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Plot Summary:
A fantasy-action sageuk that takes place after the establishment of the Joseon dynasty and tells the story of the undead who come back to life after being killed by the royal family.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Action, Fantasy, History, Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, dark
Best tv shows and movies like Joseon Exorcist (2021):
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0.0 Mhz (2019)
Plot Summary:
The members of a supernatural exploration club called 0.0MHz explores a haunted house to prove the existence of frequencies that attract ghosts.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, enigmatic
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The Lingering (2018)
Plot Summary:
On New Year's Eve, Qingyi (Athena Chu) and her son, Dawa, were waiting for her husband to come home from work but he never showed up. Meanwhile, Dawa keeps seeing a stranger who is invisible to Qingyi. Leaving Dawa under the care of her neighbour, she heads to the village to find out her husband’s whrereabouts. Qingyi returns home and sees a stranger hiding in her house….
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 225
Genere: Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Whispering (2018)
Plot Summary:
Six high school students, who have finished their college entrance examinations, accidentally discover a haunted house with eerie rumors to it. Inside there, the students start to hear the whispers of death and vanish one by one, as unstoppable, extreme terror engulfs them.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Tunnel (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ki-Chul drives his friends out to a resort situated by an abandoned coal mine. His father owns the resort. When they get there, they cross paths with a spooky man who warns them about the coal mine. Later, the friends find themselves in a desperate situation and enter the tunnels of the abandoned coal mine. Will they ever see the light of day again?.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 257
Genere: Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Visitors (2014)
Plot Summary:
When Daniel is possessed by a strange being it tries to bring back from the other world the rest of its companions in the bodies of Ana, Daniel’s wife, and Sebastian, their six year old son. Ana watches in horror as her family is transformed and sees her own possession, and tries to stop the process that seems to be irreversible.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 341
Genere: Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, hispanic
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Live Telecast (2021)
Plot Summary:
A TV crew goes to a haunted house, where a family lives, to create a new live show that captures ghost on camera, only to be trapped inside with no way of getting out.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: India
Duration: 32 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Mansion of Blood (2015)
Plot Summary:
Millionaire Mason Murphy renovates the haunted Mayhew mansion. He plans a tremendous lunar eclipse viewing party to celebrate his return to his hometown of River Ridge Iowa. At the party, magic runs out of control and the party guests are murdered one by one.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, erotic
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A Chinese Fairy Tale (2011)
Plot Summary:
Government official Ling Choi Sin journeys to the parched Black Mountain Village, to help its inhabitants find water. As he leads a group of volunteers up the haunted mountain, he encounters a bevy of sexy demons as well as a lovely girl named Siu Sin. After wooing her with some candy, he falls for her... and then realises that he is caught in a deadly triangle; another guy, a demon-hunter named Yan Chek Ha is also in love with Siu Sin. However, before the two men can settle their differences, they have to contend with the evil Tree Demon as well as a one-armed demon hunter who is determined to kill all the supernatural beings.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Haunted School: The Curse of the Word Spirit (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ayano, Miyu, Yuri and Mei are high school students. They learn about a fatal gas accident which occurred at a school in the past. The girls then experience unusual occurrences like hearing breathing from closed classrooms and seeing a person's shadow. Hitomi then sneaks into an abandoned school to shoot a horror video for the internet. Hitomi hears from her colleague Kimio about a fox's window which leads to the spirit world.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Priest (2018)
Plot Summary:
Oh Soo Min is a former doctor, but he is now a Catholic priest. He performs exorcisms. Meanwhile, Ham Eun Ho is a doctor in the emergency room of a hospital. One day, Oh Soo Min goes to the hospital where Ham Eun Ho works. She gets involved with him.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Nephilim Chronicles (2014)
Plot Summary:
Detective Julius Barnes is one of the ancient Nephilim, a race of human-angel hybrids. When college student Sandra wakes up to find that her roommate Jackie has died in her sleep, Julius decides that Jackie's death was not from natural causes. She has become the latest victim of the Mare, a creature as old as humanity itself. The Mare gives her prey nightmares and feeds on their fear, killing them in the process. Can Julius stop the Mare before Sandra also falls victim to the Mare's hunger?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Sell Your Haunted House (2021)
Plot Summary:
The story of a real estate agent who performs exorcism on real estates where ghosts appear or people die in and makes them clean items.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, humorous, captivating, suspense, contemplative, spooky
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Know Fear (2021)
Plot Summary:
After discovering an ancient book of the occult, a family activates a dangerous ritual forcing each of them to communicate with and fight a demonic force in their own unique way: to see it, hear it or speak to it.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 704
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic
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Witch Graveyard (2013)
Plot Summary:
Four travelers innocently decide to rest in a wooded area off an old freeway. Unbeknown to them, they are at an old abandoned and haunted cemetery.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Dystopia (2021)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends are preparing the Nordic region's largest live event in an abandoned factory deep in the primeval forest. When they turn on the main power, something comes to life that begins to influence the group's behavior.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: Sweden
Duration:
Plot tags: scary, bleak, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Afterimages (2014)
Plot Summary:
A group of film students burn paper effigy cameras for the wandering spirits during the ghost month in Singapore and receive a collection of horror movies in return.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Singapore
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, enigmatic
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Let's Fight Ghost (2021)
Plot Summary:
A cohabitation comedy about a ghost of a high school girl who has been dead for 5 years and an exorcist college boy with the ability to see and hear ghosts. What he’s discovered over the years is that he can touch them and fight them off, so when he’s in need of a part-time job and can’t find one that pays well enough, he starts putting ads online as an exorcist for hire. His ad: “Will face off with your ghosts. Chances of winning: virgin ghosts 80%, bachelor ghosts 40%, child ghosts 97%, the rest 50%.” One night he goes out on the job and faces off with a schoolgirl ghost, and during the fight, they accidentally kiss and sparks fly.".
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Is That You? (2018)
Plot Summary:
When her father goes missing, 13 year old Lili uses a spiritual ritual to find him but she gets it wrong and her life turns into a nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Rope Curse 2 (2020)
Plot Summary:
Jia-min, who was born sensitive to the paranormal, tries to summon "Yi-A-Gu" with two streamers. Huo-ge helps Jia-min subdue the spirit when the situation goes out of hand. Huo-ge possesses supernatural powers but lost his will to exorcise demons during a battle with the Thai Demon five years ago. As the wave of suicides continues, the village is thrown into chaos. Another battle is about to begin.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 458
Genere: Horror
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, enigmatic
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Brahmarakshas (2016)
Plot Summary:
A small village named Kamalpura's landlord Sanjay marries Aparajita.On their wedding night, she betrays him and pushes him off a cliff for his wealth.Attacked by a gorilla, Sanjay's soul gets enchanted into the Gorilla's body converting him into a Brahmrakshas (a demon).He loses his cool whenever he sees brides with bridal jewellery and vermillion, and kills them as it reminds him of Aparajita.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Horror
Country: India
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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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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Deadhouse Dark (2020)
Plot Summary:
In six interconnected short tales of terror, a woman receives a ‘mystery box’ from the dark web. Each item within will gradually reveal a dark and troubling truth.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: suspense, anthology, scary, bleak, disturbing, psychotronic
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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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Queen of Spades (2021)
Plot Summary:
According to legend, an ominous entity known as the Queen of Spades can be summoned by performing an ancient ritual. Four teenagers summon the Queen of Spades, but they could never imagine the horrors that await them.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 832
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Evil Things (2017)
Plot Summary:
Revealing the horrifying stories of people who barely survived terrifying paranormal activity caused by possessed or cursed objects. Each twister mystery exposes the sinister secrets hiding within the most innocent items.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, dark, anthology
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Chupkotha 2 (2018)
Plot Summary:
Journalist Shivangi gets trapped in many mysteries in her personal and professional life. Is everything a coincidence, or is there an uncanny connection?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Horror
Country: India
Duration:
Plot tags: bleak, suspense, suspenseful
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Mira Mira (2021)
Plot Summary:
Lizzie, a teenage girl brought back to her childhood home after the suicide of her father, is reunited under the same roof as her sister and eccentric mother. When she stumbles across a sinister mirror, she becomes trapped within the glass and replaced by an entity that seeks to tear her family apart.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative
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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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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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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