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Plot Summary:
Tom Smothers stars as the brave mountie, who along with his trusty horse and bitter deputy Paul Reubens must track down a killer who is stalking coeds at a nearby cheerleader camp.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, parody, scary, humorous, witty, not serious, horror comedy, cult classic, offbeat, realistic
Best tv shows and movies like Pandemonium (1982):
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Psycho Beach Party (2000)
Plot Summary:
Spoof of 1960's Beach Party/Gidget surfing movies mixed with slasher horror films. A not-so-innocent girl in 1960's Malibu becomes the first girl surfer at Malibu Beach, only she suffers from dissociative identity disorder and occasionally her alter ego, a sexually aggressive, foul-speaking girl, comes out. During her "episodes" several beach goers are found murdered.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, parody, sexy, satirical, stylized, not serious, dark comedy, witty, surreal, humorous
Similar in 75%
Scream Bloody Murder (2003)
Plot Summary:
In this horror spoof, the girls from Cherry Mount Academy are on their way to a dance at a nearby all-boys school when the van they're riding in breaks down. With no other choice but to spend the night at their tow truck driver's junkyard, the girls soon find themselves at the mercy of a cold-blooded killer.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, parody, humorous, not serious, queer horror, independent film, surprise ending, slasher horror, horror spoof
Similar in 88%
Wacko (1982)
Plot Summary:
Cops try to track down the infamous "Lawnmower Killer".
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, funny, surreal, spoof, detective, slasher horror, horror comedy, humorous, semi serious, surprise ending
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Blood Theatre (1984)
Plot Summary:
Three young movie theater employees are given the task of re-opening a long closed old-time theater at which many years before a shocking series of grisly murders took place. It seems many more murders have occurred since then but all of this remains unknown to these three young upstart employees hoping to finally make it big on their own. As they approach the grand re-opening night, things keep getting stranger and more unsettling with items suddenly starting to move around by themselves without any seen aid and a terrifying old man seemingly haunting the premises.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 959
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, psychotronic, independent film, spoof, freeze frame, dark comedy, parody
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Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)
Plot Summary:
Six scientists arrive at the creepy Headstone Manor to investigate a strange phenomena which was the site of a mysterious massacre years earlier where 18 guests were killed in one night. It turns out that the house is the place of a satanic cult lead by a sinister monk who plans to kill the scientists who are inhabiting this house of Satan.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: parody, slasher, spoof, funny, gothic horror, horror comedy, perverse, scary, offbeat, humorous
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Sneekweek (2016)
Plot Summary:
Six friends go to party for a week during the "Sneekweek". But they are haunted by a secret from their past.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, psychotronic, humorous, slasher, sexy, detective
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Yoga Hosers (2016)
Plot Summary:
Two teenage yoga enthusiasts team up with a legendary man-hunter to battle with an ancient evil presence that is threatening their major party plans.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: parody, surreal, horror comedy, cult classic, psychological, funny, low brow humor, psychedelic, crying, psychotronic
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Deadtime Stories (1986)
Plot Summary:
A babysitting uncle tells his charges three horror stories--about a killer witch, Little Red Riding Hood and a werewolf, and a story about "Goldi Lox" and the three bears.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, fairy tale, suspense, suspenseful, horror comedy, dark fairy tale, cult classic, independent film, semi serious
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Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (2000)
Plot Summary:
Another spoof of the Scream/I Know What You Did Last Summer horror gene involving a group of popular high school students stalked by a bumbling masked killer while a dogged reporter named Hagitha Utslay covers the story and of the plight of the prime suspect and transfer student Dawson.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, humorous, not serious, light, scary, slasher, sexy, suspense, horror comedy
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Chastity Bites (2013)
Plot Summary:
Serial killer Countess Elizabeth Bathory believed that bathing in virgin blood would keep her young and beautiful forever. Still alive today, she's found a perfect hunting ground for her "botox" as an abstinence educator in conservative America...but will she finally be stopped by a brave young blogger and reporter for the high school paper?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, realistic, slasher, queer horror, psychotronic, dark comedy, horror comedy, urban fantasy
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Tormented (2009)
Plot Summary:
The film centers on Darren Mullet, a bullied asthmatic, driven to suicide by his tormented life - ignored by his parents, ridiculed by his teachers and bullied at school. He returns from the dead to pay his teenage tormentors a final visit.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspenseful, semi serious, realistic, bloody, suspense, disturbing, cyber, cult classic
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Cutting Class (1989)
Plot Summary:
High school student Paula Carson's affections are being sought after by two of her classmates: Dwight, the "bad boy", and Brian, a disturbed young man who has just been released from a mental hospital where he was committed following the suspicious death of his father. Soon after being released, more murders start happening. Is Brian back to his old tricks, or is Dwight just trying to eliminate the competition?.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, horror comedy, detective, slasher horror, funny, bloody, scary, rough, serious, realistic
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Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989)
Plot Summary:
Psychotic Angela is itching to do what she does best: slaughter dozens of teenage campers. As luck would have it, the previous site of her murders has been renamed and converted into an experimental summer camp meant to bring together privileged and lower-class teens. On the day the youths are boarding the buses to camp, Angela runs over a potential camper with a garbage truck and assumes her identity. Once she has infiltrated the camp, the real terror begins.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher horror, bloody, slasher, psychological thriller, retro, entertaining, controversial, horror comedy, rough
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The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020)
Plot Summary:
Two years after defeating a satanic cult led by his babysitter Bee, Cole's trying to forget his past and focus on surviving high school. But when old enemies unexpectedly return, Cole will once again have to outsmart the forces of evil.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, slasher, funny, dark, tense, humorous, captivating, freeze frame, dark comedy, scary
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The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
Plot Summary:
An 18-year-old high school girl is left at home by her parents and decides to have a slumber party. Meanwhile, a mass murderer with a propensity for power tools has escaped from prison, and eventually makes his way to the party where the guests begin dropping off one by one.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bloody, grindhouse, suspenseful, creepy, cult classic, rough, serious, psychotronic
Similar in 87%
My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987)
Plot Summary:
Young student finds himself being transformed to a vampire after a night with a quite attractive female vampire. First, he does not quite believe it himself, but with the help of a 300 year old teacher and the handbook "vampirism - a guide to an alternative lifestyle", he finds out that blood does not taste as bad as he expected.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, horror comedy, exciting, tense, captivating, dark comedy, independent film, psychotronic, freeze frame
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Full Moon High (1981)
Plot Summary:
A teenager (Adam Arkin) becomes a werewolf after a family vacation in Transylvania.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, semi serious, horror comedy, independent film, offbeat, parody, neurotic, psychotronic, detective
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Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)
Plot Summary:
Angela Baker, a psychotic transsexual, escapes from a mental hospital and surfaces at a summer camp as a counselor who lectures her teenage charges on proper moral behavior. Those teens who break her strict rules -- from the camp chatterbox or a sex-obsessed girl to the boys who are peeping Toms -- are murdered by the impostor in various gruesome ways. As more campers go missing, intrepid counselor Molly begins to piece together the truth.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bloody, horror comedy, rough, serious, suspenseful, dark comedy, slasher horror, psychological thriller
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The Last Horror Film (1982)
Plot Summary:
A New York taxi driver stalks a beautiful actress attending the Cannes Film Festival, which coincides with a series of violent killings of the lady's friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, scary, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Frightmare (1983)
Plot Summary:
Drama students decide to pay tribute to their favorite horror star by stealing his body from his crypt for a farewell party. They fail to realize their violation of the tomb has triggered powerful black magic, and Conrad hasn't taken his final bows yet.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, horror comedy, retro, grindhouse, independent film, scary, serious, suspenseful, splatter, crying
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Slumber Party Massacre III (1990)
Plot Summary:
After a hard day of volleyball at the beach, a teen whose parents are away decides to have a slumber party with her girlfriends. Their boyfriends predictably show up to scare them, but a stranger from the beach is also seen lurking around the house. Soon the group begins experiencing an attrition problem.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, funny, retro, dark, horror comedy, cult classic, independent film, serious, realistic
Similar in 87%
Class Reunion (1982)
Plot Summary:
Lizzie Borden High's class of '72 are going through the motions at their tenth-year reunion, until deranged alum Walter Baylor, driven insane by a sadistic senior-year prank, escapes from the mental institution and crashes the party. When guests start getting bumped off, the other alumni, including snooty yacht salesman Bob Spinnaker, class tease Bunny Packard, and class zero Gary Nash, spring into action to uncover the culprit.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, spoof, funny, parody, horror comedy, scary, humorous, erotic, sex comedy, dark comedy
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Scream 4 (2011)
Plot Summary:
Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey and Gale, who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill and her Aunt Kate. Unfortunately, Sidney's appearance also brings about the return of Ghostface, putting Sidney, Gale, and Dewey, along with Jill, her friends, and the whole town of Woodsboro in danger.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 168000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspense, teen horror, twist ending, suspenseful, creepy, splatter, brutal, bloody
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The Babysitter (2017)
Plot Summary:
When Cole stays up past his bedtime, he discovers that his hot babysitter is part of a Satanic cult that will stop at nothing to keep him quiet.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, horror comedy, exciting, slasher, dark comedy, suspenseful, scary, funny, splatter, black comedy
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Student Bodies (1981)
Plot Summary:
Director Mickey Rose's zany send-up of teen slasher flicks features a maniacal psycho known as the Breather (played by Jerry Belson), who stalks –and murders– promiscuous students at a suburban high school. The fanatical killer's unusual weapons include paper clips, blackboard erasers and eggplants. Kristen Riter, Matthew Goldsby, Joe Flood, Kevin Mannis and Sara Eckhardt head the cast.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: parody, slasher, humorous, not serious, bloody, ironic, cult classic, teen, horror comedy, twist ending
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Night of the Creeps (1986)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, horror comedy, grindhouse, scary, atmospheric, cult classic, suspenseful, not serious, creepy, cult horror
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Vampires Suck (2010)
Plot Summary:
Becca, an anxious, non-vampire teen is torn between two boys. Before she can choose, Becca must get around her controlling father, who embarrasses Becca by treating her like a child. Meanwhile, Becca's friends contend with their own romantic issues - all of which collide at the prom.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, humorous, funny, slapstick, satirical, romantic, exciting, horror comedy, social
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Return to Sleepaway Camp (2008)
Plot Summary:
It's summer camp as usual at Camp Manabe where the kids torment each other for fun while the underpaid camp staff provides as little supervision as possible. Greedy camp owner Frank and junior partner Ronnie do their best to keep everyone in line, but something sinister is about to put a slash in the roster. When campers and staff mysteriously begin disappearing and turning into gruesome corpses, paranoid Ronnie can't shake the memory of a series of grisly murders that took place at Camp Arawak. As the paranoia worsens, Ronnie's list of possible killers starts growing just like the body count. Only one thing is for certain, something is carving a bloody new trail at Sleepaway Camp where kids can be so mean and surviving this summer is gonna be a real killer!.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, suspenseful, scary, tense, bloody, serious, slasher horror, retro, dark
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Scream (1996)
Plot Summary:
A killer known as Ghostface begins killing off teenagers, and as the body count begins rising, one girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the 'rules' of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 381000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, scary, suspense, psychological thriller, bloody, parody, teen, spooky, cult classic
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The Final Girls (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, parody, humorous, scary, horror comedy, bloody, funny, absurd, spoof, satirical