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Plot Summary:
A man, who years earlier mysteriously abandoned his family and isolated himself in a small northern town, returns for one last chance to reconnect with his troubled daughter. When she goes missing, he risks everything to find her, including exposing the fact that he is becoming invisible.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, scary, exciting, tense, suspenseful, enigmatic, spooky, queer horror
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The Oxbow Cure (2013)
Plot Summary:
The Oxbow Cure is a winter tale of Lena, a middle-aged woman who has recently been diagnosed with a life-altering disease. In an attempt to come to terms with her transforming body, she leaves her home in the city for a new life in remote northern Ontario. While exploring the natural world outside her cottage, she begins to create an interior routine. A frozen lake, mere steps from her front door, is a source of both fear and fascination.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, ambiguous ending, independent film
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Godsend (2004)
Plot Summary:
A couple agree to have their deceased son cloned under the supervision of an enigmatic doctor, but bizarre things start to happen years after his rebirth.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, psychological, scary, tense, psychotronic, tech noir, atmospheric, serious, surprise ending
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The Sinners (2020)
Plot Summary:
Seven girls start a cult where each of them must embody one of the seven deadly sins. They realize there's more to their religious town after they go missing, one by one.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 831
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film, weird
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Evil Words (2003)
Plot Summary:
One day, for no apparent reason, a cop kills 11 children. The same day, horror novelist Thomas Roy tries to commit suicide after cutting his fingers. At first glance, nothing seems to link the two events – until Dr. Paul Lacasse, a disillusioned psychiatrist, takes over the case. Prompted by his colleague Jeanne, a fan of Thomas Roy, Dr. Lacasse investigates the writer’s past. Hounded by a gossip columnist, Dr. Lacasse uncovers a series of troubling facts that bolster his convictions about the case. As he tries to reassemble the pieces of the puzzle in order to better treat the famous writer, Dr. Lacasse is dragged further and further into a series of events, with terrifying consequences.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller, Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, scary, psychotronic
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Asian Ghost Story (2016)
Plot Summary:
The spirit of a dead Chinese railway worker seeking revenge possesses the body of a lethal assassin!.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, exciting, bleak, suspense, suspenseful
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Hostile (2014)
Plot Summary:
The New Wave of French horror cinema has arrived and at its vanguard is 14 year-old director Nathan Ambrosioni. Meredith Langston always longed to have children. She finally makes this happen when she adopts two young adolescent girls. However, her now idyllic world sours rapidly and dream veers to nightmare when she quickly finds that she is unable to cope with their increasingly strange behaviour. Desperate, she seeks the help of two journalists working for a local TV programme ‘SOS Adoption’. Unfortunately it is all for nothing, especially when the reporters discover that there is another presence in the house.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, enigmatic, fake documentary
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Jonah Lives (2015)
Plot Summary:
A story of revenge from beyond the grave, centering on a group of teenagers who unknowingly supply the catalyst for the murdered Jonah's return from the grave.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Transference: Escape the Dark (2020)
Plot Summary:
Joshua must protect his twin sister, Emma, who possesses supernatural abilities and keep her safe from an unstoppable secret agent hunting them for an experiment in a classified government program.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, exciting, tense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Red Billabong (2016)
Plot Summary:
In the Australian Outback, two brothers discover old secrets and family lies. As their friends start to go missing they fear they are being stalked by someone or something from their worst nightmares - But is it just - A story? A legend? A hoax? Or is it real?.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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The Demolisher (2015)
Plot Summary:
Bruce is a repairman tormented by a crippling sense of responsibility for his disabled wife Samantha, an ex-policewoman. Bruce’s increasing hypersensitivity to the injustice suffered by his wife steers him down a dark path of vigilantism. His disintegrating mental health, paranoia and overwhelming sense of doom causes Bruce to channel his rage towards a young woman.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 685
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, scary, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological thriller, weird, psycho film
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Hollow Man II (2006)
Plot Summary:
After the mysterious death of scientist, Dr. Devin Villiers, Det. Frank Turner and his partner are assigned to protect Villiers' colleague, who revealed that a veteran soldier was subjected to an experiment with the objective of creating the ultimate national security weapon... an undetectable soldier. The experiment failed – with disastrous side effects.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, intense, suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, exciting, retro, slasher, fast
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Penguin (2020)
Plot Summary:
Rhythm, a pregnant woman, is traumatised by nightmares about the unsolved kidnapping of her first child, Ajay. Soon, she embarks on a harrowing mission to solve the mystery of Ajay's disappearance.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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A.M.I. (2019)
Plot Summary:
A seventeen year old girl forms a co-dependent relationship with an artificial intelligence on her phone and goes on a murderous rampage.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: suspense, futuristic, scary, bleak, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, spooky
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Occurrence at Mills Creek (2020)
Plot Summary:
A young girl awakens to a nightmare as her pleas to be seen and heard by her sister are taken as supernatural occurrences in this stylistic and suspenseful short that is now a full-length feature film.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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GH5 (2017)
Plot Summary:
After the sudden loss of his fiancee Emma, Matt becomes obsessed with finding life after death. For seven years, Matt and his younger brother Michael visited over one hundred Ghost House cases in the U.S.- every one of them turning into a disappointment. Beginning to give up hope, Matt tracks down the only paranormal investigator in history to document the highest level of paranormal activity you can encounter, a GH5. Eager to visit the GH5, Matt runs into a situation when his other brother CJ returns home from active duty. After distancing themselves over the years, CJ tries to strengthen their relationship by joining the investigation. It soon becomes clear that the paranormal is real and CJ's opportunity to reconcile his relationship with his brothers has turned into a night of deceit, loss and survival.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, bleak, disturbing, independent film
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Secrets in the Walls (2010)
Plot Summary:
A single mom and her two daughters move from their cramped Detroit apartment to the suburbs but scratching, cries and shadows haunt their new home.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, slasher, exciting, tense, thought provoking, touching, suspense, gothic
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Day 13 (2020)
Plot Summary:
When 17-year-old Colton is left at home to babysit his little sister for the summer, he develops a crush on Heather, the beautiful girl who just moved into a mysterious old house across the street. He falls in love with her from afar — but also witnesses her foster father grow increasingly threatening towards her. When Colton suspects the man belongs to a Satanic cult, and is preparing to ritually murder her, he resorts to desperate measures to intervene, and learns that the truth of the situation is more horrifying than anything he had ever imagined.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 392
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: bleak, psychotronic, scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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A Taste of Blood (2020)
Plot Summary:
After going off to kill a vampire, a man returns home at the magic hour, between night and day. His family has doubts about whether he's still human or whether he's been bitten by the undead. His teenage daughter is determined to defend him, but their doubts and fears grow as the darkness of the night approaches.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Singapore
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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The Toll (2020)
Plot Summary:
A socially awkward driver and a weary passenger they try to make it to their destination while being haunted by a supernatural threat.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, psychological, bleak, suspenseful, psychotronic, gay cinema, weird
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Swamp Devil (2008)
Plot Summary:
SWAMP DEVIL is the story of young Melanie Blaime (played by Cindy Sampson) and her father Howard (portrayed by the venerable Bruce Dern). After a long estrangement from her father for reasons not entirely clear, Melanie returns to her childhood home of Gibbington, Vermont to confront the realization that her father is wanted for murder. As Melanie digs a little more deeply into the stories of the past, she uncovers a tale wound about the town like Spanish moss, that is composed of secrets and lies, murder and revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, scary, suspenseful, rough, suspense, tense, computer animated
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Entity (2013)
Plot Summary:
Eugene, a man dealing with the tragedy of his family's death by living at the vacation cabin that they last stayed, discovers he's completely snowbound. During Eugene's desperate attempts to dig himself out, he discovers he's not alone.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, twisted, psychotronic
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The Echo Game (2009)
Plot Summary:
A young mother must protect her daughter from a rogue scientist on a murderous rampage to steal the girl's psychic powers for herself.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: scary, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, suspense, queer horror, independent film, psychotronic
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North Mountain (2015)
Plot Summary:
Wolf, a young métis hunter living on the mountain. While hunting deep in the woods he discovers Crane, an older man with a mysterious past and the scars to prove it. Wolf nurses him back to health. Over time their bond gets deeper and they fall in love. When outsiders begin to show up looking for Crane, blood begins to flow. Cornered by an army of crooked cops, Wolf and Crane work together to boobie trap the mountain, taking them out one at a time until they come face-to-face with the man who pulls the strings…. Bretten Hannam’s debut feature is an ambitious action/thriller with outstanding performances from Justin Rain (Defiance) and Festival favourite Glen Gould (Rhymes for Young Ghouls, Charlie Zone).
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, tense, contemplative, gay cinema
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Breakout (2013)
Plot Summary:
A pair of criminals try to track down the kids who witnessed them commit a murder in the woods.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, captivating, cliffhanger
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Demonic (2021)
Plot Summary:
A young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter are ruthlessly revealed.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, demonic, grindhouse, disgusting, bleak
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The Dustwalker (2019)
Plot Summary:
An alien spaceship crash-lands in an isolated town in the middle of the Australian desert, releasing an insidious parasite that attacks the brain of all creatures including humans, making them disorientated, unnaturally strong and violent. Sargeant Jo Sharp, readying for a return to the big city beat, wakes to find the township, her family and friends falling victim to an evil that is spreading faster than it can be contained.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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One Last Sunset Redux (2015)
Plot Summary:
A group of survivors struggle to exist as a virus begins to turn the entire human population into flesh eating zombies.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, independent film
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The Intruders (2015)
Plot Summary:
After the traumatic loss of her mother, a teenaged girl tries to uncover the dark secrets behind her new home, in spite of her father's disbelief.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, disturbing, psychotronic, psychological thriller, spooky
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Sickness (2017)
Plot Summary:
On this ill-fated day when many in this sector of the world go completely insane, a group of virtual strangers left with sanity have to fight to stay alive by fending off those out for blood. The heart and courage of different individuals are tested, as they have to figure out how to survive this chaotic onslaught of murder and mayhem, all caused by those with a mysterious sickness.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, apocalyptic
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Snow Beast (2011)
Plot Summary:
People disappear every year out in the snow--but this year, something is adding to the body count. Jim and his research team study the Canadian Lynx every year. This year, he has to take his rebelling 16 year-old daughter, Emmy, with him. But the lynx are missing. As Jim and his team try to find why, something stalks them--a predator no prey can escape.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, scary, surprise ending, folk tale, psychotronic