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Plot Summary:
Elizabeth travels to the family castle to hear her uncle's will. Once there, she encounters a crazy woman in a wheelchair, a murderer and has nightmares about the legendary ghost who is said to be in the castle. As if that were not bad enough, Elizabeth was abducted by a hooded sadist and tortured in the castle dungeon until her fiancé argues that it may be a conspiracy to eliminate his fiancée and claim her share of the inheritance.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 483
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror
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Evil Face (1974)
Plot Summary:
Baron Ivan Rassimov, a brilliant doctor, died horribly during a fire burst in his laboratory. Since that day, his daughter Tanja retired to a life of reclusion, covering with a dark veil her disfigured face. Professor Nijinski was once a student of Rassimov; he married Tanja, and he's trying to restore her lost beauty with a series of skin transplants. However, to reach his goal, professor Nijinski needs beautiful young victims for his transplant experiments.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 362
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy, Turkey
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, gothic horror
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Tomb of Torture (1963)
Plot Summary:
A woman is tormented by dreams that she is the reincarnation of a dead countess. Her father, trying to get her to stop the dreams, takes her to a village near the castle of the late countess. In the village she meets a reporter who is investigating reports of the deaths of two young women who it is believed were killed by a creature that lives in the castle.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, psychotronic
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The Castle of the Living Dead (1964)
Plot Summary:
Count Drago invites over entertainers to his castle, but what the people don't know is that Drago mummifies animals and humans!.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, suspense, classic horror, psychotronic, cult classic, entertaining, odd, vintage
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Bloody Pit of Horror (1965)
Plot Summary:
A photographer and his models go to an old, abandoned castle for a photo shoot. Unbeknownst to them, the castle is inhabited by a lunatic who believes himself to be the reincarnated spirit of a 17th-century executioner whose job it is to protect the castle against intruders.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: gothic, slasher, gothic horror, psychotronic, suspense, grindhouse, classic horror, weird, corny, campy
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Arcane Sorcerer (1996)
Plot Summary:
Shunned by his church, a seminary student (Stefano Dionisi) takes refuge with an excommunicated priest (Carlo Cecchi) who teaches him wizardry and black magic.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 899
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: gothic, lovecraft, surprise ending, surreal, gothic horror, twisted
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The Monster of the Opera (1964)
Plot Summary:
A theater troupe's young, energetic leader has secured an old theater in which to produce his new production. The theater's elderly caretaker urges the group to leave at once. A vampire is awakened and discovers that one of the troupe is the reincarnation of the woman who he once loved.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, independent film
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Lover of the Monster (1974)
Plot Summary:
Kinski plays a retired doctor and jealous husband who returns with his wealthy wife (Katia Christian) to her family castle. He discovers his late father-in-law's basement laboratory, and angry at the attention his wife is paying to an old boyfriend, starts messing around and somehow turns himself into a slobbering, sex-crazed monster!.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy, Turkey
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspense, gothic, gothic horror
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Sex of the Witch (1973)
Plot Summary:
An old man dies and as his relatives await their dosh they start getting killed, sort of by a witch!.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 468
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: naughty, gothic, sexploitation film
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Scream of the Demon Lover (1970)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful young woman travels to a remote estate to seek employment as a biochemist for Baron Janos Dalmar. She finds herself attracted to him, so immerses herself in her work to suppress her lusty desires. A rash of rather brutal murders occurs in the area and she soon discovers that the Baron is not what he seems. Not long thereafter, the Baron transforms into a demon, and the beautiful young woman becomes his very own love slave.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 436
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspense, grindhouse, psychotronic, cult film
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The Haunting of M. (1979)
Plot Summary:
This ghost story, set at the turn of the century, centers on the plight of elderly dowager Marianna, who is tormented by the alleged specter of a young man roaming the corridors of her mansion. After spotting a face in an old photograph that seems to match the old woman's description of the "visitor", Marianna's sister decides to check things out and see if any of this is for real.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, psychotronic, independent film
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The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus (1962)
Plot Summary:
Jess Franco returns with another campy gore-fest featuring the strange goings-on in a tiny hamlet called Holfen. When women wind up knifed and gouged in the village, everyone thinks the deaths are due to a curse wielded by a cruel 17th century baron. Von Klaus heir Ludwig is distantly related to the royal, which makes him the target of suspicion. Can he clear his name, or will he wind up giving in to his dark side?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 656
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, suspense, splatter, grindhouse, perverse, twisted, psychotronic
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Dracula 2012 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Dracula 2012 is a 2013 Indian 3-D horror film directed by Vinayan, starring Sudheer Sukumaran, Prabhu, Monal Gajjar, Nassar, Shraddha Das and Thilakan. The film was shot in the Malayalam, Telugu, and Tamil languages simultaneously, with additional scenes and songs featuring Tamil and Telugu actors.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 185
Genere: Horror
Country: India
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, gothic
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Hot Vampire Nights (2000)
Plot Summary:
Mina (Shelly Jones), is a lesbian vampire prowling the streets of Miami in search of fresh, young victims to seduce and then feed upon.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 57 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspense, independent film
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Nightmare Castle (1965)
Plot Summary:
A woman and her lover are tortured and killed by her sadistic husband. The pair return from the grave to seek vengeance.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric, suspense, classic horror, grindhouse, black and white, scary
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The Virgin of Nuremberg (1963)
Plot Summary:
Women are being tortured to death with various torture devices in the dungeon of an old castle by a deformed, hooded, holocaust survivor.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, classic horror, slasher, psychotronic
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An Angel for Satan (1966)
Plot Summary:
At the end of the 19th century, in a little Italian village by a lake an old statue is recovered. Soon a series of crimes start and the superstitious people of the village believe that the statue carries an ancient malediction.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 987
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, sexy, suspense, psychotronic, grindhouse, classic horror
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The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)
Plot Summary:
The year is 1885, and necrophiliac Dr. Hitchcock likes to drug his wife for sexual funeral games. One day he accidentally administers an overdose and kills her. Several years later he remarries, with the intention of using the blood of his new bride to bring his first wife's rotting corpse back to life.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, slasher, grindhouse, medical horror, classic horror, psychotronic, perverse
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The Witch (1966)
Plot Summary:
A historian goes to a castle library to translate some ancient erotic literature. While there he discovers what he believes to be supernatural forces at work.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 502
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspense, gothic horror, psychotronic, noir
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The Reincarnation of Isabel (1973)
Plot Summary:
Isabel is a dead vampire and witch whose body is hanging in a basement while the owner tries to kidnap virgins for a sacrifice that could mean Isabel’s resurrection. But doing this won’t be easy as the women aren’t gonna give in very easily.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 954
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, suspense, psychotronic
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The Ghost (1963)
Plot Summary:
A woman and her lover murder her husband, a doctor. Soon, however, strange things start happening, and they wonder if they really killed him, or if he is coming back from the dead to haunt them.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, classic horror, suspense, grindhouse, psychotronic, cult film, cult movie cast
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Crypt of the Vampire (1964)
Plot Summary:
Count Karnstein sends for a doctor to help his sick daughter Laura. Her nurse believes she is possessed by the spirit of a dead ancestor;Carmilla. A young woman becomes intrigued by the mysterious deaths surrounding Laura after a carriage accident outside the castle forces her to stay. They become close friends until Laura becomes convinced the spirit of Carmilla is forcing her to kill.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, suspense, classic horror, cult classic, psychotronic, cult film
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Terror-Creatures from the Grave (1965)
Plot Summary:
An attorney arrives at a castle to settle the estate of its recently deceased owner. The owner's wife and daughter reveal that he was someone who was able to summon the souls of ancient plague victims and, in fact, his spirit was roaming the castle at that very moment. Soon occupants of the castle begin to die off in gruesome, violent ways.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, classic horror, suspense, grindhouse, atmospheric, psychotronic, cult film
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The Legend of Blood Castle (1973)
Plot Summary:
Countess Elizabeth Bathory conspires with her husband to acquire the blood of virgins to maintain her youth and beauty.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 791
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, classic horror, psychotronic
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The Devil's Wedding Night (1973)
Plot Summary:
The 1800s: scholarly Karl Schiller believes he's found the ring of the Nibelungen, which holds great power. It's at Castle Dracula. His twin, Franz, a gambler, asks if vampires frighten Karl; Karl shows him an Egyptian amulet, which may protect him. Franz takes the amulet and sets out ahead of his brother, arriving at the castle first. There he finds a countess who invites him to dine. Later that night, Karl arrives. Coincidently, it's the Night of the Virgin Moon, a night that falls every fifty years and draws five virgins from the surrounding village to the castle not be heard from again. Can Karl protect his brother, find the ring, and rescue any of the women?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 991
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, suspense, suspenseful, scary, bleak, gothic, grindhouse, offbeat, humorous, 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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Castle of Blood (1964)
Plot Summary:
A writer accepts a wager that he cannot spend the night alone in a haunted castle on All Soul's Eve. Once night falls at the castle, several who had been murdered therein return to life, reliving their deaths and seeking to kill the writer for his blood in a vain attempt to stay alive beyond that one night.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, suspense, grindhouse, atmospheric, psychotronic, neo noir, black and white, creepy, classic horror
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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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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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The Long Hair of Death (1964)
Plot Summary:
In a 15th-century feudal village, a woman is accused of witchcraft and put to death. Her beautiful older daughter knows the real reason for the execution lies in the lord's sexual desire for her mother. After confronting the lord on the matter, she, too, is killed. A much younger daughter is spared and taken in by her mother's killers. Once she is of age, as a horrible, deadly plague sweeps the land, she marries the lord's worthless son. Then, during a brutal thunderstorm, the older daughter mysteriously reappears and begins to avenge her mother's death.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, classic horror, suspense, grindhouse, atmospheric, psychotronic
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The Phantom of the Opera (1998)
Plot Summary:
Gory remake of the Gaston Leroux classic story, only this time, the phantom is not disfigured, but a man who was raised by rats deep under the Paris Opera House.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, serious, emotional, atmospheric, stylized, dark, suspense, slasher, perverse