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Plot Summary:
Sandy has stumbled onto a lair of torture and humiliation. She was abducted and brought to this pit of pain as the next intended victim. But Sandy overthrows her captor and kills him. Does she release the other prisoners? Does she call the police? No. Her mind snaps and she assumes control over the prisoners, taking them as her own playtoys. Naked bodies writhe in ecstasy as blood runs down the walls in this chilling tale of madness and revenge.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 955
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: sadistic, explicit, rough, retro, bloody, slasher, controversial, perverse, erotic, independent film
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Lost Souls (1980)
Plot Summary:
Determined to escape from the harsh regime of China to the freedom of Hong Kong, three youths are captured by Mr. Hok, a sadistic human smuggler who subjects them to an unrelenting assault of degradation. Pushed to the limits of human endurance, the prisoners must fight for their lives in an unforgettable, action-packed climax.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 417
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, surprise ending, crying, cult film
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A Chinese Torture Chamber Story II (1998)
Plot Summary:
A pair of country thieves make friends with a general rising within the imperial army. After the general finds himself falling in love with the beautiful sister of one of the thieves (who is the fiancee of the other) he decides to do whatever it takes to get rid of the competition and have her for himself. Viewer discretion advised: this film contains extreme violence and sexual situations.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 601
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: erotic, crying, transgressive
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Blue Movie (1978)
Plot Summary:
A woman escapes from being raped only to find herself trapped by a sado-masochistic photographer who, among other nasty things, gets off on consuming fresh human excrement.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: erotic, disturbing, controversial, art house, weird
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Descent (2007)
Plot Summary:
A college co-ed is brutally raped and struggles alone to rebuild her life, but when the chance for revenge comes she as a Victim sinks lower than her Predator.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: serious, disturbing, rough, brutal, suspense, erotic, dark, controversial, realistic, crying
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Trauma (2017)
Plot Summary:
Four friends visit a rural locality of Chile, are brutally attacked by a man and his son. After not finding help in the town, they decide to confront these men with the help of a pair of policemen. But in this way, they will discover that their attackers have in their blood the direct legacy of the darkest period of Chilean history and will have to face the most brutal enemy.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Chile
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, psychotronic, suspense, scary, tense, suspenseful, erotic, brutal, slasher
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Blood Sisters (2000)
Plot Summary:
In the vein of I Spit On Your Grave, well... if you add more intense scenes of murder and rape. A woman is raped and with the help of her friend, decides to take vengeance on everyone who was involved. This is hard-core stuff folks, not for the faint of heart.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: rough, brutal, suspense, disturbing
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Savage Vengeance (1993)
Plot Summary:
A woman is brutally raped by four men, and she plans to seek vengeance. After five years, she hasn't gotten over it yet, and she and her friend are again raped by four men. This time, she tracks them down and finally has her revenge.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 766
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, independent film, low-budget
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Tomboys (2009)
Plot Summary:
Five girls kidnap a serial rapist... to seek revenge.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 301
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film
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When Your Flesh Screams (2015)
Plot Summary:
Martina, a biology student, who after moving from her hometown to complete her studies decides to undertake an excursion to the outskirts of the city in search of rare and exotic specimens for research. Not finding the specimen after a long search, she decides to rest by the roadside. At that time, her new psychotic neighbors propose to take her to the woods where they claim is the specimen that she seeks. Martina accepts the crossing naturally, but on the way the thugs kidnap her, determined to cause all sorts of sinister and gruesome acts, both physical and psychological. The story takes an unexpected turn when Martina decides to release her pent- up anger.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, suspense, suspenseful, sadistic, slasher, road movie
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7 Days (2010)
Plot Summary:
Bruno Hamel is a thirty eight year old surgeon. He lives in Drummondville with his wife Sylvie, and their eight year-old daughter Jasmine. Like many happy people, he is leading an uneventful life until a beautiful fall afternoon, when his daughter is raped and murdered. From then on, the world of the Hamel family collapses. When the murderer is arrested, a terrible project germinates in Bruno's darkened mind. He plans to capture the "monster" and make him pay for his crime. The day the murderer appears in Court, Hamel, who had prepared his plan in great detail, kidnaps the monster and later sends the police a brief message stating that the rapist and murderer of his daughter was going to be tortured for 7 days and then executed. Once this task accomplished, he will then give himself up.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, tense, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, gloomy, psychological thriller, bloody, heartbreaking
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We Are Monsters (2015)
Plot Summary:
Emma is kidnapped and imprisoned by a trio of psychopaths.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 622
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, psychological, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting, retro, suspense
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Scrapbook (2000)
Plot Summary:
A young woman named Clara is captured by a serial killer named Leonard who records his “life story” by keeping a scrapbook of his many victims. In addition to adhering Polaroids, scraps of clothing, and other small trophies to the pages, Leonard has forced his victims to personally write in the scrapbook about their individual ordeals. Clara is beaten, raped, starved, and locked up like an animal, filthy and naked. She is forced to write in the scrapbook, adding her agony to the pages. She soon realizes that her only hope for survival is to manipulate Leonard through her writings in his cherished scrapbook.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: disturbing, rough, bleak, suspenseful, sexy, controversial, bloody, suspense, dark, intense
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M.F.A. (2017)
Plot Summary:
An art student taps into a rich source of creative inspiration after the accidental slaughter of her rapist. An unlikely vigilante emerges, set out to avenge college girls whose attackers walked free- all the while fueling a vivid thesis exhibition.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: crying, detective, psychological, suspense, independent film, disturbing, rough, bloody, slasher, crime drama
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Martyrs (2015)
Plot Summary:
A woman and her childhood friend seek out revenge on those who victimized and abused them.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: brutal, bloody, disturbing, suspense, tense, slasher, suspenseful, psychological, terrifying, sinister
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Julia (2014)
Plot Summary:
After suffering a brutal trauma, Julia uses an unorthodox form of therapy to restore herself.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, disturbing, creepy, twisted, neo noir, independent film
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Girls Against Boys (2012)
Plot Summary:
After a series of bad experiences with men, Shae teams up with her co-worker, Lu, who has a simple, deadly way of dealing with the opposite sex.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, slasher, sexual, profound, independent film, sexy
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Chaos (2005)
Plot Summary:
Emily and her friend Angelica go to a rave in the woods, and when they arrive, they meet a stranger called Swan that promises some Exstasy for the girls. They follow him to a cabin into the forest where they meet the sadistic gang leaded by the psychotic Chaos. The girls are abused, tortured and raped in a night of nightmare and murder.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: rough, slasher, realistic, suspenseful, serious, disturbing, suspense, dark, controversial, cult classic
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Mother's Day (2010)
Plot Summary:
Crazed members of a sadistic family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new owners.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, suspenseful, psychotronic, rough, serious, splatter, captivating, suspense, depressing
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Wolf Creek (2016)
Plot Summary:
An anthology series which centers on different characters being targeted by crazed serial killer Mick Taylor in the Australian outback.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychological, tense, suspense, anthology, captivating, psychological thriller, brutal, psychological horror, crime drama
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Snuff 102 (2007)
Plot Summary:
A young Argentinian reporter is writing an article about snuff films - which depict real torture, rape and murder of people. But seeking the films and those behind them might backfire. She herself is in danger of becoming one of the suffering.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: disturbing, brutal, bloody, extreme horror, psychological, tense, suspense, controversial, splatter, perverse
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The Tortured (2010)
Plot Summary:
An upper-middle-class couple's life is destroyed when their only child is kidnapped and killed. Obsessed with revenge, the couple seizes an opportunity to kidnap the killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: sadistic, disturbing, tense, rough, bleak, slasher, serious, scary, psychological, depressing
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The Executioners (2018)
Plot Summary:
Four female friends spend the night in a mansion. Their joy is quickly shattered when three men break in and cruelly attack them. As the night takes a darker turn, they find themselves relishing in the violence they had once suffered.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 763
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, slasher, surprise ending, disturbing
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I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu (2019)
Plot Summary:
Following her rape, Jennifer Hills wrote a bestselling account of her ordeal and of the controversial trial in which she was accused of taking the law into her own hands and brutally killing her assailants. In the small town where the rape and revenge took place, the relatives of the four rapists she killed are furious that the court declared her not guilty and resolve to take justice into their own hands.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: sexual, psychotronic, psychological, retro, bloody, slasher, disturbing, splatter, sensual, sexy
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I'll Never Die Alone (2008)
Plot Summary:
A violent thriller set in the outback of remote La Plata region, I'LL NEVER DIE ALONE (aka NO MORIRE SOLA) is a tough and pounding story of revenge for rape, mercilessly carried out by a group of women intent on pursuing their attackers to the bitter end.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 874
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: disturbing, rough, suspenseful, twisted, realistic, retro, depressing, controversial, serious, splatter
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I Spit on Your Grave (1978)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring writer is repeatedly gang-raped, humiliated, and left for dead by four men whom she systematically hunts down to seek revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspense, grindhouse, psychological, disturbing, rough, bloody, independent film, bleak, splatter, slasher
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I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Naturally beautiful, Katie has just settled into New York where she, like many other young women, is trying to make it as a model. But what starts out as an innocent and simple photo shoot soon turns into something disturbingly unthinkable! Raped, tortured and kidnapped to a foreign country, Jessica is buried alive and left to die. Against all odds, she manages to escape. Severely injured, she will have to tap into the darkest places of the human psyche to not only survive, but to exact her revenge….
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: brutal, disturbing, bloody, scary, grindhouse, suspenseful, rough, controversial, splatter, intense
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The Woman (2011)
Plot Summary:
A lawyer puts his family in jeopardy when he captures the last member of a violent clan and tries to forcibly tame her.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: disturbing, bleak, scary, rough, suspenseful, slasher, twisted, controversial, psychological thriller, bloody
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Singapore Sling (1990)
Plot Summary:
Singapore Sling is chasing after Laura, a romantic memory from his past. One night he finds himself in a mysterious villa, watching two women bury a body. He falls into their trap and, in an atmosphere of isolation and decadence, the trio act out insane pleasure games and a ritual of blood and murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Greece
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: disturbing, neo noir, black and white, surreal, controversial, mind bending, extreme horror, dark comedy, psychological thriller, noir
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The Last House on the Left (2009)
Plot Summary:
A group of teenage girls heading into the city hook up with a gang of drug-addled ne'er-do-wells and are brutally murdered. The killers find their way to the home of one of their victim's parents, where both father and mother exact a horrible revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 99000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, South Africa
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, brutal, disturbing, rough, bleak, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, grindhouse
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I Spit on Your Grave (2010)
Plot Summary:
A remake of the 1979 controversial cult classic, I Spit on Your Grave retells the horrific tale of writer Jennifer Hills who takes a retreat from the city to a charming cabin in the woods to start on her next book. But Jennifer's presence in the small town attracts the attention of a few morally deprived locals led by Johnny, the town's service station owner, his two co-workers, Andy and Stanley, who along with their socially and mentally challenged friend Matthew, set out one night to teach this city girl a lesson.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 91000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: brutal, disturbing, psychological, scary, suspenseful, suspense, splatter, bloody, controversial, harsh