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Plot Summary:
A social misfit, Willard is made fun of by his co-workers, and squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father by his boss. His only friends are a couple of rats he raised at home, Ben and Socrates. (And their increasing number of friends) However, when one of them is killed at work, he goes on a rampage using his rats to attack those who have been tormenting him.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, suspenseful, natural horror, captivating, grindhouse, controversial, classic horror, tense, serious
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Of Unknown Origin (1983)
Plot Summary:
Bart Hughes has a pretty good life, a beautiful wife, a young son, a good job with promotion prospects, and a renovated brownstone in New York. When wife and kid leave for a vacation, Bart stays behind to work on a project that will earn him that promotion, unaware that a certain inhabitant of his basement has other plans for his time. Bart goes a bit bonkers trying to kill this rat, destroying most of his house in the process. Certain allegorical elements tie the household conflict to the "rat race" in his office, but the main event is certainly the night-and-day contest of wills between man and rodent.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, semi serious, scary, retro, splatter, natural horror, black comedy, psychological, tense, humorous
Similar in 84%
The Uncanny (1977)
Plot Summary:
Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur spews three tales of feline horror.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychotronic, suspense, gothic horror, grindhouse, dark fairy tale, classic horror, natural horror, scary, serious
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Freakshow (2007)
Plot Summary:
In a modern retelling of Tod Browning's "Freaks" (1932), "Freakshow" tells the story of a group of criminals who chose to hide out by working security at a traveling circus. At first, they plot with an insider to steal the ticket sales, but the wily Lucy has bigger plans. She convinces the gang to let her seduce and marry the aging circus owner, Lon, in order to secure the entire circus fortune after he "suffers an accident". "People die all the time," Lucy says. The freaks are on to their scheme, however, and when the youngest of them is caught by the ruthless gang, they show no mercy to ensure her silence. When the circus folk find the child's remains, they swear vengeance, and no one is safe from their fury--least of all, the wily Lucy.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, scary, serious, realistic, weird
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Ben (1972)
Plot Summary:
A lonely boy becomes good friends with Ben, a rat. This rat is also the leader of a pack of vicious killer rats, killing lots of people.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, natural horror, psychotronic, controversial, grindhouse, classic horror, independent film
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Dead Nude Girls (2013)
Plot Summary:
A man obsessed with bird-watching takes on a new hobby, killing young ladies.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, scary, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, controversial
Similar in 80%
The Birds II: Land's End (1994)
Plot Summary:
Birds go berserk and turn against mankind.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: natural horror, dark, scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, wild, ridiculous
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Bio Slime (2010)
Plot Summary:
Seven misfits are trapped by a flesh eating slime creature. And no TV!.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, psychotronic
Similar in 83%
Squirm (1976)
Plot Summary:
At the beginning of the film, we learn from one of the characters that earthworms can be called to the surface with electricity, but somehow it turns them into vicious flesh-eaters. Sure enough, a storm that night causes some power lines to break and touch the ground, drawing millions of man-eating worms out of the earth, and into town where they quickly start munching on the locals.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, grindhouse, natural horror, suspense, disturbing, horror comedy, perverse, pastoral, independent film
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Grotesque (1988)
Plot Summary:
A gang of crazed punkers breaks into a family's vacation home in the mountains and slaughters the entire family, except for one daughter who gets away. As the gang pursues the girl through the snow, they slowly realize that some kind of murderous creature is chasing them.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense, slasher, perverse, independent film, surprise ending, slasher horror
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Bad Nun: Deadly Vows (2019)
Plot Summary:
Catherine and her family recently moved into a converted church. Upon moving in, they have been harassed by an unknown religious stalker, claiming them to be sinners. Pamela, Catherine's grandmother soon begins to reveal she has secrets hidden to the local church, and not all is as it seems. Each night the Nun returns, and this time, she is looking to claim more than one soul.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Cuties (2020)
Plot Summary:
A group of gay teenagers are picked off by a mysterious killer during the first month of their senior year, while insecure boy Micah goes through a crisis of self-worth as he can't grasp why the killer has no interest in coming after him.
IMDB Rating: 1.6
IMDB Votes: 388
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Fear Level (2017)
Plot Summary:
Increased level of fear, six colliding stories, one roller coaster ride of emotions and terror. What would you do if you caught your significant other in the act or was face to face with your abductors? With twists and turns at every corner you will have the ride of your life on this journey. A journey where you will be dying to find out the unknown. Where curiosity kills the cat and a seductive mistake can be your last. What level are you?.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 678
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, tense, bleak, suspenseful, psychotronic, anthology, independent film, slasher
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Disturbed (2009)
Plot Summary:
The quiet town of Quartz Hill is about to experience the worst night of the town's history. A notorious killer has escaped from death row with one thought on his mind. Revenge.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, slasher, tense, suspense, captivating, scary, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Knock Knock (2007)
Plot Summary:
Knock Knock is a horror film that combines fear with revenge, hate with justice and responsibility with sacrifice. The bible says an "Eye for an Eye." Rico was just a big fun loving son of a hard working neighborhood business man. The problem is his dad is an undertaker. Some popular high school Students thought he was weird because of it. Rico kept to himself.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 860
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, scary, rough, serious, realistic
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Hallows' Eve (2013)
Plot Summary:
Years after a tragic accident leaves a young child scarred for life, the people responsible pay - with their lives.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 740
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, slasher, tense, suspense, captivating, realistic
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Filth to Ashes, Flesh to Dust (2011)
Plot Summary:
Purge: To put to death, eliminate what is undesirable. The serial killer known as Purge lived and died by this code. But is he dead? Driving home from a road trip, ERIC and SHELLY take a back road to avoid a traffic jam. They encounter the serial killer Purge. Eric survives but Shelly is murdered. A year later, a group of adventure-seeking high school grads venture to purge's lair. Among them is Eric's brother JUAN. Eric sets out to save his brother, and get revenge on Purge. For the six teens, their imperfections will be the deciding factor if Purge shows them mercy. But if everyone is imperfect, will any of them survive? Written by Armont Casalle.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, slasher, psychological, suspense, scary, serious, realistic
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Rough Cut (2013)
Plot Summary:
An Independent film director on the edge loses his funding and his marriage. In order to fulfill his destiny with no budget, he must set the scenes and abduct his cast. Film director or homicidal maniac? Castings open and he is the man to get you into the final cut!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, psychotronic, scary, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, independent film
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Movie Night (2013)
Plot Summary:
In the small suburban hood of Nukaville, New Jersey lives the story of young Jerry Rizzo, a 15 year old who can't get enough of horror films. One day after a fatal mistake from one of the bullies at school turns Jerry's path into a brutal serial killer. It just so happens they're having a scary movie week of non-stop horror, horror, horror on the television, while Jerry is killing everyone in his way. Who will survive? Will this be his victims last Movie Night?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychological, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, cult film
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Giving Up Forever (2021)
Plot Summary:
Jack Adolf, a 38 year old man with a history of being rejected by women seeks revenge against the people who have bullied him.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic, psychological horror
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Teacher Shortage (2020)
Plot Summary:
What is supposed to be an educational and collaborative weekend professional development session for the English Department of Prescott High School instead turns into a blood soaked nightmare when a masked killer targets them.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film
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All My Friends Are Dead (2021)
Plot Summary:
When a girl has her friends come along with her to scatter her father's ashes at the old family farm, strange things begin to happen. A warm campfire and scary stories is only the beginning to a night she'll never forget.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Backstabber (2011)
Plot Summary:
Employees attending an extreme team-building function for the weekend find new meaning in teamwork, thinking outside the box, and risk management as they fight for survival from a deranged killer bent on revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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And Then You Die! (2013)
Plot Summary:
Ever have one of those days where nothing goes right and everything falls apart, everyone is out to get you and there isn't a damn thing you can do....or is there! Life's a bitch!...And then YOU die! A movie about revenge, punishment & showing everyone who screws up your life, that PAYBACKS A BITCH! Follow Sam Wallace as he has the worst day of his entire life! Pray you weren't one of those people who messed up his day or his life, because he is coming back for revenge! And then YOU die!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, independent film, slasher horror
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Willard (2003)
Plot Summary:
Desperate for companionship, the repressed Willard befriends a group of rats that inhabit his late father's deteriorating mansion. In these furry creatures, Willard finds temporary refuge from daily abuse at the hands of his bedridden mother and his father's old partner, Frank. Soon it becomes clear that the brood of rodents is ready and willing to exact a vicious, deadly revenge on anyone who dares to bully their sensitive new master.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, scary, suspense, suspenseful, dark comedy, disturbing, tense, cult classic, stylized
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Maneater (2009)
Plot Summary:
A former FBI profiler, now a sheriff of a small town and a single parent of a high school aged daughter, begins to profile a series of unexplained murders only to learn that the monster he's profiling may be himself.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 495
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, scenic, scary, slasher
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Croc (2007)
Plot Summary:
A large man-eating crocodile terrorizes tourists and locals near Krabi, in Thailand. Michael Madsen plays a hunter stalking the immense reptile, while sub-plots include a rivalry between a foreigner, who owns a crocodile-farm, and a Thai man who plays a part in framing the foreigner for the crocodile's rampage.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, natural horror, tense, disturbing, captivating, rough, serious, psychotronic
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Nightwing (1979)
Plot Summary:
Killer bats plague an Indian reservation in New Mexico.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: natural horror, psychotronic, suspense, scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, wild, cult film
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Primitive (2011)
Plot Summary:
After being forced to visit a hypnotist, Martin receives news of his estranged mother's passing. He returns home for the funeral, and before long, people start dropping dead. The victims - brutally torn apart by what appears to be a predatory monster - convince the local police that Martin is somehow responsible, and soon he comes to believe it too, as all the victims are connected to the evil within him.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 178
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, suspense, scary
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Graveyard Shift (1990)
Plot Summary:
John Hall is a drifter who wanders into a small town in Maine. He needs a job and decides to seek employment at the community's top business: a large textile mill. He is hired to work the "graveyard shift" -- from around midnight to dawn -- and, along with a few others, he is charged with cleaning out the basement. This task strikes the workers as simple enough, but then, as they proceed deeper underground, they encounter an unspeakable monstrosity intent on devouring them all.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, slasher, disturbing, suspense, intense, rough, serious, suspenseful, dark
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Cujo (1983)
Plot Summary:
A friendly St. Bernard named "Cujo" contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bad ending, suspense, natural horror, serious, psychological, splatter, creepy, cult classic