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Plot Summary:
Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster and is hell-bent on exacting a centuries-old curse on her family.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 281000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, exciting, scary, suspenseful, fairy tale, gothic horror, entertaining, serious, stylized
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Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (2012)
Plot Summary:
Set in a 19th century village, a young man studying under a local doctor joins a team of hunters on the trail of a wolf-like creature.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting, gothic horror, perverse
Similar in 86%
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
Plot Summary:
President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 160000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, exciting, stylized, splatter, grindhouse, action packed, scary, psychotronic, mystical
Similar in 89%
Blade: Trinity (2004)
Plot Summary:
For years, Blade has fought against the vampires in the cover of the night. But now, after falling into the crosshairs of the FBI, he is forced out into the daylight, where he is driven to join forces with a clan of human vampire hunters he never knew existed - The Nightstalkers. Together with Abigail and Hannibal, two deftly trained Nightstalkers, Blade follows a trail of blood to the ancient creature that is also hunting him, the original vampire, Dracula.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 186000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, action packed, exciting, stylized, rough, serious, suspenseful, splatter, saga
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BloodRayne (2005)
Plot Summary:
In eighteenth century Romania, Rayne, a dhampir (half-human, half-vampire), prone to fits of blind blood rage but saddled with a compunction for humans, strives to avenge her mother's rape by her father, Kagan, King of Vampires. Two vampire hunters, Sebastian and Vladimir, from the Brimstone Society persuade her to join their cause.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: bloody, gothic, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, cult classic, action packed
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Plot Summary:
To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 182000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, Czech Republic, UK
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, atmospheric, offbeat, action packed, dark fantasy, predictable, action adventure, anamorphic, serious
Similar in 79%
I, Frankenstein (2014)
Plot Summary:
200 years after his shocking creation, Dr. Frankenstein's creature, Adam, still walks the earth. But when he finds himself in the middle of a war over the fate of humanity, Adam discovers he holds the key that could destroy humankind.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: gothic, exciting, stylized, scary, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, fairy tale, psychological, gothic horror
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Skinwalkers (2006)
Plot Summary:
Creatures, bound by the blood of the wolf, that can kill with curses and move at lightening speed, watching the night sky for the rise of the blood-red crescent moon. They are SKINWALKERS. They feed on our flesh and thirst for the taste of human blood. The red moon signals each pack, divided by principles, hell bent to survive an ancient prophecy.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, suspenseful, rough, serious, erotic, dark, psychotronic, sexy, unusual plot structure
Similar in 81%
Blade II (2002)
Plot Summary:
A rare mutation has occurred within the vampire community - The Reaper. A vampire so consumed with an insatiable bloodlust that they prey on vampires as well as humans, transforming victims who are unlucky enough to survive into Reapers themselves. Blade is asked by the Vampire Nation for his help in preventing a nightmare plague that would wipe out both humans and vampires.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 231000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: scary, stylized, exciting, entertaining, suspense, action packed, rough, serious, suspenseful, splatter
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Priest (2011)
Plot Summary:
In an alternate world, humanity and vampires have warred for centuries. After the last Vampire War, the veteran Warrior Priest lives in obscurity with other humans inside one of the Church's walled cities. When the Priest's niece is kidnapped by vampires, the Priest breaks his vows to hunt them down. He is accompanied by the niece's boyfriend, who is a wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 123000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: dark fantasy, scary, exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, apocalyptic, rough, bleak, gothic, psychotronic
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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
Plot Summary:
Archaeologist Rick O'Connell travels to China, pitting him against an emperor from the 2,000-year-old Han dynasty who's returned from the dead to pursue a quest for world domination. This time, O'Connell enlists the help of his wife and son to quash the so-called 'Dragon Emperor' and his abuse of supernatural power.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 169000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Germany, China, Canada
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: exciting, entertaining, atmospheric, stylized, mystical, dieselpunk, scary, suspense, saga, intense
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Hellboy (2004)
Plot Summary:
In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before a demon - Hellboy - has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces, Hellboy eventually grows to adulthood, serving the cause of good rather than evil.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 345000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: stylized, exciting, action packed, mystical, suspenseful, semi serious, entertaining, futuristic, visual, cult classic
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Constantine (2005)
Plot Summary:
John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 367000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: dark fantasy, gothic, suspense, stylized, dark, demonic, satanic, mind bending, surreal, suspenseful
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Red Riding Hood (2011)
Plot Summary:
Valerie is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry another man – who is wealthy. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter plan to run away together when they learn that Valerie's older sister has been killed by a werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. Hungry for revenge, the people call on famed werewolf hunter, Father Solomon, to help them kill the wolf. But Solomon's arrival brings unintended consequences as he warns that the wolf, who takes human form by day, could be any one of them.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 115000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, gothic, dark fantasy, suspenseful, gothic horror, surprise ending, scary, romantic, suspense, stylized
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Underworld (2003)
Plot Summary:
Vampires and werewolves have waged a nocturnal war against each other for centuries. But all bets are off when a female vampire warrior named Selene, who's famous for her strength and werewolf-hunting prowess, becomes smitten with a peace-loving male werewolf, Michael, who wants to end the war.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 282000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, dark, scary, futuristic, stylized, action packed, saga, visual, cult classic
Similar in 90%
The Crow (1994)
Plot Summary:
Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven -- watched over by a hypnotic crow -- returns from the grave to exact revenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 195000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspenseful, dark fantasy, rough, exciting, atmospheric, stylized, neo noir, scary, brutal
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Underworld: Evolution (2006)
Plot Summary:
As the war between the vampires and the Lycans rages on, Selene, a former member of the Death Dealers (an elite vampire special forces unit that hunts werewolves), and Michael, the werewolf hybrid, work together in an effort to unlock the secrets of their respective bloodlines.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 207000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: stylized, dark fantasy, gothic, splatter, action packed, scary, serious, visual, suspense, saga
Similar in 81%
Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
Plot Summary:
Vampire death dealer Selene fends off brutal attacks from both the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her. With her only allies, David and his father Thomas, she must stop the eternal war between Lycans and Vampires, even if it means she has to make the ultimate sacrifice.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 80000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, stylized, dark, bloody, splatter, saga, exciting, tense, captivating
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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
Plot Summary:
A prequel to the first two Underworld films, this fantasy explains the origins of the feud between the Vampires and the Lycans. Aided by his secret love, Sonja, courageous Lucian leads the Lycans in battle against brutal Vampire king Viktor. Determined to break the king's enslavement of his people, Lucian faces off against the Death Dealer army in a bid for Lycan independence.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 166000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, New Zealand, Australia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, scary, exciting, stylized, rough, serious, suspenseful, visual, action packed
Similar in 76%
The Brothers Grimm (2005)
Plot Summary:
Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 125000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic, UK
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, dark fantasy, gothic, entertaining, period piece, surreal, visual, exciting, stylized, mystical
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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
Plot Summary:
After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted, and must face an evil far greater than witches... their past.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 215000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, dark fantasy, exciting, suspenseful, splatter, action packed, dark, mystical, fantasy adventure, action adventure
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The Covenant (2006)
Plot Summary:
Four young men who belong to a supernatural legacy are forced to battle a fifth power long thought to have died out. Another great force they must contend with is the jealousy and suspicion that threatens to tear them apart.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: gothic, atmospheric, teen, fairy tale, exciting, suspense, dark, serious, scary, satanic
Similar in 76%
Season of the Witch (2011)
Plot Summary:
A 14th century Crusader returns with his comrade to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. The Church commands the two knights to transport a witch to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 97000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: dark fantasy, gothic, gothic horror, dark, suspense, stylized, exciting, scary, serious, brutal
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Solomon Kane (2009)
Plot Summary:
A nomadic 16th century warrior, condemned to hell for his brutal past, seeks redemption by renouncing violence, but finds some things are worth burning for as he fights to free a young Puritan woman from the grip of evil.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Czech Republic, UK, France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: dark fantasy, gothic, dark, atmospheric, gothic horror, bleak, exciting, stylized, visually stunning, rough
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Blade (1998)
Plot Summary:
When Blade's mother was bitten by a vampire during pregnancy, she did not know that she gave her son a special gift while dying: All the good vampire attributes in combination with the best human skills. Blade and his mentor Whistler battle an evil vampire rebel (Deacon Frost) who plans to take over the outdated vampire council, capture Blade and resurrect voracious blood god La Magra.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 293000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: suspense, cult classic, intense, rough, scary, exciting, splatter, grindhouse, action packed, dark
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Underworld: Awakening (2012)
Plot Summary:
After being held in a coma-like state for fifteen years, vampire Selene learns that she has a fourteen-year-old vampire/Lycan hybrid daughter named Nissa, and when she finds her, they must stop BioCom from creating super Lycans that will kill them all.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 160000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, scary, exciting, action packed, futuristic, serious, suspenseful, stylized, saga
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Dracula Untold (2014)
Plot Summary:
Vlad Tepes is a great hero, but when he learns the Sultan is preparing for battle and needs to form an army of 1,000 boys, including Vlad's son, he vows to find a way to protect his family. Vlad turns to dark forces in order to get the power to destroy his enemies and agrees to go from hero to monster as he's turned into the mythological vampire Dracula.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 205000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, exciting, scary, suspenseful, serious, fairy tale, epic, intense, psychotronic
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The Mummy Returns (2001)
Plot Summary:
Rick and Evelyn O'Connell, along with their 8 year old son Alex, discover the key to the legendary Scorpion King's might, the fabled Bracelet of Anubis. Unfortunately, a newly resurrected Imhotep has designs on the bracelet as well, and isn't above kidnapping its new bearer, Alex, to gain control of Anubis' otherworldly army.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 341000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, scary, suspenseful, entertaining, action packed, action adventure, psychotronic, dark fantasy, feel good
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The Mummy (2017)
Plot Summary:
Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 203000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, suspense, light, entertaining, intense, action packed, psychotronic, tense, captivating
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The Mummy (1999)
Plot Summary:
Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell and his companion, Beni stumble upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle in 1923, 3,000 years after Imhotep has suffered a fate worse than death – his body will remain undead for all eternity as a punishment for a forbidden love.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 453000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: exciting, scary, entertaining, funny, suspense, semi serious, cult classic, horror comedy, dieselpunk, humorous
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The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
Plot Summary:
The modern world holds many secrets, but by far the most astounding is that witches still live among us; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world and putting an end to the human race once and for all. Armies of witch hunters have battled this unnatural enemy for centuries, including Kaulder, a valiant warrior who many years ago slayed the all-powerful Witch Queen, decimating her followers in the process. In the moments right before her death, the Queen cursed Kaulder with immortality, forever separating him from his beloved wife and daughter. Today, Kaulder is the last living hunter who has spent his immortal life tracking down rogue witches, all the while yearning for his long-lost family.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 108000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, China, Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, exciting, mystical, suspenseful, psychotronic, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, mystic