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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
Best tv shows and movies like The Fall of the House of Usher (2023):
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The Girl in the Mirror (2022)
Plot Summary:
After losing her memory in a bizarre accident that kills most of her classmates, Alma tries to unravel what happened that day — and regain her identity.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: dark, mysterious
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Mr. Harrigan's Phone (2022)
Plot Summary:
Craig, a young boy living in a small town befriends an older, reclusive billionaire, Mr. Harrigan. The two form a bond over books and an iPhone, but when the man passes away the boy discovers that not everything dead is gone.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: emotional, teen, spooky
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Dante's Cove (2004)
Plot Summary:
A young couple must overcome dark, mystical forces conspiring against them.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, erotic, sexy, soap opera, atmospheric, serious, sexual, gothic, queer cinema
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FreakyLinks (2000)
Plot Summary:
FreakyLinks is an American television show that combined elements of horror, mystery, and comedy. It aired on the Fox Network from October 2000 until June 2001, for a total run of 13 episodes. The feel of the show closely modeled that of The X-Files and other supernatural-themed shows that were popular at the time. In 2008, the series began airing on Universal's horror network Chiller. It can also be seen on the Canadian ONE channel.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 951
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: scary, mind bending, serious, suspenseful
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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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Bedlam (2011)
Plot Summary:
Bedlam was a British supernatural drama television series created by David Allison, Neil Jones and Chris Parker. It first aired on 7 February 2011 on Sky Living and Sky Living HD. The series finale was aired on 15 March 2011. In December 2011, it was announced that a second series had been commissioned for airing in Spring 2012 with an updated cast. Series 2 began airing in June 2012 with Lacey Turner taking the lead as a suspended paramedic who can see dead people. On 13 November 2012 Jack Roth who plays Max in the series revealed that Bedlam may return for Series 3 and that a decision on the shows future is to be made around Christmas 2012. On 11 March 2013 Roth announced on Twitter that Bedlam would not be returning for a third series.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, captivating, psychological, bleak, suspenseful, scary, crime drama, serious, stylized
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Haunted (2002)
Plot Summary:
Haunted is an American television program first aired in September 2002 on UPN. The program, which was filmed in Vancouver, was canceled in November 2002 due to low ratings. As a result, only seven of the completed episodes were aired. However, all eleven filmed episodes have subsequently been shown in international airings of the show. In August 2007, the series aired on HDNet. The series then began airing on Sci Fi in September 2007 and January 2008. In 2009, Chiller began airing this program as part of their daily marathon line-up. It plays there sporadically. A marathon of the entire series ran all day on October 31, 2010 on Universal HD.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 642
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, detective, scary, enigmatic, bleak, anthology, neo noir
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Midnight Mass (2021)
Plot Summary:
An unsettlling omen washes ashore in the wake of the storm. Later, when the locals gather for a potluck, tragedy strikes - and a miracle occurs.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 139000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 450 min
Plot tags: mystical, scary, suspense, mysterious, spiritual, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting
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The Midnight Club (2022)
Plot Summary:
At a manor with a mysterious history, the 8 members of the Midnight Club meet each night at midnight to tell sinister stories – and to look for signs of the supernatural from the beyond.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: supernatural thriller, spooky
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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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First Kill (2022)
Plot Summary:
Falling in love is tricky for teens Juliette and Calliope: One's a vampire, the other's a vampire hunter — and both are ready to make their first kill.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, supernatural thriller, queer cinema
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The Secret of Crickley Hall (2012)
Plot Summary:
A year after their son goes missing, a family moves to Crickley Hall. When supernatural events begin to take place, Eve feels the house is somehow connected to her lost son.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, scary, tense, emotional, slasher, spooky, serious, stylized, fairy tale
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Hammer House of Horror (1980)
Plot Summary:
Anthology series, in which each self-contained episode featured a different kind of horror. These varied from witches, werewolves, ghosts, devil worship and voodoo, but also included non-supernatural horror themes such as cannibalism, confinement and serial killers.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, spooky, dark fairy tale, gothic, gothic horror, psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful
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The Exorcist (2016)
Plot Summary:
Follow the lives of two very different priests tackling one family’s case of terrifying demonic possession.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, disturbing, scary, psychological thriller, exciting, sexy, dark, controversial, demonic, creepy
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Bag of Bones (2011)
Plot Summary:
Bestselling novelist Mike Noonan, unable to cope after his wife's sudden death, returns to the couple's lakeside retreat in Maine, where he becomes involved in a custody battle between a young widow and her child's enormously wealthy grandfather. Mike inexplicably receives mysterious ghostly visitations, escalating nightmares and the realization that his late wife still has something to tell him.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, stylized, scary, splatter, grindhouse, psychological horror, psychological, serious
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Absentia (2011)
Plot Summary:
Tricia's husband Daniel has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her as the pressure mounts to finally declare him 'dead in absentia.' As Tricia sifts through the wreckage and tries to move on with her life, Callie finds herself drawn to an ominous tunnel near the house. As she begins to link it to other mysterious disappearances, it becomes clear that Daniel's presumed death might be anything but 'natural.' The ancient force at work in the tunnel might have set its sights on Callie and Tricia... and Daniel might be suffering a fate far worse than death in its grasp.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological thriller, atmospheric, lovecraft, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, creepy, spooky, psychological horror
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The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)
Plot Summary:
After an au pair’s tragic death, Henry Wingrave hires a young American nanny to care for his orphaned niece and nephew who reside at Bly Manor with the estate’s chef Owen, groundskeeper Jamie and housekeeper, Mrs. Grose. But all is not as it seems at the manor, and centuries of dark secrets of love and loss are waiting to be unearthed in this chilling romance. At Bly Manor, dead doesn’t mean gone.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 124000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 494 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, enigmatic, gothic horror, psychological, psychological horror, scary, emotional, tense, suspense
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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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The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978)
Plot Summary:
A young couple moves to a quiet New England village, only to soon find themselves mixed up in mysterious rituals.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 300 min
Plot tags: gothic, slasher, satanic, spooky, thrilling, scary, tense, atmospheric, rough, mind bending
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American Horror Stories (2021)
Plot Summary:
An anthology series of stand alone episodes delving into horror myths, legends and lore.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: anthology, atmospheric, scary, tense, suspenseful, serious, stylized, dark drama
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We Go On (2016)
Plot Summary:
WE GO ON tells the story of one man's quest to find out if there is more out there after we die. Paralyzed by his fear of dying, Miles Grissom offers a cash reward to the first person who can show him a ghost, an angel, a demon anything that can prove that we go on after our deaths. He narrows the responses down to three viable candidates a scientist, a medium, and a worldly entrepreneur. Along with his fiercely protective mother, he embarks on an adventure that will spiral into an unthinkable nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, scary, psychological thriller, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, spooky, psychological, atmospheric, intellectual
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Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (2022)
Plot Summary:
Bizarre nightmares unfold in eight tales of terror in this visually stunning, spine-tingling horror collection curated by Guillermo del Toro.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anthology, spooky, gothic, slasher, satanic, lovecraft, supernatural thriller, fairy tale, mysterious, sinister
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Kingdom Hospital (2004)
Plot Summary:
Stephen King's take on the masterpiece series by Lars von Trier. The story takes place in a hospital in Lewiston, Maine, built on the site of a Civil War-era mill fire in which many children died.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 608 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary, medical horror, anthology, cult classic, mind bending, offbeat, serious
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Ghost Wars (2017)
Plot Summary:
Set in a remote Alaskan town that has been overrun by paranormal forces, the series focuses on local outcast Roman Mercer who must overcome the town’s prejudices and his own personal demons if he’s to harness his repressed psychic powers and save everyone from the mass haunting that’s threatening to destroy them all.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: mystical, suspense, suspenseful, tense, serious, captivating, dark, psychological thriller
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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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Ju-On: Origins (2020)
Plot Summary:
A paranormal researcher searches obsessively for a cursed home where something terrible happened to a mother and her child long ago.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, dark fantasy
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The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
Plot Summary:
The Crains, a fractured family, confront haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 279000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 572 min
Plot tags: scary, enigmatic, disturbing, surreal, non-linear, tense, emotional, supernatural thriller, slasher, spooky
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Locke & Key (2020)
Plot Summary:
Three siblings who move into their ancestral estate after their father's gruesome murder discover their new home's magical keys, which must be used in their stand against an evil creature who wants the keys and their powers.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, captivating, tense, atmospheric, spooky, teen horror, supernatural thriller
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Penny Dreadful (2014)
Plot Summary:
Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London. Penny Dreadful is a frightening psychological thriller that weaves together these classic horror origin stories into a new adult drama.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 129000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, dark fantasy, atmospheric, scary, dark, stylized, period piece, psychological, supernatural thriller
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Supernatural (2005)
Plot Summary:
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 473000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, rough, dark fantasy, suspense, gothic horror, spooky, funny, romantic