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1. Mandy (I) (2018)
Not Rated | 121 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
The enchanted lives of a couple in a secluded forest are brutally shattered by a nightmarish hippie cult and their demon-biker henchmen, propelling a man into a spiraling, surreal rampage of vengeance.
Director: Panos Cosmatos | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Ned Dennehy
Votes: 90,477 | Gross: $1.21M
2. Wrong Turn (2021)
R | 109 min | Horror, Thriller
Friends hiking the Appalachian Trail are confronted by 'The Foundation', a community of people who have lived in the mountains for hundreds of years.
Director: Mike P. Nelson | Stars: Charlotte Vega, Adain Bradley, Bill Sage, Emma Dumont
Votes: 36,803
3. Apostle (2018)
TV-MA | 130 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In 1905, a drifter on a dangerous mission to rescue his kidnapped sister tangles with a sinister religious cult on an isolated island.
Director: Gareth Evans | Stars: Dan Stevens, Richard Elfyn, Paul Higgins, Bill Milner
Votes: 59,400
4. Red State (2011)
R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda.
Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Michael Parks, Melissa Leo, John Goodman, Michael Angarano
Votes: 67,448 | Gross: $1.10M
5. Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
PG-13 | 91 min | Horror
The Freeling family have a new house, but their troubles with supernatural forces don't seem to be over.
Director: Brian Gibson | Stars: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke, Oliver Robins
Votes: 30,043 | Gross: $41.00M
6. Malum (2023)
18+ | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A rookie police officer willingly takes the last shift at a newly decommissioned police station in an attempt to uncover the mysterious connection between her father's death and a vicious cult.
Director: Anthony DiBlasi | Stars: Jessica Sula, Monroe Cline, Candice Coke, Clarke Wolfe
Votes: 5,395 | Gross: $0.32M
7. Horizon Zero Dawn (2017 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a primitive tribal world where strange, monstrous, animalistic machines roam the wilderness, a brave young female warrior goes on a quest to learn the truth about her mysterious origin and the state the world is in.
Director: Mathijs de Jonge | Stars: Ashly Burch, Laura van Tol, Ava Potter, JB Blanc
Votes: 18,801
8. Venus (I) (2022)
R | 100 min | Horror
Horror invades the concrete corridors of a cursed apartment complex on the outskirts of Madrid.
Director: Jaume Balagueró | Stars: Ester Expósito, Inés Fernández, Ángela Cremonte, Magüi Mira
Votes: 4,129
9. Lord of Illusions (1995)
R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A private detective gets more than he bargains for when he encounters Philip Swan, a performer whose amazing illusions captivate the world, but they are not really what everyone thinks.
Director: Clive Barker | Stars: Scott Bakula, Kevin J. O'Connor, J. Trevor Edmond, Daniel von Bargen
Votes: 19,343 | Gross: $13.29M
10. Far Cry 5 (2018 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Crime
A deputy is sent to the town of Hope County to arrest Joseph Seed, a corrupt evangelical religious leader who rules the town with the help of his disturbed followers.
Director: Patrick Methe | Stars: Greg Bryk, Mark Pellegrino, Seamus Dever, Jenessa Grant
Votes: 9,160
11. Faults (2014)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A cult deprogrammer is hired to help a couple whose daughter is under the influence of a mysterious cult.
Director: Riley Stearns | Stars: Leland Orser, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Chris Ellis, Jon Gries
Votes: 10,853
12. Spiral (I) (2019)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A same-sex couple move to a small town to enjoy a better quality of life and raise their daughter with strong social values. But when neighbors throw a very strange party, nothing is as it seems in their picturesque neighborhood.
Director: Kurtis David Harder | Stars: Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Ari Cohen, June Laporte, Ty Wood
Votes: 5,074
13. Holy Hell (2016)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, Drama
An inside look at Buddhafield, a West Hollywood cult formed by a charismatic teacher in the 1980s that eventually imploded.
Director: Will Allen | Stars: Will Allen, Dimitrius Pulido, Phillipe Coquet, David Christopher
Votes: 6,079 | Gross: $0.02M
14. The Ark of the Sun God (1984)
TV-PG | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A safecracker takes a job where he must go to Istanbul and steal a scepter that once belonged to the god Gilgamesh but is now in the temple of a secret cult.
Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: David Warbeck, John Steiner, Susie Sudlow, Luciano Pigozzi
Votes: 460
15. The Rendezvous (II) (2016)
PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Adventure
A Jewish-American doctor and a Muslim State Department employee find themselves in the center of a conspiracy that could bring about the end of days. With time ticking away, they take on a mission to unravel the mystery and save the world.
Directors: Amin Matalqa, Annemarie Jacir | Stars: Stana Katic, Raza Jaffrey, Alfonso Bassave, Meg Cionni
Votes: 940
16. Ritual of Evil (1970 TV Movie)
98 min | Drama, Horror
A psychiatrist investigates the death of one of his patients, a young heiress.
Director: Robert Day | Stars: Louis Jourdan, Anne Baxter, Diana Hyland, John McMartin
Votes: 298
17. Psycho Diver: Soul Siren (1997 Video)
Not Rated | 48 min | Animation, Action, Horror
People get their mental problems corrected by the Psycho Divers. One of them is hired to help a young female pop star whose mind is being controlled by a sinister cult.
Director: Mamoru Kanbe | Stars: Junko Iwao, Atsuko Tanaka, Jôji Nakata, Toshiko Fujita
Votes: 199
18. The Woodsman (2020)
90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In the small southern town of Nazareth, each month, for the last four months a girl has disappeared. They find the latest victim dead, tied to a tree, the only witness being her twelve year... See full summary »
Director: Paul Leach | Stars: Christopher Wolfe, Michael Jude Murphy, Katie Oliver, Sonya Krueger
Votes: 99
19. Stay Out of the House (2022 Video Game)
M | Horror
A young victim is kidnapped and trapped inside a large farmhouse owned by a psychopath. She must now survive and escape the house.
Director: Benedetto Cocuzza | Stars: Autumn Ivy, Suzi Hunter, 02Rainer, Reece Bridger
Votes: 35
20. Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller (1994 Video Game)
Adventure, Horror, Mystery
Dystopian FMV-lite point and click adventure game. By 2095, America has become a fascist theocracy. Two government enforcers are forced to join the underground resistance movement after someone orders the secret police to kill them.
Stars: Dennis Hopper, Stephanie Seymour, Grace Jones, Geoffrey Holder
Votes: 48
21. The Dragonphoenix Chronicles: Indomitable (2013)
TV-14 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A savage warrior escapes slavery and hunted by his former masters, begins a perilous journey back to his homeland and his wife.
Director: Thanos Kermitsis | Stars: Yannis Rubus Rubulias, Constantina Georganta, Georgia Giannakoudi, Meletis Georgiadis
Votes: 612
22. I'm Flash! (2012)
91 min | Action
A cult leader is as cynical as the next and picks up a loose woman at a bar one night. This is followed by a car accident, which sends the woman into a coma. Anticipating attempts on the ... See full summary »
Director: Toshiaki Toyoda | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ryûhei Matsuda, Tasuku Emoto, Mayu Harada
Votes: 216
23. Franklin: A Symphony of Pain (2015)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
Franklin is a tormented man who seeks asylum in the arms of Mother Earth. His serenity is shattered by two masked men that violently subdue and abduct him. Awakening in captivity, he realizes his bizarre nightmarish journey has just begun.
Director: Jeremy Westrate | Stars: Nikolas Franklin, Greg G. Freeman, Slake Counts, Dee Dee Seruga
Votes: 42
25. The Grace Lee Project (2005)
68 min | Documentary
Is your name Grace Lee? Do you think you are the only Grace Lee? Did you know there are quite a few of you? Oh yes, it's true. There are many of you and they're all over. They are mostly ... See full summary »
Director: Grace Lee | Stars: Grace Lee Boggs, Grace Lee, Grace Lee, Aldo Velasco
Votes: 141 | Gross: $0.01M
26. Them and Us (2021 Video Game)
M | Action, Horror, Mystery
Them and Us is a classic, survival horror game with a focus on atmosphere and player immersion. Discover the truth of Alicia's past as she descends further into her strange, unending nightmare.
Stars: Olivia Steele, Sara Secora, Brandon Fague, Brett Gilead
Votes: 8
27. The Man from Brodney's (1923)
Passed | 80 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A drama of the India Seas that has Hollingsworth Chance (J. Warren Kerrigan), a young American, tangled in court intrigue to, is put to the supreme test to save the girl he loves, Princess Geneva (Alice Calhoun).
Director: David Smith | Stars: J. Warren Kerrigan, Alice Calhoun, Pat O'Malley, Wanda Hawley
28. Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure (2019 Video Game)
Adventure, Comedy, Horror
In this point-and-click adventure/comedy, a tough detective and a slacker librarian with a talking cat team up to stop evil cultists from getting the forbidden magic book known as the Necronomicon.
Director: Liviu Boar | Stars: Liviu Boar, Doug Cockle, Anairis Quinones, Don Thacker
Votes: 19
29. The Order (2022)
8 min | Short, Horror
A food delivery driver struggling to get by accepts an extremely high-paying gig. It's soon clear, however, that this order is anything but ordinary.
Director: Michael Squid | Stars: Malena Gordo, Eric D. Kaufman, Eric Michaelian, Paul Kandarian
Votes: 9
30. The Big Dovahkiin Trailer (2012)
2 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
"Thu'um" Dovahkiin is just your run of the mill bowling aficionado and adventurer. Unfortunately for Thu'um, he's mistaken for rich and powerful Jarl also named Dovahkiin. Bandits break ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Murphy | Stars: Luke Brown, Brent Osmun, Paul Ritchey, Josh Henderson
32. Silverload (1995 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Horror, Western
Western horror adventure game about a half-Caucasian and half-Native American bounty hunter in the Old West who's hired by a widower to save his son spirited away by a monster from a once vibrant mining town of Silverload .
Stars: Jay Benedict, David Gillian, James Carroll Jordan, Gina Landor
Votes: 6
33. Realm of Ritualists (2016 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Two diabolic ritualistic necromancers are fighting to destroy each other. Who can perform the esoteric ritual the fastest?
Director: Logan Krippner | Stars: Meredith Sims, Vincent van Ommen, Stephen Quammie, Jacqueline Fisher
34.
Fox Mystery Theater (1984)
Episode:
And the Wall Came Tumbling Down
(1984)
71 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Workmen digging in a building discover the remains of a 300-+year-old devil cult.
Director: Paul Annett | Stars: Barbi Benton, Gareth Hunt, Brian Deacon, Peter Wyngarde
Votes: 135
35.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Pyramids of Mars: Part One
(1975)
TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and Sarah are drawn off course and, instead of UNIT HQ, they arrive on the same site in 1911.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Bernard Archard, Michael Sheard
Votes: 852
36.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Masque of Mandragora: Part One
(1976)
TV-G | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and Sarah are drawn into the Mandragora Helix, an entity which exists among the stars and which transports the TARDIS to 15th century Italy.
Director: Rodney Bennett | Stars: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Jon Laurimore, Antony Carrick
Votes: 571
37.
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode:
Absolution
(1998)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Inexplicably unhinged Matt is arrested for killing the young psychic son of a drug dealer. He's taken for treatment to a psychiatric facility that may or may not be run by demons. The team tries to figure out what's going on.
Director: Clay Borris | Stars: Matt Frewer, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox
Votes: 19
38.
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode:
Temple of Light
(1999)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Lindsay infiltrates a serene, anti-government, new age cult that worships an entity they call Varik to investigate the reported possession of a cultist and popular scream queen by Varik. She and the team uncover a deadly conspiracy.
Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Joanne Vannicola, Colin Fox
Votes: 14
39.
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode:
The Winding Cloth
(1999)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
On the Welsh coast, Lindsay's archaeologist mentor and old flame discovers a burial site with a coffin that contains the winding-cloth (death shroud) of a sadistic medieval overlord. An evil cult kidnaps him.
Director: Clay Borris | Stars: Matt Frewer, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox
Votes: 14
40.
Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
Episode:
Creep Course
(1993)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
A bookworm is tricked by a jock and her devious Egyptology professor to be the virgin sacrifice to an ancient mummy in the teachers basment.
Director: Jeffrey Boam | Stars: Jeffrey Jones, Anthony Michael Hall, Nina Siemaszko, John Kassir
Votes: 753
41.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Masque of Mandragora: Part Two
(1976)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor rushes to rescue Sarah from the Brethren of Demnos while Mandragora tries to bring them under its control.
Director: Rodney Bennett | Stars: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Gareth Armstrong, Tim Pigott-Smith
Votes: 512
42.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Masque of Mandragora: Part Three
(1976)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor saves Giuliano from Federico's men, then they try to find Sarah, unaware Hieronymous has hypnotised her to kill the Doctor.
Director: Rodney Bennett | Stars: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Gareth Armstrong, Tim Pigott-Smith
Votes: 500
43.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Masque of Mandragora: Part Four
(1976)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
With Mandragora having taken complete control of the brethren, the Doctor tries to find a way to drain off the Mandragora energy on Earth before it wipes out the guests at Giuliano's masque.
Director: Rodney Bennett | Stars: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Norman Jones, Gareth Armstrong
Votes: 512
44.
Dead at 21 (1994)
Episode:
Hotel California
(1994)
Action, Adventure, Crime
Ed seeks the wisdom of Cali, a mysterious 35-year-old polygamist sib.
Director: Ralph Hemecker | Stars: Jack Noseworthy, Lisa Dean Ryan, Whip Hubley, Richard Tyson
45.
Coronation Street (1960– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1464
(1975)
TV-PG | 22 min | Drama, Romance
Detective Chief Inspector Patterson comes to the Community Centre to question Albert about his evidence. Exhibiting great patience he manages to pin down the time he heard the scream as ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Mills | Stars: Peter Adamson, Jean Alexander, Judith Barker, Neville Buswell
46.
Kristian (2009–2011)
Episode:
Sekten
(2009)
18 min | Comedy
For once Kristian falls in love with a girl who also falls for him. But it turns out that the girl is a member of a cult, so now the question is - how far is he willing to go to get sex?
Director: Martin Schmidt | Stars: Christian Fuhlendorff, Maria Erwolter, Jesper Juhl, Christa Waldorff
Votes: 9
47.
Young Justice (2010–2023)
Episode:
Drop-Zone
(2011)
TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Batman sends the team on its first official mission - to observe and report on a Venom Factory. The team chooses its leader.
Director: Christopher Berkeley | Stars: Jesse McCartney, Danica McKellar, Nolan North, Khary Payton
Votes: 3,267
48.
The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
World Leaders Plot Ways to Destroy Civilization at Climate Summit
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
A snowstorm interferes with a global warming summit. Trans surgery leaves its patients still mentally unhealthy. A YouTuber in a pizza shop complains of misgendering. A black journalist complains of racism.
Director: Mark Jones | Star: Matt Walsh
Votes: 11
49.
Attack on Titan (2013–2023)
Episode:
Can't Look into His Eyes Yet: Eve of the Counterattack, Part 1
(2013)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A military tribunal will decide Eren's fate. The Military Police call for his execution, while the Scouts argue that he is a powerful resource for humankind. Mikasa is put on the spot when asked about the events of the Trost mission.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Shinpei Ezaki, Keisuke Onishi | Stars: Yûki Kaji, Yui Ishikawa, Marina Inoue, Masahiko Tanaka
Votes: 19,676
50.
Room 104 (2017–2020)
Episode:
The Knockadoo
(2017)
TV-MA | 27 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A woman seeking salvation is visited by a cult priest promising to help her transcend the ordinary world for another realm.
Director: Sarah Adina Smith | Stars: Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris, Orlando Jones, Tony Todd, Jenny Leonhardt
Votes: 1,073