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Plot Summary:
A con man and a would-be filmmaking crew force themselves into the lives of two grief-scarred young women. But nothing is as it seems.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychedelic, perverse, weird
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The Scarapist (2015)
Plot Summary:
An insane therapist entangles a suburban novelist in a web of hypnosis, drugs, kidnapping, depravity and murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 843
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, cult classic
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Sinister Minister (2017)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer masquerades as a preacher in order to prey on women. His last wife may have committed suicide and his current wife is sick. Single mom Trish and her daughter move to town and are in jeopardy of becoming his next victims.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful
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The Boy Who Killed My Parents (2021)
Plot Summary:
A psychological thriller surrounding the real murders of Manfred and Marísia von Richthofen orchestrated by their own daughter, Suzane, along with her boyfriend and brother-in-law, the Cravinhos brothers.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological thriller
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Joel (2018)
Plot Summary:
The shocking story of Joel Rifkin, a troubled young man whose hidden fantasies of power and control combined with his obsessive dedication to prostitutes led him to embark on one of the New York area’s most notorious murder sprees, claiming seventeen victims in the late eighties and early nineties.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 228
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bleak, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful
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Over the Edge (2011)
Plot Summary:
Jason (Danny Bedford) is in a crisis. He won’t go to work and stays holed up in his flat. But when his TV breaks, he is forced to call co-worker Richard (Sean Hart) to fix it. All is normal, except when Jason mentions that a friend of his may be dead in his bed. Instead of hightailing it out of the potential murder scene, Richard (who has the hots for Jason) instead not only checks the body (yes, dead) but also proposes a homemade autopsy. And when the scalpel cuts the flesh, these two young men are now in it together. But it is not just one body, a serial killer is roaming London’s streets, but the bodies seem to all end up in Jason’s flat.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, queer cinema
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Knife + Heart (2018)
Plot Summary:
In the late 1970s, a Parisian TV executive seeks to restore her credibility with an ambitious production after it is initially disrupted by a serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Mexico, Switzerland
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: slasher, queer horror, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, art house, action thriller, dark drama
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The Red Spider (2015)
Plot Summary:
Karol, an ordinary young man, runs into a much older man, whom he believes to be a Red Spider, the terrifying serial killer, prowling the streets of Cracow in 1960s. Karol becomes obsessed with the man and spies on him.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Aileen Wuornos: American Boogeywoman (2021)
Plot Summary:
Based on Aileen Wuornos’s early life, this Is the true story of America’s most notorious female serial killer, who went on a killing spree in Florida in 1989 and 1990. What few people know, is that back in 1976 a young and beautiful Aileen Wuornos arrived in Florida searching for a new life that would help her escape her tragic past, married a wealthy Yacht Club President and had the chance to start again as part of Florida’s high society….or did she?.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dark
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Girl in Woods (2016)
Plot Summary:
After a tragic accident Grace is lost and alone in the Smoky Mountains. Grace's struggle for survival is made more complicated by her troubled past. Battling the demons in her mind may be the only way to come out alive.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 560
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, grindhouse
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The Pharmacist (2003)
Plot Summary:
An ecological pharmacist uses ancient Celtic techniques to murder industrial magnates whose practices harm the planet.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 687
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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Stray Bullets (2016)
Plot Summary:
In upstate New York, two teenage boys are tasked with cleaning out their father's old mobile home on an abandoned property, but the boys are in for a surprise when they discover three crooks on the run have taken refuge in the trailer.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 407
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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House on the Hill (2012)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true story, "House On The Hill" is a true crime melodrama with strong horror elements, chronicling the outrageous 1980s murder spree of serial killer Leonard Lake, who would target, kidnap, rob and kill people - and even whole families. Sonia, the only survivor of Lake's killing spree, teams up with a private investigator to help him locate a woman who disappeared into Lake's compound. In the process, Sonia recounts the horrors of the house, where Lake and his accomplice would force her to videotape the killings.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 350
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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Population Zero (2016)
Plot Summary:
In 2009 three young men were killed in a remote part of Yellowstone National Park. Authorities never found the murderer. He found them! Hours after the trio were gunned down, Dwayne Nelson confessed to the crime. Despite this Nelson was allowed to go free because of an American Constitution loophole. Documentarian Julian T. Pinder travels to Yellowstone in a compelling chase for truth behind a crime that should have rocked the nation. How did a guilty man go free? In his hunt for answers Pinder risks his own life when he finds evidence that could re-open the case years later.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological thriller, mockumentary, fake documentary
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Control (2017)
Plot Summary:
The once unconditional friendship between police officers Vincke and Verstuyft hits a very rough patch when they come up against a series of gruesome murders. Complicating matters even further, a survivor of the killer drives a wedge between them when Verstuyft falls for her charms. Meanwhile, the serial killer has a new victim in sight.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Muse (2018)
Plot Summary:
After a series of murders throughout the state, single-mother, Amanda, discovers that she is the muse of the infamous serial killer known as, the "Infinity Killer." Every woman killed looks like her and with every death she is sent a photo as a token of the Infinity Killer's affection for her. But when her son is kidnapped, Amanda must make a decision between asking the handsome and charming FBI agent, Carl Sayres, for help or seeking out the killer on her own. Amanda is forced to play the killer's deadly game in order to save her son. Can she outsmart a killer?.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Veil (2017)
Plot Summary:
The temptation to have a one night stand leads a man to a distant town and a woman with a dark agenda. When he doesn't return, it falls upon his black sheep sister to uncover the truth of what happened.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Girl Is in Trouble (2015)
Plot Summary:
A Lower East Side bartender becomes entangled in a murder mystery involving a desperate woman, a missing drug dealer and the scion of a powerful investment firm.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 985
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Happy Face Killer (2014)
Plot Summary:
Serial killer Keith Jesperson murders at least eight women over a five-year span and taunts authorities with disturbing letters and scribbled confessions signed with a happy face.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Anonymous Killers (2020)
Plot Summary:
Four seasoned killers and one hapless professor are rounded up in one violent swoop and awake in chains to discover they are part of a demented experiment orchestrated by their maniacal, mysterious captor.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 246
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Lost Girls (2020)
Plot Summary:
When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered sex workers.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, serious, emotional, disturbing, compassionate, bleak, dark, perverse, powerful
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Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (2007)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by the true story of one of the most gruesome killers in American history. Now, years after inspiring "Psycho's" Norman Bates, "The Silence Of The Lambs'" Buffalo Bill and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre's" Leatherface, the story of real life serial killer Ed Gein is told once again. Nicknamed "The Butcher Of Plainfield," Gein was responsible for a rash of gory murders that sent shock waves through his rural Wisconsin town, and across America, in the late 1950's. Prepare to enter the evil mind and twisted world of "The Butcher Of Plainfield.".
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, rough, serious, slasher, suspenseful, suspense, realistic
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Awakening the Zodiac (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story follows a down-on-their-luck couple who discovers a serial killer's film reels. They decide to take the law into their own hands, risking everything for the chance at a $100,000 reward. It isn't long until they find themselves in the killer's lethal cross-hairs.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, exciting, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological thriller, suspense
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Dahmer (2002)
Plot Summary:
On February 15, 1992 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, one of the world's most infamous serial killers, was convicted of 15 counts of murder and sentenced to 937 years in federal prison. This movie is based on events from his life. Certain characters and events are fictional.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, scary, slasher, stylized, rough, suspense, suspenseful, dark, controversial
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She's Just a Shadow (2019)
Plot Summary:
A crime family becomes entangled in a vicious gang war while a serial killer cuts a swath through Tokyo.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 279
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Creep 2 (2017)
Plot Summary:
After finding an ad online for “video work,” Sara, a video artist whose primary focus is creating intimacy with lonely men, thinks she may have found the subject of her dreams. She drives to a remote house in the forest and meets a man claiming to be a serial killer. Unable to resist the chance to create a truly shocking piece of art, she agrees to spend the day with him. However, as the day goes on, she discovers she may have dug herself into a hole from which she can’t escape.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, disturbing, mumblecore, horror comedy, dark, mockumentary, tense, rough
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Suicide Club (2001)
Plot Summary:
When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Does the new all-girl group Desert have anything to do with it? Detective Kuroda tries to find the answer, which isn't as simple as he had hoped.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, surreal, disturbing, atmospheric, creepy, bloody, suspenseful, controversial, splatter, cult classic
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Psycho Storm Chaser (2021)
Plot Summary:
When a massive hurricane threatens the Brody Peninsula, Abby Fields, a full-time nurse to a housebound coma patient, is forced to stay behind to care for her. This puts her directly in the hurricane's path, but even worse - it puts her directly in the path of Dr. Carl Highstrom, a storm chasing serial killer who uses storms to cover up his heinous crimes.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Alcoholist (2016)
Plot Summary:
An alcoholic spends all his time spying on his neighbor, waiting for the right moment to kill him.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 686
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
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Blame (2021)
Plot Summary:
While on vacation in rural Wisconsin, five friends seek refuge in a lone building after their vehicle crashes in a vicious snowstorm. With no cell service, the group splits up to find help but when they reunite, one of them is found dead.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 574
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Ted Bundy (2002)
Plot Summary:
Docu-drama based on the life of Ted Bundy, a serial killer who killed at least 19 young women during the 1970's (though some sources say as many as 30 to 35 were murdered). Set from his college student years, to his first victims, his capture, escape from prison (twice), his final killing spree to his trial, conviction and execution.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, controversial, cult classic, frightening, twisted