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Plot Summary:
During the 17th century, a young woman is saved from execution and led to a priory to repent her sins but discovers a greater evil lies within.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: gothic, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, stylized
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Bornless Ones (2016)
Plot Summary:
With the help of her friends, Emily moves to a remote home to take better care of her brother, Zack who is diagnosed with cerebral palsy. But what they don't know is that the house kept a terrifying secret that will haunt them one by one.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, rough, suspenseful, slasher, teen horror
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Dreamier: An American Nightmare (2016)
Plot Summary:
A Manny Velazquez Psychological Thriller about a young detective (played by Alen Rios) finds a handcrafted Indian sculpture in an alley, and takes it home with him, but he soon realizes that the sculpture is bringing his worst fears to life.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: suspense, dark, scary, bleak, slasher, psychological thriller, sexy, independent film, detective, hispanic
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The Exorcism of Anna Ecklund (2016)
Plot Summary:
When a Priest and a Vatican investigator take a possessed housewife to a convent to perform an Exorcism, all hell breaks loose.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, independent film
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Blood Child (2017)
Plot Summary:
Blood Child is horror thriller based on a true story. Bill and Ashely DiAngelo seem to have it all, an overseas posting to Singapore, life in paradise and a new baby on the way. But tragedy strikes when she loses the baby and sinks into a deep depression. Unbeknownst to Bill, Ashley decides that the only way for her to "be" with her miscarried child is to dabble in the South East Asian occult practice of raising her own "ghost child". She seeks the help of her Indonesian maid, Siti, tasking her to find a bomoh (witch doctor) who knows how to trap the spirit of unborn dead fetuses. Siti tries to dissuade Ashley from resorting to such dark magic but to no avail. In the meantime, in an effort to put the tragic events of the miscarriage behind them, Bill decides that it would be good for the couple to return home to Minnesota to start their lives over. Several months after their return to the US, Ashley and Bill are surprised to find themselves pregnant again.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, bleak, psychotronic
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Spirits Among Us (2009)
Plot Summary:
Mark, Janice and their young daughter Julie have lived in their home about two months. Strange things begin to happen, first just annoying, then becoming terrifying. Television sets go on and off by themselves, strange noises in the attic, movement in the shadows, light bulbs bursting, unexplained voices, terrifying dreams, and dolls that seem to have a mind of their own. Being a self-sufficient independent do-it-yourself kind of man, Mark tries to "fix it" with his own resources. Only after being brought to near death does he realize he needs the power of the Holy Spirit through the authority of Jesus Christ to rid their home of this malevolent spirits.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, christian film, christian horror
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June (2015)
Plot Summary:
June is different from all other nine-year old girls. She is an orphan hiding a secret. Bad things happen when she gets upset, supernatural things. June has been in many foster homes usually leaving them destroyed. But this time it will be different. June has a new foster home and she really likes her new parents. She will have to face the force within her to protect her new parents and to save herself.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, suspense, scary
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The Devil of Kreuzberg (2015)
Plot Summary:
Linda and Jakob are happily in love until one night, Jakob begins to have horrific nightmares in which Linda appears as a darkly seductive creature. Tormented by these visions, Jakob asks his best friend Kurt to murder Linda for him, thus beginning a slow descent into madness. Unbeknownst to the two men, Linda is acting under the control of an ancient family curse. Will her love for Jakob overcome the powers of death? Will Kurt give in to his violent urges and kill to protect his friendship? Is there a way to escape the Devil of Kreuzberg?.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Horror
Country: Germany
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Camp Cold Brook (2018)
Plot Summary:
Strange events plague crew members of a reality TV show when they visit an infamous backwoods camp that was the site of a mass murder 20 years earlier.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: bleak, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, slasher
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Torture Garden (1967)
Plot Summary:
Five people visit a fairground sideshow run by the sinister Dr. Diabolo. Having shown them a handful of haunted-house-style attractions, he promises them a genuinely scary experience if they will pay extra.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: anthology, slasher, scary, rough, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, independent film, psychotronic, retro
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Letter from Death (2020)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Horror
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, scary, gothic
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Grace's Room (2016)
Plot Summary:
Billie, a twenty something burnout, is tasked with house-sitting for her aunt and uncle, but after inviting some friends over, becomes convinced her teenage cousin Grace has stolen a notebook containing her latest screenplay. While hunting for the book in "Grace's Room", the gang uncovers a bloody trove of occult paraphernalia. Unbeknownst to Billie and her friends, said cult has been watching them from the nearby woods, and now must kill them for discovering too much. A gruesome assault on the house ensues as the gang struggles to survive the night.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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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 Dolls (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young man is having repeated nightmares about dolls trying to kill him. The dreams continues and the nightmares starts to escalate.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: dark, scary, psychological, bleak, suspense, psychotronic, independent film, hispanic, grindhouse
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Father of Flies (2021)
Plot Summary:
A haunting tale of family life. A vulnerable young boy finds his mother pushed out of the family home by a strange new woman, and he must confront the terrifying supernatural forces that seem to move in with her.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 490
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic
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Dorcha (2021)
Plot Summary:
Lisa and David, a writer and an entrepreneur couple from London travels to Ballyvadlea,Ireland for their working holiday.The short trip was panned so Lisa could start on her second book and David could work on his startup business plan, but unbeknownst to either of them the house was built on a cursed ground. Lisa's curiosity leads her to the discovery of the personal memoirs of Niav, the mysterious woman who once lived at the property a century ago, hence opening the long closed doors and in doing so awakens the demons within. David's only hope comes in the form of George, the wandering priest who has a story to tell. the narrative takes place in 1918, 1950 and 2010.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Witches of Amityville Academy (2020)
Plot Summary:
Jessica accepts an invitation to study at the private and exclusive Amityville Academy. After her induction, she realizes that it's a coven of evil witches trying to summon and unleash the demon Botis in order to spread terror throughout the world.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 752
Genere: Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic
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Hell Girl (2019)
Plot Summary:
Tormented and bullied people can access a special website, run by a Hell Girl who will enable them to take revenge on their torturers. The price for such a service is only that the person must join their torturer in damnation.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: anime, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, manga, spooky
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A Chinese Fairy Tale (2011)
Plot Summary:
Government official Ling Choi Sin journeys to the parched Black Mountain Village, to help its inhabitants find water. As he leads a group of volunteers up the haunted mountain, he encounters a bevy of sexy demons as well as a lovely girl named Siu Sin. After wooing her with some candy, he falls for her... and then realises that he is caught in a deadly triangle; another guy, a demon-hunter named Yan Chek Ha is also in love with Siu Sin. However, before the two men can settle their differences, they have to contend with the evil Tree Demon as well as a one-armed demon hunter who is determined to kill all the supernatural beings.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Witch Graveyard (2013)
Plot Summary:
Four travelers innocently decide to rest in a wooded area off an old freeway. Unbeknown to them, they are at an old abandoned and haunted cemetery.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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The Ouija Exorcism (2015)
Plot Summary:
In 1985, a celebrated exorcist trapped a horrific demon inside a ouija board. Thinking the board to be a game, his son played without obeying the rules, and let the demon loose. In order to save his son, the exorcist sent him far away until the demon could be destroyed. Thirty years later, and after his death, his grandson finds the board and makes the same mistake his father did. Now the evil is back and roaming the earth to terrorize those responsible for its imprisonment.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 560
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Patient Seven (2016)
Plot Summary:
The film centers on Dr. Marcus, a renowned psychiatrist who has selected 6 severe mentally ill and dangerous patients from the Spring Valley Mental Hospital to interview as part of research for his new book. As Dr. Marcus interviews each patient, one by one the horrors they have committed begin to unfold. However, Dr. Marcus soon learns that there is one patient who ties them all together - Patient Seven.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychological, brutal, enigmatic, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, scary, twist ending, surprise ending
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Dead Night (2017)
Plot Summary:
A caring mother loses her sanity, setting off a chain of events resulting in tragedy and murder. The story of Casey Pollack unfolds from two very different perspectives when one night in the woods culminates in absolute terror.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, enigmatic, bleak, dark, psychological, gothic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, mumblecore
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The Curse of Humpty Dumpty (2021)
Plot Summary:
An old doll seemingly returns to life to wreak havoc.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 571
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic
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The Devil's Doorway (2018)
Plot Summary:
In the fall of 1960, Father Thomas Riley and Father John Thornton were sent by the Vatican to investigate a miraculous event in an Irish home for 'fallen women', only to uncover something much more horrific.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, demonic, mockumentary, psychological thriller, slasher, controversial, biblical
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Rows (2015)
Plot Summary:
Rows is a psychological thriller, a Gothic fantasy inspired by Grimm's tales. A young woman, Rose, is tasked by her developer father to deliver an eviction notice to a reclusive woman in a ramshackle farmhouse. The woman has strange powers, derived from the house itself. The enchantress puts Rose and her friend, Greta, under a spell. They become lost in a seemingly infinite cornfield and must repeat a series of surreal or terrifying events in order to solve the mystery and break the spell. Rose's father is drawn into the mystery, and Rose's relationship with him is tested. A series of shocking reversals leads to a haunting climax.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 277
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, fairy tale, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Bad Nun (2018)
Plot Summary:
Based on true events. Aesha goes to an isolated b&b in Kent after her mom books her in so she can get some head space for her studies. In the night Aesha is visited by a nun at the door who will progressively begin to show her true colours as the night unfolds - As the nun continues to bother Aesha at the door, Aesha begins to question her surroundings in this isolated suspense horror.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, surprise ending, bleak, suspense, disturbing
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Deep Dark (2015)
Plot Summary:
Hermann considers suicide until he finds a strange talking hole in the wall that has the power to fulfill his wildest dreams, or become his worst nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, surreal, lovecraft, spooky, weird
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The Long Hair of Death (1964)
Plot Summary:
In a 15th-century feudal village, a woman is accused of witchcraft and put to death. Her beautiful older daughter knows the real reason for the execution lies in the lord's sexual desire for her mother. After confronting the lord on the matter, she, too, is killed. A much younger daughter is spared and taken in by her mother's killers. Once she is of age, as a horrible, deadly plague sweeps the land, she marries the lord's worthless son. Then, during a brutal thunderstorm, the older daughter mysteriously reappears and begins to avenge her mother's death.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, classic horror, suspense, grindhouse, atmospheric, psychotronic
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Poison for the Fairies (1986)
Plot Summary:
In 1965 Mexico City, Fabiola, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Graciela, a young orphan girl who has an unhealthy fascination with witchcraft. Fabiola is convinced that she, herself, is a witch by Graciela, who then uses the fear that she's put into her new friend to get Fabiola to carry out her orders. As their games grow more serious, the two girls find themselves involved in murder.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, gothic, suspense, folk tale, disturbing, art house, deep, terrifying, scary, psychological
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Pumpkinhead (1988)
Plot Summary:
A man conjures up a gigantic vengeance demon called Pumpkinhead to destroy the teenagers who accidentally killed his son.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspense, atmospheric, disturbing, gothic, melancholic, intense, rough, serious