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Plot Summary:
A gigantic serpent is captured on a remote island and shipped to an American college for experimentation.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, retro, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, natural horror, independent film, detective, weird
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Sting of Death (1966)
Plot Summary:
A mutant jellyfish stalks biology students in the Florida everglades.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 682
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, natural horror, sexy, independent film, psychotronic, weird
Similar in 79%
Food of the Gods II (1989)
Plot Summary:
A growth hormone experiment gets out of hand, when the the resulting giant man-eating rats escape, reaking havoc on the unsuspecting campus. Much blood-letting follows.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, cult classic, natural horror, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film, wild, cult film
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Aberration (1997)
Plot Summary:
A nature field researcher is investigating the strange extinction of small animals and insects in the area, which indicates that something is wrong. His suspicions are soon to be proven right when he meets May, who lives in a cabin in the forest nearby. May says that her house is infested by small creatures that she thinks are mice or rats. When the couple search the house further, they notice that they're not rodents or insects. They are fast evolving lizards that have the appetite for animals and humans, no matter what size their prey are.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, natural horror, offbeat
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They Nest (2000)
Plot Summary:
After freezing up under pressure in the emergency room, Dr. Cahill decides to spend a few months unwinding on a little Maine island where he immediately gets off on the wrong foot with the locals. Meanwhile, a body has washed up on shore infested with a strange type of carnivorous cockroach. But when Dr. Cahill tries to warn the townsfolk of the danger, they are naturally skeptical. Will they realize the truth before it's too late?.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, atmospheric, independent film
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Decoys (2004)
Plot Summary:
Luke and Roger are just another couple of college guys trying to lose their virginity. But when Luke sees something unusual, he begins to suspect that the girls on campus aren't exactly...human.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, semi serious, scary, humorous, sexy, suspense, christmas horror, mystic, grindhouse, horror comedy
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Ticks (1993)
Plot Summary:
Teens camping in a northern California retreat are terrorized by mutant insects created by evil, polluting pot farmers.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, rough, semi serious, natural horror, retro, dark, independent film, psychotronic, weird
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The Dark (1993)
Plot Summary:
Something is alive beneath the surface of the graveyard. Something with the power to destroy and the power to heal. One man, a cop, is determined to kill this mysterious creature. Another, a scientist, is determined to capture and save this miraculous being. Stalking the creature in it's subterranean habitat, neither man is aware of the battle they are about to start. A battle for science, survival and revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 942
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, suspenseful, tense, detective, cult classic, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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Blue Monkey (1987)
Plot Summary:
While working in a greenhouse, a man receives an insect bite after touching an exotic plant. Immediately, he falls ill and is taken to an emergency room where the doctors diagnose him as suffering from an unknown bacteria, and a strange parasite which emerges from his mouth as a large slimy wormlike creature. Soon, there are more cases of bacterial infection, but the more immediate problem for the hospital is the wormlike creature which after accidental exposure to a genetic growth stimulant grows to monstrous proportions and starts a reign of terror and bloodshed in the hospitals abandoned wing.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: retro, suspense, cult horror, surprise ending, independent film, psychotronic, cult film
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The Creature Below (2016)
Plot Summary:
A young scientist discovers a malevolent entity which sets her on a bloody descent into the jaws of insanity.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, scary, rough, bleak, suspenseful, spooky, psychotronic
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The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966)
Plot Summary:
US Navy battles monsters unearthed from the frozen arctic.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 780
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: retro, suspense, natural horror, psychotronic, independent film, lovecraft, campy
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Sssssss (1973)
Plot Summary:
David, a college student, is looking for a job. He is hired by Dr. Stoner as a lab assistant for his research and experiments on snakes. David also begins to fall for Stoner's young daughter, Kristina. However, the good doctor has secretly brewed up a serum that can transform any man into a King Cobra snake-and he plans to use it on David.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, stylized, suspenseful, grindhouse, natural horror, slasher, absurd, medical horror, cult horror, freeze frame
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Venom (1981)
Plot Summary:
International terrorists attempt to kidnap a wealthy couples child. Their plan comes unstuck when a deadly Black Mamba, sent by mistake instead of a harmless snake, escapes and the terrorists and several hostages are trapped in the boy's London home.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, cult classic, natural horror, psychotronic, grindhouse, scary, tense, serious, suspenseful
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Sabertooth (2002)
Plot Summary:
Using fossilized DNA, a scientist resurrects one of nature's most fearsome predators, a sabretooth tiger. Scientific ambition turns deadly, however, when the creature escapes and begins savagely stalking its prey - the human race.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, suspense, natural horror, tense, disturbing, perverse, fast, psychotronic, serious
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Piranha (1995)
Plot Summary:
Doctor Baines has been conducting genetic experiments on piranhas and has made them virtually unstoppable. Unfortunately, his assistants, Maggie and Paul, accidentally release the hybrids into the Lost River Lake threatening to destroy everyone in their path. Can they prevent the flesh-eating piranhas from escaping into the ocean and spawning?.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, natural horror, suspense, rough, humorous, psychotronic, surprise ending, banned, wild
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Python (2000)
Plot Summary:
Sleepy New Haven California is a small town with a big problem. A sixty foot slithering horror has arrived and shattered the town's tranquillity on it's path of death and destruction... Growing violent and more savage with each attack the gigantic creature soon becomes an unstoppable feeding machine raging beyond control of it's creator, leaving only the stripped bones of it's victims in it's wake.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, rough, natural horror, suspense, queer horror, independent film, serious, fast, black comedy
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Snake Island (2002)
Plot Summary:
A group of American tourists heading down an African river make a brief stop at Snake Island, an island that has been virtually abandoned for years. When they end up getting trapped on the island overnight, they find thousands of deadly snakes intent on reclaiming the tropical island for themselves.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 898
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, surreal, natural horror, captivating, fast, ridiculous, campy, low-budget
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Mosquito (1994)
Plot Summary:
An alien starship crashes in a swamp in a U.S. National Park. Some mosquitos begin to feed from the alien's corpses, causing them to grow to the size of a vulture. These mutant insects became very agressive, killing every human being they find. Will the few survivors fight successfully against this nightmare...?.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, suspense, absurd, funny, natural horror, independent film, bleak, wild, campy
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The Nest (1987)
Plot Summary:
Horrifying shocker as a biological experiment goes haywire when meat-eating mutant roaches invade an island community, terrorizing a peaceful New England fishing village and hideously butchering its citizens.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, serious, scary, natural horror, retro, cult horror, independent film, psychotronic
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Rabid (1977)
Plot Summary:
After undergoing radical surgery for injuries from a motorcycle accident, a young woman develops a strange phallic growth on her body and a thirst for human blood -- the only nourishment that will now sustain her.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, suspense, rough, suspenseful, grindhouse, cult classic, controversial, christmas horror, medical horror
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The Brain (1988)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Blake runs a TV show called "Independent Thinkers", which is sort of a Scientology-like self-help/religion program. But he's not making his audience think any more independently - with the help of an alien organism he calls The Brain, he's using brainwashing and mind control. The only thing that stands between them and world domination is a brilliant but troubled high school student with a penchant for pranks.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, scary, independent film, cult horror, psychotronic, retro, suspense, cult classic, psychological, exciting
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Mosquito Man (2005)
Plot Summary:
Police lieutenant detective Thomas 'Thom' Randall's steady girl-friend, Dr. Jennifer 'Jen' Allen, is Dr. Aaron Michaels's main assistant on his pharmaceutical firm Bellion's research program to cure the highly contagious, fatal infection Guinin. A convicted murderer, whom Thom arrested, is one of their special drug test subjects, but escapes. The convict and Jen are affected by radioactively altered DNA from an experimental reactor used on mosquitoes which transfer quinine. The convict soon mutates into a mosquito-like monster, which sucks its victims dry. By the time Thom and his junior murder brigade partner Charlie Morrison figure out what happens, Jen starts mutating herself.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, scary, tense, natural horror, mockbuster, perverse, serious, tragic ending, biting
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Harbinger Down (2015)
Plot Summary:
A group of grad students have booked passage on the fishing trawler Harbinger to study the effects of global warming on a pod of Orcas in the Bering Sea. When the ship's crew dredges up a recently thawed piece of old Soviet space wreckage, things get downright deadly. It seems that the Russians experimented with tardigrades, tiny resilient animals able to withstand the extremes of space radiation. The creatures survived, but not without mutation. Now the crew is exposed to aggressively mutating organisms. And after being locked in ice for 3 decades, the creatures aren't about to give up the warmth of human companionship.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, rough, suspenseful, scary, nautical, lovecraft, retro, psychotronic, horror comedy
Similar in 89%
Shivers (1975)
Plot Summary:
The residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building are being infected by a strain of parasites that turn them into mindless, sex-crazed fiends out to infect others by the slightest sexual contact.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, disturbing, grindhouse, sexy, suspense, sexual, cult classic, rough, suspenseful, cynical
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The Thaw (2009)
Plot Summary:
At a remote Arctic research station, four ecology students discover the real horror of global warming is not the melting ice, but what's frozen within it. A prehistoric parasite is released from the carcass of a Woolly Mammoth upon the unsuspecting students who are forced to quarantine and make necessary sacrifices, or risk infecting the rest of the world.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, dark, underground film, splatter, natural horror, surprise ending
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Mega Snake (2007)
Plot Summary:
Duff Daniels (John T. Woods), the younger, stupider brother of Les (Michael Shanks), can't help himself from stealing a rare snake that's been kept in a jar by a Native American snake dealer (Ben Cardinal), and which has to follow some rules: don't let it out of the jar, then don't let it eat anything anything living, and never fear the heart of the snake.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: natural horror, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, perverse, hilarious, ridiculous
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Parasite (1982)
Plot Summary:
Paul Dean has created a deadly parasite that is now attached to his stomach. He and his female companion, Patricia Welles, must find a way to destroy it while also trying to avoid Ricus, his rednecks, and an evil government agent named Merchant.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, rough, serious, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, futuristic, natural horror, apocalyptic
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The Deadly Spawn (1983)
Plot Summary:
Two campers in the New Jersey woods have their outdoor fun interrupted by the arrival of a meteorite crashing nearby. They go to investigate the crater, but are suddenly attacked and devoured by alien parasites who have hitched a ride to Earth. After finishing off the campers, the hungry space monsters head for a nearby town, where they make their domain in the basement of an old house soon begin polishing off one hapless inhabitant after another. Four young teenagers, plus one pre-teen boy, try to find a way to stop the angry space monsters before they reproduce and literally eat humanity.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: retro, slasher, grindhouse, cult horror, classic horror, psychotronic, bloody, horror comedy, perverse, cult classic
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The Brood (1979)
Plot Summary:
A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalized wife, while a series of brutal attacks committed by a brood of mutant children coincides with the husband's investigation.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, slasher, creepy, surreal, suspense, cult classic, grindhouse
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Splice (2009)
Plot Summary:
Elsa and Clive, two young rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with a dangerous experiment: splicing together human and animal DNA to create a new organism. Named "Dren", the creature rapidly develops from a deformed female infant into a beautiful but dangerous winged human-chimera, who forges a bond with both of her creators - only to have that bond turn deadly.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 101000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, France, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: disturbing, suspense, psychological, twist ending, rough, stylized, scary, splatter, cult classic, erotic
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From Beyond (1986)
Plot Summary:
A group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, sexy, lovecraft, demonic, grindhouse, surreal, intense, slasher, bloody