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Plot Summary:
Dr. Mabuse and his accomplices steal all kinds of attributes from a National Research Institute (including female staff members) in order to complete his own evil mind-control ray. Dr. Mabuse has this impressive and horribly scarred man-monster that kills for him while the entire police force desperately tries to catch him.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 358
Genere: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: detective, poliziottesco
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The Terror of Doctor Mabuse (1962)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 590
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: action thriller, psychotronic, detective, black and white
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The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961)
Plot Summary:
The first of the "Dr. Mabuse" films not directed by Fritz Lang, the French/German/Italian Return of Dr. Mabuse stars Wolfgang Preiss in the title role. Supposedly dead and buried, Mabuse returns to his criminal activities, once more using hypnotized flunkeys to carry out his dirty work. While the doc's longtime foe Inspector Lohmann (Gert Froebe) probes and prods in his usual methodical fashion, hotshot American detective Lex Barker and dauntless girl reporter Daliah Lavi take the more direct approach to weed out Mabuse. This time around, the diabolical doctor wants to sabotage a nuclear reactor, then take over the world (he never does anything by halves). Return of Dr. Mabuse was released in Europe as Im Stahlnetz des Dr. Mabuse, Le Retour Du Docteur Mabuse and FBI Contro Dr. Mabuse; in some American cities, it was shipped out as Phantom Fiend.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 764
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: West Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: action thriller, psychotronic, eurospy
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Dr. M (1990)
Plot Summary:
In the not-too-distant future Berlin is shocked by a series of spectacular suicides; a policeman's investigations lead him to a beautiful, enigmatic woman and the revelation of a sinister plot to manipulate the population through mass hypnosis.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 514
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, Italy, France
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: detective
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The Invisible Dr. Mabuse (1962)
Plot Summary:
Strange things happen in a revue theatre. The dancer Maria seems to be hunted by an invisible admirer. When the body of a probable FBI agent is found in a trunk the police asks FBI man Joe Como for help. Como gets interested in the revue theatre and an ominous transport firm soon. When he is receiving mysterious threatening letters he is sure that Dr. Mabuse has risen again. But what is going on at "Enterprise X" so that both the goverment and the mad genius in crime are interested in it?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 572
Genere: Horror, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: West Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: action thriller, neo noir, psychotronic, poliziottesco, eurospy
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Marian, Again (2005)
Plot Summary:
School teacher Chris Bevan is a dutiful husband to his dull wife, Josie, and ingrate daughters. His best friend knows Chris' heart always belonged to Marian, his vibrant, flippant fiancée, who mysteriously disappeared years ago. Suddenly he sees her in a shop and can't help following her. He gives up as she has a new identity, as wife of plumber Bernie Sullivan. Bernie's real passion is Houdini-era 'real' magic, while in fact she's his terrified captive, forced to replace his late assistant. Furthermore one of Bevan's daughters has a phone-relationship he forbids, deeming it dangerous on principle, ignoring this is real and ties in to Marian's plight. Written by KGF Vissers.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: factual
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The Corpse Packs His Bags (1972)
Plot Summary:
A London slasher pack the suitcases of his victims before stabbing them to death in this adaptation of Edgar Wallace's 'Secret of the Black Suitcases.'.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 397
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Spain, UK
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: detective
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World of the Depraved (1967)
Plot Summary:
Two police detectives are assigned to investigate the murders of several young women at a health club.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective, sexploitation film
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Tortured Females (1965)
Plot Summary:
TORTURED FEMALES is one of few surviving films distributed by super-cheap Mitam Productions, which was essentially like a west coast version of New York City's Distribpix.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: crying, independent film, cult film
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Night of the Assassins (1974)
Plot Summary:
Horror mystery about the residents of a Louisiana castle who are being murdered by a masked killer. When the family arrives for the reading of Marion's will, his wife is strapped to the face of a cliff and drowned by the tide. More murders follow, and as Inspector Bore investigates, he discovers some dark secrets in the family's past.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 346
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, perverse, classic horror, twisted, odd
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Eyes Behind the Stars (1978)
Plot Summary:
A photographer and his model are on a photo shoot in a forest when they get the feeling they are being watched. The feeling becomes so strong that they decide to cut their session short and leave. Later, when they develop the photos they took, they discover what looks like alien creatures in the background.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 478
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: mysterious, independent film, detective, cult film
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The Door with Seven Locks (1962)
Plot Summary:
A rich man bequeaths seven keys to seven of his friends, but only one will unlock the door to untold wealth.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 825
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Angels of Terror (1971)
Plot Summary:
An Australian woman arrives in London to search for her sister who she finds is involved with a heroin smuggling gang. The gang itself is under attack from an unknown rival, who is methodically assassinating them with a shot to the head.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 537
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, poliziottesco
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Violent Blood Bath (1974)
Plot Summary:
An ageing judge's use of the death penalty comes back to haunt him.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Obsession: A Taste for Fear (1987)
Plot Summary:
Diane is a photographer of the ultimate in trendy soft core. Her ex, George, who makes bondage films, hooks Diane up with the muscular Teagan in exchange for a favor with a well-heeled client. Diane asks Teagan to model in her next shoot. When Teagan turns up bound, gagged, and dead, a rough policeman, Lt. Arnold, focuses his suspicions on George. When a second model dies and video disks show up depicting the murders, Arnold is certain he has his man - except that the killer we see in the videos is a red-headed woman. Diane's assistant, Valerie, can't keep her eyes off Diane, and Diane's mixer, Paul, also tries to be her protector. Do the cops have the wrong person?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: mysterious, detective, weird, sexploitation film
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The Author's Crime (1974)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy Countess is warned that if she gives a valuable painting away as first prize in a music competition, the only thing handed out will be death. In rapid succession, the painting is stolen, the Countess murdered, her niece kidnapped, and the police baffled as the killings continue.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Cannibal Terror (1980)
Plot Summary:
After botching a kidnapping, two criminals hide with their victim in a friends house in the jungle. After one of them rapes the friend's wife, they're left to be eaten by a nearby cannibal tribe.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 973
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, grindhouse, terrifying, psychotronic
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Succubus (1968)
Plot Summary:
Janine Reynaud stars as a nightclub stripper who free-floats through a spectral 60's landscape littered with dream-figures, dancing midgets and bizarre S&M games.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Spain, Portugal
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sexy, grindhouse, erotic, suspense, sensual, perverse, cult classic, twisted, queer horror, scary
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Francesca (2015)
Plot Summary:
Two detectives must catch a serial killer, but their only chance to find him, is to solve the case of missing girl who disappeared 15 years ago.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 567
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Argentina
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, detective
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La noche de los sexos abiertos (1983)
Plot Summary:
Moira – a beautiful and erotic cabaret dancer – is hired to impersonate another woman who turns out to be a secret agent who must receive an important message that contains the hidden whereabouts of a very important character from World War II who once absconded with a vast fortune in gold. Aided by private detective Al Crosby, with whom her relationship goes beyond the limits of pleasure, Moira attempts to locate the mysterious character.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, sexploitation film
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Dead Eyes of London (1961)
Plot Summary:
A disfigured killer with glazed-over white eyes is doing the dirty work so that an insurance agent-doctor can get the victims' insurance money.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: detective, gothic, suspense, scary, atmospheric, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, art house
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Nightmares Come At Night (1970)
Plot Summary:
Diana Lorys, Collette Jack and Soledad Miranda star in this sexy thriller about two alluring dancers, Cincia and Anne, who embark on an erotically charged partnership. But when Anne starts to have nightmares that feature her as a murderous killer, she begins to lose her grip on reality. Or is reality merely rearing its ugly head in her dreams? She's determined find out what's causing this turmoil before something deadly happens.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 683
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: Liechtenstein
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: dark drama
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Hitch Hike to Hell (1977)
Plot Summary:
Howard is mild-mannered and slightly simple-minded, with a habit of picking up teenage hitchhikers while driving his delivery routes. Sometimes the girls admit to being runaways, and if they claim to hate their mothers it drives Howard into a violent frenzy; his sister ran away from home years ago and was never heard from again, causing his desperate, addled mother to tighten her hold on him. Howard never remembers raping his victims or strangling them with wire coat hangers, though his boss does notice missed deliveries and late arrivals.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, detective, independent film
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Creature with the Blue Hand (1967)
Plot Summary:
Scotland Yard is after a homicidal maniac called The Blue Hand, which is what he uses to kill his victims.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 865
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, detective, grindhouse, scary, tense, rough, mind bending, gothic, serious, suspenseful
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The Man from Rome (2022)
Plot Summary:
A computer hacker penetrates Vatican security and sends an urgent anonymous plea to the pope. Handsome Father Quart, of the church's Institute of External Affairs, an arm of the Vatican intelligence, is dispatched to investigate. The message of the hacker concerns a crumbling 17th century Baroque church in the heart of Seville that apparently "kills to defend itself".
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 923
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Colombia, USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: thrilling
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Dogs of Hell (1983)
Plot Summary:
A pack of Rottweilers, bred and trained by the U.S. military to kill humans, escape to ravage the peaceful mountain resort town of Lake Lure. It is up to the local sheriff to protect his small community.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: natural horror, detective, grindhouse, independent film
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Death Walks on High Heels (1971)
Plot Summary:
Exotic dancer Nicole finds herself terrorized by a black-clad assailant determined on procuring her murdered father's stolen gems. Fleeing Paris in hopes of evading her knife-wielding pursuer, Nicole arrives in England only to discover that death stalks her at every corner.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, UK, France
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, erotic, surprise ending, cult classic, psychological thriller, crying, independent film, detective, black comedy
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Calling All Police Cars (1975)
Plot Summary:
After the daughter of the prominent professor Icardi goes missing an investigation is quickly commenced, much to the chagrin of commisioner Solmi who thinks Icardi is receiving benefits because of his status and that instead the professor should be treated like anyone else would have been treated in his place. The girl is soon found, murdered, shot in the head. The investigation gets under way and with only a few, thin, leads to go by, it's not going to be an open and shut case.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, detective, psychotronic
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A Stranger Is Watching (1982)
Plot Summary:
Three years after Steve Peterson's wife, Nina, was murdered in front of their 11 year old daughter Julie, she and his new girlfriend Sharon Martin are kidnapped by the same killer, the psychotic Artie Taggart. Imprisoning them in a bunker below Grand Central Station, he throws the police into a race against time to save the girls and catch the killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 854
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, detective, scary, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic
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God Told Me To (1976)
Plot Summary:
A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to.".
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, enigmatic, rough, grindhouse, suspense, slasher, surreal, disturbing, detective
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Butt Boy (2019)
Plot Summary:
Detective Fox loves work and alcohol. After he goes to AA, his sponsor, Chip, becomes a suspect in his investigation for a missing kid. Fox believes people are disappearing up Chip’s butt.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, captivating, suspense, surreal, avant garde, detective, cult film