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Plot Summary:
Three YouTubers struggling to get more views on their adventure channel, travel to the mythical city of Casablanca, unaware that it hides a terrifying secret.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, cyber, mystical
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Dashcam (2021)
Plot Summary:
At the start of the pandemic, an indulgent and self-deluded livestreaming improv musician abandons L.A. for London, steals her ex-bandmate's car, and makes the fateful decision to give a ride to an elderly woman who is not what she seems.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, bleak, suspenseful, semi documentary, slasher, splatter, mockumentary
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Selfie from Hell (2018)
Plot Summary:
Julia, an online vlogger from Germany, comes to the US to visit her cousin Hannah. Upon her arrival, Julia falls fatefully ill, prompting Hannah's suspicion of the strange and sudden illness. When unusual happenings start taking place in her home, Hannah begins a relentless internet search to discover the cause. She comes across Julia's vlog entries and finds herself immersed deep in the web - too deep - in a place where terror knows no end.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, scary, suspenseful
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Solstice (2008)
Plot Summary:
A young girl uncovers a disturbing secret about her twin sister, who committed suicide just a few months before.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, creepy, slasher, scary, serious
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Living Dark: The Story of Ted the Caver (2013)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers, reunited for their father's funeral, stumble upon the entrance to a nearby cave. Here, they are slowly forced to confront the true, nightmarish cause of their father's death. Based on the popular Ted the Caver internet legend.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 968
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: dark, scary, mystical, bleak, unusual plot structure, contemplative
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Paranormal Asylum: The Revenge of Typhoid Mary (2013)
Plot Summary:
Filmmaker friends Mark and Andy investigate the legend of Typhoid Mary, a girl who was locked up in an insane asylum that was believed to be haunted. But bad things start to happen after Andy's fiancée conducts a séance to summon Mary's spirit.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 757
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, dark, controversial, psychotronic
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Secret of Slenderman (2013)
Plot Summary:
After their bus broke down two friends, Sergey and Oksana, go into the woods, where they plan to reside in the cabin of Sergey's friend. Suddenly a monster starts to haunt them. A monster, which goes by the name of Slender Man.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 514
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, bleak, suspenseful, experimental, underground film, independent film, amateur film
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The Midnight Man (2016)
Plot Summary:
A girl and her friends find a game in the attic that summons a creature known as The Midnight Man, who uses their worst fears against them.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, slasher, mystical, psychotronic
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Infrared (2022)
Plot Summary:
Family tensions between a brother and sister with psychic powers threaten to tear apart the filming of an episode of a paranormal reality TV show. But simmering emotions may be the least of the crew's problems.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 391
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, serious, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, slasher, mockumentary
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Whispering Corridors: The Humming (2020)
Plot Summary:
Eun-hee is hired as a vice principal at her old high school, where strange things take place in the closed down washroom. High school student Ha-young and So-yeon, who used the washroom as their hideout hear humming in the empty washroom, and believe that a ghost exists inside. Ha-young discovers a flowerpot on the stairs and suspect that Eun-hee is somehow linked to the mystery. Suffering from hallucination upon her inauguration, Eun-hee finds a ghastly figured girl in the washroom mirror and begins to believe that the girl was the one who brought her back to this school….
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, mystical, suspense, suspenseful, tense, bleak, captivating, disturbing, dark fantasy
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The Grotesque Mansion (2021)
Plot Summary:
Horror webtoon writer Ji-woo arrives at a shabby apartment called Gwanglim Mansion in search of ideas. The middle-aged caretaker with an expressionless facial expression unravels a bundle of strange events that happened in the apartment, and rooms 504, 708... The more Ji-woo hears the story, the more he becomes obsessed with the Ghost Mansion.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: mystical, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, slasher, bizarre
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Spirit in the Woods (2014)
Plot Summary:
Fate of five local college students who went missing in the infamous Spiritual Woods is finally unraveled as previously unreleased footage is made public.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, mockumentary
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Redwood Massacre: Annihilation (2020)
Plot Summary:
A stranger obsessed with the unsolved Redwood murders, convinces a group of bereaved family members to venture into the wilderness in hope of proving the existence of the infamous killer. Their quest for truth sees a sinister turn of events, as the hunters become the hunted. A blood-soaked fight for survival ensues when they find that the tales told of the axe-wielding manic is very real.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 566
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, independent film
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Incantation (2022)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by a true story of a family who believed they were possessed by spirits, this film follows a woman who must protect her child from a curse. WARNING: This is a cursed video, it might contain certain risks to watch. For those who dares to follow, please solve the puzzle of my daughter's curse with me.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspense, mystical, captivating, disturbing, scary, dark fantasy, demonic, splatter, mockumentary
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Followed (2018)
Plot Summary:
To gain more subscribers, a controversial vlogger stays at a cursed hotel with terrifying results.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, mockumentary, cyber, fake documentary
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The Last Broadcast (1998)
Plot Summary:
Bristling with equipment, two enthusiastic local access cable TV producers recruit an assistant and venture into a forest in search of the mythical and horrifying Jersey Devil. Days later, only one of the trio emerges. He becomes the prime suspect in the disappearances of the other two. However, a local filmmaker examines extensive footage found at the scene and arrives at a different conclusion.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, enigmatic, suspense, detective, spooky, scary, slasher
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Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story (2015)
Plot Summary:
A group of student film makers are creating "Project Marble Hornets" when the production is interrupted by a series of paranormal events in this tense and shocking horror.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, mystical, tense, mockumentary, weird
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Knock Knock 2 (2011)
Plot Summary:
On the night before Halloween, four friends decided to go on a self made tour of famous Hollywood murders and celebrity haunted houses. The tour led them to a house known as 1666. They have been missing ever since.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 501
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, captivating, suspense, fake documentary
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The Axiom (2018)
Plot Summary:
At the risk of her group's safety, a young woman travels into a National Forest where her sister has become trapped in a multi-dimensional world of monsters.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, captivating, suspense, rough, serious, suspenseful, slasher
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#Screamers (2016)
Plot Summary:
When an internet company decides to investigate a series of 'Screamer' videos, they are confronted with havoc and hell they could never expect.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, scary, serious, slasher, mockumentary
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Driftwood (2006)
Plot Summary:
Riddled with guilt over the loss of his rock star older brother, 16 year old David Forrester (Ricky Ullman) becomes obsessed with death, leading his misguided parents to send him to Driftwood, an "Attitude Adjustment Camp for Troubled Youths" run by the sadistic Captain Doug Kennedy (Diamond Dallas Page) and his brutal young henchman, Yates (Talan Torriero).
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 869
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, bleak, suspenseful, suspense, scary, serious, slasher
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Legend of the Chupacabra (2000)
Plot Summary:
Is the legend of Chupacabran (roughly translated to getsugare) true? Or is it just folklore? Or a madman in latex suit? When Maria Esperanza's uncle and his goats are assaulted and killed, she collects together a team of crypto zoology student and a Marine to unravel the mystery once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, suspenseful, scary, funny, psychotronic, fake documentary
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The Purging Hour (2016)
Plot Summary:
With the hopes of a new life for his family, Bruce Diaz left the harsh city for the serene and majestic mountains of California. The Diaz family's first day in their new house would go down as one of the most violent 24 hours any family could ever imagine. With no serviceable evidence being retrieved and no witnesses to speak, the case was eventually dismissed. Several years later, the family's personal home movie footage was released by anonymous source. "Home Video" tells the family's story, through their eyes.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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The Devil Below (2021)
Plot Summary:
A group of four amateur adventurers who specialize in exploring remote and forsaken places pay a visit to Shookum Hills, a town in the remote Appalachian Mountains which was abandoned decades ago due to a mysterious coal mine fire.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, scary, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak, weird
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Butterfly Kisses (2018)
Plot Summary:
A filmmaker discovers a box of video tapes depicting two students' disturbing film project featuring a local horror legend, The Peeping Tom. As he sets out to prove this story is real and release it as a work of his own, he loses himself and the film crew following him into his project.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: mystical, mockumentary, captivating, suspense, mysterious, slasher, disturbing, psychotronic, weird
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Dawn of the Beast (2021)
Plot Summary:
Aiming to find the Bigfoot, a group of graduate students venture deep into an area of the Northeastern wilderness known for its strange creature sightings. Soon, they learn that there is a much more sinister evil lurking in the woods, the Wendigo, and once the spirit knows you’re there, they will come for you. Who will survive in a battle between the two most notorious monsters of the forest?.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 974
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, slasher
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The Levenger Tapes (2013)
Plot Summary:
Detectives in a remote town pore through every frame of a troubling tape to find the whereabouts of three missing college students. The chilling footage becomes more and more disturbing when the students come upon the bloody dress of an 8-year-old girl in the secluded wilderness and take it upon themselves to find her. Linking the case of the missing girl and the missing students together, the detectives race to piece enough information together to find them alive.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, mockumentary, tense, serious, suspense, fake documentary
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Paranormal Activity (2007)
Plot Summary:
After a young, middle class couple moves into a suburban 'starter' tract house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be somehow demonic but is certainly most active in the middle of the night. Especially when they sleep. Or try to.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 253000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, dark, atmospheric, disturbing, creepy, psychological, demonic, splatter
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Hell House LLC (2015)
Plot Summary:
Five years after an unexplained malfunction causes the death of 15 tour-goers and staff on the opening night of a Halloween haunted house tour, a documentary crew travels back to the scene of the tragedy to find out what really happened.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: dark, spooky, scary, slasher, disturbing, atmospheric, suspense, teen horror, mockumentary, suspenseful
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The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Plot Summary:
In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 280000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, dark, independent film, mockumentary, suspenseful, atmospheric, bleak, psychological, disturbing
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Blair Witch (2016)
Plot Summary:
Students on a camping trip discover something sinister is lurking beyond the trees.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, dark, suspense, tense, stylized, intense, demonic, spooky, slasher