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Plot Summary:
An American TV crew gets trapped in a centuries-old web of revenge, horror, and blood, when their home improvement show is attacked by angry Eastern European villagers out to kill the show's star.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, horror comedy, mockumentary, semi serious, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, slasher, satanic, spooky
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Living Among Us (2018)
Plot Summary:
Vampires have just made themselves public! Now a group of documentarians have been granted access to spend some time with them and learn how they live and coexist with humans. But as reality sets in, the crew realize they are in for far more than they bargained for.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, humorous, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, mockumentary, horror comedy, weird
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The Dark Area (2000)
Plot Summary:
Five friends get lost in the woods. Soon one by one gets killed by a mysterious person.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspense, slasher, independent film
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Webcast (2018)
Plot Summary:
Stranded in the suburbs, student filmmaker Chloe begins to make a documentary about her family's troubled past. Whilst filming, she and best friend Ed, witness an hysterical girl appearing to escape from a neighbour's house, only to be quickly dragged back inside again. Is she a recovering drug addict like the neighbours say? Or is she really in danger from those who claim to be caring for her? Chloe and Ed begin to run surveillance, but as they dig deeper, they find themselves caught up in a world of strange beliefs, old religions, and dark witchcraft. Their search for the truth will climax in a live webcast that will terrify and make those watching question the very authenticity of what they are seeing. Webcast is inspired by a wealth of films from both the horror and thriller genres, including Rear Window, The Wicker Man, The Blair Witch Project, Rosemary's Baby, Paranormal Activity, and Race with the Devil.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, suspenseful
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I Blame Society (2020)
Plot Summary:
A struggling filmmaker senses her peers are losing faith in her ability to succeed, so she decides to prove herself by finishing her last abandoned film... and committing the perfect murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 937
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, humorous, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic, funny, mumblecore, mockumentary
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The Conspiracy (2012)
Plot Summary:
A documentary about conspiracy theories takes a horrific turn after the filmmakers uncover an ancient and dangerous secret society.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, mind bending, suspenseful, serious, realistic, disturbing, psychological, satanic, psychological horror
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Bitter Feast (2010)
Plot Summary:
A celebrity chef exacts revenge on a food blogger who torpedoes his career.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, tense, suspense, slasher, mumblecore, splatter, dark comedy, horror comedy, humorous
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Gags The Clown (2018)
Plot Summary:
It's been eight days since the clown first showed up in Green Bay, WI. Now, over the course of one night, four different groups of people cross paths with the clown everyone calls "Gags" and his true intentions are finally revealed.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 730
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, mockumentary
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Nightmare Man (2006)
Plot Summary:
After receiving a mysterious demonic African mask in the mail, Ellen Morris is attacked by a "being" she refers to as THE NIGHTMARE MAN. Her doctors and husband, William believe Ellen is a paranoid schizophrenic and needs to spend some quality time at a mental facility for further examination.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological, suspenseful, serious, suspense, demonic, horror comedy, psychotronic, slasher horror
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The Witch Files (2018)
Plot Summary:
A coven of young women with incredible powers and difficult pasts discovers that they are able to make their every wish come true. Things, however, take a dangerous turn when they discover that their newly-found abilities come with a price and that they may not be as in control as they think.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Mockingbird (2014)
Plot Summary:
A couple are given a camera and a set of instructions which they must follow or else someone will die.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, semi serious, psychological, slasher, mockumentary, humorous, realistic, surprise ending
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Stripped (2013)
Plot Summary:
Four friends head to Vegas for a 21st birthday in hopes of finding adventure, debauchery and memories that will last them a lifetime.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, humorous, bloody, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, horror comedy, slasher horror
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You Can't Kill Stephen King (2012)
Plot Summary:
Siblings Monroe (Monroe Mann) and Hilary (Crystal Arnette) have discovered that they have inherited a lake house and to make things even better, the famous horror author Stephen King is rumoured to live somewhere nearby. They decide to take their friends down to the lake house to check things out, only to find immediate resistance from all of the locals, who insist that King doesn't live in the area. Despite being completely unwelcome, they decide to stay and soon find that people are being killed one by one in a manner similar to several deaths in various Stephen King stories.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, humorous, semi serious, scary, suspenseful, mockbuster, horror comedy, realistic, independent film, horror spoof
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)
Plot Summary:
Everyone's favorite chainsaw-wielding psychopath, Leatherface, is back for more prom-night gore, and this time he's joined by his bloodthirsty family. Four stranded yet carefree teens are taken in by a backwoods family, clueless of their host family's grisly habits. The terrified youths, including sweet Jenny, try to escape from Leatherface and his crazed clan, including the bionic Vilmer.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bloody, splatter, cult classic, surreal, horror comedy, funny, cult horror, independent film
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Digging Up the Marrow (2014)
Plot Summary:
He’s one of the hardest working filmmakers in the genre business.......So what’s HATCHET man Adam Green been up to this past year apart from working on his sit-com ‘Holliston’, writing KILLER PIZZA and prepping EXORCISM ON CROOKED LAKE? The answer is this documentary starting out exploring genre-based monster art and then taking an odd turn into the blurring of fantasy and reality. Because halfway through producing this treatise with cinematographer Will Barratt at his L.A. ArieScope Pictures offices, they are contacted by former policeman William Dekker who claims he can prove that monsters are indeed real. That they live in world just below our own named The Marrow and he knows where one of the entrances to this dark hidden universe is. Green of course is intrigued and so the monster hunting expedition begins… to become something else far more frightening than he ever imagined.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, disturbing, serious, suspenseful, horror comedy, tense, enigmatic, bleak, suspense, scary
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Crush the Skull (2015)
Plot Summary:
A couple of master thieves find themselves trapped within a house they intended to rob, only to discover they've inadvertently wandered into the lair of a deranged serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, disturbing, horror comedy, slasher, tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, psychological, mumblecore
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Late Fee (2009)
Plot Summary:
A young couple’s quest to rent the scariest movie on DVD on Halloween eve results in a real life horror show they may live to regret!.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 380
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anthology, slasher, scary, suspenseful, semi serious, horror comedy, dark fairy tale, humorous, satanic
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Fright Night 2: New Blood (2013)
Plot Summary:
By day Gerri Dandridge is a sexy professor, but by night she transforms into a real-life vampire with an unquenchable thirst for human blood. So when a group of high school students travel abroad to study in Romania, they find themselves ensnared in her chilling web of lust and terror. Charlie and “Evil” Ed must stop Gerri from drinking and bathing in the blood of a “new moon virgin,” which just so happens to be Charlie’s ex-girlfriend, Amy.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, semi serious, scary, humorous, psychotronic, sexy, psychological, gothic, bloody, horror comedy
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Cheerleader Camp (1988)
Plot Summary:
Alison follows her friends to a summer camp for cheerleaders. But she is having bad nightmares. Her boyfriend has followed her to the camp but he seems to be more interested in the other girls, girls who sooner or later are found brutally murdered. Alison starts to believe that she has a split-personality who kills them.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, humorous, semi serious, scary, suspenseful, bloody, entertaining, sex comedy, cult classic, rough
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Hide and Creep (2004)
Plot Summary:
Residents of a small Southern town contend with bloodthirsty zombies, a mysterious flying saucer, and bad television reception.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 999
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, semi serious, scary, humorous, horror comedy, suspense, independent film, biting, campy
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Motel Hell (1980)
Plot Summary:
Farmer Vincent kidnaps unsuspecting travellers and is burying them in his garden. Unfortunately for his victims, they are not dead. He feeds his victims to prepare them for his roadside stand. His motto is: It takes all kinds of critters...to make Farmer Vincents fritters. The movie is gory, but is also a parody of slasher movies like Last House on the Left.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, black comedy, slasher, parody, humorous, dark comedy, rough, psychological, atmospheric, gothic
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The Houses October Built (2014)
Plot Summary:
Beneath the fake blood and cheap masks of countless haunted house attractions across the country, there are whispers of truly terrifying alternatives. Looking to find an authentic, blood-curdling good fright for Halloween, five friends set off on a road trip in an RV to track down these underground Haunts. Just when their search seems to reach a dead end, strange and disturbing things start happening and it becomes clear that the Haunt has come to them….
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, dark, suspense, mockumentary, rough, bleak, slasher, sexy, suspenseful, gothic horror
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Atrocious (2010)
Plot Summary:
Quintanilla family was found dead in their country side house. Police reported the existence of 37 hours of recorded evidence. The family traveled to their old farm house, where they investigated about the Legend of the Girl in the Garraf woods. They used to record whatever they did. Atrocious shows the last five days of this family, and the strange situations that they lived in those moments and which remain unexplained.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, serious, mockumentary, psychological, splatter, creepy, spooky, surprise ending
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Entity (2012)
Plot Summary:
In 1998, thirty four unidentified bodies were found in shallow graves in a remote Siberian forest. After subsequent investigations, no official explanation by the Russian authorities was ever offered about the circumstances of the deaths.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, tense, slasher, splatter, mockumentary, grindhouse, spooky
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The Burningmoore Incident (2010)
Plot Summary:
The cameras filming a TV pilot capture the brutal killings of a home renovation crew.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: dark, psychological, rough, suspense, suspenseful, slasher, mockumentary
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The Borderlands (2013)
Plot Summary:
Vatican investigators are sent to the British West Country to investigate paranormal activity, and they find the events are more disturbing than they first imagined.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, demonic, mockumentary, lovecraft, suspense, slasher, disturbing
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Satan's Little Helper (2004)
Plot Summary:
A naïve young boy unknowingly becomes the pawn of a serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, horror comedy, absurd, feel good, psychological, surprise ending, bloody
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Mother's Day (1980)
Plot Summary:
Three girls discover that two men are willing to do anything to impress Mother and what impresses Mother is watching her sons commit acts of rape and murder. Now these women are prisoners and lowered to pawns in the game of checkers between two dim wits and their Maniac Mommy and the question becomes, can any of them escape, alive?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, independent film, brutal, bloody, funny
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Blair Witch (2016)
Plot Summary:
Students on a camping trip discover something sinister is lurking beyond the trees.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, dark, suspense, tense, stylized, intense, demonic, spooky, slasher
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Creep (2014)
Plot Summary:
Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: “$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated.” Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote mountain town where he meets Josef, his cinematic subject for the day. Josef is sincere and the project seems heartfelt, so Aaron begins to film. But as the day goes on, it becomes clear that Josef is not who he says, and his intentions are not at all pure.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, creepy, black comedy, psychological, intense, atmospheric
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Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)
Plot Summary:
The next great psycho horror slasher has given a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo, all the while deconstructing the conventions and archetypes of the horror genre for them.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, dark comedy, suspenseful, mockumentary, horror comedy, funny, bloody, satirical, atmospheric