Best movies like The Spell
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Plot Summary:
Jenny's boyfriend draws her into the world of witchcraft and black magic soon, taking her down a path which leads to the most horrific experience of her young life.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, bleak, suspense
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The Curse of Hobbes House (2020)
Plot Summary:
After the death of her Grandmother, Jane Dormant travels to the family’s remote, ancestral home hoping to receive a large inheritance. When Jane’s estranged, half-sister Jennifer arrives at Hobbes House to claim her part of the estate, the sisters’ simmering hate breaks out completely. But then a violent, unexpected storm cuts the estate off from outside help and a wave of bloodthirsty zombies lays siege. Now the sisters have to learn how to fight back together.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 466
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, atmospheric, apocalyptic, independent film
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Satan's Whip (2006)
Plot Summary:
A seminarian embarks on a bizarre and horrifying quest that will end in a blood-bath of insanity, cannibalism, and witchcraft.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, bleak, serious, disturbing, independent film, dark comedy
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The Hexecutioners (2015)
Plot Summary:
Two disparate young women working for a company that conducts euthanasia are dispatched to a remote estate to perform a custom assisted-suicide ritual, but unwittingly summon the wraiths of a Death Cult that once inhabited the property.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 707
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, rough, bleak, psychological thriller
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Living Space (2018)
Plot Summary:
College sweethearts Brad and Ashley venture into the heartland of Germany. Their romantic holiday takes a sinister turn when encountering a German SS Officer, thrusting them into a psychological vortex revealing there is not always life in a 'Living Space'.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, scary, suspense
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Darkling (2022)
Plot Summary:
In NATO-occupied Kosovo, a little girl writes an essay for the United Nations about her father who has gone missing. Meanwhile, the girl's grandfather becomes increasingly paranoid of the unseen threats that lurk in the dark.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 876
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Serbia, Denmark, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, ambiguous ending
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The Atrocity Exhibition (1998)
Plot Summary:
A scientist obsessed with World War III hits the road with a woman so he can re-create scenes from history.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 446
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspense, avant garde, scary, rough, bleak, controversial, independent film, experimental, grotesque
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The Exorcism of Anna Ecklund (2016)
Plot Summary:
When a Priest and a Vatican investigator take a possessed housewife to a convent to perform an Exorcism, all hell breaks loose.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, independent film
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Robert (2015)
Plot Summary:
In this chilling story based on real life events a family experience terrifying supernatural occurrences when their son acquires a vintage doll called Robert.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, psychotronic
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Sensoria (2015)
Plot Summary:
Caroline, a woman in her late thirties, has lost everything and is searching for a new beginning. She moves into an old apartment and starts to realize that she is not as alone as she thought she was. Just as she is searching for something new, something old is searching for her.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 605
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, scary, bleak, melancholic
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Moth (2016)
Plot Summary:
An enthusiastic lecturer and her student travel to Europe to go after the mythology of the Mothman, but they soon have to fight for survival.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 908
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, Hungary, USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: bleak, enigmatic, suspense, scary, surprise ending, twist ending, psychotronic, mockumentary, fake documentary
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Tarnation (2017)
Plot Summary:
When wannabe-singer Oscar is fired from her band and her boyfriend walks out, she heads to a remote cabin in the woods outside a ghost town called Tarnation to reflect on her life choices. But the woods are home to a demon unicorn, whose satanic master seeks Oscar's blood to complete a ritual that will raise Satan himself from Hell. Oscar must battle with a ungodly force of evil, capable of possessing any soul, to not only save her own life but to stop TARNATION descending upon the world.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 416
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, scary, satanic, retro
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The Godsend (1980)
Plot Summary:
An English family of six takes in a pregnant woman who disappears shortly after giving birth. They raise the baby girl as their own, but over the years the strange deaths of their children make them consider whether the little girl is more than she appears.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: bleak, scary, serious, suspenseful, mind bending, slasher, grindhouse, terrifying, independent film, psychotronic
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The Wicker Tree (2011)
Plot Summary:
Director Robin Hardy's reimagining of his eerie 1973 film, The Wicker Man. Young Christians Beth and Steve, a gospel singer and her cowboy boyfriend, leave Texas to preach door-to-door in Scotland. When, after initial abuse, they are welcomed with joy and elation to Tressock, the border fiefdom of Sir Lachlan Morrison, they assume their hosts simply want to hear more about Jesus. How innocent and wrong they are.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, tense, dark comedy, independent film, black comedy
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Blood Red Moon (2010)
Plot Summary:
Megan and Victor are teens in love. Victor is a vampire and he is being blamed for a rash of murders in town. It's up to Megan to help to clear Victor's name and to find the vicious killer who is responsible.
IMDB Rating: 1.7
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, gothic, bleak, suspense, funny
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Conjuring the Genie (2021)
Plot Summary:
After the passing of her father, Morgan is told by her course tutor she must complete an assignment on an urban legend. Morgan and her friends awake the demonic genie from an amulet. Their wishes are granted one by one. Morgan is granted the wish of her father’s life back. However, soon, the group of friends realize their wishes are about to turn deadly, and they will realize the horrors the genie can create.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 698
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Exit Humanity (2011)
Plot Summary:
A decade after the American Civil War, Edward Young returns home from a hunting trip to find a horrific reanimation of his wife and that their son Adam has disappeared. He must battle his way through an unexplainable outbreak of the walking dead.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, bleak, serious, tense, scary, dark, apocalyptic, independent film, wild
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Boogeyman 2 (2007)
Plot Summary:
A young woman attempts to cure her phobia of the boogeyman by checking herself into a mental health facility, only to realize too little too late that she is now helplessly trapped with her own greatest fear.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, bleak, serious, suspenseful, suspense, twist ending, demonic, creepy, perverse
Similar in 82%
Violation (2020)
Plot Summary:
A traumatic betrayal drives a woman towards a vengeful extremity.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, scary, tense, bleak, psychotronic, slasher, transgressive, weird
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Agnes (2021)
Plot Summary:
Rumors of demonic possession at a religious convent prompts a church investigation into the strange goings-on among its nuns. A disaffected priest and his neophyte are confronted with temptation, bloodshed and a crisis of faith.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, tense, bleak, psychotronic
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The Scar Crow (2009)
Plot Summary:
The three Tanner sisters live in fear after their mother is hanged for witchcraft, in her absence their father takes advantage of his daughters leaving the family somewhere between life and death cursed for an eternity.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, slasher, independent film
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The orphan plus minus an arm (2011)
Plot Summary:
The orphan plus minus an arm.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense
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Possessed (2000)
Plot Summary:
An 11 year old boy starts throwing temper tantrums, vomiting on and attacking people, and swearing uncontrollably. Furniture begins to move on its own when he is around, and he doesn't remember any of it. After giving up on the protestants, the boy's parents turn to the catholic church for help. Father Bowden is a WWII veteran who is experiencing nightmares, flashbacks and other personal problems, including alcoholism. He is recruited by the archbishop to perform a series of exorcisms. This is the apparent true account of the last exorcism known to have been done by the catholic church.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, demonic, bleak, suspense, religious horror, tense, serious, psychotronic
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The Bad Seed Returns (2022)
Plot Summary:
Several years after the murderous events of the first movie left her father dead, Emma is now living with her aunt Angela and navigating high school. Angela’s husband begins to suspect that Emma may not be as innocent as she appears and suggests sending her off to boarding school. Meanwhile, a new girl at school seems to know Emma’s secrets, leaving Emma no choice but to slip back to her old ways and take care of her enemies by any means necessary.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 977
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful
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The Haunted (1991)
Plot Summary:
When the Smurl family moves into a duplex, they find out it's haunted.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, scary, rough, suspenseful, spooky, retro, atmospheric, creepy, frightening
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Vampire Clan (2002)
Plot Summary:
Five friends welcome real life vampirism into their lives. They cut their own wrists and let their friends drink from them. Rod, the leader, and a very psychotic young guy, ends up killing Heathers parents and stealing their car to go on a crazy raod trip. His behaviour begins to frighten his friends, though they went along with it at first. All end up in prison except Heather.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 939
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, dark, scary
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The Entity (1982)
Plot Summary:
Barbara Hershey stars as Carla Moran, a hard-working single mother until the night she is raped in her bedroom by someone - or something - that she cannot see. Despite skeptical psychiatrists, she is repeatedly attacked in her car, in the bath, and in front of her children. Could this be a case of hysteria, a manifestation of childhood sexual trauma, or something even more horrific?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: scary, creepy, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, suspense, splatter, sexual, slasher, terrifying
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The Conqueror Worm (1968)
Plot Summary:
England is torn in civil strife as the Royalists battle the Parliamentary Party for control. This conflict distracts people from rational thought and allows unscrupulous men to gain local power by exploiting village superstitions. One of these men is Matthew Hopkins, who tours the land offering his services as a persecutor of witches.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, bleak, disturbing, gothic, rough, atmospheric, suspense, satanic, controversial, stylized
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Concrete (2004)
Plot Summary:
A high-school girl is kidnapped by gang lords and held captive for several months. Over this time, she repeatedly beaten, raped, and tortured. On the 25th of November 1988, four youths abducted and held Furuta Junko in the house of one of the captors. Subjected to rape, torture, and humiliation, Junko had no hope of escape as the manhunt was stalled by the captors forcing her to tell her parents that she was ok. For 41 harrowing days, Junko had to endure unimaginable suffering at the hands of these four individuals. Finally, after losing in a game of mahjong solitaire, they beat her with an iron dumbbell and set on fire with lighter fluid. She died later that day from shock. In an attempt to hide their crime they buried her in cement and thus the name 'Concrete Encased High School Murder Case' was born as Japan had to confront the horrors of this crime. The perpetrators disposed the drum in a tract of reclaimed land in Koto, Tokyo.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, rough, bleak, suspense, crying
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Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt (2004)
Plot Summary:
A terror is stalking the land: people are disappearing daily, their bodies appearing covered in savage gashes coupled with precise surgical cuts. The legend of the 'Werewolf of Allariz' spreads across the land like wildfire. When Barbara (Elsa Pataky) falls in love with travelling vendor Manuel Romasanta, she is at first besotted with him - but soon begins to be suspicious of him. What has happened to her sister, who - after being escorted by Romasanta to the city - seems to have disappeared forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, suspenseful, scary, psychological, atmospheric, serious, suspense, dark, slasher
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Don't Deliver Us from Evil (1971)
Plot Summary:
Anne and Lore, neighbors and best friends, barely into their teens, board at a convent school where they have taken a vow to sin and to serve Satan. Anne keeps a secret diary, they read a salacious novel, they get a classmate in trouble, they spy on the nuns, they set aside their communion wafers; they make a pact of devotion.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, realistic, suspenseful, sensual, serious, satanic, controversial, erotic, romantic