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Plot Summary:
The main character was forgotten during an excursion to the Chernobyl exclusion zone. He will meet with the inhabitants of the zone and pass many obstacles in order to survive.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 268
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, experimental, underground film, avant garde, independent film, parody, amateur film
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Shock! Shock! Shock! (1987)
Plot Summary:
It begins with the most evil cry, deep from the twisted shadows of the night. Then, its laughter, like some insane dog ringing in your ears, it comes with the flaming jaws of hungry horror. Oh yes, it hungers...for you! Run! Run! But there is no escape for you who will see the terrible true story of a man caught in the icy fingers of Shock! Shock! SHOCK!.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: slasher, experimental, underground film, avant garde, independent film, spoof, black and white, parody
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Shopping Tour (2012)
Plot Summary:
A group of Russian tourists go on a shopping spree to the neighboring Finland - only to be attacked by Finnish cannibals. We focus on a middle-aged woman and her teenage son who is shooting the film, as we watch it, on his cell-phone.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 484
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, captivating, apocalyptic, psychotronic, horror comedy
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Living Among Us (2018)
Plot Summary:
Vampires have just made themselves public! Now a group of documentarians have been granted access to spend some time with them and learn how they live and coexist with humans. But as reality sets in, the crew realize they are in for far more than they bargained for.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, humorous, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, mockumentary, horror comedy, weird
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Le Fear II: Le Sequel (2016)
Plot Summary:
The film is a indie Comedy Horror, Sci Fi spoof mash up mockumentary style movie following the journey of hapless 22 times film director Carlos Revalos who embarks on his biggest feature film to date Le Fear II: Le Sequel, with a $10 million budget $500000 of his own cash what can go wrong?, Efi Womonbongo a Nigerian faux film producer is what can and does go wrong, bringing horror and sfx from a playground, Nollywood meets Hollywood in a clash of styles, personality and impacts into a chaotic movie, seeing is believing we have: Explosions,aliens,vampire lesbians,witch doctors and much more.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, cult classic, spoof, parody, neo screwball comedy, cult film
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Interstelar (2014)
Plot Summary:
A group of men go into space but never come out.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 403
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: experimental, art house, silent, captivating, parody, road movie, independent film, mockbuster, underground film, amateur film
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Interstelar 2: Operation Terra 2040 (2016)
Plot Summary:
16 years after the events of Interstelar (2014) as food shortage attacks yet again, another brave man goes on a space mission to bring food to Earth.
IMDB Rating: 1.3
IMDB Votes: 209
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Duration: 49 min
Plot tags: absurd, parody
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Jaws 19 (2015)
Plot Summary:
The beaches of the Baltic Sea are terrorized by a shark. The military manage to destroy it, but the shark returns in spectral form.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, Kazakhstan, Czech Republic
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: parody, experimental, underground film, psychotronic, tense, humorous, stylized, slasher, mockbuster, road movie
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Nettle (2016)
Plot Summary:
Mad scientist's serum turns a bush of nettle into a vicious killing machine.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: slasher, experimental, underground film, psychotronic, scary, disturbing, suspense, independent film, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Shlakoblok (2017)
Plot Summary:
A crew of desperate filmmakers adapting an unfinished short novel by Nikolay Gogol discover that there's not much to adapt so they're trying to make for a feature film using scraps and leftovers from previous productions.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Music, Mystery
Country: Ukraine, Russia, Tunisia
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: experimental, underground film, anthology, independent film, grindhouse, amateur film
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15 Things You Didn't Know About Bigfoot (2019)
Plot Summary:
A clickbait journalist is sent to the Appalachian foothills to cover a Bigfoot Convention where he discovers there’s more to this listicle than meets the eye.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 488
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: indie film, mockumentary, weird
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The Outwaters (2022)
Plot Summary:
Four travelers encounter menacing phenomena while camping in a remote stretch of the Mojave Desert.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: spooky, experimental, avant garde
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Ura Horror (2008)
Plot Summary:
Found footage horror by Shiraishi Kôji.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: anthology, mockumentary, bleak, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, fake documentary
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Winners Tape All: The Henderson Brothers Story (2016)
Plot Summary:
The story of Michael and Richard Henderson, two stepbrothers from West Virginia who saw an opportunity in the burgeoning VHS market in the 1980s and made their own backyard horror movies, "The Curse of Stabberman" and "Cannibal Swim Club." These films would've been long forgotten, but a recent resurgence in horror fans collecting rare VHS tapes has put the Henderson Brothers back in the spotlight. Thanks to their biggest fan, they're sitting down for their first on-camera interview and looking back on their movies - but they might not be as good as they remembered!.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, indie film, mockumentary
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Tontine Massacre (2010)
Plot Summary:
Survivor turns into Lord of the Flies, as the contestants of a competitive reality show quickly turn on each other when they find themselves shipwrecked on a desert island.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: mockumentary, fake documentary, cult film
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Secret of Slenderman 2 (2014)
Plot Summary:
A year after the events of Tayna Slendermena (2013) Sergey goes hiking in the Grand Canyon of Crimea with a small group. The further in the forest the group goes, the more evident it becomes that Slender Man has returned to finish the job.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 498
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: experimental, underground film, independent film, amateur film
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The Dark Area (2000)
Plot Summary:
Five friends get lost in the woods. Soon one by one gets killed by a mysterious person.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspense, slasher, independent film
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Secret of Slenderman (2013)
Plot Summary:
After their bus broke down two friends, Sergey and Oksana, go into the woods, where they plan to reside in the cabin of Sergey's friend. Suddenly a monster starts to haunt them. A monster, which goes by the name of Slender Man.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 514
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, bleak, suspenseful, experimental, underground film, independent film, amateur film
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Return of the Jackalope (2006)
Plot Summary:
Mockumentary about a producer who attempts to reunite the cast and crew of the horror B-movie, "Curse of the Jackalope," for a 10-year reunion screening.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: mockumentary, fake documentary
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Secret of Slenderman 3 (2016)
Plot Summary:
As the protagonist is haunted by nightmares caused by the events of first two movies, he decides to kill Slender Man to end the nightmare once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: experimental, underground film, independent film, mockumentary, amateur film
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Death Cast (2022)
Plot Summary:
Six young and hopeful actors land roles in an experimental horror film shooting on a remote location. Their performances will be captured without any crew present in a single, uninterrupted take by cameras and drones positioned around the set. As the day progresses, the line between the film they are shooting and actual terror is blurred as they find themselves in a real life-or-death situation.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: suspense
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They're Watching (2016)
Plot Summary:
An American TV crew gets trapped in a centuries-old web of revenge, horror, and blood, when their home improvement show is attacked by angry Eastern European villagers out to kill the show's star.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, horror comedy, mockumentary, semi serious, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, slasher, satanic, spooky
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Inter Star Wars: The Awaking Force (2015)
Plot Summary:
In a parody of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) rouge Jehi knight Vade Dartus attacks small Russian town with little success.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 458
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: parody, experimental, mockbuster, exciting, feel good, scary, sentimental, light, humorous, captivating
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Murders in the forest of the dead sharks (2019)
Plot Summary:
Maks Fadeev, the young journalist, investigate the case "Forest of the dead sharks". He return to the forest for save the world, because evil became the invasion at the Earth.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 549
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: experimental, underground film, independent film, natural horror, surreal, amateur film
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The Ghost from Hovrino (2012)
Plot Summary:
November 11, 2011 -- four men with a video camera went to Hovrino's forest to make a movie about a ghost. Kirill Alex -- 1981 year of birth. Roman Mirniy -- 1981 year of birth. Anton Vaganov -- 1981 year of birth. Artem Varanov -- 1990 year of birth. They left Moscow around 8 a.m. and supposedly will arrive at Hovrino's forest around noon. Six miles from Hovrino's forest on Ryazan's highway, Anton Vaganov's jeep was found. Inside his jeep Kirill Alex's video camera was found. There was a tape inside this camera.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, psychotronic, independent film, mockumentary, mystic
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Eyes in the Dark (2010)
Plot Summary:
Secret video files just discovered on an FBI server prove that the government has been hiding unexplained disappearances and a dangerous presence in the Pacific Northwest wilderness.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 428
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, mockumentary, captivating, suspense, disturbing, independent film
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The Crying Dead (2011)
Plot Summary:
In 2008 a cast and crew set out to shoot a pilot for a paranormal reality show. During the first night vague apparitions became violent hauntings. One by one they lost their lives. The Whispering Dead is a diary of the final tortured moments of real people in an unthinkable situation.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, mockumentary, psychotronic, fake documentary
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Extinction: Nature Has Evolved (2014)
Plot Summary:
The amazing footage you will see in this documentary was recorded during an expedition to the Amazon in South America. It has been assembled as per the camera time codes. It has not been altered or tampered with in any way and after extensive testing has been considered absolutely genuine. What you will see will change the way you view the natural world. Are you ready for that? For in the heart of the rainforest, a team of researchers led by the respected Professor John Howson strived to protect endangered and vulnerable species from extinction. But their guides abandoned them after a series of strange and unexplainable events and the team soon got hopelessly lost in the jungle. When events took a horrifying turn, the team realized that they were in the hunting grounds of an apex predator. And now they were the ones on the endangered species list.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, prehistoric
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Followers (2017)
Plot Summary:
A couple who document their whole life on social media decide to go on a camping trip and share their every move with their followers. What they don t know is that someone is going to prove how easy it is to stalk someone in the digital age. Arriving at the camp site, their followers are close by and are ready to go to extreme and deadly lengths to prove their point.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 375
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags:
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Digging Up the Marrow (2014)
Plot Summary:
He’s one of the hardest working filmmakers in the genre business.......So what’s HATCHET man Adam Green been up to this past year apart from working on his sit-com ‘Holliston’, writing KILLER PIZZA and prepping EXORCISM ON CROOKED LAKE? The answer is this documentary starting out exploring genre-based monster art and then taking an odd turn into the blurring of fantasy and reality. Because halfway through producing this treatise with cinematographer Will Barratt at his L.A. ArieScope Pictures offices, they are contacted by former policeman William Dekker who claims he can prove that monsters are indeed real. That they live in world just below our own named The Marrow and he knows where one of the entrances to this dark hidden universe is. Green of course is intrigued and so the monster hunting expedition begins… to become something else far more frightening than he ever imagined.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, disturbing, serious, suspenseful, horror comedy, tense, enigmatic, bleak, suspense, scary
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The Frankenstein Theory (2013)
Plot Summary:
From the makers of The Last Exorcism comes a boldly original vision of horror. What if the most chilling novel of all time was actually based on a true account of a horrific experiment gone awry? When he is suspended from his university job for his outlandish ideas, Professor John Venkenheim leads a documentary film crew to the rim of the Arctic Circle in a desperate effort to vindicate his academic reputation. His theory: Mary Shelley's ghastly story, "Frankenstein," is, in fact, a work of non-fiction disguised as fantasy. In the vast, frozen wilderness, Venkenheim and his team search for the legendary monster, a creature mired in mystery and drenched in blood. What they find is an unspeakable truth more terrifying than any fiction...a nightmare from which there is no waking.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, tense, suspenseful, mockumentary, grindhouse, fake documentary