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Plot Summary:
A married college professor decides to seduce her student, whom she hired as a handyman for her yacht. The hesitant student succumbs to his buxom professor, but their romance is interrupted by her corrupt husband and a masked murderer.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slasher, sex comedy, grindhouse, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, slasher horror, independent film
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The Roommates (1973)
Plot Summary:
Serial killing makes summer vacation more exciting!.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 362
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: erotic, slasher, independent film
Similar in 81%
Shadows Run Black (1984)
Plot Summary:
A detective investigates a series of killings committed by a serial killer known as "The Black Angel." He begins to suspect that it might not be just a random group of murders.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 515
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, detective, relaxing, erotic, crying, independent film
Similar in 89%
The Majorettes (1986)
Plot Summary:
A hooded psycho is murdering high-school girls. A devil-worshiping, drug-dealing biker gang is suspected.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, splatter, surprise ending, independent film, cult film
Similar in 86%
Cheerleader Massacre (2003)
Plot Summary:
Five high school cheerleaders, their coach and a couple of adolescent sex-crazed guys travel to a cabin in the woods for a weekend getaway only to be killed off one by one by an unseen maniac.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, retro, horror comedy, queer horror, black comedy, dark comedy, surprise ending, independent film, sexploitation film
Similar in 79%
Hell High (1987)
Plot Summary:
A teacher with a paranormal gift and a dark past, is forced to her limits when she becomes the target of a gang of teenagers. After spying on the vulnerable woman as she showers, they break into her home, humiliate and assault her. Something inside this reclusive teacher snaps and the thirst for vengence takes over. Bloody and clad in lingerie, she mutilates her attackers using some rather interesting and gory methods.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, teen horror, slasher horror, independent film
Similar in 83%
The Young Nurses (1973)
Plot Summary:
Sexy young nurses apply special therapy in their daily rounds, as they work against a drug ring operating out of the hospital.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: erotic, independent film
Similar in 76%
Night Visitor (1989)
Plot Summary:
A teenager (Derek Rydall) insists he saw a satanist (Allen Garfield) kill the call girl next door, and tries to prove it.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 846
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, neo noir, scary, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic
Similar in 81%
Descendant (2003)
Plot Summary:
As Ann Hedgerow - an indirect descendant of Edgar Allen Poe - begins to explore her family's past, she meets novelist Ethan Poe. Ethan, also a distant descendant of Poe, is tormented by visions of his famous ancestor. When Ann and Ethan begin a romance, the dark - and deadly - secrets of Poe's legacy emerge... will Poe's stories inspire a real-life horror-tragedy?.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 481
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, sexy, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, independent film
Similar in 89%
Cat in the Cage (1978)
Plot Summary:
A young man returns to his rich family's estate after a stay in a mental hospital. He finds that his father has married his deceased wife's nurse, who is secretly plotting with her lover.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 192
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film
Similar in 87%
Bloodmoon (1990)
Plot Summary:
In the small town of Coopers Bay, there are two Hi-schools situated right next to each other. There’s Winchester, an all boys comprehensive and St Elizabeth’s, a girl’s only Catholic faculty. They are separated by woodland where pupils from both can meet and engage the things that attract the attention of maniac killers. It’s not surprising then that an unseen one begins murdering the youngsters as they fornicate, strangling them with a length of barbed wire before removing their eyes and burying them under the soil. Mary, the daughter of a Hollywood movie actress, becomes involved when the killer targets her and Kevin, her boyfriend. But who is this twisted psychopath and why does he want to kill all the kids?.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 600
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, independent film, scary, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, splatter
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Sunset Grill (1993)
Plot Summary:
Ryder Hart is a private investigator and former police officer who is down on his luck and drinks too much. His estranged wife Anita runs a bar and restaurant called the Sunset Grill and is romantically involved with a cop who worked with Hart.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 506
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, neo noir, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Similar in 81%
Cat Chaser (1989)
Plot Summary:
A Miami hotel owner finds danger when be becomes romantically involved with the wife of a deposed general from the Dominican Republic where he fought many years back.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, neo noir, noir, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, independent film, eighties
Similar in 86%
Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
Plot Summary:
In a California high school, a married teacher is the athletic coach and faculty advisor. He starts to have sex flings with his female students and eventually has to kill several of the girls to keep them quiet.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, psychological, grindhouse, captivating, cynical, sexy, dark comedy, offbeat, humorous, realistic
Similar in 79%
Malibu Express (1985)
Plot Summary:
In this erotic spy tale private eye Cody Abilene teams up with the Contessa Luciana and policewoman Beverly McAfee to infiltrate a mansion and discover who is sending computer secrets to the Russians.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sexy, cult classic, parody, psychotronic, sex comedy, detective, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, not serious
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Tick Tock (2000)
Plot Summary:
Stunning trophy wife Rachel Avery is stuck in a cold, loveless marriage with her millionaire husband, Holden. So when Holden goes away on a trip, Rachel hooks up with her close friend Carla, and the two hatch a plan to murder Holden and collect on his vast assets. But the girls don't want to commit the crime themselves, so at a bar they seduce a stranger, Travis Brewer, and convince him to do their bidding.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 872
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, rough, tense, sexy, suspenseful, independent film, mind bending, serious, realistic, sexual
Similar in 78%
Out of the Dark (1988)
Plot Summary:
An employee at a telephone fantasy service helps hunt for the killer preying on her silken-voiced colleagues.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, rough, neo noir, erotic, independent film, scary, serious
Similar in 76%
Friend of the Family II (1996)
Plot Summary:
Alex decides to have an affair with a woman named Linda while he is on business in New Orleans. When he returns home to his wife and child, he is surprised to find that his wife has hired the off-kilter homewrecker as a nanny to their baby. Alex must find a way to stay cool and not let his wife know the true identity and intentions of Linda.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: erotic, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, sexy, independent film, sexual, cliffhanger
Similar in 87%
Trip with the Teacher (1975)
Plot Summary:
A high-school field trip takes a nightmarish turn when the students' bus breaks down and thugs come to their aid.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: cult classic, grindhouse, erotic, scary, serious, realistic, sexual, independent film, sexy, cult film
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Lake Dead (2007)
Plot Summary:
Three sisters and a group of their friends take a trip to the home of the recently deceased grandfather -- who died a particularly grisly death -- to learn more about the promise of an inheritance, only to encounter a family of psychos who have taken up residence in the old man's cabin.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, erotic, perverse, serious, independent film
Similar in 82%
Pathology (2008)
Plot Summary:
Medical student Ted Grey graduates at the top of his class and quickly joins an elite pathology program, whose top students invite him into their circle. There he uncovers a gruesome secret: They play a game in which one tries to commit the perfect, undetectable murder, then the others compete to determine the victim's cause of death.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, disturbing, serious, suspense, sexy, surprise ending, tense, rough, medical horror, realistic
Similar in 81%
Babysitter Massacre (2013)
Plot Summary:
A group of young women teamed together in their youth to run a babysitting business, when one of their friends died suddenly the group fell apart. Now years later they are all going their separate ways as college approaches, but on Halloween night someone is torturing and killing every member of the babysitter club.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 440
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, rough, tense, suspense, scary, sexy, serious, realistic
Similar in 88%
Dead On (1994)
Plot Summary:
In an erotic update of "Strangers on a Train", airline pilot Ted Beaumont and his lover, Erin Davenport, scheme to rid themselves of their respective spouses. Ted's wife disappears mysteriously and thinking that all is proceeding well, he plans an elaborate scheme to kill Erin's husband. However all is not as it seems.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 401
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: erotic, rough, independent film, sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, psychotronic, creepy
Similar in 90%
Three Way (2004)
Plot Summary:
Lew is a small time loser with a troubled past and a very big secret. Overhearing a couple plan a kidnapping, Lew is tempted to come up with a scheme of his own. He decides to get to the victim first and then blackmail the real criminals. His plan soon spins out of control.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, neo noir, surprise ending
Similar in 77%
Embrace of the Vampire (1995)
Plot Summary:
An 18-year-old college freshman is seduced by a handsome vampire lover who introduces her to a dark world of carnal desires.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sexy, sensual, erotic, suspense, cult classic, tense, sexual, independent film, suspenseful, scary
Similar in 84%
Green River Killer (2005)
Plot Summary:
Along twenty years, the deranged serial-killer Gary Ridgway has killed at least forty-eight prostitutes and dumped their bodies in Green River.
IMDB Rating: 1.9
IMDB Votes: 998
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, slasher, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, detective, independent film
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One in the Gun (2010)
Plot Summary:
A sexy brain teaser of a thriller with nods to classic film noir of the past mixed with a post-modern flair of David Lynch-style surrealism and surprises. When Mickey Lewis, a homeless struggling artist crosses paths with Katrina, the beautiful rich wife of Arthur Webb and is enlisted to paint their home, deadly passions ignite. Soon hidden agendas, dangerous seductions, double and triple-crosses spiral Mickey's life out of control leading to a motel in the middle of nowhere filled with strange people and twisted secrets that all hold the key to the mystery of Mickey's past, present, and future. All it takes is - ONE IN THE GUN.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: neo noir, serious, psychological, surreal, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, sexy, mind bending
Similar in 86%
The Hot Spot (1990)
Plot Summary:
A loner moves in to a small Texas town, finds himself a job, and sets about plotting to rob the local bank.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, psychosexual thriller, psychological, slasher, sensual, visually stunning
Similar in 80%
Body Language (1995)
Plot Summary:
A lawyer, defending a Mafia boss, falls for a beautiful woman with a sad story to tell. She says she's being abused by her brutal husband and she needs his help.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 561
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: rough, surprise ending, erotic, psychological, tense, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 76%
The Teacher (1974)
Plot Summary:
18-year-old Sean's first summer after completing high school is much spent with 28-year-old teacher Diane, who's husband is too often motorcycle-racing instead of with her. Wacko Ralph also has "the hots" for Diane; and it doesn't help that Sean was with Ralph's younger brother, Lou, when Lou died.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: cult classic, grindhouse, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, independent film, sexy, campy
Similar in 81%
Thy Neighbor's Wife (2001)
Plot Summary:
In the vein of "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" and fraught with mystery and edge-of-your seat suspense, Kari Wuhrer Poison tells the darkly insidious story of the Garrett household and their descent into a hellish world of sexual malice and physical terror! Seeking revenge for her husband's death, Ann ingratiates herself with the Garretts under the guise of a caring housekeeper. Once she gains their trust, Ann begins to wreak havoc upon them. Seduction and malice are her weapons as she attempts to eliminate everyone she believes is responsible.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 923
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious, erotic, sexy, realistic, surprise ending, hot