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Plot Summary:
A psychic researcher attempts to solve a murder by using a radio that enables him to speak with the dead.
IMDB Rating: 1.8
IMDB Votes: 975
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film, detective
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Terror in the Night (1964)
Plot Summary:
A troubled teen with an undeserved criminal past is the suspect when young women start turning up around town dead and marked up with lipstick.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, scary, serious, realistic
Similar in 85%
Night Visions (1990)
Plot Summary:
Stubborn detective Tom Mackey, assigned to a Los Angeles murder case involving a couple of serial killings, gets increasingly frustrated with the dead end leads he's following and the lack of appreciation he gets from his chief, police captain Keller. Enter Dr. Sally Powers, a fresh, clean cut psychology graduate who possesses supernatural powers. In a loose partnership the twosome gradually succeed in unraveling the killer's motive and working-pattern. This leaves only one person that would fit the profile.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 505
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: splatter, detective
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The Criminal Who Stole a Crime (1969)
Plot Summary:
Retired police captain tells a reporter about his latest action - carried on their own investigation into the mysterious death of the girl. Captain MO, Gray, conducts her own investigation into the death of Eve Salm, called Princess. She was a witness in a process in which the defendant pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine years in prison. Gray has doubts and risked their lives seeking to apprehend the real killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Poland
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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Murder Death Koreatown (2020)
Plot Summary:
The bizarre found footage from an investigation into a true crime murder. An unemployed man's curiosity about his neighbor's murder warps into a conspiratorial obsession.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 528
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, scary, psychological, suspense, psychotronic, weird, bizarre
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I Recorded a Murder! (2016)
Plot Summary:
A filmmaker who is trying to finish his short film records a murder by accident that everyone believes was a suicide. He and the witness of the crime will seek the truth but the murderer is on to their plan and is one step ahead of them.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: cult classic, suspense, dark, tense, unusual plot structure, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative, slasher
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Q (1982)
Plot Summary:
New York police are bemused by reports of a giant flying lizard that has been spotted around the rooftops of New York, until the lizard starts to eat people. An out-of-work ex-con is the only person who knows the location of the monster's nest and is determined to turn the knowledge to his advantage, but will his gamble pay off or will he end up as lizard food?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: detective, scary, atmospheric, grindhouse, rough, suspenseful, independent film, splatter, cult classic, cult horror
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Curse of the Black Widow (1977)
Plot Summary:
Tony Franciosa plays a detective who's on the trail of a murderer whose mutilated and predominantly male victims are found encased in silken cocoons.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 727
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, detective, psychotronic
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Where Is the Third King? (1967)
Plot Summary:
A classic criminal story set between Poland and South America.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Poland
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags:
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The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire (1971)
Plot Summary:
In Dublin, a young woman is brutally murdered in her home by a maniac that throws acid in her face and then slits her throat with a razor. Her mangled body is later discovered in the boot of a limousine owned by the Swiss Ambassador Sobiesky. The Ambassador, who was the dead woman's lover, refuses to cooperate with the police due to his diplomatic immunity. John Norton, an ex-cop famed for his brutal working methods, is brought in to help and gets too deeply involved when he stars an affair with the Ambassador's beautiful step-daughter, Helen. Meanwhile, the brutal killings continue.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 987
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, West Germany, Switzerland, Ireland
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, grindhouse, creepy, cult classic, psychological thriller, surprise ending, independent film, detective, cult film
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Maniac Cop (1988)
Plot Summary:
In New York, people are slain and strangled to death brutally on the open street. All witnesses agree that the murderer was in a cop's uniform. Soon the police searches and finds a suspect in its own ranks: Jack Forrest, turned in by his own wife. To prove his innocence, he has to investigate on his own.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, grindhouse, cult horror, classic horror, psychological thriller, retro
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Drive In Massacre (1976)
Plot Summary:
Two police detectives try to catch a serial killer who is stalking a rural California drive-in theater, randomly killing people with a sword.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, realistic, slasher, psychotronic, detective, grindhouse, independent film, cult film
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Nothing But the Night (1973)
Plot Summary:
Already three trustees of the Van Traylen fund have died during the last months, looking like suicides. However after a mysterious accident of a bus with the last three trustees and 30 orphan kids in it, police colonel Bingham starts investigating. First question is, how came that the dead bus driver is burnt when there was no fire during the accident? Dr. Ashley uses hypnosis to find the truth about the mysterious happenings.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, detective, classic horror, terrifying, independent film, scary, mind bending, gothic, serious, suspenseful
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972)
Plot Summary:
US TV version of the classic Sherlock Holmes story.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 380
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: detective, psychotronic
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Frankenstein (2004)
Plot Summary:
Two hundred years after Mary Shelley's novel the brilliant but mad Doctor has sustained his creature and himself over two centuries through genetic experimentation. In present-day America Detective O'Connor is investigating a series of horrific murders which leads her to the doctor and his creature. What she uncovers reveals the strange evolution the doctor and his creation undergo over the course of two centuries and the divergent paths creator and monster take in pursuing good or evil. Detective Carson O'Conner and her partner Detective Michael Sloane are investigating murders of a serial-killer that mutilates and removes the internal organs of the victims. When they meet the mysterious and macabre Deucalion, they are informed that Dr. Frankenstein is alive with a legion of followers, using the name of Dr. Victor Helios.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, suspense, detective, tech noir, anime, scary, exciting, offbeat
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I'm a Killer (2016)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by true events from the 1970s, the story revolves around a young detective who becomes the head of a police unit focused on catching a rampant serial killer of women, nicknamed 'The Silesian Vampire'.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, crime thriller
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The Night Strangler (1973)
Plot Summary:
After being run out of Las Vegas, Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he is on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every 21 years, for the past century, a killer kills a certain number of people, drains them of their blood and then disappears into the night. Kolchak is on his trail, but can he stop him?.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: scary, cult horror, spooky, atmospheric, serious, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Hitch Hike to Hell (1977)
Plot Summary:
Howard is mild-mannered and slightly simple-minded, with a habit of picking up teenage hitchhikers while driving his delivery routes. Sometimes the girls admit to being runaways, and if they claim to hate their mothers it drives Howard into a violent frenzy; his sister ran away from home years ago and was never heard from again, causing his desperate, addled mother to tighten her hold on him. Howard never remembers raping his victims or strangling them with wire coat hangers, though his boss does notice missed deliveries and late arrivals.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, detective, independent film
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My Killer (2016)
Plot Summary:
A young detective in the Northern Russian region of Yakutia is dealing with a seemingly simple murder case. The investigation becomes a dangerous journey into the world of illegal mining and gold trafficking in which life has no value.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspense, detective
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The New York Butcher (2016)
Plot Summary:
For rookie cop Linda Blair and serial killer Clive Barker, the biggest challenge they'll both face, is looking in the mirror.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, tense, rough, detective, surprise ending, neo noir, cult movie cast
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Jack's Back (1988)
Plot Summary:
A young doctor is suspected when a series of Jack the Ripper copycat killings is committed. However, when the doctor himself is murdered, his identical twin brother claims to have seen visions of the true killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, detective, sexy, scary, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)
Plot Summary:
Two middle-aged women move to Hollywood, California after their sons are convicted of a notorious murder and open a dance school for children eager to tap their way to stardom.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Musical, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, grindhouse, queer horror, detective, scary, psychological, tense, atmospheric, serious
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Malignant (2021)
Plot Summary:
When cancer patient Alan Gates discovers that his tumor is actually a mysterious parasite that gives him otherworldly powers, he begins a battle against an army buried beneath society's skin. The movie is based on james wans comic of the same name, director of insidious & the conjuring.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 105000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, China
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspense, dark, tense, psychological horror, neo noir, psychotronic, bloody, splatter
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Furnace (2007)
Plot Summary:
A ghost story taking place at a maximum security prison. A detective (Michael Paré ) is called to investigate a string of unexplained deaths as the prisoners fear for their lives.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 766
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, detective, scary, rough, bleak, serious
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Retribution (1987)
Plot Summary:
A Manic depressive artist survives a suicidal fall only to be possessed by a murdered gangster, who uses the artist to seek vengeance on those that ended his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: slasher, atmospheric, cult classic, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film, eighties, low-budget, cult film
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God Told Me To (1976)
Plot Summary:
A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to.".
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, enigmatic, rough, grindhouse, suspense, slasher, surreal, disturbing, detective
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The Pale Blue Eye (2022)
Plot Summary:
West Point, New York, 1830. When a cadet at the burgeoning military academy is found hanged with his heart cut out, the top brass summons former New York City constable Augustus Landor to investigate. While attempting to solve this grisly mystery, the reluctant detective engages the help of one of the cadets: a strange but brilliant young fellow by the name of Edgar Allan Poe.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 119000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: detective, period piece, gothic horror, psychological thriller, exciting, dramatic, costume drama, psychological horror, surprise ending, gothic
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Dario Argento's Phenomena (1985)
Plot Summary:
A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: surreal, scary, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, disturbing, grindhouse, atmospheric, psychological, creepy
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Like Minds (2006)
Plot Summary:
A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, serious, detective, dark, independent film
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Suspect Zero (2004)
Plot Summary:
A killer is on the loose, and an FBI agent sifts through clues and learns that the bloodthirsty felon's victims of choice are other serial killers.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspenseful, tricky, detective, stylized, intense, suspense, scary, serious
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The Cure (1997)
Plot Summary:
A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing of the crime. Detective Takabe and psychologist Sakuma are called in to figure out the connection, but their investigation goes nowhere.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, scary, tense, enigmatic, suspenseful, disturbing, neo noir, surreal, detective