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Plot Summary:
George is a high-strung professional photographer who is starting to unravel from the stress of his work with a Manhattan advertising agency. Needing some time away from the city, Jake, his wife Kim, and their son Miles head to upstate New York to take in the winter sights, though the drive up is hardly relaxing for any of them. George accidentally hits and severely injures a deer that ran onto the icy road; after George stops to inspect the damage, he's confronted by an angry local named Otis who flies into a rage, telling George that he and his fellow hunters had been tracking the deer for some time. An argument breaks out, which leaves George feeling deeply shaken.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, scary, suspenseful, suspense, creepy, psychological, spiritual, psychotronic, spooky, independent film
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Amityville: Mt Misery Road (2018)
Plot Summary:
Charlie and Buzi are ghosts' enthusiasts fascinated by the legend of the scariest road in America, Mt. Misery Road. The couple continues their adventure to the woods until they realize they got into the whirlpool of paranormal activities.
IMDB Rating: 1.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, psychotronic, spooky, low-budget
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The Last Winter (2006)
Plot Summary:
In the Arctic region of Northern Alaska, an oil company's advance team struggles to establish a drilling base that will forever alter the pristine land. After one team member is found dead, a disorientation slowly claims the sanity of the others as each of them succumbs to a mysterious fear.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Iceland
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, scary, suspenseful, lovecraft, tense, serious, suspense, creepy, brutal, dark
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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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House Hunting (2012)
Plot Summary:
Two families go to an open house and can't leave.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, scary, mind bending, psychotronic, creepy, spooky, independent film
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Hunting the Legend (2014)
Plot Summary:
In 2008, a deer hunter was taken by something in the Alabama woods. Only his rifle, blood and a 16" footprint were left behind... Five years later, his son seeks revenge.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 379
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, scary
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Hollow (2011)
Plot Summary:
An old monastery in a small, remote village in Suffolk, England has been haunted by a local legend for centuries. Left in ruin and shrouded by the mystery of a dark spirit that wills young couples to suicide, the place has been avoided for years, marked only by a twisted, ancient tree with an ominous hollow said to be the home of great evil. When four friends on holiday explore the local folklore, they realize that belief in a myth can quickly materialize into reality, bringing horror to life for the town.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, demonic, mockumentary, spooky, psychological, serious
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13th Child (2002)
Plot Summary:
People are being killed by someone or something using superhuman strength. A clever DA Assistant is sent to investigate. Is this just a way to commit the perfect murder or will the legend of the Jersey Devil prove to be true?.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 889
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, rough, serious
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Sublime (2007)
Plot Summary:
Admitted to Mt. Abaddon Hospital for a routine procedure, George Grieves discovers that his condition is much more serious and complicated than originally expected; and as his own fears begin to manifest around him, he learns that Mt. Abaddon is not a place where people come to get better... it is a place where people come to die.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, psychological, suspenseful, scary, psychological horror, medical horror, spooky, twisted, serious
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Rise of the Dead (2007)
Plot Summary:
In the sleepy small town of Dudley, Ohio, a terrifying future awaits. Laura is almost raped by a normal lawyer who appears to have gone crazy. When her boyfriend, Jack Walther saves her by running him over with her car, the cops don't buy the story. Things get complicated when Laura's roommate is murdered and the local police start asking questions that they can't answer.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 639
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, psychological, captivating, scary, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Castle Freak (1995)
Plot Summary:
John has inherited a castle and Italy and he moves there with his wife Susan and their blind daughter Rebecca. What they don't realize is that there is somebody else in the castle. An abused child left to die in the basement who has now become the castle freak and is out to wreak havoc.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, rough, suspenseful, lovecraft, independent film, gothic, splatter, grindhouse, creepy
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Barricade (2012)
Plot Summary:
A father's quiet retreat to the woods with his two children turns into a fight for survival.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, christmas horror, tense, suspense, captivating, psychological thriller, psychological horror, scary
Similar in 82%
Willow Creek (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young couple ventures into the woods to capture footage of the elusive Bigfoot.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, mockumentary, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, psychological, disturbing, cult classic, spooky, tense
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Shutter (2008)
Plot Summary:
A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, Thailand
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, atmospheric, psychological, road movie, intense, creepy, serious, suspenseful, sexy
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Boogeyman (2005)
Plot Summary:
Every culture has one – the horrible monster fueling young children's nightmares. But for Tim, the Boogeyman still lives in his memories as a creature that devoured his father 16 years earlier. Is the Boogeyman real? Or did Tim make him up to explain why his father abandoned his family?.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, creepy, atmospheric, christmas horror, slasher, demonic, teen horror
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The Pact (2012)
Plot Summary:
After their mother passes away, sisters Nicole and Annie reluctantly return to their childhood home to pay their last respects. While staying overnight in the house, the sisters sense a mysterious presence in their midst: noises startling them in the night, objects moving about, a fallen picture of an unknown woman posed next to their mother. Annie begins experiencing a series of intense and disturbing dreams - visions that lead her to uncover something terrible about her mother's past that is finally revealing itself.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, captivating, christmas horror, demonic, creepy, spooky, twisted
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My Little Eye (2002)
Plot Summary:
Five young people apply to live in an isolated house together for six months whilst their every move is filmed by numerous cameras.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, France, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing, splatter, powerful, twisted
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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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The St. Francisville Experiment (2000)
Plot Summary:
According to local legend, the ghosts of tortured slaves still haunt New Orleans' Lalaurie House. For The St. Francisville Experiment, a paranormal researcher, a self-proclaimed psychic, a Louisiana historian, and a filmmaker were given digital video cameras for one night in the house to document whatever they saw. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, mockumentary, dark, independent film, mind bending, psychotronic
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Evil Things (2009)
Plot Summary:
It's Miriam's 21st Birthday. As a birthday gift, Miriam's aunt Gail has decided to lend Miriam her beautiful country house for an entire weekend. Aunt Gail's country house is amazing. It's a four bedroom house surrounded by breathtaking mountains and miles and miles of woods. Miriam invites her young college friends Cassy, Mark, Tanya and Leo to join her at the country house for what looks to be the most amazing weekend ever. Of course they all jump at the chance to spend a free weekend in the country, in the middle of nowhere. Miriam's friends are totally in the mood for a big time party weekend. They're also anxious to escape the dark and gloomy concrete jungle known as Manhattan. Miriam, Cassy and Tanya bring the food. Mark brings the beer and Leo, the aspiring filmmaker, brings his new video camera. Leo hopes to produce a short movie by documenting every amazing moment of this weekend getaway.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, slasher, mockumentary, suspense, dark, realistic, independent film
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Psycho (1998)
Plot Summary:
Criminal on the run, Marion Crane takes refuge at the motel operated by Norman Bates - a troubled man whose victims encounter a grisly fate at the hands of his "mother." Marion soon becomes the next victim and her disappearance prompts inquiries from her sister and a private investigator. They both soon discover the morbid bond linking Norman to his mysterious "mother" at the Bates Motel.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, slasher, psychological, bleak, cult classic, psychological thriller, atmospheric, mystical, brutal
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Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)
Plot Summary:
In 1988, evil begins to terrorize young sisters Katie and Kristi for the first time when an invisible entity resides in their home.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 99000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, tense, suspenseful, mockumentary, creepy, psychological, disturbing, stylized, serious
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Exists (2014)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends who venture into the remote Texas woods for a party weekend find themselves stalked by Bigfoot.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, suspenseful, tense, mockumentary, grindhouse, teen horror, mythical, powerful, natural horror
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The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Plot Summary:
In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 280000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, dark, independent film, mockumentary, suspenseful, atmospheric, bleak, psychological, disturbing
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House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Plot Summary:
A remake of the 1959 film of the same name. A millionaire offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, slasher, rough, serious, atmospheric, gothic, creepy, psychological, disturbing
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REC (2007)
Plot Summary:
A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 193000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, tense, suspense, dark, disturbing, creepy, frightening, psychological, atmospheric
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Stir of Echoes (1999)
Plot Summary:
After being hypnotized by his sister in law, Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, twist ending, suspense, atmospheric, scary, disturbing, sexy, dark, psychological thriller, surprise ending
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The Grudge (2004)
Plot Summary:
American nurse, Karen Davis moves to Tokyo and encounters a vengeful supernatural spirit known as The Grudge that often possesses its victims. When a series of horrifying and mysterious deaths occur – with the spirit passing its curse onto each victim - Karen must find away to break the spell before she becomes the spirit's next victim.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 150000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, psychological, creepy, atmospheric, suspense, gothic, terrifying, slasher, stylized
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Dead Silence (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named Billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist Mary Shaw. Destined to find out the truth, Jamie goes to the town of Raven's Fair, where Shaw used to perform and is buried. But Jamie is in for more than he expected.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 101000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, twist ending, gothic, atmospheric, suspenseful, surprise ending, dark, slasher, suspense, frightening
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The Visit (2015)
Plot Summary:
The terrifying story of a brother and sister who are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a weeklong trip. Once the children discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing, they see their chances of getting back home are growing smaller every day.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 147000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, twist ending, surprise ending, suspenseful, mockumentary, atmospheric, dark, disturbing, psychological, scary
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Dead End (2003)
Plot Summary:
Christmas Eve. On his way to his in-laws with his family, Frank Harrington decides to try a shortcut, for the first time in 20 years. It turns out to be the biggest mistake of his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, twist ending, tense, christmas horror, surprise ending, scary, atmospheric, clever, disturbing