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La Llorona

La Llorona 2019

Jayro Bustamante
The past will haunt you.
Accused of the genocide of Mayan people, retired general Enrique is trapped in his mansion by massive protests. Abandoned by his staff, the indignant old man and his family must face the devastating truth of his actions and the growing sense that a wrathful supernatural force is targeting them for his crimes.
Keywords: criterion collection, dictator, war crimes, trial, genocide, guatemala, war criminal, indigenous peoples, guatemalan civil war
Genres
No items found.
Country
Guatemala, France
Language
Spanish
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96
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79
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6.6
Lady in a Cage

Lady in a Cage 1964

Walter Grauman
What happens in this elevator is not for the weak - it is, perhaps, not even for the strong!
A woman trapped in a home elevator is terrorized by a group of vicious hoodlums.
Keywords: mansion, elevator, hagsploitation
Genres
Home Invasion
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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20
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6.7
The Lair of the White Worm

The Lair of the White Worm 1988

Ken Russell
Some legends really bite.
When an archaeologist uncovers a strange skull in a foreign land, the residents of a nearby town begin to disappear, leading to further inexplicable occurrences.
Keywords: rape, nun, temple, virgin, vampire, snake charmer, dangerous, worm, derbyshire, human sacrifice, paganism, archaeologist, monastery, folk horror
Genres
Vampires
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
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69
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61
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6.0
Lake Mungo

Lake Mungo 2009

Joel Anderson
If you've never seen a ghost... Look closer.
After 16-year-old Alice Palmer drowns in a local dam, her family experiences a series of strange, inexplicable events centered in and around their home. Unsettled, the Palmers seek the help of psychic and parapsychologist, who discovers that Alice led a secret, double life. At Lake Mungo, Alice's secret past emerges.
Keywords: drowning, hypnosis, australia, supernatural, paranormal phenomena, mockumentary, found footage, séance, creepy, victoria, docufiction, search and rescue, spirit photography
Genres
Ghosts & Hauntings
Country
Australia
Language
English
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96
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6.3
Lake of Dracula

Lake of Dracula 1971

Michio Yamamoto
A white mist flows through the woods at night.
A doctor investigates the murders of several women at a lakeside resort. His investigation leads him to believe that a vampire is responsible for the murders. He sets out to track the vampire down.
Keywords: vampire
Genres
Vampires
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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6.2
Lamb

Lamb 2021

Valdimar Jóhannsson
Mother. Nature.
An Icelandic couple live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm. When they discover a mysterious newborn on their land, they decide to keep it and raise it as their own. This unexpected development and the prospects of a new family brings them much joy before ultimately destroying them.
Keywords: mountain, musician, brother, iceland, grief, parenthood, birth, couple, mental illness, sheep farm, remote location, folk tale
Genres
Animals, Monsters & Kaiju
Country
Iceland, Poland, Sweden
Language
Icelandic
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
86
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68
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6.3
Land of the Dead

Land of the Dead 2005

George A. Romero
The Dead Shall Inherit the Earth.
The world is full of zombies and the survivors have barricaded themselves inside a walled city to keep out the living dead. As the wealthy hide out in skyscrapers and chaos rules the streets, the rest of the survivors must find a way to stop the evolving zombies from breaking into the city.
Keywords: cage, dystopia, zombie, zombie apocalypse, apocalyptic vision
Genres
Zombies
Country
Canada, United States of America, France
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
74
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71
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6.2
The Last House on the Left

The Last House on the Left 1972

Wes Craven
It rests on 13 acres of earth over the very center of hell...!
Two girls go on a careless hunt to buy marijuana - and end up captives of four maniacal prison escapees. The girls are then subjected to obscene torture.
Keywords: rape, loss of loved one, gun, birthday, kidnapping, concert, revenge, marijuana, slasher, cult film, pond, rape and revenge, video nasty
Genres
Folk Horror
Zombies
Home Invasion
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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63
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68
IMDb rating icon
5.9
Leprechaun

Leprechaun 1993

Mark Jones
Your luck just ran out.
A demonic leprechaun terrorizes a group of young people whom he believes stole his gold.
Keywords: daughter, kobold, kleeblatt, north dakota, murder, leprechaun
Genres
Slasher
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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27
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17
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4.8
Let the Right One In

Let the Right One In 2008

Tomas Alfredson
Eli is 12 years old. She’s been 12 for over 200 years and she just moved in next door.
Set in 1982 in the suburb of Blackeberg, Stockholm, twelve-year-old Oskar is a lonely outsider, bullied at school by his classmates; at home, Oskar dreams of revenge against a trio of bullies. He befriends his twelve-year-old, next-door neighbor Eli, who only appears at night in the snow-covered playground outside their building.
Keywords: based on novel or book, sweden, vampire, castration, bullying, child vampire, murder, bully, androgyny, new neighbor, young love
Genres
Vampires
Country
France, Norway, Sweden
Language
Swedish
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98
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82
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7.9
Let's Scare Jessica to Death

Let's Scare Jessica to Death 1971

John D. Hancock
Nightmare or sanity... which is which?
Newly released from a mental ward, Jessica hopes to return to life the way it was before her nervous breakdown. But when Jessica moves to a country house with her husband and a close friend, she finds a mysterious girl living in there. Jessica's terror and paranoia resurface as evil forces surround her.
Keywords: drowning, paranoia, insane asylum
Genres
Vampires
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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36
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58
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6.4
Life

Life 2017

Daniel Espinosa
Be careful what you search for
The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.
Keywords: planet mars, alien life-form, space, astronaut, space station, intelligent, trapped in space, extraterrestrial life, alien on board, death of astronaut
Genres
Aliens
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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67
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54
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6.6
Lifeforce

Lifeforce 1985

Tobe Hooper
In the Blink of An Eye, the Terror Begins.
A space shuttle mission investigating Halley's Comet brings back a malevolent race of space vampires who transform most of London's population into zombies. The only survivor of the expedition and British authorities attempt to capture a mysterious but beautiful alien woman who appears responsible.
Keywords: space marine, vampire, flying saucer, comet, alien, halley's comet
Genres
Aliens
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
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58
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50
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6.1
The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse 2019

Robert Eggers
There is enchantment in the light.
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
Keywords: isolation, island, nightmare, hallucination, lighthouse, mermaid, lighthouse keeper, gay interest, storm, male masturbation, new england, madness, drunkenness, 19th century, isolated island, one location, two-hander, gay subtext
Genres
Mind & Body
Country
Brazil, Canada, United States of America
Language
English
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90
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83
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7.4
Livid

Livid 2011

Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury
It's young Lucy's first day as a trainee in-house caregiver. She visits Mrs Jessel, an old woman who lies in cerebral coma, by herself, in her large desolate house. Learning by accident that Mrs Jessel, a former dance teacher of repute, supposedly possesses a treasure somewhere in the house, Lucy and friends William and Ben decide to search the house in the hope of finding it. At night, they get into the house, which reveals itself to be increasingly peculiar. Their hunt for Mrs Jessel's treasure leads them into a horrifying supernatural series of events that will change Lucy forever..
Keywords: vampire, supernatural
Genres
Occult
Country
France
Language
French
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89
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5.7
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue

The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue 1974

Jorge Grau
They tampered with nature—now they must pay the price …
When a series of murders hit the remote English countryside, a detective suspects a pair of travelers when it is actually the work of the undead, jarred back to life by an experimental ultra-sonic radiation machine used by the Ministry of Agriculture to kill insects.
Keywords: insect, england, hippie, countryside, detective, 1970s, farm, morgue, undead, zombie, cult film, plague, video nasty, polution
Genres
Zombies
Country
Italy, Spain
Language
Italian
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86
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6.8
The Living Skeleton

The Living Skeleton 1968

Hiroshi Matsuno
A ship is attacked at sea for its cargo by a group of thieves who murder a newlywed doctor and rape his wife. Three years later her twin sister is kidnapped by the same pirates, who begin to die strange deaths...
Keywords: criterion collection, skeleton, ghost ship, bats, freighter, coastal village
Genres
Ghosts & Hauntings
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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6.3
The Lodge

The Lodge 2020

Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
You're not welcome here.
When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.
Keywords: suicide, winter, massachusetts, cabin, thanksgiving, stepmother, murder, snow, divorce, dead dog, ice skating, cult leader, religious cult, christmas
Genres
Mind & Body
Country
Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Language
English
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74
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64
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6.0
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog 1927

Alfred Hitchcock
London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives at the guest house run by the Bunting family and rents a room.
Keywords: london, england, jack the ripper, boarder, lodger, serial killer, silent film, fashion show, modeling
Genres
Mind & Body
Serial Killers
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
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96
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7.3
Long Weekend

Long Weekend 1978

Colin Eggleston
Their crime was against nature. Nature found them guilty.
When a suburban couple goes camping for the weekend at a remote beach, they discover that nature isn't in an accommodating mood.
Keywords: holiday, camping, wilderness, forest, storm, cult film, animal killing, outback, australian outback, holidays
Genres
Folk Horror
Country
Australia
Language
English
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88
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61
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6.6
Lords of Chaos

Lords of Chaos 2018

Jonas Åkerlund
Based on truth and lies
A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1990s results in a very violent outcome.
Keywords: suicide, based on novel or book, norway, nihilism, heavy metal, biography, based on true story, self mutilation, oslo, norway, black metal, semi-biographical, norwegian
Genres
Occult
Country
Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
Language
English
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73
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48
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6.6
The Lords of Salem

The Lords of Salem 2012

Rob Zombie
We've been waiting... we've always been waiting
Heidi, a radio DJ, is sent a box containing a record - a "gift from the Lords". The sounds within the grooves trigger flashbacks of her town's violent past. Is Heidi going mad, or are the Lords back to take revenge on Salem, Massachusetts?
Keywords: witch, sadistic, radio station, satanism, sadism, heavy metal, salem, massachusetts, death, witchcraft, evil, occult, campfire, coven (akelarre), screaming, wickedness
Genres
Occult
Country
Canada, United States of America, United Kingdom
Language
English
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46
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57
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5.2
The Lost Boys

The Lost Boys 1987

Joel Schumacher
Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It's fun to be a vampire.
A mother and her two teenage sons move to a seemingly nice and quiet small coastal California town yet soon find out that it's overrun by bike gangs and vampires. A couple of teenage friends take it upon themselves to hunt down the vampires that they suspect of a few mysterious murders and restore peace and calm to their town.
Keywords: california, street gang, parent child relationship, small town, vampire, boardwalk, single, murder, gay interest, amusement park, blood sucking, seaside town, pets, 1980s, brother brother relationship, vampires, beach town
Genres
Vampires
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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76
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63
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7.2
Lost Highway

Lost Highway 1997

David Lynch
A lost road on the edge of strange…
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
Keywords: prison, pornography, dual identity, jealousy, dream, eroticism, sexual frustration, violent husband, paranoia, headache, death row, motel, prison cell, jazz singer or musician, nightmare, gangster, car mechanic, hallucination, suspicion, bedroom, highway, identity crisis, transformation, police, insanity, murder, car crash, surrealism, los angeles, california, videotape
Genres
Mind & Body
Country
United States of America, France
Language
English
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68
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53
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7.6
Love At First Bite

Love At First Bite 1979

Stan Dragoti
Your favorite pain in the neck is about to bite your funny bone!
Dracula and Renefield relocate to 70's era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim, the reincarnation of Dracula's one true love, Mina Harker. "Trouble adjusting" is a wild understatement for the Count as he battles Cindy's psychiatrist, Jeffrey Rosenberg, a descendant of Van Helsing, who may almost certainly, possibly, may be in love with Cindy too.
Keywords: new york city, coffin, vampire, romantic comedy, spoof, disco, horror comedy, dracula
Genres
Vampires
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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70
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62
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6.1
The Love Witch

The Love Witch 2016

Anna Biller
She loved men... to death
A modern-day witch uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her, with deadly consequences.
Keywords: poison, magic, grave, painting, love, crying, death, witchcraft, stockings, white horse, love potion, woman director, searching for love, woman seduces a man
Genres
Occult
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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95
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82
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6.2
Lucifer Rising

Lucifer Rising 1972

Kenneth Anger
Egyptian gods summon the angel Lucifer, in order to usher in a new occult age.
Keywords: surrealism, occult, ancient egypt, mysticism, short film
Genres
Occult
Country
Germany, United States of America, United Kingdom
Language
English
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7.1
The Lure

The Lure 2015

Agnieszka Smoczyńska
Two mermaid sisters, who end up performing at a nightclub, face cruel and bloody choices when one of them falls in love with a beautiful young man.
Keywords: criterion collection, musical, mermaid, woman director, 1980s, warsaw, poland, sister sister relationship
Genres
No items found.
Country
Poland
Language
Polish
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89
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72
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6.3
M

M 1931

Fritz Lang
Who is the murderer?
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
Keywords: germany, berlin, germany, child murder, detective inspector, investigation, psychopath, organized crime, black and white, criminal, child killer, pre-code, psycho, expressionism, german expressionism
Genres
Mind & Body
Serial Killers
Country
Germany
Language
German
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100
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8.3
The Machinist

The Machinist 2004

Brad Anderson
How do you wake up from a nightmare if you’re not asleep?
Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to notice him.
Keywords: factory, insomnia, post it, machinist, osha, taunting, manhole, one armed man, torment, mother's day, losing weight, old photograph, dostoevsky
Genres
Mind & Body
Country
Belgium, Spain, United States of America
Language
English
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77
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61
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7.7
Mad Max

Mad Max 1979

George Miller
The Maximum Force Of The Future.
In the ravaged near future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them. But they underestimate one officer: Max Rockatansky. And when the bikers brutalize Max's best friend and family, they send him into a mad frenzy that leaves him with only one thing left in the world to live for – revenge!
Keywords: chain, baby, exploitation, villain, bridge, post-apocalyptic future, dystopia, matter of life and death, australia, benzine, biker, vigilante, cop, partner, truck, motorcycle, motorcycle gang, exploding car, cult film, adventurer, action hero, good versus evil
Genres
Ozsploitation
Post-Apocalyptic
Country
Australia
Language
English
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91
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73
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6.8
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 1985

George Miller, George Ogilvie
Two men enter. One man leaves.
Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.
Keywords: dictator, dwarf, arena, sandstorm, villain, post-apocalyptic future, dystopia, camel, australia, ex-cop, oasis, sequel, tribe, wasteland, desert, cult film, adventurer, post nuclear, action hero, good versus evil
Genres
Ozsploitation
Post-Apocalyptic
Country
Australia
Language
English
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81
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71
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6.2
Mad Max: Fury Road

Mad Max: Fury Road 2015

George Miller
What a Lovely Day.
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.
Keywords: future, chase, post-apocalyptic future, dystopia, australia, rescue, survival, on the run, on the road, convoy, peak oil, dark future
Genres
Post-Apocalyptic
Country
Australia, United States of America, South Africa
Language
English
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97
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90
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8.1
Malignant

Malignant 2021

James Wan
A new vision of terror.
Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities with a mysterious tie to her past.
Keywords: detective, brain tumor, monster, dream, seattle, washington, murder, gore, vision, serial killer, hospital, miscarriage, videotape, murder mystery, sister sister relationship, psychic connection
Genres
Slasher
Giallo
Country
Hong Kong, United States of America
Language
English
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76
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51
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6.2
Man Bites Dog

Man Bites Dog 1992

Benoît Poelvoorde, Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel
A Killer Comedy
The activities of rampaging, indiscriminate serial killer Ben are recorded by a willingly complicit documentary team, who eventually become his accomplices and active participants. Ben provides casual commentary on the nature of his work and arbitrary musings on topics of interest to him, such as music or the conditions of low-income housing, and even goes so far as to introduce the documentary crew to his family. But their reckless indulgences soon get the better of them.
Keywords: movie business, mockumentary, brutality, arab
Genres
Mind & Body
Serial Killers
Country
Belgium
Language
French
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74
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67
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7.4
Mandy

Mandy 2008

Panos Cosmatos
The Shadow Mountains, 1983. Red and Mandy lead a loving and peaceful existence; but when their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and laced with fire.
Keywords: kidnapping, nightmare, revenge, surrealism, rescue, animated scene, chainsaw, cabin in the woods, motorcycle, cult film, lumberjack, cult leader, religious cult, burning corpse, 1980s, psychedelic drug, demonic
Genres
Occult
Country
United States of America, Belgium
Language
English
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90
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82
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6.5
Manhattan Baby

Manhattan Baby 1982

Lucio Fulci
It's looking at you... from hell!
A young girl on vacation in Egypt is given a mysterious charm, causing her archeologist father to be struck blind inside an unexplored pyramid tomb. But when the family returns home to Manhattan, a plague of supernatural evil and sudden violence follows. Can this ancient curse be stopped before it is unleashed on the streets of New York City?
Keywords:
Genres
Zombies
Country
Italy
Language
Italian
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4.8
Manhunter

Manhunter 1986

Michael Mann
It's just you and me now, sport…
FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecktor, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecktor to capture a new killer.
Keywords: loss of loved one, journalist, fbi, covered investigation, eye, full moon, investigation, psychopath, serial killer, crime scene, videotape, neo-noir, 1980s, hannibal lecter
Genres
Mind & Body
Serial Killers
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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93
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75
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7.2
Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks! 1996

Tim Burton
Nice planet. We'll take it!
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
Keywords: saving the world, total destruction, the white house, planet mars, usa president, cataclysm, laser gun, ambassador, congress, flying saucer, based on comic, parody, alien, dark comedy, creature, alien invasion, horror comedy, outer space
Genres
Aliens
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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56
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52
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6.4
Martin

Martin 1976

George A. Romero
He could be the boy next door...
Martin, who believes himself to be a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a small Pennsylvania town where he tries to redeem his blood-craving urges.
Keywords: vampire, murder, flashback, cult film, syringe, older woman younger man relationship, razor blade, radio show, disturbed teenager, delusional
Genres
Vampires
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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90
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68
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7.0
Martyrs

Martyrs 2008

Pascal Laugier
They haven't finished being alive.
A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
Keywords: child abuse, woman martyr, suffering, revenge, torture chamber, torture, cruelty, transcendence, abuse, new french extremism, blood on body, devastating
Genres
Mind & Body
Country
Canada, France
Language
French
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64
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7.0
The Masque of the Red Death

The Masque of the Red Death 1964

Roger Corman
Horror has a face.
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.
Keywords: sacrifice, prince, castle, satanism, village, revenge, murder, tragic villain, massacre, middle ages, evil prince, medieval, satanic ritual, plague, devil worship, preserved film
Genres
Occult
Country
United States of America, United Kingdom
Language
English
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67
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77
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6.9
The McPherson Tape

The McPherson Tape 1989

Dean Alioto
On October 8th, 1983, the McPherson family gathered together to celebrate the 5th birthday of Michelle, the littlest member of their household. Everything was captured on VHS by Michael McPherson and his new camcorder — including the alien invasion.
Keywords: birthday party, extraterrestrial, alien, mockumentary, alien abduction, alien contact, found footage, alien spaceship, spaceship
Genres
Aliens
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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5.9
Men

Men 2022

Alex Garland
What haunts you will find you.
In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to find a place to heal. But someone — or something — from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her, and what begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears.
Keywords: countryside, vacation, woods, flashback, church, police officer, apple tree, grieving, intruder, body horror, pub, loss of husband, house rental
Genres
Mind & Body
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
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69
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65
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6.1
The Menu

The Menu 2022

Mark Mylod
Painstakingly prepared. Brilliantly executed.
A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
Keywords: restaurant, food, dinner, chef, remote island, french cuisine, fine dining
Genres
black-comedy
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
88
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71
IMDb rating icon
7.2
The Mephisto Waltz

The Mephisto Waltz 1971

Paul Wendkos
...The Sound of Terror
A frustrated pianist himself, music journalist Myles Clarkson is thrilled to interview virtuoso Duncan Ely. Duncan, however, is terminally ill and not much interested in Myles until noticing that Myles' hands are ideally suited for piano. Suddenly, he can't get enough of his new friend, and Myles' wife, Paula, becomes suspicious of Duncan's intentions. Her suspicions grow when Duncan dies and Myles mysteriously becomes a virtuoso overnight.
Keywords: satanist, devil, incest, occult
Genres
Occult
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
63
Metacritic score icon
47
IMDb rating icon
6.0
Midsommar

Midsommar 2019

Ari Aster
Let the festivities begin.
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.
Keywords: sweden, paranoia, ritual, cult, magic mushroom, anthropology, paganism, hallucinogenic drug, death of family, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, midsummer, cultural conflict, bad trip, folk horror, toxic relationship, midnight sun, isolated community, summer festival, traumatized woman
Genres
Folk Horror
Country
Sweden, United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
83
Metacritic score icon
72
IMDb rating icon
7.1
Misery

Misery 1990

Rob Reiner
Paul Sheldon used to write for a living. Now, he’s writing to stay alive.
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 dangerously unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged, and at her mercy.
Keywords: nurse, based on novel or book, colorado, psychopath, car crash, author, slasher, psychological thriller, torture, obsessed fan, blizzard, bedridden, female psychopath
Genres
Home Invasion
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
91
Metacritic score icon
75
IMDb rating icon
7.8
The Mist

The Mist 2007

Frank Darabont
Belief divides them, mystery surrounds them, but fear changes everything.
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.
Keywords: monster, supermarket, fight, artist, fog, bible, spider, faith, prayer, survival, giant monster, anger, thunderstorm, father son relationship
Genres
Aliens
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
72
Metacritic score icon
58
IMDb rating icon
7.1
Monster

Monster 2003

Patty Jenkins
The first female serial killer of the United States
An emotionally scarred highway drifter shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her, and ultimately becomes the United States' first female serial killer.
Keywords: prostitute, rape, sexual abuse, death penalty, motel, based on true story, murder, betrayal, serial killer, poverty, prostitution, heartbreak, mental illness, woman director
Genres
Mind & Body
Serial Killers
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
81
Metacritic score icon
74
IMDb rating icon
7.3
Morbius

Morbius 2022

Daniel Espinosa
A new Marvel legend arrives.
Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder, and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Michael Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. What at first appears to be a radical success soon reveals itself to be a remedy potentially worse than the disease.
Keywords: vampire, based on comic, duringcreditsstinger, supervillain
Genres
Vampires
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
16
Metacritic score icon
35
IMDb rating icon
5.2
Motel Hell

Motel Hell 1980

Kevin Connor
It takes all kinds of critters to make Farmer Vincent fritters!
Farmer Vincent Smith and his sister Ida run a motel attached to a farm where they capture unsuspecting travelers, bury them alive, fatten them up and then harvest their bodies as ingredients for his famous brand of "smoked meats."
Keywords: gore, b movie, slasher, sunshine coast
Genres
Folk Horror
Hicksploitation
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
67
Metacritic score icon
64
IMDb rating icon
6.0
Mothra vs. Godzilla

Mothra vs. Godzilla 1964

Ishirō Honda
What is it … How much terror can you stand?
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises near Nagoya and the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help.
Keywords: criterion collection, japan, monster, giant insect, sequel, giant monster, dinosaur, moth, nuclear threat, kaiju, anti-capitalism, mothra, godzilla
Genres
Animals, Monsters & Kaiju
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
92
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IMDb rating icon
6.5
Mr. Brooks

Mr. Brooks 2007

Bruce A. Evans
The man who has everything has everything to hide.
A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.
Keywords: witness, investigation, psychopath, alter ego, murder, serial killer, female detective
Genres
Mind & Body
Serial Killers
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
55
Metacritic score icon
45
IMDb rating icon
7.3
Mulholland Drive

Mulholland Drive 2001

David Lynch
An actress longing to be a star. A woman searching for herself. Both worlds will collide… on Mulholland Drive.
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
Keywords: schizophrenia, detective, identity, amnesia, loss of sense of reality, suppressed past, hitman, trauma, key, nightmare, bisexuality, hallucination, surreal, job interview, casting, surrealism, hollywood, los angeles, california, car accident, audition, doppelgänger, neo-noir
Genres
Mind & Body
Country
France, United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
85
Metacritic score icon
86
IMDb rating icon
7.9
The Mummy

The Mummy 1932

Karl Freund
It Comes to Life!
An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when an archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the archaeologists accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes from the field site and searches for the reincarnation of the soul of his lover.
Keywords: egypt, virgin, museum, mummy, incantation, reincarnation, resurrection, buried alive, excavation, trance, goddess, sorcerer, black and white, african, archaeologist, pre-code, priestess, eternal love, condemned man, buried tomb, ancient curse, ancient scroll
Genres
Animals, Monsters & Kaiju
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
89
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IMDb rating icon
7.0
The Mutilator

The Mutilator 1984

Buddy Cooper
By pick, by axe, by sword, bye bye!
As a child, Ed was cleaning his father’s hunting rifles - a surprise birthday treat for the old man - when one of them went off, hitting and killing his mother. On seeing the bloodshed, his father flew into a murderous rage - Ed just barely escaped with his life. Now in his teens, he returns home; he doesn’t expect to find his father, still there, waiting for a chance to settle the score . . .
Keywords: killing, beach, birthday, monopoly, fall, swimming pool, murder, slasher, hook, maniac, death, beach house, meat hook, beach party, vicious killings
Genres
Slasher
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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5.2
My Bloody Valentine

My Bloody Valentine 1981

George Mihalka
Cross your heart...and hope to die.
Twenty years ago in the sleepy mining town of Valentine Bluffs, a fatal mining disaster occurred on Valentine's Day while some of the crew was decorating for a party. The sole survivor of the accident killed the remaining crewmembers and warned the town not to celebrate Valentine's Day again. When a group of teenagers decides to defy that order, a murderous maniac in mining gear begins dispatching townsfolk in bloody and creative ways.
Keywords: miner, murder, serial killer, slasher, maniac, killing spree, canuxploitation, coal miner
Genres
Slasher
Country
Canada
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
56
Metacritic score icon
46
IMDb rating icon
6.2
My Friend Dahmer

My Friend Dahmer 2017

Marc Meyers
Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. This is the story before that story.
Jeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he was to become.
Keywords: 1970s, ohio, biography, high school, based on true story, sociopath, murder, male homosexuality, serial killer, divorce, social outcast
Genres
Mind & Body
Serial Killers
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
86
Metacritic score icon
68
IMDb rating icon
6.2
My Soul to Take

My Soul to Take 2010

Wes Craven
Only One Has The Power To Save Their Souls
A serial killer returns to his hometown to stalk seven children who share the same birthday as the date he was allegedly put to rest.
Keywords: serial killer, slasher
Genres
Slasher
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
10
Metacritic score icon
25
IMDb rating icon
4.7
Near Dark

Near Dark 1987

Kathryn Bigelow
In one hot hungry kiss, he gave her everlasting love. She gave him everlasting life.
A farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.
Keywords: small town, motel, sunlight, vampire, victim, farm, kiss, gang leader, femme fatale, redneck, hitchhiker, exploding car, road movie, police raid, woman director, neo-noir, nomad, vampire clan
Genres
Vampires
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
83
Metacritic score icon
78
IMDb rating icon
6.9
Nekromantik

Nekromantik 1988

Jörg Buttgereit
Death is just the Beginning
A street sweeper who cleans up after grisly accidents brings home a full corpse for him and his wife to enjoy sexually, but is dismayed to see that his wife prefers the corpse over him.
Keywords: menage a trois, necrophilia, relationship
Genres
Zombies
Country
Germany
Language
German
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
50
Metacritic score icon
IMDb rating icon
4.9
The Neon Demon

The Neon Demon 2016

Nicolas Winding Refn
Beauty is vicious.
When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.
Keywords: jealousy, photographer, obsession, motel, necrophilia, swimming pool, murder, teenage girl, los angeles, california, bathtub, lust, model, cannibal, fashion, eyeball, neon light
Genres
Cannibals
Country
Belgium, Denmark, France, United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
58
Metacritic score icon
51
IMDb rating icon
6.1
New Year's Evil

New Year's Evil 1980

Emmett Alston
Don't Dare Make New Year's Resolutions... Unless You Plan To Live!
During a New Year's Eve celebration, a punk-rock singer gets a phone call saying that when New Year's strikes in each time zone, someone will be murdered--and she will be the last one.
Keywords: new year's eve, nightclub, psychopath, murder, serial killer, slasher, maniac, 80s style
Genres
Slasher
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
25
Metacritic score icon
33
IMDb rating icon
4.9
The Night Eats the World

The Night Eats the World 2018

Dominique Rocher
After waking up to find himself all alone in an apartment where a massive party was being held the night before, Sam is immediately forced to face a terrifying reality: the living dead have invaded the streets of Paris.
Keywords: paris, france, based on novel or book, survival horror, living dead, zombie apocalypse
Genres
Zombies
Country
France
Language
French
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
87
Metacritic score icon
50
IMDb rating icon
6.0
The Night Flier

The Night Flier 1997

Mark Pavia
Evil Has a Flight Plan.
Two investigative reporters for a tabloid magazine track down across country "The Night Flier", a serial killer who travels by private plane stalking victims in rural airports. One of the reporters, Richard Dees, begins to suspect that "the Night Flier could perhaps be a vampire"
Keywords: journalist, airport, vampire, airplane, undead, reporter, series of murders, female corpse, tabloid reporter
Genres
Vampires
Country
Italy, United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
33
Metacritic score icon
36
IMDb rating icon
6.0
Night Watch

Night Watch 2004

Timur Bekmambetov
All That Stands Between Light And Darkness Is The Night Watch.
Among normal humans live the "Others" possessing various supernatural powers. They are divided up into the forces of light and the forces of the dark, who signed a truce several centuries ago to end a devastating battle. Ever since, the forces of light govern the day while the night belongs to their dark opponents. In modern day Moscow the dark Others actually roam the night as vampires while a "Night Watch" of light forces, among them Anton, the movie's protagonist, try to control them and limit their outrage
Keywords: witch, subway, fight, airplane, guard, moscow, russia
Genres
Vampires
Country
Russia, United States of America
Language
Russian
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
60
Metacritic score icon
58
IMDb rating icon
6.4
Night of the Creeps

Night of the Creeps 1986

Fred Dekker
The good news is your date is here. The bad news is.. he's dead.
In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites that transform their hosts into killer zombies.
Keywords: monster, spacecraft, experiment, police, murder, alien, sorority, morgue, undead, serial killer, zombie, corpse, fraternity, parasite, horror comedy, ax
Genres
Zombies
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
76
Metacritic score icon
62
IMDb rating icon
6.7
Night of the Demon

Night of the Demon 1957

Jacques Tourneur
Who will be the next in line to defy the curse?
American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns out that the deceased had been investigating a cult lead by Dr. Julian Karswell. Though a skeptic, Holden is suspicious of the devil-worshiping Karswell. Following a trail of mysterious manuscripts, Holden enters a world that makes him question his faith in science.
Keywords: england, professor, black magic, animal attack, investigation, psychologist, electrocution, demon, witchcraft, skeptic, occult, hypnotism, satanic cult, séance, jumping through a window, stonehenge, folk horror, parapsychology, catatonic state, science vs superstition, foggy night, supernatural power
Genres
Occult
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
100
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IMDb rating icon
7.4
Night of the Eagle

Night of the Eagle 1962

Sidney Hayers
Do The Undead Demons Of Hell Still Arise To Terrorise The World?
A skeptical college professor discovers that his wife has been practicing magic for years. Like the learned, rational fellow he is, he forces her to destroy all her magical charms and protective devices, and stop that foolishness. He isn't put off by her insistence that his professional rivals are working magic against him, and her protections are necessary to his career and life.
Keywords: fire, based on novel or book, husband wife relationship, professor, tarot cards, spider, eagle, supernatural, giant bird, fireplace, bird attack, witchcraft, occult, rape accusation, obscene telephone call, college professor
Genres
Occult
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
80
Metacritic score icon
73
IMDb rating icon
6.9
The Night of the Hunter

The Night of the Hunter 1955

Charles Laughton
The wedding night, the anticipation, the kiss, the knife, BUT ABOVE ALL...THE SUSPENSE!
In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
Keywords: prison, window, fanatic, count, film noir, murder, money, religion, theft, doll, hymn, children on the run
Genres
Folk Horror
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
93
Metacritic score icon
97
IMDb rating icon
8.0
Night of the Living Dead

Night of the Living Dead 1968

George A. Romero
If it doesn't scare you, you're already dead!
A disparate group of individuals takes refuge in an abandoned house when corpses begin to leave the graveyard in search of fresh human bodies to devour. The pragmatic Ben does his best to control the situation, but when the murderous zombies surround the house, the other survivors begin to panic.
Keywords: criterion collection, sibling relationship, loss of loved one, pennsylvania, usa, cemetery, gun, gas station, cellar, house, barricade, zombie, black and white, trapped, cult film, bitten, farm house
Genres
Zombies
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
96
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89
IMDb rating icon
7.8
Nightwatch

Nightwatch 1997

Ole Bornedal
A law student takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue and begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect in a series of murders.
Keywords: expensive restaurant, night watchman, investigation, remake, best friend
Genres
Mind & Body
Serial Killers
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
27
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40
IMDb rating icon
6.2
Nope

Nope 2022

Jordan Peele
What’s a bad miracle?
Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.
Keywords: california, horse, exploitation, video surveillance, ufo, alien, death of father, social commentary, psychological thriller, alien invasion, child star, chimpanzee, aftercreditsstinger, horse farm, african american man, racial issues, brother sister relationship
Genres
Aliens
Science Fiction
Country
United States of America, Japan
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
83
Metacritic score icon
77
IMDb rating icon
6.8
The Northman

The Northman 2022

Robert Eggers
Conquer your fate.
Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his father.
Keywords: sword, father murder, prince, iceland, viking, northern ireland, sword fight, revenge, death of father, gore, fate, king, brutality, hamlet, based on myths, legends or folklore, nordic, 10th century, viking age, muscular men, fantasy, graphic violence
Genres
Folk Horror
Country
China, United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
90
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82
IMDb rating icon
7.0
Nosferatu

Nosferatu 1922

F. W. Murnau
A symphony of horror.
The mysterious Count Orlok summons Thomas Hutter to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen. After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger
Keywords: germany, transylvania, loss of loved one, shapeshifting, self sacrifice, coffin, castle, vampire, ghost ship, supernatural, black and white, silent film, seashore, vampire bat, real estate agent, ghoul, psychotronic, locket, sailing ship, corpse in coffin, nosferatu, real estate, black death, expressionism, mountain country, sleepwalking, romania, rat, german expressionism, dracula
Genres
Vampires
Country
Germany
Language
German
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
97
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IMDb rating icon
7.9
Nosferatu the Vampyre

Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979

Werner Herzog
Nosferatu… he who is doomed to wander alone in darkness.
Jonathan Harker, a real estate agent, goes to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar. Once Jonathan is caught under his evil spell, Dracula travels to Wismar where he meets the beautiful Lucy, Jonathan's wife, while a plague spreads through the town, now ruled by death.
Keywords: transylvania, small town, coffin, castle, vampire, bed, ship, bite, house, cowardliness, doctor, gypsies, german expressionism, dracula
Genres
Vampires
Country
Germany, France
Language
German
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
95
Metacritic score icon
79
IMDb rating icon
7.4
The Nostril Picker

The Nostril Picker 1988

Mark Nowicki
He chose his weapons... He selected his victims... He picked his nose...
Joe is an ugly loser, incapable of picking up women. But when he’s taught a magical power, capable of transforming him into anyone he pleases and then back to his normal self, he decides to use it to live out his perverse fantasies. Initially content just watching them shower, Joe soon tires of mindless nudity and gears up to take his ultimate revenge against womankind: luring them to his shabby apartment, violently killing, and even eating them!
Keywords: prostitute, loser, transformation, serial killer, cannibal, police detective, homeless man, cross dresser, high school girl, magic ritual
Genres
Slasher
Cannibals
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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3.7
The Old Dark House

The Old Dark House 1932

James Whale
Five persons in the house… Strangers cut off from the world by thunderstorms and landslide... Terror of the unknown draws them together.
Seeking shelter from a relentless rainstorm and landslides in a remote region of Wales, five travelers are admitted to a large foreboding old house that belongs to the extremely strange Femm family. Sepulchral Horace Femm and his obsessive, inhospitable sister Rebecca are the group's peculiar hosts. The house also holds surprises - and a brutish mute manservant named Morgan.
Keywords: fight, family secrets, stalker, eccentric, old man, storm, centenarian, attraction, old dark house, cult film, madness, pre-code, pyromaniac, psychotronic, stormy night, drunkenness, locked room, landslide, refuge, mute servant
Genres
Home Invasion
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
97
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7.0
Oldboy

Oldboy 2003

Park Chan-wook
Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Weep, and you weep alone.
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors.
Keywords: hypnosis, sushi restaurant, rage and hate, notebook, daughter, hostility, sin, revenge, loneliness, torture, based on manga, urination, anger, catholic, incest, neo-noir, asian origins, remade, south korea, hammer, driven to suicide
Genres
Mind & Body
Country
South Korea
Language
Korean
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
82
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77
IMDb rating icon
8.4
Omen III: The Final Conflict

Omen III: The Final Conflict 1981

Graham Baker
The power of evil is no longer in the hands of a child.
Damien Thorn has helped rescue the world from a recession, appearing to be a benign corporate benefactor. When he then becomes U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Damien fulfills a terrifying biblical prophecy. He also faces his own potential demise as an astronomical event brings about the second coming of Christ.
Keywords: london, england, ambassador, devil's son, anti-christ, demon, fox hunt
Genres
Occult
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
25
Metacritic score icon
34
IMDb rating icon
5.5
The Omen

The Omen 1976

Richard Donner
It is the greatest mystery of all because no human being will ever solve it.
Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.
Keywords: monk, prophecy, ambassador, nanny, rottweiler, devil's son, revelation, photography, anti-christ, priest, decapitation, paranormal phenomena, cowardliness, baboon, archaeologist
Genres
Occult
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
84
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62
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7.5
Once Bitten

Once Bitten 1985

Howard Storm
A one-night stand with eternal complications!
Mark wants to lose his virginity, but his girlfriend wants to wait. Unfortunately for both of them, a 400-year-old vampire Countess needs to turn a virgin into a vampire before Halloween in order to preserve her own youthful appearance, and when she finds Mark, she turns his life upside-down.
Keywords: vampire
Genres
Vampires
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
10
Metacritic score icon
64
IMDb rating icon
5.5
One Cut of the Dead

One Cut of the Dead 2017

Shinichiro Ueda
Don't Stop Shooting!
Things go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low-budget zombie movie in an abandoned Japanese World War II facility, when they are attacked by real zombies. Or, that's what it says on the tin, but this is the story of how it really happened.
Keywords: film in film, zombie, filmmaking, film shoot
Genres
Zombies
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
100
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86
IMDb rating icon
7.6
Onibaba

Onibaba 1964

Kaneto Shindō
The most daring film import ever ... from Japan!
While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a mysterious mask from a dead samurai.
Keywords: jealousy, samurai, desertion, hold-up robbery, bamboo hut, murder, survival, demon, sengoku period, 14th century, japanese horror
Genres
Folk Horror
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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90
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IMDb rating icon
7.9
Only Lovers Left Alive

Only Lovers Left Alive 2013

Jim Jarmusch
A depressed musician reunites with his lover in the desolate streets of Detroit. Though their romance has endured several centuries, it is tested by the arrival of her capricious and unpredictable younger sister.
Keywords: vampire, tangier morocco, musician, love, detroit, michigan, contamination, vampiress (female vampire)
Genres
Vampires
Country
France, Germany, Greece, United Kingdom
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
86
Metacritic score icon
79
IMDb rating icon
7.2
The Orphanage

The Orphanage 2007

J. A. Bayona
A tale of love. A story of horror.
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.
Keywords: beach, suppressed past, cave, medium, haunted house, wife, orphanage, imaginary friend, gothic horror, missing child, séance
Genres
Ghosts & Hauntings
Country
Spain
Language
Spanish
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
87
Metacritic score icon
74
IMDb rating icon
7.4
The Others

The Others 2001

Alejandro Amenábar
Sooner or later they’ll find you.
Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.
Keywords: christianity, servant, cemetery, suicide attempt, shotgun, world war ii, nanny, nightmare, bible, haunted house, channel islands, mansion, soldier, gardener, photosensitivity, photo album, 1940s, spiritism, jersey island
Genres
Ghosts & Hauntings
Country
France, Spain, United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
84
Metacritic score icon
74
IMDb rating icon
7.6
Overlord

Overlord 2018

Julius Avery
Stop the unstoppable
France, June 1944. On the eve of D-Day, some American paratroopers fall behind enemy lines after their aircraft crashes while on a mission to destroy a radio tower in a small village near the beaches of Normandy. After reaching their target, the surviving paratroopers realise that, in addition to fighting the Nazi troops that patrol the village, they also must fight against something else.
Keywords: france, world war ii, nazi, normandy, france, village, d-day, laboratory, explosion, behind enemy lines, paratrooper, 1940s, scientific experiment, black soldier
Genres
Zombies
Country
Canada, United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
82
Metacritic score icon
60
IMDb rating icon
6.6
The Owners

The Owners 2020

Julius Berg
Respect your elders... or else.
A group of friends think they found the perfect easy score - an empty house with a safe full of cash. But when the elderly couple that lives there comes home early, the tables are suddenly turned. As a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues, the would-be thieves must fight to save themselves from a nightmare they could never have imagined.
Keywords:
Genres
Home Invasion
Country
France, United Kingdom
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
64
Metacritic score icon
54
IMDb rating icon
5.0
Oxygen

Oxygen 1999

Richard Shepard
A killer. A cop. Someone's... buried alive.
When housewife Frances Hannon is abducted and buried alive, detective Madeline Foster is brought in. With only 24 hours before Frances' oxygen runs out, Madeline pursues the trail laid by a killer calling himself Harry Houdini. After capturing him, Madeline brings Harry back to the police station, but is unable to get him to confess where Frances is buried. As time runs down, Harry gets inside the head of unstable, alcoholic Madeline.
Keywords: new york city, miami, florida, cemetery, ransom, kidnapping, death penalty, buried alive, pay phone, theft, police station, masochist, magician, picking a lock
Genres
Mind & Body
Serial Killers
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
77
Metacritic score icon
IMDb rating icon
6.0
Pan's Labyrinth

Pan's Labyrinth 2006

Guillermo del Toro
What happens when make-believe believes it's real?
Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real father, Ofelia must complete three terrifying tasks.
Keywords: criterion collection, spain, resistance, servant, anti hero, fairy tale, franco regime (francoism), army, princess, love, woods, cruelty, hiding, labyrinth, magic realism, mythological, dark fairy tale, children in wartime, post spanish civil war, faun
Genres
Fantasy
Country
Mexico, Spain, United States of America
Language
Spanish
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
95
Metacritic score icon
98
IMDb rating icon
8.2
Panic Room

Panic Room 2002

David Fincher
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.
Keywords: burglar, bunker, housebreaking, safe, money, home invasion
Genres
Home Invasion
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
76
Metacritic score icon
65
IMDb rating icon
6.8
Paranormal Activity

Paranormal Activity 2007

Oren Peli
What Happens When You Sleep?
After a young, middle-class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be demonic but is certainly the most active in the middle of the night. Followed by five terrifying installments in the franchise, this is the original found-footage shocker that started it all.
Keywords: haunting, psychic, entity, demonic possession, found footage
Genres
Ghosts & Hauntings
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
83
Metacritic score icon
68
IMDb rating icon
6.3
Paranormal Activity 2

Paranormal Activity 2 2010

Tod Williams
In 2009 you demanded it. Nothing can prepare you for what's next.
Days after welcoming a newborn baby, Dan and Kristi Rey return home one day to find their house ransacked with seemingly no explanation. Their fear forces them to put in security cameras, which begin to capture strange activity around the house.
Keywords: ouija board, haunting, demonic possession, found footage, duringcreditsstinger
Genres
Occult
Found Footage
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
57
Metacritic score icon
53
IMDb rating icon
5.7
Paranormal Activity 3

Paranormal Activity 3 2011

Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
It Runs In The Family.
In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home.
Keywords: sibling relationship, witch, family secrets, sequel, prequel, haunting, found footage, paranormal activity
Genres
Occult
Found Footage
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
66
Metacritic score icon
59
IMDb rating icon
5.8
Paranormal Activity 4

Paranormal Activity 4 2012

Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
All the activity has led to this...
It has been five years since the disappearance of Katie and Hunter, and a suburban family witness strange events in their neighborhood when a woman and a mysterious child move in.
Keywords: garage, poltergeist, webcam, imaginary friend, bathtub, tricycle, found footage, laptop computer, videotape, evil child, levitation, aftercreditsstinger, neighbor neighbor relationship, adopted child
Genres
Occult
Found Footage
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
23
Metacritic score icon
40
IMDb rating icon
4.6
Parasite

Parasite 2022

Bong Joon-ho
Act like you own the place.
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
Keywords: birthday party, private lessons, basement, dark comedy, con artist, working class, psychological thriller, class differences, housekeeper, tutor, family, crime family, unemployed, wealthy family, south korea, seoul, south korea
Genres
Mind & Body
Country
South Korea
Language
Korean
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
99
Metacritic score icon
96
IMDb rating icon
8.5
Pearl

Pearl 2022

Ti West
The X-traordinary origin story.
Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions collide.
Keywords: pornography, confession, dance performance, texas, world war i, alligator, barn, farm, prequel, murder, serial killer, slasher, corpse, murderer, lust, religious fundamentalism, audition, mental illness, projectionist, isolated farmhouse, pandemic, 1910s, mother daughter relationship, origin story, aspiring actress
Genres
Slasher
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
100
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IMDb rating icon
5.8
Peeping Tom

Peeping Tom 1960

Michael Powell
What made this the most diabolical murder weapon ever used?
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.
Keywords: cinematographer, photography, illegal prostitution, cult film, proto-slasher
Genres
Slasher
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Rotten Tomato score iconRotten Tomato score icon
95
Metacritic score icon
IMDb rating icon
7.6