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Plot Summary:
A teenager and his mother find themselves besieged by threatening forces when they move into a new house.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, enigmatic, bleak, suspenseful, scary, controversial, spooky, disgusting, thrilling
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Similar in 81%
Apt (2006)
Plot Summary:
Se-jin, a lonely department store employee, moves into a high-rise apartment building. One day she notices that the lights in the windows of the building opposite all start to mysteriously flicker at exactly 9:56pm. She begins to suspect that these occurrences are somehow linked to a series of suspicious deaths in the neighbourhood.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, enigmatic, bleak, suspenseful
Similar in 81%
Abattoir (2016)
Plot Summary:
A reporter unearths an urban legend about a home being constructed from rooms where horrific tragedies have occurred.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, scary, rough, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, splatter, spooky, corny
Similar in 77%
House of Bad (2013)
Plot Summary:
Yearning to break free from their sordid pasts, three sisters unite for a simple plan: steal enough drugs to set themselves up for a new life. But when the eldest sister Teig decides they're going to hide out in their old, abandoned family house, its painful memories quickly become too real to fight off. Three sisters with a history, a suitcase full of stolen drugs, and a family house with a dark secret is the recipe for terror in House of Bad.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, psychological, realistic
Similar in 79%
The Dead Room (2015)
Plot Summary:
When a terrified family flees a desolate southern New Zealand farmhouse, two cynical scientists and a young psychic are sent to investigate their claims of a haunting. There they encounter a powerful spirit that will protect the house's secrets at all costs.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, cult classic, spooky, independent film, cult film
Similar in 90%
Stickman (2017)
Plot Summary:
The thing that waits under your bed, hides in the closet, stalks your dreams… is waiting for you. At least Emma Wright knew that at the age of 7 when she was wrongly accused of murdering her sister. Emma knew it was the Stickman. After years of isolation she finally has her demons under control and is released.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 654
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, melancholic, scary, atmospheric, enigmatic, suspense, suspenseful, intense, dark fantasy, weird
Similar in 80%
The Skeptic (2009)
Plot Summary:
After the mysterious death of his Aunt, a confirmed skeptic lawyer, Bryan Becket, dismisses reports that her house is haunted and moves in. Immediately occurrences begin he cannot explain. And beyond the occurrences there is something about the house which gnaws at Becket - some strange connection he senses he has with the house's past. Soon, the haunting turns personal.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, scary, bleak, suspense, intellectual, grindhouse, psychological, mind bending
Similar in 87%
The Darkness (2016)
Plot Summary:
A family returns from a Grand Canyon vacation with a supernatural presence in tow.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspense, rough, suspenseful, spooky, scary, esoteric, wild
Similar in 82%
After She Wakes (2019)
Plot Summary:
After tragic death of her baby son, a narcoleptic mother with young daughter suffers from terrifying sleep disruptions as they try to deal with ongoing pain and grief. They begin experiencing different episodes of parasomnia including night terrors and sleep paralysis, leaving them unable to move and only able to witness horrific visions. These nightmares become too disturbing as they create a rift in their own realities causing the mother to believe someone or something is watching her sleep every night. Soon the terrifying visions from their dreams begin to manifest into a sinister reality, leaving the mother vulnerable.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, scary
Similar in 84%
The Remains (2016)
Plot Summary:
After a family moves into an old Victorian home, they discover a chest in the attic containing antiques tainted by a malevolent spirit. As the antiques slowly possess each family member, the spirit grows stronger, hellbent on kidnapping the children.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: bleak, scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, spooky
Similar in 90%
Silent House (2011)
Plot Summary:
Sarah returns with her father and uncle to fix up the family's longtime summerhouse after it was violated by squatters in the off-season. As they work in the dark, Sarah begins to hear sounds from within the walls of the boarded-up building. Although she barely remembers the place, Sarah senses the past may still haunt the home.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, spooky, twisted, psychological, creepy, teen, surprise ending
Similar in 84%
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
Similar in 77%
Halloween: Resurgence (2012)
Plot Summary:
Five friends reunite in the sleepy town of Haddonfield, Illinois for a Halloween Weekend full of fun. As the town still reels from it's haunted past, the friends travel to nearby Warren county to investigate the now closed Sanitarium where Dr. Sam Loomis once treated unstoppable killer Michael Myers.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 78%
Ghost House (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young couple go on an adventurous vacation to Thailand only to find themselves haunted by a malevolent spirit after naively disrespecting a Ghost House.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, dark, exciting, mind bending, suspense, enigmatic, suspenseful, twist ending, disturbing
Similar in 90%
The Evil (1978)
Plot Summary:
Shortly after moving into a dark, brooding mansion, a psychologist and his co-workers are terrorized by a horrible evil being.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, suspense, slasher, grindhouse, independent film, scary, psychological, tense, rough, serious
Similar in 90%
Berkshire County (2014)
Plot Summary:
Kylie Winters, a bullied and self-loathing teen, reluctantly agrees to babysit at an isolated country mansion on Halloween night. When a small boy in a pig mask appears at the door trick-or-treating, Kylie's night transforms into a horrifying and violent cat-and-mouse game. She must go beyond what she ever thought possible if she and the children are to survive the night.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, serious, slasher, scary, bloody, splatter, psychotronic
Similar in 85%
Apartment 143 (2011)
Plot Summary:
A team of parapsychologists sets out to investigate a series of anomalous phenomena taking place in a newly occupied apartment. Telephone calls with no caller, mysterious shadows, extraordinary light emissions, flying objects, and exploding light bulbs are some of the events they will face while recording their every step with state-of-the-art technology. Using infrared filming, digital photography, psychophonic recordings, movement detectors, and magnetic field alteration meters, the group’s attempts to contact the “other side” will grow increasingly dangerous as they near a point of no return.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, enigmatic, bleak, mockumentary, suspense, demonic, psychological, psychological horror, spooky
Similar in 84%
The Intruder (2019)
Plot Summary:
A psychological thriller about a young married couple who buys a beautiful Napa Valley house on several acres of land only to find that the man they bought it from refuses to let go of the property.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological thriller, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, neurotic, scary, psychological, intense, mindfuck
Similar in 76%
House of Fears (2007)
Plot Summary:
The night before a local haunted house opens for Halloween, six friends sneak in for a few hours of fun. Soon after entering, they find themselves trapped inside with no way out.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, scary, suspenseful, serious, tense, bleak, psychological, psychotronic, dread
Similar in 82%
Amityville: The Awakening (2017)
Plot Summary:
Belle, her little sister, and her comatose twin brother move into a new house with their single mother Joan in order to save money to help pay for her brother's expensive healthcare. But when strange phenomena begin to occur in the house including the miraculous recovery of her brother, Belle begins to suspect her Mother isn't telling her everything and soon realizes they just moved into the infamous Amityville house.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, rough, tense, captivating, epic, dark
Similar in 89%
He's Out There (2018)
Plot Summary:
On vacation at a remote lake house, a mother and her two young daughters must fight for survival after falling into a terrifying and bizarre nightmare conceived by a psychopath.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, psychological thriller, dark, bloody, spooky, slasher horror
Similar in 80%
Annabelle Comes Home (2019)
Plot Summary:
Determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren bring the possessed doll to the locked artifacts room in their home, placing her “safely” behind sacred glass and enlisting a priest’s holy blessing. But an unholy night of horror awaits as Annabelle awakens the evil spirits in the room, who all set their sights on a new target—the Warrens' ten-year-old daughter, Judy, and her friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 85000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, demonic, suspenseful, saga, splatter, esoteric, spooky, psychotronic, bleak
Similar in 79%
Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)
Plot Summary:
A twisted new tale of terror begins for a teenage girl and her family, predating the haunting of the Lambert family in the earlier movies and revealing more mysteries of the otherworldly realm The Further.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, intense, psychological, rough, bleak, demonic, splatter
Similar in 80%
Final Destination 3 (2006)
Plot Summary:
A student's premonition of a deadly rollercoaster ride saves her life and a lucky few, but not from death itself – which seeks out those who escaped their fate.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 152000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, bloody, slasher, suspenseful, splatter, intense, teen, brutal, teen horror
Similar in 80%
Truth or Dare (2018)
Plot Summary:
A harmless game of "Truth or Dare" among friends turns deadly when someone—or something—begins to punish those who tell a lie—or refuse the dare.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, slasher, suspenseful, scary, suspense, surprise ending, ambiguous ending, psychotronic, demonic, thrilling
Similar in 83%
The Collector (2009)
Plot Summary:
Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, brutal, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, rough, sadistic, splatter, bloody
Similar in 83%
Hush (2016)
Plot Summary:
A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 150000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, scary, suspenseful, dark, psychological, tense, disturbing, twist ending, psychological thriller
Similar in 90%
Haunt (2019)
Plot Summary:
On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an "extreme" haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some nightmares are real.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, scary, suspense, enigmatic, disturbing, psychological, psychological thriller, brutal, dark
Similar in 88%
Hell Fest (2018)
Plot Summary:
On Halloween night at a horror theme park, a costumed killer begins slaying innocent patrons who believe that it's all part of the festivities.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, rough, bleak, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, teen horror, grindhouse
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Final Destination 2 (2003)
Plot Summary:
When Kimberly has a violent premonition of a highway pileup she blocks the freeway, keeping a few others meant to die, safe...Or are they? The survivors mysteriously start dying and it's up to Kimberly to stop it before she's next.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 179000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, splatter, serious, absurd, teen, bloody
Similar in 79%
Final Destination (2000)
Plot Summary:
After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 274000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, slasher, tense, bloody, creepy, splatter, teen, entertaining