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Plot Summary:
In the murky depths of Los Angeles' world-famous La Brea Tar Pits there lies an ancient secret - a creature that, awakened by underground construction, turns a night of somber packing for Barry Greenwood and his co-workers into a desperate fight for survival.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, disturbing, psychotronic
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The Sea Serpent (1985)
Plot Summary:
A serpent, created by radioactivity, threatens a Spanish coastal town.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 363
Genere: Adventure, Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, suspenseful, scary, independent film, cult film
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Suburban Sasquatch (2004)
Plot Summary:
A mystical Sasquatch is on the loose in suburbia and only a Native-American warrior can stop it.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, folk tale, psychotronic, mystical
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Blood Hunters (2016)
Plot Summary:
An elevated genre horror film about a single mother who wakes up in a medical facility to find that everyone is dead and she's nine months pregnant. As she struggles to escape she discovers the facility's secret, they've tampered with the boundaries of death and brought people back to life, but those who've returned, have not returned alone.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 501
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, disturbing, psychotronic, spooky
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Terror Birds (2016)
Plot Summary:
When Maddy Stern discovers her father has gone missing during a routine birdwatching excursion, she and her college pals trek out into the wilderness to find him, only to end up in a wealthy scientist's desolate ranch aviary, where they encounter a pair of giant, hungry terror birds believed to be extinct for centuries.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 497
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, natural horror
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Heebie Jeebies (2013)
Plot Summary:
When a haunted gold mine is reopened after a 150 years, a horrific supernatural creature escapes to exact vengeance on a small Southern town.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 519
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: mystical, tense, suspense, disturbing
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Lycanimator (2018)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends go to an abandoned house for a weekend getaway only to stumble across a mad scientist with some monster-making goo. When some of that goo turns one of the group into a hungry, lustful beast - well let's just say it spells trouble.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, tense, bleak, suspense, disturbing
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Dark Amazon (2014)
Plot Summary:
A film crew tracks a group of researchers and their breakthrough disease research. While battling through the rain-forest, things turn deadly leaving them fighting to survive.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Brazil
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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They Reach (2020)
Plot Summary:
In 1979, a young girl stumbles upon a possessed tape player. She unknowingly unleashes a demonic entity that haunts her family while slowly dragging the small town of Clarkston to Hell.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, scary, bleak, awful
Similar in 78%
Hotel of the Damned (2016)
Plot Summary:
After a car accident and stranded in the middle of nowhere, an ex-con and his daughter find themselves in an abandoned hotel, populated by sub-human cannibalistic creatures.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 926
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Romania
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspense, tense, rough, slasher, psychological thriller, mystical
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Don't Speak (2020)
Plot Summary:
Upon arriving at their grandparents farm, a family soon realise the entire town has been taken out by an unknown monster that hunts by sound. And soon, they become its prey.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, bleak, disturbing
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Tail Sting (2001)
Plot Summary:
A pack of massive genetically altered Scorpions escape containment on an airplane, turning passengers into victims and forcing one ordinary woman to confront her worst fears.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 783
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: rough, suspense, suspenseful, scary, natural horror, psychotronic, independent film
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Monstrous (2022)
Plot Summary:
Laura, traumatized by an abusive relationship, runs away from her former husband with her seven-year-old son Cody. But in their new, idyllic and remote sanctuary, they find they have another, bigger and more terrifying monster to deal with….
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, mystical, tense, captivating, disturbing, slasher, supernatural thriller
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A Taste of Blood (2020)
Plot Summary:
After going off to kill a vampire, a man returns home at the magic hour, between night and day. His family has doubts about whether he's still human or whether he's been bitten by the undead. His teenage daughter is determined to defend him, but their doubts and fears grow as the darkness of the night approaches.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Singapore
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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The Ice Demon (2021)
Plot Summary:
Ksyusha barely remembers her father: he went missing when she was a child. Incredibly, he is showing signs of life, despite being in a coma. The man is returned home in this condition. His wife has now remarried. The family is thrown into disarray by the return of the former master of the house – terrifying things are happening in the house, and Ksyusha’s mom starts acting weird… Ksyusha begins to suspect that something supernatural, icy, and lifeless has come home with her father. And now Ksyusha and her stepfather are about to find themselves protecting their family from a demon.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Cryptid (2022)
Plot Summary:
A small rural town in Maine is shocked as a mysterious animal leaves a local resident brutally ripped apart. Deemed to be a random bear attack by town officials, freelance journalist Max Frome suspects it might be something more.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: tense, disturbing, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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A House Is Not a Home (2015)
Plot Summary:
Ben (Webb) and Linda Williams move the family into a dream home in a last ditch effort to save their troubled marriage. Despite their good intentions, they cannot shake the feeling that they are being watched by something. Their unimaginable fears are realized when things inside the house take a supernatural and sinister turn. Ben and his family flee for their lives, but it is too late. The house isn't finished with them, trapping the family in its labyrinth. The Williams must come together as never before to fight for their family, their lives and to escape.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Bonehill Road (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young couple become stranded in the woods where they encounter a werewolf and a house of horrors.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, grindhouse, cult classic
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The Young Cannibals (2019)
Plot Summary:
Seven friends summon a monster when they are tricked into eating burgers made of human flesh.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film
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Boar (2017)
Plot Summary:
In the harsh, yet beautiful Australian outback lives a beast, an animal of staggering size, with a ruthless, driving need for blood and destruction. It cares for none, defends its territory with brutal force, and kills with a raw, animalistic savagery unlike any have seen before.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, rough, disturbing, perverse, natural horror
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Yeti (2008)
Plot Summary:
Surviving the plane crash was only the beginning ... After their plane crashes into uncharted territory in the Himalayas, the survivors set out to find help in the freezing cold. As the days pass and with no sign of a rescue, tensions begin to mount. The survivors wrestle with their consciences as they realise that in order to survive, they must use the bodies of the dead as food. But when it appears that something else is already feeding upon the dead, the survivors realise that their biggest danger is not hunger but something infinitely more sinister: a legendary Yeti is stalking them and is moving in for the kill. Can they outsmart the beast or will they die trying?.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, rough, disturbing, christmas horror, psychotronic, awful
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D-Railed (2018)
Plot Summary:
Passengers on a murder mystery train that crashes into a river must decide whether to risk waiting for help in the wreckage or take their chances in the murky depths below.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, bleak, suspense, scary, bad ending
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Clawed (2017)
Plot Summary:
Fifty years after the incidents in Black Claw Mountain, a group of students are prey to a monster part human, part bear and part liquid.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, surprise ending, scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Primal Rage (2018)
Plot Summary:
A newly reunited young couple's drive through the Pacific Northwest turns into a nightmare as they are forced to face nature, unsavory locals, and a monstrous creature, known to the Native Americans as Oh-Mah.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: scary, surprise ending, slasher, tense, serious, suspense, suspenseful, intense, psychotronic
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I Am Lisa (2020)
Plot Summary:
A vicious and corrupt small-town sheriff and her deputies brutalise Lisa and leave her for dead in the nearby woods. There she is bitten by a werewolf and bestowed with supernatural abilities. Can Lisa retain her humanity as she exacts revenge and cedes herself more and more to the wolf side of her personality?.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, sadistic
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The Lost Tribe (2010)
Plot Summary:
While navigating with his girlfriend Alexis and his partners and friends Chris and Tom and his girlfriend Anna to a close a Broadband Internet access business in Asia in the motor pleasure yacht of Joe, they rescue a wounded drowned man in shock. During the night, the stranger overrides the automatic pilot and steers the vessel to change the direction; however he accidentally wrecks on a rock and the vessel sinks. The castaways reach a beach in an island and they try to contact the coast-guard through the radio. However, during the night, the body of the stranger vanishes from the grave and then Tom also disappears. The group decides to seek-out Tom and sooner they find that the wild jungle has hostile inhabitants that hunt in pack and the survivors are the prey.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, suspenseful, captivating, slasher, apocalyptic, serious, independent film, psychotronic
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The Amityville Harvest (2020)
Plot Summary:
While staying at an aging manor to research its liquor-smuggling history, Christina and her documentary video team interview their spooky host Vincent—but no one can capture his image or voice on video. After shocking dreams and bloody encounters, the crew members fall under Victor’s hypnotic spell.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 323
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Sweetheart (2019)
Plot Summary:
Jenn has washed ashore a small tropical island and it doesn’t take her long to realize she’s completely alone. She must spend her days not only surviving the elements, but must also fend off the malevolent force that comes out each night.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspense, disturbing, psychological, grindhouse, minimal cast, lovecraft
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Head Count (2018)
Plot Summary:
During a weekend getaway to Joshua Tree, a group of teenagers find themselves under mental and physical assault from a supernatural entity that mimics their appearances as it completes an ancient ritual.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: twist ending, scary, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, tense, atmospheric, disturbing, slasher, mumblecore
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The Descent: Part 2 (2009)
Plot Summary:
Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or why she's covered in her friends' blood - Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, scary, intense, bloody, grindhouse, brutal, slasher
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The Descent (2005)
Plot Summary:
After a tragic accident, six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep underground and they find themselves pursued by bloodthirsty creatures. As their friendships deteriorate, they find themselves in a desperate struggle to survive the creatures and each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 242000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, dark, atmospheric, disturbing, creepy, psychological, twist ending, splatter