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Plot Summary:
Something diabolical is taking place on the set of "The Task" a new reality show in which players complete terrifying missions within the confines of an abandoned prison hoping to win a hefty cash prize. As six young students explore their new environment, malicious spirits make their presence known in the most gruesome ways imaginable, Unable to escape the labyrinthine prison, the contestants become unwitting pawns caught at the centre of a blood-soaked night of terror.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, slasher, suspenseful, surprise ending, dark, disturbing, bleak, suspense, psychological
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Headgame (2018)
Plot Summary:
A group of young people awake, locked inside a warehouse with cameras screwed into their heads. It becomes apparent that they are unwilling competitors in a deadly game, and they will need to murder each other if they hope to survive.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 996
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, slasher, spooky
Similar in 88%
The Cemetery (2013)
Plot Summary:
Deep in the Pennsylvania hills, a cemetery for those who died during exorcism remains a dark secret for the church. In 1671, hundreds of men, women, and children suffered in bloody, torturous rituals at the hands of priests unable to contain the evil of the possessed. Were these possessions real, or is the story a hoax to cover up the sins of the deranged priests thirsty for human blood? Bill and his team of cynical paranormal investigators plan to find out the truth. Armed with the church's historical record, they set out into the wilderness to uncover this series of forgotten atrocities. Alternately gut-punching hilarious and brutally violent, The Cemetery takes the best elements of the old-school slasher film and pushes them to the edge.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: disturbing, slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, controversial
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Ghost of Camp Blood (2018)
Plot Summary:
For years, the infamous Blackwood Forest was terrorized by the Camp Blood Killer. Now, the killer is back as a vengeful spirit seeking revenge from beyond the grave.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: slasher, splatter, scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film
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Hell Asylum (2002)
Plot Summary:
A desperate producer faced with unemployment has the ultimate reality television program ready to roll.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 665
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, semi serious, psychological, bleak
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Are You Scared? (2006)
Plot Summary:
After waking up in an abandoned factory, six kidnapped terns realize they are contestants on a reality show called "Are You Scared?".
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, suspenseful, tense, slasher, psychological, surprise ending, serious
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The Houses October Built 2 (2017)
Plot Summary:
Recovering from the trauma of being kidnapped last Halloween by the Blue Skeleton - a group who take "extreme haunt" to another level - five friends decide they must face their fears in order to move on. Heading back out on the road to visit more haunted house attractions, signs of the Blue Skeleton start appearing again and a new terror begins.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, slasher, mockumentary
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7 Nights Of Darkness (2011)
Plot Summary:
In 2010 six reality television show contestants spent seven nights in an abandoned and haunted asylum. The show never aired but an editor for the network was able to piece together some footage. The prize for staying all seven nights was a share of one million dollars that was to be split amongst any contestants that didn't leave. No prize money was ever awarded.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: dark, psychotronic, scary, disturbing, mockumentary, weird, fake documentary
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Dead Mary (2007)
Plot Summary:
During a fun-filled getaway at a remote lake, teenager Kim (Dominique Swain) and her friends unwittingly unleash a murderous spirit when they make the mistake of playing the game 'Dead Mary' in this horror story. The body count rises as good friends are forced to hack each other to death, or face death themselves. Marie-Josee Colburn, Jefferson Brown, Steve McCarthy, Reagan Pasternak and Maggie Castle co-star.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, slasher, bleak, serious, psychotronic
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Bloody Homecoming (2013)
Plot Summary:
Three years after a tragic accident leaves a student dead at the annual Homecoming dance, a group of senior friends anxious about the return of Homecoming Night to their sleepy Southern town find themselves visited by a deadly presence from their past in the dark and desolate halls of their very own high school.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 768
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, scary, serious, tense, suspense, captivating, realistic, teen horror
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Scary or Die (2012)
Plot Summary:
The creation of filmmaker Michael Emanuel, SCARY OR DIE tells five interwoven horror stories that take place in and around the “City of Angles”. A flesh-eating clown desperately trying to protect the person he craves the most; a dirty cop and a hit gone wrong with a vengeful Necromancer; a beautiful but mysterious woman and a lonely man looking for love in all the wrong places; a gruesome, blood-splattered uprising of illegal Mexican zombies; and a Cajun conjurer grandfather whose gift of never-ending love goes terribly awry…SCARY OR DIE is a unique experience in horror filmmaking certain to fulfill all your twisted horror film experience needs.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, anthology, suspenseful, serious, psychological, brutal, slasher, dark fairy tale, independent film
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Scariest Night of Your Life (2018)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends have theirs whilst visiting a horror experience.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Asylum (2008)
Plot Summary:
The teenager Madison McBride is traumatized by the loss of her deranged father when she was nine years old and the suicide of her beloved brother Brandon one year ago. She decides to join the Richard Miller University, where Brandon committed suicide, to overcome her demons. While walking to her dorm, she meets the weird janitor Wilbur Mackey that tells her that the place is haunted. Madison befri.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, scary, atmospheric, slasher, psychological, bloody, psychological horror, spooky, serious
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Reel Evil (2012)
Plot Summary:
Struggling filmmakers - Kennedy, Cory and James - finally catch the break they were looking for when they are hired to shoot a 'behind-the-scenes' documentary for a major studio production. But their dream job quickly turns into a nightmare when they explore the legendary, haunted location and find something far worse than anything Hollywood could create. Terror becomes reality for the filmmakers as they uncover the malevolent secrets of the hospital, and the sinister doctor who once ran it. Trapped inside the hospital with no apparent way out, our crew is tormented by the evil, unspeakable fear.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 753
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, serious, suspenseful, mockumentary, independent film, psychotronic, fake documentary
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Hollows Grove (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young filmmaker documents his ghost-hunting, reality show friends as their routine investigation of an abandoned orphanage turns into a nightmare from which they can't escape.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, tense, disturbing, mockumentary, atmospheric, suspenseful, grindhouse
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Dark House (2009)
Plot Summary:
A troupe of actors hired for a haunted house attraction soon find that they are working in a true house of horror.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, scary, serious, slasher, psychological horror, creepy
Similar in 78%
Offspring (2009)
Plot Summary:
Survivors of a feral flesh-eating clan are chowing their way through the locals. Amy Halbard and Claire Carey strive to survive their abduction by the cannibals and save their children. A subplot involving Claire's despicable husband, Steven, gives an opportunity to cleverly compare predatory civilized folk to the appetite-driven primitives.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, suspenseful, rough, psychological, suspense, underground film, grindhouse, atmospheric, bleak
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Entity Project (2019)
Plot Summary:
A director and her friends renting a haunted house to capture paranormal events in order to prove it and become popular.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 293
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Blood Descendants (2007)
Plot Summary:
A hundred years after being brutally murdered by the justice-seeking citizens of a small town, a supernatural killer fulfills his promise to return from the grave and seek vengeance against the descendents of the people who slaughtered him.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, serious, suspenseful, scary, bleak, splatter, independent film
Similar in 82%
The Crypt (2009)
Plot Summary:
Six young criminals break into hidden catacombs underneath their town and attempt to steal jewelry buried from the "Great Depression" only to find inhabitants guarding the precious belongings. After being trapped in this dark maze of crypts the group tries to escape alive.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, serious, tense, psychological, captivating, scary, rough
Similar in 88%
An Amityville Poltergeist (2020)
Plot Summary:
The terrifying tale of Amityville is back. When a young man encounters a weekend of horrors after taking a house sitting job from a spooky old woman.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychotronic, scary, tense, bleak, suspense, disturbing, surprise ending
Similar in 82%
The Haunting of Grady Farm (2019)
Plot Summary:
Emily Wolf is the host of a travel show documenting supposed haunted locations around the country. The destination of her next episode happens to be in rural Florida, where her and her cinematographer's old college friends live. Wanting to mix work and pleasure, they decide to have a reunion camping trip on the allegedly haunted land. But, there is no fun to be had when the group learns that the Sluagh are more than folklore.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 280
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 79%
Funhouse (2019)
Plot Summary:
When 8 celebrities from around the globe are invited to compete in an online reality show, they soon realize that they are playing for their very lives, as those voted off suffer horrific consequences, broadcast live to the entire world.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: scary, bad ending, twist ending, suspenseful, brutal, serious, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, slasher
Similar in 76%
Dark Circles (2013)
Plot Summary:
When new parents Alex and Penny retreat from the city and move into a place outside town, the stress and massive sleep-deprivation caused by their infant has both of them seeing things in the house that may or may not exist. Persistent sightings of a strange woman has each of them wondering if they are suffering from hallucinations, or if their new home holds a dark, supernatural presence. As their fragile grasp on reality spirals into delirium, Alex and Penny find themselves nearly helpless to deal with the horrific truth of what is really going in this house.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, serious, suspenseful, dark, spooky, psychotronic
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The Amityville Haunting (2011)
Plot Summary:
This movie is a 'found-footage' film about the Benson family who move in to the infamous house where the DeFeo family were murdered in the 1970s over 30 years earlier. Things start happening to anyone who visits this house, and whoever lives there. This is the footage retrieved from the camera.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, dark, mockbuster, mockumentary, psychotronic, independent film, fake documentary
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The Paranormal Diaries: Clophill (2013)
Plot Summary:
In March 1963, a black mass was held at a ruined church in Clophill, Bedfordshire by a coven of dark witches. Tombs were looted, animals sacrificed and human bones arranged during a macabre ceremony. Further defilements continued at Clophill in the following years, with cattle in nearby fields found mutilated, evidence of necromancy discovered and perpetual sightings of paranormal activity witnessed at the isolated ruin. 50 years on from the original incident, the Clophill legend remains etched on the psyches of the local populace. In 2010, a documentary team was assembled to investigate the legend of the Clophill witches and to try and uncover the truth behind the paranormal events. What followed during that long weekend at Clophill was a terrifying journey into the unknown.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 672
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: dark, scary, serious, suspenseful, psychological, rough, bleak, suspense, psychotronic, independent film
Similar in 89%
Hostel: Part III (2011)
Plot Summary:
Set in Las Vegas, the film centers on a man who attends his best friend's bachelor party, unaware of an insidious agenda that plays into hunting humans.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, disturbing, slasher, suspense, psychological, bloody, suspenseful, splatter, brutal, sexy
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The Amityville Horror (2005)
Plot Summary:
A family is terrorized by demonic forces after moving into a home that was the site of a grisly mass-murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, creepy, demonic, splatter, stylized, rough, psychological, slasher
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
Plot Summary:
Chrissie and her friends set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. Along the way, bikers harass the foursome and cause an accident that throws Chrissie from the vehicle. The lawman who arrives on the scene kills one of the bikers and brings Chrissie's friends to the Hewitt homestead, where young Leatherface is learning the tools of terror.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, twist ending, realistic, bloody, splatter, creepy, tense, suspense
Similar in 81%
Grave Encounters (2011)
Plot Summary:
A crew from a paranormal reality television show lock themselves in a haunted psychiatric hospital. They search for evidence of paranormal activity as they shoot what ends up becoming their final episode.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, frightening, suspense, demonic, intense, psychological, disturbing, dark, tense
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Wrong Turn (2003)
Plot Summary:
Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 129000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, bloody, scary, suspenseful, rough, disturbing, intense, tense, creepy