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Plot Summary:
After being released from prison, a man known as The Rambler stumbles upon a strange mystery as he attempts a dangerous journey through treacherous back roads and small towns en route to reconnecting with his long lost brother.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, bleak, suspense, art house, mind bending, dark, avant garde, weird
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Coffee, Kill Boss (2013)
Plot Summary:
When ten executives secretly meet to sell off their company, they're murdered one by one in this darkly comedic romp through the halls of corporate America.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, suspense, hilarious, teen, realistic
Similar in 75%
Bad Kids Go to Hell (2012)
Plot Summary:
On a stormy Saturday afternoon, six students from Crestview Academy begin to meet horrible fates as they serve out their detentions. Is a fellow student to blame, or perhaps Crestview's alleged ghosts are behind the terrible acts?.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, semi serious, exciting, suspense, slasher, horror comedy, dark comedy, sexy, independent film, surprise ending
Similar in 90%
Come to Daddy (2019)
Plot Summary:
After receiving a cryptic letter from his estranged father, Norval travels to his dad’s oceanfront home for what he hopes will be a positive experience. If only he’d known the dark truth about his old man beforehand.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, funny, disturbing, horror comedy, captivating, suspenseful, absurd, retro, bloody
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The Forbidden Room (2015)
Plot Summary:
A submarine crew, a feared pack of forest bandits, a famous surgeon, and a battalion of child soldiers all get more than they bargained for as they wend their way toward progressive ideas on life and love.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychedelic, mindfuck, philosophical, mind bending, dark, art house, avant garde, experimental, weird
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Scare Me (2020)
Plot Summary:
During a power outage, two strangers tell scary stories. The more Fred and Fanny commit to their tales, the more the stories come to life in the dark of a Catskills cabin. The horrors of reality manifest when Fred confronts his ultimate fear: Fanny is the better storyteller.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: scary, horror comedy, anthology, feel good, humorous, entertaining, absurd, funny, suspense, dark
Similar in 77%
ABCs of Death 2.5 (2016)
Plot Summary:
An anthology of 26 fan entries submitted for inclusion in ABCs of Death 2, each offering various takes on the letter "M".
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 963
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: anthology, suspense, scary, psychological, disturbing, bloody, mumblecore, horror comedy, disgusting, terrifying
Similar in 85%
Psycho Beach Party (2000)
Plot Summary:
Spoof of 1960's Beach Party/Gidget surfing movies mixed with slasher horror films. A not-so-innocent girl in 1960's Malibu becomes the first girl surfer at Malibu Beach, only she suffers from dissociative identity disorder and occasionally her alter ego, a sexually aggressive, foul-speaking girl, comes out. During her "episodes" several beach goers are found murdered.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, parody, sexy, satirical, stylized, not serious, dark comedy, witty, surreal, humorous
Similar in 75%
Screamplay (1984)
Plot Summary:
A detective investigating a series of murders discovers that they are similar to the murders that occur in the new script of a Hollywood screenwriter.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 354
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, dark comedy, psychological, surreal, black and white, scary, offbeat, humorous, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 75%
Wrong (2012)
Plot Summary:
Dolph Springer wakes up one morning to realize he has lost the love of his life, his dog, Paul. During his quest to get Paul (and his life) back, Dolph radically changes the lives of others -- risking his sanity all the while.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery
Country: France, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: surreal, experimental, humorous, not serious, mindfuck, black comedy, philosophical, underground film, fast paced, existential
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The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)
Plot Summary:
A stressed-out police officer struggles not to give in to the paranoia that grips his small mountain town as bodies turn up after each full moon.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, horror comedy, dark comedy, dark, christmas horror, unusual plot structure, humorous, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Witness Infection (2020)
Plot Summary:
Two rival mob families are transferred from the Witness Protection Agency by mistake to same city, Temecula, CA, and find themselves fending off a zombie outbreak.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 732
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, horror comedy
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The Oregonian (2011)
Plot Summary:
A girl gets in a car accident and wanders through the woods, encountering all kinds of nightmarish things.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 769
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: experimental, atmospheric, scary, rough, serious, realistic, surreal, mumblecore, retro, disturbing
Similar in 80%
Rock, Paper, Scissors (2017)
Plot Summary:
After being released, a reformed serial killer moves into his family's ancestral estate and is haunted by his past -- both the living and the dead.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 470
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: rough, brutal, suspense, suspenseful, slasher, disturbing
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Antibirth (2016)
Plot Summary:
In a desolate community full of drug-addled Marines and rumors of kidnapping, a wild-eyed stoner named Lou wakes up after a crazy night of partying with symptoms of a strange illness and recurring visions. As she struggles to get a grip on reality, the stories of conspiracy spread.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: disturbing, suspense, spooky, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, dark, controversial
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The Attic Expeditions (2001)
Plot Summary:
Trevor Blackburn is accused of murdering his girlfriend, Faith, in a brutal ritual. He's sentenced to live in an experimental rehabilitation community and falls into a coma. When he wakes up, he meets the mysterious Dr. Elk, who tortures Trevor in an attempt to learn the whereabouts of a powerful occult book. As other patients start to disappear, Trevor begins to wonder who and where he really is.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, disturbing, lovecraft, suspense, horror comedy, terrifying, independent film, scary, tense
Similar in 79%
Blood Widow (2020)
Plot Summary:
A modern telling of an ancient genre. A serial killer is terrorizing Arizona with the police in hot pursuit. What the police don't know is that a mysterious group are also pursuing the same killer to stop the killer from unleashing an evil like nothing before. From Vampires to Biblical wrath - everything comes down to one showdown.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, suspenseful, tense, bleak, psychotronic, detective
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Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021)
Plot Summary:
In 1666, a colonial town is gripped by a hysterical witch-hunt that has deadly consequences for centuries to come, and it's up to teenagers in 1994 to try and finally put an end to their town's curse, before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, scary, queer horror, tense, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, bloody
Similar in 76%
Werewolves Within (2021)
Plot Summary:
When a proposed pipeline creates hostilities between residents of a small town, a newly-arrived forest ranger must keep the peace after a snowstorm confines the townspeople to an old lodge. But when a mysterious creature begins terrorizing the group, their worst tendencies and prejudices rise to the surface, and it is up to the ranger to keep the residents alive, both from each other and the monster which plagues them.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, horror comedy, scary, bleak, humorous, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, psychological, funny
Similar in 88%
Skinned Deep (2004)
Plot Summary:
The horror film Skinned Deep begins when a family suffers a flat tire on a barren stretch of road with only a diner dotting the landscape. They meet Granny, the seemingly nice old woman who runs the establishment, but they soon find that she is the leader of a deranged clan. The family is slain, with the exception of their teenage daughter, Tina whom one of the sons in the family, Brain (a boy with an externalized brain much larger than his head), takes a romantic interest in. Soon a group of bikers show up, forcing the girl to figure out which group of crazies she should throw in with in order to stay alive.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, rough, suspenseful, scary, suspense, dark, serious, independent film, weird, campy
Similar in 77%
Haze (2005)
Plot Summary:
A man awakes to find himself trapped in a dirty, confined crawlspace. He barely has enough room to move. He also has no memory of why he’s there, or why he’s bleeding from a stomach wound. Apparently drugged, he occasionally ‘zones out’ of his surroundings as he tries to edge towards his way to freedom. But the more he explores, the more pain he has to endure, and the more frightening his predicament becomes.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 49 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, atmospheric, clever, suspense, dark
Similar in 83%
Visions (2015)
Plot Summary:
After moving to a vineyard with her family, a pregnant woman experiences horrifying visions.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, spooky, exciting, bleak, mind bending, brutal, grindhouse
Similar in 87%
Crush the Skull (2015)
Plot Summary:
A couple of master thieves find themselves trapped within a house they intended to rob, only to discover they've inadvertently wandered into the lair of a deranged serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, disturbing, horror comedy, slasher, tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, psychological, mumblecore
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The ABCs of Death (2012)
Plot Summary:
An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the motion picture is comprised of 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death. Provocative, shocking, funny and ultimately confrontational; THE ABC's OF DEATH is the definitive snapshot of the diversity of modern horror.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: suspense, surreal, scary, disturbing, grindhouse, harsh, stylized, rough, suspenseful, semi serious
Similar in 88%
Slaughterhouse (1987)
Plot Summary:
The owner of a slaughterhouse facing foreclosure instructs his 350lbs, mentally retarded son to go on a killing spree against the people who want to buy his property.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, rough, suspenseful, cult classic, splatter, horror comedy, funny, cult horror
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Deadly Xmas (2012)
Plot Summary:
Caesar and Otto are employed with Xmas Enterprises and have run into a little problem. It seems a disgruntled Santa (employee) has a new list this year…instead of checking who’s Naughty or Nice…he has Who’s Next on the Kill List. That’s right Santa is on a Killing Spree and looks to blame Caesar and Otto!.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: slasher, christmas horror, scary, parody, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, horror comedy
Similar in 81%
Scream 4 (2011)
Plot Summary:
Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey and Gale, who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill and her Aunt Kate. Unfortunately, Sidney's appearance also brings about the return of Ghostface, putting Sidney, Gale, and Dewey, along with Jill, her friends, and the whole town of Woodsboro in danger.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 168000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspense, teen horror, twist ending, suspenseful, creepy, splatter, brutal, bloody
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We Are Still Here (2015)
Plot Summary:
After the death of their college age son, Anne and Paul Sacchetti relocate to the snowswept New England hamlet of Aylesbury, a sleepy village where all is most certainly not as it seems. When strange sounds and eerie feelings convince Anne that her son's spirit is still with them, they invite an eccentric, New Age couple to help them get to the bottom of the mystery.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: dark, atmospheric, scary, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, demonic, romantic, retro, psychological
Similar in 79%
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Plot Summary:
In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 280000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, dark, independent film, mockumentary, suspenseful, atmospheric, bleak, psychological, disturbing
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Hide and Seek (2005)
Plot Summary:
David Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his own. David is at first amused to discover that Emily has created an imaginary friend named 'Charlie', but it isn't long before 'Charlie' develops a sinister and violent side, and as David struggles with his daughter's growing emotional problems, he comes to the frightening realisation that 'Charlie' isn't just a figment of Emily's imagination.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, psychological thriller, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, intense, scary, dark
Similar in 77%
Session 9 (2001)
Plot Summary:
Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, atmospheric, twist ending, bleak, suspenseful, dark, suspense, psychological thriller, tense