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Plot Summary:
As the foursome watches the eerie nocturnal spectacle of The Lights, a local natural phenomenon, someone is watching them.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: semi serious, psychological, rough, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, sincere, offbeat, humorous, realistic
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Sunsplit (1997)
Plot Summary:
In tradition of Crash, Sunsplit is an absorbing tale of three unique Los Angeles individuals.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 87%
Drawing Blood (2005)
Plot Summary:
Bodies begin to pile up the moment George Adam's wife leaves town for the weekend. George's past comes back to him, but its nothing like his current life in a safe, calm suburban home.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, independent film
Similar in 81%
Joshua (2006)
Plot Summary:
Kelby Unger is a young man from a dysfunctional family that lives with his girlfriend Amelia Gates and has sleeping problems with dreadful nightmares. When he proposes Amelia, he coincidently receives a phone call from the warden of the prison of his hometown telling that his father had just died from heart attack. He decides to return to Bisbee for the funeral and Amelia goes with him. Kelby and Amelia lodge at his mother's house and he meets his slut sister Trish, his former friends James Lilly and the policeman Wally and his unknown uncle Tom. When Wally has a nervous breakdown with the name of Joshua, Kelby is haunted by the evil past in Bisbee.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 670
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, realistic
Similar in 83%
A Crack in the Floor (2001)
Plot Summary:
For the past 33 years Jeremiah Hill has lived alone, with no contact with the outside world, and he intends to keep it that way. Jeremiah's mother had always warned him not to associate with the outside world, and her brutal rape and killing right before his eyes taught him a lesson he intends never to forget; and those who enter his world will pay a deadly price. As Lehman and his five friends from L.A. start their weekend camping trip they run into Tyler Trout and Floyd Fryed who represent the gateway into this distorted world that they are about to enter. These things just don't happen in sheriff Talmidge and deputy Kevin Gordon's small mountain town, and by stumbling upon this lonely cabin in the woods, they have shattered 33 years of solitude in Jeremiah's world... And unbeknownst to Lehman and his friends, soon their weekend trip of hiking and camping will become a nightmare of survival.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, slasher, independent film, scary, serious, realistic, slasher horror
Similar in 79%
Sloppy the Psychotic (2012)
Plot Summary:
Meet Mike, A man whose only goal in life was to bring joy to children... As "Sloppy the Clown". After a cruel twist of fate finds him without his beloved job he goes into business for himself. After a bout of bad luck Mike spirals completely out of control. Witness a good man go bad, then totally mad in... Sloppy the Psychotic.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, slasher, independent film
Similar in 90%
Legion of Fire: Killer Ants! (1998)
Plot Summary:
When a hive of deadly killer ants attack a town in Alaska, a small group races to survive and to find a way to stop the ruthless ants.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: natural horror, offbeat, humorous, semi serious
Similar in 83%
KatieBird* Certifiable Crazy Person (2005)
Plot Summary:
The story follows the obviously psychotic Katiebird immediately after the death of her father.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, rough, suspenseful, controversial
Similar in 75%
The Last Laugh (2020)
Plot Summary:
A stand-up comedian on the verge of breakout success must make a terrible choice when he discovers a murderer on the loose in the theater where he's about to perform his biggest show.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, psychological thriller
Similar in 80%
Hoboken Hollow (2006)
Plot Summary:
As Trevor drifts through Texas on collision course with a nightmare he is still haunted by the evils of the war he recently returned from and a promise he failed to keep. When a stranger offers a ride, Trevor finds himself battling the brutal homegrown evil of the Broderick family at Hoboken Hollow,a remote West Texas ranch that many visit but few ever leave.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, realistic, slasher
Similar in 78%
Gnaw (2008)
Plot Summary:
In this dark, tongue in cheek, British Horror, six friends take a holiday in the heart of the English countryside which turns into a culinary nightmare when they discover that their hosts are a sadistic family of cannibals, set on turning their guests into their next meal! It's nice to have your friends for dinner.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, dark, bloody, suspense, realistic
Similar in 84%
Death Bed (2002)
Plot Summary:
When Karen and her significant other move to a new apartment, they discover an old antique bed. Karen absolutely loves it and she soon allows it to inspire her artwork. However, a series of disturbing dreams begin to haunt Karen. Eventually she starts to become unhinged and her paranoia overtakes every aspect of her life.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 602
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, sexual, sexy
Similar in 89%
The Undertow (2003)
Plot Summary:
Six friends enter the strange town of Old Mines for a weekend float trip. They quickly realize that the town is not friendly to strangers, and they are pressured to leave by the police. When the friends decide to continue their float trip anyway, terrifying secrets of the town surface. A seven-foot-tall deformed maniac, known by the townsfolk as The Boy is kept under lock and key by the town's mayor. The Boy's purpose is simple: kill outsiders. The Mayor of Old Mines releases The Boy and the maniac's hunt begins. One by one, the campers on their float trip are ripped to gory shreds by the enraged, deformed, hulking Boy. But there is great mystery to the Boy. Who is his father? Who is his mother? How did he become so dangerous? In the end, the answers to these questions will put the entire town of Old Mines in danger. The Boy is an unstoppable killing machine, and anyone in his path won't be in one piece for long!.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, suspenseful, suspense, controversial, independent film, atmospheric, serious, splatter
Similar in 79%
Dead Clowns (2004)
Plot Summary:
The residents of Port Emmett prepare for a hurricane that will churn up a 50-year-old secret, awakening an army of zombie clowns. Left to die after a circus train accident, the clowns rise from their muddy graves to get revenge. The guilty can run, but they can't hide from the truth -- or the undead.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 516
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, offbeat, slasher, independent film, ridiculous
Similar in 87%
ROT: Reunion of Terror (2008)
Plot Summary:
When a group of former high school pals gather at a remote cabin for a raucous 10-year reunion, they find themselves terrorized by a mysterious killer with a serious ax to grind. Could the murderer be one of their own who is out for revenge? Possibly -- for as the classmates disappear one by one, the survivors uncover a secret that devastates them all.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, scary, realistic, independent film, cult film
Similar in 76%
Disturbed (2009)
Plot Summary:
The quiet town of Quartz Hill is about to experience the worst night of the town's history. A notorious killer has escaped from death row with one thought on his mind. Revenge.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, slasher, tense, suspense, captivating, scary, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 81%
Sea of Fear (2006)
Plot Summary:
College athlete Lance and his friend Tom meet Tom's girlfriend Kate and her friend Ashley in a marina to travel on a rented boat on a leisure trip. The Captain brings his navigator and first mate Joel and another unexpected passenger, Derek, along on the trip. Soon the boat is stranded and one by one the shipmates are murdered.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 625
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, tense, psychological, suspenseful, scary, serious, realistic
Similar in 89%
Knock Knock (2007)
Plot Summary:
Knock Knock is a horror film that combines fear with revenge, hate with justice and responsibility with sacrifice. The bible says an "Eye for an Eye." Rico was just a big fun loving son of a hard working neighborhood business man. The problem is his dad is an undertaker. Some popular high school Students thought he was weird because of it. Rico kept to himself.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 860
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, scary, rough, serious, realistic
Similar in 82%
Automaton Transfusion (2006)
Plot Summary:
Three teens find themselves in a town over run with zombies. Deciding to fight back, they go on a punch you in the throat, action packed, non stop ride through the city, woods, and schools.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, serious, suspenseful, independent film, scary, slasher, cliffhanger, splatter
Similar in 77%
Hallows' Eve (2013)
Plot Summary:
Years after a tragic accident leaves a young child scarred for life, the people responsible pay - with their lives.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 740
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, slasher, tense, suspense, captivating, realistic
Similar in 75%
Filth to Ashes, Flesh to Dust (2011)
Plot Summary:
Purge: To put to death, eliminate what is undesirable. The serial killer known as Purge lived and died by this code. But is he dead? Driving home from a road trip, ERIC and SHELLY take a back road to avoid a traffic jam. They encounter the serial killer Purge. Eric survives but Shelly is murdered. A year later, a group of adventure-seeking high school grads venture to purge's lair. Among them is Eric's brother JUAN. Eric sets out to save his brother, and get revenge on Purge. For the six teens, their imperfections will be the deciding factor if Purge shows them mercy. But if everyone is imperfect, will any of them survive? Written by Armont Casalle.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, slasher, psychological, suspense, scary, serious, realistic
Similar in 77%
Fright Fest (2018)
Plot Summary:
Blood runs rampant on Halloween night when a small towns' Fright Fest becomes real inside the walls of a long abandoned asylum.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 976
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, tense, suspenseful, psychological, rough, captivating, suspense
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100 Tears (2007)
Plot Summary:
After being accused of crimes he did not commit, a lonely circus performer exacts his revenge on those who unjustly condemned him. The act sparks something inside of him which he cannot stop and now, years later, his inner-demons have truly surfaced. Part urban legend, part tabloid sensationalism... he is now an unstoppable murderous juggernaut, fueled only by hate.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, tense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, brutal, bloody, suspense
Similar in 75%
Spiker (2007)
Plot Summary:
A nightmare come to life, the Spiker is a massive pink-eyed albino and a maniac killing machine whose physical endurance borders on the fantastic. He escapes from an asylum and returns to the small town he terrorized years before, where he slashed his victims to pieces with railroad spikes and buried the bodies under the train tracks outside of town. When a group of local teens decide to camp out at an abandoned house, they are attacked by the Spiker and discover a web of terrible secrets hidden there.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 492
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, independent film
Similar in 78%
Varsity Blood (2014)
Plot Summary:
Jocks and cheerleaders head out to a remote farmhouse for a raucous Halloween party, but someone dressed as their school mascot intends to slaughter them all.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 588
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, semi serious, tense, rough, captivating, suspense, bloody, scary, humorous
Similar in 86%
The Fear Chamber (2009)
Plot Summary:
A psychotic man likes to hunt down young women, then kill them and sell their organs. Detective Nick Stevens has been chasing this killer for years and has to overcome this personal demons in order to conquer this serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 542
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, scary, rough, serious, detective
Similar in 83%
Blood Widow (2014)
Plot Summary:
Laurie and Hugh are a successful young couple who have just closed on a weekend home away from the city. Unbeknownst to them, the neighboring property contains the crumbling remains of a boarding school that was shuttered in the wake of an unspeakable massacre. The sole survivor of that massacre still resides in the ruins of the school, hiding from the world and wanting only to be left alone. When Laurie and Hugh's friends explore the property, they have no idea that they disturbed an emotionally-broken killing machine: The Blood Widow.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, serious, suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, scary, rough, realistic
Similar in 90%
Mothman (2010)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends band together to hide the truth about a mutual friend's tragic death. They soon discover that an evil entity is in pursuit of them.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, scary, rough
Similar in 87%
Dead and Gone (2008)
Plot Summary:
A struggling actor moves his comatose wife to their isolated cabin, where he begins to have disturbing interactions with the unconscious woman.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 603
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, psychological, exciting, semi serious, suspense, offbeat, realistic, independent film, campy
Similar in 83%
Hide and Creep (2004)
Plot Summary:
Residents of a small Southern town contend with bloodthirsty zombies, a mysterious flying saucer, and bad television reception.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 999
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, semi serious, scary, humorous, horror comedy, suspense, independent film, biting, campy
Similar in 86%
San Franpsycho (2006)
Plot Summary:
Two detectives hunt a serial killer who is sending cryptic messages about his crimes to a local reporter.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 719
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, suspenseful, scary, serious, realistic, independent film