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Plot Summary:
A young governess, Ann, is sent to a country house to take care of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Soon after her arrival, Miles is expelled from boarding school. Although charmed by her young charge, she secretly fears there are ominous reasons behind his expulsion. With Miles back at home, the governess starts noticing ethereal figures roaming the estate's grounds. Desperate to learn more about these sinister sightings she discovers that the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of her predecessor hold grim implications for herself. As she becomes increasingly fearful that malevolent forces are stalking the children the governess is determined to save them, risking herself and her sanity in the process.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, gothic horror, gothic, slasher, costume drama, psychotronic, mind bending, period drama
Best tv shows and movies like The Turn of the Screw (2009):
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The Nightcomers (1971)
Plot Summary:
Prequel to the Henry James classic "Turn of the Screw" about the events leading up to the deaths of Peter Quint and Ms. Jessel, and the the slow corruption of the children in their care.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: gothic, sexual, gothic horror, offbeat, grindhouse, cult classic, classic horror, independent film, scary, psychological
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The Turn of the Screw (1992)
Plot Summary:
A young woman is hired by a wealthy but sinister man to tutor his two children at the family's isolated estate. When the woman gets there, she finds that the two children are not quite what they seem to be--in fact, they are possessed by the spirits of the evil Quint and his lover.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, psychological, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Turn of the Screw (1985)
Plot Summary:
Spanish version of Henry James' classic tale "Turn of the Screw".
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: gothic, atmospheric, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, sexual, psychotronic, sexy, suspense, gay cinema
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The Haunting of Helen Walker (1995)
Plot Summary:
TV remake of the Henry James' classic tale "Turn of the Screw", with changes in location and character names. A live in nanny discovers two children haunted by the spirits and deeds of their former care givers.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 403
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968)
Plot Summary:
This Mexican horror film concerns about a group of college students, led by Claudia (Alicia Bonet) who decide to investigate a local tower that has figured prominently in disturbing reoccurring dreams Claudia has been having. The dream also consists of a hanged woman's body. They are suspended from school for their antics, but Claudia learns from one of the female staff members that the person in the dream is a student who killed herself years before, and that the teacher has seen her ghost.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspense, slasher, gothic horror, splatter, creepy, psychotronic, weird
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Nightmare at the End of the Hall (2008)
Plot Summary:
Courtney Snow, an author with writer's block, still haunted by the suicide of her best friend while they were in prep school, finds herself teaching at the very same school while trying to get back on her feet. She encounters a young student, Laurel, who seems in every way to be the reincarnation of her best friend from years ago. Laurel seems to know things about Courtney that only dead friend would have known. Is she losing her mind or is it all a cruel hoax?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 718
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, realistic, suspenseful, mind bending, serious
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In a Dark Place (2006)
Plot Summary:
The disturbed arts teacher, Anna Veigh, is hired by Mr. Laing as a governess to raise Flora and her brother Miles. Anna believes that the ghosts of the former governess, Miss Jessel, and housekeeper, Peter Quint, are in the property haunting the children, and she decides to help them to face the spirits and get their souls free.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Luxembourg, UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, scary, atmospheric, sexy, dark drama, queer horror, tense, serious, modern day adaptation
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The Turn Of The Screw (1974)
Plot Summary:
An English governess is hired to take care of two adorable orphans, who turn out to be not exactly what they seem to be.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: gothic, creepy, psychotronic
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The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
Plot Summary:
The corrupt Lord Ambrose D'Arcy steals the life's work of the poor musical Professor Petry. In an attempt to stop the printing of music with D'Arcy's name on it, Petry breaks into the printing office and accidentally starts a fire, leaving him severely disfigured. Years later, Petry returns to terrorize a London opera house that is about to perform one of his stolen operas.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Music, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, classic horror, suspense, grindhouse, frightening, horror musical, scary, atmospheric, serious
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Behind the Walls 3D (2011)
Plot Summary:
In 1922, a young novelist goes to the countryside to write her latest book and falls victim to terrifying hallucinations and nightmares.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 640
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, serious
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The Turn of the Screw (1999)
Plot Summary:
A governess put in charge of two young children begins to see the ghost of her dead predecessor.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 991
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: gothic, spiritual, slasher, costume drama, psychological horror, scary, psychological, tense, atmospheric, serious
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Blackwood (2014)
Plot Summary:
Having recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor Ben Marshall relocates to the countryside with his wife and young son, hoping for a fresh start. He has a teaching job lined up and a new home to move into; things finally look to be going Ben's way. Until, that is, he starts to feel that something isn't quite right in the house. Finding himself plagued by spectral visions, Ben becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind a local mystery that appears to be putting the lives of his family in danger.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, scary, suspenseful, tense
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Presence of Mind (1999)
Plot Summary:
Henry James' classic tale of terror The Turn of the Screw receives yet another screen adaptation in this thriller shot in Spain. A young woman (Sadie Frost) is hired to serve as a governess for two children, Miles and Flora (Nilo Mur and Ella Jones). She is hired by their uncle, the Master (Harvey Keitel), who became the guardian of the youngsters after the death of their parents. While the governess is initially enthusiastic about her job, Miles and Flora soon prove to be quite a handful, and the housekeeper Mrs. Grose (Lauren Bacall), who oversees most of the activities at the Master's estate, is openly antagonistic to her. Before long, the governess discovers the house bears a dark secret involving Miss Jessel (Dayne Danika), the previous governess, and Fosc (Agusti Villaronga), the Master's former valet. El Celo was the first feature from director Antoni Aloy.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 713
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, psychological, tense, stylized, psychotronic
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Lightfields (2013)
Plot Summary:
Five-part mini-series set on a remote farm on the Suffolk coast. The story follows three families that each lived in Lightfields farmhouse at different time periods, but who are linked by the ghost of a teenage girl who died in mysterious circumstances.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 987
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, stylized, gloomy
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Inheritance (2004)
Plot Summary:
Inheritance tells the tale of sinister old lady Lillian Baker (Marjorie Nelson) & her kind hearted, good natured carer Abigail Nielsen (Jen Taylor). Abigail feels sorry for Lillian & does her best to keep her happy, however one fateful night Lillian passes away in her sleep. Abigail is obviously upset & attends Lillian's funeral to say her goodbyes, it soon comes to light that Lillian has left Abigail her large house & it's entire contents a situation which Lillian's daughter Joan (Kathryn Mesney-Hetter) is unhappy with. The reason for Lillian's generosity becomes clear as her spirit starts to possess Abigail & take complete control of her body.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, scary
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The Living and the Dead (2016)
Plot Summary:
Somerset, 1894. A house that’s almost as old as the English countryside itself. A brilliant young couple inherit the farm and are determined to start a new life together. But their presence in this isolated corner of England starts to unleash strange, unsettling and dangerous supernatural phenomena that will start to threaten their marriage.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, period drama
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The Haunting of Julia (1977)
Plot Summary:
After the death of her daughter, Julia Lofting, a wealthy housewife, moves to London to re-start her life. All seems well until she is haunted by the sadness of losing her own child and the ghosts of other children.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: slasher, gothic, suspense, sad, gothic horror, psychotronic, cult classic, classic horror, spooky, scary
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The Wyvern Mystery (2000)
Plot Summary:
After precipitating the death of a tenant with whom he has been feuding, Squire Fairfield brings the dead man's young daughter to live in Wyvern Manor. Alice grows up thinking the squire is her kind benefactor, and falls in love with one of his two sons.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 624
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: gothic, atmospheric, bleak, serious, suspenseful, erotic, period piece, scary, tense
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The Innocents (1961)
Plot Summary:
A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: gothic, black and white, scary, suspense, atmospheric, dark, gothic horror, psychological, tense, creepy
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Last Night in Soho (2021)
Plot Summary:
A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it seems, and time seems to be falling apart with shady consequences.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 168000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, China
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, suspense, psychological, slasher, neo noir, psychological horror, mind bending, spooky, enigmatic
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Haunted (1995)
Plot Summary:
Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. Soon after arriving Ash begins to doubt his own senses, and watching the strange behaviour of its residents does not make his task any easier. In time, he finds there's more to Edbrook than even he can debunk.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, surprise ending, serious, spiritual
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The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)
Plot Summary:
After an au pair’s tragic death, Henry Wingrave hires a young American nanny to care for his orphaned niece and nephew who reside at Bly Manor with the estate’s chef Owen, groundskeeper Jamie and housekeeper, Mrs. Grose. But all is not as it seems at the manor, and centuries of dark secrets of love and loss are waiting to be unearthed in this chilling romance. At Bly Manor, dead doesn’t mean gone.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 124000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 494 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, enigmatic, gothic horror, psychological, psychological horror, scary, emotional, tense, suspense
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The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2014)
Plot Summary:
40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, awakening the house's darkest inhabitant.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, suspense, twist ending, suspenseful, gothic horror, stylized, splatter, atmospheric, dark
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The Woman in White (1997)
Plot Summary:
Based upon Wilkie Collins Victorian mystery, the gothic tale tells of a pair of half sisters whose lives end up caught in a grand conspiracy revolving around a mentally ill woman dressed in white. As the story unfolds, murder, love, marriage, and greed stand between the two women and happy lives. Their only hope is the secret the woman in white waits to tell them.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: gothic, psychological, suspenseful, serious, costume drama, atmospheric, realistic, gloomy, period piece, sinister
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The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
Plot Summary:
Story about a man haunted by the spirit of his dead wife and her effect on his second marriage.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, suspense, surreal, grindhouse, classic horror, scary, atmospheric, mind bending, suspenseful
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The Awakening (2011)
Plot Summary:
1921 England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart (Hall) visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 68000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, suspenseful, twist ending, psychological, atmospheric, gothic horror, enigmatic, suspense, dark
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The Woman in Black (1989)
Plot Summary:
When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent by his firm to settle the estate. The lawyer finds the townspeople reluctant to talk about or go near the woman's dreary home and no one will explain or even acknowledge the menacing woman in black he keeps seeing.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, atmospheric, scary, psychological, suspenseful, creepy, terrifying, dark, slasher
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The Woman in Black (2012)
Plot Summary:
The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease growing when he glimpses a mysterious woman dressed only in black. Receiving only silence from the locals, Kipps is forced to uncover the true identity of the Woman in Black on his own, leading to a desperate race against time when he discovers her true identity.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 191000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA, Sweden
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, suspense, scary, atmospheric, terrifying, suspenseful, twist ending, dark, creepy
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Crimson Peak (2015)
Plot Summary:
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 156000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, gothic horror, atmospheric, suspense, dark, twist ending, suspenseful, scary, fairy tale
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Dorian Gray (2009)
Plot Summary:
A vain London playboy offers his soul in exchange for eternal beauty in this adaptation of the chilling tale by author Oscar Wilde. Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth), handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray (Ben Barnes) becomes obsessed with maintaining his youthful appearance, and commissions a special portrait that will weather the winds of time while he remains forever young. When Gray's obsession spirals out of control, his desperate attempts to safeguard his secret turn his once-privileged life into a living hell.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 67000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: gothic, atmospheric, gothic horror, sexy, stylized, gloomy, dark fantasy, suspense, captivating, period piece