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Plot Summary:
A group of parapsychologists, as well as a skeptical cop, are terrorized by a Satanic ghost in a bed-and-breakfast.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: cult classic, independent film, detective, cult film
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Ghost in the Graveyard (2019)
Plot Summary:
A small town comes under the thumb of Martha, a ghost who returns to haunt the children who witnessed her death during a "game" of Ghost in the Graveyard as young children.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: demonic, suspense, psychological, psychotronic, scary, disturbing
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Realms Hunt for the Shadow Man (2016)
Plot Summary:
Scary Full Feature Horror Movie! Jake and The paranormal team are on their way to help a family in need and to help them deal with some paranormal issues, But the Team never make it to their destination! It is abruptly interrupted by other worldly terrifying beings. Who will survive?.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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Realms the Shadow Man (2016)
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Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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House of the Damned (1996)
Plot Summary:
Will and Maura, despite their marital problems, decide to come to Ireland and live on Maura's ancestral estate, bringing with them their daughter Aubrey. But soon weird happenings around the house lead a local priest to confess that Maura's ancestors practiced black magic, and Maura's own insecurities threaten to bring her into the evil fold.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 471
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Witchcraft II: The Temptress (1989)
Plot Summary:
Witch from the first Witchcraft movie stalks the now teenage child. She attempts to kill his friends in order to slowly corrupt him to Satan. However the boy is able to defeat the evil Satanic witch, and not enter into Evil with her.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 571
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Race with the Devil (1975)
Plot Summary:
For old friends Roger (Peter Fonda) and Frank (Warren Oates) and their wives (Lara Parker of Dark Shadows and Loretta Swit of M*A*S*H), it was supposed to be "the best damn vacation they ever had." But their RV road trip takes a deadly detour at a secluded campsite when they accidentally witness a Satanic orgy and brutal human sacrifice. Now horror hits the highway as the couples are chased by blood-crazed cultists through some of the most intense crash-and-burn mayhem of the decade and into one of the greatest twist endings in drive-in history.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: road movie, grindhouse, satanic, surprise ending, psychotronic, scary, depressing, bad ending, suspense, surreal
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The Haunting of Morella (1990)
Plot Summary:
An executed witch inhabits her teenaged daughter's body to continue in the pursuit of bloodshed.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 971
Genere: Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: gothic, erotic, slasher, ambiguous ending, independent film, cult film
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Devil's Tree: Rooted Evil (2018)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by true events, The Devils Tree follows Samantha, a college student studying journalism, who needs to finish her thesis with one last breaking news story. Along with her friend Rob, Samantha stumbles across a news article about an old tree in a local park where many horrible acts occurred. The locals have given the tree the name Devils Tree because of its urban legends of mass murders, satanic rituals, and paranormal activity. She decides this is the perfect story to finish her thesis on. As Sam digs deeper into the realm of the tree, she begins to uncover the truth about these urban legends. Struggling with her own demons of her past, Samantha is confronted with a the true demon of the tree and now must expose the truth in hopes to set it free. In the end, Samantha founds the real reason why evil is so rooted at The Devils Tree.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, suspense, demonic, psychotronic
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Paranormal Captivity (2012)
Plot Summary:
After the death of her husband, a penniless woman moves into the home of her Uncle. Strange things begin to occur. Is the house haunted or is it something more?.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Witchboard 2 (1993)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful young woman starts receiving messages through a ouija board, claiming to be from the former occupant of her apartment. The former tenant claims she's been murdered, but there's no record of a murder or even her death.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, independent film, scary, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Midnight Game (2013)
Plot Summary:
After playing a pagan ritual on a dare, a group of high school students find themselves trapped in an endless cycle of their worst fears.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 889
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, suspenseful, semi serious, surprise ending
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The Shades (2021)
Plot Summary:
Two U.S. ecologists travel to a remote town in South America to investigate what appears to be unnatural decay of the environment. They soon discover the cause is a horrific curse that's been haunting the lands for centuries.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Bolivia, USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, slasher, psychotronic
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A Haunting in Cawdor (2015)
Plot Summary:
In this tense tale of psychological terror, Vivian Miller (Young) is a young twenties woman who’s serving out her jail sentence at a work release program in the Midwest. Her 90 days of probation takes her to The Cawdor Theater, a dilapidated summer stock theater run by Lawrence O’Neil (Elwes). Lawrence, a failed Broadway director, is now reduced to staging amateur productions with young parolees and raging over the mistakes from his past. Vivian’s arrival in Cawdor starts a terrifying series of events that brings Lawrence’s secret past to the present. After Vivian views an old taped stage production of Macbeth, a force of evil is unleashed which soon turns its sights on her. With the help of Roddy (Welch), a local outcast, Vivian sets about trying to discover who the supernatural killer on the tape is before she becomes the next victim.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 648
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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The Invited (2010)
Plot Summary:
A young married couple who are pregnant with their first child moves into their turn-of-the-century home where they discover that a great evil has resided there for nearly a century, unleashed by a previous occupant.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 335
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, psychological thriller
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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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Witchboard (1986)
Plot Summary:
Playing around with a Ouija board, a trio of friends succeeds in contacting the spirit of a young boy. Trouble begins when the evil spirit, Malfeitor, takes over one of their bodies.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, cult classic, psychological, creepy, suspenseful, terrifying, atmospheric, disturbing, classic horror, queer horror
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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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Evil Takes Root (2020)
Plot Summary:
A paranormal investigator arrives in a sleepy Midwest town to investigate the mysterious loss of his old lover and reconcile sins of the past. He discovers she fell victim to the Batibat, an ancient evil that followed her home from the Philippines.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 467
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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The Other Side of the Door (2016)
Plot Summary:
Grieving over the loss of her son, a mother struggles with her feelings for her daughter and her husband. She seeks out a ritual that allows her say goodbye to her dead child, opening the veil between the world of the dead and the living. Her daughter becomes the focus of terror. She must now protect against the evil that was once her beloved son.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, India, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: spooky, enigmatic, suspenseful, bleak, rough, scary, psychological thriller, philosophical, suspense, terrifying
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Death of a Ghost Hunter (2007)
Plot Summary:
Renowned "ghost hunter", Carter Simms is paid to conduct a paranormal investigation of a supposedly haunted house. Along with a cameraman, a reporter, and a spiritual advocate, she embarks on a three night journey into terror.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense, twist ending, mockumentary, spooky
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Apartment 143 (2011)
Plot Summary:
A team of parapsychologists sets out to investigate a series of anomalous phenomena taking place in a newly occupied apartment. Telephone calls with no caller, mysterious shadows, extraordinary light emissions, flying objects, and exploding light bulbs are some of the events they will face while recording their every step with state-of-the-art technology. Using infrared filming, digital photography, psychophonic recordings, movement detectors, and magnetic field alteration meters, the group’s attempts to contact the “other side” will grow increasingly dangerous as they near a point of no return.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, enigmatic, bleak, mockumentary, suspense, demonic, psychological, psychological horror, spooky
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Demonic (2015)
Plot Summary:
A police officer and a psychologist investigate the deaths of five people who were killed while trying to summon ghosts.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, demonic, serious, suspenseful, detective, slasher, psychotronic, rough, psychological thriller, brutal
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The Lords of Salem (2012)
Plot Summary:
The City of Salem, Massachusetts is visited by a coven of ancient witches.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, surreal, satanic, atmospheric, disturbing, splatter, art house, bleak, grindhouse
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Little Witches (1996)
Plot Summary:
Six misfit schoolgirls at an all-girl Catholic high school, left alone at the school for Easter week, get mixed up with the occult and witchcraft after an old Satanic temple is found underneath the church where they attend as well as an old book of black magic spells for conjuring up an ancient demon from the pits of Hell. Janie, the most characteristic and cruelest of the girls, takes charge of the group and plots to resurrect the demon using a series of black arts spells, while one innocent girl, Faith, has a change of heart and tries to stop them from completing their spell which also includes a human sacrifice.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, semi serious, bleak, suspense, scary, black comedy, dark comedy, independent film, sex comedy, corny
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Warlock (1989)
Plot Summary:
A warlock flees from the 17th to the 20th century, with a witch-hunter in hot pursuit. A Warlock is taken captive in Boston, Massachusetts in 1691 by a witch-hunter Giles Redferne. He is sentenced to death for his activities, including the bewitching of Redferne's bride-to-be, but before the execution a demon appears and propels the Warlock forward in time to 20th century Los Angeles, California.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: dark fantasy, scary, intense, suspenseful, exciting, satanic, mystical, retro, offbeat, perverse
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Ouija (2014)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends must confront their most terrifying fears when they awaken the dark powers of an ancient spirit board.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: spooky, scary, splatter, demonic, suspenseful, psychotronic, psychological, slasher, suspense, dark
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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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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
Plot Summary:
A chilling story of terror, murder and unknown evil that shocked even experienced real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. One of the most sensational cases from their files, it starts with a fight for the soul of a young boy, then takes them beyond anything they’d ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 135000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: scary, demonic, dark, suspense, spooky, suspenseful, splatter, slasher, saga, satanic
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The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Plot Summary:
Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 294000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: scary, dark, atmospheric, suspenseful, creepy, splatter, demonic, christmas horror, psychological, cult classic
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The Conjuring (2013)
Plot Summary:
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 545000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: scary, dark, atmospheric, suspenseful, frightening, psychological, terrifying, creepy, demonic, splatter