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Plot Summary:
A limited anthology series that explores terror in America.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: anthology, suspense, captivating, exciting, social, dark drama, spooky, twisted, psychological thriller, psychological horror
Best tv shows and movies like THEM (2021):
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Home (2016)
Plot Summary:
Carrie is a religious fundamentalist. But her mother decided to come-out-of-the-closet and marry another woman, which they have a daughter together with. Now, she is forced to move into a new house with people she cannot accept. The story takes place over the first two days at the strange house, as Carrie's new parents leave for a business trip and she must now take care of her step sister. As creepy occurrences lead to full blown terror, Carrie must learn to overcome her own fears and believes to save her little sister.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 526
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, disturbing, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, dark drama, surprise ending
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The Hollow Child (2017)
Plot Summary:
Samantha has lived her whole life in different foster homes. Now living in a small town, she never feels like she quite fits in, even with her own current foster family who might adopt her, or the boy who follows her around doing her classwork. So, it’s perhaps natural that she doesn’t know what to do with a curious tagalong little sister named Olivia. One day, Sam callously ditches Olivia, who wanders off into the woods on her own and disappears.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, exciting, tense, rough, suspenseful, fairy tale, demonic, dark drama, queer horror
Similar in 80%
Among the Living (2014)
Plot Summary:
It’s a warm and dry summer. Dan, Tom and Victor, three inseparable adolescents, take advantage of the last day of school to wander in the countryside. They jump with joy when they discover an abandoned old film studio, whose many corridors and halls are just begging to be explored. What they don’t know is that their new playing ground serves as a refuge for Isaac and Klarence Shooter, a man and his strange son who are determined to stop the trio from setting their eyes on their dark secrets. Night falls. Our friends are home again. But they soon realize that something has followed them. This night will be the longest of their young lives. And it very doubtful they’ll ever see the light of day again.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, terrifying, tense, realistic
Similar in 76%
Tales of the Walking Dead (2022)
Plot Summary:
Six original one-hour standalone episodes focused on both new and established characters within the walker apocalypse. Each episode has its own distinct tone and point of view — but the stakes are high in each story, pushing new, indelible characters with relentless, life-threatening choices and situations. We get to see the apocalypse through different eyes, discovering more worlds, mythos, and mysteries of the Walking Dead.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: anthology, captivating, exciting, rough, suspense, anime
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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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The Banishing (2020)
Plot Summary:
In the 1930s, a young reverend and his family are forced to confront their worst fears when they discover their new home holds a horrifying secret.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: mystical, suspense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, scary
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Martyrs (2015)
Plot Summary:
A woman and her childhood friend seek out revenge on those who victimized and abused them.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: brutal, bloody, disturbing, suspense, tense, slasher, suspenseful, psychological, terrifying, sinister
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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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The Craft: Legacy (2020)
Plot Summary:
20 years later sequel to The Craft (1996).
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, mystical, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, scary, fairy tale, gothic, splatter, dark drama
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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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American Gothic (1995)
Plot Summary:
American Gothic is an American horror series created by Shaun Cassidy and executive produced by Sam Raimi. The show first aired on CBS on September 22, 1995, and was canceled after a single season on July 11, 1996.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: scary, anthology, creepy, spooky, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, suspense, black comedy, dark comedy
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Chambers (2019)
Plot Summary:
Consumed by the mystery surrounding the donor heart that saved her life, a young patient starts taking on sinister characteristics of the deceased.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, scary, intellectual, cult horror, spooky, teen horror, psychological horror
Similar in 77%
Girl From Nowhere (2018)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious, clever girl named Nanno transfers to different schools, exposing the lies and misdeeds of the students and faculty at every turn.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, mysterious, serious, horror comedy, psychological horror, teen horror, harsh, intense, slasher, anthology
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The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
Plot Summary:
When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants to believe what Father Moore says is true.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 138000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: scary, demonic, satanic, suspense, dark, suspenseful, disturbing, frightening, psychological, creepy
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The Perfection (2018)
Plot Summary:
When troubled musical prodigy Charlotte seeks out Elizabeth, the new star pupil of her former school, the encounter sends both musicians down a sinister path with shocking consequences.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Music, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, disturbing, psychological thriller, suspenseful, mindfuck, enigmatic, captivating, spooky, queer horror
Similar in 77%
Found (2012)
Plot Summary:
Marty is the ideal fifth grader. He gets good grades, listens to his teachers, and doesn't start trouble in class. But a darkness is beginning to fall over Marty's life. The kids at school won't stop picking on him, his parents just don't seem to understand him, and now Marty must grapple with a terrible secret that threatens to destroy life as he knows it -- his big brother is a serial killer! Brotherly love is put to the ultimate test in this emotional coming-of-age story that descends into full-blown horror.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: disturbing, suspenseful, serious, scary, slasher, controversial, psychological, psychological thriller, philosophical, brutal
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V/H/S/94 (2021)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious VHS tape leads a police S.W.A.T. team to the discovery of a sinister cult whose collection of pre-recorded material reveals a nightmarish conspiracy.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: anthology, suspense, enigmatic, mystical, tense, captivating, disturbing, mockumentary, psychological, slasher
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We Are What We Are (2013)
Plot Summary:
In this reimagining of the 2010 Mexican film of the same name, director Jim Mickle paints a gruesome portrait of an introverted family struggling to keep their macabre traditions alive, giving us something we can really sink our teeth into.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, creepy, serious, intense
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American Horror Story (2011)
Plot Summary:
American Horror Story is an anthology horror drama series.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 338000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychological, atmospheric, scary, tense, captivating, unusual plot structure, bad ending, offbeat, slasher
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Damien (2016)
Plot Summary:
After discovering his origins, Damien Thorn must cope with life as the Anti-Christ.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, suspense, controversial, spooky, psychological thriller, demonic, scary, bleak, satanic
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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
Similar in 86%
Castle Rock (2018)
Plot Summary:
Based on the stories of Stephen King, the series intertwines characters and themes from the fictional town of Castle Rock.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspenseful, enigmatic, anthology, rough, supernatural thriller, suspense, spooky, psychological, psychological thriller
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Channel Zero (2016)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by Brian Russell’s Creepypasta tale, Channel Zero: No-End House tells the story of a young woman named Margot Sleator, who visits the No End House, a bizarre house of horrors that consists of a series of increasingly disturbing rooms. When she returns home, Margot realizes everything has changed.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: anthology, suspense, enigmatic, spooky, tense, disturbing, brutal, mysterious, surreal, mumblecore
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It (1990)
Plot Summary:
A series of murders prompts Mike Hanlon to suspect that the supernatural menace that he and a group of friends battled as children has returned. He begins to call his friends to remind them of the oath they swore: if It returned again, they would come back to Derry to do battle again.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 139000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 192 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, disturbing, atmospheric, suspenseful, dark fantasy, creepy, psychological, splatter, cult classic
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From (2022)
Plot Summary:
Unravel the mystery of a nightmarish town in middle America that traps all those who enter. As the unwilling residents fight to keep a sense of normalcy and search for a way out, they must also survive the threats of the surrounding forest – including the terrifying creatures that come out when the sun goes down.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, suspenseful, enigmatic, tense, disturbing, mystic, lovecraft, mindfuck, slasher horror
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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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Carrie (2013)
Plot Summary:
A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White, a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother, who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 147000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, rough, slasher, teen, scary, psychological, bloody, splatter, intense
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Two Sentence Horror Stories (2017)
Plot Summary:
An anthology series featuring updated tales of horror and haunting for the digital age, inspired by the viral fan fiction of two sentence horror stories.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: anthology, philosophical, thought provoking, realistic, dark, slasher, psychological, psychological horror, surprise ending, suspense
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Black Summer (2019)
Plot Summary:
In the dark, early days of a zombie apocalypse, complete strangers band together to find the strength they need to survive and get back to loved ones.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: suspense, atmospheric, disturbing, tense, apocalyptic, spooky, supernatural thriller, dark, bleak
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The Walking Dead (2010)
Plot Summary:
Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 11000000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, scary, apocalyptic, serious, epic, bloody, psychological, exciting