| The Omen (1976) | 7.5 | |
| The Orphanage (2007) | 7.4 | |
| Misery (1990) | 7.8 | |
| The Descent (2005) | 7.2 | |
| The Others (2001) | 7.6 |
Dark place movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant dark place movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, scary, psychological, serious and dark films and TV shows about / with dark place, death, supernatural, murder, macabre, danger, brutality, blood, violence and supernatural horror plots mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as dark place: Grave Encounters 2 (2012), Saw (2004), Hard Candy (2005), The Descent (2005), Pulse (2006), Splice (2009), The Dark Within (2019), Threshold (2019), Howard's Mill (2021), Homewrecker (2019).
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List of dark place movies
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Tortured by the ghosts of the demonized insane asylum that killed the crew of GRAVE ENCOUNTERS, film students fight to escape death as their own paranormal investigation goes terribly wrong in this horrifying sequel.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, scary, mockumentary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental institution, supernatural, found footage, halloween, insanity, death, abandoned building, danger, haunted house, ouija board, ghost, blood ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
vancouver, los angeles, canada
Is relevant?
505K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer abducts the morally wayward. Once captured, they must face impossible choices in a horrific game of survival. The victims must fight to win their lives back, or ...
Style:
scary, suspense, surprise ending, twist ending, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
torture, mind game, survival horror, serial killer, plot twist, gory, violent, trapped, fear, locked in a room, psychopath, macabre ...
Time:
year 2004, year 2000, 80s, 2000s, 21st century
Is relevant?
174K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A mature 14-year old girl meets a charming 32-year old photographer on the Internet. Suspecting that he is a pedophile, she goes to his home in an attempt to expose him.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, independent film, twist ending, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, torture, manipulation, pedophile, vigilantism, age difference, female vigilante, pedophilia, justice, sexual abuse, home invasion ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, y2k, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
270K
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After a tragic accident, six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep underground and they find themselves pursued by bloodthirsty creatures. As their friendships deteriorate, ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, suspense, dark, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, cave, survival horror, trapped, survival, creature, fear, expedition, claustrophobia, gory, group of friends, woman in danger ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, appalachia
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32K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When their computer hacker friend accidentally channels a mysterious wireless signal, a group of co-eds rally to stop a terrifying evil from taking over the world.
Style:
scary, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hacker, ghost, college, paranoia, supernatural horror, suicide, internet, apocalypse, afterlife, danger, college life, computers and web ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006
Place:
ohio
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106K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, France, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Elsa and Clive, two young rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with a dangerous experiment: splicing together human and animal DNA to create a new organism. Named "Dren", the creature rapidly develops ...
Style:
twist ending, psychological, sexy, suspense, erotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
genetic engineering, genetics, monster, creature, supernatural, experiment gone awry, danger, cloning, laboratory, imaginary, dna, pregnant from rape ...
Time:
year 2009, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
america, usa
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A disturbed man with unknown psychic abilities tries to unravel the mystery of his parent's disappearance while battling his own demons.
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, twist ending, intense, psychological ...
Plot:
disappearance, kidnapped, erased memory, supernatural being, supernatural horror, life is a bitch, family problems, twists and turns, dark place, mind game, puzzle, plot twist ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Blaming herself for her son's accidental death, a young wife risks redemption at the hands of an otherworldly intruder who appears in her home during a night of apocalyptic events and somehow knows every detail of her guilt-ridden past.
Style:
suspense, slasher, psychological, scary, atmospheric ...
Plot:
country house, loss of son, creepy kid, dealing with death, twists and turns, family in crisis, toys, dark place, possessed, old dark house, toy comes to life, supernatural ...
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An abandoned piece of farmland in rural Tennessee may hold the key to multiple missing person cases spanning over forty years.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, mockumentary, independent film ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
found footage, supernatural, missing person, held captive, disappearance, mysterious disappearance, missing child, children, dark secret, suburban life, rural area, kidnapping ...
Time:
year 1988
Place:
tennessee, st. louis missouri
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Michelle is an interior designer and newlywed to Robert. Linda lives alone and fills her days with painting and exercise classes. Seeking a new friend, Linda coerces the reserved, deferential Michelle into visiting her home for a spontaneous ...
Style:
horror comedy, suspense, serious, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
bondage, childish woman, blonde, locked in a room, hiding, female stalker, stalker, infidelity, coffee shop, trying to get pregnant, board game, wedding ring ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Orphan girl Mei is adopted by a wealthy family and receives the ticket out of the orphanage. The girl finds herself with a sister who has arrived at the family under similar circumstances. They bond and become close. Things take a turn for the ...
Style:
suspense, serious, psychological, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
childhood trauma, japanese girl, girl, orphan, orphanage, asian girl, dark place, bad kids, religions or cults, creepy kid, child in peril, woman in danger ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Quint Family Funeral Parlor has served the citizens of Morgan County for over 100 years. Siblings Mae, Lottie and Cy tend to the residents' journeys into eternity. However, not all of the folks will rest in peace.
Style:
scary, spooky, atmospheric, creepy, dark ...
Plot:
trapped, crematorium, twists and turns, mysterious death, puzzle, creature, secret, escape attempt, dark secret, past, organ, mind game ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
While Suzaki Saika (Ashida Mana) is hospitalised for poor health, her father, Tamotsu (Totsugi Shigeyuki) feels torn that he has to leave here and go on a business trip. A portrait of Saika’s late mother is placed beside her bed. Her mother had ...
Style:
suspense, scary, disturbing, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
panic, apparition, poltergeist, ghost, paranormal activity, black magic, paranormal phenomena, supernatural, dark secret, haunting, tragedy, haunted ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
A paranormal investigator must find out what kind of supernatural phenomenon a young wanderer is guarding inside a condemned house.
Style:
scary, slasher, suspense, spooky, disturbing ...
Plot:
dark secret, past, supernatural, dead girl, body horror, dark place, tough girl, death, atmosphere, escape attempt, supernatural horror, macabre ...
Is relevant?
316
Genre: Action, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In order to cheer up recently divorced Chloe, her friend, Sam gives her a giant teddy bear, Bearry. As Chloe confides her wishes to Bearry, people close to her go missing or die. Is Chloe a murderer, is it her stalker? or is it Bearry?
Style:
tense, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
killing spree, divorce, love triangle, escape, woman in danger, toy comes to life, teddy bear, stalker, macabre, death, monster, killer doll ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 183 min.
Story:
A young woman recovers from a suicide attempt in a secluded cabin, but things quickly go horrifyingly wrong when a series of unexplained incidents occur.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, apocalyptic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
suicide, stranded, self mutilation, rural setting, family in danger, confession, macabre, chaos and mayhem, extinction, paranoia, suicide by hanging, dark place ...
Is relevant?
108K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Eden Lake is a relentlessly tense and immaculately paced horror-thriller about modern youth gone wild. When a young couple goes to a remote wooded lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is shattered by an aggressive group of local kids. ...
Style:
brutal, suspense, bad ending, scary, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
survival, torture, camping, chase, forest, youth, fear, gory, revenge, teenager, maniac, danger ...
Time:
year 2008, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
united kingdom, england, britain
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger (Robert Englund), who was ...
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, classic horror, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
murder, supernatural, supernatural horror, nightmare, fear, dream, serial killer, gory, sleep deprivation, teenager, nightmare comes true, high school ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
ohio, usa, canada
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Larry and his wife, Julia move into an old house and discover a hideous creature - the man's half-brother, who is also the woman's former lover - hiding upstairs. Having lost his earthly body to a trio of S&M demons, the Cenobites, ...
Style:
scary, gothic, frightening, sexy, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
body horror, macabre, demon, supernatural horror, brutality, gory, human sacrifice, cursed object, surrealism, sadomasochism, sex horror, undead ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
london, england
Is relevant?
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
It's been many years since Freddy Krueger's first victim, Nancy, came face-to-face with Freddy and his sadistic, evil ways. Now, Nancy's all grown up; she's put her frightening nightmares behind her and is helping teens cope with ...
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, surreal, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen fantasy, kids, adult
Plot:
serial killer, mental institution, supernatural horror, nightmare, killer, dead teenager, dream, supernatural, group of teenagers, trapped, maniac, serial murder ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1990, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, ohio
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Doctor Channard is sent a new patient, a girl warning of the terrible creatures that have destroyed her family, Cenobites who offer the most intense sensations of pleasure and pain. But Channard has been searching for the doorway to Hell for years, ...
Style:
bloody, frightening, medical horror, slasher, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
demon, hell, gory, hellraiser, cursed object, violent, monster, maze, body horror, doctor, puzzle, psychiatric hospital ...
Time:
80s, year 1988
Place:
england, europe, tokyo
Is relevant?
123K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Dr. Louis Creed's family moves into the country house of their dreams and discover a pet cemetery at the back of their property. The cursed burial ground deep in the woods brings the dead back to life -- with "minor" problems. At ...
Style:
scary, tense, frightening, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
zombie, macabre, stephen king, indian burial ground, supernatural horror, grave robbing, killer child, cemetery, back from the dead, death, creepy child, ghost ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
maine, usa, chicago, new england
Is relevant?
263K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, scary ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
obsession, insanity, hostage, loneliness, psychopath, stephen king, kidnapping, snow, isolation, captivity, obsessed fan, female psychopath ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place:
colorado, persia, usa, new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
FBI trainee, Clarice Starling ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist turned homicidal cannibal. Starling needs clues to help her capture a serial killer. But her Faustian relationship ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, suspense, scary, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, murder, psychology, cannibalism, kidnapping, maniac, murder investigation, mind game, fbi, cannibal ...
Time:
year 1991, 20th century, 90s
Place:
pittsburgh, baltimore, persia, usa, memphis ...
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
When Dracula leaves the captive Jonathan Harker and Transylvania for London in search of Mina Harker -- the spitting image of Dracula's long-dead wife, Elisabeta -- obsessed vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing sets out to end the madness.
Style:
gothic, scary, gothic horror, dark fantasy, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, monster, goth, dangerous attraction, dracula, victorian england, legends and myths, bloodsucker, death, blood, vampire bite ...
Time:
middle ages, victorian era, 90s, 15th century, 1800s ...
Place:
london, transylvania, england, britain, ottoman empire ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
With the disappearance of hack horror writer Sutter Cane, all Hell is breaking loose...literally! Author Cane, it seems, has a knack for description that really brings his evil creepy-crawlies to life. Insurance investigator John Trent is sent to ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, atmospheric, gothic, lovecraft ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
small town, insanity, supernatural horror, book, paranoia, ghost town, investigation, hallucination, gory, novelist, writers, american horror ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, distant future
Place:
new england, new hampshire, manhattan new york city, england, europe ...
Is relevant?
2.0M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. ...
Style:
suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, detective, bad ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, twists and turns, psychopath, psychology, mind game, police investigation, police, police detective, sin, maniac, murder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
los angeles, usa, persia, iran, america ...
Is relevant?
91K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from ...
Style:
sexy, suspense, erotic, scary, sexual ...
Audience:
boys' night, toddlers, adult
Plot:
genetic engineering, cocoon, nudity, alien, deadly creature, monster, genetics, dna, femme fatale, interspecies sex, danger, cloning ...
Time:
90s, year 1995, jurassic, 20th century, year 1993
Place:
los angeles, usa, santa monica california, utah
Is relevant?
438K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A killer known as Ghostface begins killing off teenagers, and as the body count begins rising, one girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the 'rules' of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, scary, suspense, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, date night
Plot:
serial killer, high school, teenager, psychopath, maniac, small town, masked killer, murder, woman in danger, teenage life, brutality, twists and turns ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california, usa
Is relevant?
67K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.
Style:
twist ending, psychological, psychological horror, dark, gothic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental institution, macabre, psychology, twists and turns, haunted, mental illness, hospital, ghost, insanity, transformation, murder, obsession ...
Time:
year 2001, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
massachusetts
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