Best tv shows like Let the Right One In
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Plot Summary:
Mark and his 12-year-old daughter’s lives were changed forever 10 years earlier when she was turned into a vampire. Locked in at age 12, perhaps forever, Eleanor lives a closed-in life, able to go out only at night, while her father does his best to provide her with the minimal amount of human blood she needs to stay alive.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological horror, psychological
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Freeze (2006)
Plot Summary:
Baek Joong-won once saved the vampire Ehwa from being burned at the stake by his fellow villagers. While attempting to escape together, Joong-won fell off a cliff, and Ehwa gave him her blood to save him from dying. Thus, Joong-won was also transformed into a vampire.In modern-day Seoul, the 350-year-old Joong-won runs a luxurious wine bar in Gangnam District with Ehwa. Though she holds a torch for him, Ehwa can only observe and protect her friend from afar, as he has long closed himself to any new emotion. One day, Joong-won receives a letter from a former lover, a human he had broken up with 20 years ago without telling her the truth about himself. In her letter, the dying woman asks Joong-won to look after her daughter, Ji-woo.After her mother's funeral, Ji-woo finds a photograph her mother treasured very much, and she searches for the man in the photo, her mother's long-lost lover. When she finds Joong-won, she assumes that he is the son of the man in the photo. As Joong-won spends time with Ji-woo, all his emotions which were frozen by time start to melt away, and the two fall in love. Ehwa has difficulty dealing with this turn of events. Meanwhile, a serial killer who sucks blood from his or her victims is on the loose.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags:
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30 Days of Night: Blood Trails (2007)
Plot Summary:
"30 DAYS OF NIGHT: BLOOD TRAILS" is based on the New Orleans storyline from the original graphic novel by Steve Niles "30 DAYS OF NIGHT." BLOOD TRAILS follows George, a young addict who makes a living seeking covert information for Judith, the weary but wise New Orleans vampire hunter. Ready for change, George plans to score one final job so he can leave town, but finds the road to salvation quickly crumbling when his contacts start turning up dead. Now George must dodge vampires while navigating the harsh underbelly of New Orleans to get his last payday and make it out alive.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 473
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: suspense
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Valemont (2009)
Plot Summary:
A teen girl's brother is murdered at Valemont, an elite college on the east coast. Disguised as a student, the girl works undercover to unravel Valemont's dark secrets from within.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 422
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: gothic
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Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017)
Plot Summary:
Manami is targeted by the rival vampire clans the Darculas and the Corvins on her 22nd birthday. That night, young men and women are invited to Hotel Requiem where a nationwide matchmaking convention is being held by the Yamada, a mysterious man who lives in and operates an ornately beautiful, palatial hotel with his partner Elizabeth Báthory. Yamada declares to the gathered crowd that tomorrow will be the apocalypse and only the people inside the hotel will be saved. The vampire K, who possesses tremendous power, attempts to save Manami in a raging battle.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 680
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 390 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, psychedelic, weird, asian horror
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Elvira's Movie Macabre (2010)
Plot Summary:
A revamping, if you will, of the 1980's classic horror movie showcase, hosted by Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 485
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anthology, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, double entendre, campy
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The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
Plot Summary:
Ruthless siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher have built Fortunato Pharmaceuticals into an empire of wealth, privilege and power. But past secrets come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying at the hands of a mysterious woman from their youth.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 85000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 493 min
Plot tags: scary, spooky, gothic horror, supernatural thriller
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Dark Shadows (1991)
Plot Summary:
Dark Shadows is a primetime television series which aired on NBC from January to March 1991. A re-imagining of the 1966–1971 ABC daytime gothic soap opera Dark Shadows, the revival was developed by Dan Curtis, creator of the original series.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: gothic, soap opera, scary, creepy, comedy drama, weird
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Dracula (2002)
Plot Summary:
A group of thieves break into a chamber expecting to find paintings, but instead they release the count himself,.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 476
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 173 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, serious, gothic
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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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30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust (2007)
Plot Summary:
Internet-produced sequel to 30 DAYS OF NIGHT.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 36 min
Plot tags: suspense, mystical, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
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Wolf Pack (2023)
Plot Summary:
When a raging wildfire releases a supernatural creature, four young adults find themselves drawn together under a full moon.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: anthology, spooky, teen horror
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The Returned (2015)
Plot Summary:
A small town that is turned upside down when several local people, who have long been presumed dead, suddenly reappear; their presence creates both positive and negative consequences. As families are reunited, the lives of those who were left behind are challenged both physically and emotionally.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: captivating, mind bending, tense, touching, surreal, atmospheric, sitcom, serious
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Brand New Cherry Flavor (2021)
Plot Summary:
A filmmaker heads to Hollywood in the early ’90s to make her movie but tumbles down a hallucinatory rabbit hole of sex, magic, revenge — and kittens.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 342 min
Plot tags: sexual, suspense, psychological thriller, surreal, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting, offbeat
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Blood Ties (2007)
Plot Summary:
Blood Ties is a Canadian television series based on the Blood Books by Tanya Huff; the show was created by Peter Mohan. It is set in Toronto, Canada and has a similar premise to an earlier series also set in Toronto, Forever Knight, in which a vampire assists police in dealing with crime. It premiered in the United States on March 11, 2007 on Lifetime Television, and during fall of 2007 on Citytv and Space in Canada. In May 2008, Lifetime declined to renew the series.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: detective, gothic, cliffhanger, dark fantasy, stylized, suspenseful, rough, serious
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Outcast (2016)
Plot Summary:
Kyle Barnes has been plagued by possession since he was a child. Now an adult, he embarks on a spiritual journey to find answers, but what he uncovers could mean the end of life on Earth as we know it.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, bleak, spooky, melancholic, anthology, anime, southern gothic, creepy
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Sacred Lies (2018)
Plot Summary:
Based on the classic Grimm Brothers tale The Handless Maiden, and Stephanie Oakes’ novel The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly, and adapted and updated by Tucker, Sacred Lies is about a handless teen who escapes from a cult and finds herself in juvenile detention, suspected of knowing who killed her cult leader.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 817
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, anthology, psychological horror, psychological
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Kindred: The Embraced (1996)
Plot Summary:
Kindred: The Embraced is an American television series produced by John Leekley Productions and Spelling Television. Loosely based on the role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade, the series premiered on Fox on April 2, 1996, and ran for eight episodes before it was canceled on May 9, 1996. The series focused on San Francisco Police Detective Frank Kohanek who discovers his city is home to numerous vampires while investigating alleged mobster, Julian Luna. Julian is the "prince" of the city, ruler of five groups of vampires in the city, collectively called "The Kindred". The vampires survive through the "masquerade", disguising themselves as humans, and Julian strictly enforces the laws that govern them to protect their anonymity. Julian and Frank form an uneasy bond as they work together to try to prevent a vampire war and Julian struggles with his romantic feelings for human reporter Caitlin Byrne. The eight episodes of the series have been released on VHS and DVD.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, scary, serious, suspenseful
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Dracula (2006)
Plot Summary:
The Romanian count known as Dracula is summoned to London by Arthur Holmwood, a young Lord who is one the verge of being wed. Unknown to Arthur's future bride Lucy, her future husband is infected with syphilis and therefore cannot consummate their marriage. Arthur has laid his hopes of being cured on the enigmatic count; as it is said that Dracula has extraordinary powers. But these supernatural powers have sinister origins. The Count is a vampire. Soon Arthur realizes his serious mistake as all hell breaks loose and the Count infects others with his ancient curse. But Dracula has not counted on the young Lord acquiring the assistance of the Dutch Vampire expert Prof. Abraham Van Helsing.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, scary, serious, suspenseful, dark, spooky, psychotronic, period drama
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Dracula (2013)
Plot Summary:
It's the late 19th century, and the mysterious Dracula has arrived in London, posing as an American entrepreneur who wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. He's especially interested in the new technology of electricity, which promises to brighten the night - useful for someone who avoids the sun. But he has another reason for his travels: he hopes to take revenge on those who cursed him with immortality centuries earlier. Everything seems to be going according to plan... until he becomes infatuated with a woman who appears to be a reincarnation of his dead wife.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: gothic, costume drama, captivating, sentimental, colorful, bloody, dark fantasy, period piece, spooky, fairy tale
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Interview with the Vampire (2022)
Plot Summary:
Louis de Pointe’s epic story of love, blood, and the perils of immortality, as told to the journalist Daniel Molloy. Chafing at the limitations of life as a black man in 1900s New Orleans, Louis finds it impossible to resist the rakish Lestat De Lioncourt’s offer of the ultimate escape: joining him as his vampire companion.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: costume drama, spooky, thrilling, gothic horror, homoerotic, southern gothic, romantic drama, queer cinema, period drama, cult film
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Salem's Lot (1979)
Plot Summary:
Vampires are invading a small New England town. It's up to a novelist and a young horror fan to save it.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, suspenseful, creepy, psychological, scary, rough, gothic, suspense, cult classic, gothic horror
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Chapelwaite (2021)
Plot Summary:
In the 1850s, Captain Charles Boone relocates his family of three children to his ancestral home in the small, seemingly sleepy town of Preacher’s Corners, Maine after his wife dies at sea. Charles will soon have to confront the secrets of his family’s sordid history, and fight to end the darkness that has plagued the Boones for generations.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 516 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, exciting, gothic, gothic horror, grindhouse, historical drama, spooky
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Salem's Lot (2004)
Plot Summary:
Writer Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem's Lot and discovers that it is being terrorized by vampires.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 181 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, slasher, splatter, psychotronic, spooky, surprise ending
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V-Wars (2019)
Plot Summary:
After a mysterious disease begins transforming people into vampires, Dr. Luther Swann is pitted against his best friend, now a powerful vampire leader.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense
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Van Helsing (2016)
Plot Summary:
Vanessa Helsing, the daughter of famous vampire hunter and Dracula nemesis Abraham Van Helsing is resurrected five years in the future to find out that vampires have taken over the world and that she possesses unique power over them. She is humanity’s last hope to lead an offensive to take back what has been lost.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, scary, gothic, humorous, dark, serious, bloody
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Being Human (2011)
Plot Summary:
Three paranormal roommates, a ghost, a vampire, and a werewolf, struggle to keep their dark secrets from the world, while helping each other navigate the complexities of living double lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: semi serious, scary, captivating, exciting, gothic, spiritual, humorous, stylized, offbeat
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Moonlight (2007)
Plot Summary:
Mick St. John is a captivating, charming and immortal private investigator from Los Angeles, who defies the traditional blood-sucking norms of his vampire tendencies by using his wit and powerful supernatural abilities to help the living.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: light, suspenseful, witty, serious, gothic, neo noir, dark fantasy, detective, mystic
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The Originals (2013)
Plot Summary:
A spin-off from The Vampire Diaries and set in New Orleans, The Originals centers on the Mikaelson siblings, otherwise known as the world's original vampires: Klaus, Elijah, and Rebekah. Now Klaus must take down his protégé, Marcel, who is now in charge of New Orleans, in order to re-take his city, as he originally built New Orleans. Klaus departed from the city after being chased down by his father Mikael, while it was being constructed and Marcel took charge. As Klaus has returned after many years, his ego has provoked him to become the king of the city. "Every King needs an heir" says Klaus, accepting the unborn child. The child is a first to be born to a hybrid and a werewolf.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 145000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, stylized, gothic, supernatural thriller, gloomy, humorous, bloody, grindhouse
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The Addiction (1995)
Plot Summary:
A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her thirst for blood.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: philosophical, black and white, scary, psychological, art house, disturbing, suspenseful, dark, splatter, creepy
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The Strain (2014)
Plot Summary:
A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, captivating, serious, exciting, bleak, supernatural thriller, gothic, apocalyptic, bloody