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Plot Summary:
Made for TV Version of the classic story.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 433
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, psychotronic
Best tv shows and movies like The Phantom of the Opera (1983):
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The Phantom of the Opera (1991)
Plot Summary:
A comedy musical stage version of the Phantom of the Opera, filmed live on-stage during a performance in Florida.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Musical, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, psychotronic
Similar in 81%
The Nest of the Cuckoo Birds (1965)
Plot Summary:
Johnson, an agent for the Liquor Control Department, comes across the remote Cuckoo Bird Inn after escaping from a band of cut-throat moonshiners and a mysterious killer. He realizes there that he must discover the identity of the killer before it, or the inn's demented occupants turn him into another display in the grotesque Chapel of the Dead.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 450
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, psychotronic
Similar in 89%
Bleeding Through (2012)
Plot Summary:
Months after the brutal car accident that killed her parents, sensitive college student Lindsey still struggles with overwhelming grief. Pressure from her brother to sell the family home, financial stressors and failing grades send Lindsey spiraling into a dark pit of depression, her only resource a new friendship and possibility of romance. But when romance turns into vicious betrayal, Lindsey unearths a capacity for violence and bloody revenge from beyond the grave!.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: serious, dark, bleak, suspense, queer horror, realistic
Similar in 86%
The Monster of the Opera (1964)
Plot Summary:
A theater troupe's young, energetic leader has secured an old theater in which to produce his new production. The theater's elderly caretaker urges the group to leave at once. A vampire is awakened and discovers that one of the troupe is the reincarnation of the woman who he once loved.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, independent film
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Mondo Keyhole (1966)
Plot Summary:
Howard Thorne is a rapist in Los Angeles: he meets women at work and at parties or he sees them walking down the street, and he follows them, terrifies them, and assaults them. He also dreams about these assaults, and he's unclear how much of what he's done is real and how much is fantasy. He ignores his heroin-using wife, Vicki, who tries everything she can think of to get his sexual attention. Howard and Vicki go separately to a costume party where she learns the full truth about his nature and where he is stalked by one of his recent victims. Individualized versions of Hell await Howard and Vicki.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 166
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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The Haunting of M. (1979)
Plot Summary:
This ghost story, set at the turn of the century, centers on the plight of elderly dowager Marianna, who is tormented by the alleged specter of a young man roaming the corridors of her mansion. After spotting a face in an old photograph that seems to match the old woman's description of the "visitor", Marianna's sister decides to check things out and see if any of this is for real.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, psychotronic, independent film
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The Virgin of Nuremberg (1963)
Plot Summary:
Women are being tortured to death with various torture devices in the dungeon of an old castle by a deformed, hooded, holocaust survivor.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, classic horror, slasher, psychotronic
Similar in 82%
The Ghost (1963)
Plot Summary:
A woman and her lover murder her husband, a doctor. Soon, however, strange things start happening, and they wonder if they really killed him, or if he is coming back from the dead to haunt them.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, classic horror, suspense, grindhouse, psychotronic, cult film, cult movie cast
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The Fall of the House of Usher (1979)
Plot Summary:
After a long journey, a traveller and his wife arrive at the Usher mansion. Upon arriving, however, they discover that the mansion's sibling inhabitants, Roderick and Madeline Usher, have been afflicted with a mysterious malady: Roderick's senses have become painfully acute, while Madeline has become nearly catatonic. That evening, Roderick tells his guests of an old Usher family curse: any time there has been more than one Usher child, all of the siblings have gone insane and died horrible deaths. As the days wear on, the effects of the curse reach their terrifying climax.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 218
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspense, gothic horror, psychotronic, lovecraft
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The Night-Time Winds (2017)
Plot Summary:
A Psychological Thriller. Estranged sisters reunite. In Glorious Black and White.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, scary, bleak, suspense, black and white
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Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968)
Plot Summary:
This Mexican horror film concerns about a group of college students, led by Claudia (Alicia Bonet) who decide to investigate a local tower that has figured prominently in disturbing reoccurring dreams Claudia has been having. The dream also consists of a hanged woman's body. They are suspended from school for their antics, but Claudia learns from one of the female staff members that the person in the dream is a student who killed herself years before, and that the teacher has seen her ghost.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspense, slasher, gothic horror, splatter, creepy, psychotronic, weird
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The Turn Of The Screw (1974)
Plot Summary:
An English governess is hired to take care of two adorable orphans, who turn out to be not exactly what they seem to be.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: gothic, creepy, psychotronic
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Crucible of Terror (1971)
Plot Summary:
An obsessed sculptor kills a young women to make a perfect bronze sculpture of her. Years later at his secluded home a number of people become trapped in a web of revenge, murder and horror.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 665
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: classic horror, slasher, gothic horror, grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film
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Sin You Sinners (1963)
Plot Summary:
A stripper/fortune teller uses a magical Haitian amulet to keep young, and in so doing forces others to kill for her.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, cult film
Similar in 75%
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
Plot Summary:
The corrupt Lord Ambrose D'Arcy steals the life's work of the poor musical Professor Petry. In an attempt to stop the printing of music with D'Arcy's name on it, Petry breaks into the printing office and accidentally starts a fire, leaving him severely disfigured. Years later, Petry returns to terrorize a London opera house that is about to perform one of his stolen operas.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Music, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, classic horror, suspense, grindhouse, frightening, horror musical, scary, atmospheric, serious
Similar in 85%
The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
Plot Summary:
A darker version of the classic Gaston Leroux novel. A young soprano becomes the obsession of a horribly disfigured composer who has plans for those oppose himself or the young singer.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Music, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Hungary
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, gothic, stylized, surprise ending, horror musical, independent film, rough, serious, suspenseful, gloomy
Similar in 79%
Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
Plot Summary:
A search for a winning lottery ticket in his dead father's grave causes Sardonicus' face to freeze in a horrible grimace, until he forces a doctor to treat his affliction--with even more grotesque results! The audience gets an opportunity to vote--via the "Punishment Poll"--for the penalty Sardonicus must pay for his deeds.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: gothic, slasher, gothic horror, suspense, grindhouse, classic horror, scary, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending
Similar in 83%
Cove Road (2012)
Plot Summary:
While an unseen serial killer stalks the imaginary town of Bluefish, New York, the accidental vehicular homicide of a young vandal by a local drug dealer leads to a case of mistaken identity that precipitates a cycle of violence and death among a house full of partying teenagers who have reunited for the first time since graduating from high school the previous year.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic
Similar in 77%
Erik: Portrait of a Living Corpse (2010)
Plot Summary:
A darkly comic retelling of Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera, from Erik the Phantom's, twisted perspective.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing
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Dracula (1974)
Plot Summary:
Dracula is searching for a woman who looks like his long dead wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, classic horror, spooky, scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
Similar in 90%
Count Dracula (1970)
Plot Summary:
Jess Franco's version of the Bram Stoker classic has Count Dracula as an old man who grows younger whenever he dines on the blood of young maidens.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Spain, West Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, grindhouse, cult classic, classic horror, suspense, perverse, twisted, scary, atmospheric
Similar in 76%
The Demon (1963)
Plot Summary:
Purif, a young peasant from South Italy, is suspected of being a witch possessed by a demon. All of the village is hostile to her sorcerous activity. The girl will be preserved from the community, meeting with a tragic and violent death.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspense, psychological thriller, atmospheric, slasher, gothic horror, religious horror, classic horror, psychosexual thriller
Similar in 87%
The Phantom of the Opera (1998)
Plot Summary:
Gory remake of the Gaston Leroux classic story, only this time, the phantom is not disfigured, but a man who was raised by rats deep under the Paris Opera House.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, serious, emotional, atmospheric, stylized, dark, suspense, slasher, perverse
Similar in 77%
Dracula (2006)
Plot Summary:
The Romanian count known as Dracula is summoned to London by Arthur Holmwood, a young Lord who is one the verge of being wed. Unknown to Arthur's future bride Lucy, her future husband is infected with syphilis and therefore cannot consummate their marriage. Arthur has laid his hopes of being cured on the enigmatic count; as it is said that Dracula has extraordinary powers. But these supernatural powers have sinister origins. The Count is a vampire. Soon Arthur realizes his serious mistake as all hell breaks loose and the Count infects others with his ancient curse. But Dracula has not counted on the young Lord acquiring the assistance of the Dutch Vampire expert Prof. Abraham Van Helsing.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, scary, serious, suspenseful, dark, spooky, psychotronic, period drama
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Haunted (1995)
Plot Summary:
Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. Soon after arriving Ash begins to doubt his own senses, and watching the strange behaviour of its residents does not make his task any easier. In time, he finds there's more to Edbrook than even he can debunk.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, surprise ending, serious, spiritual
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (2004)
Plot Summary:
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 590
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
Similar in 87%
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1973)
Plot Summary:
Adaptation of the novel by Oscar Wilde.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 509
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, psychological, tense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, gothic horror, psychotronic
Similar in 81%
Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Plot Summary:
Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Medina, the son of the most brutal torturer of the Spanish Inquisition, tells him she has died of a blood disease, but Francis finds this hard to believe. After some investigating he finds out that it was extreme fear that was fatal to his sister and that she may have been buried alive!.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, twist ending, scary, atmospheric, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, dark, disturbing
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The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
Plot Summary:
Satan-worshiper Prince Prospero invites the local nobility to his castle for protection against an oncoming plague, the Red Death. He orders his guests to attend a masked ball and, amidst an atmosphere of debauchery and depravity, notices the entry of a hooded stranger dressed all in red. Believing the figure to be his master, Satan, Prospero is horrified at the revelation of his true identity.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: gothic, atmospheric, suspense, surreal, suspenseful, scary, grindhouse, cult classic, gothic horror, serious
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The Shining (1980)
Plot Summary:
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 11000000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, scary, atmospheric, psychological thriller, intense, disturbing, psychedelic, psychological horror, demonic