Best tv shows like Tokyo Vampire Hotel
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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
Best tv shows and movies like Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017):
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Graveyard Shift (1986)
Plot Summary:
Night brings out the hunger in people, especially a mysterious NY cab driver. He is a powerful vampire. And working the night shift brings a sultry array of sensuous passengers within his grasp. Embracing those ready to die, he controls an erratic but well-balanced vampire realm. Then unexpectedly, he discovers erotic human passion-unleashing a raging, terrorizing evil. When a slew of innocent citizens are senselessly slaughtered, the baffled police must solve a 350 year old mystery of unsated passion.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 606
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, gothic, suspense, surprise ending, splatter, independent film
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Stitches (2001)
Plot Summary:
Combining the body parts and skin from her victims, a wicked sorceress stitches together her subjects.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 445
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, rough, disturbing, suspense, independent film, semi serious
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Goth (2003)
Plot Summary:
Two goth teenagers get caught up in a subculture of drugs, sex and murder after meeting a darkly savage woman with a taste for pain and deviance.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 518
Genere: Thriller, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, gothic, suspenseful, rough, serious, disturbing, suspense, scary, offbeat, realistic
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The Harsh Light of Day (2012)
Plot Summary:
After witnessing his wife's brutal murder, Daniel Shergold makes the ultimate sacrifice and accepts the help of a dark and mysterious stranger in order to reap vengeance on those responsible.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, captivating, scary, serious
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Blood Red Moon (2010)
Plot Summary:
Megan and Victor are teens in love. Victor is a vampire and he is being blamed for a rash of murders in town. It's up to Megan to help to clear Victor's name and to find the vicious killer who is responsible.
IMDB Rating: 1.7
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, gothic, bleak, suspense, funny
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Rufus (2012)
Plot Summary:
Rufus is a shy and lonely boy determined to make a new start. Sure he has some quirks. So what if he likes the taste of blood? It's not like he's addicted. When a cunning vampire hunter slips into town searching for the fountain of youth, Rufus fears his darkest secret is about to be revealed.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, weird
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My Pure Joy (2011)
Plot Summary:
On the outside Adam appears to be a normal teenager, but underneath...his mind has been so rotted by trauma from his past and the gory films he watches, that he has blurred the lines between reality and pretend! This prompts Adam to start killing people in similar ways to films he watches, making sure to put his own little spin on it.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 733
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, controversial, horror comedy
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The Scissors Massacre (2008)
Plot Summary:
Three sisters grow up on a chicken farm in a small town in Gifu. The oldest sister, Yukie Sawada, is engaged to be married, the middle sister, Sachiko works at a beauty salon and the youngest, Mayu, is on the track team in high school. Their happy, carefree lives are changed forever when Yukies ex-boyfriend Suzuki commits an atrocious crime with Mayu as the tragic victim. Half-crazed and bent on revenge against the Sawada family, Suzuki mistakes Mayu for Yukie and pours acid all over her face. Overwhelmed by physical and psychological trauma, Mayu sinks deeper into depression and isolation, unresponsive to her sisters encouragement Meanwhile, chilling news of a serial murderer, who preys on the alumni of Mayus high school, sends shockwaves through their small town.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 433
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, bloody, slasher, terrifying, asian horror
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Southern Gothic (2007)
Plot Summary:
Hazel Fortune works in a strip club in the small Southern town of Redemption. Haunted by the death of his only daughter, Fortune has become a self-destructive, suicidal alcoholic, until he meets Starla Motes. Hazel's downward spiral is interrupted when is befriended by Starlas daughter, Hope. But when Hope is kidnapped by Enoch Pitt, a ruthless, psychotic preacher on a bloody crusade, Hazel must make the decision to rejoin the living and risk life and limb to save her from a terrible end.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 329
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, scary, atmospheric, rough, serious, independent film
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Black Rat (2010)
Plot Summary:
Six classmates receive an e-mail from Asuka, who they thought had committed suicide, asking them to meet up later that night. But when a person wearing a bloody rat mask surprises them and begins a ferocious attack, the students realize that someone is out for revenge!.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 355
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, suspenseful, slasher, tense, disturbing, scary, rough, realistic
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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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Last of the Grads (2021)
Plot Summary:
A class of graduating high school seniors, nearing the crossroads of their lives, celebrate their last night together at the annual school lock-in. They never could have guessed that they’re about to encounter the harbinger of death, the legendary “Coast to Coast Killer”.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 904
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, grindhouse
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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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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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Vampire Clan (2002)
Plot Summary:
Five friends welcome real life vampirism into their lives. They cut their own wrists and let their friends drink from them. Rod, the leader, and a very psychotic young guy, ends up killing Heathers parents and stealing their car to go on a crazy raod trip. His behaviour begins to frighten his friends, though they went along with it at first. All end up in prison except Heather.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 939
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, dark, scary
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Nails (2003)
Plot Summary:
A professional hit man retires to his colorless apartment but soon starts to suffer from horrible headaches and hears voices. In order to cure himself, he hammers a nail into his skull.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 560
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Russia
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: disturbing, surreal, serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, psychedelic, controversial, art house, realistic
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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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The Shed (2019)
Plot Summary:
The story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge inside the tool shed in his backyard, he tries to secretly battle the demon alone until his bullied friend discovers the creature and has a far more sinister plan in mind.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: disturbing, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, scary, psychological, dark, natural horror, weird
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Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002)
Plot Summary:
A ballet rendition of Bram Stoker's gothic novel DRACULA, presented in a style reminiscent of the silent expressionistic cinema of the early 20th Century. This work employs the subtle and sometimes bold use of color to emphasize its themes, but mainly is presented in black-and-white, or tinted in monochrome. No spoken dialogue can be heard, and the story of a sinister but intriguing immigrant who preys upon young English women unfolds through dance, pantomime and subtitles.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Musical
Country: Canada
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, artsy, gothic, dark, black and white, cult classic, scary, atmospheric, stylized, horror musical
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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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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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Masters of Horror (2005)
Plot Summary:
Masters of Horror is an informal social group of international film writers and directors specializing in horror movies and an American television series created by director Mick Garris for the Showtime cable network.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada, Japan, USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, anthology, suspenseful, serious, stylized, suspense, spooky, erotic, psychological
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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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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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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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Last Girl Standing (2015)
Plot Summary:
She survived a brutal massacre, but lost her life. What happens to the final girl once the credits have rolled? Five years ago, a masked killer brutally murdered a group of friends. Since then, Camryn, the lone survivor, has tried to make sense of the homicidal events and struggled to reclaim her shattered life. Wracked with guilt and paranoia, can Camryn ever have a normal existence again or is she destined to cope alone forever? Part slasher movie, part character study, take a penetrating and intimate look at what happens to the remaining true victim of every horror movie.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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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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Marebito (2004)
Plot Summary:
A fear-obsessed freelance cameraman investigates an urban legend involving mysterious spirits that haunt the subways of Tokyo.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: disturbing, atmospheric, slasher, psychological, scary, suspenseful, lovecraft, mockumentary, suspense, clever
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Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Plot Summary:
Director F.W. Murnau (John Malkovich) makes a Faustian pact with a vampire (Willem Dafoe) to get him to star in his 1922 film "Nosferatu.".
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, dark, psychological horror, dark comedy, suspense, cult classic, suspenseful, disturbing, black comedy