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Plot Summary:
Helen keeps on receiving phone calls from a child, who claims being her nephew Michael - but Michael died 15 years ago! In these calls he scolds on acquaintances, who then die in suspicious accidents. Soon Helen has to fear to be the next victim.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 969
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: spooky, psychotronic, suspense, crime thriller, disgusting
Best tv shows and movies like When Michael Calls (1972):
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The Strange and Deadly Occurrence (1974)
Plot Summary:
A family moves into a new home in an isolated area, and soon realizes that someone--or something--doesn't want them there.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 415
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: suspense, spooky, surprise ending, psychotronic
Similar in 90%
Hotline (1982)
Plot Summary:
A crisis helpline assistant attracts the attention of a serial killer who delights in feeding her cryptic, nursery-rhyme style riddles when planning his next murder!.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, crime thriller
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Fear No Evil (1969)
Plot Summary:
A psychiatrist specializing in the occult becomes involved in the case of a man who is possessed by a spirit in an antique mirror. The man's fiance discovers that the mirror is able to bring back her former boyfriend, who had been killed in a car accident, from the dead.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, spooky, crime thriller
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Starve (2014)
Plot Summary:
While researching an urban legend on feral children, three friends find themselves trapped in an abandoned high school, where they are confronted with an evil more sinister than the legend itself.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: bleak, scary, suspense, psychotronic
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I Saw What You Did (1965)
Plot Summary:
When two teenagers make prank phone calls to strangers, they become the target for terror when they whisper "I Saw What You Did, And I Know Who You Are!" to psychopath Steve Marek who has just murdered his wife. But somebody else knows of the terrible crime that was committed that night, the killer's desperately amorous neighbor Amy Nelson.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, suspense, scary, suspenseful, psychotronic, psychological thriller, horror comedy, slasher horror, psychological
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Honeyspider (2014)
Plot Summary:
It's Halloween day in 1989 and college student Jackie Blue wants to enjoy a quiet birthday in the midst of a chaotic semester at school. Her friend Amber has other ideas and persuades Jackie to come to the annual Halloween party on campus after her shift at the local movie theater. As the night unfolds, it becomes apparent that Jackie will get more excitement than she bargained for on her birthday this year.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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All I Need (2016)
Plot Summary:
The paths of a desperate man and an imprisoned young woman cross unexpectedly in the den of a mysterious killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, captivating, suspense, psychological, enigmatic
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Hunt Her, Kill Her (2022)
Plot Summary:
A desperate young mother, Karen, takes a job as the night shift janitor at a large furniture factory. She is told that she is the only one working at this time. But, after seeing a strange vehicle idling in the parking lot and finding a door to the factory ajar, she gets the feeling she might not be alone after all.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, minimal cast, spooky
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End Trip (2018)
Plot Summary:
On a calm night in an average city a hardworking URYDE driver, Brandon, picks up just another fare, Judd. Using interactions that blur the lines between the technological world and the physical one, Judd explains a messy breakup. Brandon offers an empathetic ear and a sympathetic heart to his new friend to help him pick up the pieces. Aggregated profiles, algorithms, links, likes and comments bring people closer. But how close is too close?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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American Gothic (2017)
Plot Summary:
A quiet couple. An isolated farmhouse. A pair of desperate fugitives. Everything breaks under pressure.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 416
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, psychological, suspense, disturbing
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Evil Deeds (2019)
Plot Summary:
A Thief encounters a strange old Hermit who tells him tales of Evil Deeds - including a Detective's search for a escaped mental patient, a tale of young lady and her new beau who arrange to have her abusive father killed and the body disposed of - unfortunately he doesn't stay dead, and a babysitter is tormented by phone calls from a demented man.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, psychotronic, tense, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, dark fairy tale
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The Darkness (2016)
Plot Summary:
A family returns from a Grand Canyon vacation with a supernatural presence in tow.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspense, rough, suspenseful, spooky, scary, esoteric, wild
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Bloodshed (2005)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers live alone in a shack in the woods, trying to overcome their abusive past. But when a girl is killed nearby, fearing retribution from the townspeople, they cover up her death, kidnap the only witness and embark on a murderous journey.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: suspense
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A.M.I. (2019)
Plot Summary:
A seventeen year old girl forms a co-dependent relationship with an artificial intelligence on her phone and goes on a murderous rampage.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: suspense, futuristic, scary, bleak, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, spooky
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The Devil's Dolls (2016)
Plot Summary:
A brutal serial killer is finally gunned down in the middle of carrying out one last heinous act of bloody murder. In the maniac’s possession, a box of Guatemalan talismans, which mistakenly end up being sold as charm jewelry in Chloe’s Collectables thrift shop. Soon those who bought the Worry Dolls begin to act strangely out of character and cause another rash of senseless slaughter. An ancient curse is consuming the city and pits a hardened detective against the clock to save his 8 year-old daughter’s life.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, psychotronic, tense, suspense, disturbing, psychological thriller, spooky
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Don't Answer the Phone! (1980)
Plot Summary:
A deeply disturbed photographer and Vietnam veteran, named Kirk Smith, terrorizes Los Angeles by going around strangling lingerie-clad young women in their homes while taunting Lindsay Gale, a young psychologist, by calling her on a radio call-in show to describe his sexual hang-ups and misogynistic ways, while a local police detective, Lt. McCable, is always two steps behind in trying to catch the psycho.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, disturbing, scary, psychological, suspenseful, detective, cult classic, bloody, independent film
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Halloween Ends (2022)
Plot Summary:
Four years after the traumatic events of Halloween in 2018, the nightmare ends as Laurie Strode comes face to face with Michael Myers, once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 69000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, slasher horror, bloody, sinister, tense, suspense, suspenseful, gloomy, surprise ending
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Halloween (2018)
Plot Summary:
Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago. This film, the 11th film in the "Halloween" series, will ignore the events of all previous sequels, picking up 40 years after the events of the original film.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 167000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, rough, tense, spooky, retro
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Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
Plot Summary:
Presumed dead after a shoot-out with the Haddonfield police, Michael Myers is secretly nursed back to health -- and returns a year later to kill again and once more targets his young niece, Jamie. Jamie is now recovering in the local children's hospital after attacking her stepmother and losing her voice. Her mental link with her evil uncle may be the key to uprooting her family tree.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bloody, surprise ending, classic horror, suspenseful, psychotronic, psychological, slasher horror, psychological thriller
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Candyman (1992)
Plot Summary:
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 99000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspenseful, gothic, atmospheric, rough, creepy, frightening, suspense, bloody
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The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting (2003)
Plot Summary:
A sadistic serial killer terrorizes a couple driving on a rural highway in Texas while killing numerous people and framing them for his killings.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, road movie
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Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
Plot Summary:
A young girl who possesses the power of telekinesis accidentally causes her father's death after a family dispute at Crystal Lake. Years later, when a doctor tries to exploit her abilities, her power becomes a hellish curse, and she unwittingly unchains the merciless, bloodthirsty Jason Voorhees from his watery grave.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, bloody, classic horror, suspense, splatter, retro, dark, anime, cult horror
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Choke (2020)
Plot Summary:
The lines between reality and fiction, and good and bad blur when both a nihilistic detective and a serial killer's affairs with a mysterious girl overlap.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, detective, psychological thriller, psychological horror
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Long Distance (2005)
Plot Summary:
When a young, lonely woman misdials a phone number by one digit, calling into a serial killing in progress, the killer latches onto her and involves her telephonically in a string of murders as he heads closer and closer to her home in Boston.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 903
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, suspenseful, scary, slasher, realistic
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He's Out There (2018)
Plot Summary:
On vacation at a remote lake house, a mother and her two young daughters must fight for survival after falling into a terrifying and bizarre nightmare conceived by a psychopath.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, psychological thriller, dark, bloody, spooky, slasher horror
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Poltergeist (1982)
Plot Summary:
Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken dishes and furniture moving around by itself. However, when he realizes that something truly evil haunts his home, Steve calls in a team of parapsychologists led by Dr. Lesh to help before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 177000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, rough, disturbing, cult classic, creepy, terrifying, splatter
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When a Stranger Calls (2006)
Plot Summary:
Far away from the site of a gruesome murder, a teenager named Jill Johnson arrives at a luxurious home for a baby-sitting job. With the children fast asleep, she settles in for what she expects to be an ordinary evening. Soon, the ringing of a phone and the frightening words of a sadistic caller turn Jill's routine experience into a night of terror.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, suspense, tense, psychological thriller, slasher, intense, creepy, teen horror, twist ending
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6 Souls (2010)
Plot Summary:
A female forensic psychiatrist discovers that all of one of her patient's multiple personalities are murder victims. She will have to find out what's happening before her time is finished.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, fairy tale, suspense, tricky, dark, twisted, thought provoking
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The Collector (2009)
Plot Summary:
Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, brutal, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, rough, sadistic, splatter, bloody
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Halloween (1978)
Plot Summary:
In John Carpenter's horror classic, a psychotic murderer, institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 302000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic, grindhouse, slasher horror, psychological thriller, creepy, dark