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Plot Summary:
Ben and Ashley come together 20 years after the murder of their parents to determine the cause of their parents' death. Ashley is troubled by the idea that the thing that took her parents' lives may not be finished with her family.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 916
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, christmas horror, psychological horror
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Curtain (2015)
Plot Summary:
Danni moves into a New York apartment and starts sprucing the place up. She doesn’t know the previous tenant committed suicide in very strange circumstances. Nor does she know there’s a mysterious portal to another dimension in the bathroom that’s hungry for…. shower curtains! But where does this unusual gateway hidden behind the white tiling lead? That’s what Danni and her ‘Whale Saver’ chugger workmate Tim decide to find out. It’s an investigation into a unique phenomenon full of surprise and unimaginable horror as they both enter The Yonder in a stunningly directed, creatively devised and quirky oddball gem.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 561
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, psychological, captivating
Similar in 75%
Awoken (2019)
Plot Summary:
Karla, a young medical student, is trying to cure her brother, Blake, from a terminal sleep illness called Fatal Familial Insomnia, where you are unable to sleep until you die. On her quest to treat him, a more sinister reason for his condition is revealed.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: medical horror, atmospheric, twisted, psychological
Similar in 78%
Clinical (2017)
Plot Summary:
A psychiatrist tries to put her life back together after a violent attack by seeking to repair the life of a new patient, but he has his own terrifying history.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, suspense, psychological, scary, tense, captivating, suspenseful, psychological thriller, twist ending
Similar in 79%
Dead Squad (2018)
Plot Summary:
A group of young people become lost in the jungle during a river rafting trip and stumble upon a long lost ruin that is home to a host of mysterious monsters.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 418
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, independent film
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Amityville: Mt Misery Road (2018)
Plot Summary:
Charlie and Buzi are ghosts' enthusiasts fascinated by the legend of the scariest road in America, Mt. Misery Road. The couple continues their adventure to the woods until they realize they got into the whirlpool of paranormal activities.
IMDB Rating: 1.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, psychotronic, spooky, low-budget
Similar in 87%
Dead Sea (2014)
Plot Summary:
A Marine Biologist is assigned to investigate the mysterious deaths of marine life in an inland salt water lake that have been attributed to a creature thought to have been the stuff of legend.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, suspenseful
Similar in 82%
Monstrous (2022)
Plot Summary:
Laura, traumatized by an abusive relationship, runs away from her former husband with her seven-year-old son Cody. But in their new, idyllic and remote sanctuary, they find they have another, bigger and more terrifying monster to deal with….
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, mystical, tense, captivating, disturbing, slasher, supernatural thriller
Similar in 81%
Woe (2020)
Plot Summary:
A brother and sister stumble upon their father's secret one year after his death. They soon learn that this secret may not be his alone.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, creepy
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Cryptid (2022)
Plot Summary:
A small rural town in Maine is shocked as a mysterious animal leaves a local resident brutally ripped apart. Deemed to be a random bear attack by town officials, freelance journalist Max Frome suspects it might be something more.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: tense, disturbing, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
Similar in 82%
XII (2008)
Plot Summary:
A man found guilty of a crime against a minor is released from prison and returns to get revenge on the jury who sent him there.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 611
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, christmas horror, scary, rough, serious
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Valley of the Sasquatch (2015)
Plot Summary:
After losing their home following a devastating tragedy, a father and son are forced to move to an old family cabin. Neither reacts well to being thrown into this new world. The son's attempts to relate to his father are complicated when two old friends arrive for a weekend of hunting. This trip into the forest will unearth not only buried feelings of guilt and betrayal, but also a tribe of Sasquatch that are determined to protect their land.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 736
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, captivating, suspense
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Hunting the Legend (2014)
Plot Summary:
In 2008, a deer hunter was taken by something in the Alabama woods. Only his rifle, blood and a 16" footprint were left behind... Five years later, his son seeks revenge.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 379
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, scary
Similar in 78%
Fall Down Dead (2007)
Plot Summary:
A metropolitan city is in the grip of fear when rolling blackouts bring out a serial killer dubbed The Picasso Killer. One night, in the middle of a blackout, seven strangers become trapped in an office building as the killer hunts for Christie Wallace, the woman that can identify him.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, christmas horror, bleak, tense, captivating, suspense, slasher, scary, rough, serious
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Camp Dread (2014)
Plot Summary:
The “Summer Camp” horror trilogy was one of the most popular franchises of the 1980s. However, the decade ended and so did director Julian Barrett’s career. Now Barrett plans to resurrect his gory series via a modern reboot patterned after reality filmmaking. With his former leading lady and an eclectic group of 10 young “contestants,” Barrett returns to the same locale where his old splatter-fests were filmed. When one of the campers is found savagely murdered, they realize there’s more at stake than just fame and fortune. Each of them is in a fight for their lives as they realize summer is over – forever.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 992
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, scary, rough, serious, teen horror, slasher horror
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Rise of the Dead (2007)
Plot Summary:
In the sleepy small town of Dudley, Ohio, a terrifying future awaits. Laura is almost raped by a normal lawyer who appears to have gone crazy. When her boyfriend, Jack Walther saves her by running him over with her car, the cops don't buy the story. Things get complicated when Laura's roommate is murdered and the local police start asking questions that they can't answer.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 639
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, psychological, captivating, scary, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
Similar in 78%
Maneater (2009)
Plot Summary:
A former FBI profiler, now a sheriff of a small town and a single parent of a high school aged daughter, begins to profile a series of unexplained murders only to learn that the monster he's profiling may be himself.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 495
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, scenic, scary, slasher
Similar in 86%
Mothman (2010)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends band together to hide the truth about a mutual friend's tragic death. They soon discover that an evil entity is in pursuit of them.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, scary, rough
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Nailbiter (2013)
Plot Summary:
A horror film that combines classic monster movie elements set within the backdrop of unpredictable Kansas weather. Start with a mother and her three daughters forced to take shelter from an advancing tornado in a local storm cellar. What is waiting for them underneath is another story entirely.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, captivating, psychological, spooky
Similar in 89%
Barricade (2012)
Plot Summary:
A father's quiet retreat to the woods with his two children turns into a fight for survival.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, christmas horror, tense, suspense, captivating, psychological thriller, psychological horror, scary
Similar in 82%
Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes (2012)
Plot Summary:
Sean Reynolds, a highly acclaimed investigative journalist (who strongly believed in paranormal phenomena), destroyed his career when the most watched episode of his reality show, based on paranormal phenomena, turned out to be a hoax. Sean saw a news report on a "Bigfoot Hunter" (Carl Drybeck) who claimed to possess the body of a dead Sasquatch. He believes Drybeck is a phony and decides to create a new show that reveals people's paranormal claims as hoaxes. Sean assembles his old film crew and heads to Northern California's "Lost Coast" to meet with and interview Drybeck. Obsessed, Sean is staking his comeback, his life and the lives of his documentary film crew on proving Drybeck's claim to be a hoax.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, enigmatic, independent film, surprise ending, natural horror, fake documentary
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Madison County (2011)
Plot Summary:
A group of college kids travel to a small, mountain town called Madison County to interview the author of a tell-all book on the accounts of several grisly murders that happened there. But when the kids get to Madison County, the author is no where to be found and the towns people act like they haven't seen him in years. They also say that the killer never existed and the murders never happened. However, when the kids start digging around to get their own answers, they find out that the stories maybe more real than the townspeople are letting on!.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: slasher, serious, tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, scary, rough, realistic
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Sanatorium (2013)
Plot Summary:
On a bitterly cold December night, a paranormal investigations team has set their sights on the bloody Hillcrest Sanatorium to answer the age old question: Is there life after death? With rumours of hauntings and local children gone missing, they may just get their answer the hard way when members of the team mysteriously disappear, leaving behind unnerving evidence.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, dark, rough
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The Devil Below (2021)
Plot Summary:
A group of four amateur adventurers who specialize in exploring remote and forsaken places pay a visit to Shookum Hills, a town in the remote Appalachian Mountains which was abandoned decades ago due to a mysterious coal mine fire.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, scary, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak, weird
Similar in 84%
Stoker Hills (2020)
Plot Summary:
Three students filming a horror movie stumble upon something much worse, and their only hope for survival is two detectives who find the camera that was left behind.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tense, disturbing, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, slasher, detective
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Escape: Puzzle of Fear (2020)
Plot Summary:
Hot-shot Hollywood agent Matthew Blake has a dark past. He thinks that he is on his way to a double date with his oldest friend to a new Escape Room in Los Angeles. When the couples are locked into the Escape Room, Matthew quickly finds himself at the center of a revenge plot meant to right the wrongs of his past, with deadly results.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychotronic, scary, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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The Appearing (2014)
Plot Summary:
A woman once possessed by a mysterious entity uncovers a shocking secret about her past and must face the demon that is lurking inside of her.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, scary, rough, independent film
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Crawl or Die (2014)
Plot Summary:
Earth as we know it is gone. A virus has destroyed the planet and rendered all its women infertile, all but one. An elite team of soldiers are tasked with bringing the woman to safety on the newly habitable Earth Two. But when they are forced underground they find themselves fighting for survival from an bloodthirsty creature in a maze of ever shrinking tunnels. As the team's ranks start to dwindle, the tunnels shrink and the ammunition run out, the crawl for survival becomes more and more desperate.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychological, tense, space horror, captivating, suspense
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The Levenger Tapes (2013)
Plot Summary:
Detectives in a remote town pore through every frame of a troubling tape to find the whereabouts of three missing college students. The chilling footage becomes more and more disturbing when the students come upon the bloody dress of an 8-year-old girl in the secluded wilderness and take it upon themselves to find her. Linking the case of the missing girl and the missing students together, the detectives race to piece enough information together to find them alive.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, mockumentary, tense, serious, suspense, fake documentary
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Better Watch Out (2016)
Plot Summary:
On a quiet suburban street tucked within a 'safe neighborhood', a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from strangers breaking into the house, only to discover that this is far from a normal home invasion.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, suspense, suspenseful, horror comedy, enigmatic, psychological, slasher, scary, disturbing, surprise ending
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The Visit (2015)
Plot Summary:
The terrifying story of a brother and sister who are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a weeklong trip. Once the children discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing, they see their chances of getting back home are growing smaller every day.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 147000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, twist ending, surprise ending, suspenseful, mockumentary, atmospheric, dark, disturbing, psychological, scary