Cult movies and TV shows – page 2
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| Don't Follow Me (2025) | 5.0 | |
| Opus (2025) | 5.7 | |
| Honey (2026) | 7.9 | |
| Nahual (2025) | 3.5 | |
| Run Away (2026) | 6.9 |
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story springs from the real-world headlines of religious cults and mass suicides. With Veil, it begins 30 years ago, when members of a religious cult known as Heaven's Veil take their own lives. The truth behind what really happened remains ...
Style:
suspense, bleak, captivating, grindhouse, exciting ...
Plot:
childhood trauma, possession, supernatural, haunted by the past, abandoned house, childhood memory, murder, hallucination, news report, poisoning, ghost, occult ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A man is haunted by visions of a beautiful woman. When he finally meets her, he winds up involved in a satanic cult.
Style:
cult classic, suspense, grindhouse, independent film, scary ...
Plot:
devil worship, human sacrifice, voodoo, witchcraft, curses spells and rituals, witch, satanism, drinking, demon, magic, macabre, coven ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A hopeful young starlet uncovers the ominous origins of the Hollywood elite and enters into a deadly agreement in exchange for fame and fortune.
Style:
creepy, surreal, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Plot:
gory, ambition, aspiring actress, hollywood, religions or cults, secret society, violence, casting couch, casting, body horror, violent, occult ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A journalist and his girlfriend get pulled in while they investigate a cult whose leader claims to be from the future.
Style:
tense, surreal, satanic, cerebral, thought provoking ...
Plot:
sect, cult leader, manipulation, religions or cults, brainwashing, amnesia, investigation, journalist, twists and turns, uncover truth, working undercover, exploitation ...
Time:
year 2011, distant future, future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A young couple moves into an infamous New York apartment building to start a family. Things become frightening as Rosemary begins to suspect her unborn baby isn't safe around their strange neighbors.
Style:
psychological, classic horror, surreal, psychological horror, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
satanic cult, devil, pregnancy, paranoia, satanism, satanic ritual, witchcraft, secret society, supernatural horror, coven, occult, antichrist ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1965, year 1966, year 1968 ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, persia, eastern europe, usa ...
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28K
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
The FBI and ATF seize religious leader, David Koresh's Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas in the spring of 1993. A six-part television series covering a deadly standoff between the federal government and the Branch Davidians spiritual ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
true crime, siege, raid, cult leader, fbi, fbi agent, shootout, showdown, religious sect, negotiator, gunfight, sect ...
Time:
year 1993, 20th century, 90s
Place:
texas, usa
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23K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul is pursued by the entire town. ...
Style:
suspense, lovecraft, surprise ending, atmospheric, satanic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
nightmare, cthulhu, body horror, small town, curses spells and rituals, chase, monster, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, supernatural, ritual, sea, sacrifice ...
Place:
spain, galicia, europe
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, South Korea, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Enticed by a promise of inheritance, a young woman returns to the village of her birth. Unbeknownst to her, the villagers hide a sinister plan -- one that may require her very own death.
Style:
sexy, disturbing, suspense, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
curse, black magic, folk horror, village, passionate sex, ritual sacrifice, cursed, remote location, sex, hometown, runaway, terror ...
Place:
indonesia
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using her as the representative of the Devil on Earth.
Style:
sexy, scary, serious, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
occult, ritual, satanism, deal with the devil, satanic cult, ghost, satanist, curses spells and rituals, demon, evil priest, folk horror, female nudity ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1976
Place:
big ben london, bavaria, tower bridge london, london
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Determined to protect a young patient who escaped a mysterious cult, a psychiatrist takes the girl in, putting her own family — and life — in danger.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, hiding place, stranger, life is a bitch, religious cult, threat, occult, relationships, changing lives, problem, bare chested male, house ...
Place:
ohio
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The shocking true story of Catherine Oxenberg and her fight to save her daughter India from a dangerous sex cult.
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
brainwashing, sorority, extortion, mother daughter relationship, religions or cults, mother and daughter, fight for supremacy, religious cult, criminal, guru, charlatan, true crime ...
Place:
malibu california
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Anna, a young and naive woman, moves to Knutby to become part of the free church congregation as a nanny, which to her seems like a warm and pious community. But soon the idyll that never existed crackles, and manipulation, power games, social ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, dark, tension ...
Plot:
murder, religious cult, manipulation, christianity, true crime, female protagonist, fanaticism, brainwashing, religions or cults, manipulative behavior, life is a bitch, village life ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA, UK, Serbia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Jen and a group of friends set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to stick to the trail, the hikers stray off course—and cross into land inhabited by The Foundation, a hidden community of mountain dwellers who use deadly means to ...
Style:
scary, slasher, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
backwoods, murder, lost in the woods, cannibalism, community, abduction, group of friends, escape, characters killed one by one, hiking, terror, blinded ...
Time:
2020s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
west virginia, virginia, appalachia
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
A teenager named Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Toyokawa, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's "family circle", which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, realistic, scary, psychological ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
mass suicide, dysfunctional family, family relations, internet, suicide, nihilism, woman in danger, teenage life, on the run, youth, leaving home, investigation ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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318
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
CRAIG is a lonely, somewhat awkward, young man trying to recover from losing his parents in a big fire. Besides a friend from childhood, in one go he looses everyone he cares about. The friend, Cliff, isn't of much use either. He has his own ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, danger, vengeance, mental illness, gory, split personality, obsession, rivalry, suburbs, suburban life ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: New Zealand
TV show
Story:
The Cult is a New Zealand serial drama television series in which a group of people try to rescue their loved ones from a mysterious cult called Two Gardens.
The Cult held the 8:30-9:30 spot on TV2 in New Zealand. The series debuted in New Zealand ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
rescue, investigation, conspiracy, secret movement, danger, family relations, confined, isolation, brainwashing, mind control, uncover truth, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new zealand
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66K
Genre: Horror, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
With a move to the countryside already testing the limits of a couple's relationship, a supernatural encounter begins an extreme transformation of their love, their lives, and their flesh.
Style:
psychological horror, gloomy, compassionate, horror comedy, surprise ending ...
Plot:
body horror, hybrid, male nudity, bare chested male, male star appears nude, teacher, musician, sex scene, transformation, female teacher, new identity, dead father ...
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33K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Unearthly beings deliver bloody condemnations, sending individuals to hell and giving rise to a religious group founded on the idea of divine justice.
Style:
apocalyptic, mysterious, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
cult leader, paranormal phenomena, supernatural, death, angel of death, lynching, crisis of faith, religious cult, creature, propaganda, entity, investigation ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
seoul
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266K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, twisted, mysterious, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vandalism, symbolism, pregnant woman, surrealism, cannibalism, uninvited guest, nightmare, supernatural horror, death, riot, sex, pregnancy ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
america
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Isaac and his pregnant wife visit a remote Norwegian village to claim an unexpected inheritance. The couple finds themselves caught in a nightmare when they encounter a sinister cult that worships a sea-dwelling deity.
Style:
suspense, mystical, mysterious, lovecraft, enigmatic ...
Plot:
female nudity, lake, nightmare, real estate agent, husband wife relationship, female police officer, golf, baptism, occult, supernatural, island, nudity ...
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2.6M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, cerebral, thought provoking ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, self destructing, psychology, split personality, plot twist, nihilism, insanity, obsession, dissociative identity disorder, insomnia, identity crisis, mental illness ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2013
Place:
delaware, seattle, iran, america, los angeles ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan, Finland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Does the new all-girl group Desert have anything to do with it? Detective Kuroda tries to find the ...
Style:
creepy, surreal, disturbing, dark comedy, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
suicide, conspiracy, high school, violent, police investigation, brutality, death, gory, surrealism, transgression, student, extreme ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Five carpoolers travel in a motorhome to reach a common destination. Night falls, and to avoid a dead animal carcass, they crash into a tree. When they come to their senses, they find themselves in the middle of nowhere. The road they were traveling ...
Style:
creepy, suspense, tense, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
travel, unwanted pregnancy, violence, occult, survival, survival horror, mysticism, woods, struggle for survival, trapped, trap, night ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
italy
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Five friends visiting their grandfather's house in the country are hunted and terrorized by a chain-saw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals.
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, scary, suspenseful, controversial ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, massacre, cannibalism, chainsaw, masked killer, murder, homicidal maniac, psychopath, danger, macabre, killer, maniac ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1974, year 1973
Place:
texas, midwest, austin texas, usa, north america
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: West Germany, Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An erotic horror tale about a vixen vampiress seducing and killing women to appease her insatiable thirst for female blood.
Style:
erotic, sexy, grindhouse, surreal, atmospheric ...
Plot:
lesbian vampire, vampire, lesbian, sexploitation, lesbian sex, female protagonist, supernatural, female nudity, skinny dipping, obsession, erotica, voyeurism ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
spain, istanbul turkey, turkey, constantinople
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laconic police psychologist Cal Jamison (Martin Sheen) is reluctantly drawn into a series of grisly, ritualistic murders involving the immolation of two ...
Style:
scary, atmospheric, psychological, satanic, bloody ...
Plot:
voodoo, ritual, supernatural, satanic cult, child in peril, brutality, violent, religion, murder, female nudity, animal sacrifice, folk horror ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa, minneapolis minnesota, brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two scientists investigate the root of environmental changes and strange animal behavior at a remote site where a cult committed atrocities. The isolated location, the unraveling of their relationship, and the biome itself begin to lead them down a ...
Style:
psychological thriller, disturbing, captivating, tense, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
cosmic horror, scientist, animal, paranormal investigator, relationships, male female relationship, paranormal phenomena, macabre, isolation, folk horror, slow burn, desolation ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Robert Neville, a doctor, due to an experimental vaccine, is the only survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. The plague caused by the war has killed everyone else except for a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people calling ...
Style:
futuristic, bleak, suspenseful, scary, bad ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, survival, plague, isolation, infection, post apocalyptic, pandemic, virus, dystopia, transformation, loneliness, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, 70s, year 1971, year 1975, near future ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, china, woodstock, california ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker ...
Style:
parody, cult classic, sexy, homoerotic, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
lgbtq, mad scientist, gay interest, transvestite, gay, gender, homosexual, castle, rock and roll, wedding, surrealism, dance ...
Time:
20th century, year 1975, 70s
Place:
transylvania, ohio
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert ...
Style:
mockumentary, parody, funny, independent film, spoof ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heavy metal, satire, musician, music, rock music, rock and roll, profanity, concert tour, singer, dating, chauffeur, friendship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, 70s
Place:
seattle, middle east, austin texas, atlanta georgia, north carolina ...
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