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Plot Summary:
After their mother passes away, sisters Nicole and Annie reluctantly return to their childhood home to pay their last respects. While staying overnight in the house, the sisters sense a mysterious presence in their midst: noises startling them in the night, objects moving about, a fallen picture of an unknown woman posed next to their mother. Annie begins experiencing a series of intense and disturbing dreams - visions that lead her to uncover something terrible about her mother's past that is finally revealing itself.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, captivating, christmas horror, demonic, creepy, spooky, twisted
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A Haunting in Salem (2011)
Plot Summary:
When the new sheriff of Salem, Massachusetts discovers that he is the victim of a centuries-old curse, he must protect his family from the vengeful ghosts that torment his home.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, scary, independent film, surprise ending
Similar in 81%
Fingerprints (2006)
Plot Summary:
Fresh out of rehab, a young woman moves back in with her parents and sister, and soon becomes involved in a mystery that has left people in her town paralyzed.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary, slasher
Similar in 84%
Haunting of Winchester House (2009)
Plot Summary:
A family moves in to look after the Winchester mansion for a few months, and soon find themselves terrorized by vengeful spirits. With the help of a paranormal investigator they'll unravel the mystery of the house.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, psychological, tense, mockbuster, captivating, suspense, frightening, scary, suspenseful, independent film
Similar in 80%
Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)
Plot Summary:
It has been five years since the disappearance of Katie and Hunter, and a suburban family witness strange events in their neighborhood when a woman and a mysterious child move in.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, intense, tense, atmospheric, serious, demonic, creepy, teen
Similar in 87%
100 Feet (2008)
Plot Summary:
After Marnie Watson kills her abusive husband in self-defense, she is condemned to house arrest... only to discover that the house is possessed by the enraged and violent spirit of her dead husband.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, rough, bloody, suspense, disturbing, demonic, splatter, independent film
Similar in 90%
Jessabelle (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young woman recuperating at her father's run-down home after a tragic accident soon encounters a terrifying presence with a connection to her long-deceased mother.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, suspense, melancholic, creepy, southern gothic, demonic, splatter
Similar in 82%
The Pact II (2014)
Plot Summary:
The sequel is set just weeks after Annie Barlow's deadly confrontation with the Judas Killer. In this elevated sequel, we meet June, a woman whose carefully constructed life is beginning to unravel due to lucid nightmares so awful they disturb her waking life.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, serious, creepy, independent film
Similar in 79%
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013)
Plot Summary:
Sequel to the 2009 mezzo-mezzo supernatural horror purporting to be based on a true story in which a cancer-afflicted teen starts seeing things in the new Victorian house he and his family moved into.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, scary, suspenseful, serious, demonic, spooky, exciting, splatter, intense, creepy
Similar in 78%
The Grudge 3 (2009)
Plot Summary:
Jake, the sole survivor of The Grudge 2 massacre, is tortured by chilling visions of Kayako and Toshio that have led to his hospitalization. Jake's caretaker, Dr. Sullivan is determined to investigate his horrifying tales. She explores his Chicago home, finding another family on the brink of succumbing to the curse. It becomes clear that Jake's terrifying stories are true, and a mysterious Japanese woman may be the only hope of banishing the spirits forever...unless her plan destroys them all.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspense, suspenseful, intense, surreal, stylized, psychological, serious, creepy
Similar in 76%
Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)
Plot Summary:
In 1988, evil begins to terrorize young sisters Katie and Kristi for the first time when an invisible entity resides in their home.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 99000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, tense, suspenseful, mockumentary, creepy, psychological, disturbing, stylized, serious
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The Awakening (2011)
Plot Summary:
1921 England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart (Hall) visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 68000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, suspenseful, twist ending, psychological, atmospheric, gothic horror, enigmatic, suspense, dark
Similar in 76%
The Innkeepers (2011)
Plot Summary:
During the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, disturbing, suspenseful, atmospheric, dark, suspense, psychological, tense, spooky, stylized
Similar in 84%
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Plot Summary:
Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 294000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: scary, dark, atmospheric, suspenseful, creepy, splatter, demonic, christmas horror, psychological, cult classic
Similar in 81%
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 83%
Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 186000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, mind bending, suspense, creepy, psychological, demonic, atmospheric, disturbing, intense
Similar in 79%
The Forest (2016)
Plot Summary:
Set in the Aokigahara Forest, a real-life place in Japan where people go to end their lives. Against this backdrop, a young American woman comes in search of her twin sister, who has mysteriously disappeared.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, enigmatic, suspenseful, atmospheric, dark, psychological, suspense, serious, spooky, psychological thriller
Similar in 89%
Sinister (2012)
Plot Summary:
Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 274000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, twist ending, rough, dark, creepy, sinister
Similar in 86%
Oculus (2013)
Plot Summary:
A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 138000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, frightening, suspense, disturbing, psychological thriller, creepy, psychological
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Insidious (2010)
Plot Summary:
A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 334000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, twist ending, atmospheric, disturbing, dark, intense, tense, clever, creepy
Similar in 77%
The Ward (2010)
Plot Summary:
A thriller centered on an institutionalized young woman who becomes terrorized by a ghost.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, twist ending, psychological, surprise ending, tense, suspenseful, suspense, twisted, atmospheric, mind twisting
Similar in 79%
Crimson Peak (2015)
Plot Summary:
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 156000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, gothic horror, atmospheric, suspense, dark, twist ending, suspenseful, scary, fairy tale
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The Grudge (2004)
Plot Summary:
American nurse, Karen Davis moves to Tokyo and encounters a vengeful supernatural spirit known as The Grudge that often possesses its victims. When a series of horrifying and mysterious deaths occur – with the spirit passing its curse onto each victim - Karen must find away to break the spell before she becomes the spirit's next victim.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 150000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, psychological, creepy, atmospheric, suspense, gothic, terrifying, slasher, stylized
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Case 39 (2009)
Plot Summary:
In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the child, and so Emily assumes custody of Lilith while she looks for a foster family. However, Emily soon finds that dark forces surround the seemingly innocent girl, and the more she tries to protect Lilith, the more horrors she encounters.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, psychological, gloomy, atmospheric, serious, suspense, disturbing, psychological thriller, intense
Similar in 88%
Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
Plot Summary:
Parapsychologist Elise Rainier and her team travel to Five Keys, N.M., to investigate a man's claim of a haunting. Terror soon strikes when Rainier realizes that the house he lives in was her family's old home.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, suspense, suspenseful, tense, demonic, psychotronic, disturbing, spooky, serious
Similar in 75%
The Orphanage (2007)
Plot Summary:
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 162000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, twist ending, psychological, surprise ending, gothic horror, atmospheric, disturbing, serious, suspense, dark
Similar in 88%
Dead Silence (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named Billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist Mary Shaw. Destined to find out the truth, Jamie goes to the town of Raven's Fair, where Shaw used to perform and is buried. But Jamie is in for more than he expected.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 101000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, twist ending, gothic, atmospheric, suspenseful, surprise ending, dark, slasher, suspense, frightening
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The Others (2001)
Plot Summary:
Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 387000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA, France, Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: twist ending, surprise ending, scary, suspense, atmospheric, psychological, gothic, dark, enigmatic, psychological thriller
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The Conjuring (2013)
Plot Summary:
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 545000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: scary, dark, atmospheric, suspenseful, frightening, psychological, terrifying, creepy, demonic, splatter
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Annabelle (2014)
Plot Summary:
John Form has found the perfect gift for his expectant wife, Mia - a beautiful, rare vintage doll in a pure white wedding dress. But Mia's delight with Annabelle doesn't last long. On one horrific night, their home is invaded by members of a satanic cult, who violently attack the couple. Spilled blood and terror are not all they leave behind. The cultists have conjured an entity so malevolent that nothing they did will compare to the sinister conduit to the damned that is now... Annabelle.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 172000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense, splatter, intense, demonic, spooky, esoteric
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It Follows (2014)
Plot Summary:
For 19-year-old Jay, fall should be about school, boys and weekends out at the lake. But a seemingly innocent physical encounter turns sour and gives her the inescapable sense that someone, or something, is following her. Faced with this burden, Jay and her teenage friends must find a way to escape the horror that seems to be only a few steps behind.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 263000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, scary, suspense, disturbing, atmospheric, dark, psychological horror, independent film, creepy