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Plot Summary:
The parents of a girl who was killed by a savage dog are granted the opportunity to spend three days with their deceased daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, captivating, suspenseful, satanic, psychological, suspense, surreal, apocalyptic, grindhouse
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The Tattooist (2007)
Plot Summary:
American tattoo artist Jake Sawyer wanders the world, exploring and exploiting ethnic themes in his tattoo designs. At a tattoo expo in Singapore, he gets his first glimpse at the exotic world of traditional Samoan tattoo (tatau), and, in a thoughtless act, unwittingly unleashes a powerful angry spirit. In his devastating journey into Pacific mysticism, Jake must find a way to save his new love, Sina and recover his own soul.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, Netherlands, Singapore
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, erotic, psychological, underground film, mystic, psychotronic
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The Unleashed (2011)
Plot Summary:
Madison Kennard, a troubled woman dealing with her dark past, must venture home after an 8 year absence following her mothers death. Almost instantly after her return, Madison must cope with the haunting memories of a childhood best forgotten. Lindsay, a childhood friend of Madisons with an adventurous nature, hears of Madison's arrival and has every intention of reconnecting a friendship once had. Bizarre and unexplainable events occur within the house after old friends come together and dabble with the infamous Ouija board. Lindsay, being all too curious of the board and its undeniable power, gives into the persuasion of an unknown entity and allows it to possess her. Madison must overpower her deepest fears and find a way to release Lindsay and abolish the presence that haunts her.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, bleak
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The Wicker Tree (2011)
Plot Summary:
Director Robin Hardy's reimagining of his eerie 1973 film, The Wicker Man. Young Christians Beth and Steve, a gospel singer and her cowboy boyfriend, leave Texas to preach door-to-door in Scotland. When, after initial abuse, they are welcomed with joy and elation to Tressock, the border fiefdom of Sir Lachlan Morrison, they assume their hosts simply want to hear more about Jesus. How innocent and wrong they are.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, tense, dark comedy, independent film, black comedy
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Tumbbad (2018)
Plot Summary:
India, 1918. On the outskirts of Tumbbad, a cursed village where it always rains, Vinayak, along with his mother and his brother, care of a mysterious old woman who keeps the secret of an ancestral treasure which Vinayak gets obsessed with.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: India, Sweden
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, offbeat, suspenseful, scary, dark, slasher, realistic, dark fantasy, visually appealing
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Population 436 (2006)
Plot Summary:
A census-taker (Sisto) is sent to investigate why a certain small town has had the same population -- 436 residents -- for the last 100 years.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, scary, twisted, psychological thriller, surprise ending, mysterious, offbeat, serious
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I Am ZoZo (2012)
Plot Summary:
I Am ZoZo is a psychological thriller about five young people who play with a Ouija board on Halloween and attract the attention of a malevolent demon. The film is based on real experiences with an ancient and malevolent spirit called ZoZo that attaches itself to people exclusively through Ouija boards. I Am ZoZo was shot on location on San Juan Island, WA and Seattle entirely on Kodak Super 8mm negative film stock.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 719
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, mind bending, psychotronic
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Haunting of Cellblock 11 (2014)
Plot Summary:
A group of ghost hunters must up their game to compete in the competitive world of paranormal TV shows, leading them to a truly haunted prison with a grisly past that proves to be more than they bargained for.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 832
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, mockumentary, slasher
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Nine Lives (2002)
Plot Summary:
Nine friends seclude themselves in an old, isolated Scottish mansion for a birthday weekend bash. Cut off from the outside world by a snowstorm, strange behavior soon invades the group and one by one they disappear.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, slasher, exciting, tense, captivating
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The House at the End of Time (2013)
Plot Summary:
The story of Dulce, a mother who has encounters with apparitions inside her old house. She must decipher a mystery that could trigger a prophecy: the death of her family.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, suspense, mind bending, mystic, psychological thriller, clever, sad, surreal, dark fantasy
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Presence of Mind (1999)
Plot Summary:
Henry James' classic tale of terror The Turn of the Screw receives yet another screen adaptation in this thriller shot in Spain. A young woman (Sadie Frost) is hired to serve as a governess for two children, Miles and Flora (Nilo Mur and Ella Jones). She is hired by their uncle, the Master (Harvey Keitel), who became the guardian of the youngsters after the death of their parents. While the governess is initially enthusiastic about her job, Miles and Flora soon prove to be quite a handful, and the housekeeper Mrs. Grose (Lauren Bacall), who oversees most of the activities at the Master's estate, is openly antagonistic to her. Before long, the governess discovers the house bears a dark secret involving Miss Jessel (Dayne Danika), the previous governess, and Fosc (Agusti Villaronga), the Master's former valet. El Celo was the first feature from director Antoni Aloy.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 713
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, psychological, tense, stylized, psychotronic
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The Daisy Chain (2008)
Plot Summary:
A grieving couple move to a remote Irish village in the wake of their baby daughter's death. They soon take in an orphaned autistic girl, only to become involved in a series of strange occurrences.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary, realistic, surprise ending
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Purgatory (2014)
Plot Summary:
A woman must survive the night after she welcomes a neighbor's child into her home.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 442
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful
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A Haunting in Salem (2011)
Plot Summary:
When the new sheriff of Salem, Massachusetts discovers that he is the victim of a centuries-old curse, he must protect his family from the vengeful ghosts that torment his home.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, scary, independent film, surprise ending
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Lizzie (2012)
Plot Summary:
Lizzie, a young woman with amnesia, slowly comes to realize that she may be responsible for the horrific murder of her parents. After returning to the family home, Lizzie had terrifying flashbacks to her childhood, and comes face to face with the true horror of her past.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 872
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating, independent film
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Inheritance (2004)
Plot Summary:
Inheritance tells the tale of sinister old lady Lillian Baker (Marjorie Nelson) & her kind hearted, good natured carer Abigail Nielsen (Jen Taylor). Abigail feels sorry for Lillian & does her best to keep her happy, however one fateful night Lillian passes away in her sleep. Abigail is obviously upset & attends Lillian's funeral to say her goodbyes, it soon comes to light that Lillian has left Abigail her large house & it's entire contents a situation which Lillian's daughter Joan (Kathryn Mesney-Hetter) is unhappy with. The reason for Lillian's generosity becomes clear as her spirit starts to possess Abigail & take complete control of her body.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, scary
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The Squad (2011)
Plot Summary:
The air is thick with tension as a military squad proceeds to the foot of a mountain base, where they're ordered to wait for backup and hold their position. The mountain is shrouded in fog and the men are exhausted. They've been fighting guerrillas on enemy turf for some time, and they're worn down by the stress and anxiety of battle. The men don't want to wait; they want to charge up the hill, fearing that their comrades in the base have been overrun by the guerrillas. The squad's leader tries futilely to keep his men in line while dealing with his insolent second-in-command.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Colombia, Argentina, Spain
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, tense, serious, captivating, scary, atmospheric, rough
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Entity (2013)
Plot Summary:
Eugene, a man dealing with the tragedy of his family's death by living at the vacation cabin that they last stayed, discovers he's completely snowbound. During Eugene's desperate attempts to dig himself out, he discovers he's not alone.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, twisted, psychotronic
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Feng shui (2004)
Plot Summary:
Joy and her family have just moved into a new home, in a sparsely populated village. For them, it’s time for new beginnings- a new chance and a new hope. But what for fortune awaits them.. and woe the tragedies to follow. On what should be the most unfortunate day of her life, Joy picks up a package left by a stranger in a bus. It is called ‘ba-gua’, (feng shui mirror) an item that drives bad luck away. Joy could not refuse the luck that continues to come her way until everything appears too good to be true. Unexplained events disturb her family’s peace . People start to die as well. Having been advised by the geomancer to simply say no to the next form of luck, all Joy could do now is wait. But what painful decision awaits her? Will Joy prevail or be consumed by the curse of the bagua mirror?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 996
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, spooky, terrifying, realistic
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Seventh Moon (2008)
Plot Summary:
Melissa and Yul, Americans honeymooning in China, come across the exotic 'Hungry Ghost' festival. When night falls, the couple end up in a remote village, and soon realize the legend is all too real. Plunged into an ancient custom they cannot comprehend, the couple must find a way to survive the night of the Seventh Moon.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, scary, serious, dark, suspense, slasher, underground film, hilarious, independent film
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11:11 (2004)
Plot Summary:
Eighteen years after the murder of her parents, Sara Tobias searches for the meaning of the numbers '11:11' that was scratched in blood beside her mother's body. Following three sudden murders, supernatural events are unleashed as she gets closer to the truth.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, suspense
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Dead Creatures (2001)
Plot Summary:
A group of women afflicted with a horrible disease (which forces them to cannibalism) try to support one another.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful
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Pray for Morning (2006)
Plot Summary:
Looking for a night of thrills, eight friends roam the abandoned Royal Crescent Hotel, where five students were murdered more than 20 years ago. When they discover a severed hand, they conjure up a evil spirit and unleash its bloody wrath. To survive the night, the friends must solve a century-old mystery that threatens to annihilate them one by one.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 603
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, mind bending, slasher, teen horror
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Husk (2011)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends stranded near a desolate cornfield find shelter in an old farmhouse, though they soon discover the dwelling is the center of a supernatural ritual.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspense, dark, creepy, bleak, disturbing, psychological, entertaining, bloody
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Death Factory (2014)
Plot Summary:
A bus full of strangers find themselves fighting for their lives when one of them reads from an ancient Gothic tome, bringing six dead serial killers back to life, who proceed to hunt them down one by one.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 688
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, serious, suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, scary
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A Dark Song (2016)
Plot Summary:
A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, disturbing, suspenseful, spooky, psychological thriller, art house, religious horror, scary, atmospheric
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Killing Ariel (2008)
Plot Summary:
One night, a female demon attacks Rick, a contentedly married man. Under the spell of the demon, he takes a beautiful young woman, Ariel, off to an isolated house for a weekend fling. There, bizarre and frightening things happen, and accidentally Rick kills Ariel. But she won't stay dead. He soon realizes that she is the demon that first attacked him. He defends himself by killing her again. And again. But no matter how many times he kills her, she keeps coming back.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, independent film
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The Chosen (2015)
Plot Summary:
When a child-stealing demon attaches itself to a little girl, her family is thrust into a battle against time in order to save the girl and send the demon back to hell.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, spooky, independent film
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The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978)
Plot Summary:
A young couple moves to a quiet New England village, only to soon find themselves mixed up in mysterious rituals.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 300 min
Plot tags: gothic, slasher, satanic, spooky, thrilling, scary, tense, atmospheric, rough, mind bending
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The Appearing (2014)
Plot Summary:
A woman once possessed by a mysterious entity uncovers a shocking secret about her past and must face the demon that is lurking inside of her.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, scary, rough, independent film
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Mr. Jones (2013)
Plot Summary:
Scott (Jon Foster) is a filmmaker in need of inspiration. He and his girlfriend Penny (Sarah Jones) move into a desolate house hoping to make a breakthrough. Then they discover their neighbor, the elusive Mr. Jones. Famous for his haunting sculptures, Mr. Jones has remained a mystery to the world. Scott and Penny, convinced that they have found the perfect film subject, sneak into his workshop and realize that their curiosity may have chilling consequences. Who is Mr. Jones?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, surreal, mockumentary, grindhouse, psychological horror, creepy, lovecraft, spooky