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Plot Summary:
Five friends get lost in the woods. Soon one by one gets killed by a mysterious person.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspense, slasher, independent film
Best tv shows and movies like The Dark Area (2000):
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June 9 (2008)
Plot Summary:
What happened on june 9? On a search for some harmless fun at the end of the school year, 17 year-old Derek boggman led his friends on a mischievous journey of caught-on-camera pranks. But on their quest to find even bigger thrills, something else found them first. The "Boston Mills 5" were never heard from again...until now. Witness the complete recording of the horrors surrounding june 9. The first scream was for fun. The second scream was for help.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 691
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, rough, disturbing, depressing, mumblecore, mockumentary
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Cannibal Diner (2012)
Plot Summary:
A group of models find themselves trapped in a factory inhabited by a cannibalistic degenerated family.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 612
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: slasher, bleak, rough, suspense, suspenseful, erotic, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Secret of Slenderman (2013)
Plot Summary:
After their bus broke down two friends, Sergey and Oksana, go into the woods, where they plan to reside in the cabin of Sergey's friend. Suddenly a monster starts to haunt them. A monster, which goes by the name of Slender Man.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 514
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, bleak, suspenseful, experimental, underground film, independent film, amateur film
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Secret of Slenderman 3 (2016)
Plot Summary:
As the protagonist is haunted by nightmares caused by the events of first two movies, he decides to kill Slender Man to end the nightmare once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: experimental, underground film, independent film, mockumentary, amateur film
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Death Cast (2022)
Plot Summary:
Six young and hopeful actors land roles in an experimental horror film shooting on a remote location. Their performances will be captured without any crew present in a single, uninterrupted take by cameras and drones positioned around the set. As the day progresses, the line between the film they are shooting and actual terror is blurred as they find themselves in a real life-or-death situation.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: suspense
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School of Horror (2007)
Plot Summary:
Aspiring filmmaker Rocky Horror (Robert Baldassari) devises a dangerous plan to create a surefire terror hit when he lures several film school classmates to a haunted tavern, hoping to capture footage of them being attacked by a legendary monster. But when the creature finally appears, Rocky and his fellow students realize that the blood and corpses are real, not special effects, and that the action may not stop when the director yells "cut.".
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, independent film
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They're Watching (2016)
Plot Summary:
An American TV crew gets trapped in a centuries-old web of revenge, horror, and blood, when their home improvement show is attacked by angry Eastern European villagers out to kill the show's star.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, horror comedy, mockumentary, semi serious, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, slasher, satanic, spooky
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Tape_13 (2014)
Plot Summary:
Young lovers Ann and Gero are travelling through Europe when their car breaks down in the Eifel mountains. Vinzent and Franz invite them to spend a carefree weekend partying in a remote holiday cabin. But after a playful ‘séance’ their initial bright mood soon becomes uneasy as strange occurrences start to take place with alarming regularity.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 294
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: slasher
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Haunted Hospital: Heilstatten (2018)
Plot Summary:
Group of Youtubers enter an abandoned surgery ward for 24-hour challenge, hoping to go viral. They will soon learn that they're not welcome.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: bleak, scary, rough, suspense, slasher, splatter, tense, disturbing, medical horror
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The Ghost from Hovrino (2012)
Plot Summary:
November 11, 2011 -- four men with a video camera went to Hovrino's forest to make a movie about a ghost. Kirill Alex -- 1981 year of birth. Roman Mirniy -- 1981 year of birth. Anton Vaganov -- 1981 year of birth. Artem Varanov -- 1990 year of birth. They left Moscow around 8 a.m. and supposedly will arrive at Hovrino's forest around noon. Six miles from Hovrino's forest on Ryazan's highway, Anton Vaganov's jeep was found. Inside his jeep Kirill Alex's video camera was found. There was a tape inside this camera.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, psychotronic, independent film, mockumentary, mystic
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Bodom (2014)
Plot Summary:
For the 50th anniversary of the Lake Bodom murders, two media students obsessed with the case launch a journalistic investigation. The footage they have left behind only raises new questions.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 411
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, surprise ending, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, mockumentary, realistic, independent film
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Trhauma (1980)
Plot Summary:
A couple invites some friends to spend a weekend together in an isolated cabin surrounded by woods and fields. But... there's a killer lurking around.... And... someone is monitoring him.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: slasher
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Raakavedos (2016)
Plot Summary:
A film maker travels to explore an abandoned secluded youth home "Pohjola Manor" located in Northern Finland surrounded by ghost stories.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags: dark, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, independent film, mockumentary
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Severed Footage (2012)
Plot Summary:
Twelve severed feet in running shoes found on the shores of Western Canada have baffled Police. A videotape is leaked anonymously from the authorities. This paranormal thriller may solve the mystery of the severed feet.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 401
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: dark, scary, disturbing
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Found Footage (2012)
Plot Summary:
The contents of a memory card are presented in the exact order in which they were found. Beginning with a simple camping trip and ending in a bloodbath years later, the mystery of these video clips have never been solved.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: dark, psychotronic, bleak, scary, surprise ending, independent film
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Hunting the Legend (2014)
Plot Summary:
In 2008, a deer hunter was taken by something in the Alabama woods. Only his rifle, blood and a 16" footprint were left behind... Five years later, his son seeks revenge.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 379
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, scary
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Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes (2012)
Plot Summary:
Sean Reynolds, a highly acclaimed investigative journalist (who strongly believed in paranormal phenomena), destroyed his career when the most watched episode of his reality show, based on paranormal phenomena, turned out to be a hoax. Sean saw a news report on a "Bigfoot Hunter" (Carl Drybeck) who claimed to possess the body of a dead Sasquatch. He believes Drybeck is a phony and decides to create a new show that reveals people's paranormal claims as hoaxes. Sean assembles his old film crew and heads to Northern California's "Lost Coast" to meet with and interview Drybeck. Obsessed, Sean is staking his comeback, his life and the lives of his documentary film crew on proving Drybeck's claim to be a hoax.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, enigmatic, independent film, surprise ending, natural horror, fake documentary
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Willow Creek (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young couple ventures into the woods to capture footage of the elusive Bigfoot.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, mockumentary, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, psychological, disturbing, cult classic, spooky, tense
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Crowsnest (2012)
Plot Summary:
In late summer of 2011, five young friends on a road trip went missing after being attacked by nomadic cannibals in a huge RV. Video was recorded by the victims & recovered by police as evidence in their still-unsolved murders.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, rough, bleak, scary, independent film, psychological, suspense, mockumentary, grindhouse
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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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Atrocious (2010)
Plot Summary:
Quintanilla family was found dead in their country side house. Police reported the existence of 37 hours of recorded evidence. The family traveled to their old farm house, where they investigated about the Legend of the Girl in the Garraf woods. They used to record whatever they did. Atrocious shows the last five days of this family, and the strange situations that they lived in those moments and which remain unexplained.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, serious, mockumentary, psychological, splatter, creepy, spooky, surprise ending
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Apocalyptic (2014)
Plot Summary:
A local news crew become horribly involved with a doomsday cult.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, dark, suspense, scary, suspenseful
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A Night in the Woods (2011)
Plot Summary:
Brody, his girlfriend Kerry and their friend Leo go hiking in Dartmoor's Wistman's Woods, so named because of its legendary haunted past. That night jealousies, sexual tensions and strained relationships come to a head turning what should have been a peaceful camping adventure into a trip to terror. As collective paranoia reaches fever pitch it becomes clear that there is a much darker force at work in the ancient eerie surroundings. Who or what is after them? And can any one of them survive a night in the woods?.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 981
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, mockumentary, road movie, dark, fake documentary
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The Gallows (2015)
Plot Summary:
20 years after a horrific accident during a small town school play, students at the school resurrect the failed show in a misguided attempt to honor the anniversary of the tragedy - but soon discover that some things are better left alone.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, dark, intense, suspenseful, spooky, surprise ending, psychological, mockumentary
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The Burningmoore Incident (2010)
Plot Summary:
The cameras filming a TV pilot capture the brutal killings of a home renovation crew.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: dark, psychological, rough, suspense, suspenseful, slasher, mockumentary
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Unaired (2010)
Plot Summary:
S.P.I is entering its third season as the most watched Paranormal Hunting program with its Halloween premiere. The team is investigating a haunted garage/basement on secluded property and prepping to create some soaring ratings with scary content. Upon investigation however, they see that what they all fabricate, may in fact be very real.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: dark, psychotronic, suspense, scary, suspenseful, mockumentary, independent film
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100 Ghost Street: The Return of Richard Speck (2012)
Plot Summary:
A group of paranormal investigators sojourned to the Chicago walk-up where deranged drifter Richard Speck systematically slew eight student nurses back in ’66, looking for restless spirits. Their unfortunate success gets shockingly documented in this fear-filled found-footage foray featuring a bright young cast.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, dark, scary, tense, captivating, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film, fake documentary
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Evil Things (2009)
Plot Summary:
It's Miriam's 21st Birthday. As a birthday gift, Miriam's aunt Gail has decided to lend Miriam her beautiful country house for an entire weekend. Aunt Gail's country house is amazing. It's a four bedroom house surrounded by breathtaking mountains and miles and miles of woods. Miriam invites her young college friends Cassy, Mark, Tanya and Leo to join her at the country house for what looks to be the most amazing weekend ever. Of course they all jump at the chance to spend a free weekend in the country, in the middle of nowhere. Miriam's friends are totally in the mood for a big time party weekend. They're also anxious to escape the dark and gloomy concrete jungle known as Manhattan. Miriam, Cassy and Tanya bring the food. Mark brings the beer and Leo, the aspiring filmmaker, brings his new video camera. Leo hopes to produce a short movie by documenting every amazing moment of this weekend getaway.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, slasher, mockumentary, suspense, dark, realistic, independent film
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Blair Witch (2016)
Plot Summary:
Students on a camping trip discover something sinister is lurking beyond the trees.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, dark, suspense, tense, stylized, intense, demonic, spooky, slasher
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8213: Gacy House (2010)
Plot Summary:
A group of paranormal investigators enter the abandoned home of paedophile and serial killer John Gacy, hoping to find evidence of paranormal activity. Upon entering the house they set-up cameras throughout the abandoned house while going room to room with hand-held cameras, performing séance's and asking for John Gacy to come forward. As the evening progresses it seems the investigators are not prepared for the horror still within the house.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, rough, serious, scary, suspenseful, dark, tense, exciting, psychological, slasher