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Plot Summary:
Three years after her lover, Rick Usher, and her best friend, Maddy Usher, had suddenly disappeared from her life without explanation, Jill Masters receives a phone call with news of Maddy's death. Her last wish was for Jill to attend her funeral. Conflicted, Jill returns to the house of Usher, a remote New England enclave. Her love affair with Rick is rekindled as she learns he suffers from the same malady that robbed his twin sister, Maddy, of her sharp mind before taking her life. His affliction is manifested in a rare nerve condition, which renders him hyper-sensitive. Under the watchful eye of the caretaker, Nurse Thatcher, Jill appears to be haunted by the ghost of Maddy, and the secret of the house of Usher is exposed.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 748
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: gothic, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, sexy, scary, psychotronic
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Body of Water (2011)
Plot Summary:
Julia is a young lawyer who has been in conflict with her father for a long time. Her mother seems a bit insane, and Julia thinks that he is partially responsible for this. She has also split with the father of her son and tries to escape all these concerns by working hard. On a new case, she is brought back to the house near the lake where she was raised to help a group of environmentalists to protect its natural beauty against the industrial project of a power company. But by doing so she has to fight the greed of the locals, and their trust in an evil spirit that is believed to be attached to the lake.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 747
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, tense, serious, folk tale
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House of Usher (2008)
Plot Summary:
Victor Reynolds arrives at the notorious House of Usher, whereupon he is greeted by old acquaintances Roderick and Madeline Usher and their servant, Markus. As Victor uncovers more about the history of the house and the disappearances of those that entered it previously, he begins to realize that he is in mortal danger.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 592
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, erotic, serious, realistic, surprise ending, psychotronic
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Angelica (2015)
Plot Summary:
A couple living in Victorian London endure an unusual series of psychological and supernatural effects following the birth of their child.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 820
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, gothic, psychosexual thriller, bizarre, queer cinema
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The Legend of Lucy Keyes (2006)
Plot Summary:
Guy moves to an old farm in Princeton with his wife Jeanne Cooley and their two daughters, Molly and Lucy to build eight windmills to generate clean power to the city. The Cooley family has a cold reception in town, and while voting for the approval of the project, the old woman Gretchen Caswell votes against the construction with many followers and mentions the historic importance of the spot and the name of Martha. Jeanne researches and discloses that two hundred and fifty years ago, a girl called Lucy Keyes got lost in the woods and in spite of the efforts of her mother Martha Keyes and the locals, she was never found. When the ghost of Martha comes to the fields around their property calling for Lucy, Jeanne realizes that the legend is true and that there are many hidden secrets in that location.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, bleak, dark, weird
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The Unleashed (2011)
Plot Summary:
Madison Kennard, a troubled woman dealing with her dark past, must venture home after an 8 year absence following her mothers death. Almost instantly after her return, Madison must cope with the haunting memories of a childhood best forgotten. Lindsay, a childhood friend of Madisons with an adventurous nature, hears of Madison's arrival and has every intention of reconnecting a friendship once had. Bizarre and unexplainable events occur within the house after old friends come together and dabble with the infamous Ouija board. Lindsay, being all too curious of the board and its undeniable power, gives into the persuasion of an unknown entity and allows it to possess her. Madison must overpower her deepest fears and find a way to release Lindsay and abolish the presence that haunts her.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, bleak
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Hollywood Vampyr (2002)
Plot Summary:
Hollywood Vampyr is an expose of Los Angeles' gothic subculture as seen through the eyes of a young female vampire. The film focuses on FATAL (Nora Zimmett), a former heroin addict who, having embraced this dark lifestyle, decides to leave her "family" and break free from the Goth world with the help of her college tutor TOM (Jeff Marchelletta).
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Drama, Thriller, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: gothic, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, serious, realistic, detective
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Death Valley: The Revenge of Bloody Bill (2004)
Plot Summary:
When a group of college kids stumble upon a small abandoned town of Sunset Valley, they must fight a band of Zombies led by a Confederate soldier seeking retribution for his grisly execution.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, mockbuster, wild, awful
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Hurt (2009)
Plot Summary:
There are terrible things happening in the desert...unexplainable, frightening things. Tragic, inexplicable incidents… ever since she arrived.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, tense, captivating, psychological thriller, scary, offbeat, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Final (2009)
Plot Summary:
A family descends into a vortex of denial and paranoia after the death of the oldest son. Though labeled a suicide, the bizarre circumstances lead the mother, Helen, to believe there are darker forces at work.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, offbeat
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Holy Ghost People (2013)
Plot Summary:
On the trail of her missing sister, Charlotte enlists the help of Wayne, an ex-Marine and alcoholic, to infiltrate the Church of One Accord - a community of snake-handlers who risk their lives seeking salvation in the Holy Ghost.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy, independent film
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They're Watching Us (2002)
Plot Summary:
Norberto Lopez Amado's They're Watching Us is about a cop who becomes obsessed with a case. Juan (Carmelo Gomez) is ordered to head up an investigation concerning a businessman who has been missing for almost three years. The officer who worled on the case previously now resides in a mental institution and is unable to say anything other than, "They're watching us." A priest (Roberto Alvarez) explains how a series of disappearances in the area have supernatural underpinnings. As Juan is absorbed deeper and deeper into the case, his mother is concerned for him.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 718
Genere: Drama, Thriller, Horror
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, mind bending, serious, suspenseful
Similar in 87%
Presence of Mind (1999)
Plot Summary:
Henry James' classic tale of terror The Turn of the Screw receives yet another screen adaptation in this thriller shot in Spain. A young woman (Sadie Frost) is hired to serve as a governess for two children, Miles and Flora (Nilo Mur and Ella Jones). She is hired by their uncle, the Master (Harvey Keitel), who became the guardian of the youngsters after the death of their parents. While the governess is initially enthusiastic about her job, Miles and Flora soon prove to be quite a handful, and the housekeeper Mrs. Grose (Lauren Bacall), who oversees most of the activities at the Master's estate, is openly antagonistic to her. Before long, the governess discovers the house bears a dark secret involving Miss Jessel (Dayne Danika), the previous governess, and Fosc (Agusti Villaronga), the Master's former valet. El Celo was the first feature from director Antoni Aloy.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 713
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, psychological, tense, stylized, psychotronic
Similar in 77%
Dark Mirror (2007)
Plot Summary:
The story about a photographer who moves her family into a home filled with mirrors which seem to reflect a different reality.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, serious, psychological, suspense, mind bending
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Secrets in the Walls (2010)
Plot Summary:
A single mom and her two daughters move from their cramped Detroit apartment to the suburbs but scratching, cries and shadows haunt their new home.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, slasher, exciting, tense, thought provoking, touching, suspense, gothic
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Inheritance (2004)
Plot Summary:
Inheritance tells the tale of sinister old lady Lillian Baker (Marjorie Nelson) & her kind hearted, good natured carer Abigail Nielsen (Jen Taylor). Abigail feels sorry for Lillian & does her best to keep her happy, however one fateful night Lillian passes away in her sleep. Abigail is obviously upset & attends Lillian's funeral to say her goodbyes, it soon comes to light that Lillian has left Abigail her large house & it's entire contents a situation which Lillian's daughter Joan (Kathryn Mesney-Hetter) is unhappy with. The reason for Lillian's generosity becomes clear as her spirit starts to possess Abigail & take complete control of her body.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, scary
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Lying in Wait (2001)
Plot Summary:
Young bachelor Babee is looking after his dead mother's estate when married couple Keith and Vera move in. Babee becomes attracted to them by the beautiful Vera and the risk taking Keith. However at a party Vera crashes her car, putting Keith into a coma. When Keith comes out he is in a semi-vegetative state and must rely on Vera to look after him. Keith can't move or speak but reveals to Babee that he can still talk and starts to kill those that wronged him with Babee's help.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 524
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, sexy, independent film, serious, realistic, surprise ending
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Toxic (2008)
Plot Summary:
The lives of a nightclub owner, a crime boss, a stripper, a bartender, two hitmen, a prostitute and a psychic take a turn for the worse when they are trapped in an escaped mental patient's sinister path of madness and destruction.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 968
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, independent film, fast
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Mummy An' the Armadillo (2004)
Plot Summary:
Secrets, murders and lies... all in the name of family. In the middle of nowhere sits the Armadillo Café.The once popular, but now desolate, café is run by a strange family led a troubled, booze-addled mother (Betty Buckley) and a disturbed family (Lori Heuring, Brad Renfro, Jonathon Schaech). Their dark secrets are threatened when Sarah (Clare Kramer) arrives, seeking answers to her past.Turmoil reigns and emotions boil over as the horrifying truth unravels and Sarah barely escapes with her life.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 412
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, scary, serious, suspenseful, offbeat, suspense, independent film, atmospheric, realistic
Similar in 83%
Deadline (2009)
Plot Summary:
A screenwriter who travels to an abandoned house to finish a script on time, but a series of strange events lead her to a psychological breakdown.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, satanic, psychological thriller, suspense, psychological horror
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The Falls (2003)
Plot Summary:
In a smoke-filled dive in Buffalo, NY, David Marx tells us his tale of obsession, betrayal, and murder - leading him to an uncertain fate "underneath Niagara Falls." David tells us how his beautiful redheaded ex-girlfriend, Jennifer Barnes, has disappeared and how he ended up the guardian of the 2.5 million dollars that "was supposed to have bought Jen's safety.".
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, surprise ending
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The Echo Game (2009)
Plot Summary:
A young mother must protect her daughter from a rogue scientist on a murderous rampage to steal the girl's psychic powers for herself.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: scary, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, suspense, queer horror, independent film, psychotronic
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Imprint (2007)
Plot Summary:
Shayla Stonefeather, a Native American attorney prosecuting a Lakota teen in a controversial murder trial, returns to the reservation to say goodbye to her dying father. After the teen is killed, she hears ghostly voices and sees strange visions that cause her to re-examine beliefs she thought she left behind.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 698
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, surreal, surprise ending
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Fatal Secrets (2009)
Plot Summary:
"BALANCING THE BOOKS" is a character-driven suspense drama about an attractive woman who enlists the help of her two best friends to confront a traumatic experience she can no longer deny. Julia, divorced and successfully self-employed, seems to have it all - except the right guy in her life. Her friends urge her to "get back out there." But they don't yet know about Scott - a charming man with a secret background whose true colors paint a streak of pain and fear through Julia's life. When Scott's effect on Julia reaches the breaking point, she and her friends take matters into their own hands... and underestimate the consequences. The outcome forces all of them into a desperate situation. Everyone pays the price.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 394
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Vampire (2011)
Plot Summary:
A vampire, who works as a teacher, searches for suicidal female students and seduces them prior to sucking their blood.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, tense, serious, realistic, disturbing, sexy, gothic, bleak, gloomy
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The Thompsons (2012)
Plot Summary:
On the run with the law on their trail, America's most anguished vampire family heads to England to find an ancient vampire clan. What they find instead could tear their family, and their throats, apart forever.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, scary, tense, suspense, captivating, erotic, psychological, gothic, dark
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A Good Marriage (2014)
Plot Summary:
After 25 years of a good marriage, what will Darcy do once she discovers her husband's sinister secret?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, psychological, scary, psychological thriller, suspense, slasher, cult horror
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The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
Plot Summary:
Story about a man haunted by the spirit of his dead wife and her effect on his second marriage.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, suspense, surreal, grindhouse, classic horror, scary, atmospheric, mind bending, suspenseful
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Awakened (2013)
Plot Summary:
Samantha believes that her father murdered her mother. In her exhausting search for the truth about her young mother's untimely death 14 years earlier, Samantha receives help from beyond the grave.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 480
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, captivating, independent film, psychotronic
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Ghost Story (1981)
Plot Summary:
Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of frightening events developing.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, creepy, light, psychological, exciting, serious
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Stoker (2013)
Plot Summary:
After India's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 113000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, bleak, gothic, tense, suspense, disturbing, erotic, surreal, visual