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Plot Summary:
A psychiatrist plots to murder his wife, but with a new twist: he will brainwash a patient he is treating into committing the crime.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 217
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film
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Wheeler (1975)
Plot Summary:
A drifter/hitman is hired by a local business man to kidnap the local oil baron. The hitman had been reared in squalor, suffering the abuses of his whoring mama. When the baron escapes his assistant must chase him while the hitman takes care of a few loose ends.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, independent film, grindhouse, weird, cult film, low-budget
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Crypt of Dark Secrets (1976)
Plot Summary:
A witch resurrects a murdered Vietnam vet and takes revenge on his killers.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: sexy, independent film, psychotronic, erotic, hot
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Bummer (1973)
Plot Summary:
The manager of a rock band fires the drunken, psycho bass player, who goes on a rape and murder spree.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, tragic ending, independent film, grindhouse
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The Ice House (1969)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer who works in an ice house murders women, then brings their bodies back to the ice house and stores them there. He also murders his brother, who is a cop, and takes his place in the investigation.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film
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Zoom Up: Rape Site (1979)
Plot Summary:
Tomoko (Erina Miyai) is investigating a rapist who is terrorizing the city, but at the same time derails the search by grabbing the wrong suspects. In one scene, which the Weissers call "staggeringly repulsive", the rapist inserts a light bulb into his female victim and starts kicking her stomach until it shatters inside her. The Weissers describe the film as misogynist and mean-spirited, but add that "the project is expertly handled by director extraordinaire Ohara.".
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags:
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The Hollywood Strangler Meets the Skid Row Slasher (1979)
Plot Summary:
A photographer cruises Hollywood and takes pictures of young models he then strangles. Meanwhile, a woman who works in a porno bookstore in downtown L.A. takes it upon herself to kill off the local derelicts. Soon the two killers meet up with each other.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 543
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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Shadows Run Black (1984)
Plot Summary:
A detective investigates a series of killings committed by a serial killer known as "The Black Angel." He begins to suspect that it might not be just a random group of murders.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 515
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, detective, relaxing, erotic, crying, independent film
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The House That Vanished (1973)
Plot Summary:
A young model and her petty thief boyfriend find their way through the English fog to a backwoods manor in hopes of looting it. What they find instead is murder, and when the model attempts to find the house again, her efforts come to naught.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 640
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, psychotronic
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Diary of a Serial Killer (1995)
Plot Summary:
This is like a CAT III version of the classic sick flick Maniac (1980) but as depressing and mean-spirited as another classic Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986): unable to satisfy his sexual desires with his wife, Bill regularly visits prostitutes. Afterwards, he ties up and tortures them in various ways before killing them. Bill believes that if they die, they will be reincarnated and have a better life. He murders over a dozen people. One day, a young woman named Jade comes to stay with Bill's family. He falls in love with her but is afraid that he will kill her, so he makes her leave. Jade has nowhere to go and starts working as a prostitute. When Bill finds Jade doing this, he has sex with her and gets her pregnant.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, erotic, slasher
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Dead Women in Lingerie (1991)
Plot Summary:
A private detective is hired to catch a serial killer who makes immigrant garment workers his victims.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: detective, independent film
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Fatal Pulse (1988)
Plot Summary:
A girl is killed and raped minutes after fighting with her boyfriend (Jeff) and he left her. Jeff is the assistant of professor Caldwell at the university, and he wanted to return with his old girlfriend (Lisa). The girl lived with another five girls, including Lisa. All these girls begin to be killed, one by one, in different and strange ways. The main suspect is Jeff.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Crime, Thriller, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
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The Night Stalker (1986)
Plot Summary:
A tough homicide cop is assigned to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: detective, independent film, weird
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Hong Kong Butcher (1985)
Plot Summary:
Based on the life of Hong Kong serial killer Lam Kor-wan. He was arrested in 1982 after murdering four women.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: asian horror
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The Ravager (1970)
Plot Summary:
While serving in Vietnam, a demolitionist witnesses the brutal torture/rape/murder of a young woman… ultimately, he becomes a serial rapist and killer himself, preferring explosives as his murder weapon of choice.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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Evil Come Evil Go (1972)
Plot Summary:
A religious fanatic murders people who are engaging in sex.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 467
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, cult film
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The Amazing Transplant (1970)
Plot Summary:
Exploitation auteur Doris Wishman (Bad Girls Go to Hell) provides the most over-the-top entertainment of her career with this film about a nice guy who turns murderous after undergoing a penis transplant. As it turns out, the well-endowed donor was a serial rapist who preyed on women with gold earrings -- a habit that our unfortunate hero (João Fernandes) has inherited along with the man's penis.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 433
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, detective, independent film, erotic, scary, rough, sexy, serious, slasher, realistic
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Amateur Porn Star Killer 2 (2008)
Plot Summary:
Shane Ryan's sequel to the disturbing Amateur Porn Star Killer is a brutal calling card to all those who were enraged by its predecessor (and there were many). Ryan is a force to be reckoned with, and he's not letting up any time soon. The victim here isn't a young girl. This one doesn't just go quietly, either. She fights back. She knows she's in trouble, but she mistakenly thinks she can get away. In other movies, she would escape and somber music would play as the credits creep up the screen. The audience would leave the theatre satisfied that the bad guy got what he deserved. They would go home feeling safe. Ryan doesn't let anyone have such notions. He shows things as they really are. This is what a killer would film. This is how it would look, and if you didn't know any better, you'd swear it was real. (And you still can't be totally sure it's not.).
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 910
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, tense, erotic, controversial
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A Night to Dismember (1983)
Plot Summary:
A woman from a "cursed" family is released from a mental facility, and soon dismembered corpses start turning up.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 823
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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Bare Foot Thriller (1997)
Plot Summary:
A serial rapist/murderer with a leg fetish notices a pretty female police officer at a shootout, and stalks her and her family to be his next victims.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Love Butcher (1975)
Plot Summary:
The twisted tale of Caleb, and his alter ego Lester. After being pushed around too far, Caleb transforms into Lester and returns to those who have wronged him.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 469
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, controversial, grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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Kill Her Goats (2023)
Plot Summary:
Audra's graduation gift is her dream house, but it soon becomes a living nightmare when some uninvited guests come to her homecoming party who aren't very subtle about the fact they don't approve of the home's new owner.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 636
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: slasher, slasher horror
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The Ungodly (2007)
Plot Summary:
When struggling filmmaker inadvertently records a notorious serial killer in the middle of a murderous act, he decides to use the footage to blackmail the madman into being the subject of a disturbing new documentary.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, psychological thriller, weird
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Hitch Hike to Hell (1977)
Plot Summary:
Howard is mild-mannered and slightly simple-minded, with a habit of picking up teenage hitchhikers while driving his delivery routes. Sometimes the girls admit to being runaways, and if they claim to hate their mothers it drives Howard into a violent frenzy; his sister ran away from home years ago and was never heard from again, causing his desperate, addled mother to tighten her hold on him. Howard never remembers raping his victims or strangling them with wire coat hangers, though his boss does notice missed deliveries and late arrivals.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, detective, independent film
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Amateur Porn Star Killer (2006)
Plot Summary:
The unofficial story of a killer who kidnaps and kills three girls is told through the tale of his last victim, 'Amateur Porn Star Killer' is about a girl he picks up on the street and convinces to go back to his hotel room. The girl is shy, unnerved, and yet unable to take herself out of a bad situation. The killer is a guy who seems at first nothing more than your standard, 18 year old pervert with a penchant for filming his sexual escapades. An unsettling darkness descends.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, erotic, psychological, rough, bleak, tense, suspenseful, bloody, slasher
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Bloodline (2018)
Plot Summary:
Evan values family above all else, and anyone who gets between him, his wife, and newborn son learns that the hard way. But when it comes to violent tendencies, it seems the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: bloody, suspense, dark, neo noir, slasher, suspenseful, psychological thriller, twist ending, independent film, slasher horror
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A Black Veil for Lisa (1968)
Plot Summary:
When a narcotics officer suspects that his beautiful wife, who is a former criminal, is having an affair, he becomes so obsessed with this that he has major problems to manage their work. In the end, his obsession with devastating consequences when he captures the assassin he hunts.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 655
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: detective, suspense, psychological thriller, independent film
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Torment (1986)
Plot Summary:
A detective sets out to capture a psycho who kills women, but the psycho turns the tables and goes after the detective's girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: slasher, sadistic, psychotronic, independent film, detective
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Confessions of a Serial Killer (1985)
Plot Summary:
After being arrested, a Texas man begins confessing to the brutal murder of over 200 women. He recounts his random selection of victims and his traveling companions, his friend and friend's sister. But the police can't be sure whether to believe him or not until he locates a body and shows them some polaroids. Based on the true story of Henry Lee Lucas.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 779
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, controversial, psychological, detective, independent film, scary, rough, mind bending, bleak, serious
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Nightstalker (2002)
Plot Summary:
A stylish horror film based on the life of Richard Ramirez, aka the Nightstalker, who terrorized people in Los Angeles during the 1980s.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, scary, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, realistic, detective
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Mummy Maniac (2007)
Plot Summary:
Based on true events, tells how a serial murderer, kidnaps and tortures then bandaging girls like mummies.
IMDB Rating: 1.3
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, rough, slasher, psychotronic, suspenseful, exciting, tense, funny, suspense