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Plot Summary:
A young honeymooning couple stop for the night at an ancient castle. Unbeknownst to them, the castle is home to a horde of vampires, who have their own plans for the couple.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspense, grindhouse, queer horror, scary, fairy tale, atmospheric, serious, experimental, surreal
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Daughter of Dracula (1972)
Plot Summary:
A young woman visits her gravely ill grandmother at the family estate. On her death bed, the old woman reveals to her granddaughter the family curse: they're all vampires. The young woman decides to move into the estate with her uncle and her cousin, and soon finds herself falling victim to the curse.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, sexy, suspense, gothic horror, perverse, classic horror, twisted, psychotronic, detective, sexploitation film
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Requiem for a Vampire (1972)
Plot Summary:
A vampire lures beautiful young women to his castle in Europe.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: gothic, grindhouse, sexy, suspense, sensual, creepy, terrifying, queer horror, scary, fairy tale
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The Grapes of Death (1978)
Plot Summary:
A young woman discovers that the pesticide being sprayed on vineyards is turning people into murderous lunatics.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: surreal, gothic, suspense, art house, grindhouse, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, mad
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The Demoniacs (1974)
Plot Summary:
A gang of pirates rape the two sole survivors of a ship wreck. The violated girls are rescued by the strange inhabitants of a supposedly haunted island, where they are granted supernatural powers to strike revenge against the pirates.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sexy, sensual, disturbing, suspense, controversial, grindhouse, queer horror, scary, atmospheric, offbeat
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The Rape of the Vampire (1968)
Plot Summary:
This bizarre, surrealistic erotic-horror film was the first feature by cult director Jean Rollin. There's a great deal of sex, blood, and arty imagery but very little plot to speak of. What plot there is primarily focuses on a pair of insane vampiric sisters who believe that they are cursed by a black Queen Vampire who wears a salamander headband and carries a broadsword.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, anthology, black and white, gothic, bizarre
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The Velvet Vampire (1971)
Plot Summary:
Sleepy-eyed nice guy Lee Ritter and his vapid, but pretty wife, Susan accept the invitation of mysterious vixen Diane LeFanu to visit her in her secluded desert estate. Tensions arise when the couple, unaware at first that Diane is in reality a centuries-old vampire, realize that they are both objects of the pale temptress' seductions.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, slasher, queer horror, independent film, scary, offbeat, gothic, humorous, serious, suspenseful
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The Living Dead Girl (1982)
Plot Summary:
A toxic spill revives a beautiful, dead heiress who, with the help of her childhood friend, must quench her insatiable thirst for blood.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspense, slasher, disturbing, controversial, grindhouse, creepy, cult horror, queer horror, scary
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Female Vampire (1973)
Plot Summary:
Countess Irina of Karlstein resides quietly in a hotel on the island of Madeira, where she sustains her immortality by feeding on the life essence of men and women. When new victims are found fatally drained of potency, forensic scientist Dr. Roberts consults his colleague, Dr. Orloff, who confirms that a vampire is responsible. Meanwhile, Irina is confronted by a poet who believes he is destined to become her lover and join her among the immortals!.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: sexy, twisted, sensual, perverse, independent film, scary, atmospheric, rough, gothic, serious
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The Devil's Wedding Night (1973)
Plot Summary:
The 1800s: scholarly Karl Schiller believes he's found the ring of the Nibelungen, which holds great power. It's at Castle Dracula. His twin, Franz, a gambler, asks if vampires frighten Karl; Karl shows him an Egyptian amulet, which may protect him. Franz takes the amulet and sets out ahead of his brother, arriving at the castle first. There he finds a countess who invites him to dine. Later that night, Karl arrives. Coincidently, it's the Night of the Virgin Moon, a night that falls every fifty years and draws five virgins from the surrounding village to the castle not be heard from again. Can Karl protect his brother, find the ring, and rescue any of the women?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 991
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, suspense, suspenseful, scary, bleak, gothic, grindhouse, offbeat, humorous, serious
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The Blood Spattered Bride (1972)
Plot Summary:
A young husband's sexual fantasies frighten his new wife and cause her to seek advice from Carmilla, a descendent of Mircalla de Karnstein. Carmilla seduces the young bride and forces her to commit gory acts of mutilation.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, queer horror, gothic, psychotronic, controversial, mondo
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Daughters of Darkness (1971)
Plot Summary:
A newlywed couple are passing through a vacation resort. Their paths cross with a mysterious, strikingly beautiful countess and her aide.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror
Country: Belgium, France, West Germany, USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: gothic, sexy, sensual, queer horror, scary, slasher, gothic horror, cult classic, classic horror, terrifying
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Web of the Spider (1971)
Plot Summary:
Alan Foster, a professional American journalist, travels to London to meet with Edgar Allen Poe for an interview. While in London, Alan soon finds himself in the company of Lord Blackwood, and Alan accepts a bet to spend a night in his castle.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 814
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, suspense, grindhouse, classic horror, scary, atmospheric, mind bending, serious, suspenseful
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Lips of Blood (1975)
Plot Summary:
Frederick sees a photograph of a ruined seaside castle, which triggers a strange childhood memory. He then goes on a strange quest, aided by four female vampires, to find the castle and the beautiful woman who lives there.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: gothic, surreal, suspense, gothic horror, grindhouse, classic horror, scary, sexy, mind bending, serious
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Fiancee of Dracula (2002)
Plot Summary:
A Van Helsing-like professor and his protegé are tracking Dracula's descendants through the world of "parallels", creatures who are human in form but live quite distinct psychic lives. A circus dwarf who is in love with one of these creatures leads them to a mansion filled with oddly behaving nuns, The Order of the White Virgins. The nuns are detaining a beautiful woman who is the betrothed of the still-extant Dracula. When she escapes, everyone follows her to Dracula's seaside castle, on the way dealing with a baby-eating ogress and a wolf-woman (Brigitte Lahaie in a cameo), witches and madwomen. The bizarre wedding ritual commences.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 579
Genere: Horror
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: gothic, serious, suspenseful, surreal, scary, suspense, gothic horror, classic horror
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Eternal (2004)
Plot Summary:
Detective Raymond Pope is a detective of questionable morals, searching for his missing wife. His investigation leads him to the wealthy estate of the enigmatic Elizabeth Kane and her young maid Irina. Under Elizabeth's fascinating looks and aristocratic manners hides a terrifying secret,shared by her companion Irina. As Detective Pope finds himself perversely drawn to the powerful Elizabeth, bodies begin to surface, his inquiries only deepening the mystery surrounding Elizabeth's past. Pope's obsession grows so intense that he completely fails to anticipate Elizabeth's reaction to his intrusion into her dark world, a fatal mistake that might cost him his life and the lives of those close to him.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, scary, offbeat, sexual, detective, sexy
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Lisa and the Devil (1973)
Plot Summary:
Lisa is a tourist in an ancient city. When she gets lost, she finds an old mansion in which to shelter. Soon she is sucked into a vortex of deception, debauchery and evil presided over by housekeeper Leandre.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Italy, West Germany, Spain
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, suspenseful, scary, psychological, atmospheric, gothic, surreal, grindhouse, slasher, sexy
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Seven Dead in the Cat's Eye (1973)
Plot Summary:
In a small Scottish village, horribly murdered bodies keep turning up. Suspicion falls upon the residents of a nearby castle that is haunted by a curse involving a killer cat.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: gothic, erotic, scary, serious, mind bending, suspenseful, gothic horror, suspense, slasher, grindhouse
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The Iron Rose (1973)
Plot Summary:
A young couple out for a walk decide to take a stroll through a large cemetery. As darkness begins to fall they realize they can't find their way out, and soon their fears begin to overtake them.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, gothic, grindhouse, sad, existential, creepy, cult classic, psychological thriller, scary
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Twins of Evil (1971)
Plot Summary:
While dabbling in Satanism, Count Karstein resurrects Mircalla Karnstein who initiates him into vampirism. As a rash of deaths afflicts the village, Gustav the head of Puritan group leads his men to seek out and destroy the pestilence. One of his twin nieces has become inflicted with the witchcraft but Gustav's zeal and venom has trapped the innocent Maria, threatening her with a tortuous execution, whilst Frieda remains free to continue her orgy of evil.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, scary, serious, suspenseful, stylized, gothic, satanic, sexy, slasher, demonic
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The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
Plot Summary:
Honeymooning in Bavaria, the young couple become stranded and are forced to stay the night in the area. Doctor Ravna, owner of the impressive chateau that sits imposingly above the village, invites them to dinner that evening. Their association with Ravna and his charming, beautiful family is to prove disastrous as they become unwittingly embroiled with this family of vampires who seek to initiate them into their diabolical creed.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, scary, gothic, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, classic horror, suspense, grindhouse, crying
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Scars of Dracula (1970)
Plot Summary:
The Prince of Darkness casts his undead shadow once more over the cursed village of Kleinenberg when his ashes are splashed with bat's blood and Dracula is resurrected. And two innocent victims search for a missing loved one... loved to death by Dracula's mistress. But after they discover his blood-drained corpse in Dracula's castle necropolis, the Vampire Lord's lustful vengeance begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, rough, suspenseful, scary, bleak, serious, classic horror, grindhouse, perverse
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The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman (1971)
Plot Summary:
Elvira is travelling through the French countryside with her friend Genevieve, searching for the lost tomb of a medieval murderess and possible vampire, Countess Wandessa. They find a likely site in the castle of Waldemar Daninsky, who invites the women to stay as long as they like. As Waldemar shows Elvira the tomb that supposedly houses the countess, she accidentally causes the vampire to come back to life, hungrier than ever. Daninsky has a hidden secret of his own, but will it be enough to save the two girls from becoming Wandessa's next victims?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain, West Germany
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, suspenseful, serious, sexy, classic horror, suspense, grindhouse, slasher, terrifying
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Count Dracula's Great Love (1973)
Plot Summary:
Four women spend the night in an old deserted sanitarium on a mountain. They each in turn fall into the the evil hands of a doctor….
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sexy, suspense, grindhouse, classic horror, scary, atmospheric, gothic, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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Blood for Dracula (1974)
Plot Summary:
Deathly ill Count Dracula and his slimy underling, Anton, travel to Italy in search of a virgin's blood. They're welcomed at the crumbling estate of indebted Marchese Di Fiore, who's desperate to marry off his daughters to rich suitors. But there, instead of pure women, the count encounters incestuous lesbians with vile blood and Marxist manservant Mario, who's suspicious of the aristocratic Dracula.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy, France, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, sexy, parody, atmospheric, satirical, grindhouse, cult classic, sexual, absurd
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The Vampire Lovers (1970)
Plot Summary:
In the heart of Styria the Karnstein Family, even after their mortal deaths, rise from their tombs spreading evil in the countryside in their lust for fresh blood. Baron Hartog whose family are all victims of Karnstein vampirism, opens their graves and drives a stake through their diabolical hearts. One grave he cannot locate is that of the legendary beautiful Mircalla Karnstein. Years of peace follow that grisly night until Mircalla reappears to avenge her family's decimation and satisfy her desire for blood.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, scary, suspenseful, serious, queer horror, sexy, grindhouse, psychotronic, creepy
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Two Orphan Vampires (1997)
Plot Summary:
A pair of teenage girls, who are blind by day, but when the sun goes down, they roam the streets to quench their thirst for blood.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 885
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: scary, sexy, sexual, suspense, atmospheric, serious
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Fascination (1979)
Plot Summary:
This erotic horror film, set in 1905, tells the story of a thief who seeks refuge in a castle owned by two women, Eva (Brigitte Lahaie) and Elizabeth (Franca Mai). The women are seductive and teasing, but turn out to be part of a vampiric cult of blood-drinking aristocrats.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: France
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: gothic, surreal, gothic horror, grindhouse, creepy, sexy, suspense, slasher, art house, classic horror
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Vampyres (1974)
Plot Summary:
A lesbian vampire couple haunt an abandoned castle and the English country side around it. They prey on passing motorists, whom they seduce, and murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sexy, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, scary, serious, grindhouse, gothic horror, cult classic, phantasmagoric
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Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Plot Summary:
Whilst vacationing in the Carpathian Mountain, two couples stumble across the remains of Count Dracula's castle. The Count's trusted servant kills one of the men, suspending the body over the Count's ashes so that the blood drips from the corpse and saturates the blackened remains. The ritual is completed, the Count revived and his attentions focus on the dead man's wife who is to become his partner; devoted to an existence of depravity and evil.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, talky, serious, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic
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Dracula (1979)
Plot Summary:
Romanticized adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 classic. Set in 1913 England, the bloodsucking, but handsome, charming and seductive, Count Dracula seeks an immortal bride.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, suspense, scary, atmospheric, dark, sexy, enigmatic, talky, serious