Best movies like Twisted Nightmare
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Plot Summary:
A group of teenagers win a trip to a summer camp they had attended as children. However, soon after they get there they begin to disappear one by one. The survivors suspect that the disappearances may be connected to the death of a handicapped child at the camp years before.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, splatter, psychotronic, independent film, teen horror
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The Night Brings Charlie (1990)
Plot Summary:
A late era slasher firmly stuck in 1983 that knows how to keep it simple: a quiet, hooded tree-trimmer goes on a twisted killing spree in a small town.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 421
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
Similar in 84%
The Fiend (1972)
Plot Summary:
Led by a sinister minister, a controlling religious sect called the Brethren has taken control of widow Birdy Wemys, sending her unstable son, Kenny, into a spiraling descent into madness and murder. No woman is safe when Kenny's religious mania overpowers him and leads to a rampage of carnage and chaos!.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 626
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, independent film, religious horror, christian horror
Similar in 77%
Fever Lake (1997)
Plot Summary:
A group of teenagers drives to "Fever Lake" to spend the weekend in a cursed house near the lake despite warnings from the locals.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, independent film
Similar in 77%
Killing Spree (1987)
Plot Summary:
A man suspects his wife of adultery and goes on a killing spree, eliminating all he believes are sleeping with her, but his victims don't stay dead.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 976
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, splatter, independent film
Similar in 81%
Blood Stalkers (1976)
Plot Summary:
Two couples – Mike (Jerry Albert) and Jeri (Celea Ann Cole), Daniel (Kenny Miller) and Kim (Toni Crabtree) – go out to a hunting lodge that Mike inherited from his father and find the locals a little less than welcoming….
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 379
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, independent film, cult film
Similar in 87%
The Demon (1979)
Plot Summary:
Random people are terrorized by a malevolent man who brings their worst fears to life.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 997
Genere: Horror
Country: South Africa
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, classic horror, gothic horror, detective, grindhouse, psychotronic, odd
Similar in 81%
Drive In (2000)
Plot Summary:
A man, confined to a room across from a drive-in theater showing only horror movies, escapes and goes on a killing rampage.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
Similar in 84%
555 (1988)
Plot Summary:
A spate of killings of teenagers by a maniac dressed like a hippie causes a detective to check the records for similar killings. He discovers that every five years, in the fifth month of the year, for five consecutive days, the same type of killings have occurred, and the few descriptions of the suspect always match: he's dressed like a hippie. As the detective searches for the killer, he begins to have suspicions about his superior, an older man who is haunted by memories of his military service in Vietnam.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 431
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, detective, surprise ending, splatter, independent film, cult film
Similar in 87%
A Night to Dismember (1983)
Plot Summary:
A woman from a "cursed" family is released from a mental facility, and soon dismembered corpses start turning up.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 823
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
Similar in 76%
Meatcleaver Massacre (1976)
Plot Summary:
Four crazed killers, butchered his wife, son and daughter. From his hospital deathbed he called upon the power of the occult for revenge... And he got it, he really got it!.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 784
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, cult classic, splatter, psychotronic, independent film, slasher horror, supernatural thriller, cult film
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Frightworld (2006)
Plot Summary:
Nine people find themselves trapped in a warehouse that contains the remains of the old Frightworld Amusement Park - a place haunted by the spirit of Verden Fell, a serial killer who died there a year before.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, independent film
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Nurse Sherri (1977)
Plot Summary:
A hospital nurse is possessed by an evil spirit, and proceeds to kill off the hospital's patients.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 872
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: medical horror, slasher, slasher horror, psychotronic, independent film, grindhouse
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Satan's Blade (1984)
Plot Summary:
At a mountain resort, a local resident is possessed by the evil spirit of an ancient mountain man, and terrorizes a ski lodge.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 746
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film
Similar in 87%
The House Where Death Lives (1981)
Plot Summary:
A nurse goes to a house to care for a crippled old man. Then people in the house start being murdered.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychotronic, independent film
Similar in 78%
Stabbed in the Face (2004)
Plot Summary:
A slasher throwback to the grandest clichés and stereotypes, Terror Optics presents Stabbed in the Face. Follow a group of teenagers into the woods for a good time. Undoubtedly, you'll find serial killers, red herrings, boobs and booze all in one night. Leaving little to the imagination, Terror Optics continues the party-film concept of having a really good time with little regard to critics and potential fans. Set in an undeterminable time period, stocked with a slew of villains and well deserving victims, Stabbed in the Face proves that slasher films are ONLY about the boobs, butts, and body count.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, controversial
Similar in 82%
Summer Camp (2015)
Plot Summary:
A group of people have just signed up to be camp Councillors at a foreign country. They expect the camp to be the place for a memorable summer. Instead, something strange is going on and some of the campers begin to act strange. Things go terribly wrong real fast as a terrible game of tag has the campers running for their lives or going after the campers.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, disturbing, tense, captivating, psychological, spooky, independent film, creepy, awful
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Blood Lake (1987)
Plot Summary:
Six teenagers decide to party one weekend, but before the partying begins one couple disappears. Only to be fount brutally murdered. A blood thirsty killer is stalking their summer playground. One by one bodies begin to show up, as they become prey to the venomous vengeance-seeking maniac.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 667
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, surprise ending, psychotronic, teen horror, slasher horror
Similar in 81%
The Love Butcher (1975)
Plot Summary:
The twisted tale of Caleb, and his alter ego Lester. After being pushed around too far, Caleb transforms into Lester and returns to those who have wronged him.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 469
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, controversial, grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
Similar in 86%
Ghost of Camp Blood (2018)
Plot Summary:
For years, the infamous Blackwood Forest was terrorized by the Camp Blood Killer. Now, the killer is back as a vengeful spirit seeking revenge from beyond the grave.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: slasher, splatter, scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film
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Mortuary (1982)
Plot Summary:
Christie Parson has constant nightmares of her father's death whom died in a swimming pool. Christie's mother thinks it was an accident, but Christie believes in was murder. Christie then see's an unknown figure dressed in a cape following her and harassing her. But still nobody believes her, until her boyfriend sees the figure himself. The figure hides in the town mortuary which is owned by Hank Andrews and his demented son, Paul and both are trying to form rituals to bring back Dr. Parson's spirit. But who is this figure and why is he harassing Christie?.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, horror comedy, cult classic, independent film, surprise ending, splatter, psychotronic, slasher horror, cult film
Similar in 82%
Satan's Black Wedding (1976)
Plot Summary:
A man travels to another city for his sister's funeral to try to find out why she killed herself. He discovers that she is actually a vampire and returns from the dead to take revenge on her family.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, independent film
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Scared To Death (1980)
Plot Summary:
A series of hideous murders is taking place, and Inspector Capell and cop-turned-novelist Lonergan are investigating. The murders are found to be the work of an out-of-control experiment in genetic engineering. The two men must descend into the city's sewer systems to destroy the horrific miscreation. It won't be hard to find, as it's already looking for its next victims.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, splatter, psychotronic, 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%
Kill Her Goats (2023)
Plot Summary:
Audra's graduation gift is her dream house, but it soon becomes a living nightmare when some uninvited guests come to her homecoming party who aren't very subtle about the fact they don't approve of the home's new owner.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 636
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: slasher, slasher horror
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Jeepers Creepers 3 (2017)
Plot Summary:
Taking place on the last day of the Creeper’s twenty-three-day feeding frenzy, as the skeptical Sergeant Tubbs teams up with a task force hellbent on destroying the Creeper for good. The Creeper fights back in gory glory as its enemies grow closer than ever before to learning the secret of its dark origins.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, psychotronic, scary, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, epic, bloody, controversial
Similar in 83%
Jolly Roger: Massacre at Cutter's Cove (2005)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends unleash a demonic Pirate from a treasure chest.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, semi serious, mockbuster, offbeat, surprise ending, splatter
Similar in 86%
Coffin Baby (2013)
Plot Summary:
An attractive young woman is kidnapped, held captive and forced to endure the evils of one of the most violent homicidal maniacs in the city's history. "The Toolbox Killer" aka TBK. It is by her will, strength and her faith that she must survive, the ordeal. Her escape is almost hopeless. Unfortunately her situation only worsens when outside supernatural forces become more difficult to contend with than TBK.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, psychological, disturbing, surprise ending, detective
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The Abomination (1986)
Plot Summary:
A mother obsessed with mind-altering televangelism consequently vomits a pulsating growth that slithers down the throat of her son during the night. Upon spewing the parasite, the son is driven by an uncontrollable force to murder and feed corpses to the now-multiple-toothed monsters manifesting throughout the house. This gory, shot-on-Super-8 regional rarity is a micro-budget salute to H.G. Lewis and H.P. Lovecraft. — Evan Husney, Drafthouse Films.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 710
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, art house, grindhouse, medical horror, splatter, psychotronic, independent film, lovecraft, horror comedy
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The Undertaker (1988)
Plot Summary:
A deranged undertaker kills various people to keep as his friends in his seedy funeral home.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 734
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, perverse, grindhouse, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film
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B.C. Butcher (2016)
Plot Summary:
When a tribe of cavewomen imparts cruel justice on one of their own their fate takes a turn for the worst. After discovering and falling in love with the corpse sacrificed by the girl-gang, a lone wandering giant of pre-historic mythos is inspired to homicide. Consequently the cavewomen are menaced by the heartbroken and bloodthirsty cave-brute with a grudge, and the prophetess among them is ignored when she predicts the tragic outcome.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 257
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, splatter, independent film, slapstick comedy, slapstick