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Plot Summary:
A newly discovered 36-foot gorilla escapes from a freighter off the coast of Korea. At the same time an American actress is filming a movie in the country. Chaos ensues as the ape kidnaps her and rampages through Seoul.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, natural horror, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, campy, cult film
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Queen Kong (1976)
Plot Summary:
A female film crew journeys to Africa where a giant ape, Queen Kong, falls in love with the crew's male star.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 652
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, humorous, not serious, fast, sexy, psychotronic
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The Mighty Gorga (1969)
Plot Summary:
A circus owner and a lady trapper trek into the African jungle to capture a giant gorilla for his circus.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: natural horror, psychotronic, independent film, weird, cult film
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Reptilicus (1961)
Plot Summary:
A portion of the tail of a prehistoric reptile is discovered in Denmark. It regenerates into the entire reptile, which proceeds to destroy buildings and property and generally make a nuisance of itself. It can fly, swim, and walk, and has impenetrable scales, which makes it difficult to kill.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, natural horror, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, classic horror, scary, rough, offbeat, suspenseful
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Reptile 2001 (1999)
Plot Summary:
A team of scientists working on a remote dig site find the buried body of an enormous monster, perfectly preserved even after 200 million years. As soon as the beast is uncovered, however, an alien spacecraft suddenly appears above them and brings the monster back to life! The creature immediately sets about levelling the surrounding urban landscape and shrugging off the best firepower the military can throw at it. A lone scientist, working on decrypting an ancient set of hieroglyphics, may be on the verge of finding the aliens' weak point, but will it be too late?.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, fast, cult film
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Shark in Venice (2008)
Plot Summary:
The seemingly tranquil waterways of Venice are terrorized by the perfect killing machine. In search of his father who has mysteriously disappeared diving in the city, David stumbles across the cryptic trail leading to the long-lost fortune of the Medici. As the unwitting pawn in a Mafia plot to recover the treasure, David's girlfriend is kidnapped at gunpoint, plunging him into a desperate race against time. If he has any hope of saving her he must enter the deadly waters. Can David out-gun the Mafia assassins and survive the voracious sharks laying in wait beneath the surface, or will he succumb to the same fate as his father?.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, captivating, tense, natural horror, dark, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful
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Behemoth (2011)
Plot Summary:
Scientists discover a giant creature under the Earth that is wrapped around the entire planet. When the creature wakes all grumpy, it causes worldwide destruction.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, mysterious, apocalyptic, mockbuster, scary, offbeat, bleak
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Gappa the Triphibian Monsters (1967)
Plot Summary:
An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa. An earthquake opens up an underground cavern and a baby reptile is discovered inside. The natives warn the foreigners to leave the hatching alone, but they don't listen and take it back to a zoo in Japan. Soon after, moma and papa Gappa start smashing Tokyo looking for their kidnapped child.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, retro, suspense, grindhouse, classic horror, daikaiju, scary, humorous, semi serious, campy
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Chaw (2009)
Plot Summary:
A black comedy about the events that are set into motion in a town after a man-eating boar goes on a rampage.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, scary, rough, suspenseful, natural horror, suspense, offbeat, psychotronic
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King of the Lost World (2004)
Plot Summary:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's action-adventure classic, four plane crash survivors encounter danger in a world that time forgot.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting, mockbuster, natural horror, fast, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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The Mighty Peking Man (1977)
Plot Summary:
Word of a monster ape ten stories tall living in the Himalayas reaches fortune hunters in Hong Kong. They travel to India to capture it, but wild animals and quicksand dissuade all but Johnny, an adventurer with a broken heart. He finds the monster and discovers it's been raising a scantily-clad woman, Samantha, since she survived a plane crash years before that killed her parents. In the idyllic jungle, Johnny and Samantha fall in love. Then Johnny asks her to convince "Utam" to go to Hong Kong. Lu Tien, an unscrupulous promoter, takes over: Utam is in chains for freak show exhibitions. When Lu Tien assaults Samantha, Utam's protective instincts take over: havoc in Hong Kong.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, horror comedy, prehistoric, exciting, serious, suspenseful, erotic, tense, light, sexy
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King Kong (1976)
Plot Summary:
In this remake of the 1933 classic about the giant ape, an oil company expedition disturbs the peace of Kong and brings him back to New York to exploit him. Even though a woman somewhat tames Kong, he finally breaks loose and terrorizes the city, and as the military attempt to stop him, he falls to his death from the top of the World Trade Center.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Adventure, Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: suspense, daikaiju, fairy tale, funny, depressing, slasher, natural horror, scary, exciting, sentimental
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King Kong Lives (1986)
Plot Summary:
Kong falls from the twin towers and he appears to be alive!.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, natural horror, independent film, serious, suspenseful, fast, crying, psychotronic, spoof, weeping
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Mighty Joe Young (1998)
Plot Summary:
As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser. Now an adult, Jill cares for an orphaned gorilla named Joe -- who, due to a genetic anomaly, is 15 feet tall. When Gregg O'Hara arrives from California and sees the animal, he convinces Jill that Joe would be safest at his wildlife refuge. But Strasser follows them to the U.S., intent on capturing Joe for himself.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, tense, serious, touching, heartbreaking, funny, sad, cult classic, feel good
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Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
Plot Summary:
Forty-two years after her first visit in Tokyo, Mothra returns to warn mankind that they must return Mechagodzilla, along with Godzilla's bones, to the sea, for the dead must not be disturbed. If not, dire consequences will follow. However, Godzilla is once again on the rampage, and Mechagodzilla is Japan's only defense.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, serious, exciting, captivating, daikaiju, natural horror, psychotronic, cult film
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Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (1966)
Plot Summary:
The 7th film in the Godzilla series. After being caught in a storm in the south seas, several teenagers and thief arrive on an island where natives have been enslaved by a terrorist organization. They also discover a sleeping Godzilla and decide to wake him up to aid in their plan to free the natives.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, daikaiju, natural horror, suspense, classic horror, exciting, serious, suspenseful, fast, psychotronic
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King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)
Plot Summary:
After a 7 year hiatus, Godzilla returned to the screen to take on King Kong in the 3rd film in the Godzilla franchise. A pharmaceutical company captures King Kong and brings him to Japan, where he escapes from captivity and battles a recently revived Godzilla.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: cult classic, daikaiju, grindhouse, psychotronic, retro, suspense, classic horror, natural horror, scary, serious
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Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
Plot Summary:
Evil Space Aliens called the Xilians unleashes all the Earth's monsters to lay waste to most of the world's major cities, including Tokyo, New York, Sydney, Shanghai and Paris. It is up to Godzilla and the Earth Defense Force to vanquish the monsters and aliens to rescue the world in the ultimate "Save the Earth" battle.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, Australia, China, USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, psychotronic, exciting, captivating, tense, futuristic, apocalyptic, suspense, scenic
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Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth (1992)
Plot Summary:
The Earth is headed for disaster and when an archeological research team visits Infant Island to find out why, they discover two tiny women who reveal that the Earth is fighting back for all the harm humans have done here and sends out the evil Battra to destroy us. The Cosmos, as the girls are called, offer their help by calling Mothra to battle the creature. Unfortunately, Godzilla also appears and a three way battle begins that threatens to destroy Japan.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, natural horror, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, cult film
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Mega Piranha (2009)
Plot Summary:
When a science experiment goes horribly wrong, gigantic fish gain appetites for human flesh.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: mockbuster, scary, semi serious, funny, hilarious, fast, psychotronic, freeze frame, natural horror, weird
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Super Shark (2011)
Plot Summary:
An offshore drilling accident triggers the release of a giant prehistoric shark. When marine biologist Kat Carmichael arrives, she runs up against corporate front man Roger Wade, who plots with Stewart to disrupt her investigation. With the help of Skipper Chuck and disc jockey Dynamite Stevens, Kat tries to find a way to defeat the monster which has evolved to a state where it can walk on dry land and fly...it's the SUPER SHARK!.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, psychotronic, mockbuster, natural horror, weird, campy
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Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009)
Plot Summary:
The California coast is terrorized by two enormous prehistoric sea creatures as they battle each other for supremacy of the sea.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: absurd, stylized, natural horror, exciting, tense, retro, suspense, dark, mockbuster, creepy
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Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus (2010)
Plot Summary:
When the prehistoric warm-water beast the Crocosaurus crosses paths with that cold-water monster the Mega Shark, all hell breaks loose in the oceans as the world's top scientists explore every option to halt the aquatic frenzy. Swallowing everything in their paths -- including a submarine or two -- Croc and Mega lead an explorer and an oceanographer on a wild chase. Eventually, the desperate men turn to a volcano for aid.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, natural horror, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, mockbuster, retro, creepy, hilarious
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Raging Sharks (2005)
Plot Summary:
An oceanic observation station is in desperate trouble after a sudden shark attack wrecked the oxygen supply. The accompanying ship, a coast guard cruiser, and other ships in and around the Bermuda triangle are attacked as well. The US Navy sends a submarine to investigate, but soon they too are under attack.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, exciting, natural horror, suspense, psychotronic, campy
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Sharktopus (2010)
Plot Summary:
The U.S. Navy's special group "Blue Water" builds a half-shark, half-octopus for combat. But the sharktopus escapes and terrorizes the beaches of Puerto Vallarta.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: semi serious, scary, suspense, absurd, natural horror, retro, mockbuster, horror comedy, cult classic, hilarious
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The Land That Time Forgot (2009)
Plot Summary:
Shipwrecked castaways stumble upon the mysterious island of Caprona in the Bermuda Triangle, confronting man-eating dinosaurs and a stranded German U-Boat crew while trying to escape.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, stylized, mockbuster, semi serious, natural horror, offbeat, serious, computer animated, psychotronic
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Age of the Dragons (2011)
Plot Summary:
Age of the Dragons is an adaptation of Herman Melville's classic novel Moby Dick. Set in a medieval realm where Captain Ahab and crew hunt dragons for the vitriol that powers their world, Ishmael, a charismatic harpooner and his friend Queequeg join their quest. Ahab's adopted daughter Rachel, beautiful and tough, runs the hunting vessel. Ahab's obsession to seek revenge on a great White Dragon that slaughtered his family when he was young and left his body scarred and mauled, drives the crew deeper into the heart of darkness. In the White Dragon's lair Ahab's secrets are revealed and Rachel must choose between following him on his dark quest or escaping to a new life with Ishmael.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, independent film, epic
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Reign of Fire (2002)
Plot Summary:
In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer and a British survivor team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to global dominance after centuries of rest underground. The Brit -- leading a clan of survivors to hunt down the King of the Dragons -- has much at stake: His mother was killed by a dragon, but his love is still alive.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 144000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, entertaining, apocalyptic, intense, action packed, action adventure, psychotronic, mystical, retro
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King Kong (2005)
Plot Summary:
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 441000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: USA, New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 187 min
Plot tags: sentimental, scenic, emotional, suspense, epic, exciting, breathtaking, visual, stylized, serious
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Plot Summary:
The new story follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species—thought to be mere myths—rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity’s very existence hanging in the balance.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 198000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan, Mexico, China
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: captivating, action adventure, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, epic, saga, tear jerker, anamorphic, perverse
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Kong: Skull Island (2017)
Plot Summary:
Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 339000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: exciting, entertaining, suspense, scenic, intense, suspenseful, harsh, cult classic, anamorphic, psychotronic