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Plot Summary:
Six of seven tourists in a east European castle overnight are victims of a helper of the devil. Is Satan willing to spare their souls?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Belgium, Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: gothic, psychotronic, demonic, grindhouse, cult horror, slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, stylized
Best tv shows and movies like The Devil's Nightmare (1971):
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Sharon's Baby (1975)
Plot Summary:
A woman gives birth to a baby, but this is no ordinary little tyke. The child is seemingly possessed by the spirit of a freak dwarf who the mother once spurned. Cue a spate of strange deaths, the one common factor being the presence of a baby in pram at the scene.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense, satanic, supernatural thriller, psychotronic, independent film
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The Unholy (1988)
Plot Summary:
A priest battles a demon that kills sinners in the act of sinning.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, satanic, splatter, independent film, scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending
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Spirits (1990)
Plot Summary:
A priest, trying to regain his standing in the church after "falling" and sleeping with a woman, teams with a group of ESP experts to investigate a haunted house. It doesn't help that one of the experts is a beautiful young woman.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 435
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, rough, serious
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Web of the Spider (1971)
Plot Summary:
Alan Foster, a professional American journalist, travels to London to meet with Edgar Allen Poe for an interview. While in London, Alan soon finds himself in the company of Lord Blackwood, and Alan accepts a bet to spend a night in his castle.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 814
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, suspense, grindhouse, classic horror, scary, atmospheric, mind bending, serious, suspenseful
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Ghosts of Goldfield (2007)
Plot Summary:
Two couples and another friend from college decide to visit the Goldfield Hotel in Nevada to make a documentary about ghosts – then their nightmares begin!.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 835
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, slasher, weird
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Prime Evil (1988)
Plot Summary:
A coven of devil-worshiping monks living in New York City search for victims for their sacrificial ceremonies.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 929
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, satanic, christmas horror, grindhouse, independent film, scary, gothic, serious, suspenseful, cult film
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Demonic Toys: Personal Demons (2010)
Plot Summary:
A group of people on a world wide search for oddities find themselves trapped in a nine hundred year old Italian castle when they accident unleash the Demonic Toys.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 825
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: demonic, scary, bleak, serious, suspenseful, slasher, terrifying, offbeat, ridiculous, cult film
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Metamorphosis (2007)
Plot Summary:
In the Seventeenth Century, while Hungary is fighting the Turks, the population of a small village in.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, Hungary, Austria, UK, Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, bleak, psychotronic, independent film
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The Raven (2006)
Plot Summary:
As a child, Lenore was tormented by nightmares and obsessed with the dark poems and stories of Edgar Allan Poe. As the lead singer in a Los Angeles band, the adult Lenore (Jillian Swanson) finds herself, friends and colleagues haunted by a murderer from beyond the grave. Only in her dreams -- in which she's visited by Poe's ghost -- will Lenore find the key to defeat her supernatural stalker and finally escape the spirits battling for her soul.
IMDB Rating: 1.5
IMDB Votes: 571
Genere: Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, serious, realistic, psychotronic, suspense
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The Tomb (1986)
Plot Summary:
An Egyptian princess rises from the dead and goes to California for the amulets she needs.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 723
Genere: Horror, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful
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The Prophecy V: Forsaken (2005)
Plot Summary:
In Bucharest, Allison is protecting the mysterious bible, "The Prophet Lexicon", where the last chapter about the apocalypse, called Revelations, discloses the name of the Antichrist in its last page. Meanwhile, the evil and jealous leader of the renegade angels Thrones, Stark, forces the hit-man Dylan to kill Allison to get the information about the Antichrist, but Dylan mysteriously feels attracted by the woman, protecting her against the Thrones. Allison seeks John Reigart for help, but Satan tell her that he is interested in the apocalypse to gather millions of souls to Hell. Alone and betrayed, Allison discloses the truth about her origins, while protecting the Lexicon.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: exciting, gothic, suspenseful, stylized, mystical, suspense, dark, apocalyptic, scary, serious
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Edgar Allan Poe's the Black Cat (1989)
Plot Summary:
Mark Ravenna, a famous Italian horror film director, sets out to script his latest film entitled 'Suspiria : De Profundis'. His film is based on Dario ArgentoÆs 'Suspiria' and 'Inferno' and deals with the story of Levana, Queen of all Witches. Levana is the eldest of the three mistresses of darkness, mother of madness, most powerful of all evil. Ravenna is warned not to make his film in fear of actually summoning Levana to the present day. He does not heed these warnings and casts his wife Anne to play the lead role of Levana. Anne reads the script and is then haunted and terrorized by the evil witch who tells her she will suffer terrible tortures if she continues, and that everyone involved with the production will suffer dire consequences.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 769
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, stylized, surprise ending
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Mystics in Bali (1981)
Plot Summary:
Researching a book that takes her to Bali and the black magic cult of Leák, Cathy meets an evil witch which promises to train her in the dark arts. Tricked, Cathy is turned into a Penanggalan; a flying vampire with internal organs hanging from her neck. It is now up to the local holy men who are then enforced to do battle with the forces of evil.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, suspenseful, scary, surreal, cult classic, psychotronic, slasher, disturbing, controversial, dark comedy
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The Prophecy 3: The Ascent (2000)
Plot Summary:
The conclusion to The Prophecy Trilogy. Once again, Christopher Walken returns as the Arch-Angel Gabriel. As the War in Heaven and on Earth rages on, Pyriel, the Angel of Genocide, rises to power, intending to destroy all of mankind. The only one who stands in his way is Danyael, who was born of an Angel and a woman.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, mystical, suspense, dark, satanic, controversial, demonic, apocalyptic
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Malpertuis (1971)
Plot Summary:
Malpertuis is the name of an old, rambling mansion which is in reality a labyrinth where characters from Greek mythology are imprisoned by the bedridden Cassavius (Welles). He manages to keep them (as well as his nephew and niece) prisoners even after his death, through a binding testament. As Jan, the nephew, (Carrière) unravels the mystery, he discovers that he cannot escape the house because Malpertuis is far more significant than he was led to believe.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Belgium, France, West Germany
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: gothic, slasher, experimental, gothic horror, cult classic, phantasmagoric, scary, offbeat, serious, suspenseful
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Twins of Evil (1971)
Plot Summary:
While dabbling in Satanism, Count Karstein resurrects Mircalla Karnstein who initiates him into vampirism. As a rash of deaths afflicts the village, Gustav the head of Puritan group leads his men to seek out and destroy the pestilence. One of his twin nieces has become inflicted with the witchcraft but Gustav's zeal and venom has trapped the innocent Maria, threatening her with a tortuous execution, whilst Frieda remains free to continue her orgy of evil.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, scary, serious, suspenseful, stylized, gothic, satanic, sexy, slasher, demonic
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Curse of the Blood Ghouls (1962)
Plot Summary:
On their wedding night, a newlywed couple find themselves menaced by a bloodthirsty vampire.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 566
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, scary, atmospheric, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, odd
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The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman (1971)
Plot Summary:
Elvira is travelling through the French countryside with her friend Genevieve, searching for the lost tomb of a medieval murderess and possible vampire, Countess Wandessa. They find a likely site in the castle of Waldemar Daninsky, who invites the women to stay as long as they like. As Waldemar shows Elvira the tomb that supposedly houses the countess, she accidentally causes the vampire to come back to life, hungrier than ever. Daninsky has a hidden secret of his own, but will it be enough to save the two girls from becoming Wandessa's next victims?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain, West Germany
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, suspenseful, serious, sexy, classic horror, suspense, grindhouse, slasher, terrifying
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Baron Blood (1972)
Plot Summary:
A young man, Peter, returns to Austria in search of his heritage. There he visits the castle of an ancestor, a sadistic Baron who was cursed to a violent death by a witch whom the Baron had burned at the stake. Peter reads aloud the incantation that causes Baron Blood to return and continue his murderous tortures.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, suspense, scary, rough, suspenseful, serious, grindhouse, psychotronic, bloody
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Jaws of Satan (1981)
Plot Summary:
A preacher whose ancestors were Druids battles Satan, who has taken the form of a huge snake.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 919
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, rough, suspenseful, satanic, natural horror, independent film, serious, psychotronic
Similar in 76%
Faust (2000)
Plot Summary:
An artist, John Jaspers sells his soul to the mysterious "M" in order to get revenge on the people who killed his girlfriend. Soon, he realizes everything has a price, and he is transformed into a horned demon with a passion for killing. He learns that M plans to release the Homunculus, a giant Lizard-like monster onto the earth, opening the gate to hell. Now, Jaspers must stop M before he can let the apocalypse begin.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: slasher, gothic, stylized, rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, cult horror, fairy tale, romantic
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The Prophecy II (1998)
Plot Summary:
Gabriel returns to try to destroy the human race he despises so much, with the help of a suicidal teen and the opposition of the angel Daniel.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: rough, satanic, tense, serious, suspenseful, mystical, psychological thriller, slasher, controversial, demonic
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Meridian (1990)
Plot Summary:
Catherine Bomarzini returns to the family castle in Italy after her father's death and gets caught in the web of a mysterious love triangle: a man who is at times repulsive, at others enchanting; and a creature of the night whose gentle eyes and touch reveal his infinitive love and devotion. With the help of Martha, her faithful childhood nanny, and the ghost of a slain young girl, Catherine discovers the medieval curse that threatens their lives and only she can dispel.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: gothic, atmospheric, suspenseful, fairy tale, sexy, erotic, slasher, grindhouse, sensual, independent film
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Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
Plot Summary:
After a dying Voodoo queen chooses an adopted apprentice as her successor, her true heir is outraged. Seeking revenge, he buys the bones of Blacula the vampire off of a dealer, and uses voodoo to bring the vampire back to do his bidding. In turn, Blacula turns him into a vampire and makes him his slave. Meanwhile, a police officer with a large collection of African antiques and an interest in the occult investigates the murders caused by Blacula and his vampire horde.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: gothic, bloody, slasher, creepy, cult classic, scary, horror comedy, cult horror, independent film, rough
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Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud (2007)
Plot Summary:
During a bitter family feud, Jodie Hatfield, and her boyfriend Ricky McCoy, decide to leave town to avoid being found out, but are soon caught in the act. Wanting vengeance, he seeks out the monster Pumpkinhead, and resurrects it seek revenge on the family. Despite being warned away by the ghost of Ed Harley, his vengeance plan starts out, and the Hatfield family is soon under siege by the powerful demon. Not accepting the legend of the creature and believing their arch-rivals are the real cause, the two families attempt to go to war, only to be stopped when Pumpkinhead attacks the Hatfield house. Putting aside their differences, they band together to stave off the creature before it's vengeance pact is completed.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, Romania, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, slasher, suspense, saga, rough
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Cellar Dweller (1987)
Plot Summary:
In the 1930s a horror-comic artist's creations come alive and kill him. Years later a new cartoonist revives the creatures in his house, now part of an artist's colony.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: retro, psychotronic, grindhouse, independent film, surprise ending, scary, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, slasher
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Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Plot Summary:
Whilst vacationing in the Carpathian Mountain, two couples stumble across the remains of Count Dracula's castle. The Count's trusted servant kills one of the men, suspending the body over the Count's ashes so that the blood drips from the corpse and saturates the blackened remains. The ritual is completed, the Count revived and his attentions focus on the dead man's wife who is to become his partner; devoted to an existence of depravity and evil.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, talky, serious, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic
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Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (1999)
Plot Summary:
During a failed art heist, the Djinn is once again liberated. This time, to complete the 1001 wishes that he needs before the final 3, he lets himself go to prison, where he starts his evil reign twisting the hopes of the prisoners. Meanwhile, the woman who set him free accidentally, Morgana, tries to find a way to stop him, aided by a young priest.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, independent film, psychological, retro, psychedelic, dark, mysterious, creepy, rough
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Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes (2006)
Plot Summary:
He threw their loved ones into a swamp. Now they want revenge... But when a demon does their dirty work, it comes at a price.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, USA, Romania
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, weird
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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