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Plot Summary:
In 1997 the close-knit Anderson family vanished from their home without a trace. No bodies were ever found and no explanation satisfied curiosity. For 17 years the house has remained undisturbed...until now. This eerily expert frightener is further enlivened by terrific performances from ‘Suits’/’Arrow’ star Neal McDonough and SILENT HILL/THE TALL MAN/TIDELAND’s Jodelle Ferland.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tense, dark, queer horror, psychotronic
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Neverknock (2017)
Plot Summary:
In 1986, three teens were brutally murdered after knocking on the door of 59 Oakwood Lane. The killer was never found. Over the next forty years, rumors turned to legend, and while few will admit to believing the stories, kids are still warned never knock on the door of 59 Oakwood Lane for fear of what may answer. On this Halloween night, Grace and her friends are going to wish they’d heeded the warnings and never knocked… for the Neverknock….
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing
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Paranormal Investigation (2018)
Plot Summary:
A ghost hunter investigates an evil spirit dwelling within a young man who reportedly became possessed after playing with a Ouija board.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, demonic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, mockumentary
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Stickman (2017)
Plot Summary:
The thing that waits under your bed, hides in the closet, stalks your dreams… is waiting for you. At least Emma Wright knew that at the age of 7 when she was wrongly accused of murdering her sister. Emma knew it was the Stickman. After years of isolation she finally has her demons under control and is released.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 654
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, melancholic, scary, atmospheric, enigmatic, suspense, suspenseful, intense, dark fantasy, weird
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The Haunting of Alice D (2014)
Plot Summary:
In the late 1890s the Davenport House was a famous and successful brothel, until a young prostitute named Alice killed herself there. After her death, the brothel became haunted by Alice's ghost, and was eventually abandoned. More than a century later, the old structure is renovated into a beautiful mansion. It is still rumored to inhabit the ghost of Alice. Despite this, the new owner; the rich and arrogant heir to the Davenport fortune, decides to throw a wild party for his first night in the house.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 490
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Dark Beacon (2017)
Plot Summary:
An abandoned paramour tracks her lover down to a distant lighthouse. When she finds her beyond hope, she must find a way to save a child from the malignant spirit of her deceased father and the madness of her mother.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, psychological horror, queer horror
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The Night Before Halloween (2016)
Plot Summary:
When a Halloween prank goes wrong, it unleashes a creature that will hunt each of the participants down and kill them, unless they can figure out how to transfer the curse to someone else.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 648
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, slasher, teen horror
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Jessie (2019)
Plot Summary:
Set in an abandoned house, the film follows a team of professional ghost hunters trying to conduct a paranormal investigation to unveil the mystery of two sisters, Jessie and Amy, where Amy shows unusual mental and physical behaviour.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 478
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, disturbing, tense, suspense, suspenseful
Similar in 78%
Out of the Shadows (2017)
Plot Summary:
A newly married detective and his pregnant wife move into their dream home unaware of its dark history. When his wife claims their baby is being tormented by a supernatural force and seeks the help of a renegade demonologist, he must investigate the past to save his family.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 893
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Keeper of Darkness (2015)
Plot Summary:
Street-smart exorcist Fatt has an unique method of dealing with vengeful spirits: He negotiates with them and persuades them to let go of their grudges. After recordings of his exorcisms go viral, Fatt attracts the attentions of a murderous spirit who’s targeting mediums, as well as a troublesome reporter who takes great interest in Fatt and his close relationship with a female spirit.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Haunting on Fraternity Row (2018)
Plot Summary:
A fraternity house throws their big "Winter Luau" party but when fraternity brothers and coeds begin dying horrible deaths they discover an evil entity has taken over the house.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary, dark, disturbing, erotic, spooky, psychotronic
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Still/Born (2017)
Plot Summary:
Still/Born follows Mary, a new mother who lost one of her twins in childbirth. As she struggles with the loss of one of her children, she starts to suspect something sinister is after her surviving child - a supernatural entity that has chosen her child and will stop at nothing to take it from her.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, psychological, melancholic, suspenseful, serious, emotional, atmospheric, dark fantasy, weird
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The Monitor (2011)
Plot Summary:
After escaping an abusive husband, Anna and her 8 year old son move to a secret location in a giant apartment building. Terrified that her ex-husband will find them she buys a baby monitor to keep in her son's room at all times. But strange noises echo in the baby monitor from elsewhere in the building. Reliving the nightmare she recently escaped, Anna will need to figure out what's real and what isn't before she loses her sanity and her child.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Norway, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, scary, serious, psychological thriller, suspense, dark, social, grindhouse, cult horror
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Purgatory (2014)
Plot Summary:
A woman must survive the night after she welcomes a neighbor's child into her home.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 442
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful
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Wraith (2017)
Plot Summary:
After living in an old mansion for almost 10 years a family suddenly discovers a ghost-like presence trying to communicate with them. A super-natural thriller.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 799
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, psychotronic, psychological, disturbing
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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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Diary of an Exorcist - Zero (2016)
Plot Summary:
Lucas devotes his life to church work after a tragedy. When an exorcism case gets out of control, he has to figure out who is under the Devil's influence.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 629
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Harvesting (2019)
Plot Summary:
To escape their marital problems, a young family travels from the city to spend the summer in Amish Country where a malevolent presence grips them. They soon discover that they were brought there for a reason and they must break free before the demonic hold consumes them.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 591
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Devil's Whisper (2019)
Plot Summary:
Devil's Whisper is a supernatural horror film about demonic possession but at its core it's a psychological thriller about repressed memories, childhood trauma and the cycle of abuse.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 759
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Indonesia
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: bleak, scary, dark, suspenseful
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Paranormal Prison (2021)
Plot Summary:
A paranormal investigation YouTube channel is getting ready to shut down if they don't have a video that goes viral in time. In this last ditch attempt, a long-time mystery is solved.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Evil Takes Root (2020)
Plot Summary:
A paranormal investigator arrives in a sleepy Midwest town to investigate the mysterious loss of his old lover and reconcile sins of the past. He discovers she fell victim to the Batibat, an ancient evil that followed her home from the Philippines.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 467
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Lizzie (2012)
Plot Summary:
Lizzie, a young woman with amnesia, slowly comes to realize that she may be responsible for the horrific murder of her parents. After returning to the family home, Lizzie had terrifying flashbacks to her childhood, and comes face to face with the true horror of her past.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 872
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating, independent film
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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 84%
Shallow Ground (2004)
Plot Summary:
A naked teenage boy covered in blood appears at a remote sheriff's station one year after the brutal unsolved murder of a local girl. Now Sheriff Jack Shepherd, guilt ridden over the girl's murder, must confront his own demons as he desperately searches for the boy's true identity and possible victims. Little does Jack realize that he has started down a path that will bring him face to face with an unthinkable horror. Before sunrise the living will pay for the pain the dead have suffered.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, disturbing, scary, spooky, surprise ending
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The Amityville Harvest (2020)
Plot Summary:
While staying at an aging manor to research its liquor-smuggling history, Christina and her documentary video team interview their spooky host Vincent—but no one can capture his image or voice on video. After shocking dreams and bloody encounters, the crew members fall under Victor’s hypnotic spell.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 323
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Isabelle (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young couple's dream of starting a family shatters as they descend into the depths of paranoia and must struggle to survive an evil presence that wants nothing more than their very own lives.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, serious, suspense, suspenseful, twist ending
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Poltergeist (2015)
Plot Summary:
Legendary filmmaker Sam Raimi and director Gil Kenan reimagine and contemporize the classic tale about a family whose suburban home is invaded by angry spirits. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and take the youngest daughter, the family must come together to rescue her.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, intense, suspense, suspenseful, serious, splatter, psychotronic, psychological thriller, spooky
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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 Grudge 2 (2006)
Plot Summary:
In Tokyo, a young woman is exposed to the same mysterious curse that afflicted her sister. The supernatural force, which fills a person with rage before spreading to its next victim, brings together a group of previously unrelated people who attempt to unlock its secret to save their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, rough, serious, demonic, brutal, slasher
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Sinister (2012)
Plot Summary:
Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 274000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, twist ending, rough, dark, creepy, sinister
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Case 39 (2009)
Plot Summary:
In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the child, and so Emily assumes custody of Lilith while she looks for a foster family. However, Emily soon finds that dark forces surround the seemingly innocent girl, and the more she tries to protect Lilith, the more horrors she encounters.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, psychological, gloomy, atmospheric, serious, suspense, disturbing, psychological thriller, intense