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Plot Summary:
Random people are terrorized by a malevolent man who brings their worst fears to life.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 997
Genere: Horror
Country: South Africa
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, classic horror, gothic horror, detective, grindhouse, psychotronic, odd
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Headhunter (1988)
Plot Summary:
A Miami cop finds out his wife has a female lover, and he begins to have an affair with his female partner. Meanwhile, a voodoo demon from Africa arrives among Miami's Nigerian community and begins decapitating some people and possessing others--including the cop's wife.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 548
Genere: Horror
Country: South Africa
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, detective, independent film, scary, serious, suspenseful
Similar in 82%
Tokolosh (2011)
Plot Summary:
Based on South African Tokolosh myths & legends. The Tokolosh is believed to be a dwarf like creature that has been killing people since 1838. Set in modern day South Africa a young architect tries to find out more about his wife's mysterious death and realizes there is something more sinister at work.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Horror
Country: South Africa
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, low-budget
Similar in 90%
8: A South African Horror Story (2019)
Plot Summary:
An old man, fated to collect souls for eternity, seeks atonement after trading his daughter's soul.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: South Africa
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, slasher
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The Fiend (1972)
Plot Summary:
Led by a sinister minister, a controlling religious sect called the Brethren has taken control of widow Birdy Wemys, sending her unstable son, Kenny, into a spiraling descent into madness and murder. No woman is safe when Kenny's religious mania overpowers him and leads to a rampage of carnage and chaos!.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 626
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, independent film, religious horror, christian horror
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Terror Night (1989)
Plot Summary:
Lance Hayward, a silent movie star, appears as various characters, killing quite a handful of unfortunates, using various weapons.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, splatter, psychotronic, independent film, slasher horror
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Malevolence 3: Killer (2018)
Plot Summary:
Martin Bristol returns to where it all began: the home where he was kidnapped from. But he is not the boy who disappeared over 10 years ago. Tortured and abused at the hands of his psychotic captor Graham Sutter, Martin is damaged beyond repair. Lurking in the shadows of suburbia, he stalks and kills without remorse. Special Agent William Perkins follows Martin's trail of terror, desperate to capture him before he kills again. Martin's family, mourning his disappearance for over 10 years, is informed not only that he is alive, but that he is responsible for the wave of murder sweeping through their town. Will they be able to reunite with their long-lost son before it's too late, or will Perkins have to use force to bring him down?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, tense, suspense
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555 (1988)
Plot Summary:
A spate of killings of teenagers by a maniac dressed like a hippie causes a detective to check the records for similar killings. He discovers that every five years, in the fifth month of the year, for five consecutive days, the same type of killings have occurred, and the few descriptions of the suspect always match: he's dressed like a hippie. As the detective searches for the killer, he begins to have suspicions about his superior, an older man who is haunted by memories of his military service in Vietnam.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 431
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, detective, surprise ending, splatter, independent film, cult film
Similar in 77%
A Night to Dismember (1983)
Plot Summary:
A woman from a "cursed" family is released from a mental facility, and soon dismembered corpses start turning up.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 823
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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Demonoid: Messenger of Death (1981)
Plot Summary:
A British woman visits her husband at the Mexican mine he is attempting to reopen and discovers that the workers refuse to enter the mine fearing an ancient curse. The couple enter the mine to prove there is no danger and inadvertently release a demon which possess people's left hands and forces them to behave in a suitably diabolical manner. The only way for a possessed person to free themselves from this torment is to cut off their left hand after which it scurries away in search of its next victim.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: slasher, retro, gothic horror, classic horror, surprise ending, twist ending, psychotronic, independent film, lovecraft, spooky
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Meatcleaver Massacre (1976)
Plot Summary:
Four crazed killers, butchered his wife, son and daughter. From his hospital deathbed he called upon the power of the occult for revenge... And he got it, he really got it!.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 784
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, cult classic, splatter, psychotronic, independent film, slasher horror, supernatural thriller, cult film
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Frightworld (2006)
Plot Summary:
Nine people find themselves trapped in a warehouse that contains the remains of the old Frightworld Amusement Park - a place haunted by the spirit of Verden Fell, a serial killer who died there a year before.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, independent film
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Nurse Sherri (1977)
Plot Summary:
A hospital nurse is possessed by an evil spirit, and proceeds to kill off the hospital's patients.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 872
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: medical horror, slasher, slasher horror, psychotronic, independent film, grindhouse
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Satan's Blade (1984)
Plot Summary:
At a mountain resort, a local resident is possessed by the evil spirit of an ancient mountain man, and terrorizes a ski lodge.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 746
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film
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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
Similar in 87%
Mortuary (1982)
Plot Summary:
Christie Parson has constant nightmares of her father's death whom died in a swimming pool. Christie's mother thinks it was an accident, but Christie believes in was murder. Christie then see's an unknown figure dressed in a cape following her and harassing her. But still nobody believes her, until her boyfriend sees the figure himself. The figure hides in the town mortuary which is owned by Hank Andrews and his demented son, Paul and both are trying to form rituals to bring back Dr. Parson's spirit. But who is this figure and why is he harassing Christie?.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, horror comedy, cult classic, independent film, surprise ending, splatter, psychotronic, slasher horror, cult film
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Haunts (1976)
Plot Summary:
A woman haunted by psychosexual nightmares begins to believe her father is responsible for a series of scissor-murders.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 685
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, grindhouse, pastoral, independent film, scary, psychological, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful
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The Demon Lover (1976)
Plot Summary:
A group of teenagers hanging around a cemetery get involved with a satanic priest who calls up a demon from hell.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 327
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: satanic, psychotronic, independent film
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Scalps (1983)
Plot Summary:
Silly group of college science students go an dig around in an indian burial ground for artifacts. Unfortunately, one of them becomes possessed by the evil spirit of Black Claw so he must therefore slaughter all of his friends.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, cult classic, splatter, psychotronic, independent film, spooky, wild, cult film
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Demon Mind (2017)
Plot Summary:
An ancient demon head and a pair of demonic battle axes transforms a collector into a hideous and barbaric demon who slaughters any soul caught in his blood thirsty eyes.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Horror
Country: Russia
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, splatter, independent film
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Vault of Terror II: The Undead (2015)
Plot Summary:
Following the macabre footsteps of the first VAULT OF TERROR installment, this sequel anthology film tells six more evil, demonic, hellish tales of dread and horror by some of the genre's best filmmakers.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anthology, slasher, suspense, scary, psychotronic, dark fairy tale
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Demon Resurrection (2008)
Plot Summary:
In an isolated house, a group of friends battle supernatural forces as they try to protect a young woman from an evil cult in this low-budget shocker that pays homage to 70s horror and exploitation classics.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, lovecraft, independent film, grindhouse, psychotronic
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Severed (2002)
Plot Summary:
A ritualistic serial killer is beheading victims all over a city, and those surrounding the case are pulled into his world as they try and stop him.
IMDB Rating: 1.8
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, serious, suspenseful, scary, rough, unusual plot structure, psychotronic, suspense, independent film
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Twisted Nightmare (1987)
Plot Summary:
A group of teenagers win a trip to a summer camp they had attended as children. However, soon after they get there they begin to disappear one by one. The survivors suspect that the disappearances may be connected to the death of a handicapped child at the camp years before.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, splatter, psychotronic, independent film, teen horror
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Coffin Baby (2013)
Plot Summary:
An attractive young woman is kidnapped, held captive and forced to endure the evils of one of the most violent homicidal maniacs in the city's history. "The Toolbox Killer" aka TBK. It is by her will, strength and her faith that she must survive, the ordeal. Her escape is almost hopeless. Unfortunately her situation only worsens when outside supernatural forces become more difficult to contend with than TBK.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, psychological, disturbing, surprise ending, detective
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The Abomination (1986)
Plot Summary:
A mother obsessed with mind-altering televangelism consequently vomits a pulsating growth that slithers down the throat of her son during the night. Upon spewing the parasite, the son is driven by an uncontrollable force to murder and feed corpses to the now-multiple-toothed monsters manifesting throughout the house. This gory, shot-on-Super-8 regional rarity is a micro-budget salute to H.G. Lewis and H.P. Lovecraft. — Evan Husney, Drafthouse Films.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 710
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, art house, grindhouse, medical horror, splatter, psychotronic, independent film, lovecraft, horror comedy
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The Horror Show (1989)
Plot Summary:
Detective Lucas McCarthy finally apprehends "Meat Cleaver Max" and watches the electric chair execution from the audience. But killing Max Jenke only elevated him to another level of reality. Now Lucas' family is under attack, his sanity in question, and his house haunted. Aided by a disreputable college professor, can Lucas reclaim his mind, house, and family? Features Lance Henriksen as the Lucas McCarthy and Brion James as Max Jenke. One of the few movies featuring these actors as main characters.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, detective, retro, creepy, cult classic, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, odd
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The Oblong Box (1969)
Plot Summary:
Aristocrat Julian Markham keeps his disfigured brother, Sir Edward, locked in a tower of his house. Occasionaly Sir Edward escapes and causes havoc around the town.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, serious, classic horror, scary, gothic, bleak, gothic horror, cult classic, slasher
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B.C. Butcher (2016)
Plot Summary:
When a tribe of cavewomen imparts cruel justice on one of their own their fate takes a turn for the worst. After discovering and falling in love with the corpse sacrificed by the girl-gang, a lone wandering giant of pre-historic mythos is inspired to homicide. Consequently the cavewomen are menaced by the heartbroken and bloodthirsty cave-brute with a grudge, and the prophetess among them is ignored when she predicts the tragic outcome.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 257
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, splatter, independent film, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Last American Horror Show (2018)
Plot Summary:
A trifecta of 80s throwback terror with mauling monsters, home invasions gone haywire and stomach-turning human sacrifice.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 534
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, anthology, psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, grindhouse
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The Black Cat (1981)
Plot Summary:
An American photographer (Mimsy Farmer) and a Scotland Yard inspector (David Warbeck) suspect a man's (Patrick Magee) cat of murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: gothic, slasher, psychological, mind bending, serious, demonic, scary, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic