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Plot Summary:
Four college girls presage an impending apocalypse.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher
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Epistrofi ton katharmaton (2003)
Plot Summary:
Apostolos (Souglakos) is an ex-wrestler who has become an alcoholic due to his daughter's unexpected death. His acquaintance with a mysterious woman, Anna will fire up an incredible conspiracy and murder and will lead him on the trails of a mercilless killer who hides a deadly secret.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags:
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My Daughter's Deadly Roommates (2023)
Plot Summary:
New beginnings have disastrous consequences as a young woman starts college and quickly finds herself trapped inside a secret society that has sinister motives. As the society isolates her from her family with increasing intensity, she must decide whether to resign herself to their deadly manipulation, or if she will fight back to stop them once and for all. ~Courtesy of MyLifetime.com.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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Unfinished (2022)
Plot Summary:
Writer Zora Matthews is the daughter of famous author Thomas Morgan Matthews who died a year ago. Both Zora and Thomas suffer from schizophrenia. After a fight with husband Drew, Zora escapes to her father's hideaway house in beautiful Topanga Canyon. There Zora is introduced to bartender Eddie, his wife Lorena, and handyman Amadi. They all talk cryptically about how Zora's father changed their world. The stress triggers Zora's schizophrenia, and her dreams become horrific as she slowly discovers that her father's past included grisly murder and suicide, and the ghosts of his actions are back to haunt her and drive her insane.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: slasher
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Some Are Born (2019)
Plot Summary:
Drama - A lonely young man enters college and quickly finds comfort in two mysterious filmmakers that have manipulative plans of their own. - Casey James Knight, Dana Blackstone, Dominic Ryan Gabriel.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, light, unusual plot structure, contemplative, visually appealing
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Blind (2004)
Plot Summary:
Thriller - A detective searching for more than his suspect. A locksmith with a disturbing obsession. - Ben Clayton, Stephen Jackon, Amy Chomsky.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, detective
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Mile High Escorts (2020)
Plot Summary:
Following the death of a co-worker, a young woman working for a private airline learns the owner's secret and becomes the next target.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspense
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Addiction (2003)
Plot Summary:
An average, happy, hard-working man's life takes a turn for the horrific after he kills a mugger and discovers he's now addicted to killing.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: suspense
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Nocebo (2022)
Plot Summary:
A fashion designer hires a nanny from the Philippines to assist her in caring for her family while she is suffering from what she believes is a tick-related illness. The nanny uses traditional Filipino folk healing techniques to help her, but in the process of doing so, she uncovers a horrifying truth about why she is there and why her employer is actually sick.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, Philippines, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, supernatural thriller
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Secrets of a Psychopath (2015)
Plot Summary:
Two siblings lure unsuspecting victims to their house through a dating site for games and slaughter.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Inherited (2009)
Plot Summary:
When a college student who grew up a ward of the state finds out he inherited a large estate, he and his friends decide to assess for themselves his new wealth. Unfortunately, they quickly discover his long lost family was anything but normal. Between incest and murder lies his future, if he can survive long enough to embrace his destiny. The old adage proves true. Nothing in life is free.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: slasher
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Wayward (2022)
Plot Summary:
After a meet-cute in a bar, Dawn and Micah's road trip to Portland turns into a nightmare when they're hunted by an infamous serial killer known as the Mechanic Maniac.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Sole Custody (2014)
Plot Summary:
Zoey, a cyber crime cop, and Barry, a detective, raise their son, Timmy, in a quiet suburban neighborhood. When Zoey confides in her best friend about shift work and the lack of spark in her marriage. Zoey's mind is set in motion and when she discovers Barry is screwing around, she calls him out. Willing to give him a second chance, Zoey tries to mend her marriage. When Barry is seen again with "that" woman, Zoey gets a restraining order and sole custody of Timmy. Late one night a fire in her home tragically takes the life of her son. The evidence points to Zoey taking sleeping pills and smoking - she's charged with Timmy's murder. Zoey goes to Barry for help but he's distant and blames her. Zoey fights back, convinced she was set up to take the blame for Timmy's death. As she fights to prove her own innocence she gets the biggest shock of all.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense
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Wrong Swipe (2016)
Plot Summary:
When Anna has a difficult time getting close to people, her sister creates a dating profile for her online. Anna starts to message a handsome man until she starts getting disturbing messages that a match is close by.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 605
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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His Deadly Affair (2019)
Plot Summary:
Violinist Danielle Turner returns to her hometown for her final show of the tour. While home she sets out to repair her relationship with her sister, Heidi, but Danielle’s dream boyfriend, James the Conductor of the Orchestra, has a dangerous and obsessive wife, who is waiting to extract her vengeance on Danielle.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Shut In (2022)
Plot Summary:
A young single mother is held captive along with her two children by a violent ex and must plot their escape before it’s too late.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, slasher, thrilling, independent film
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Fatal Memories (2015)
Plot Summary:
Fatal Memories is the story of two sisters dealing with the murder of their mother. One of the sisters, April, is the primary suspect in the investigation, but she is traumatized and unable to recall what happened. The other sister, Sutton, is determined to prove April’s innocence, and knows that discovering the truth depends on recovering April’s repressed memories.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 251
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Simon (2016)
Plot Summary:
An investigative Journalist thinks she's found a killer, and breaks into his place to find the evidence. Only when he come's back it becomes a game of cat and mouse with deadly consequences.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 333
Genere: Thriller
Country:
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film
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High Heel Homicide (2017)
Plot Summary:
As a string of brutal murders plague the city, two undercover detectives (Brent Harvey and Mia Li) race to solve the mystery and unmask the killer. Their only clues: each victim is a former cop and each has a blood-red letter painted on their body. How many will have to die before the killer spells out their message in blood?.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 400
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, sexy, erotic, hot
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Mommy Would Never Hurt You (2019)
Plot Summary:
Riley wants to rebuild her relationship with her mother and little sister, who are shut-ins due to her sister's illness. When Riley realizes her sister may not be sick, her mother will stop at nothing to keep her daughters with her forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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A Mother's Crime (2017)
Plot Summary:
Encouraged by her lover, Danielle kills her husband and goes on the lam with her infant daughter Cali. But the cops catch her and, en route to prison, she agrees to give custody of Cali to her arch rival, her sister Nikki. But on release from prison, Danielle will stop at nothing to get Cali back from Nikki's safe and healthy home.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 211
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, entertaining
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The Lost Angel (2005)
Plot Summary:
Slight off-balance police inspector Palmer (Alison Eastwood) works with Father Brian (Judd Nelson) to solve for a religion-based killer, while she deals with her teen-aged goth sister.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 440
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Dead on Site (2008)
Plot Summary:
Dead On Site is the story of a group of media arts majors who decide as a final project to take over a vacant house where a family had been wiped out a year before. They plan to re-enact the murders and web-cast them on a site while they search for clues to the killer.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, independent film
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The Legend of Bloody Mary (2008)
Plot Summary:
Ryan has been plagued with nightmares since the night his sister Amy went missing 8 years earlier after playing the game "Bloody Mary." Amy had stumbled onto a website on the Internet (www.marked4mary.com) about a witch called Bloody Mary and a game to summon her evil spirit. Now a senior in college, Ryan is reaching a mental breaking point from the years of stress and guilt from his sisters disappearance. His girlfriend Rachel frustrated herself at Ryan's emotional distance and self pity, calls for help to a former professor of Ryan's, Father O'Neal. Father O'Neal is both a priest and a archaeologist who decides to help Ryan end his tormenting grief by using his detective skills and wit to figure out what exactly happened to Ryan's sister, and uncover the truth to the Legend of Bloody Mary.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 794
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, serious, slasher
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Profile for Murder (2013)
Plot Summary:
Psychological thriller. A police profiler who quit after a horrific case is terrorised by the escaped serial killer she sent to prison.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing
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Twin Betrayal (2018)
Plot Summary:
A struggling single mother, in the midst of a fierce custody battle, is framed for the murder of her wealthy father by her ambitious identical twin.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Triple Threat (2022)
Plot Summary:
The families of twin sisters are "infiltrated" by a mysterious triplet, who was separated from them at birth by their adopted mother. Her deadly plan is to frame one of the twins for murdering the other’s husband, and then assume the identity of his widow by killing her too... but not if the framed sister has anything to say about it.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Sorority Murder (2015)
Plot Summary:
Pretty and likable Jennifer arrives as a freshman at Whittendale University and is greeted by pledge-seeker Carly of the Beta Sigma Eta Sorority. Once warmly embraced by the sorority, Jennifer soon realizes trouble is lurking beneath the happy surface of the sorority and makes an enemy of the sorority president Breanne. When Breanne's body is found in her car, Jennifer finds herself considered to be the number one suspect on campus.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Soviet Sleep Experiment (2019)
Plot Summary:
Russian researchers in the late 1940s keep five people awake for fifteen days using an experimental stimulant. Based on the popular internet horror story (Creepypasta) “The Russian Sleep Experiment”.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Home Invasion (2012)
Plot Summary:
After a woman kills a home invasion robber in self-defense, his vengeful girlfriend befriends her at a crime victim support group and sets about trying to destroy her life.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Fatale (2020)
Plot Summary:
A married man is tricked into a murder scheme by a female police detective.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, disturbing, intense, psychological thriller, anamorphic, psychosexual thriller