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Plot Summary:
A supernatural shockumentary about a demonic presence in a young couple's home in London.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, mockumentary, demonic, psychotronic, minimal cast
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The Last Rite (2021)
Plot Summary:
Based on True Events: Suffering from sleep paralysis, a medical student falls prey to a demonic force that wants to rip her apart from within. Torn between sanity and the unknown, she's left with no alternative but to contact a local priest for help.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 818
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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When the Lights Went Out (2012)
Plot Summary:
Yorkshire, 1974, the Maynard family moves into their dream house. It's a dream that quickly descends into a panic stricken nightmare as the family discovers a horrifying truth, a truth that will make the history books. The house is already occupied by the most violent poltergeist ever documented, a poltergeist that will tear you from your bed as you sleep and drag you helplessly into the darkness.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, tense, serious, suspenseful, demonic, religious horror, atmospheric, surprise ending
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The House in Sherwood (2020)
Plot Summary:
Angela Bennett is conducting an investigation into the paranormal events that happened at a haunted house in Sherwood. What Angela doesn't know is that she is being followed by Karen, who is making a film of her own.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, suspense, disturbing, mockumentary
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The Devil's Business (2011)
Plot Summary:
Two hit men are sent to murder an old associate of their underworld boss. Middle-aged Pinner is the been-there-done-that cynical veteran, while his new inexperienced partner Cully is about as green as they come. Waiting for their mark to return home, and irritated by Cully’s constant nervous chatter, Pinner attempts to pass the time by telling a strange story from his past, involving Valentina, a dancer he was once ordered to kill… But things are not all what they seem in their quarry’s house and the discovery of a make-shift black magic altar - and its shocking sacrifice - sends the uncomprehending duo into the shadowy darkness of their own tortured souls and terrifying confrontations with their worst primal fears. Brilliantly acted, solidly crafted and exuding a palpable atmosphere of claustrophobic dread, this eerily effective gem finally announces the arrival of director Sean Hogan on the genre’s front-line.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, tense, suspense, captivating, atmospheric, scary, serious
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Raised by Wolves (2014)
Plot Summary:
When a group of friends come across an abandoned house in the barren desert, what follows is a terrifying tale of evil possession causing the friends to slowly turn against each other.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, rough, tense
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The Amityville Murders (2018)
Plot Summary:
On the night of November 13th, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. took a high powered rifle and murdered his entire family as they slept. At his trial, DeFeo claimed that 'voices' in the house commanded him to kill. This is their story.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, scary, tense, atmospheric, serious, captivating, demonic, splatter, psychotronic
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Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes (2011)
Plot Summary:
Documentary covering the famous 'demonic possession' case of Anneliese Michel. The film features authentic footage of 'exorcisms' and other shocking events, considered to be the inspiration of the film The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 907
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, suspenseful, demonic, mockumentary, disturbing, mockbuster, religious horror
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Not Alone (2015)
Plot Summary:
Torn by years in an abusive marriage, an emotional Ellie Rose arrives alone at the family cabin on the East Coast. Her story and motives for being there are unclear. Arriving unprepared and packed with few supplies she seems anxious at either leaving or someone else arriving. The cabin unused for years, still holds memories providing hints of a shattered family.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Child's Eye (2010)
Plot Summary:
Bangkok, November 2008. Six young holidaymakers from Hong Kong are stranded in Bangkok when the airport is occupied by demonstrators demanding the prime minister's resignation: Rainie (Rainie Yang) and Lok (Shawn Yue), who are on the verge of breaking up, Ling (Elanne Kwong) and her brother Rex (Rex Ho), and Ciwi (Ciwi Lam) and her boyfriend Hei (Izz Xu). Their driver takes them to the old Chung Tai Hotel, run by Chuen (Lam Ka-tung), where strange things start happening as soon as they arrive: Rainie sees a female ghost and Ling a disembodied hand. At dinner that night, the three men mysteriously disappear. Under Rainie's leadership, the three girls - helped by the young Man-man and her ghost-seeing dog Little Huang - set out to try and find them in the hotel's underground passages, in between being haunted by the female ghost and a strange monster.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 927
Genere: Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, psychological, suspense, saga, scary, atmospheric
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Dark Remains (2005)
Plot Summary:
After their daughter is brutally murdered in their home, a grieving young couple, Allena and Julie Pkye; escape the city to find solace in the mountains. Julie photographs an abandoned prison she finds in the woods. Upon developing the prints, she becomes convinced her dead daughter is contacting her through the photographs.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, suspense, scary, serious, slasher
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The Blackwell Ghost 4 (2020)
Plot Summary:
Turner returns to the light foot house to continue his investigation. This time he researched into the first victim Susan. He finds out from the detective there was a note left when light foot committed suicide. It ended up being a map to the first victim (Susan) body. The map is encrypted and turner has to find a way to decode it. While crazy things happen at the light foot house.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 577
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, tense, bleak, suspense, disturbing
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An American Ghost Story (2012)
Plot Summary:
When Paul, an unemployed writer, decides to rent and live in a house that's rumored to be haunted, he puts his life and his relationships in grave danger as he obsessively attempts to get the story that will finally make his career.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, independent film
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8ight After (2020)
Plot Summary:
After discovering a secret box in the wall of her house, a demonic presence begins terrorizing a YouTuber, at 8 after 1:00am every night.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, demonic
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Exorcist Chronicles (2013)
Plot Summary:
Across the world, demonic possessions are on the increase. Two specialists are brought in and uncover a dark and terrifying worldwide plot.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, disturbing
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London Voodoo (2004)
Plot Summary:
When ambitious analyst Lincoln Mathers (played by Doug Cockle) relocates his family from New York to London, his wife Sarah (Sara Stewart) discovers a new disturbing power and becomes hostage to an ancient spirit. As Mathers notices that the family is tearing apart and that his wife's behavior becomes more violent and erratic, he accepts that to save the woman he married he must take a leap of faith. London Voodoo is one of the few films about voodoo to show the belief system in a positive light. Here, it's "work" that's evil. The film shows multicultural voodoo followers in a contemporary urban setting (London). As research for the script, the filmmakers travelled to Cuba, Miami and New Orleans to experience voodoo first hand.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 438
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, suspenseful, suspense, serious, psychotronic
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Blood Curse II: Asmodeus Rises (2022)
Plot Summary:
Alicia Stone returns in this gore-drenched sequel. Having lost all hope, husband Jason calls on the help of Paranormal TV host Tyson to confront the demonic forces that have plagued the Stone household.
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Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, erotic, independent film
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Hollow (2011)
Plot Summary:
An old monastery in a small, remote village in Suffolk, England has been haunted by a local legend for centuries. Left in ruin and shrouded by the mystery of a dark spirit that wills young couples to suicide, the place has been avoided for years, marked only by a twisted, ancient tree with an ominous hollow said to be the home of great evil. When four friends on holiday explore the local folklore, they realize that belief in a myth can quickly materialize into reality, bringing horror to life for the town.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, demonic, mockumentary, spooky, psychological, serious
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Reel Evil (2012)
Plot Summary:
Struggling filmmakers - Kennedy, Cory and James - finally catch the break they were looking for when they are hired to shoot a 'behind-the-scenes' documentary for a major studio production. But their dream job quickly turns into a nightmare when they explore the legendary, haunted location and find something far worse than anything Hollywood could create. Terror becomes reality for the filmmakers as they uncover the malevolent secrets of the hospital, and the sinister doctor who once ran it. Trapped inside the hospital with no apparent way out, our crew is tormented by the evil, unspeakable fear.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 753
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, serious, suspenseful, mockumentary, independent film, psychotronic, fake documentary
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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973)
Plot Summary:
A young couple inherits an old mansion inhabited by small demon-like creatures who are determined to make the wife one of their own.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, suspense, gothic, demonic, slasher, gothic horror, horror comedy
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Whistle and I'll Come to You (2010)
Plot Summary:
After placing his ailing wife Alice in a care home elderly academic James Parkin goes to stay at a wintry out-of-season hotel which they used to visit together. Walking on a deserted beach he finds a ring with a Latin inscription,which translates as Who Is This Who Is Coming. He takes the ring back to the hotel but at night he hears loud banging on his door,even though he is the sole guest,as well as seeing a white-clad apparition on the beach.He is seemingly the victim of ghostly revenge - but who is the avenger?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 945
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspenseful, christmas horror, atmospheric, gothic, bleak, dark, scary
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Altar (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young family find themselves in serious danger when they move to an isolated haunted house in the Yorkshire Moors.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller, demonic, esoteric, offbeat, surprise ending
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Hollows Grove (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young filmmaker documents his ghost-hunting, reality show friends as their routine investigation of an abandoned orphanage turns into a nightmare from which they can't escape.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, tense, disturbing, mockumentary, atmospheric, suspenseful, grindhouse
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Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)
Plot Summary:
Using a special camera that can see spirits, a family must protect their daughter from an evil entity with a sinister plan.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, entertaining, christmas horror, tense, serious, suspenseful, demonic, psychotronic, mockumentary
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Apartment 1303 (2007)
Plot Summary:
While celebrating with her friends in her new cheaply rented apartment (with balcony and view of the sea) on the thirteenth floor of a building, the young Sayaka unexpectedly jumps off the balcony committing suicide. Her mother goes insane and her older sister, Mariko, decides to investigate the mysterious death of her sister. She finds that there have been many suicides of young women living in apartment 1303. She finds a book telling the tragic story of the Yukiyo and her mother, the first tenants of the apartment and uncovers the truth behind the suicides.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, tense, detective
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Entity Project (2019)
Plot Summary:
A director and her friends renting a haunted house to capture paranormal events in order to prove it and become popular.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 293
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Dark Circles (2013)
Plot Summary:
When new parents Alex and Penny retreat from the city and move into a place outside town, the stress and massive sleep-deprivation caused by their infant has both of them seeing things in the house that may or may not exist. Persistent sightings of a strange woman has each of them wondering if they are suffering from hallucinations, or if their new home holds a dark, supernatural presence. As their fragile grasp on reality spirals into delirium, Alex and Penny find themselves nearly helpless to deal with the horrific truth of what is really going in this house.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, serious, suspenseful, dark, spooky, psychotronic
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The Legend of Hell House (1973)
Plot Summary:
A team consisting of a physicist, his wife, a young female psychic and the only survivor of the previous visit are sent to the notorious Hell House to prove/disprove survival after death. Previous visitors have either been killed or gone mad, and it is up to the team to survive a full week in isolation, and solve the mystery of the Hell House.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, christmas horror, tense, atmospheric, gothic horror
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Chasing the Devil (2014)
Plot Summary:
Patrick McCord doesn't accept the explanation of his sister's mysterious death as suicide, and instead teams up with a team of paranormal investigators to delve deeper into the inexplicable circumstances that surround what he believes to be murder. The team's investigation leads them from one bizarre and frightening clue to another, at the center of which seems to exist something evil and terrifying, a presence well beyond their wildest imaginations and experiences. Before long, they realize this deadly entity has now targeted each of them, and they are confronted with the impossible challenge of defeating it and saving their own lives. In the end, what survives, and is presented here, is the disturbing footage that Patrick and his team shot, footage that if seen by others, likely endangers the viewer, marking them as the next victim of this powerful and evil force. Be careful what you chase - you just might end up catching it.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 775
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, bleak, serious, mockumentary, tense, psychological, suspense, demonic, scary, rough
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The Amityville Haunting (2011)
Plot Summary:
This movie is a 'found-footage' film about the Benson family who move in to the infamous house where the DeFeo family were murdered in the 1970s over 30 years earlier. Things start happening to anyone who visits this house, and whoever lives there. This is the footage retrieved from the camera.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, dark, mockbuster, mockumentary, psychotronic, independent film, fake documentary
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The Amityville Horror (1979)
Plot Summary:
George Lutz and his wife Kathleen, move into their Long Island dream house with their children only for their lives to be turned into a hellish nightmare. The legacy of a murder committed in the house gradually affects the family and a priest is brought in to try and exorcise the demonic presence from their home.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, grindhouse, creepy, demonic, suspense, slasher, disturbing, psychotronic, cult classic