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Plot Summary:
A group of young professionals decides to play a practical joke on one of their ex-girlfriends who married a rich man who is about to close a major real estate deal. They plan to kidnap her and mess up the deal. Unfortunately, the joke becomes deadly serious.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 470
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, scary, rough, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
Best tv shows and movies like The Clown Murders (1976):
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Hellbreeder (2004)
Plot Summary:
Five years ago Alice saw her son murdered; now every day is consumed with the need to find his killer. In the sleepy town of Ludlow, the arrival of the mysterious stranger Alice suspects to be the killer of her son coincides with a renewed spate of horrific child murders. Now a weary drunk detective must uncover the truth behind the killings before another child is killed; and Alice must face the unbelievable truth behind the death of her son before insanity, grief and guilt break her mind.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 587
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, enigmatic, rough, suspense, tense, serious, slasher
Similar in 76%
Frayed (2007)
Plot Summary:
Pat Baker is a small town sheriff. His son, Kurt, is a deranged young man with a dark secret. Sheriff Baker's worst nightmare comes true when Kurt escapes from a psychiatric hospital where he was locked away for the brutal murder of his mother thirteen years earlier. Gary, a hospital security guard, sets out into the woods to stop him, but soon finds himself relentlessly hunted by the deranged psychopath intent on killing him and anyone who crosses his path. Sheriff Baker launches an intense search to find his son, only to discover that his daughter, Sara, and her friends are camping in the same woods where Kurt has escaped. Kurt's psychosis escalates, as does his vengeful killing spree, culminating in a terrifying, climactic confrontation with Kurt, the sheriff and his family.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, mind twisting, clever, bloody, mindfuck, mind blowing
Similar in 88%
Sloppy the Psychotic (2012)
Plot Summary:
Meet Mike, A man whose only goal in life was to bring joy to children... As "Sloppy the Clown". After a cruel twist of fate finds him without his beloved job he goes into business for himself. After a bout of bad luck Mike spirals completely out of control. Witness a good man go bad, then totally mad in... Sloppy the Psychotic.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, slasher, independent film
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The Clown at Midnight (1998)
Plot Summary:
Seven teenagers are stalked by a murderous clown while refurbishing an old opera house.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, serious, mind bending, bloody, surprise ending, splatter, psychotronic, teen horror
Similar in 76%
Hellbent (2004)
Plot Summary:
Halloween in West Hollywood, two guys making out in a park are interrupted by a serial killer. Later that night, a group of gay kids decide to visit to the site of the murders.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, rough, serious, suspenseful, queer horror, bloody, dark, controversial, homoerotic
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Among the Living (2014)
Plot Summary:
It’s a warm and dry summer. Dan, Tom and Victor, three inseparable adolescents, take advantage of the last day of school to wander in the countryside. They jump with joy when they discover an abandoned old film studio, whose many corridors and halls are just begging to be explored. What they don’t know is that their new playing ground serves as a refuge for Isaac and Klarence Shooter, a man and his strange son who are determined to stop the trio from setting their eyes on their dark secrets. Night falls. Our friends are home again. But they soon realize that something has followed them. This night will be the longest of their young lives. And it very doubtful they’ll ever see the light of day again.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, terrifying, tense, realistic
Similar in 78%
Out of the Dark (1988)
Plot Summary:
An employee at a telephone fantasy service helps hunt for the killer preying on her silken-voiced colleagues.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, rough, neo noir, erotic, independent film, scary, serious
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Left for Dead (2007)
Plot Summary:
Five frat boys are stalked by a machete wielding maniac, after they are involved in a horrifying Devil's Night accident.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 649
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, scary, offbeat, humorous, serious
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Mockingbird (2014)
Plot Summary:
A couple are given a camera and a set of instructions which they must follow or else someone will die.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, semi serious, psychological, slasher, mockumentary, humorous, realistic, surprise ending
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ClownTown (2016)
Plot Summary:
Whilst on their way to a concert four friends get sidetracked and stranded in a seemingly abandoned town and whilst looking for help find themselves stalked and terrorised by a gang of violent clown dressed psychopaths who will stop at nothing ensnaring them into their sinister blood thirsty games.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, brutal, rough, bleak, suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 84%
An American Terror (2014)
Plot Summary:
Josh wakes each day to a series of Hells. Between uncaring parents and bullying at school he has little to live for. After a brutal event and ensuing humiliation of an online video, Josh and his friends decide to take revenge by staging a massacre at the homecoming dance. Searching for weapons, they find a man who perpetuates a far more murderous darkness than even their plot might suggest. Trapped in his lair, and finding a kidnapped girl from the opposite clique, the boys learn a lot about each other’s character and their own. Even if Josh can rescue the captive cheerleader, he must still lead them both out in time to stop his friend from completing the pact to massacre their school. An American Terror is an explosive and surprising modern day horror mash-up. Totally and relentlessly disquieting – great atmosphere and sound and perfectly gruesome.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 546
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, realistic, slasher
Similar in 79%
Killer Holiday (2013)
Plot Summary:
Taylor, a former juvenile delinquent, convinces straight-'A' student, Cammi to join her and her friends on a Spring Break road trip through the California desert. Ignoring evil premonitions from Cammi, the 8 friends party heavily as they get farther and farther away from civilization along old Route 66 with a killer in pursuit. Anxiety builds as each stop along the way proves stranger and stranger until the group is lured to an abandoned amusement park with a mysterious past far off the main highway. There the group discovers that the park comes complete with broken down vintage carnival rides, shocking surprises, the smell of death, and an enticing, young tattooed serial killer named Spider.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 679
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating, scary, exciting, humorous, semi serious
Similar in 84%
Methodic (2007)
Plot Summary:
Methodic tells the story of a boy who becomes demonically possessed by an ominous presence known as "The Dollman". Forced to obey his dark half, the boy ultimately murders his parents on his birthday and is sentenced to a life under a microscope at the state mental hospital. But evil cannot be contained so easily.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, scary, rough, serious, independent film
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Varsity Blood (2014)
Plot Summary:
Jocks and cheerleaders head out to a remote farmhouse for a raucous Halloween party, but someone dressed as their school mascot intends to slaughter them all.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 588
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, semi serious, tense, rough, captivating, suspense, bloody, scary, humorous
Similar in 87%
The Pumpkin Karver (2006)
Plot Summary:
A feature film based on a story in which a young man is stabbed to death on the evening of October 31, 2003. One year later, at a Halloween party, six people were brutally butchered in a remote location. The victims faces were carved and mutilated beyond recognition. The crime is still unsolved and is currently under investigation. Written by Robert Mann (Writer/Director).
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, awful
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Kruel (2015)
Plot Summary:
'Kruel' - is a horror/thriller feature length movie about a psychotic killer who masquerades as an ice cream man in order to get closer to the objects of his affection.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 514
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, psychological thriller
Similar in 81%
Bad Candy (2020)
Plot Summary:
On Halloween night in New Salem, Radio DJs Chilly Billy and Paul tell a twisted anthology of terrifying local myths. Residents of the small-town experience horrifying paranormal encounters that lead them to a grim end.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, dark, spooky
Similar in 77%
Babysitter Massacre (2013)
Plot Summary:
A group of young women teamed together in their youth to run a babysitting business, when one of their friends died suddenly the group fell apart. Now years later they are all going their separate ways as college approaches, but on Halloween night someone is torturing and killing every member of the babysitter club.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 440
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, rough, tense, suspense, scary, sexy, serious, realistic
Similar in 84%
All Hallows' Eve (2013)
Plot Summary:
While watching two children on Halloween night, a babysitter finds an old VHS tape in the kids' trick or treat bag. The tape features three tales of terror, all linked together by a murderous clown. As the night goes on strange things begin to occur in the house. It isn't long before the babysitter learns the horrifying truth... the maniacal clown is slowly working his way into her reality.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, anthology, suspenseful, serious, disturbing, psychological, bloody, grindhouse, dark fairy tale
Similar in 76%
The Legend of Halloween Jack (2018)
Plot Summary:
On Halloween night, a serial killer returns from the dead to take revenge on the vigilantes who put him to death one year earlier.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 891
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, suspenseful, scary, psychological thriller, tense, rough, brutal, dark, surprise ending
Similar in 77%
House of Fears (2007)
Plot Summary:
The night before a local haunted house opens for Halloween, six friends sneak in for a few hours of fun. Soon after entering, they find themselves trapped inside with no way out.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, scary, suspenseful, serious, tense, bleak, psychological, psychotronic, dread
Similar in 76%
Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
Plot Summary:
Virginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before her 18th birthday, a grueling set of murders take place and her friends are the ones who are falling prey. Could it be her? She suffers from blackouts due to a freak accident one year earlier. We soon learn the truth behind her accident and what is going on.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: slasher, twist ending, splatter, bloody, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, grindhouse, cult classic, rough
Similar in 90%
Madison County (2011)
Plot Summary:
A group of college kids travel to a small, mountain town called Madison County to interview the author of a tell-all book on the accounts of several grisly murders that happened there. But when the kids get to Madison County, the author is no where to be found and the towns people act like they haven't seen him in years. They also say that the killer never existed and the murders never happened. However, when the kids start digging around to get their own answers, they find out that the stories maybe more real than the townspeople are letting on!.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: slasher, serious, tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, scary, rough, realistic
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213 (2009)
Plot Summary:
A police profiler has just returned from psychiatric leave only to find that he is caught up in a serial killer's rampage. Fighting to keep buried the trauma of his childhood, he must confront the all too-familiar flesh masks that the killer leaves on the faces of his victims. He must face his own demons along with the killer to save his small eroding existence.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Clownface (2019)
Plot Summary:
A deranged serial killer known as "Clownface" terrorises the residents of a small town.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, tense, psychotronic, scary, suspense, suspenseful
Similar in 82%
Terror Train (1980)
Plot Summary:
A masked killer targets six college kids responsible for a prank gone wrong three years earlier and who are currently throwing a large New Year's Eve costume party aboard a moving train.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, bloody, intense, rough, psychological, suspense, creepy, cult classic
Similar in 81%
Cry Wolf (2005)
Plot Summary:
Eight unsuspecting high school seniors at a posh boarding school, who delight themselves on playing games of lies, come face-to-face with terror and learn that nobody believes a liar - even when they're telling the truth.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, scary, twist ending, suspenseful, psychological, intense, serious, entertaining, teen
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Terrifier (2016)
Plot Summary:
A maniacal clown named Art, terrorizes three young women on Halloween night and everyone else who stands in his way.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, suspense, rough, disturbing, psychological, brutal, bloody, dark
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Haunt (2019)
Plot Summary:
On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an "extreme" haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some nightmares are real.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, scary, suspense, enigmatic, disturbing, psychological, psychological thriller, brutal, dark
Similar in 86%
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
Plot Summary:
Twenty years ago in the sleepy mining town of Valentine Bluffs, a fatal mining disaster occurred on Valentine's Day while some of the crew was decorating for a party. The sole survivor of the accident killed the remaining crewmembers and warned the town not to celebrate Valentine's Day again. When a group of teenagers decides to defy that order, a murderous maniac in mining gear begins dispatching townsfolk in bloody and creative ways.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, splatter, suspenseful, grindhouse, twist ending, bloody, creepy, rough, cult classic