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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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Chubbies (2014)
Plot Summary:
It's Halloween night at the Bowl-o-Rama where Samantha and her friends are having a party. Everyone's having a great time... until the Chubbies arrive. From the distant planet of Snerd, where sex is outlawed, come the chubbies. A race of grotesque, and horny little creatures, hell bent on global domination by invading your body through any orifice they can find. The party dies and the horror is born when the teens are held captive by the Chubbies and must fight to keep their butt holes tight in this action packed, horror comedy.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, low-budget
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The Alien Dead (1980)
Plot Summary:
A meteor strikes a houseboat in the swamps near a southern town populated by Yankees with fake accents. The people on the houseboat become zombies who feed on the alligators in the swamp. Once they run out of alligators, they start going for the citizens. A local scientist tries to figure out what's happening to people once they start disappearing.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychotronic
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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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Breeders (1997)
Plot Summary:
It's an invasion of the most personal and terrifying kind. When a meteorite crash lands onto a Boston college campus and an alien beast is released, only one man understands its mission to mate. From the depths of an all girls college, the grotesque monster stalks his prey in a cat-and-mouse chase until the final conflict where only one species can survive.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, dark, independent film, tension, suspense
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Creature of Darkness (2009)
Plot Summary:
The story of four young couples drawn to the remote dunes for off-roading in their extreme machines. But the outing turns into a night of terror when they are attacked by the Catcher, a skilled and brutal hunter of human specimens for alien science.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 800
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags:
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Biohazard (1985)
Plot Summary:
Alien monster uses a psychic to try to take over the earth.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 968
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: retro, grindhouse, independent film, corny
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Night of the Zombies (1981)
Plot Summary:
Investigators search for soldiers' missing bodies, and hear unbelievable rumors about zombies. Dismissing those rumors they set out to investigate. After two men are found dead, CIA special-agent Nick Monroe is sent to flush out what are suspected to be deserters from the old U.S. Army Chemical Corps unit. NB: Not to be confused with the same-name (in USA) Italian film of 1983.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 737
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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The Galaxy Invader (1985)
Plot Summary:
An alien is hunted by a gang of drunken hillbillies who saw him crash-land his spaceship.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: retro, grindhouse, light, dark, psychotronic, independent film
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Blood of the Tribades (2016)
Plot Summary:
A vampire named Bathor turned an entire village to vampires, stuck around long enough to teach them to survive, and then promised to return in 2000 years after conquering the rest of the continent. The only problem with this plan is that the vampires, although immortal, have only a limited capacity for memory. As time passes, they forget their utopian society and led by the totalitarian zealot Grando, become paranoid, superstitious fundamentalists, splitting their society by race and gender lines, seeking to destroy those who are deemed sinful. Long-forgotten lovers Élisabeth and Fantine find that, with the help of those who were banished in the past, it is their fate to piece together the past and help preserve the little that remains before Bathor’s impending return.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 764
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, unusual plot structure, disturbing, independent film, hood, classic horror
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Spawn of the Slithis (1978)
Plot Summary:
A nuclear leak creates a mutant Slithis sea monster, which terrorizes the variety of pets, winos, and hippies who hang around Venice, California.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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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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Biohazard: The Alien Force (1994)
Plot Summary:
Triton Indutries has created a genetically-engineered creature using DNA from human sources. During the course of the experiment, however, the host mother carrying the mutant escapes from the laboratory compound, giving birth shortly thereafter. The intellient "baby" beings hunting down and killing its male DNA donors, while at the same time trying to mate with its female donors. The head of the lab wants to destroy the monster before the press can get wind of the story, but the former head of security wants to expose the whole thing.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Nightbeast (1982)
Plot Summary:
An alien crash lands and goes on a killing spree.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, retro, slasher, cult horror, independent film, scary, rough, serious, psychotronic, campy
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Moontrap (1988)
Plot Summary:
The Space Shuttle returns to earth, but some of the equipment brought back on it begins to behave strangely. Scientists are unsure what is happening, and decide to take all necessary precautions.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: space horror, apocalyptic, cult classic, independent film, bleak, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, cult film
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RWD (2015)
Plot Summary:
Two men went searching for ghosts, but they found themselves instead.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 502
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: dark, light, surprise ending, scary, bleak, mockumentary, independent film
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Blade the Iron Cross (2020)
Plot Summary:
In this standalone spinoff of Charles Band's Puppet Master series, an unspeakable evil from Blade’s past emerges in the form of a murderous Nazi scientist named Dr. Hauser. As Hauser’s heinous crimes are discovered, the psychic war journalist, Elisa Ivanov, awakens Blade, and together the bloody journey of revenge begins.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 451
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Call of the Undead (2012)
Plot Summary:
A virus gets loose in Taipei Army and SWAT teams oversee evacuation but in Ximending the gangs don't want the police They attack the military but when both find themselves under attack by zombies there is an alliance as they try and escape.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 980
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Taiwan, USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: tense, scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, scenic
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C.H.U.D. (1984)
Plot Summary:
A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. A courageous policeman, a photo journalist and his girlfriend, and a nutty bum, who seems to know a lot about the creatures, band together to try and determine what the creatures are and how to stop them.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, atmospheric, grindhouse, rough, suspenseful, cult classic, cult horror, retro, detective
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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
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Mimic (1997)
Plot Summary:
A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to die after one generation, but three years later Susan finds out that the species has survived and evolved into a large, gruesome monster that can mimic human form.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, cult classic, psychological, retro, dark, art house
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The Dead Don't Die (2019)
Plot Summary:
In a small peaceful town, zombies suddenly rise to terrorize the town. Now three bespectacled police officers and a strange Scottish morgue expert must band together to defeat the undead.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 84000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, scary, dark comedy, funny, intense, psychological, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, mumblecore
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Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996)
Plot Summary:
On a planet in a distant galaxy, a power hungry Leprechaun, holds a beautiful alien princess hostage in order to marry her for her royal title. With her title and his beloved gold, he'll be able to rule the universe. While making his maniacal plans, what he doesn't count on is an invading platoon of marines from Earth, to save the princess and foil his plans. An accomplished trickster, the Leprechaun stows himself away on the orbiting spaceship and wreaks havoc on the crew in an attempt to recapture his bride.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, futuristic, space horror, horror comedy, controversial, cult horror, natural horror, independent film, scary, rough
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Night of the Creeps (1986)
Plot Summary:
In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites that transform their hosts into killer zombies.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, horror comedy, grindhouse, scary, atmospheric, cult classic, suspenseful, not serious, creepy, cult horror
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Creature (1985)
Plot Summary:
A crew of scientists arrives on a far, cold planet to examine archaic artifacts of unknown origin. They discover that their German enemies already have a ship there. When they seek their help after a failed landing, they only find the Germans’ bodies, obviously slaughtered by one of the archaic creatures, awoken to new life. Now the alien is after them.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: space horror, independent film, cult horror, classic horror, scary, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, spooky, cult film
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Diary of the Dead (2007)
Plot Summary:
A group of young film students run into real-life zombies while filming a horror movie of their own.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, apocalyptic, suspense, cult classic, independent film, psychological, retro, perverse, psychotronic
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Bio-Dead (2009)
Plot Summary:
After a devastating biological disaster kills twelve million people, a hazmat team searches the contaminated wasteland for survivors. But what they find is a vicious predator hungry for human flesh.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, scary, tense, realistic, splatter, independent film, cult film
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Body Snatchers (1993)
Plot Summary:
When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. After arriving at the base, his teenage daughter Marti befriends Jean Platt, daughter of the base's commander, General Platt. When people at the base begin acting strangely, Marti becomes convinced that they are slowly being replaced by plant-like aliens.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, exciting, tense, grindhouse, cult classic, apocalyptic, mystical, classic horror, space horror
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Alien Valley (2012)
Plot Summary:
The story of a reality T.V. crew of paranormal researchers who journey to Colorado's San Luis Valley in order to investigate the unexplained phenomena of cattle mutilations. Over the course of their three day investigation they find much more than they ever could have bargained for.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, dark, tense, captivating, suspenseful, mockumentary, exciting, fake documentary
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Evidence (2012)
Plot Summary:
Ryan is making a documentary on his friend, Brett, about camping for the first time. However, once they begin camping, they discover that there is a mysterious figure that is hunting them.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, serious, suspense, mockumentary, slasher, spooky, crying, independent film, weird
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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