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Plot Summary:
Six people find themselves inexplicably transported to a remote cabin that is surrounded by an invisible barrier. In a nearby graveyard, they discover an ancient, carved stone monument that they dub a "totem pole." Soon, they find themselves trapped in a murderous plot by malevolent forces that can control and manipulate their actions with the ultimate goal being to unleash three demonic entities from the monument.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 473
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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Stories in the Night (2018)
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration:
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Death Curse of Tartu (1966)
Plot Summary:
A group of students on an archaeology assignment in the Everglades decide to throw a dance party one night.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 793
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, sexy, independent film, psychotronic, weird
Similar in 78%
Tiki (2006)
Plot Summary:
When Amy moves from her beloved Hawaiian Islands to study drama on the mainland, she has little cause to rejoice as a gang of vicious co-eds plots to make her life a living hell. With the aid of their boyfriends, the girls set Amy up as the target of a horrendous prank that results in the young girl falling victim to a brain seizure from which she may never recover. Seeking answers, her aunt Maelea arrives with a special Tiki doll -- specially designed to kill! Through magic, she coaxes Amy's subconscious spirit to enter the idol's body and bring it to hideous life. Now the idol tracks down the students one by one to exact its grisly revenge in a relentless assault of Tiki terror!.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: suspense
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Sorority Girls and the Creature From Hell (1990)
Plot Summary:
A group of sorority girls go up to a cabin in the woods accompanied by some boys. To their dismay, there is an escaped convict on the loose as well as the uncle of one of the girls. It's too bad that Uncle Ray is possessed by an Indian spirit turning him into a monster with a need for human blood.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
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Shriek of the Mutilated (1974)
Plot Summary:
A group of college students are led by their professor into the mountains in search of the Yeti. The students start to be killed off one by one.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, retro, slasher, independent film
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Eyes of the Woods (2009)
Plot Summary:
The Wicker demon has awakened and for one unlucky group of kids, a roadtrip is about to turn very wrong. They find themselves seperated, alone and terrified as they battle a ruthless, flesh eating creature. Who among them will survive, trapped within the Eyes of the Woods?.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags:
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Skull Heads (2009)
Plot Summary:
When an eccentric clan living in virtual isolation in an Italian castle finds their family togetherness threatened by the arrival of three mysterious strangers, they summon up some supernatural protectors to fend off the barbarian invasions.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: erotic, suspense, psychotronic, cult film
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The Cellar (1988)
Plot Summary:
A young boy finds an ancient Comanche monster spirit in the basement of his home. His parents don't believe him, so he must kill the monster alone.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 935
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: retro, independent film
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Attack of the Beast Creatures (1985)
Plot Summary:
A terrible storm at sea turns an ocean liner's luxury voyage into a nightmare! Those lucky enough to survive the sinking ship soon find themselves stranded on an uncharted island. A living hell breaks loose when the survivors encounter gruesome, flesh-eating Beast Creatures!.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 705
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, weird
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Night Life (1989)
Plot Summary:
Archie works part-time at his uncle's mortuary and is harassed by a few of the popular kids because of it. His harassers die in an automobile accident, and the bodies are taken to his uncle's mortuary. Archie is pulling a late night at the mortuary when he sees a storm brewing. Lighting strikes! They're alive! The preppie bullies continue to torment him...as zombies!.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 874
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, cult film
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Curse of the Blue Lights (1988)
Plot Summary:
A group of teenagers battle a horde of zombies and evil creatures that live underneath a graveyard.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Goblin (1993)
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IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 293
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: retro, slasher, independent film, slasher horror
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Beneath the Flesh (2009)
Plot Summary:
Beneath the Flesh is an anthology of four nightmares. In Id, a man is tormented by love and a twisted creature in his apartment. In The Basement, two men confront each other in a damp, filthy basement. In The Child, a withered man nurtures a growing creature. In The Insides, a man believes something is growing inside him. Finally, in Boxhead, an old man is visited by a childhood friend that could be his darkest nightmare. The victim in each story is forced to confront a fear that is eating them from the inside out. Their choice? Deal with the fear or die with it.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: anthology
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The Strangeness (1985)
Plot Summary:
A group of explorers surveying an abandoned goldmine are trapped in a cave in, and find themselves at the mercy of a slimy, mysterious creature.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 812
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, lovecraft, cult film
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Tiny Terrors (2018)
Plot Summary:
A Manny Velazquez underground independent horror film about a teenager who visits a burial ground and finds a Egyptian cross that awakens an evil curse that takes on the form of demented looking puppets that kill.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film, black comedy, grindhouse, dark comedy, creepy
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Among Us (2004)
Plot Summary:
B-movie director Billy D'Amato has made a career out of horror movies...but when he meets a real "monster in the woods" on a shoot, he is forced to re-evaluate, and fight for, his life.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 153
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, fake documentary
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Curse of Bigfoot (1975)
Plot Summary:
A group of high school students on an archaeological dig discover a centuries old mummified body in a sealed cave. Removing the mummy, it soon comes back to life, revealing itself to be an inhuman beast that terrorizes a small California town.
IMDB Rating: 1.8
IMDB Votes: 758
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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Talisman (1998)
Plot Summary:
As the millenium draws near, an evil being awakens. Fused to an ancient Talisman for centuries -- Theriel, the Black Angel is summoned from his resting place to usher in the end of the world. The ghastly messenger must claim seven human sacrifices to complete the ritual and open the gates of Hell. A teenage boy and girl have been chosen to assist the angel in its deadly mission, yet they alone are the world's only hope for salvation.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, gay cinema, cult film
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Aquanoids (2003)
Plot Summary:
On a small island off the California coast it's the Fourth of July and tourists are washing up dead in Babylon Bay, once again! In 1987, rumor has it that mysterious sea creatures called Aquanoids were responsible for 17 vicious deaths. The Mayor dispelled the sightings as urban legend to protect the local tourist trade. Join environmental activist Vanessa DuMont as her fight to save the endangered abalone on Santa Clara Island turns into a fight of her life.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 614
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, independent film
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Blood Feast (2016)
Plot Summary:
Fuad Ramses and his family have moved from the United States to France, where they run a American diner. Since business is not going too well, Fuad also works night shifts in a museum of Egyptian culture. During these long lonely nights he is repeatedly drawn to a statue representing the seductive ancient goddess ISHTAR. He becomes more and more allured by the goddess as she speaks to him in visions. Eventually he succumbs to her deadly charms.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, bloody, splatter, bizarre
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The Dark Power (1985)
Plot Summary:
The spirits of dead Indians are haunting a couple's house, and they call in an exorcist, whose trademark is a black whip, to get rid of them.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 726
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, wild
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In the Woods (1999)
Plot Summary:
Two hunters who have journeyed deep into the woods stumble across a burial site. They decide to dig it up. It is only after they uncover a strange horned skull amongst the artifacts that they become aware of the evil they have unleashed. Getting out of the woods becomes a nightmare for the two men.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 862
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, serious, suspenseful, splatter
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The Barrens (2012)
Plot Summary:
A man takes his family on a camping trip and becomes convinced they are being stalked by the legendary monster of the New Jersey Pine Barrens: the Jersey Devil.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological horror, natural horror, independent film
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Scalps (1983)
Plot Summary:
Silly group of college science students go an dig around in an indian burial ground for artifacts. Unfortunately, one of them becomes possessed by the evil spirit of Black Claw so he must therefore slaughter all of his friends.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, cult classic, splatter, psychotronic, independent film, spooky, wild, cult film
Similar in 84%
Beast of the Yellow Night (1971)
Plot Summary:
Satan saves Ashley from death on condition he become his disciple (and, as it turns out, a hairy murderous beast).
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 918
Genere: Horror
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, slasher, grindhouse
Similar in 82%
Shriek (1998)
Plot Summary:
Clark (Tanya Dempsey), a young Mathematics major at University, thinks she's found the best deal for student housing: a group of squatters who live in an abandoned hospital secretly. The quirky residents let her into their community provided she follow the rules, including not telling anyone about her living arrangements. All seems wonderful, until she discovers that the reason that the hospital was abandoned was a series of murders in the 1940s by a strange "shrieking killer" who was never captured - and the discovery that someone who's living in the hospital is using occult means to bring back the demonic "Shrieker".
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 697
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, queer horror, independent film, serious, suspenseful, gay cinema, cult film
Similar in 84%
Netherworld (1992)
Plot Summary:
A young man arrives at his father's mansion in Louisiana to discover that a secretive cult is using winged creatures to raise the dead to do their bidding.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: dark, independent film, scary, psychological, atmospheric, serious, slasher, suspenseful
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Monsters in the Woods (2012)
Plot Summary:
A micro-budget movie crew treks into the wilderness to shoot horror scenes for their unsellable indie-drama. They soon find themselves in the midst of their own real horror movie, as they are hunted by a large group of creatures.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, splatter, meta, weird
Similar in 79%
Clawed (2017)
Plot Summary:
Fifty years after the incidents in Black Claw Mountain, a group of students are prey to a monster part human, part bear and part liquid.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, surprise ending, scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Snowbeast (1977)
Plot Summary:
In this made for TV film, an enormous and angry yeti begins to terrorize a Colorado ski resort by eating several skiers during a winter carnival. Everyone insists it is just a bear until a ski patrolman sees a white, shadowy and beastly shape disappearing into the woods.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, disturbing, christmas horror, black and white, cult horror, classic horror, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful