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Plot Summary:
It is 1879 in the Dakota Territories, a band of men who set out to find and recover a family of settlers that has mysteriously vanished from their home. Expecting the offenders to be a band of fierce natives, but they soon discover that the real enemy stalks them from below.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Horror, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, serious, lovecraft, suspense, dark, slasher, splatter
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From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (1999)
Plot Summary:
Narrowly escaping death, outlaw Johnny Madrid is on the run from the hangman, with the hangman's sensuous daughter Esmeralda by his side. Along with Madrid's gang, Johnny and Esmeralda embark on an adventure filled with colorful and unsavory characters who lead them straight into the fight of their lives!.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Horror, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, slasher, tense, bleak, serious, funny, retro, horror comedy, cult classic
Similar in 85%
The Dead and the Damned (2011)
Plot Summary:
A meteor lands in Jamestown California in 1849 during the gold rush. It is found by miners who release it's spoors which turn the population into blood thirsty mutants.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 746
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic, exciting, wild
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Rites of Spring (2011)
Plot Summary:
A ransom scheme turns into a nightmare for a group of kidnappers who become victims of a horrifying secret that must be paid every spring.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, suspense, serious, independent film
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Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004)
Plot Summary:
This prequel of the bone-chilling Tremors begins in the town of Rejection, Nev., in 1889, where 17 men die under mysterious circumstances. Spooked by recent events, the miners who populate the town leave in droves until there's nothing left but a shell of a community. It's up to the remaining residents to get to the bottom of the deaths -- but they must do so before they, too, are eradicated off the face of the planet.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, suspenseful, semi serious, natural horror, scary, humorous, funny, suspense, horror comedy, cult horror
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Kill or Be Killed (2015)
Plot Summary:
In the autumn of 1900, outlaw Claude Barbee puts his 'retirement plan' in action, attempting to lead his train-robbing gang across Texas to recover a cash stash hidden after a botched railroad heist.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, slasher, wild, weird
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Ghost Town (1988)
Plot Summary:
Deputy Langley tracks a kidnapped girl to an abandoned ghost town. However, the town is not abandoned, but haunted by the spirits of an outlaw, Devlin, and his gang, who hold the equally deceased townspeople hostage until the outlaws can be killed by a lawman.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, suspenseful, scary, rough, cult horror, independent film, neo western, offbeat, serious, psychotronic
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The Shadow of Chikara (1977)
Plot Summary:
Confederate veterans of the last battle of the Civil War set out to find a hidden treasure.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 452
Genere: Horror, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: dark, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, spaghetti western
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Venom (1981)
Plot Summary:
International terrorists attempt to kidnap a wealthy couples child. Their plan comes unstuck when a deadly Black Mamba, sent by mistake instead of a harmless snake, escapes and the terrorists and several hostages are trapped in the boy's London home.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, cult classic, natural horror, psychotronic, grindhouse, scary, tense, serious, suspenseful
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Unearthed (2007)
Plot Summary:
In the desert area of Hat Creek, cows are found partially devoured and the farmers believe that a wolf is attacking the cattle. The alcoholic Sheriff Annie Flynn is called by the local farmer Rob Horn to witness the remains of an animal to request reimbursement from the government and for an accident with a tank truck that is blocking the road.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, rough, scary, suspense, grindhouse, serious, psychotronic, independent film, corny
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Blood River (2009)
Plot Summary:
A psychological thriller following a successful young married couple on their way to visit family. After a blowout on a desolate stretch of highway in Nevada, they head to the next town only to discover it long abandoned. Here they meet a mysterious stranger who seems to know decidedly more than he is sharing.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, spaghetti western, creepy, twisted, scary
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Deep in the Darkness (2014)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Michael Cayle thought leaving the chaotic lifestyle of New York City behind for the quiet, small town of Ashborough would bring his family closer together. Soon after arriving, however, he discovers the town's deepest secret: a terrifying and controlling race of creatures that live amongst the darkness in the woods behind his home.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, captivating, psychological, tense, suspense, grindhouse, spooky, serious, lovecraft
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The Forgotten Ones (2009)
Plot Summary:
When a devastating boat crash shipwrecks a group of friends in the jungles of an uncharted island, they are savagely picked off one-by-one by a cannibalistic enemy that evolution forgot. A horrifying action-adventure in the vein of Predator and Lost.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, independent film, psychotronic
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The Jungle (2013)
Plot Summary:
Big cat conservationist LARRY BLACK and his film-maker brother BEN travel into the Indonesian jungle to find and document the rare and endangered Javan Leopard. As they travel deeper and deeper into the jungle they realise they are being stalked by a deadly predator.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 991
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, rough, exciting, scenic, mockumentary, serious
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Seventh Moon (2008)
Plot Summary:
Melissa and Yul, Americans honeymooning in China, come across the exotic 'Hungry Ghost' festival. When night falls, the couple end up in a remote village, and soon realize the legend is all too real. Plunged into an ancient custom they cannot comprehend, the couple must find a way to survive the night of the Seventh Moon.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, scary, serious, dark, suspense, slasher, underground film, hilarious, independent film
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The Devil's Tomb (2009)
Plot Summary:
Captain Mack leads an elite military unit on a search for a missing scientist, and comes face-to-face with an an ancient evil lying beneath the Middle Eastern desert. Evil that is not of this world. Evil that should never be unearthed.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, perverse, classic horror, psychotronic, religious horror
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Soft for Digging (2001)
Plot Summary:
A man wanders into the woods in search of his cat and witnesses a murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 580
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, atmospheric, realistic, suspenseful, spooky
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Mimic: Sentinel (2003)
Plot Summary:
A man enclosed in a plastic bubble, his sister, and their best friend must defend an apartment complex from the mutant Judas Breed insects.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, suspense, cult horror, tense
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Unseen Evil (2001)
Plot Summary:
A group of hikers led by a college professor are searching the woods for an ancient Indian burial mound. When they discover a likely site, three members of the group reveal themselves to be grave looters, and tie up the others so they can keep the valuable artefacts for themselves. In the course of ransacking the mound, one of them stumbles across a cursed crown that unleashes the mound's guardian: an invisible monster that begins attacking everyone it finds. Will anyone make it back to civilization alive?.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 347
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, independent film
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Bats (1999)
Plot Summary:
Genetically mutated bats escape and it's up to a bat expert and the local sheriff to stop them.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, intense, rough, suspenseful, natural horror, psychotronic, retro, dark, slasher, saga
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They Crawl (2001)
Plot Summary:
A computer whiz named 'Bean' is among several people found dead with strange striations, odd puncture wounds and missing internal organs. Bean's brother Ted teams up with detective Gina to get to the bottom of it. With the help of a computer hacker, they find a blueprint that reveals the killer who has been terrorizing the city...a rampaging posse of genetically mutated cockroaches!.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 792
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, scary, detective, natural horror
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The Boogens (1981)
Plot Summary:
Otherworldly creatures inhabit the bootleg tunnels underneath a small town mining community, and they kill any of the townsfolk who invade their home.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, suspenseful, serious, slasher, psychotronic, retro, independent film, spooky
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Graveyard Shift (1990)
Plot Summary:
John Hall is a drifter who wanders into a small town in Maine. He needs a job and decides to seek employment at the community's top business: a large textile mill. He is hired to work the "graveyard shift" -- from around midnight to dawn -- and, along with a few others, he is charged with cleaning out the basement. This task strikes the workers as simple enough, but then, as they proceed deeper underground, they encounter an unspeakable monstrosity intent on devouring them all.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, slasher, disturbing, suspense, intense, rough, serious, suspenseful, dark
Similar in 77%
Attack of the Sabertooth (2005)
Plot Summary:
In the Fiji islands, the greedy and unscrupulous owner of the Valalola Resort Primal Park invites investors and guests for an opening party of his compound composed of hotel and zoo aiming to find partners for his discoveries. When a bunch of college smalltime thieves puts a virus in the security system to participate in a scavenger hunt, the greatest attractions of the zoo - sabretoothes from the prehistoric age developed from DNA found in fossils - escape, killing the hosts and guards for fun.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, fast, psychotronic, cult film
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30 Days of Night: Dark Days (2010)
Plot Summary:
After surviving the incidents in Barrow, Alaska, Stella Olemaun relocates to Los Angeles, where she intentionally attracts the attention of the local vampire population in order to avenge the death of her husband, Eben.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, dark, suspense, light, atmospheric, stylized, rough, suspenseful, exciting, splatter
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Isolation (2005)
Plot Summary:
On a remote Irish farm, five people become unwilling participants in an experiment that goes nightmarishly wrong.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, apocalyptic, rough, serious, natural horror, weird
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The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
Plot Summary:
On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, dark, bloody, harsh, splatter, cult classic
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Dead Birds (2004)
Plot Summary:
A group of Confederate soldiers who hole up in an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank, and find themselves at the mercy of supernatural forces.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: dark, scary, suspense, suspenseful, tense, creepy, frightening, mind twisting, slasher, mind bending
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Prophecy (1979)
Plot Summary:
A Savage beast, grown to monstrous size and driven mad by toxic wastes that are poisoning the waters, spreads terror and death on a Maine countryside.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, classic horror, suspense, gothic horror, mystic, offbeat
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Spiders (2000)
Plot Summary:
A DNA experiment on a rare breed of spider is taking place on a NASA space shuttle, when a freak meteor shower engulfs the shuttle, causing everything to go horribly wrong. One survivor is found on the ship and watched over in a secret location deep in the California desert. The problem continues, as the survivor isn't alone, as another deadly spiders climbs out of him and goes on a rampage around the ship. Curious reporter Marci Eyre must now survive, escape and warn everyone before the spider reaches outside the desert.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, serious, scary, rough, bleak, psychotronic, natural horror, spooky
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Exists (2014)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends who venture into the remote Texas woods for a party weekend find themselves stalked by Bigfoot.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, suspenseful, tense, mockumentary, grindhouse, teen horror, mythical, powerful, natural horror