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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A restaurant employee wanted for murder contracts Ebola by raping a woman in South Africa and starts an outbreak there and in Hong Kong when he returns home.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, bloody, rough, extreme horror ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rape, murder, virus, serial killer, cannibalism, deadly virus, female nudity, brutality, infection, dark humor, threesome, sex ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 80s, 20th century, year 1986
Place:
south africa, africa, china, hong kong, asia ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the motion picture is comprised of 26 individual chapters, ...
Style:
anthology, surreal, scary, grindhouse, stylized ...
Plot:
nightmare, violence, animal cruelty, death, brutality, murder, male nudity, violent, killing an animal, danger, runaway, adaptation ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, japan, vancouver, mexico city
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph ...
Style:
emotional, touching, psychological, sad, poignant ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
disability, hospital, dignity, freak, melancholy, disfigurement, social misfits, cruelty, isolation, hopes, biopic, humanism ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 20th century, turn of the century ...
Place:
england, london, britain, europe
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Poland, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
An actress's perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.
Style:
surreal, psychological, avant garde, confusing, art house ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, nightmare, macabre, curse, danger, couples, violence, alternate reality, abusive husband, insanity, doppelganger, mysticism ...
Time:
year 2006, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
poland, los angeles, europe, california, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An NYPD hostage negotiator teams up with a federal agent to rescue dozens of tourists held hostage during a 10-hour seige at the U.S. Federal Reserve.
Style:
unusual plot structure, suspense, captivating, disturbing, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
police officer, heist, bank robbery, robbery, secret plan, black cop, food, bank, hostage situation, gang, revenge, power ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
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227
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
While shooting a documentary on the suspicious disappearances within the homeless community, a filmmaker and his crew go missing while uncovering a terrifying and vicious secret below the city's surface.
Style:
detective, mysterious, suspense, spooky, suspenseful ...
Plot:
found footage, creature, missing person, bum, mutant, sewer, underground, killing, disappearance, homeless, loneliness, homelessness ...
Place:
ohio
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In 2010 “Skinwalker Ranch” gained media attention after experiencing a wide range of unexplained phenomena. Reports ranged from UFO sightings to livestock mutilation, but maybe most notable was the disappearance of ranch owner Hoyt Miller’s ...
Style:
scary, tense, suspenseful, serious, mockumentary ...
Plot:
ufo, mysterious disappearance, deadly creature, missing person, found footage, farm, ghost child, investigation, danger, paranormal phenomena, alien monster, food ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, utah
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49K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min.
Story:
Six friends hire a medium to hold a séance via Zoom during lockdown — but they get far more than they bargained for as things quickly go wrong. When an evil spirit starts invading their homes, they begin to realize they might not survive the ...
Style:
suspense, scary, enigmatic, atmospheric, dark ...
Plot:
evil, found footage, fear, ghost, internet, evil spirit, paranormal activity, seance, friend, supernatural horror, supernatural, psychic ...
Time:
2020s
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81K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, psychological, suspenseful, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult, teen drama
Plot:
kidnapping, truck driver, truck, prank, twists and turns, paranoia, psychopath, brother brother relationship, torture, brutality, road trip, trap ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, north america, colorado, salt lake city utah, nebraska ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In March 1963, a black mass was held at a ruined church in Clophill, Bedfordshire by a coven of dark witches. Tombs were looted, animals sacrificed and human bones arranged during a macabre ceremony. Further defilements continued at Clophill in the ...
Style:
dark, scary, suspenseful, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
found footage, witch, paranormal, paranormal phenomena, danger, mysterious death, paranormal activity, church, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, escapades, afterlife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A married woman's affair comes back to haunt her when her obsessed lover infiltrates every part of her life.
Style:
sexy, eros, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
obsessive love, stalker, lovers, married woman, manipulation, obsession, marriage, betrayal, politician, husband wife relationship, delusion, maniac ...
Place:
new orleans, louisiana
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
This anthology film from Étaix’s peak period presents four comic episodes with an accent on the pitfalls of modern life: (1) a scary vampire novel keeps a man awake, (2) a moviegoer’s attempts to find a seat give way to an onslaught of absurd ...
Style:
anthology, mind bending, surreal, psychedelic
Plot:
hunter, insomnia, consumerism, traffic jam, pantomime, modern life, scared, treatment, smiling, nervousness, picnic, satire ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Two skeptic researchers investigate a mother's claim that an unknown presence may be trying to communicate with her 7-year-old daughter.
Style:
dark, tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
found footage, haunted house, evil, paranormal phenomena, investigation, danger, paranormal activity, ghost, fear, girl, house, supernatural ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Seattle, USA, 1999. At the demand of MEG, a camera crew investigates the strange course of events that brought STEVEN H., her boyfriend, to be hospitalized. Steven's condition is serious. His body has been severely lacerated by an unknown ...
Style:
mockumentary, dark, bleak, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
found footage, investigation, satanic cult, supernatural, human sacrifice, black magic, missing person, murder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, confession, devil worship, mysterious death ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Anthology series centered on teens facing supernatural threats, many based on the books by R.L. Stine.
Style:
anthology, captivating, tense, spooky, dark fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural horror, supernatural, child in peril, good versus evil, paranormal phenomena, paranormal activity, coming of age, courage, teenager, spirit, vengeful ghost, ghost ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Twelve severed feet in running shoes found on the shores of Western Canada have baffled Police. A videotape is leaked anonymously from the authorities. This paranormal thriller may solve the mystery of the severed feet.
Style:
dark, disturbing, scary
Plot:
found footage, mystery killer, darkness, investigation, risk, panic, escape attempt, running, student, violence, twists and turns, obscurity ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
The story of a reality T.V. crew of paranormal researchers who journey to Colorado's San Luis Valley in order to investigate the unexplained phenomena of cattle mutilations. Over the course of their three day investigation they find much more ...
Style:
psychotronic, dark, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
found footage, alien, survival horror, fear, danger, friend, death, murder, violence, investigation, group of friends, obscurity ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
S.P.I is entering its third season as the most watched Paranormal Hunting program with its Halloween premiere. The team is investigating a haunted garage/basement on secluded property and prepping to create some soaring ratings with scary content. ...
Style:
dark, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
found footage, fear, danger, group of friends, paranormal, evil being, paranormal phenomena, killing, blood, murder, violence, investigation ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The cameras filming a TV pilot capture the brutal killings of a home renovation crew.
Style:
dark, rough, suspense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
found footage, murder, house, investigation, police detective, brutality, sadism, basement, killing, serial killer, obscurity, death ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
20 years after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful expedition.
Style:
disturbing, dark, suspense, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
found footage, ufo, alien abduction, fear, alien, dark secret, desperation, missing person, friendship, food, investigation, danger ...
Time:
90s, year 2017, year 1997
Place:
arizona, phoenix arizona
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
My name is Rebecca. When I left for college my ex John thought web cams would help us keep in touch. It does however it also leads us to a dark secret when we meet and cam with Vera Madeline, an on-line psychic, who initiates a deadly reign of ...
Style:
suspense, dark, enigmatic, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
found footage, supernatural, occult, dark secret, ghost, investigation, dark past, violence, murder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, halloween, secret ...
Place:
new jersey
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Taking place before and after the event of the film Savage High (2015). A wacko is on the loose and is ready to get revenge upon the death of his friend and will try to destroy 'Delia Fox', the murderer from the previous film Psychedelia ...
Style:
slasher, dark, suspense, unusual plot structure, bleak ...
Audience:
horror for children
Plot:
killer doll, paranormal phenomena, haunted, kidnapped, woman killed, witchcraft, demon, fear, bad guy, murder, psychedelia, paranormal ...
Time:
80s
Place:
berlin germany, chicago
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After a young, middle class couple moves into a suburban 'starter' tract house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be somehow demonic but is certainly most active in the middle of the night. Especially ...
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, dark ...
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, fear, paranormal activity, panic, ghost, found footage, demon, supernatural horror, evil force, demonic possession, couples ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
america, los angeles, california, usa, san diego california
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When teenage Molly Hartley moves to a new town, she's haunted by terrifying visions that may have to do with dark secrets from her past. Something evil lurks just beneath the lush surfaces of her private-school world, and it holds the rights to ...
Style:
realistic, tense, bleak, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, supernatural, teenage life, curses spells and rituals, high school life, danger, dealing with death, parents and children, haunted by the past, twists and turns, teenager, haunting ...
Time:
year 2008, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
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111K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her ...
Style:
slasher, bloody, medical horror, perverse, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, hospital, halloween, murder, holiday horror, masked killer, masked villain, stalking, killer, masked man, psycho killer, voyeur ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
illinois, midwest, chicago, usa
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A student's premonition of a deadly rollercoaster ride saves her life and a lucky few, but not from death itself – which seeks out those who escaped their fate.
Style:
scary, suspense, bloody, slasher, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, death, destiny, characters killed one by one, supernatural horror, fortune teller, amusement park, decapitation, foreknowledge, a vision, survival, youth ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A group of young film students run into real-life zombies while filming a horror movie of their own.
Style:
scary, tense, apocalyptic, suspense, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, found footage, apocalypse, chase, gory, virus, zombie apocalypse, danger, filmmaker, death, violence, chaos ...
Time:
year 2007, year 2000, 2000s
Place:
bolivia
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
After several coeds are murdered at a college, a professor (Fabio Testi) who is involved with a student becomes a suspect, along with several other male and female teachers.
Style:
slasher, detective, grindhouse, suspense, cult classic ...
Plot:
serial killer, voyeurism, brutality, obsession, sexual obsession, unwanted pregnancy, psycho killer, nude bathing, murder of a nude woman, sexualized violence, murder, extramarital affair ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, london, scotland yard
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Quintanilla family was found dead in their country side house. Police reported the existence of 37 hours of recorded evidence. The family traveled to their old farm house, where they investigated about the Legend of the Girl in the Garraf woods. ...
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, serious, creepy ...
Plot:
found footage, supernatural, amateur detective, danger, murder, family vacation, country house, investigation, urban legend, ghost, haunted by the past, holiday horror ...
Time:
year 2000, 21st century
Place:
spain, europe
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556K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, serious, visually stunning, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
giant monster, monster, robot, kaiju, creature, invasion, battles, chaos and mayhem, androids and robots, danger, destruction, heroic mission ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2013, near future, year 2017 ...
Place:
tokyo, pacific ocean, seattle, san francisco, hong kong ...
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