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Plot Summary:
As a chain of horrific and inexplicable events start to unfold in their small town on the northern hemisphere, an ensemble of high school students will be forced to face their darkest fears in order to overcome a supernatural force feeding on chaos and the misery of mankind.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 570
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, spooky
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Djinn (2013)
Plot Summary:
Desperate to put the traumatic loss of their infant child behind them, newlywed couple Khalid and Salama return to their home in the United Arab Emirates. Unknown to the couple, their new luxury apartment block, Al Hamra, was built on the site of an old abandoned fishing village of the same name. Legend has it the village was abandoned after manevolant beings haunted its inhabitants. Unsettled by her new surroundings and the eerie hallways of Al Hamra, Khalid worries his wife is failing to battle her personal demons – but could it be something far more sinister?.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: United Arab Emirates
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, spooky
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Necronomicon – The Book of Hell (2018)
Plot Summary:
A librarian founds a copy of the fabled Necronomicon, only unleash hell on earth.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Brazil
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, scary, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Whooper Returns (2021)
Plot Summary:
After inheriting their family home, four estranged siblings find themselves in the grip of demonic possession. When an eccentric stranger arrives, claiming the house was left to her, they start experiencing strange, inexplicable manifestations, which has malevolent effects on everyone in the house.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspense
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The Hand (2020)
Plot Summary:
One night, the main character “Bongsoo” and his wife, encounter a grotesque looking hand sticking out from the toilet in their bathroom. The “hand” protruded out of the toilet seems to be very still, like a severed limb hanging low. The wife, security guard and 911 crew gather in the bathroom, one after another, to identify this strange looking “thing” but all of a sudden find themselves struggling for their lives as they try to fight against it.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful
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The Haunting of Alice Bowles (2020)
Plot Summary:
When two YouTubers uncover a mysterious grave in an abandoned churchyard, what starts as harmless entertainment soon turns darker when their discovery begins to unwrap a mystery which has lain dormant for over a century.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspense, psychotronic
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Kamini (2019)
Plot Summary:
Men in a village are disappearing in the darkness of the night. Is it the work of a mystical enchantress, or is there some other mystery?.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 166
Genere: Horror
Country: India
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, psychotronic
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Tooth Fairy: The Last Extraction (2021)
Plot Summary:
Corey and his daughter, Sally, decide to go on a summer break with friends, Diane, Christy, Toby and Benny. Little do they know, Corey's past is going to catch up to him.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, stylized, psychotronic
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Doll Cemetery (2019)
Plot Summary:
Brendan Cobbs, a famous novelist, is sent to a remote cottage in rural England to find inspiration for his next novel. He believes he found his next subject when he encounters Alfred, a child size doll who can come to life.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 589
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Along Came the Devil 2 (2019)
Plot Summary:
After receiving an unsettling voicemail, Jordan (Wiggins) returns home, looking for answers, only to find her estranged father and even more questions. A demonic force has attached itself to the town and no one is safe. The only one who seems to know anything is the small town's Reverend.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 691
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Chupacabra Territory (2016)
Plot Summary:
Four friends hike into the Pinewood forest to find evidence of the Chupacabra, a creature believed to be responsible for the disappearance of a group of experienced hikers a year earlier.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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The Promise (2017)
Plot Summary:
Ib and Boum decide to commit suicide together in Bangkok in 1997. After reneging on the promise, the vengeful ghost of Ib returns 20 years later to haunt Boum and her 15 year old daughter, Bell.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic
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Deep Rooted Evil (2010)
Plot Summary:
Six friends plan a weekend getaway to "Camp Happy Dream" despite the campsite being plagued by a deadly urban legend. As legend has it, a machete-wielding park ranger named Sparrow, brutally murdered two people in fit of jealous rage, and is said to continue to roam the forest to this day. The friends's disbelief in this urban legend is soon changed when strange happenings begin to occur to each of them.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Horror
Country: Poland, UK
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, teen horror
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Hellcome Home (2019)
Plot Summary:
A family moves into an old house, unaware of its diabolic, bloody history. The film features two separate stories from different time periods: the Villareal family from the present time, and the Domingo family who lived in the same house back in the 90s.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Humanoid Monster, Bem the Movie (2012)
Plot Summary:
Bem, Bela and Belo arrive at a new town plagued by a series of mysterious, unsolved cases which, as they discover, are caused by another youkai, one more powerful than they have ever encountered. The story will also focus on Belo's first love, and his increasing desire to become human. In the meantime, Bem and Bela have found a way to become human, but are conflicted about whether to let just Belo turn human, or along with Belo, become humans themselves.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, anime
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Horror in the High Desert (2021)
Plot Summary:
In July 2017, an experienced outdoor enthusiast vanished in Northern Nevada while on an outdoor excursion. After an extensive search, he was never located. On the three-year anniversary of his disappearance, friends and loved ones recall the events leading up to his vanishing, and for the first time, speak about the horrifying conclusion of his fate.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, slasher, mockumentary
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Conjuring the Genie (2021)
Plot Summary:
After the passing of her father, Morgan is told by her course tutor she must complete an assignment on an urban legend. Morgan and her friends awake the demonic genie from an amulet. Their wishes are granted one by one. Morgan is granted the wish of her father’s life back. However, soon, the group of friends realize their wishes are about to turn deadly, and they will realize the horrors the genie can create.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 698
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Red Ruby (2019)
Plot Summary:
Red Ruby, about a group of students who went missing underground in the 1990s and re-emerge as teenage vampires.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 170
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: scary, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Fun Size Horror: Volume Two (2015)
Plot Summary:
A collection of gut-twisting and nerve-shredding tales, all Frankstein’d together to form a feature-length monster of the best and bloodiest in short-film horror.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Seven Hells (2014)
Plot Summary:
Seven festival-winning shorts. Seven horrifying and hilarious tales of people trapped in their own special hells. The perfect Halloween movie.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: anthology, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Achoura (2018)
Plot Summary:
Four childhood friends are reunited when one of them surfaces after twenty years, forcing them to confront a creature straight out of a spine-chilling Moroccan legend.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 476
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Morocco, France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, contemplative, psychotronic
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Dead Places (2021)
Plot Summary:
An author who has dedicated his career to solving paranormal cases, returns home to South Africa to investigate the biggest mystery of his life: His sister's death in a water canal 20 years ago.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Aaron's Blood (2016)
Plot Summary:
Single father Aaron fights to save his 12-year-old hemophiliac son after becoming infected with vampire blood.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 853
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Halfworlds (2015)
Plot Summary:
In the bustling streets and back alleys of Jakarta, a parallel world of bloodthirsty creatures from Indonesian mythology has lived alongside humans for generations. Taking on the appearance of humans themselves, the true identity of these "Demit" has been carefully concealed for centuries by a powerful family of mortals. The arrival of a mysterious supernatural event known only as the Gift will bring this hidden world to the surface. As the day of the Gift approaches, a young street artist named Sarah unexpectedly finds herself in the eye of the storm. Once the Demit realize who Sarah really is, and what she must do, humans and Demit are set on a collision course that could change the balance of their two worlds forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 772
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, Thailand
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, spooky, urban fantasy
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Anjaan: Special Crimes Unit (2018)
Plot Summary:
Two police officers, ASP Aditi Sharma the believer and ACP Vikrant Singhal the skeptic, investigate strange unsolved cases, while unnatural forces impede their efforts.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 363
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration:
Plot tags: scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, psychotronic, enigmatic
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Residue (2015)
Plot Summary:
The government cover-up of the causes behind a massive explosion in a futuristic UK metropolis spur photo journalist Jennifer Preston on to search for the truth and in the process blow open a paranormal phenomenon haunting the city.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Psych-Hunter (2020)
Plot Summary:
Jiang Shuo is in the business of buying haunted houses and selling them. He crosses paths with Qin Yi Heng, a psychologist searching for his father, and Yuan Mu Qing who is the daughter of a warlord. Together, they partner up to fight against mysterious forces. Jiang Shuo suffers from amnesia but is well-versed in the affairs of the occult. Qin Yi Feng receives a letter that contains the countdown to Jiang Shuo's time of death and evidence of his father's abduction when he went missing one year ago, sealed with the six-finger seal. Qin Yi Heng becomes determined to track down the only clue that might lead him back to his father.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, psychotronic, psychological
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Kafr Delhap (2017)
Plot Summary:
A doctor travels to a damned hamlet, where there are no newborns, with many cases of girls and men possessed by Jinn, all of whom say that there is a woman who speaks to them and that she wants to take revenge on the whole hamlet.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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La reine rouge (2011)
Plot Summary:
Michelle Beaulieu, a young woman of seventeen with a troubled past, attempts to operate in a society whose codes escape her. She discovers that murder turns out to be an easy solution. She realizes that morality has no more authority over her. What will happen when the Red Queen arrives?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, slasher horror, slasher
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Etheria (2020)
Plot Summary:
From post-apocalyptic westerns to demented comedies to terrifying horror and gore, ETHERIA serves up the perfect blend of mind-bending and panic-inducing excitement from the best emerging women genre directors in the world. Each episode showcases a vision of the fantastic in this new anthology series created to introduce amazing directors to devoted genre fans.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspense, suspenseful, dark comedy, action packed, anthology
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Hungry Ghosts (2020)
Plot Summary:
When a tomb in Vietnam is accidentally opened on the eve of the Hungry Ghost Festival, a vengeful spirit is unleashed, bringing the dead with him. As these spirits wreak havoc across the Vietnamese-Australian community in Melbourne, reclaiming lost loves and exacting revenge, young woman May Le must rediscover her true heritage and accept her destiny to help bring balance to a community still traumatized by war.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic