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Plot Summary:
An otherworldly evil is slipping into a small town in Sweden. Six unrelated girls have been chosen to fight this evil. Together they must overcome their differences in order to save themselves and the world.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: satanic, scary, exciting, tense, rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, teen
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Voldemort: Origins of the Heir (2018)
Plot Summary:
After his graduation from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Tom Riddle disappears. He comes back ten years later, with new powers and a new name. His journey in search of the secrets of dark magic has deeply changed him, and it's up to two old acquaintances to stop him before he reaches his goal: immortality.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense
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The Changeover (2017)
Plot Summary:
Laura Chant. 16, lives with her mother and four-year-old brother Jacko in a poor new suburb on the edge of a partially demolished Christchurch, New Zealand. Laura is drawn into a supernatural battle with an ancient spirit who attacks Jacko and slowly drains the life out of him as the spirit becomes ever younger. Laura discovers her true identity and the supernatural ability within her, and must harness it to save her brother's life.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, cult classic
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Pernicious (2014)
Plot Summary:
It was supposed to be an adventure of a lifetime as three young girls spend the summer in Thailand. But their adventure quickly becomes a nightmare when the trio unleashes the spirit of a murdered child with only one thing on her mind - revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, bleak, suspenseful, slasher, hot
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Harlequin (1980)
Plot Summary:
In this modern-day version of the Rasputin story, David Hemmings plays an up-and-coming senator, Nick Rast, whose young son is terminally ill with leukaemia. A mysterious faith healer, Gregory Wolfe (Robert Powell), appears and seems to cure the boy. Rast's wife Sandy (Carmen Duncan) falls in love with Wolfe, but the powerful interests behind Rast's career, represented by geriatric monster Doc Wheelan (Broderick Crawford) are less happy with events.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, political, political thriller, scary, psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film
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The Incantation (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young American girl has a chance of a lifetime to visit her ancestors castle in the south of France, only to find that her family is hiding deep, dark secrets about their nefarious past, far away from prying eyes.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 518
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: satanic, scary, suspenseful, bleak, suspense
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The Witch Files (2018)
Plot Summary:
A coven of young women with incredible powers and difficult pasts discovers that they are able to make their every wish come true. Things, however, take a dangerous turn when they discover that their newly-found abilities come with a price and that they may not be as in control as they think.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Queen of Black Magic (2019)
Plot Summary:
Families were terrorized at the orphanage. Someone wants them dead, apparently with black magic that is very deadly. She has a grudge and she was also born because of the sins of the orphans who formed her into the queen of black magic.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: bloody, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, psychological, dark fantasy, creepy
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The Art of Dying (2000)
Plot Summary:
In Spain a young artist has gone missing, and a hardened detective takes on the case. Six friends become the focus of the investigation, being pressured for their knowledge of the artist's whereabouts. They all deny involvement, and soon they have reason to fear for their lives as it appears a serial killer is hunting them all down. The one friend closest to the artist watches helplessly as his once quiet life is shattered by incrimination, suspicion and ultimately -- horrific violence.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 986
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, hispanic, tense, bleak, realistic, semi serious
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Whispering Corridors (1998)
Plot Summary:
While investigating the school files, the frightened teacher Mrs. Park startles and calls the young teacher Eun-young Hur, telling her that the deceased Jin-ju Jang is back. The line dies and Mrs. Park is attacked and killed by a ghost. On the next morning, the teenager Jae-yi Yoon waits for her friend Ji-oh Lim, who has the ability to call the spirits, and they begin a close friendship. The abusive and aggressive Mr. Oh, a.k.a. Mad Dog, is the substitute of Mrs. Park and prohibits Ji-oh to paint and compares the performances of the pretty So-young Park and the weird Jung-sook Kim, raising a barrier between the two former friends. Miss Hur misses her former friend Jin-ju, who committed suicide, and while trying to contact her, she discloses a dark secret about the past of her friend and Mrs. Park.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, enigmatic, bleak, serious
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Now You See It... (2005)
Plot Summary:
While producing a reality TV show, a teenager meets a magician whose powers are real but put him in danger.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, semi serious, captivating, teen
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A Blood Pledge (2009)
Plot Summary:
Strange rumors start to spread at the catholic girls’ high school after Unjoo committed suicide one night. Unjoo’s younger sister Jung-un who attends the same school gets suspicious about Unjoo’s death. After persistent investigation, Jung-un finds out that on the night of the incident, Soy, Eugene, Eun-young, Unjoo, the four of them had tried to commit a joint suicide after making a vow on blood. But the three are still alive, and only Unjoo had died. the desire, jealousy, and lies behind the pledge of death between the four girls are revealed, along with the hidden truth behind Unjoo’s suicide.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 806
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful
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Ragini MMS (2011)
Plot Summary:
The quintessential couple, Ragini and Uday, set out to have a dirty weekend at a friend's farmhouse on the outskirts of Mumbai. The weekend getaway quickly changes gears as they find themselves in a house that has been rigged with cameras in Big Boss style.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, mockumentary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful
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Don't Knock Twice (2016)
Plot Summary:
A mother desperate to reconnect with her troubled daughter becomes embroiled in the urban legend of a demonic witch.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, mystical, suspense, spooky, enigmatic, bleak, suspenseful, tense, rough, disturbing
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A Haunting in Salem (2011)
Plot Summary:
When the new sheriff of Salem, Massachusetts discovers that he is the victim of a centuries-old curse, he must protect his family from the vengeful ghosts that torment his home.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, scary, independent film, surprise ending
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Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows (2016)
Plot Summary:
A year after the boys crossed dimensions, discovered magic and battled the restoring demon, they are back home in Bremin and are struggling with everyday teenage life. Felix has high hopes for the four heroes. He wants them to push the limits of their magical ability, working as a team to become masters of the arcane. But although he's unwilling to admit it, the boys have grown apart. The boys, once in perfect magical and elemental alignment, are a tangle of rivalry and distrust. On the verge of separating, the Nowhere Boys are drawn together for one last spell when Felix discovers a magically sealed 'Book of Shadows'. Unwittingly this releases a powerful force of chaos, and the gang is reluctantly drawn into a showdown that threatens their world and all they love.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, teen horror, urban fantasy
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R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls (2015)
Plot Summary:
Teenage friends must resist the spell of an evil showman staging a house of horrors show in their small town.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, entertaining, scary, captivating, teen
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The Wicked (2013)
Plot Summary:
A Group of teenagers test the legend of an immortal witch and get more than they bargained for. It's almost Halloween and six young people, spooked but not undaunted by the folklore surrounding an old haunted house, make their way to the abode of the legendary Wicked, perhaps hoping to provoke the malevolent witch, but clearly not prepared for what they've certainly unleashed.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, slasher, demonic, teen, independent film
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Little Witches (1996)
Plot Summary:
Six misfit schoolgirls at an all-girl Catholic high school, left alone at the school for Easter week, get mixed up with the occult and witchcraft after an old Satanic temple is found underneath the church where they attend as well as an old book of black magic spells for conjuring up an ancient demon from the pits of Hell. Janie, the most characteristic and cruelest of the girls, takes charge of the group and plots to resurrect the demon using a series of black arts spells, while one innocent girl, Faith, has a change of heart and tries to stop them from completing their spell which also includes a human sacrifice.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, semi serious, bleak, suspense, scary, black comedy, dark comedy, independent film, sex comedy, corny
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Tamara (2005)
Plot Summary:
Tamara, an unattractive girl who is picked on by her peers, returns after her death as a sexy seductress to enact revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, bleak, teen horror, suspense, sexy, brutal, satanic, serious
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A Dark Song (2016)
Plot Summary:
A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, disturbing, suspenseful, spooky, psychological thriller, art house, religious horror, scary, atmospheric
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Satanic (2016)
Plot Summary:
Four friends on their way to Coachella stop off in Los Angeles to tour true-crime occult sites, only to encounter a mysterious young runaway who puts them on a terrifying path to ultimate horror.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, satanic, demonic, interesting, weird
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Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
Plot Summary:
Young adults become fascinated by the events of the three missing filmmakers in Maryland, so they decide to go into the same woods and find out what really happened.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, bleak, scary, slasher, suspenseful, psychological, stylized, demonic, splatter, creepy
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The Craft (1996)
Plot Summary:
A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 105000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, teen, dark, satanic, suspenseful, light, suspense, psychological, atmospheric
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Witch Hunt (2021)
Plot Summary:
In a modern America where witches are real and witchcraft is illegal, a sheltered teenager must face her own demons and prejudices as she helps two young witches avoid law enforcement and cross the southern border to asylum in Mexico.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: captivating, scary, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, slasher, unusual plot structure, contemplative
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There's Someone Inside Your House (2021)
Plot Summary:
As the countdown to graduation begins, students at Osborne High are being stalked by a maniac intent on exposing their darkest secrets to the entire town, terrorizing victims while wearing a life-like mask of their own face. With a mysterious past of her own, Makani and her friends must discover the killer's identity before they become victims themselves.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, scary, tense, suspenseful, spooky, bloody, perverse, slasher horror, dark
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The Appearing (2014)
Plot Summary:
A woman once possessed by a mysterious entity uncovers a shocking secret about her past and must face the demon that is lurking inside of her.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, scary, rough, independent film
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Sea Fever (2019)
Plot Summary:
The crew of a West of Ireland trawler—marooned at sea—struggle for their lives against a growing parasite in their water supply.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, Sweden, Belgium
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting, rough, scary, dark, nautical, perverse
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Twitches Too (2007)
Plot Summary:
Reunited witch twins Camryn and Alex adjust to their new life as supernatural beings while at the same time trying to maintain a normal existence in this sequel to the magical Disney Channel original movie Twitches. But they soon find themselves going head to head with the forces of darkness that threaten to destroy their world. Luckily, their birth mother, the powerful Miranda, is on hand to help out.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, teen, spooky, exciting, psychotronic
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Nightbooks (2021)
Plot Summary:
Alex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, is trapped by a witch in her modern, magical New York City apartment. His original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping him safe as he desperately tries to find a way out of this twisted place.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, dark, exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing, dark fantasy, splatter, minimal cast, horror comedy
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The Covenant (2006)
Plot Summary:
Four young men who belong to a supernatural legacy are forced to battle a fifth power long thought to have died out. Another great force they must contend with is the jealousy and suspicion that threatens to tear them apart.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: gothic, atmospheric, teen, fairy tale, exciting, suspense, dark, serious, scary, satanic