Best movies like The Confessional
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Plot Summary:
A troubled young girl goes to confession at the local church. Unfortunately, the sexually frustrated priest she confesses to becomes obsessed with her. At first, the priest stalks the girl, but later it is revealed that he will stop at nothing, including blackmail and murder, just to get close to her.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, cult classic, scary, psychological, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Nightmare Beach (1989)
Plot Summary:
Diablo is a biker gang leader executed for the murder of a young woman. A year after his death, it's time for Spring Break. Football players Skip and Ronnie head to the beach, where Skip meets Gail, the sister of the woman who was murdered a year ago. All the fun and glory of Spring Break, however, is about to turn into a living nightmare when a mysterious person in a biker outfit begins to kill people by electrocution. Could it be that Diablo has returned from the dead?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, grindhouse, independent film, scary, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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The Severed Arm (1973)
Plot Summary:
Trapped in a cave, five men cut the arm off of another companion in order to ward off starvation. After they are saved, their victim seeks revenge on them one by one.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, gothic horror, cult classic, classic horror, independent film, scary, rough, bleak, serious, realistic
Similar in 79%
The Devil's Chair (2007)
Plot Summary:
With a pocketful of drugs, Nick West takes out his girlfriend Sammy, for a shag and a good time. When they explore an abandoned asylum, the discovery of a bizarre device - a cross between an electric chair and sadistic fetish machine - transforms drugged-out bliss into agony and despair.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, atmospheric, rough, disturbing, slasher, suspenseful, splatter, grindhouse, surprise ending
Similar in 77%
The House Where Death Lives (1981)
Plot Summary:
A nurse goes to a house to care for a crippled old man. Then people in the house start being murdered.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychotronic, independent film
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Hands of the Ripper (1971)
Plot Summary:
A series of murders occur that mirror those committed by the Whitechapel Ripper. Through his experiments with psychoanalysis Dr Pritchard discovers a deadly violence in one of his young female patients. As he delves into the recesses of her mind he uncovers that Anna is possessed by her dead father's spirit, willing her to commit acts of gruesome savagery over which she has no control. But the most chilling revelation of all is the identity of her father: Jack the Ripper himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, gothic, gothic horror, grindhouse, period piece, cult classic, classic horror, scary, psychological, mind bending
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Antisocial Behaviour (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jakob Kelser is a lonely man living in a run-down house on the edge of a council estate. After enduring weeks of aggrevation and torment from local youths , Jacob, in a last-ditch attempt to once again lead a normal life, plots his revenge on his unsuspecting tormentors. One by one, they're be taught a lesson. One by one, they meet their deaths.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, independent film, realistic, disturbing
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Snapped (2005)
Plot Summary:
Amy Mechanic, an ambitious young photographer, lands the opportunity she has been waiting for. The assignment: to create a dark collection of works based around the theme of death.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychological, rough, serious, disturbing, scary, realistic
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American Nightmare (2002)
Plot Summary:
A deranged female serial killer stalks seven young people whom phone a radio call-in show to discuss their darkest fears and a night-long game of cat-and-mouse is put into motion by the darkly sinister-looking murderess.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 645
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, scary, serious, realistic, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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Three on a Meathook (1972)
Plot Summary:
Four girls go on a romping weekend at a lake, and have car problems on the way home. A nice local boy takes them back to his farm, where he lives with his father. Something ghastly happens, but the father helps his son as he has in the past. When the boy meets a girl and begins falling in love, the father worries about a repeat performance.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 838
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, grindhouse, cult horror, independent film, surprise ending, scary, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 86%
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
Plot Summary:
Set in London in the early 1970's, supposedly for teen thrills, Johnny organises a black magic ceremony in a desolate churchyard. The culmination of the ritual, however, is the rejuvenation of Dracula from shrivelled remains. Johnny, Dracula' s disciple, lures victims to the deserted graveyard for his master's pleasure and one of the victims delivered is Jessica Van Helsing. Descended from the Van Helsing line of vampire hunters her grandfather, equipped with all the devices to snare and destroy the Count, confronts his arch enemy in the age-old battle between good and evil.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: gothic, classic horror, gothic horror, psychotronic, satanic, grindhouse, cult classic, scary, serious, slasher
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Cover Up (1974)
Plot Summary:
In 1957, Dorothy and Edmund Yates (Keith and Rupert Davies) were committed to an institution for the criminally insane, she for acts of murder and cannibalism and he for covering up her crimes. Fifteen years later, they are pronounced fit for society and released. However, in Dorothy's case the doctors may have jumped the gun a bit. Edmund and eldest daughter, Jackie (Deborah Fairfax), try to discover just how far Mother's bloodlust has taken her. Meanwhile, youngest daughter Debbie (Kim Butcher) begins to explore the crazy roots of her family tree as fully as possible.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, gothic horror, creepy, cult classic, cult horror, classic horror, dark comedy, psychological, atmospheric
Similar in 82%
Blood of the Undead (1976)
Plot Summary:
A recently-married woman who has been labeled as mentally unstable, begins to suspect that someone close to her is the culprit in a sudden string of murders.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychological, scary, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, grindhouse, creepy, cult classic, mind bending
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Snuff-Movie (2005)
Plot Summary:
Boris Arkadin is a horror film maker. His pregnant wife was brutally murdered by a Manson-like gang of hippy psychopaths during the 1960s. He becomes a virtual recluse - until years later he directs his own snuff inspired movies. He invites actors to take part in an audition at his country manor house - blurring the lines of what is real and what is fiction. Written by Alex L (IMDB).
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 753
Genere: Horror
Country: UK, Romania, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, controversial, serious, realistic, suspense
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Snow White: A Deadly Summer (2012)
Plot Summary:
A troubled teenage girl finds herself in a web of lies and deceit when her stepmother attempts to murder her by sending her to a discipline camp.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 787
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, slasher, tense, folk tale, exciting, rough, realistic, independent film
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Axeman at Cutter's Creek (2013)
Plot Summary:
Nine vacationing twenty-somethings are hunted by an axe-wielding local legend.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, serious, realistic, psychotronic, suspense
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Basement Jack (2009)
Plot Summary:
A young serial killer preys on families during lightning storms.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 802
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense, scary, serious, realistic, low-budget
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Terror (1978)
Plot Summary:
A witch's prophecy - while being burned at the stake- curse condemns a family to horrible deaths.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, scary, atmospheric, rough, serious, suspenseful, silent
Similar in 79%
Don't Go in the House (1979)
Plot Summary:
As a child, Donald was tormented by his mother who used fire as a punishment. Now a deranged adult, Donald stalks women at clubs, then takes them home where he kills them with a flamethrower.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: disturbing, slasher, grindhouse, scary, psychological, rough, suspenseful, retro, bloody, gothic horror
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Cat Sick Blues (2015)
Plot Summary:
When Ted’s beloved cat dies, the trauma triggers a terrible mental breakdown. His broken brain prompts him to bring his feline friend back – all he needs is nine human lives. Ted dons vicious deadly cat claw gloves and a creepy cat mask, and goes on a murderous rampage. As the butchery escalates, a twisted romance blossoms between Ted and Claire, a young woman who has also recently lost her cat in a horrifying incident.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 928
Genere: Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, psychological, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, scary, weird
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Chromeskull: Laid to Rest 2 (2011)
Plot Summary:
"ChromeSkull" is the sequel to the 2009 horror hit "Laid to Rest." It brings back ChromeSkull, who barely escaped death in the first movie and is hell-bent on continuing where he left off... and forging a new path of terror and destruction.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, stylized, bleak
Similar in 89%
X-Ray (1981)
Plot Summary:
While receiving a routine check-up, a beautiful woman is stalked by a maniac out to avenge a childhood Valentine's Day humiliation.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, medical horror, grindhouse, psychotronic, bloody, atmospheric
Similar in 78%
Psycho Cop (1989)
Plot Summary:
Officer Joe Vickers would probably make a good policeman if it weren't for his two nasty habits. Firstly, he is a devoted satanist; secondly - he likes to kill people. When he meets a group of teenagers spending their vacation in a wood hut, he decides to investigate.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspenseful, suspense, rough, bloody, detective, cult classic, independent film, serious
Similar in 82%
Nightmare (1981)
Plot Summary:
A drug-treated schizophrenic plagued by horrible nightmares escapes from the hospital and goes on a killing spree.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, scary, bloody, grindhouse, retro, gothic, gothic horror, controversial, cult classic
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Halloween II (2009)
Plot Summary:
Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Micheal's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois; meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, bleak, psychological, bloody, splatter, grindhouse, creepy
Similar in 76%
Carver (2008)
Plot Summary:
Based on true events.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, rough, suspenseful, scary, brutal, serious, suspense, psychological horror, perverse, suspense thriller
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Scars of Dracula (1970)
Plot Summary:
The Prince of Darkness casts his undead shadow once more over the cursed village of Kleinenberg when his ashes are splashed with bat's blood and Dracula is resurrected. And two innocent victims search for a missing loved one... loved to death by Dracula's mistress. But after they discover his blood-drained corpse in Dracula's castle necropolis, the Vampire Lord's lustful vengeance begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, rough, suspenseful, scary, bleak, serious, classic horror, grindhouse, perverse
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The Final Terror (1983)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends and their girlfriends head out for what is expected to be a vacation of hiking, camping and a good time, but when a backwoods mama finds them on her turf, it becomes anything but a vacation.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, rough, suspense, psychological thriller, serious, grindhouse, retro, bloody, cult classic
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Halloween II (1981)
Plot Summary:
After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her life. The institution proves to be particularly suited to serial killers, however, as Myers cuts, stabs and slashes his way through hospital staff to reach his favorite victim.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 100000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, bloody, splatter, grindhouse, slasher horror, tense, creepy, cult classic
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The Sentinel (1977)
Plot Summary:
A commitment-shy New York fashion model moves into an old brownstone apartment, meets her weird neighbours and discovers she’s sitting on the gateway to Hell.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, creepy, satanic, slasher, surreal, disturbing
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Halloween (2007)
Plot Summary:
After being committed for 17 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution (where he was committed as a 10 year old) and he immediately returns to Haddonfield, where he wants to find his baby sister, Laurie. Anyone who crosses his path is in mortal danger.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 129000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological, bloody, suspenseful, splatter, suspense, creepy, stylized, rough