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Plot Summary:
In the wake of a young Jewish girl’s disappearance, the son of a Hasidic funeral director returns home with his pregnant wife in hopes of reconciling with his father. Little do they know that directly beneath them in the family morgue, an ancient evil with sinister plans for the unborn child lurks inside a mysterious corpse.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria
Duration: 93 min
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Bed Rest (2022)
Plot Summary:
A pregnant woman on bed rest begins to wonder if her house is haunted or if it's all in her head.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Satanic Hispanics (2022)
Plot Summary:
When police raid a house in El Paso, they find it full of dead Latinos, and only one survivor. He’s known as The Traveler, and when they take him to the station for questioning, he tells them those lands are full of magic and talks about the horrors he’s encountered in his long time on this earth, about portals to other worlds, mythical creatures, demons and the undead. Stories about Latin American legends.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 491
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
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At the Devil's Door (2014)
Plot Summary:
When ambitious young real estate agent Leigh is asked to sell a house with a checkered past, she crosses paths with a disturbed girl whom she learns is the runaway daughter of the couple selling the property. When Leigh tries to intervene and help her, she becomes entangled with a supernatural force that soon pulls Leigh's artist sister Vera into its web - and has sinister plans for both of them.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, bleak, psychological thriller, grindhouse, creepy, spooky, twisted, surprise ending
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666 (Beware the End Is at Hand) (2007)
Plot Summary:
Lucifer sends his trusty minions out into the world to lead the good folk of Nigeria unto temptation in order to lock them into his cage. The good pastor Lazarus who has noticed the signs, realizing that hell is about to be unleashed on Earth, sets about righting wrongs through the power of prayer.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Horror
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, rough, bleak, christian film, religious horror, christian horror
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Vampire Resurrection (2003)
Plot Summary:
Buried deep beneath the earth for a hundred years Jonathan had to sacrifice his own soul and become a vampire in order to find his true love. Meanwhile, a beautiful young woman, Victoria, wakes from recurring dreams of a time when she was in love. It is clear that Victoria is Jonathan's true love and when they finally meet, they realize that their souls are forever intertwined. Victoria finds herself caught between her immortal love and her mortal ties. Jonathan has made the ultimate sacrifice for her - his own mortality. Will she now do the same for him?.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: suspense
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The Devil's Partner (1960)
Plot Summary:
An old man sells his soul to the devil, and turns into a young man. He then uses witchcraft and black magic to win a woman from his rival.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 539
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: classic horror, suspense, gothic horror, psychotronic, independent film
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Spirits Among Us (2009)
Plot Summary:
Mark, Janice and their young daughter Julie have lived in their home about two months. Strange things begin to happen, first just annoying, then becoming terrifying. Television sets go on and off by themselves, strange noises in the attic, movement in the shadows, light bulbs bursting, unexplained voices, terrifying dreams, and dolls that seem to have a mind of their own. Being a self-sufficient independent do-it-yourself kind of man, Mark tries to "fix it" with his own resources. Only after being brought to near death does he realize he needs the power of the Holy Spirit through the authority of Jesus Christ to rid their home of this malevolent spirits.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, christian film, christian horror
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Cool Air (2006)
Plot Summary:
Charlie Baxter, a struggling screenwriter, is searching for accommodation in a rundown mansion somewhere in the isolated mountains above Malibu. An expressionless and creatively bankrupt young man who rewrites exploitation sci-fi / horror scripts for a living, he takes a room in the mansion and learns of the mysterious doctor residing in the room above his own who dabbles in strange experiments. As he learns more about the circumstances of the doctor and the history of his landlady, her autistic daughter and the strange lodger across the hall, Baxter is inspired to write his long blocked "great American Screenplay". Working furiously, Baxter suffers a heart attack, and staggers up to see the doctor for treatment. He passes out immediately, but awakens a cured man. But at a terrible price.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 855
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: suspense, lovecraft, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
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Spectre (1977)
Plot Summary:
Renowned criminologist and occult investigator William Sebastian (Culp) recruits his old friend Dr. Hamilton (Young) to aid him in his current case. Anitra Cyon (Bell), the sister of prominent British businessman Geoffrey Cyon (Villiers), believes her brother is dabbling in the black arts. In turn, Geoffrey claims that she is mentally unfit. Sebastian and Hamilton travel to the Cyon estate to investigate the matter. Complicating the issue is Sebastian's debilitating heart condition that was induced by his own experimentations with the black arts.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 669
Genere: Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: satanic, detective, psychotronic
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The Power (1984)
Plot Summary:
A man comes into possession of an ancient Aztec doll. However, the doll is possessed by an evil spirit, which takes over his body.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 640
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, twist ending, psychotronic, independent film, eighties
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Evil Clutch (1988)
Plot Summary:
The story of a hideous monster who takes the form of a beautiful, seductive woman who in a torrent of special effects, beauty and monster transform into a climax of pure evil. For years this monster woman has cursed a small village, and to this day her deadly grasps holds the peaceful residents in fear. This ferocious, feminine fury possesses a shocking sensual appetite and she can only satisfy her lust when passion consumes her, by striking where a man is most vulnerable.... and the results are deadly!.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 638
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: bloody, suspense, disturbing
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Mortuary (1982)
Plot Summary:
Christie Parson has constant nightmares of her father's death whom died in a swimming pool. Christie's mother thinks it was an accident, but Christie believes in was murder. Christie then see's an unknown figure dressed in a cape following her and harassing her. But still nobody believes her, until her boyfriend sees the figure himself. The figure hides in the town mortuary which is owned by Hank Andrews and his demented son, Paul and both are trying to form rituals to bring back Dr. Parson's spirit. But who is this figure and why is he harassing Christie?.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, horror comedy, cult classic, independent film, surprise ending, splatter, psychotronic, slasher horror, cult film
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The Witches' Mountain (1973)
Plot Summary:
A young couple traveling thorugh the Pyrenees stays overnight at an ancient Spanish castle, only to discover that it is the headquarters for a coven of witches.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 512
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, satanic, psychotronic, cult film
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Zombie Cop (1991)
Plot Summary:
During a drug raid, a narcotics officer confronts a strange Voodoo priest named Dr. Death, who is chanting. The officer and the priest shoot it out and they both wind up dead. Later, the two rise from their graves and return to the land of the living as zombies. Dr. Death is resurrected with a new mission in mind, to take over the world. The "zombie" cop enlists the aid of his old police buddies to stop the mad priest.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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Satan's Black Wedding (1976)
Plot Summary:
A man travels to another city for his sister's funeral to try to find out why she killed herself. He discovers that she is actually a vampire and returns from the dead to take revenge on her family.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, independent film
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Fiend (1980)
Plot Summary:
This low budget feature from Baltimore filmmaker Don Dohler opens with a spirit entering into a gravesite and reanimating a corpse back to life as Mr. Longfellow. In order for him to stay alive, he needs to absorb the life energies out of the living by wrapping his hands around his victoms' throats.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 523
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, weird
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Sharon's Baby (1975)
Plot Summary:
A woman gives birth to a baby, but this is no ordinary little tyke. The child is seemingly possessed by the spirit of a freak dwarf who the mother once spurned. Cue a spate of strange deaths, the one common factor being the presence of a baby in pram at the scene.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense, satanic, supernatural thriller, psychotronic, independent film
Similar in 84%
The Demon Lover (1976)
Plot Summary:
A group of teenagers hanging around a cemetery get involved with a satanic priest who calls up a demon from hell.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 327
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: satanic, psychotronic, independent film
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Amityville: The Evil Escapes (1989)
Plot Summary:
The demonic force lurking in Amityville for over 300 years escapes to a remote California mansion. It encounters a struggling family living together by uncertain means. The beast manipulates a little girl by manifesting itself in the form of her dead father. Soon it will be able to possess her completely... is it too late for a young priest to defeat the demon and end the curse?.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: spooky, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, eighties, corny
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The Awakening (1980)
Plot Summary:
When a British archaeologist violates an Egyptian queen's tomb, her evil spirit enters his daughter.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, intense, suspense, psychotronic, serious, erotic, psychological, sexy
Similar in 75%
Twisted Nightmare (1987)
Plot Summary:
A group of teenagers win a trip to a summer camp they had attended as children. However, soon after they get there they begin to disappear one by one. The survivors suspect that the disappearances may be connected to the death of a handicapped child at the camp years before.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, splatter, psychotronic, independent film, teen horror
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Daughters of Satan (1972)
Plot Summary:
A man buys a painting depicting witches being burned at the stake, one of whom bears an uncanny resemblance to his wife.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, satanic, grindhouse, independent film, talky, psychotronic
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Damien: Omen II (1978)
Plot Summary:
Since the sudden and highly suspicious death of his parents, 12-year-old Damien has been in the charge of his wealthy aunt and uncle (Lee Grant and William Holden). Widely feared to be the Antichrist, Damien relentlessly plots to seize control of his uncle's business empire - and the world. Meanwhile, anyone attempting to unravel the secrets of Damien's sinister past or fiendish future meets with a swift and cruel demise.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, grindhouse, religious horror, demonic, suspense, satanic, creepy, suspenseful, classic horror
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An English Haunting (2020)
Plot Summary:
In 1960s England, Blake Cunningham and his alcoholic mother are forced to move into the mysterious Clemonte Hall, a vast isolated manor house, to care for his dying Grandfather who resides in the attic room. Soon, ghostly goings-on fill the house with dread, as it becomes apparent Grandfather's illness may have a supernatural cause that can only be cured by uncovering the terrifying secrets of the house and its dark history.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 703
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, scary, suspenseful
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Terror (1978)
Plot Summary:
A witch's prophecy - while being burned at the stake- curse condemns a family to horrible deaths.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, scary, atmospheric, rough, serious, suspenseful, silent
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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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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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Satanic (2016)
Plot Summary:
Four friends on their way to Coachella stop off in Los Angeles to tour true-crime occult sites, only to encounter a mysterious young runaway who puts them on a terrifying path to ultimate horror.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, satanic, demonic, interesting, weird
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Behind You (2020)
Plot Summary:
Two young sisters find that all the mirrors in their estranged aunt's house are covered or hidden. When one of them happens upon a mirror in the basement, she unknowingly releases a malicious demon.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, rough, suspense, dark, suspenseful
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The Possession of Michael King (2014)
Plot Summary:
The film tells the story of documentary filmmaker Michael King (Shane Johnson), who doesn’t believe in God or the Devil. Following the sudden death of his wife, Michael decides to make his next film about the search for the existence of the supernatural, making himself the center of the experiment – allowing demonologists, necromancers, and various practitioners of the occult to try the deepest and darkest spells and rituals they can find on him – in the hopes that when they fail, he’ll once and for all have proof that religion, spiritualism, and the paranormal are nothing more than myth. But something does happen. An evil and horrifying force has taken over Michael King. And it will not let him go.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: demonic, dark, scary, serious, suspenseful, mockumentary, religious horror, spooky, psychedelic, suspense