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Movies with eerie vibe

291. The House at the End of Time

The House at the End of Time
Horror Drama Fantasy Supernatural Horror Family Drama
6.7
20131h 41minVenezuela
Director: Alejandro Hidalgo

Overview

The story of Dulce, a mother who has encounters with apparitions inside her old house. She must decipher a mystery that could trigger a prophecy: the death of her family.

Themes

Trust under pressure, Prophecy-driven tension, Apparition encounters, Paranormal phenomena pressure, Haunted old house, Motherly responsibility

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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292. V/H/S/2

V/H/S/2
Horror Thriller Found Footage Horror
6.0
20131h 36minUnited States, Canada
Director: Eduardo Sánchez

Overview

Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static white noise permeating the brain and fogging concentration. But you must fight the urge to relax: this is no mere movie night. Those obsolete spools contain more than just magnetic tape. They are imprinted with the very soul of evil.

Themes

Cult manipulation, Media deception, Bodily violation, Pregnancy and power, Collective panic, Surveillance fragility

Available on

Apple TV
fuboTV
Google Play Movies
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293. The Truth About Emanuel

The Truth About Emanuel
Drama Thriller Psychological Drama Domestic Thriller
6.0
20131h 36minUnited States, United Kingdom
Director: Francesca Gregorini

Overview

A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

Themes

Deceptive appearances, Obsessive fixation, Grief and guilt, Boundaries and intrusion, Replacement dynamics, Secrecy and manipulation

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
The Roku Channel
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294. Byzantium

Byzantium
Drama Fantasy Thriller Dark Fantasy Mind Game Thriller
6.5
20131h 58minIreland, United Kingdom
Director: Neil Jordan

Overview

Residents of a coastal town learn, with deadly consequences, the secret shared by the two mysterious women who have sought refuge at a local boarding house, the Byzantium.

Themes

Parent child relationship, Vampire bite, Blood sucking, Eternal life, Mother daughter resilience, Bat imagery

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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295. Oblivion

Oblivion
Action Science Fiction Adventure Mystery Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi
7.0
20132h 4minUnited States
Director: Joseph Kosinski

Overview

After a war with alien invaders, Earth is no longer habitable, and what’s left of humanity has moved to the orbital station Tet. Jack Harper carries out technical missions on the devastated planet and coordinates resource-harvesting drones, but a chance discovery makes him question everything he believed about the war and his own assignment.

Themes

Isolation and belonging, Survival under surveillance, Memory erasure ethics, Human vs machine, Identity and autonomy, Postwar resource extraction

Available on

Netflix
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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296. Upstream Color

Upstream Color
Drama Science Fiction Relationship Drama Bio-Genetic Sci-Fi
6.5
20131h 36minUnited States
Director: Shane Carruth

Overview

A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.

Themes

Shared trauma memory, Parasite mediated control, Loss as connective force, Identity refracted by transfer, Economic coercion through manipulation, Illusion of pregnancy

Available on

Apple TV
Google Play Movies
YouTube
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297. Dark Skies

Dark Skies
Science Fiction Thriller Horror Supernatural Horror Domestic Thriller
6.3
20131h 37minUnited States
Director: Scott Stewart

Overview

From the producers of Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Sinister comes Dark Skies: a supernatural thriller that follows a young family living in the suburbs. As husband and wife Daniel and Lacey Barret witness an escalating series of disturbing events involving their family, their safe and peaceful home quickly unravels. When it becomes clear that the Barret family is being targeted by an unimaginably terrifying and deadly force, Daniel and Lacey take matters in their own hands to solve the mystery of what is after their family.

Themes

Suburban vulnerability to unknown threats, Chosen child uncertainty, Surveillance as protection and intrusion, Expert intervention vs fear, Guardianship under threat, Alien presence in normal life, Privacy erosion in crisis

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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298. The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia

The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
Horror Drama Thriller Haunting Horror Family Drama
5.3
20131h 41minUnited States
Director: Tom Elkins

Overview

A young family moves into a historic home in Georgia, only to learn they are not the house's only inhabitants. Soon they find themselves in the presence of a secret rising from underground and threatening to bring down anyone in its path.

Themes

Protective guardianship, Haunted history, Family resilience under danger, Historic trauma memory, Inherited psychic gifts

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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299. Warm Bodies

Warm Bodies
Horror Comedy Romance Zombie Horror Romantic Comedy
6.8
20131h 38minUnited States
Director: Jonathan Levine

Overview

After a zombie becomes involved with the girlfriend of one of his victims, their romance sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.

Themes

Awakening humanity, Interspecies romance, Fragile human-undead alliance, Post-apocalyptic adaptation, Memory as bridge, Integration of communities

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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300. Frankenstein’s Army

Frankenstein’s Army
Action Horror Military Action Body Horror
5.4
20131h 24minNetherlands, United States
Director: Richard Raaphorst

Overview

Toward the end of World War II, Russian soldiers pushing into eastern Germany stumble across a secret Nazi lab, one that has unearthed and begun experimenting with the journal of one Dr. Victor Frankenstein. The scientists have used the legendary Frankenstein's work to assemble an army of super-soldiers stitched together from the body parts of their fallen comrades -- a desperate Hitler's last ghastly ploy to escape defeat

Themes

Deception and betrayal, Dehumanization through body modification, Power struggles under command, Propaganda versus reality, Unethical experimentation consequences, Survival under bombardment

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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