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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 Covenant (1985)
Plot Summary:
A powerful family that controls the world's banks has made a deal with Satan to help the forces of evil take over the world. An underground group named The Judges bands together to try to stop them.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, tv series pilot
Similar in 90%
Ring of Terror (1961)
Plot Summary:
A group of medical students undertake some silly and frightening endeavors in order to pledge a fraternity.
IMDB Rating: 1.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: medical horror, independent film, scary, serious, realistic, psychotronic
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Brush with Fate (2003)
Plot Summary:
A mystery hidden for generations. Now the truth will finally be revealed.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 475
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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The Lazarus Child (2004)
Plot Summary:
A road accident leaves seven-year-old Frankie Heywood gravely injured and deeply comatose, when she is hit by a bus, and her twelve-year-old brother Ben severely depressed and traumatised after he witnessed the event. Their parents, Jack and Alison, have to put aside their fights over their unstable marriage to focus on their damaged children. But as life looks as if it will never improve for the Heywoods, Jack and Alison hear of a controversial medical therapy that could cajole Frankie from her coma. The treatment involves communicating with the comatose patient to coax them back to consciousness and Ben is the key to unlocking Frankie from her sleep. But will the Heywoods risk their son to save their daughter...?.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Italy, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, emotional, serious, touching, suspenseful, gloomy
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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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Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, twisted
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Sophie and the Rising Sun (2016)
Plot Summary:
In a small Southern town in the autumn of 1941, Sophie’s lonely life is transformed when an Asian man arrives under mysterious circumstances. Their love affair becomes the lightning rod for long-buried conflicts that erupt in bigotry and violence with the outbreak of World War ll.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: historical drama, tragic
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The Mad Room (1969)
Plot Summary:
This compelling remake of the classic 'Ladies In Retirement (1941)' stars Stella Stevens as Ellen, a woman living as a companion to her future mother-in-law, wealthy and very irascible widow Mrs. Armstrong (Shelley Winters). Soon after, Ellen's younger brother and sister, one of whom murdered their parents (they can't remember which one of them did it), are released from an asylum and come to live with them. And thus begins a chilling mystery loaded with twists and thrills, as director Bernard Girard (Dead Heat On A Merry-Go-Round) keeps tightening the screws brilliantly.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 575
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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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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Terminal (1996)
Plot Summary:
A hospital in need of funds announces a cure for a form of brain cancer, having saved several wealthy men's lives. When a young girl with the cancer dies, one doctor notices that she and all the cured men had been treated with exactly the same medicine. Investigating further, she uncovers a plot by the administration to locate wealthy men already suffering from a serious condition, and give them the cancer, which can then be treated successfully.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 290
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: mystical
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Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007)
Plot Summary:
After running away from her last foster placement with the Regan family, twelve year old Hollis Woods is placed with a new foster mother, the loving, retired art teacher, Josie Cahill.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, sad
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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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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
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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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Spirit Lost (1996)
Plot Summary:
John Chapman and his beautiful wife Willie have just moved into a seaside village on the North Carolina coast. But they quickly discover that their quaint new house already has a long-standing tenant. Built 200 years ago by a philandering sea captain, the house is residence to the spirit of Arabella, an abandoned lover with an insatiable, centuries-old lust and a viciously jealous nature. Spirit Lost welcomes you to the dark side of Ghost - an erotic tale of the supernatural.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, atmospheric, sexy, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, soap opera, sexual
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Dorian Gray (1970)
Plot Summary:
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: erotic, suspense, slasher, grindhouse, queer horror, scary, atmospheric, offbeat, serious, realistic
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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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Dorian Gray (1977)
Plot Summary:
No movie overview is available.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 64
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: gothic horror
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The Spider (1992)
Plot Summary:
Vita, a beautiful teenage girl, is asked by a controversial artist to pose as the Virgin Mary for a painting. She visits his studio and finds herself swept up into the bizarre world of the artist and his bohemian friends. She seems to see his paintings come to life and is pursued by strange shadowy figures. Later she has nightmarish visions of the artist visiting her at night in the form of a huge spider. The next morning she finds marks on her body that look like the bites of a large insect. Vita’s mother becomes worried about her and sends the girl off to stay with relatives in the countryside, believing that the change of environment will help her to recover. However, it seems the dark forces that threatened Vita in the city have followed her and an ancient evil is being awakened that feeds off Vita’s burgeoning sexuality.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 361
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Latvia, Soviet Union
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: surreal, gothic horror, sexy, suspense, sinister, demonic, psycho sexual, psychotronic, psychological horror, psychological
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Noriko's Dinner Table (2005)
Plot Summary:
A teenager named Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Toyokawa, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's "family circle", which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 high school girls.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 159 min
Plot tags: disturbing, serious, realistic, scary, psychological, slasher, psychological thriller, psychedelic, suspense, dark
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The World Made Straight (2015)
Plot Summary:
In a rural Appalachian community haunted by the legacy of a Civil War massacre, a rebellious young man struggles to escape the violence that would bind him to the past.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating, tense, neo noir, suspenseful, independent film, psychotronic
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The Beautiful Troublemaker (1991)
Plot Summary:
The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife on his countryside residence in the French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas visits him with his girlfriend Marianne, Frenhofer decides to start again the work on a painting he long ago stopped: La Belle Noiseuse. And he wants Marianne as model. The now starting creative process changes life for everyone. It is a struggle for truth, life and sense, and the question where the limits of arts are or whether art is limitless.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 238 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, realistic, psychological, atmospheric, erotic, serious, sexy, contemplative, sexual
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Magic (1978)
Plot Summary:
A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, slasher, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, classic horror, psychological thriller, emotional
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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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A Year Ago in Winter (2008)
Plot Summary:
A renowned artist must uncover a young dancer's secrets in order to truly capture her likeness for a commissioned work.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: realistic, psychological, serious, emotional, sad, esoteric
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Pact with the Devil (2003)
Plot Summary:
While temporarily working in a photographic studio with the famous photographer Bae, the simple and handsome worker Louis meets her manager Henry, who is impressed with his beauty. He invites Louis for taking some pictures, gives the artistic name of Dorian to him as a homage to "Dorian Gray" and a framed picture of him. Louis wishes to have the same fate of Dorian Gray, and from this moment on, he becomes very successful in the career of model. As years go by, he notes that only his picture ages, and he has the same face of years ago.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 782
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, atmospheric, serious, bleak, psychological, independent film
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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 Picture of Dorian Gray (2007)
Plot Summary:
As a young man, Dorian Gray's beguiling innocence captured the eye of famed artist Basil Hallward. As the two enter into a close friendship, Basil crafts a remarkable piece of art that seems to capture Dorian's essence as much as it does the artist's obsession. Stricken by the remarkable beauty of the piece and lamenting his own inevitable loss of youth, the troubled Dorian makes a wish that the artistic rendering of him bear the weathers of time while he remains forever youthful. Later, as Dorian strikes up a friendship with Lord Henry, wealthy entitlement, decadence, and obsessive pleasure lead the handsome young noble down a dark path of drugs and dangerous friendships. When Basil attempts to help his old friend, the artist's nobility ends up costing him his life. Through it all, Dorian remains as hypnotically handsome as ever.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 341
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, enigmatic, bleak, captivating, disturbing, psychotronic
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Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Plot Summary:
A young couple moves into an infamous New York apartment building to start a family. Things become frightening as Rosemary begins to suspect her unborn baby isn't safe around their strange neighbors.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 231000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, surreal, suspenseful, gothic, cult classic, psychological horror, disturbing, scary, suspense
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Dorian Gray (2009)
Plot Summary:
A vain London playboy offers his soul in exchange for eternal beauty in this adaptation of the chilling tale by author Oscar Wilde. Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth), handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray (Ben Barnes) becomes obsessed with maintaining his youthful appearance, and commissions a special portrait that will weather the winds of time while he remains forever young. When Gray's obsession spirals out of control, his desperate attempts to safeguard his secret turn his once-privileged life into a living hell.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 67000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: gothic, atmospheric, gothic horror, sexy, stylized, gloomy, dark fantasy, suspense, captivating, period piece