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Plot Summary:
Four folk tales from Assam re-imagined as a narrative about four mothers, each facing demons of her own.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 553
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: India
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: dark, folk tale, fable, asian horror
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The Loreley's Grasp (1973)
Plot Summary:
The legendary Loreley has been living for centuries in a grotto beneath the river Rhein in Germany. Every night when the moon is full, she turns into a reptile-like creature craving for human blood. When one girl after another of a nearby boarding school is killed by her, a hunter named Sirgurd is engaged to kill the monster.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 958
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, psychotronic, beautiful, cult film
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The Book of Birdie (2017)
Plot Summary:
When, Birdie, fragile teenager with an overactive imagination is placed in an isolated Midwestern convent on the brink of closure, her strange and in some cases grotesque obsessions begin to consume her attention. Outside life beckons when she meets Julia, the confident, spirited maintenance girl, inspiring a growing infatuation. But privately, Birdie can’t turn away from her fascination with the gory and whimsical hallucinations that plague her. Birdie sets off on her spiritual quest to discover if the source of her visions is something saintly or a dark heresy. The convent itself holds ghosts of nuns who’ve met untimely deaths. Are they calling Birdie to the same fate?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: dark, independent film
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Shanks (1974)
Plot Summary:
Malcolm Shanks is a sad and lonely man, deaf, mute and living with his cruel sister and her husband, who delight in making him miserable. His only pleasure, it seems, is in making and controlling puppets. Thanks to his skill, he is offered a job as a lab assistant to Dr. Walker, who is working on ways to re-animate dead bodies by inserting electrodes at key nerve points and manipulating the bodies as if they were on strings. When the professor suddenly dies one night, Shanks gets the idea to apply their experimental results to a human body, and then to start exacting some revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 755
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychotronic, weird, mad, bizarre
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Soultaker (1990)
Plot Summary:
Four teenagers are killed in a car accident. Two of the teenagers refuse to go with "The Grim Reaper" and a race between life and death ensues!.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: dark, grindhouse, independent film, offbeat, semi serious, psychotronic, cult film
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Org (1979)
Plot Summary:
Explores the complex relationship between the spirit, body, and mind. The film is a nightmare with closed eyes because it counts among the most terrible moments of my life, my second exile, which lasted a very long time. Inspired by an ancient Hindu legend.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 177 min
Plot tags: avant garde, psychedelic, experimental
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Wound (2010)
Plot Summary:
Wound is a supernatural horror that explores the dark worlds of mental illness, incest, revenge and death. We follow Tanya as she searches for the mother she has never met – a mother who gave her up for dead after being abused by her own father who remains stuck in her present life. Tanya returns from the dead to confront and possess her mother with all her deepest fears and desires, sending Susan into a state of madness and gore filled retribution. A dark, disturbing look into a haunted woman’s mind. This is one terrible dream you will never wake up from.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 484
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: erotic, disturbing, controversial, weird
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Necropolis (1970)
Plot Summary:
A surreal and disturbing distillation of Western Civilization, Necropolis is the unhinged vision of Italian director Franco Brocani. Pierre Clémenti is Attila the Hun, naked and on horseback, while Warhol superstar Viva is a drunken and abusive Countess Bathory. A pop pastiche for the psychedelic generation, Necropolis features a soundtrack by Gavin Bryars.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: surreal, experimental, avant garde, weird
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Dreamier: An American Nightmare (2016)
Plot Summary:
A Manny Velazquez Psychological Thriller about a young detective (played by Alen Rios) finds a handcrafted Indian sculpture in an alley, and takes it home with him, but he soon realizes that the sculpture is bringing his worst fears to life.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: suspense, dark, scary, bleak, slasher, psychological thriller, sexy, independent film, detective, hispanic
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Illusion of Blood (1965)
Plot Summary:
The ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: jidai geki
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Motion Sickness (2010)
Plot Summary:
Lost on a train of thought tunneling through the dark night of his unconscious, a former rabbinical student struggles to resolve a paralyzing conflict between his mind and his body.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: neo noir, captivating, surreal, disturbing
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Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (1975)
Plot Summary:
A mountain man beheads his many wives to prove his love to an alluring woman he meets in an enchanted forest.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: weird, cult film
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Edgar Allan Poe's Darkness (2007)
Plot Summary:
When a group of young actors adapt an Edgar Allan Poe tale into a theater production, the line between truth and fiction becomes terrifyingly blurred as elements from the harrowing story begin to bleed over into reality. The ensemble soon comes to the horrifying realization that life has begun to imitate art, and their collective descent into madness has reached a point of no return.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, low-budget
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Dracula in Love (2018)
Plot Summary:
Leila, a lonely young soul spends the night partying with her friends Nancy, David and Nash in a warehouse. As the boys drink up and smoke pot all social barriers between the sexes crumble. Leila, hit on by both men, hides away from them. Alone she senses there is someone else who wants her and certainly he is not of this world. A 200 year old Dracula escapes from a crate and reveals himself to Leila and tells her that she is his lost love. For him to live again and be with her, she must bring him the blood of her friends to drink and make love to him. Hypnotized by his sexual powers, Leila does as she is told. Leila and a handsome young Dracula get away and live happily ever after.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, psychotronic
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Sinister Circle (2016)
Plot Summary:
After the death of a group of teenagers using the Ouija, the psychologist Fernanda and her son return to Peru, but they will find themselves surrounded by an evil entity as big as its wicked sect.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Peru
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Sweet House of Horrors (1989)
Plot Summary:
A murdered couple return from the beyond to care for their two young children, as well as seek revenge against their killer, accept their children's step parents, and try to prevent their house from being sold.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 655
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, bleak, scary, surprise ending
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Dream City (1973)
Plot Summary:
A married couple of artists move to a utopian town known for its absolute freedom, but behind the surface perversion and violence are spreading.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: West Germany
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: dark, experimental, surreal, disturbing, weird
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Torture Garden (1967)
Plot Summary:
Five people visit a fairground sideshow run by the sinister Dr. Diabolo. Having shown them a handful of haunted-house-style attractions, he promises them a genuinely scary experience if they will pay extra.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: anthology, slasher, scary, rough, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, independent film, psychotronic, retro
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Ice from the Sun (1999)
Plot Summary:
An alternate reality encased in ice, a woman who is turned into a dimension-hopping assassin, and a wizard's apprentice who is so evil he is a common enemy to the angels in heaven and the devils in hell.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 697
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: dark, disturbing, controversial, art house, experimental, independent film, scary, offbeat, bleak, serious
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The Dolls (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young man is having repeated nightmares about dolls trying to kill him. The dreams continues and the nightmares starts to escalate.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: dark, scary, psychological, bleak, suspense, psychotronic, independent film, hispanic, grindhouse
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Ritual (2013)
Plot Summary:
A long time ago Tom loved Lovely. They were married and everything was perfect, at least for a little while. But that was then and this is now. Lovely has just killed a man in cold blood after he tried to drug and kidnap her in a motel. She calls Tom to help but now they've found a VHS tape that depicts a satanic ritual in which a woman is murdered. Lovely desperately wants to leave and they do, but Tom forgot his engraved lighter in the room, and when they go back to find it, the dead body appears missing.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 754
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, dark, mumblecore, realistic
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Dark Harvest (2023)
Plot Summary:
In a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the town’s teenage boys in a bloody battle of survival.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: dark, bleak, scary, suspenseful, slasher, spooky, interesting, wild, weird
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Dead Night (2017)
Plot Summary:
A caring mother loses her sanity, setting off a chain of events resulting in tragedy and murder. The story of Casey Pollack unfolds from two very different perspectives when one night in the woods culminates in absolute terror.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, enigmatic, bleak, dark, psychological, gothic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, mumblecore
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Begotten (1989)
Plot Summary:
Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: surreal, avant garde, disturbing, experimental, atmospheric, independent film, controversial, black and white, postmodern, mindfuck
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Poison for the Fairies (1986)
Plot Summary:
In 1965 Mexico City, Fabiola, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Graciela, a young orphan girl who has an unhealthy fascination with witchcraft. Fabiola is convinced that she, herself, is a witch by Graciela, who then uses the fear that she's put into her new friend to get Fabiola to carry out her orders. As their games grow more serious, the two girls find themselves involved in murder.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, gothic, suspense, folk tale, disturbing, art house, deep, terrifying, scary, psychological
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Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud (2007)
Plot Summary:
During a bitter family feud, Jodie Hatfield, and her boyfriend Ricky McCoy, decide to leave town to avoid being found out, but are soon caught in the act. Wanting vengeance, he seeks out the monster Pumpkinhead, and resurrects it seek revenge on the family. Despite being warned away by the ghost of Ed Harley, his vengeance plan starts out, and the Hatfield family is soon under siege by the powerful demon. Not accepting the legend of the creature and believing their arch-rivals are the real cause, the two families attempt to go to war, only to be stopped when Pumpkinhead attacks the Hatfield house. Putting aside their differences, they band together to stave off the creature before it's vengeance pact is completed.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, Romania, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, slasher, suspense, saga, rough
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Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes (2006)
Plot Summary:
He threw their loved ones into a swamp. Now they want revenge... But when a demon does their dirty work, it comes at a price.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, USA, Romania
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, weird
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Sleepwalkers (1992)
Plot Summary:
A mother-and-son team of strange supernatural creatures come to town to seek out a virgin to feed on.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, slasher, sexy, rough, serious, suspenseful, splatter, creepy, cult classic
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
Plot Summary:
It's been many years since Freddy Krueger's first victim, Nancy, came face-to-face with Freddy and his sadistic, evil ways. Now, Nancy's all grown up; she's put her frightening nightmares behind her and is helping teens cope with their dreams. Too bad Freddy's decided to herald his return by invading the kids' dreams and scaring them into committing suicide.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 89000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, surreal, bloody, suspense, splatter, psychological, grindhouse, suspenseful, classic horror
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The Mortuary Collection (2019)
Plot Summary:
In the phantasmagorical town of Raven's End, a misguided young girl takes refuge in a decrepit old mortuary. The eccentric undertaker chronicles the strange history of the town through a series of twisted tales, each more terrifying than the last, but the young girl's world is unhinged when she discovers that the final story... is her own.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: anthology, surprise ending, enigmatic, stylized, dark, slasher, scary, spooky, suspense, psychological
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Eraserhead (1977)
Plot Summary:
Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 125000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: surreal, avant garde, art house, psychological, disturbing, psychedelic, experimental, atmospheric, black and white, dark