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Plot Summary:
Carl the Gardner grows odd plants for a rich Yankee woman Ellen Bennett living in South America while exercising a mental hold over her. All his previous employers died mysteriously.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 340
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: disturbing, crying, psychotronic, independent film, natural horror, urban fantasy
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The Vampire Doll (1970)
Plot Summary:
A young man travels out into the countryside to meet his fiance, Yuko. When he arrives at the secluded house he is told by her mother that she has died in a car accident. He spends the night at the house and hears some strange sounds at night, even seeing someone that looks just like his dead love. Later he sees Yuko outside the house and follows her to a grave with her name. Cut to some days later where the young mans sister is worried since she hasnt heard from him in some time. She persuades her boyfriend to take her to the house, but is told that he already left. For the sake of proper plot development she doesnt believe Yukos mother and fakes the car breaking down so that they can investigate what really happened.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, grindhouse, classic horror, crying, psychotronic, urban fantasy, cult film, asian horror
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Necromancy (1972)
Plot Summary:
Orson Welles plays the head of a witches' coven in the town of Lilith, where he needs the powers of Pamela Franklin to raise his son from the dead.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: satanic, gothic horror, scary, classic horror, psychedelic, crying, psychotronic, independent film, freeze frame, urban fantasy
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Death Screams (1982)
Plot Summary:
Locals are celebrating the last night of carnival, such as newly in-love couple Bob and Kathy, coach, Neil Marshall, waitresses, timid blonde Lily and comely, nubile Ramona, their boss Jackson and learning difficulties teenage peeping tom Casey who's dad Avery is the town sheriff. Several them decide to spend the night down at the river, where a unknown double homicide climaxed there some nights before. But among the fairgoers is the one responsible for the deaths and as they are lurking in the shadows troubled over a tragic past (or just about one thing or another) deciding to take their frustrations out with a machete on those they blame for all the misfortunes in their life. Following the group back to their riverside stamping grounds they set about ensuring no one leaves the area alive.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, slasher horror, bloody, cult classic, independent film, cult film
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666: Kreepy Kerry (2014)
Plot Summary:
A recent transplant to Bradbury Academy is finding it difficult to contain his deadly empathic powers, soon resorting to using his gift in order to exact revenge when the other guys gang up on him.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: serious, psychotronic, scary, atmospheric, sexy, suspenseful, stylized, realistic, sexual, homoerotic
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The Influence (2019)
Plot Summary:
When Queenie, the Faraday family's grandmother and oppressive matriarch, is finally laid to rest, no one could foresee the horrifying extent of her evil influence, which continues even beyond death.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: dark, twist ending, surprise ending, crying, psychotronic, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, urban fantasy
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XX (2017)
Plot Summary:
This all-female horror anthology features four dark tales from four fiercely talented women.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada, USA, Mexico
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: anthology, suspense, christmas horror, captivating, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, scary, slasher
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Something Evil (1972)
Plot Summary:
A young couple moves into a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania. What they don't know is that there is an unseen presence in the house, and that it wants to take possession of the wife.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: black and white, spooky, scary, tense, serious, suspenseful, crying, psychotronic
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Feast of Fear (2019)
Plot Summary:
A group of college students make a deal to have wishes granted with dire consequences.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, crying, independent film, freeze frame, amateur film
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Horror High (1973)
Plot Summary:
A nerdy high school super whiz experiments with a chemical which will transform his guinea pig "Mr. Mumps" from a gentle pet into a ravenous monster. In a fit of rage against his tormentors at the high school, Vernon Potts goes on a killing spree, eliminating all of those who ever picked on him - the Gym Coach, the School Jock, The Creepy Janitor & his hated teacher, Ms. Grindstaff.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, independent film, scary, exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, psychotronic, detective, horror comedy
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Scream Bloody Murder (1973)
Plot Summary:
A disturbed boy kills his father with his farm tractor and his arm is mangled in the process. He's taken to a mental hospital where he's outfitted with a hook to replace his lost hand and, years later, he's eventually released from the asylum. He returns home to find his mother has remarried, which sets him off on a murderous rampage.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, slasher, disturbing, controversial, cult classic, independent film, scary, rough, offbeat, serious
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Zombie Lake (1981)
Plot Summary:
In a small village, somewhere in France, German soldiers, killed and thrown into the lake by the Resistance during WW II, come back.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, tense, psychotronic, erotic, epic, suspense, grindhouse, detective
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The Devil Witch (1973)
Plot Summary:
Caroll Baker stars in this psychedelic shocker about a mysterious witch who casts a spell over attractive, youthful fashion photographer Valentina Rosselli (Isabelle De Funes). Thrust into a world of sadism, Valentina must figure out whether the torture being inflicted on her is because of one woman's twisted agenda … or a curse known as Baba Yaga.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, mysterious, mind bending, serious, satanic, sexy, gothic
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Daughters of Darkness (1971)
Plot Summary:
A newlywed couple are passing through a vacation resort. Their paths cross with a mysterious, strikingly beautiful countess and her aide.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror
Country: Belgium, France, West Germany, USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: gothic, sexy, sensual, queer horror, scary, slasher, gothic horror, cult classic, classic horror, terrifying
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Horror Stories 2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
In an insurance company, Yoon, who is an outsider, has a power to see people’s past and read their minds. Mr. Park, Yoon’s boss, assumes that she has some kind of special power, decides to test her ability. At very late night when everyone has gone home, Mr. Park brings Yoon to a storage room where there are full of case reports. Among them, Mr. Park picks three doubtful cases. He asks Yoon to tell him what exactly happened. Yoon, who senses some dark aura wandering around him, tells the story of each case. Every time Yoon finishes each case, the dark aura gets darker and bigger and Yoon tries to warn Mr. Park about it. Would Mr. Park able to escape from the dark aura?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 395
Genere: Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, dark fantasy, dark fairy tale
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One Dark Night (1982)
Plot Summary:
A strange man named Karl Rhamarevich dies shortly after discovering a way to become even more powerful in death through telekinesis. On the night of his burial in a crypt, Julie is to spend the night there as part of an initiation rite, supervised by two other girls. The crypt becomes a scene of horror as Raymar returns to life and deploys his horrifying telekinetic powers.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, slasher, sexy, rough, bleak, suspense, psychotronic, retro, surreal
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Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
Plot Summary:
Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards. Five separate stories unfold: An architect returns to his ancestoral home to find a werewolf out for revenge; a doctor discovers his new wife is a vampire; a huge plant takes over a house; a musician gets involved with voodoo; an art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: anthology, suspense, suspenseful, scary, surprise ending, parody, bleak, horror comedy, classic horror, natural horror
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3 A.M. 3D (2012)
Plot Summary:
Thailand's latest horror omnibus is made up of three chilling stories. Two sisters who own a wig shop are haunted by a female ghost whose hair were made into one of the wigs on sale. A funeral home employee falls in love with a female corpse who died alongside her fiance in an accident just before their wedding. Two company directors who love playing scary pranks on their employees finally get their comeuppance when they themselves face a real ghost. Three stories set at 3 AM, the scariest hour of the night, where all spirits are free to roam.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 937
Genere: Horror
Country: Thailand
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, anthology, tense, suspense, psychological, bleak, captivating, enigmatic, serious
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Black Sabbath (1963)
Plot Summary:
Three short tales of supernatural horror. In “The Telephone,” a woman is plagued by threatening phone calls. In "The Wurdalak,” a family is preyed upon by vampiric monsters. In “The Drop of Water,” a deceased medium wreaks havoc on the living.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy, France, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, atmospheric, disturbing, anthology, suspenseful, grindhouse, bleak, dark, suspense
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Fear No Evil (1981)
Plot Summary:
High school student turns out to be personification of Lucifer. Two archangels in human form (as women) take him on.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, scary, serious, disturbing, slasher, satanic, homoerotic, informative, queer horror, independent film
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Deadgirl (2008)
Plot Summary:
When high school misfits Rickie and JT decide to ditch school and find themselves lost in the crumbling facility of a nearby abandoned hospital, they come face-to-face with a gruesome discovery: a body of a woman stripped naked, chained to a table and covered in plastic and soon realize she is anything but dead. Quickly the boys find themselves embarking on a twisted yet poignant journey testing the limits of their friendship, and forces both to decide just how far they're willing to stretch their understanding of right and wrong.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, disturbing, psychological, tense, erotic, brutal, controversial, grindhouse, creepy
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The Burning (1981)
Plot Summary:
A caretaker at a summer camp is burned when a prank goes tragically wrong. After several years of intensive treatment at hospital, he is released back into society, albeit missing some social skills. What follows is a bloody killing spree with the caretaker making his way back to his old stomping ground to confront one of the youths that accidently burned him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, grindhouse, psychotronic, cult horror, classic horror, bloody, creepy, spooky, terrifying
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The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
Plot Summary:
An 18-year-old high school girl is left at home by her parents and decides to have a slumber party. Meanwhile, a mass murderer with a propensity for power tools has escaped from prison, and eventually makes his way to the party where the guests begin dropping off one by one.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bloody, grindhouse, suspenseful, creepy, cult classic, rough, serious, psychotronic
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Lust for a Vampire (1971)
Plot Summary:
In 1830, the Karnstein heirs use the blood of an innocent to bring forth the evil that is the beautiful Mircalla - or as she was in 1710, Carmilla. The nearby Finishing School offers rich pickings not only in in the blood of nubile young ladies but also with the headmaster who is desperate to become Mircalla's disciple, and the equally besotted and even more foolish author Richard Lestrange.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, psychotronic, sexy, grindhouse, perverse, classic horror
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Blood for Dracula (1974)
Plot Summary:
Deathly ill Count Dracula and his slimy underling, Anton, travel to Italy in search of a virgin's blood. They're welcomed at the crumbling estate of indebted Marchese Di Fiore, who's desperate to marry off his daughters to rich suitors. But there, instead of pure women, the count encounters incestuous lesbians with vile blood and Marxist manservant Mario, who's suspicious of the aristocratic Dracula.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy, France, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, sexy, parody, atmospheric, satirical, grindhouse, cult classic, sexual, absurd
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
Plot Summary:
A new family moves into the house on Elm Street, and before long, the kids are again having nightmares about deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger. This time, Freddy attempts to possess a teenage boy to cause havoc in the real world, and can only be overcome if the boy's sweetheart can master her fear.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bloody, suspense, surreal, splatter, creepy, queer horror, retro, saga
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Two Evil Eyes (1990)
Plot Summary:
Two horror segments based on Edgar Allan Poe stories set in and around the city of Pittsburgh. "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" concerns a cheating wife who is trying to scam her dying husband out of millions by having her doctor/hypnotist lover hypnotize the geezer into signing his dough over to her. The old man dies while under hypnosis and is stuck in the limbo between the here and the hereafter. The door to the physical world is opened and the undead attempt to enter it. "Black Cat" is the story of Rodd Usher, an alcoholic photographer/artist, who descends into madness after he kills a stray cat that his live-in girlfriend Annabelle brings home. One murder leads to another, and the complex cover-ups begin.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anthology, gothic, creepy, cult classic, slasher, scary, suspenseful, retro, dark fairy tale, twisted
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The Howling (1981)
Plot Summary:
After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspenseful, gothic, slasher, creepy, cult classic, grindhouse, suspense, classic horror
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Sleepaway Camp (1983)
Plot Summary:
Slightly disturbed and painfully shy Angela Baker is sent away to summer camp with her cousin. Not long after Angela's arrival, things start to go horribly wrong for anyone with sinister or less than honorable intentions.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, twist ending, surprise ending, disturbing, suspenseful, bloody, sexy, rough, cult classic
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
Plot Summary:
Dream demon Freddy Krueger is resurrected from his apparent demise, and rapidly tracks down and kills the remainder of the Elm Street kids. However, Kristen, who can draw others into her dreams, wills her special ability to her friend Alice. Alice soon realizes that Freddy is taking advantage of that unknown power to pull a new group of children into his foul domain.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bloody, surreal, splatter, classic horror, spooky, suspense, grindhouse, psychological
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A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Plot Summary:
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger (Robert Englund), who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen (Johnny Depp), must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 258000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, demonic, disturbing, bloody, creepy, dark, spooky