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Plot Summary:
While a couple creates an audition tape for an up-and-coming Charles Manson film, the dark events of the audition material slowly slip into their reality as they find themselves intertwined in an occult leader's sinister plot.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 300
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags:
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Mother (1995)
Plot Summary:
Weisser is a young college bound man whose future is threatened when his mother interferes with his love life and a pending scholarship. He also discovers that his mother's best friend wishes to get closer to him, even if it means murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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Kantemir (2015)
Plot Summary:
A group of actors gather in a remote Northeastern town to rehearse for a mysterious stage production, only to be plunged into a hellish world where their real lives mirror the grisly story of the play.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 496
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags:
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Picture Mommy Dead (1966)
Plot Summary:
Susan Shelley is released from an asylum where she's been confined to after the shock suffered over the fiery death of her mother. Her father has a new wife, who has only married him for the money left to him by Zsa Zsa. Susan is still haunted by her mother's memory, and her step-mother is conspiring with her lover, Maxwell Reed, to get the troubled girl to lead them to Zsa Zsa's missing diamond necklace.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 712
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, independent film
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The Cult (1971)
Plot Summary:
A monk-robed Manson-like cult leader who lives in a coffin, is transported around in a black hearse. At times he gets sadistic with his girl followers. Ivor, the cult leader , is taking in various young woman and seducing them before sending them out to do his evil acts. We also get to see flashbacks of the early Cult family and the start of his madness.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags:
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Cellar Secret (2016)
Plot Summary:
Rick and Virginia Sims have a simple, spiritual life together when they are given the gift of an unexpected pregnancy. Blessings can be deadly. When Rick is left to raise their daughter on his own, Dalana becomes the sole importance in her father's world. As Dalana grows up and tries to have a life of her own, Rick must take steps to insure that she will never leave him.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: dark, disturbing, independent film
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B.O.R.N. (1989)
Plot Summary:
A speeding ambulance abducts three beautiful young women to a sinister medical center where someone is making a killing selling healthy human organs on the black market.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Feral (2006)
Plot Summary:
In this terrifying tale, a young couple goes on a desperate search for their daughter who's disappeared without a trace into the nearby woods -- the same woods that have recently claimed and released the mutilated bodies of several animals. Their frantic hunt leads them to a horrific creature, and their attempt to shoot it accidentally leaves their neighbor dead. As the body count rises, the couple's nightmare reaches a shocking conclusion.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, wild
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Ceremony (1994)
Plot Summary:
An angel was cast out of heaven and dispatched to Earth 1400 years ago. The angel was made a slave of the devil and was sent forth to terrorize mankind. To rid the world of this evil threat a "device" was erected to imprison the angel. Now the "device" is about to open. The Ceremony must be performed to keep the angel imprisoned or evil will rule the Earth.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Paint It Black (1989)
Plot Summary:
A California metal sculptor (Rick Rossovich) becomes a suspect after someone kills his gallery-owner lover (Sally Kirkland).
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: neo noir, slasher, independent film
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The Caretaker (2016)
Plot Summary:
A young woman returns home to care for her gravely ill grandmother, only to begin sleepwalking and envisioning spirits.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 822
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Culling (2015)
Plot Summary:
Five college pals head out of town for a fun weekend, but plans quickly change after they encounter a strange 7-year old girl at an abandoned roadside cafe and offer to drive her home - and come face to face with evil incarnate.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, psychological, tense, suspense, captivating, philosophical, teen, serious, psychotronic
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Stranger in Our House (1978)
Plot Summary:
A country family of five takes in cousin Julia, whose parents recently perished in a car crash. Julia extends her influence over the family and those around them, fooling all except for Rachel, the teenaged girl who knows her cousin is up to no good. This TV horror movie had the title "Stranger in Our House" when it was originally released by NBC on Halloween night in 1978. When released on VHS in the late 1980s, the title was changed to "Summer of Fear", which is the title of the Lois Duncan book on which it is based.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, satanic, spooky, slasher, scary, psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful
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Another Kind (2013)
Plot Summary:
A group of unprepared weekend hikers go missing while snowshoeing in the Catskill Mountains.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 503
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Malum (2023)
Plot Summary:
A rookie police officer willingly takes the last shift at a newly decommissioned police station in an attempt to uncover the mysterious connection between her father's death and a vicious cult.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Horror in the High Desert (2021)
Plot Summary:
In July 2017, an experienced outdoor enthusiast vanished in Northern Nevada while on an outdoor excursion. After an extensive search, he was never located. On the three-year anniversary of his disappearance, friends and loved ones recall the events leading up to his vanishing, and for the first time, speak about the horrifying conclusion of his fate.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, slasher, mockumentary
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House at the End of the Drive (2014)
Plot Summary:
When David King purchases a house in the hills far above the angst of Los Angeles, he gets much more than he bargained for when strange and unexplainable occurrences in and around the house begin to take control of his daily life.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 397
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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The Hitchhiker (2007)
Plot Summary:
Four young women driving across the desert to Las Vegas have their road trip turned upside-down when they pick up a handsome, seemingly-friendly hitchhiker. When their car breaks down near a roadside motel in the middle of nowhere, they find themselves trapped with a woman-hating, masochistic killer.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, serious, rough, realistic, disturbing, mockbuster, splatter, road movie
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Del Playa (2017)
Plot Summary:
Struggling with a horrific past, Claire Rhodes must confront a stalker turned murderer of her youth in order to win her life - but will her own demons help the killer exact his vengeance?.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 362
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)
Plot Summary:
A couple encounters a perverted gas station attendant who threatens them with a shotgun. They take a deserted path in Texas to seek help, but only meet up with a cannibalistic clan interested in helping themselves to fresh meat.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, scary, brutal, bloody, splatter, cult classic, independent film, surprise ending, classic horror
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The Presence (2010)
Plot Summary:
In this darkly romantic ghost story, a woman travels to an isolated cabin where she is stalked by an apparition who inhabits her space as his own. With the unexpected arrival of the woman’s boyfriend, the dark spirit’s haunting grows obsessive. Soon the woman begins to exhibit weirdly irrational behavior as the thin line between sanity and possession begins to unravel. Is she battling her inner demons, or is a much darker presence threatening them all?.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, atmospheric, tense, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, surreal, spooky, independent film
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The Vatican Tapes (2015)
Plot Summary:
In a highly secured vault deep within the walls of Vatican City, the Catholic Church holds thousands of old films and video footage documenting exorcisms/supposed exorcisms and other unexplained religious phenomena they feel the world is not ready to see. This is the first tape - Case 83-G - stolen from these archives and exposed to the public by an anonymous source.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, demonic, suspense, bleak, biblical, religious horror, disgusting, fake documentary
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Rest Stop: Don't Look Back (2008)
Plot Summary:
One year after running away from home, Nicole and Jesse are still missing. When Jesse's brother, Tom, returns home from active duty, he sets out with his friends Marilyn and Jared to locate the lost couple. Their search leads them to the stretch of old highway with a mysterious Rest Stop, where they find themselves in the same predicament as Nicole and Jesse: confronting a madman.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, brutal, suspense, independent film, awful
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Blood Craft (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two sisters who suffered abuse as children at the hands of their sadistic father decide, after his death, to use witchcraft to bring his spirit back to get revenge.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 267
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, bleak, suspenseful, suspense
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Lost Signal (2006)
Plot Summary:
New Years Eve, 2004- Kevin Healy(Santos) and Tiffany Matthews(McCoy) head out to celebrate the New Year and a new beginning in their 7-year relationship. In the midst of the celebration the young couple decide to mark the occasion by experimenting with Crystal Meth. Unbeknown to them, town bad boy Randy Martin slips LSD in their drinks, setting into motion a night of life altering events which will leave one dead and the other forever scarred. The young couple leave the party and quickly begin to realize that they are not alone, or so they think. After a car accident the two run into the woods to escape their stalker, with no protection from the elements. Attempts to call for help are futile when they realize that their cell phone signal is lost. Alone in the woods with the delusions of being chased the couple slowly begin to turn on each other.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 807
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, serious, scary, dark, slasher, psychological
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Fender Bender (2016)
Plot Summary:
In a small New Mexico town, a 17-year-old high school girl who just got her driver’s license gets into her first Fender Bender, innocently exchanging her personal information with an apologetic stranger. Later that stormy night, she is joined in her desolate suburban home by a couple of her school friends who try their best to make a night out of it, only to be visited by the stranger she so willingly handed all of her information to — a terrifying and bizarre serial killer who stalks the country’s endless miles of roads and streets with his old rusty car, hungrily searching for his next unsuspecting victim.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, psychological, rough, bleak, disturbing, dark drama, hispanic, retro, crying
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The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting (2003)
Plot Summary:
A sadistic serial killer terrorizes a couple driving on a rural highway in Texas while killing numerous people and framing them for his killings.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, road movie
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No One Lives (2012)
Plot Summary:
A gang of ruthless highway killers kidnap a wealthy couple traveling cross country only to shockingly discover that things are not what they seem.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, slasher, splatter, brutal, dark, psychological thriller, bloody, suspense, surreal
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The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
Plot Summary:
On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, dark, bloody, harsh, splatter, cult classic
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Truth or Dare (2018)
Plot Summary:
A harmless game of "Truth or Dare" among friends turns deadly when someone—or something—begins to punish those who tell a lie—or refuse the dare.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, slasher, suspenseful, scary, suspense, surprise ending, ambiguous ending, psychotronic, demonic, thrilling
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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
Plot Summary:
The legend of that creepy masked-man, Michael Myers, comes to life once again in this fourth installment of the successful horror franchise. This time, it's Michael's niece, Jamie, who can't seem to escape her crazy uncle. With Michael on the loose, Jamie enlists the help of good old Dr. Loomis to stop the murderer. This time, though, there seems to be no end to Michael's madness.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bloody, splatter, suspense, suspenseful, sexy, psychological, classic horror, surprise ending