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Plot Summary:
Ray Winstone heads a cast of acclaimed actors in four H. G. Wells stories.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 301
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anthology, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dark fairy tale
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Barrio Tales (2012)
Plot Summary:
Two American teenagers in search of cheap drugs, trespass into the seedy town of Barrio, Mexico. What they find instead is a disturbed story teller and three tales filled with blood, witches and a cannibalistic taco chef.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 494
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: anthology, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, dark fairy tale
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Grindsploitation (2016)
Plot Summary:
Exploitation anthology from the twisted minds of established and up and coming directors from across the globe.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 218
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: anthology, slasher, captivating, suspense, retro, dark fairy tale, independent film, grindhouse
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Canterbury Tales (2003)
Plot Summary:
Adaptations of Chaucer's Tales to a modern setting.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: anthology, captivating, period drama
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Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories (2016)
Plot Summary:
A unique collection of extraordinary fantastical short stories from the pen of Neil Gaiman, directed by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard. With a score by Jarvis Cocker and starring a host of British acting talent led by Tom Hughes, Johnny Vegas, George MacKay, Rita Tushingham and Kenneth Cranham.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 464
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dark fairy tale, twisted
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Portals (2019)
Plot Summary:
A series of worldwide blackouts cause millions of mysterious cosmic anomalies to appear everywhere across the planet. Some people are drawn into them with horrifying consequences.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: anthology, exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, mysterious, cerebral
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BlackBoxTV Presents (2010)
Plot Summary:
BlackBoxTV Presents is an American horror anthology web series created by Tony E. Valenzuela and Philip DeFranco. The first season, which featured a cast of YouTube creators including DeFranco, iJustine and Shane Dawson, was self-funded by Valenzuela and debuted on the BlackBoxTV YouTube channel on August 17, 2010.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 246
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 5 min
Plot tags: scary, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, gothic horror, disturbing, anthology
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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 Evil Touch (1973)
Plot Summary:
The Evil Touch is an Australian-produced television series, originally broadcast in Australia in 1973. It was an anthology series where each episode had a self-contained story and a new set of characters. Each episode feature a new cast of guest actors, although several guest stars appeared in more than one episode, playing different characters. Each story is a thriller or horror story of some variety, ranging from tales of the occult and the supernatural, science fiction horror stories, to more standard murder schemes and whodunits. Most stories feature a twist ending.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, dark fairy tale, spooky
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The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells (2001)
Plot Summary:
H.G. Wells foresaw the future in such visionary novels as The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds. On a night in London in 1946, newspaper reporter Ellen McGillivray arrives at the home of legendary literary figure, Herbert George Wells. Expecting to hear of the events and people who formed his prophetic imagination, she is informed of a world in which known scientific boundaries no longer exist. It begins a half-century earlier at London's Imperial College of Science where Wells meets Jane Robbins, a scientist equally fascinated by unnatural phenomenon, and a woman who immediately captures Wells' heart. To Wells' surprise, Ellen accepts his outlandish tales of traveling through time. What Ellen is about to discover is that at the heart of the mysterious orb is buried the equally mysterious heart of Jane Robbins, the one who inspired H.G. Wells to tell the amazing truth in the form of science "fiction.".
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 605
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 265 min
Plot tags: psychological, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing, epic
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Crooked House (2008)
Plot Summary:
A ghost story about a cursed house. The cursed house - Geap Manor - weaves together three ghost stories set during Georgian times, the 1920s and the present day.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anthology, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, gothic, slasher, period drama
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Collective: Unconscious (2016)
Plot Summary:
A man and his grandmother hide out from an ominous broadcast. The Grim Reaper hosts a TV show. The formerly incarcerated recount and reinterpret their first days of freedom. A suburban mom's life is upturned by the beast growing inside of her. And a high school gym teacher runs drills from inside a volcano. What happens when five of independent film's most adventurous filmmakers join together to literally adapt each other’s dreams for the screen?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychological, captivating, suspense, surreal, disturbing, mumblecore, dark fairy tale
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The Midwich Cuckoos (2022)
Plot Summary:
A small fictional village in England is completely subdued by an alien presence for an entire day. Upon waking, it is discovered that numerous women in the town are pregnant.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
Plot Summary:
A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Canada, New Zealand
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, dark, mysterious, dark fairy tale, spooky, semi autobiographical, vintage
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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
Plot Summary:
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television and originally broadcast on the ITV Network. There were two series of 13 fifty-minute episodes; the first aired in 1971, the second in 1973. The programme presented adaptations of short mystery, suspense or crime stories featuring, as the title suggests, detectives who were literary contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes took its inspiration – and title – from a series of published anthologies by Hugh Greene, elder brother of author Graham Greene and the former director-general of the BBC. Hugh Greene is credited on the programme as a creative consultant. The authors and detectives featured on the programme include: ⁕Robert Barr ⁕Guy Boothby ⁕Ernest Bramah ⁕R. Austin Freeman ⁕Jacques Futrelle ⁕Adalbert Goldscheider, a.k.a. "Balduin Groller" ⁕George Griffith.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: anthology, detective, dark fairy tale
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Dirk Gently (2010)
Plot Summary:
Dirk Gently is a British comedy detective drama TV series based on characters from the Dirk Gently novels by Douglas Adams. The series was created by Howard Overman and stars Stephen Mangan as holistic detective Dirk Gently and Darren Boyd as his sidekick Richard MacDuff. Recurring actors include Helen Baxendale as MacDuff's girlfriend Susan Harmison, Jason Watkins as Dirk's nemesis DI Gilks and Lisa Jackson as Dirk's receptionist Janice Pearce. Unlike most detective series Dirk Gently features broadly comic touches and even some science fiction themes such as time travel and artificial intelligence. Dirk Gently operates his Holistic Detective Agency based on the "fundamental interconnectedness of all things", which relies on random chance methods to uncover connections between seemingly-unrelated cases. He claims that he follows the principles of quantum mechanics, and although the majority of his clients suspect he may be a conman he often produces surprising results. With the help of his assistant, Richard MacDuff, Dirk investigates a number of seemingly unrelated but interconnected cases. An hour-long pilot episode loosely based on plot elements from Adams' 1987 novel Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency was broadcast on BBC Four on 16 December 2010 and was watched by 1.1 million viewers. Critical reception was generally positive. A full series of three one-hour episodes was subsequently commissioned in March 2011 and was broadcast on BBC Four in March 2012. The series was the first continuing drama series produced for the digital channel.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: detective, humorous, semi serious, captivating, exciting, touching, hilarious, offbeat, suspenseful, witty
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For We Are Many (2019)
Plot Summary:
The shock portmanteau showcases the work of upcoming genre directors from around the world. Each gives a fun, fresh and frightening take on a different demon, from Succubi and Wendigos to the Biblical and Lovecraftian, making this chilling collection a wild, fun-filled, terrifying ride through a diabolical and fantastical bestiary.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 450
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: anthology, bleak, suspense, realistic, disturbing, psychotronic, dark fairy tale, lovecraft
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Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
Plot Summary:
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, spooky, dark, sitcom, dark fairy tale, atmospheric, mind bending, offbeat, serious
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Amazing Stories (2020)
Plot Summary:
Each episode transports the audience to worlds of wonder through the lens of today’s most imaginative filmmakers, directors and writers. A reimagining of the original anthology series by Steven Spielberg.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: anthology, enigmatic, romantic, exciting, sincere, captivating, intellectual
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Lovecraft Country (2020)
Plot Summary:
The anthology horror series follows 25-year-old Atticus Freeman, who joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America to find his missing father. They must survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the malevolent spirits that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, anthology, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, visual, twisted, supernatural thriller
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Just Beyond (2021)
Plot Summary:
Middle school feels like the worst place imaginable, but for Jess, Josh, and Marco, their school may actually be the worst place in this world…or any other!.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anthology, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, anime, dark fairy tale, mystical
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Bloodride (2020)
Plot Summary:
The doomed passengers aboard a spectral bus head toward a gruesome, unknown destination in this deliciously macabre horror anthology series.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration:
Plot tags: anthology, scary, serious, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, stylized, surprise ending, dark fairy tale, sinister
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The Twilight Zone (2019)
Plot Summary:
Tales of science fiction, fantasy and the occult, exploring humanity's hopes, despairs, prides and prejudices in metaphoric ways. Next stop ahead The Twilight Zone.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anthology, atmospheric, enigmatic, bleak, suspense, twist ending, psychological, intellectual, slasher, dark fairy tale
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Into the Dark (2018)
Plot Summary:
A Year's Worth of Horrific Holidays: each episode is inspired by a holiday from the month in which it is released.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, disturbing, exciting, suspenseful, erotic, dark, sad, dark fairy tale, dark drama
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Darkroom (1981)
Plot Summary:
Darkroom is an American television thriller series which ABC transmitted from November 27, 1981 to January 15, 1982. It was an anthology horror/thriller series, similar in style to Rod Serling's Night Gallery. Each 60-minute episode featured two or more stories of varying length with a new story and a new cast, but each of the episode wraparound segments was hosted by James Coburn. Among the performers who appeared on the series were Steve Allen, Esther Rolle, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, David Carradine, Billy Crystal, and June Lockhart.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Horror, Thriller, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, dark, slasher, dark fairy tale, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful
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Night Visions (2001)
Plot Summary:
Night Visions is an hour-long, American television horror anthology series, with each episode comprising two half-hour stories dealing with themes of the supernatural or simply the dark side of human nature. Henry Rollins was the uncredited host of the show. The series aired on Fox from July 12 to September 6, 2001, after which it was picked up by the Sci Fi Channel, which reran the series beginning June 14, 2002. Sci Fi later aired the three remaining original episodes that produced for, but unaired, on Fox. One of these, "Cargo / Switch", ran as part of the Night Visions series, while the two other episodes' segments were edited into the Sci Fi Channel film Shadow Realm, minus the Rollins introductions and the Night Visions name. The show's directors included some best known for feature films, including Tobe Hooper and Joe Dante, and others, such as Brian Dennehy, JoBeth Williams, and Bill Pullman, known primarily as actors.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, atmospheric, bleak, suspenseful, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, dark, detective
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Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (2006)
Plot Summary:
A television mini-series adaptation of Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Stephen King's collection of short horror stories.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 480 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, serious, suspenseful, stylized, clever, dark fairy tale, classic horror, spooky, weird
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Creepshow (2019)
Plot Summary:
A young boy's horror comic book comes to life in this anthology series of terrifying tales.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: anthology, mystical, bleak, scary, captivating, suspense, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious, psychological
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The Langoliers (1995)
Plot Summary:
On a red eye flight from LA to Boston, 10 people wake up to a shock. All the passengers and crew have vanished. When they try to contact the ground they make no connections. They land the plane only to discover that things haven't changed. But its like the world is dead. No one is there, the air is still, sound doesn't echo, the food is tasteless. A distant sound is getting louder, something is coming closer.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, cult horror, atmospheric, mind bending, clever, intellectual, dark
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Dimension 404 (2017)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by the Internet’s “404” error code, Dimension 404 aims to evoke that 3 AM feeling of wandering onto the weird side of the web, stumbling upon stories that cannot be explained in the world that we know.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: captivating, anthology, exciting, tense, surreal, suspense, intellectual
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Black Mirror (2011)
Plot Summary:
A contemporary British re-working of The Twilight Zone with stories that tap into the collective unease about our modern world. Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on every desk; in every palm - a plasma screen; a monitor; a smartphone - a black mirror of our 21st Century existence.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 622000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: philosophical, serious, thought provoking, anthology, clever, bleak, stylized, cynical, disturbing, biting