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Plot Summary:
Three wild, strange, odd, surreal, underground stories: "Metaminds & Metabodies", "Morfing" and "Welcome to Spain". Introduced by Arantxa Peña.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: anthology, controversial, explicit, avant garde
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Logos (2013)
Plot Summary:
A computer science student becomes obsessed with finding an algorithm for ensuring certainty in life after his father dies in the 9/11/2001 attacks.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 57 min
Plot tags:
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Another (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young orphan discovers her occult lineage and the curse she is destined to fulfill.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 588
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Horror Stories III (2016)
Plot Summary:
Three horror stories, with each set in the past, present and future.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anthology, dark fantasy
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13 Weird Stories (2015)
Plot Summary:
In this anthology of horror episodes, 13 bizarre stories are told by independent film directors of Southern Brazil. Between ghosts, serial killers and demons, they conduct their strange, very strange stories.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychotronic, lovecraft, scary, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, dark fairy tale, independent film
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Timesweep (1987)
Plot Summary:
A group of people enter an old movie studio and are suddenly confronted with a variety of strange phenoma. Among other things they are transported through time and the building is surrounded by a deadly acid fog . The filmmakers also throw Roman centurions, alien spaceships and giant killer roaches at the hapless explorers, decimating the groups one by one.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Wound (2010)
Plot Summary:
Wound is a supernatural horror that explores the dark worlds of mental illness, incest, revenge and death. We follow Tanya as she searches for the mother she has never met – a mother who gave her up for dead after being abused by her own father who remains stuck in her present life. Tanya returns from the dead to confront and possess her mother with all her deepest fears and desires, sending Susan into a state of madness and gore filled retribution. A dark, disturbing look into a haunted woman’s mind. This is one terrible dream you will never wake up from.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 484
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: erotic, disturbing, controversial, weird
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Dogra Magra (1988)
Plot Summary:
A man is confined to a mental institution after trying to murder his fiancee. Two doctors relate his problem to an Asian philosophy that states that mental defects are transmitted from generation to generation. He learns that one of his distant ancestors murdered his wife as a way of demonstrating a point to his lord about the importance of love over the emptiness of lust and to drive home the point further, created a series of illustrations of the dead woman decaying which in turn trigger the memories of his distant descendant. But is the whole thing merely a game concocted by the two doctors, who may even have driven themselves mad?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 576
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: avant garde, esoteric, detective, weird, cult film
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Nightfur (2011)
Plot Summary:
Frank, an introspective astrophysics major, visits a remote lab to work with his mentor; doctor Roberts. After his arrival, he finds that Helen; a young woman seemingly from another world, a metaphysical realm, has been taken in by the doctor. The unexplainable phenomena that follow force Frank and doctor Roberts to look at life from a different angle.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: spiritual, underground film, psychotronic, avant garde, independent film, student film
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Shock-O-Rama (2005)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: anthology, queer horror
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Beneath the Flesh (2009)
Plot Summary:
Beneath the Flesh is an anthology of four nightmares. In Id, a man is tormented by love and a twisted creature in his apartment. In The Basement, two men confront each other in a damp, filthy basement. In The Child, a withered man nurtures a growing creature. In The Insides, a man believes something is growing inside him. Finally, in Boxhead, an old man is visited by a childhood friend that could be his darkest nightmare. The victim in each story is forced to confront a fear that is eating them from the inside out. Their choice? Deal with the fear or die with it.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: anthology
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Dead Teenagers (2007)
Plot Summary:
On a dark Autumn eve, a college student finds a mysterious book in his campus library. Within its pages, he finds four gruesome tales of ghosts, werewolves, vampires and the unknown.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: anthology, suspense, dark fairy tale, independent film
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Chillers (1987)
Plot Summary:
Five passengers in a bus depot are waiting for a bus that is overdue. To pass the time, they start telling each other horror stories.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 548
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: anthology, grindhouse, horror comedy, dark fairy tale, independent film
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Tales from the Quadead Zone (1987)
Plot Summary:
Actress Shirley Latanya Jones returns from the director's first film (Black Devil Doll from Hell) to be in front of Turner's camcorder, and reads two spooky tales to the ghost of her dead son, Bobby. The second story features a zombie clown from Hell. When we finally return to Shirley, she kills her hot-headed boyfriend, and there's a bloody finale as the cops arrive.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 410
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: anthology, dark fairy tale, independent film, psychotronic, cult film
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Death Powder (1986)
Plot Summary:
Three conspirators steal a secret android. In their warehouse hideout, the android secretes a reality-altering substance, which casts them into a frightening nether-world of interconnected subjectivity.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 351
Genere: Sci-Fi, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: cyber, controversial, experimental, avant garde, psychotronic
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Sexandroide (1991)
Plot Summary:
Story one of three sees a sexy young woman in a bar unaware that someone is out to do her harm via a voodoo doll; when she pays a visit to the ladies room, unseen forces rip off all her clothes, make her bleed profusely, and tear open her throat. In tale number two, a naked goth chick in a gloomy dungeon is tortured by a snaggle-toothed zombie who pushes needles through her tongue and breasts (a sequence that looks far too convincing for comfort); he then gouges out her eye and stabs her in the chest. Finally, the ghoul cuts into his own arm with a knife, slices open his stomach and pulls out his guts. The final story is perhaps the strangest of all: a female mourner is attacked by a cheesy looking vampire who rips off all of her clothes and bites her on the neck, transforming her into a sexy bloodsucker who proceeds to dance badly to a couple of Tina Turner tracks.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Horror
Country: France
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags: controversial, anthology, erotic, experimental, avant garde, weird
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Rampo Noir (2005)
Plot Summary:
Mars Canal - Within absolute silence, a naked man wanders through a dark and depressing landscape recalling the excruciating details of his last encounter with his former lover. Mirror Hell - When a series of women are discovered with their faces burnt and skulls charred, a young detective investigates, discovering that a unique hand mirror is always found at the scene. Caterpillar - A war hero returns home with no limbs and only his eyesight remaining. His beautiful wife, tired of taking care of him, turns to torturing her crippled husband for amusement. Crawling Bugs - A sexy actress is returning home from a successful night on stage, until her limo driver decides that she should be coming home with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychedelic, avant garde, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, detective, inspirational, clever, suspense
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War Is Menstrual Envy (1992)
Plot Summary:
Set in a post-apocalyptic future, the story finds a handful of ragged survivors attempting to communicate with dolphins, while another cadre of survivors have made it their crusade to destroy all the world's religions.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: mind bending, political, disturbing, controversial, experimental, underground film, avant garde, independent film, art house, bizarre
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Muerte: Tales of Horror (2018)
Plot Summary:
Four tales of horror presented around dorky wannabe witches Spencer and Celine who plan to take revenge on a former lover they unknowingly were dating at the same time. Now they are seeking "special items" for a spell from a mysterious woman named Ophelia. Meanwhile Carter's sidekick, Zak, is sent to steal a couple of items for a séance at the same shop. While looking around for the items, Zak comes across a strange comic book called MUERTE and decides to steal that also. Soon afterward, strange things start to happen to Carter, Zak and their friends as they start to read the crazy stories featured in the comic book. The first deals with a sin-eating El Cucuy looking for one of his bad "kids" that got away from him so many years ago. The second is about a date with a vampire that goes horribly wrong. The third is about a vanity mirror given as a housewarming gift that turns into a soul-sucking mirror from hell. And in the final story, we will find out who unleashes all the evil.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anthology, serious, psychotronic, dark fairy tale
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Ice from the Sun (1999)
Plot Summary:
An alternate reality encased in ice, a woman who is turned into a dimension-hopping assassin, and a wizard's apprentice who is so evil he is a common enemy to the angels in heaven and the devils in hell.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 697
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: dark, disturbing, controversial, art house, experimental, independent film, scary, offbeat, bleak, serious
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Finisterrae (2010)
Plot Summary:
Two ghosts walk along the Camino of Santiago.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 692
Genere: Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: surreal, contemplative, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, road movie, mind bending, psychedelic, dark, deep
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All the Creatures Were Stirring (2018)
Plot Summary:
When an awkward date on Christmas Eve leads a couple into a strange theater, they're treated to a bizarre and frightening collection of Christmas stories, featuring a wide ensemble of characters doing their best to avoid the horrors of the holidays. From boring office parties and last-minute shopping, to vengeful stalkers and immortal demons, there's plenty out there to fear this holiday season.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: anthology, christmas horror, psychological, tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, mumblecore, spooky, psychotronic
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Puppet Master 4 (1993)
Plot Summary:
A young scientist working on an artificial intelligence project is the target of strange gremlin-like creatures, who are out to kill him and thus terminate his research. By coincidence, in one of the rooms he uses, there's a mysterious case containing the puppets of the "puppet master". When the puppets are brought to life, they help destroy the creatures.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, dark, controversial, horror comedy, cult horror, classic horror, terrifying, independent film, serious
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Rapture (1979)
Plot Summary:
José Sirgado, filmmaker in his thirties, has completed his second film and is deeply unsatisfied for various reasons. One may be that his relationship with the film has nothing to do with what he had imagined, another may be that the heroine of his film has left a deeper mark than expected, or his break with Ana, the protagonist of his first film. On returning home he finds Ana and the heroine of his latest film. Both of them are expecting him as if nothing had happened and José, deeply altered, soon falls into temptation.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: experimental, surreal, suspense, slasher, controversial, cult classic, mind bending, bleak, serious, suspenseful
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Subconscious Cruelty (2000)
Plot Summary:
A surrealistic anthology of horror films; four segments structured as an intense fever dream.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, rough, brutal, anthology, bloody, suspense, experimental, controversial, extreme horror
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Begotten (1989)
Plot Summary:
Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: surreal, avant garde, disturbing, experimental, atmospheric, independent film, controversial, black and white, postmodern, mindfuck
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Black Moon (1975)
Plot Summary:
There is a war in the world between the men and the women. A young girl tries to escape this reality and comes to a hidden place where a strange unicorn lives with a family: Sister, Brother, many children and an old woman that never leaves her bed but stays in contact with the world through her radio.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: surreal, mind bending, atmospheric, experimental, psychological, offbeat, psychedelic, art house, mind twisting, mindfuck
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Creepshow 2 (1987)
Plot Summary:
EC Comics-inspired weirdness returns with three tales. In the first, a wooden statue of a Native American comes to life...to exact vengeance on the murderer of his elderly owners. In the second, four teens are stranded on a raft on a lake with a blob that is hungry. And in the third, a hit and run woman is terrorized by the hitchhiker she accidentally killed...or did she really kill him?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, slasher, black comedy, suspense, splatter, horror comedy, cult classic, cult horror, psychotronic
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The Mortuary Collection (2019)
Plot Summary:
In the phantasmagorical town of Raven's End, a misguided young girl takes refuge in a decrepit old mortuary. The eccentric undertaker chronicles the strange history of the town through a series of twisted tales, each more terrifying than the last, but the young girl's world is unhinged when she discovers that the final story... is her own.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: anthology, surprise ending, enigmatic, stylized, dark, slasher, scary, spooky, suspense, psychological
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Eraserhead (1977)
Plot Summary:
Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 125000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: surreal, avant garde, art house, psychological, disturbing, psychedelic, experimental, atmospheric, black and white, dark
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Tetsuo, the Iron Man (1989)
Plot Summary:
Tetsuo: The Iron Man is a 1989 Japanese cyberpunk film by cult-film director Shinya Tsukamoto produced by Japan Home Video. This, his third film, is an extremely graphic but also strikingly-filmed fantasy shot in the same low-budget, underground-production style as his first two films. Revolving around the transformation of people into grotesque hybrids of flesh and metal, Tetsuo is above all an overwhelming audiovisual experience, set to a brain-pounding score by Chu Ishikawa and complemented by suitably exaggerated sound effects.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, psychotronic, surreal, disturbing, black and white, experimental, splatter, independent film, art house, atmospheric