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Plot Summary:
To save a girl in danger, a priest and deacon jump into a mysterious case.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, dorama, thought provoking, bleak, captivating, disturbing, scary, demonic, religious horror
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Svaha: The Sixth Finger (2019)
Plot Summary:
Pastor Park is head of a religious investigation center that exposes cults and cult leaders. While looking into a suspicious new religion called ‘Deer Mount,’ he slowly uncovers clues that connect this cult to a series of mysterious cases of missing teenage girls when a body is found inside a damaged tunnel beams. He begins to uncover dark secrets surrounding this cult and its enforcer Na-han.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, bleak, suspense, disturbing, scary, slasher, dark fantasy, christmas horror, perverse
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Ang Pagsanib kay Leah Dela Cruz (2017)
Plot Summary:
A lady cop who moves into a small town gets drawn to a case that involves a girl that's possessed by an evil spirit.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspense, gothic horror, disturbing, psychological, bleak, psychological horror, religious horror, christian horror, asian horror
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May the Devil Take You Too (2020)
Plot Summary:
Two years after escaping from demonic terror, Alfie and Nara try to continue their lives. However, Alfie's worst nightmare has just begun and the dangers that await are increasingly threatening.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, dark fantasy
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The Anchor (2022)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious informant calls a broadcast news anchor to request that the anchor report on the informant’s inevitable death.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 577
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tension
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House of the Disappeared (2017)
Plot Summary:
After 25 years of imprisonment for familicide, a mother comes back home where her son disappeared.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, mystical, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, twisted
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Dark Awakening (2014)
Plot Summary:
On the heels of a devastating courtroom defeat, James moves his wife and son back to his hometown to begin a new life. From the very first day in their new home, the family experiences strange paranormal events. They seek help from a priest, who discovers that James is hiding the darkest secret of all.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 362
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Can't Escape (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young artist becomes trapped in her new life after buying an old home full of charm, mystery and death.
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Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Wrath Of Souls (2020)
Plot Summary:
A neighborhood is plagued by mysterious tragedies when a young man becomes the conduit for an unknown spirit, the "Aiyai," which lures victims to their chilling fates.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, slasher, independent film
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Annabellum - The Curse of Salem (2019)
Plot Summary:
In the form of an old doll a vengeful witches curse from 1692 Salem is released upon a family trapped in a historic English mansion.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Priest (2021)
Plot Summary:
The culprits behind multiple deaths in a family over a few years are exposed, but there is more to it than meets the eye.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative, religious horror
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Exorcist House of Evil (2016)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true story, shot in THE REAL EXORCIST HOUSE, a young woman returns to her old family home, the site of an infamous exorcism and discovers the devil never left. This film was shot in THE REAL EXORCIST HOUSE and during filming captured both audible and visible paranormal activity which has been left in the film giving those who dare to watch a unique look into one of the most infamous homes in America and possibly exposing them to the devil still lurking within.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, demonic, psychotronic
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The Nursery (2018)
Plot Summary:
When college freshman Ranae agrees to babysit for a family with a tragic past, her run-of-the-mill Saturday night quickly turns into a confrontation with unspeakable horror. Stalked by a sinister presence and haunted by ghosts from her own past, Ranae and her friends must confront an angry, evil spirit determined to hunt them down one-by-one on a deliberate march toward its ultimate prey in THE NURSERY.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, psychotronic
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Wraith (2017)
Plot Summary:
After living in an old mansion for almost 10 years a family suddenly discovers a ghost-like presence trying to communicate with them. A super-natural thriller.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 799
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, psychotronic, psychological, disturbing
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The Crucifixion (2017)
Plot Summary:
When a priest is jailed for the murder of a nun on whom he was performing an exorcism, an investigative journalist strives to determine whether he in fact murdered a mentally ill person, or if he lost the battle with a demonic presence.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: satanic, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, demonic, splatter, psychotronic, bizarre
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Exorcism (2003)
Plot Summary:
In the city of angels - Los Angeles - no one is immune from the lurking spirits, neither good nor evil. As the end of time rapidly approaches, both forces have much work to do. Both sides contend for the same souls, but which force will prevail?.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: demonic, suspense
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Prey for the Devil (2022)
Plot Summary:
Sister Ann is a restless 25-year-old who devoutly believes that performing exorcisms is her calling. But she is at odds with the institution's traditions: nuns are not allowed to perform exorcisms, only priests. With the support of a mentor, a professor who senses her special gift, she is allowed to observe actual training sessions. Her desire to prove herself takes a personal turn when she meets one of the school's most disturbed patients. During their harrowing encounters, Sister Ann comes face to face with a demonic force that infests the school and has mysterious ties to her own past. It is then that the power of evil and her own startling abilities are fully realized.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, tense, suspense, surprise ending, suspenseful, unusual plot structure
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Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite (2015)
Plot Summary:
There is an ancient ritual known to humankind for more than a hundred years...According to the legend, an ominous entity known as The Queen of Spades can be summoned by drawing a door and staircase on a mirror in the darkness, and by saying her name three times. The Queen of Spades gets her energy from reflective objects; she cuts locks of hair from those asleep, and those that see her go mad or die. Four teenagers decide to call The Queen of Spades as a joke. But when one of them dies of a sudden heart attack, the group realizes they are up against something inexplicable and deadly dangerous.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: mystical, disturbing, tense, scary, suspense, suspenseful, bleak
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Anomaly (2016)
Plot Summary:
The terrifying story of a family that experienced the biggest demonic possession after moving into a house plagued by malicious spirits.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 373
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, demonic
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Annabelle: Creation (2017)
Plot Summary:
Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the dollmaker's possessed creation, Annabelle.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 148000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: scary, spooky, psychological, suspense, demonic, psychotronic, rough, suspenseful, splatter, psychological thriller
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Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
Plot Summary:
Having lived through traumatizing events during WWII, Father Lankester Merrin takes a sabbatical from the Church to conduct archaeological excavations in British-administered East Africa. Merrin unearths an ancient Byzantine church believed have been built and then immediately buried to keep down evil from the crypt below. The natives are convinced that uncovering the church has unleashed a demon, and begin to violently clash with the British military troops. As the village rapidly disintegrates into chaos and war, Merrin must face-off with the demon which has taken possession of somebody close to him.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France, Italy, Pakistan
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: scary, demonic, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, stylized, rough, bleak, serious, disturbing
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The Rite (2011)
Plot Summary:
Seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donoghue) reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rome, Michael meets an unorthodox priest, Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), who introduces him to the darker side of his faith, uncovering the devil’s reach even to one of the holiest places on Earth.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 102000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary, Italy
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: scary, demonic, suspense, psychological, disturbing, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, satanic, surreal
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The Cleansing Hour (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two millennial entrepreneurs stage elaborate fake exorcisms on social media until one of their girlfriends becomes possessed by a demon.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, bleak, disturbing, psychological, slasher, splatter, creepy, dark drama
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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
Plot Summary:
A chilling story of terror, murder and unknown evil that shocked even experienced real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. One of the most sensational cases from their files, it starts with a fight for the soul of a young boy, then takes them beyond anything they’d ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 135000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: scary, demonic, dark, suspense, spooky, suspenseful, splatter, slasher, saga, satanic
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Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
Plot Summary:
In 1965 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by the merciless spirit, this small family confronts unthinkable fears to save her and send her possessor back to the other side.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 72000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, psychological, dark, spooky, disturbing, atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, creepy
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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
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The Nun (2018)
Plot Summary:
When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together they uncover the order’s unholy secret. Risking not only their lives but their faith and their very souls, they confront a malevolent force in the form of the same demonic nun that first terrorized audiences in “The Conjuring 2,” as the abbey becomes a horrific battleground between the living and the damned.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 166000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, demonic, suspense, bleak, surprise ending, mystical, spooky, psychotronic, terrifying, tense
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The Last Exorcism (2010)
Plot Summary:
After years of performing “exorcisms” and taking believers’ money, Reverend Marcus travels to rural Louisiana with a film crew so he can dispel what he believes is the myth of demonic possession. The dynamic reverend is certain that this will be another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic but instead comes upon the blood-soaked farm of the Sweetzer family and a true evil he would have never thought imaginable.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, suspense, dark, disturbing, demonic, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, satanic
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The Possession of Hannah Grace (2018)
Plot Summary:
When a cop who is just out of rehab takes the graveyard shift in a city hospital morgue, she faces a series of bizarre, violent events caused by an evil entity in one of the corpses.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: mystical, scary, suspense, demonic, bleak, rough, enigmatic, splatter, tense, disturbing
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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
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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