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Plot Summary:
A young boy is taken over by demons who force him to commit murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: atmospheric
Best tv shows and movies like The Demon Murder Case (1983):
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The Night Child (1975)
Plot Summary:
The titular medallion is a gift presented to young Nicole Elmi. Once the girl places the gift around her neck, she is possessed by the spirit of a dead child who was a murderess.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 818
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, atmospheric, suspense, classic horror, terrifying, psychotronic
Similar in 85%
Cruise Into Terror (1978)
Plot Summary:
An Egyptian sarcophagus that is cargo on a pleasure cruise ship has a secret - it contains the son of Satan, and its effects start to make the ship's passengers behave strangely.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 341
Genere: Thriller, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
Similar in 81%
Dark Places (1974)
Plot Summary:
A scheming couple plot to conceal a hidden cache of stolen money from its rightful owner. The only problem is that the house they plan to hide it in is haunted.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, suspense, psychological, offbeat, independent film, scary, psychotronic
Similar in 85%
The Possessed (1977)
Plot Summary:
A former priest, now an exorcist, battles the satanic forces that are threatening the students at a girls school.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 691
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, spooky
Similar in 78%
Carnage (1984)
Plot Summary:
Carol and Jonathan, a newlywed couple, move into their new house which is haunted by the ghosts of another newlywed couple who commited suicide in the house three years earlier.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 599
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, independent film, gay cinema
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Bleed (2016)
Plot Summary:
It seemed perfect - a new house, a new marriage, a child soon to be born. But when Sarah and Matt invite their friends to celebrate, the situation turns deadly as they enter a burned-out prison on a ghost hunt.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, slasher
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Exorcist (2015)
Plot Summary:
Jin-Myung is a psychiatrist and exorcist. With his assistant, Ji-Kwang, they attempt an exorcism on Geum-Joo. She suffers from a bizarre phenomenon. They then face a powerful existence within Geum-Joo. Extreme horror arises out of her.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: dark, scary, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, bizarre
Similar in 76%
The Secrets of Emily Blair (2016)
Plot Summary:
Desperate to save his fiancée from a demon that has possessed her soul, a man turns to his longtime priest for help.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, scary
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Til Death Do Us Part (2014)
Plot Summary:
Meg Alexander and her groom to be Derrick Logan prepare for their wedding day, but as their big day gets closer, paranormal activities soon start when Meg brings her dead mother's wedding dress into their home.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful
Similar in 79%
The Last Exorcist (2020)
Plot Summary:
After every priest trained in exorcisms die in a terrorist attack, Joan Campbell must battle a demon from her past that, this time, possesses her sister.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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House at the End of the Drive (2014)
Plot Summary:
When David King purchases a house in the hills far above the angst of Los Angeles, he gets much more than he bargained for when strange and unexplainable occurrences in and around the house begin to take control of his daily life.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 397
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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A Place in Hell (2015)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by a real serial killer: A disgraced detective on the trail of a serial killer and a group of student filmmakers cross paths at a Halloween fright farm in the dead of winter.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing
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The Possession Experiment (2016)
Plot Summary:
When a student takes on a theology project, he taps into another side that had been hidden away from him.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 965
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, scenic, demonic, religious horror, psychotronic
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Blackwater Valley Exorcism (2006)
Plot Summary:
Disturbed Isabelle is locked in a fierce battle with a vicious demon that's hell-bent on owning her soul.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 787
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: demonic, suspense, suspenseful, scary, disturbing, serious, surprise ending
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Bloody Ballet (2018)
Plot Summary:
When beautiful ballerina dancer Adriana Mena lands the lead role in the upcoming Nutcracker performance, she's forced to face her demons as jealousy and tension begin to provoke the supernatural.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 277
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, slasher
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Here Comes the Devil (2012)
Plot Summary:
A married couple loses their children while on a family trip near some caves in Tijuana. The kids eventually reappear without explanation, but it becomes clear that they are not who they used to be, that something terrifying has changed them.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, serious, disturbing, creepy, psychological, suspense, surreal, mumblecore, controversial
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Hold Your Breath (2012)
Plot Summary:
There is an old wives' tale that you should hold your breath when passing by a cemetery lest an evil spirit rejected by both heaven and hell gets inside of you when you inhale. Someone in a carload of college kids on holiday doesn't hold his/her breath when driving by a graveyard, allowing the spirit of a recently executed serial killer to get inside him/her to begin a spree of body-jumping carnage.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, erotic, slasher, disturbing, surprise ending
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Diary of an Exorcist - Zero (2016)
Plot Summary:
Lucas devotes his life to church work after a tragedy. When an exorcism case gets out of control, he has to figure out who is under the Devil's influence.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 629
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Evil Takes Root (2020)
Plot Summary:
A paranormal investigator arrives in a sleepy Midwest town to investigate the mysterious loss of his old lover and reconcile sins of the past. He discovers she fell victim to the Batibat, an ancient evil that followed her home from the Philippines.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 467
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Incarnate (2016)
Plot Summary:
An exorcist comes up against an evil from his past when he uses his skills to enter the mind of a nine year old boy.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, satanic, rough, exciting, surprise ending, psychological thriller, suspense, demonic
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Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992)
Plot Summary:
Arriving in Gatlin, Nebraska, a news-reporter and his son get wind of a story about the youth in the town murdering their parents finds that a series of brutal murders are revealed to be worshipers of the corn-stalks and try to stop them before they carry out their plans.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, cult classic, scary, classic horror, dark, saga, pastoral, cult horror, rough, offbeat
Similar in 78%
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)
Plot Summary:
Two young Gatlin residents are orphaned after the younger brother kills their father. The terror of Gatlin goes urban when the two boys are placed in the custody of two foster parents in the city. The younger brother takes some corn seeds along for the road and plants them in the courtyard of an abandoned warehouse, bringing "He Who Walks Behind the Rows" to the city.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, cult classic, classic horror, dark, saga, pastoral, cult horror, tense, atmospheric
Similar in 76%
The Last Exorcism Part II (2013)
Plot Summary:
As Nell Sweetzer tries to build a new life after the events of the first movie, the evil force that once possessed her returns with an even more horrific plan.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, demonic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, satanic, brutal, saga, mockumentary, grindhouse
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Exorcism (2003)
Plot Summary:
In the city of angels - Los Angeles - no one is immune from the lurking spirits, neither good nor evil. As the end of time rapidly approaches, both forces have much work to do. Both sides contend for the same souls, but which force will prevail?.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: demonic, suspense
Similar in 76%
The Vatican Tapes (2015)
Plot Summary:
In a highly secured vault deep within the walls of Vatican City, the Catholic Church holds thousands of old films and video footage documenting exorcisms/supposed exorcisms and other unexplained religious phenomena they feel the world is not ready to see. This is the first tape - Case 83-G - stolen from these archives and exposed to the public by an anonymous source.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, demonic, suspense, bleak, biblical, religious horror, disgusting, fake documentary
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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
Plot Summary:
A chilling story of terror, murder and unknown evil that shocked even experienced real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. One of the most sensational cases from their files, it starts with a fight for the soul of a young boy, then takes them beyond anything they’d ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 135000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: scary, demonic, dark, suspense, spooky, suspenseful, splatter, slasher, saga, satanic
Similar in 78%
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Plot Summary:
Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 294000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: scary, dark, atmospheric, suspenseful, creepy, splatter, demonic, christmas horror, psychological, cult classic
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Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
Plot Summary:
In 1965 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by the merciless spirit, this small family confronts unthinkable fears to save her and send her possessor back to the other side.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 72000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, psychological, dark, spooky, disturbing, atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, creepy
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6 Souls (2010)
Plot Summary:
A female forensic psychiatrist discovers that all of one of her patient's multiple personalities are murder victims. She will have to find out what's happening before her time is finished.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, fairy tale, suspense, tricky, dark, twisted, thought provoking
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The Conjuring (2013)
Plot Summary:
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 545000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: scary, dark, atmospheric, suspenseful, frightening, psychological, terrifying, creepy, demonic, splatter