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Plot Summary:
A reporter investigating a drug dealing ring is murdered. Brought back to life by the voodoo spell of a cleaning woman, he goes after his killers.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 309
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
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Whiffs (1975)
Plot Summary:
Elliott Gould steals Army nerve gas to help him rob banks when he’s kicked out of the military after 15 years of service as a human guinea pig in its chemical warfare experiments.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Terror (2005)
Plot Summary:
The film makers take the movie The Brain Wouldn't Die (1962) and wiped the audio clean and dubbed it over with a new, comedic soundtrack.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof
Similar in 78%
TrashHouse (2005)
Plot Summary:
Monsters. Zombies. Chainsaws. Somebody Doesn't Love Lucy.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 376
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: splatter, retro
Similar in 85%
Buttcrack (1998)
Plot Summary:
The gun-totin', Bible-thumpin' Preacher Man Bob must right the universal karma accidently set wrong when Brian inadvertantlty kills his obnoxious butt-cleavaged roommate, Wade.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 725
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: mockbuster, art house, independent film, spoof, parody
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Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride Part 2: In Shocking 2-D (1991)
Plot Summary:
The makers of this parody of "Night of the Living Dead" took George Romero's classic and wiped the soundtrack clean, then redubbed it with comedic dialogue.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 675
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: disturbing, parody, independent film, spoof, weird, horror spoof
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Milfs vs. Zombies (2015)
Plot Summary:
A group of moms celebrating ladys night are forced to fight for their lives when their quiet town is overrun by a ravenous horde of flesh eating corpses. Will they be able to meet up with their husbands, save their children who are away at summer camp and make it home in time for dinner? Watch Milfs Vs. Zombies and find out!.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, scenic, horror comedy, independent film
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The Dead One (1961)
Plot Summary:
A voodoo priestess sends out zombies to bring back live victims for her sacrificial rituals.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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Sheriff Tom Vs. The Zombies (2013)
Plot Summary:
One year after Mary Horror's rampage, Sheriff Tom has her spell book and wicked intentions of his own.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense
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Beneath the Surface (2007)
Plot Summary:
By uncovering a world thought only to exist in his imagination, Ethan brings the love of his life back from the dead in order to clear her name and expose the truth behind her apparent suicide. However, he did not expect the chaos that would come back with her as well.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 209
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, satirical, disturbing, independent film
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American Zombie (2007)
Plot Summary:
Documents the daily lives of a small community of the living deceased who make their home in Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: satirical, humorous, captivating, disturbing, mockumentary, suspense, horror comedy, weird, fun
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Zombie Bloodbath (1993)
Plot Summary:
A meltdown at a nuclear power plant turns a bunch of folks into lethal shambling flesh-eating zombies who go on a gory rampage.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 456
Genere: Horror, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: disturbing, grindhouse, independent film
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Zombie Cop (1991)
Plot Summary:
During a drug raid, a narcotics officer confronts a strange Voodoo priest named Dr. Death, who is chanting. The officer and the priest shoot it out and they both wind up dead. Later, the two rise from their graves and return to the land of the living as zombies. Dr. Death is resurrected with a new mission in mind, to take over the world. The "zombie" cop enlists the aid of his old police buddies to stop the mad priest.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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Blood Nasty (1989)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, dark comedy, cult film
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Sugar Hill (1974)
Plot Summary:
When her boyfriend is brutally murdered, after refusing to be shaken down by the local gangsters running their protection racket, Sugar Hill, decides not to get mad, but BAD! Calling upon the help of aged voodoo queen Mama Maitresse, Sugar entreats her to call upon Baron Zamedi, the Lord of the Dead, for help in gaining a gruesome revenge. In exchange for her soul, the Dark Master raises up a zombie army to do her bidding. The bad guys who thought they were getting away clean are about to find out that they're DEAD wrong.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, rough, suspense, independent film, psychotronic, grindhouse, creepy, exciting, serious
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Playhouse (2003)
Plot Summary:
After years hiding in the shadows, the ancient ghosts of an old Pittsburgh theater make their presence known once again.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Horror, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, detective
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Kung Fu Zombie (1981)
Plot Summary:
A criminal comes to town in order to kill Billy Chong over a past dispute. But instead of getting his own hands dirty, he hires a Taoist wizard to animate some zombies to do the job for him. The plan goes horribly awry, and the bad guy ends up getting killed in his own trap. This pisses off the villain's spirit and he forces the priest to reincarnate him - only they can't find a suitable body. Meanwhile, an undead fiend of sorts comes to town to kill Billy's father over some other past dispute. This is where all of Billy's kung fu training comes in handy, and he manages to kill the attacker. With this, the other bad guy finally has a body to use, but the reincarnation goes wrong and the corpse is reborn as a vampire.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 501
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, psychotronic, weird
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My Uncle John Is a Zombie! (2016)
Plot Summary:
A zombie kept in hiding by his niece and nephew for over forty years suddenly becomes famous when the world discovers he can talk and reason as though he were alive. As his popularity grows, he is discovered by zombie hunters who want to kidnap him and hunt him for sport.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, captivating, suspense, semi serious, humorous, independent film
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Crimewave (1985)
Plot Summary:
Fed up of his business partner, Ernest Trend hires the services of two exterminators. When things go drastically wrong and they murder the wrong man, the race is on to frame an innocent video surveillance man.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: surreal, funny, cult classic, dark comedy, humorous, spoof, slapstick, slasher, offbeat, not serious
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Zomvideo (2011)
Plot Summary:
Aiko and Hashimoto discovere a VHS videotape called "A Guide to Surviving Zombies From". This is a video with a set of instructions that will help them cope with the invasion of the undead living in Japan.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Zombie Isle (2014)
Plot Summary:
Zombie Isle In the late 70's, a group of college students and their professor ventured onto an uninhabited island for a day of exploring flora, fauna and co-ed fun. The class field trip quickly becomes a grisly nightmare as the students and faculty soon discover they are stranded and the island is crawling with ravenous, flesh-eating ghouls, reanimated as Zombies by an insane Nazi scientist who can resurrect and control the dead. Just when the slaughter levels out, a three-headed abomination comes out of hiding that even its creator can't control. A head smashing, blood splattering, intestine eating throwback to the zombie films of the 70's and 80's. Welcome to ZOMBIE ISLE... A fieldtrip straight to Hell.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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For a Few Zombies More (2015)
Plot Summary:
A woman with no name teams up with a resourceful militiaman and a video-store clerk turned wandering gunslinger to rescue a scientist who may hold the key to ridding the world of the undead.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Zombieworld (2015)
Plot Summary:
There is nowhere to hide...nowhere to run...the Zombie Apocalypse has come, and our world now belongs to the dead! From Ireland, Canada, Australia, Europe and all over the U.S., the bone-chilling news reports tell the same gruesome tale - walking corpses terrorize and devour the living. Only a few desperate humans find the courage to stand and fight for their last chance at survival. But the hordes of undead keep coming, and there's only one thing on the menu - us.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 944
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, anthology, humorous, psychotronic, scary, captivating, suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, dark fairy tale
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Color Me Blood Red (1965)
Plot Summary:
Gore specialist H.G. Lewis' gruesome tale of an artist who becomes a success after using human blood in his paintings.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, grindhouse, splatter, suspense, cult classic, independent film, scary, rough, serious
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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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The Dead Hate the Living! (2000)
Plot Summary:
When a renegade band of young filmmakers break into an abandoned hospital to make their horror epic, they stumble upon a real dead body and decide to use it in their movie. They accidentally bring it back to life, open a portal to a dead world that releases dozens of other zombies, then struggle for their lives in a desperate attempt to flee from the creatures who apparently have them hopelessly trapped in the hospital.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, scary, semi serious, suspense, humorous, epic, cult film
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Atom the Amazing Zombie Killer (2012)
Plot Summary:
Atom is an amazing zombie killer, has a horny girlfriend...and is the best bowler in the league! But don't tell that to Dario and the Slashers, the evil bowling rivals who will stop at nothing to thwart Atom and his buddies. When all of his problems come to a head, Atom must battle his worst nightmare--ZOMBIES! May the bloodbath begin! let's ROCK and BOWL in this outrageous horror comedy!.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, scary, feel good, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, slasher, bizarre
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The Walking Deceased (2015)
Plot Summary:
THE WALKING DECEASED is the Scary Movie of the zombie genre, ripping on the biggest and best of zombie pop-culture, arguably the most crazed genre in the world. The story follows a group of survivors from all walks of the apocalypse – an idiotic Sheriff with definite coma-induced brain damage, his hardass son and a hobo with only a crossbow to stave off the walking dead, four squabbling friends forced to survive this zombieland together, and a lonely zombie who just needs love to fully regain his warm body – who leave their once-safe mall hideout in search of the rumored Safe Haven Ranch, a refuge untouched by the zombie virus that has ravaged humanity. But despite the comforting name, they discover that this sanctuary may not be as welcoming as advertised.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, spoof, absurd, apocalyptic, tense, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Kill Zombie! (2012)
Plot Summary:
The bizarre story takes place in Amsterdam-West, where a virus turns people into bloodthirsty zombies. Although much blood is flowing and many limbs chopped off, there is a lot to laugh at in this bizarre horror comedy.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, captivating, tense, scary, offbeat, not serious, campy
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Zombieland (2013)
Plot Summary:
Zombieland follows four survivors outwitting zombies and searching for a place to call home.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min
Plot tags: parody, absurd, humorous, horror comedy, road movie, scary, not serious, entertaining, campy
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Uncle Sam (1996)
Plot Summary:
Desert Storm vet who was killed in combat rises from the grave on July Fourth, to kill the unpatriotic citizens of his hometown, after some teens burn an American flag over his burial site.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, funny, political, dark, horror comedy, cult horror, independent film, scary, rough, serious