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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
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Phantom of the Ritz (1988)
Plot Summary:
A man buys an old, abandoned theater and puts on '50s-type rock shows. Then people start being killed in a rash of "accidents".
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, spoof, parody, cult film
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The Silver Moonlight (2015)
Plot Summary:
On a rainy night, a dead body is fished out of a lake and brought to a local morgue. The details of who she is or what happened to her are unknown. What drove the girl to such a grisly fate?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Drama, Horror, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags:
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The Phantom Of Hollywood (1974)
Plot Summary:
The internationally famous Worldwide Studios (really MGM) has hit hard times and is forced to sell it's back lot to Hollywood property developers. The trouble is someone keeps killing off the site surveyors. The studio chiefs then learn of the legend of a masked man who lives on the lot and is sworn to protect it from harm.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 282
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Stiffelio (2012)
Plot Summary:
Part of Tutto Verdi series - Stiffelio (2012) Parma. 'Stiffelio' is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, from an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. The origin of this was the novel “Le pasteur d’hommes”, by Émile Souvestre, which was published in 1838. This was adapted into the French play 'Le pasteur, ou L'évangile et le foyer' by Émile Souvestre and Eugène Bourgeois. That was in turn translated into Italian by Gaetano Vestri as 'Stifellius'; this formed the basis of Piave's libretto.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags:
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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
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Hollywood 90028 (1973)
Plot Summary:
A young man goes through life detached, alone, and unable to control his psychotic desire to kill the things he loves most. Employed as a cameraman in a seedy porno operation, he spends his days separated from the shame and degradation by the camera he uses to record it. When he is confronted with the reality of an actual sexual encounter, without his camera for protection, he invariably strangles his partner during the lovemaking process. But then he meets a girl...and the nightmare begins!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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Play Dead (1983)
Plot Summary:
A woman uses her magic powers and a vicious Rotweiller dog to murder her relatives.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, brutal, independent film, awful
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Black Zoo (1963)
Plot Summary:
A deranged animal lover unleashes his toothy pets on anyone who stands in his way.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspense, natural horror
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Locusts (1974)
Plot Summary:
A swarm of locusts appears on the horizon near a Midwestern town, and the inhabitants must find a way to destroy or divert them before the insects devour the area's valuable crops.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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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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Room 203 (2022)
Plot Summary:
Two female roommates were tormented by the vengeful spirits dwelling in their gothic-style, rented apartment, which contains an ornate centerpiece.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, mystical, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, slasher, classic horror
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What Waits in the Red (2017)
Plot Summary:
The Derelicts, The Physiologist and The Salesman. All are trapped; prisoners of circumstance. The Bell. A gateway to another place; the chance to escape. But at what cost? Each must give something in return, and risk coming face to face with What Waits in the Red. The choice is simple: Would you sell your soul to save your life?.
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IMDB Votes:
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, twisted
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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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Dracula (2009)
Plot Summary:
Dracula arrives in Los Angeles to drain Hollywood of blood. Van Helsing is looking for Dracula to revenge his dead father. Lucy is missing in action and Mina is kidnapped.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: epic, psychotronic, cult film
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The Naked Witch (1967)
Plot Summary:
College student Stephen accidently awakens Beth, a witch put to death back in the 1800's who begins a wave of killing as well as terrorizing him.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 60
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, gay cinema
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The Phantom of the Opera (1983)
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
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The Sins of Dorian Gray (1983)
Plot Summary:
In this version of Oscar Wilde's tale, Dorian Gray is an actress who, desperate to become a worldwide star, makes a deal that switches her soul to her image on film, then proceeds to sleep her way to the top, knowing that she will never age.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, modern day adaptation
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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
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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
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The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)
Plot Summary:
A disfigured musical genius, hidden away in the Paris Opera House, terrorises the opera company for the unwitting benefit of a young protégée whom he trains and loves. The 25th anniversary of the first public performance of Phantom of the Opera was celebrated with a grand performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: serious, atmospheric, realistic, suspense, gothic horror, horror musical, romantic drama, emotional, gloomy, gothic
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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 78%
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
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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
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Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002)
Plot Summary:
A ballet rendition of Bram Stoker's gothic novel DRACULA, presented in a style reminiscent of the silent expressionistic cinema of the early 20th Century. This work employs the subtle and sometimes bold use of color to emphasize its themes, but mainly is presented in black-and-white, or tinted in monochrome. No spoken dialogue can be heard, and the story of a sinister but intriguing immigrant who preys upon young English women unfolds through dance, pantomime and subtitles.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Musical
Country: Canada
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, artsy, gothic, dark, black and white, cult classic, scary, atmospheric, stylized, horror musical
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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
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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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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
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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
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The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Plot Summary:
Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as the Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine, and privately tutors her while terrorizing the rest of the opera house and demanding Christine be given lead roles. Things get worse when Christine meets back up with her childhood acquaintance Raoul and the two fall in love.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 129000
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: gothic, stylized, breathtaking, captivating, gothic horror, sentimental, serious, period piece, lyrical, romantic