes from the past prove to be the common thread in three stories that intertwine to reveal big problems in a small town.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 375
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, slasher
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Thailand
Duration: 100 min
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Cadaverella (2007)
Plot Summary:
Cinder knew her life was over when her father came home from a business trip with a new wife and her 2 daughters when she was only 6. When her father dies soon afterwards, she pretty much has to care for herself, as her stepmother whittles away her father's money and possessions. Cinder bides her time by hanging with her best friend Justin, working at the library with the unbearable Lenore, and crushing on Cash, the psycho who tends the lawn, until her 21st birthday, when she inherits the trust fund her father left for her. When she makes off with Justin's clay doll of the voodoo god Baron Samedi, the god visits her to help "make things happen" for her--including landing a night with Cash. Little did she know, however, that Cash was in cahoots with her step-mom to do away with her so they could get her trust fund money. Little did Cash and Step-mom know, that Baron Samedi was going to help Cinder get her revenge.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film
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Plot Summary:
A group of teenagers unleash a curse when they use haunted public lockers in Shibuya. Supposedly, if you leave a gift in one of the lockers you will be lucky in love. However, the results are anything but lucky as a creepy female ghost with long black hair soon shows up to kill them off one by one.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 593
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 71 min
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Plot Summary:
The plot thickens as heroes Pak and Ha discover the evil Dr. Magma's plan to reanimate the dead and take on the master-fighting Shaolin monks.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 399
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 679
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, scary, slasher, surprise ending
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IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 145
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Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
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Plot tags: serious, scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
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Plot Summary:
Dr. Abraham Van Helsing is granted immortality by the Catholic Church until he can hunt down the last vampire prince.
IMDB Rating: 1.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, independent film
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
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IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 19000
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Country: USA
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Country: Japan
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Plot Summary:
The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to exist in sunlight.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 108 min
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