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Plot Summary:
A serial killer is terrorizing a small college town. When a student begins to have psychic visions of the killer with clues as to who he is, he gives this information to the police - only to find that he himself is suspected of committing the murders.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 395
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, sexual, psychotronic, sexy
Best tv shows and movies like The Psychic (1991):
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Bikini Island (1991)
Plot Summary:
"Swimwear Illustrated" is approaching its fifteenth anniversary issue. From a group of eager and beautiful young women, five are chosen for a photo shoot on an island off the California coast. One of the five will be the cover girl, and she'll get an extra $100,000. On the island, the group stays at an isolated inn, staffed by the odd Frab. There's him, the five models, and four magazine staff: photographer, make-up man, ambitious assistant Anesa, and Jack Denton, the playboy in charge of production. One by one, models and staff disappear.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, erotic, sexy, sexual, cult classic, independent film, psychotronic, scary, serious, realistic
Similar in 76%
Snapped (2005)
Plot Summary:
Amy Mechanic, an ambitious young photographer, lands the opportunity she has been waiting for. The assignment: to create a dark collection of works based around the theme of death.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychological, rough, serious, disturbing, scary, realistic
Similar in 87%
Tomcat: Dangerous Desires (1993)
Plot Summary:
Jacki, a scientist involved in genetic research, meets Tom, a young modern dancer who is suffering from a degenerative nerve disease. Jacki experiments with using genetic material taken from a cat to cure him, but the cure has side effects, and Tom begins to take on feline characteristics that may turn him into a monster. The situation is further complicated by Tom's attachment to Imogen--and Jacki's growing jealousy as she fears the loss of her patient and lover.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 325
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, independent film, scary, sexual, surprise ending, sexy
Similar in 79%
Shock 'Em Dead (1991)
Plot Summary:
Martin is a total loser, who nobody cares for. When he fails to get a position as guitar player in Lindsay's band and loses his job on the way, he makes a deal with a Voodoo priestess. She promises him the fulfillment of all his dreams if he swears obedience to her. He becomes a rock star and has many women - but to stay alive, he has to kill other people.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sexy, funny, retro, slasher, horror musical, independent film, scary, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious
Similar in 83%
Cupid (1997)
Plot Summary:
A brother and sister with a past incestuous relationship have a current murderous relationship. He murders the women who reject him and she murders the women who get too close to him.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 415
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, tense, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, slasher
Similar in 88%
The Attic (2007)
Plot Summary:
Emma has a strong aversion towards her family’s new house, especially the attic. After moving in, she becomes miserable and reclusive. The rest of her family also seems unhappy and unsettled. The situation escalates one day when Emma is in the attic alone. All of a sudden someone who looks exactly like Emma attacks her viciously.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, atmospheric, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 84%
Voodoo (1995)
Plot Summary:
Andy comes to campus in order to be close to his girlfriend Rebecca. Since he needs a place to stay he joins one of the college fraternities. However, a strange looking man warns him that the fraternity is just a cover-up for the weird voodoo cult.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 676
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, independent film, mind bending, slasher, cult film
Similar in 84%
The Evil One (2005)
Plot Summary:
Chicago's Englewood is a neighborhood where death is an everyday reality, but a serial killer on the loose has raised the terror quotient tenfold with the brutality of his crimes. When a newspaper photographer uncovers evidence linking the murders to the past, however, the intimations are almost unthinkable. Herman Webster Mudgett Jr., who was buried face down in the late 1800s after achieving the distinction of becoming America's first serial killer, seems to be back and out for revenge. The intrepid reporter has a personal stake in the mystery, as her mother was murdered by a descendant of Mudgett's; she sets out to discover if the urge to kill has been passed down in the blood, or if the culprit is truly from beyond the grave. This hip urban thriller strikes an effectively creepy mood, and features a talented cast that is almost entirely African American.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, bleak, independent film
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Night Visitor (1989)
Plot Summary:
A teenager (Derek Rydall) insists he saw a satanist (Allen Garfield) kill the call girl next door, and tries to prove it.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 846
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, neo noir, scary, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic
Similar in 82%
Bad Inclination (2003)
Plot Summary:
Ruthless serial killer uses a set-square to murder women. Crimes are investigated by Public Prosecutor Rita Facino but is confronted by strange behavior of people desperate to use the case to further their own ends. Nicole is a lesbian has-been singer pretends to get death threats while the media go mad with speculation.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: mind bending, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense
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The Lost Angel (2005)
Plot Summary:
Slight off-balance police inspector Palmer (Alison Eastwood) works with Father Brian (Judd Nelson) to solve for a religion-based killer, while she deals with her teen-aged goth sister.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 440
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 77%
Mommy's Day (1997)
Plot Summary:
After escaping a lethal injection for the murders Mommy (Patty McCormack) had committed, she is given a special implant in her arm that will keep her from having homicidal urges. However, since she still tries to see her daughter and other murders are continuing, it doesn't look very good for Mommy.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 225
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, scary, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
Similar in 79%
Interference (2006)
Plot Summary:
Martin Sanders (Andres Bagg), a socially awkward recluse whose only entertainment comes from eavesdropping on other people's private conversations, gets a shock when he overhears the devilish plottings of a serial killer who lives in his building. Now, Martin knows the killer's voice -- but can he discern the murderer's face from a sea of strangers before he claims another victim? Virginia Lustig and Chris Longo co-star.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 397
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, independent film
Similar in 79%
Rough Draft (1998)
Plot Summary:
A struggling freelance writer, while investigating the transvestite night life, stumbles across a serial killer in action. The two then strike up a bizarre partnership to document the killer's motives and handiwork as a possessed detective struggling with his own personal demons tries to solve the crimes.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 849
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, psychological, tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
Similar in 90%
Sanctimony (2000)
Plot Summary:
A handsome, brilliant stock trader, bored with his existence, becomes a serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, slasher, suspense, erotic, independent film, slasher horror
Similar in 85%
Slink (2013)
Plot Summary:
In the rural town of Wickenhaven, a psychotic tanning salon owner is responsible for the disappearances of many young, innocent girls, while his wife, an exotic purse designer, is willing to overlook his evil nature.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 579
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, realistic, psychotronic, slasher
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Toe Tags (2003)
Plot Summary:
The high rent district of Valley Creek apartments, seems to be a magnet for beautiful people....those who can afford to live there. But the rent has just gone up and it is costing residents their lives.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, scary, bleak, suspense, serious, realistic, slasher
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A Demon in My View (1991)
Plot Summary:
A strangler known as the Kenbourne Killer has been murdering streetwalkers for 25 years. The police set out to track him down.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 290
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: scary, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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666: The Beast (2007)
Plot Summary:
Donald Lawson, the devil child from "666: The Child", is now an adult and is determined to fulfill his destiny as the Antichrist.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 608
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, captivating, serious, independent film
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11:11 (2004)
Plot Summary:
Eighteen years after the murder of her parents, Sara Tobias searches for the meaning of the numbers '11:11' that was scratched in blood beside her mother's body. Following three sudden murders, supernatural events are unleashed as she gets closer to the truth.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, suspense
Similar in 88%
The Tooth Fairy (2006)
Plot Summary:
A woman and her daughter (Nicole Muñoz) encounter a deadly legend at a bed-and-breakfast.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, serious, exciting, humorous, suspense, independent film
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Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil (1991)
Plot Summary:
Carrying on the Prom Night tradition, this film begins back at Hamilton High School on Prom Night in 1957. As a young couple are enjoying a romantic moment together in the back seat of a car, they are interrupted by Father Jonas, a priest who slashes and immolates the lovers. Thirty years later, Jonas gets loose from the chapel basement where the church fathers had been secretly keeping him locked up and drugged. As luck would have it, it's prom night again, and group of four students have unfortunately chosen Jonas's hideout as their secluded getaway spot.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, rough, suspenseful, psychotronic, retro, dark, cult horror, teen horror
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The Bates Haunting (2012)
Plot Summary:
One year ago, Agnes Rickover attended opening night at the Bates Motel and Haunted Hayride to see her best friend Lily's dramatic debut. A horrific accident resulted in Agnes witnessing Lily's fiery death in a spectacle gone wrong. After a year of obsessing over a murder investigation everyone else thinks is open and shut, Agnes goes to work at the Haunt in an attempt confront her trauma. Horrific events begin to claim the lives of her coworkers and Agnes must figure out what is behind all of the "accidents" before more people die.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 614
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, slasher, tense, suspense, captivating, realistic
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No One Can Hear You (2001)
Plot Summary:
Families are dying and reporter Trish (Kelly McGillis) finds herself reporting on a serial killing spree. After her daughter Lisa's (Kate Elliott) best friends are killed, she fears that her family may be on the killers list. Sheriff Webster (Barry Corbin) is not listening to her concerns, which leads Trish to wonder is he or his deputy might be involved. Then Lisa, her boyfriend Ben and her sister Amy receive threats.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 390
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, slasher, suspense, independent film, tense, realistic
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The Fear Chamber (2009)
Plot Summary:
A psychotic man likes to hunt down young women, then kill them and sell their organs. Detective Nick Stevens has been chasing this killer for years and has to overcome this personal demons in order to conquer this serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 542
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, scary, rough, serious, detective
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Killing Ariel (2008)
Plot Summary:
One night, a female demon attacks Rick, a contentedly married man. Under the spell of the demon, he takes a beautiful young woman, Ariel, off to an isolated house for a weekend fling. There, bizarre and frightening things happen, and accidentally Rick kills Ariel. But she won't stay dead. He soon realizes that she is the demon that first attacked him. He defends himself by killing her again. And again. But no matter how many times he kills her, she keeps coming back.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, independent film
Similar in 79%
San Franpsycho (2006)
Plot Summary:
Two detectives hunt a serial killer who is sending cryptic messages about his crimes to a local reporter.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 719
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, suspenseful, scary, serious, realistic, independent film
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The Woods Have Eyes (2007)
Plot Summary:
When a group of young campers wander into the backwoods of upstate New York to see if Cappy's Cabin--a place they think exists only in urban legend--is real, they find themselves in a twisted game of predator and prey as night begins to fall. All they have to do is survive until dawn, but Cappy is very, very real, and night has only just begun.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 516
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense
Similar in 87%
Long Distance (2005)
Plot Summary:
When a young, lonely woman misdials a phone number by one digit, calling into a serial killing in progress, the killer latches onto her and involves her telephonically in a string of murders as he heads closer and closer to her home in Boston.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 903
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, suspenseful, scary, slasher, realistic
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Shiver (2012)
Plot Summary:
Wendy Alden, a young secretary in Portland lacking in self- confidence becomes victim of a savage killer who has claimed the lives of a number of other women. Somehow Wendy finds the resources of courage to fight back and escape.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, scary, bleak, realistic, slasher, psychological, bloody, independent film, serious