Top rated dark and edgy movies with wasted potential

Check out today’s highest ranked dark and edgy movies with wasted potential! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best dark and edgy movies with wasted potential, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 We Need to Do Something (2021)

Seeking shelter from a storm, a family finds themselves trapped in a bathroom for days with no sign of rescue and untold evils lurking just beyond the walls.

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2021-09-03 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Sierra McCormick, Vinessa Shaw

Rating

rating icon 5.341
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    final insult
  2. Ranked #1 for
    copping out
  3. Ranked #2 for
    wrapped-up nicely

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2 The Craft: Legacy (2020)

An eclectic foursome of aspiring teenage witches get more than they bargained for as they lean into their newfound powers.

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2020-10-28 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Cailee Spaeny, Lovie Simone

Rating

rating icon 6.135
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    zero character development
  2. Ranked #3 for
    letdown ending
  3. Ranked #4 for
    virtually non-existent

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3 The Munsters (2022)

Lily is a typical 150-year-old lovelorn vampire who's looking for the man of her nightmares -- until she lays her eyes on Herman, a 7-foot-tall green experiment with a heart of gold. It's love at first shock as these two ghouls fall fangs over feet for each other in a Transylvanian romance. Unfortunately, it's not all smooth sailing in the cemetery as Lily's father has other plans for his beloved daughter's future, and they don't involve her new bumbling beau.

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2022-09-27 | Comedy / Fantasy

Cast

Jeff Daniel Phillips, Sheri Moon Zombie

Rating

rating icon 5.679
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    campy
  2. Ranked #1 for
    kitschy editing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    cornball

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4 Adverse (2021)

In order to save his sister, a ride-share driver must infiltrate a dangerous crime syndicate.

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2021-02-12 | Crime / Thriller

Cast

Thomas Ian Nicholas, Mickey Rourke

Rating

rating icon 4.75
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    pathetic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    nasty villain
  3. Ranked #1 for
    pretty good

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5 The Reckoning (2021)

In the aftermath of the Great Plague and amidst the subsequent witch-hunts against women, a young widow grapples with the tragic death of her husband in a society completely consumed by fear and death. Because she rejects the advances of her landlord, she is falsely accused of being a witch and thrown in jail for a crime she didn’t commit. She must endure physical persecution at the hands of England’s most ruthless witch-hunter and face her own inner demons as the devil himself starts to work his way into her mind.

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2021-02-05 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Charlotte Kirk, Sean Pertwee

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    late night movie
  2. Ranked #1 for
    tepid plot
  3. Ranked #2 for
    interesting ending

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6 The Retreat (2021)

Renee and Valerie, a couple at a cross roads in their relationship, leave the city to spend the week at a remote cabin with friends. But when they arrive, their friends are nowhere to be found. As they stumble through their relationship woes, they discover they are being hunted by a group of militant extremists who are determined to exterminate them.

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2021-05-21 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

Tommie-Amber Pirie, Sarah Allen

Rating

rating icon 5.06
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    dim lighting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    pacey
  3. Ranked #1 for
    reasonably entertaining

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7 Monstrous (2022)

Laura, traumatized by an abusive relationship, runs away from her former husband with her seven-year-old son Cody. But in their new, idyllic and remote sanctuary, they find they have another, bigger and more terrifying monster to deal with…

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2022-05-13 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Christina Ricci, Santino Barnard

Rating

rating icon 5.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    uncanny
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fairly easy
  3. Ranked #2 for
    snake-like character

Trailer

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8 The Devil's Machine (2019)

Antique expert Brendon Cole is summoned to authenticate a 300-year-old clockwork doll with a notoriously dark history known as The Inferno Princess. In the remote Highlands mansion where it has recently been uncovered, Brendon soon finds himself the victim of the automaton’s legendary curse as the malevolent forces surrounding it are terrifyingly awakened.

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2019-03-02 | Horror

Cast

Jamie Scott Gordon, Erich Redman

Rating

rating icon 4.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    moody lighting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    Baroque imagery
  3. Ranked #1 for
    effectively creepy

Trailer

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9 Achoura (2020)

Four childhood friends are reunited when one of them surfaces after twenty years, forcing them to confront a creature straight out of a spine-chilling Moroccan legend.

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2020-06-26 | Fantasy / Horror

Cast

Sofiia Manousha, Younes Bouab

Rating

rating icon 5.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    stretching beyond
  2. Ranked #4 for
    Urban Legend
  3. Ranked #5 for
    barely intelligible

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10 Triggered (2020)

Nine friends, all harboring a dark secret, go camping in the woods. After a wild night of partying, they wake up with suicide bombs strapped to their chests, all with varying times on their countdown clocks. They decide to work out how to disarm the bombs or find help - until they discover they can 'take' one another's time by killing each other.

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2020-08-28 | Horror / Action

Cast

Liesl Ahlers, Reine Swart

Rating

rating icon 5.297
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    stingy character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sheer fun
  3. Ranked #1 for
    attractive female

Trailer

Triggered trailer
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