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Plot Summary:
Honeymooning in Bavaria, the young couple become stranded and are forced to stay the night in the area. Doctor Ravna, owner of the impressive chateau that sits imposingly above the village, invites them to dinner that evening. Their association with Ravna and his charming, beautiful family is to prove disastrous as they become unwittingly embroiled with this family of vampires who seek to initiate them into their diabolical creed.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, scary, gothic, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, classic horror, suspense, grindhouse, crying
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Daughter of Darkness (1990)
Plot Summary:
An atmospheric, sub-hallucinogenic venture into the world of the unknown. The enigma facing a young woman is the identity of her father. Unfortunately for her, she becomes drawn into a small Romanian underworld of brooding menace, darkness, torture chambers, and bizarrely over make-over'ed vampires. The moody undertones and well chosen locations are certainly a bonus, as is the comically funny finale.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 927
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: gothic, creepy, scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, crying
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The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
Plot Summary:
Sir James Forbes arrives in a remote Cornish village to identify a mysterious plague afflicting the population. Local squire Charles, a disciple of Haitian witchcraft, is using the voodoo magic to resurrect the dead to work in his decrepit and unsafe tin mines that are shunned by the local population. But his magic relies on human sacrifice and he unleashes his army of the undead on the unsuspecting village with horrific consequences.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, slasher, classic horror, suspense, apocalyptic, grindhouse, cult classic, scary, atmospheric
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Countess Dracula (1971)
Plot Summary:
Based on the story of Elisabeth Bathory, the 18th century Countess who indulged herself in an orgy of murder and vampirism before before being walled up in her room by the authorities. The ageing Countess Dracula discovers that the blood of young virgins has a restorative effect on her celebrated beauty. Years later, she becomes engaged to a handsome young Hussar and is forced to repeat vile atrocities with ever-increasing regularity to hold off old age.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, psychotronic, sexy, slasher, grindhouse, classic horror, supernatural thriller, scary, serious
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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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The Nude Vampire (1970)
Plot Summary:
A suicide cult led by a mysterious figure known as The Master. Oliver Martin is the hero, who tries to rescue pretty Caroline Cartier from the cult, only to find out that yet another group of vampires wants to save her too.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, surreal, suspenseful, scary, gothic, suspense, gothic horror, grindhouse, classic horror, atmospheric
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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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Witchcraft (1964)
Plot Summary:
When her grave is disturbed by modern-day land developers, a 300-year-old witch is accidentally resurrected and terrorizes an English village.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: satanic, atmospheric, offbeat, gothic, gothic horror, suspense, slasher, classic horror, scary, serious
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The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
Plot Summary:
The police and British security forces call in Professor Van Helsing to help them investigate Satanic ritual which has been occurring in a large country house, and which has been attended by a government minister, an eminent scientist and secret service chief. The owner of the house is a mysterious property tycoon who is found to be behind a sinister plot involving a deadly plague. It is in fact Dracula who, sick of his interminable existence, has decided that he must end it all in the only possible way- by destroying every last potential victim.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: gothic, sexy, classic horror, cult classic, scary, suspenseful, grindhouse, satanic, rough, serious
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Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
Plot Summary:
Set in London in the early 1970's, supposedly for teen thrills, Johnny organises a black magic ceremony in a desolate churchyard. The culmination of the ritual, however, is the rejuvenation of Dracula from shrivelled remains. Johnny, Dracula' s disciple, lures victims to the deserted graveyard for his master's pleasure and one of the victims delivered is Jessica Van Helsing. Descended from the Van Helsing line of vampire hunters her grandfather, equipped with all the devices to snare and destroy the Count, confronts his arch enemy in the age-old battle between good and evil.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: gothic, classic horror, gothic horror, psychotronic, satanic, grindhouse, cult classic, scary, serious, slasher
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The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
Plot Summary:
Once hounded from his castle by outraged villagers for creating a monstrous living being, Baron Frankenstein returns to Karlstaad. High in the mountains they stumble on the body of the creature, perfectly preserved in the ice. He is brought back to life with the help of the hypnotist Zoltan who now controls the creature. Can Frankenstein break Zoltan's hypnotic spell that incites the monster to commit these horrific murders or will Zoltan induce the creature to destroy its creator?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, classic horror, psychotronic, suspense, grindhouse, medical horror, scary, serious, suspenseful
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The Reptile (1966)
Plot Summary:
Harry and Valerie Spalding arrive in the remote Cornish village to an unwelcoming and suspicious population. Harry's brother dies suddenly, bitten by a lethal reptilian bite. They befriend a young woman Anna whose tyrannical father controls her life and, as they discover that others in the village have suffered a similar fate, their investigations lead to Anna. What they uncover is a victim of the most terrifying legacy... a destiny of mutilation and murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, grindhouse, classic horror, natural horror, psychotronic, suspense, cult horror, scary, atmospheric
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Fiancee of Dracula (2002)
Plot Summary:
A Van Helsing-like professor and his protegé are tracking Dracula's descendants through the world of "parallels", creatures who are human in form but live quite distinct psychic lives. A circus dwarf who is in love with one of these creatures leads them to a mansion filled with oddly behaving nuns, The Order of the White Virgins. The nuns are detaining a beautiful woman who is the betrothed of the still-extant Dracula. When she escapes, everyone follows her to Dracula's seaside castle, on the way dealing with a baby-eating ogress and a wolf-woman (Brigitte Lahaie in a cameo), witches and madwomen. The bizarre wedding ritual commences.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 579
Genere: Horror
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: gothic, serious, suspenseful, surreal, scary, suspense, gothic horror, classic horror
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Angels of Darkness (2014)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by Carmilla, the seminal 19th Century vampire tale by Sheridan LeFanu, STYRIA plunges the viewer into a haunted world of fantasy and obsession. In 1989, Lara Hill (Eleanor Tomlinson), accompanies her art historian father (Stephen Rea) to an abandoned castle across the Iron Curtain. From a car crash outside of the castle, emerges the beautiful and mysterious Carmilla. Lara secrets Carmilla into the castle and the two are drawn into an intoxicating relationship. But when Carmilla mysteriously disappears, and women of the town begin committing suicide, Lara’s psychic wounds erupt into a living nightmare that consumes the entire town of Styria.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark, suspenseful, tense, spooky, gothic horror, post modern
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And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973)
Plot Summary:
In the late 18th century, two newlyweds move into the stately mansion of husband Charles Fengriffen. The bride, Catherine, falls victim to a curse placed by a wronged servant on the Fengriffen family and all its descendants.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, scary, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, gothic, gothic horror, surprise ending, gloomy, independent film
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The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
Plot Summary:
A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, parody, atmospheric, funny, humorous, gothic horror, horror comedy, creepy, witty
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The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Plot Summary:
The powers of good are pitted against the forces of evil as the Duc de Richelieu wrestles with the charming but deadly Satanist, Mocata, for the soul of his friend. Mocata has the knowledge and the power to summon the forces of darkness and, as the Duc de Richelieu and his friends remain within the protected pentacle, they are subjected to ever-increasing horror until thundering hooves herald the arrival of the Angel of Death.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, dark, atmospheric, satanic, grindhouse, creepy
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The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)
Plot Summary:
The accidental unearthing of Satan’s earthly remains causes the children of 17th-century English village to slowly convert into a coven of devil worshipers.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: satanic, slasher, gothic, gothic horror, grindhouse, psychotronic, classic horror, demonic, pastoral, cult horror
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To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
Plot Summary:
An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using her as the representative of the Devil on Earth.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: satanic, scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, gothic, gothic horror, psychotronic, sexy
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Dracula (1974)
Plot Summary:
Dracula is searching for a woman who looks like his long dead wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, classic horror, spooky, scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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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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Vampire Circus (1972)
Plot Summary:
After a spate of murders, the villagers of Schtettel kill the depraved perpetrator, Count Mitterhouse. Fifteen years later the Circus of Nights appeared in the plague-ridden village and its performers include Mitterhouse's mistress, children and cousins. They have come to Schtettel to fulfil the Count's last words, an evil, vicious curse of death and destruction on those who participated in his impaling. The children of Schtettel become the targets for a brutal and devastating revenge as the Vampire Circus rehearses for its most deadly performance.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, suspenseful, scary, gothic, enigmatic, suspense, terrifying, psychotronic, sexy, 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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Scars of Dracula (1970)
Plot Summary:
The Prince of Darkness casts his undead shadow once more over the cursed village of Kleinenberg when his ashes are splashed with bat's blood and Dracula is resurrected. And two innocent victims search for a missing loved one... loved to death by Dracula's mistress. But after they discover his blood-drained corpse in Dracula's castle necropolis, the Vampire Lord's lustful vengeance begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, rough, suspenseful, scary, bleak, serious, classic horror, grindhouse, perverse
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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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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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The Vampire Lovers (1970)
Plot Summary:
In the heart of Styria the Karnstein Family, even after their mortal deaths, rise from their tombs spreading evil in the countryside in their lust for fresh blood. Baron Hartog whose family are all victims of Karnstein vampirism, opens their graves and drives a stake through their diabolical hearts. One grave he cannot locate is that of the legendary beautiful Mircalla Karnstein. Years of peace follow that grisly night until Mircalla reappears to avenge her family's decimation and satisfy her desire for blood.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, scary, suspenseful, serious, queer horror, sexy, grindhouse, psychotronic, creepy
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Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
Plot Summary:
Three elderly distinguished gentlemen are searching for some excitement in their boring borgoueis lives and gets in contact with one of count Dracula's servants. In a nightly ceremony they restore the count back to life. The three men killed Dracula's servant and as a revenge, the count makes sure that the gentlemen are killed one by one by their own sons.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, tense, suspenseful, stylized, classic horror, grindhouse, creepy, cult classic, scary
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Count Dracula (1970)
Plot Summary:
Jess Franco's version of the Bram Stoker classic has Count Dracula as an old man who grows younger whenever he dines on the blood of young maidens.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Spain, West Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, grindhouse, cult classic, classic horror, suspense, perverse, twisted, scary, atmospheric
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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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Dracula (1979)
Plot Summary:
Romanticized adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 classic. Set in 1913 England, the bloodsucking, but handsome, charming and seductive, Count Dracula seeks an immortal bride.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, suspense, scary, atmospheric, dark, sexy, enigmatic, talky, serious