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Plot Summary:
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water again, you can’t even get across the sand! BLOOD BEACH meets SPRING BREAKERS in an ace monster mash-up of smart nostalgia and up-to-the-minute visual effects. After an all-night graduation beach party, a group of hung-over students wake up under blazing sun to find their numbers somewhat depleted. An enormous alien creature has burrowed down deep and anyone foolish enough to make contact with the sand finds themselves at the mercy of a sea of flesh-eating tentacles. Will they ever be able to escape its carnivorous clutches?.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspense, disturbing, independent film, bleak
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Psycho Shark (2009)
Plot Summary:
Beautiful girls are in danger. At Sunny Beach, a huge shark is waiting for his prey. College students Miki and Mai arrive on a private beach on a tropical island. They can't find the hotel where they booked their reservations, and have gotten hopelessly lost, until a handsome young man shows up, offering to take them to his lodge. But something is not right about the place. The owner's fingernails are tainted with blood and Miki feels something sinister lurking nearby.
IMDB Rating: 1.5
IMDB Votes: 678
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: suspense, natural horror, psychotronic
Similar in 76%
Stung (2015)
Plot Summary:
A fancy garden party turns into upper class prey when a colony of killer wasps mutates into seven foot tall predators.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, horror comedy, suspense, serious, captivating, natural horror, romantic, scenic, dark comedy, surprise ending
Similar in 90%
Freshwater (2016)
Plot Summary:
A new take on the classic story of a group of twenty-something kids' weekend of terror at the lake house.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 790
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, tense, humorous, slasher, disturbing, surprise ending
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Terror Birds (2016)
Plot Summary:
When Maddy Stern discovers her father has gone missing during a routine birdwatching excursion, she and her college pals trek out into the wilderness to find him, only to end up in a wealthy scientist's desolate ranch aviary, where they encounter a pair of giant, hungry terror birds believed to be extinct for centuries.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 497
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, natural horror
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Blood Beach (1980)
Plot Summary:
Something or someone is attacking people one by one on the beach. Some of them are mutilated, but most of them are sucked into the sand, disappearing without a trace. What is the creature responsible? Where does it live, and where did it come from? And is there any chance of it reproducing? Meanwhile, David Huffman and Mariana Hill are once-almost-married old friends, reunited over the death of her mother on the beach, and searching for clues in the abandoned buildings where they used to play when they were young.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, bloody, suspenseful, semi serious, psychotronic, stylized, natural horror, spoof
Similar in 82%
The Millennium Bug (2011)
Plot Summary:
When the Haskin family seeks refuge from Y2K hysteria in the isolated forests of the Sierra Diablos mountains, madness and terror find them there. Abducted by a vicious hillbilly clan, the Haskins fight for survival, but neither they nor the hillbilly Crawfords can comprehend the monstrous nightmare about to erupt from the bowels of the earth.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, scary, tense, surprise ending, independent film
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The Milpitas Monster (1976)
Plot Summary:
A monster created from a garbage dump; local pollution terrorizes a town.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 482
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, cult film
Similar in 84%
3-Headed Shark Attack (2015)
Plot Summary:
The world’s greatest killing machine is three times as deadly when a mutated shark threatens a cruise ship. As the shark eats its way from one end of the ship to the next, the passengers fight the deadly predator using anything they can find.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspense, captivating, disturbing, intense, natural horror, retro, mockbuster, horror comedy, weird
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Don't Speak (2020)
Plot Summary:
Upon arriving at their grandparents farm, a family soon realise the entire town has been taken out by an unknown monster that hunts by sound. And soon, they become its prey.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, bleak, disturbing
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Up from the Depths (1979)
Plot Summary:
A menacing shark-like predator attacks a Hawaiian tourist area in this low-budget creature feature. An uncredited Roger Corman served as executive producer.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 968
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, absurd, natural horror, grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, spoof, dark comedy, parody
Similar in 81%
Queen Crab (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young girl steals her dad's growth experiment infused grapes and feeds them to a pet crab. Years later, the now gigantic crustacean attacks the town!.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 675
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, exciting, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, weird
Similar in 75%
Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys (2014)
Plot Summary:
After chomping through the fish population, thousands of starved lampreys begin attacking the citizens of a sleepy lake town, and the community scrambles to stay alive.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, absurd, natural horror, psychotronic
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Megaconda (2010)
Plot Summary:
Volcanic activity awakens a prehistoric giant anaconda, forcing the local Sheriff and a band of volunteers to stop the menace.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, natural horror
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Strange Nature (2018)
Plot Summary:
The first film to expose unsolved wildlife deformity outbreaks and where they may lead. Based on a true unsolved ecological mystery, thousands of hideously deformed frogs have turned up in the waters of Minnesota. As seen through the eyes of a one hit wonder single mother and her 11 year old son, a small town struggles with the unknown when the deadly mutations move beyond the ponds.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 751
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
Similar in 81%
Claw (2021)
Plot Summary:
Two friends forced to spend the night in a ghost town find themselves hunted by a prehistoric predator.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 649
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 77%
Triassic World (2018)
Plot Summary:
In the future, scientists found a way to grow human organs inside dinosaurs to harvest them for profit. But when the dinosaurs break out, the scientists that created them have to find ways undo the terrible mistakes they have done.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 648
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, scary, suspense, futuristic
Similar in 82%
Camel Spiders (2011)
Plot Summary:
Based on actual creatures that for years have tormented our armed forces in the Middle East, these creatures have now invaded the southwestern deserts of the United States. The Camel Spiders now freely hunt for prey, unafraid of any predator - including man. No place is safe no one is beyond their paralyzing sting. In the end, a small band of hearty fighters are forced to make one last stand against the creatures.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspense, natural horror, independent film, fast, surprise ending, psychotronic, scary
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Beneath (2013)
Plot Summary:
Six high school seniors celebrating with day's excursion find themselves on rowboat attacked by man-eating fish and must decide who must be sacrificed as they fight their way back to shore.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, slasher, mumblecore, psychotronic, independent film
Similar in 87%
Sharknado (2013)
Plot Summary:
A freak hurricane hits Los Angeles, causing man-eating sharks to be scooped up in tornadoes and flooding the city with shark-infested seawater. Surfer and bar-owner Fin sets out with his friends Baz and Nova to rescue his estranged wife April and teenage daughter Claudia.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: absurd, cult classic, grindhouse, funny, horror comedy, natural horror, scary, retro, scenic, creepy
Similar in 87%
The Barn (2016)
Plot Summary:
Its Halloween 1989, best friends Sam and Josh are trying to enjoy what's left of their final Devil's Night before graduating high school. But trouble arises when the two pals and a group of friends take a detour on their way to a rock concert, finding an old abandoned barn and awakening the evil inside. Now it's up to Sam and Josh to find a way to protect their friends and defeat the creatures that lurk within "The Barn".
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: light, psychotronic, slasher, retro, horror comedy, spooky, humorous, scary, parody
Similar in 83%
Sand Sharks (2012)
Plot Summary:
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the beach, it appears that our large fishy friends have found a way to chomp on you when you're chilling out on the sand too!.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, semi serious, suspense, tense, natural horror, exciting, captivating, psychotronic, retro, mockbuster
Similar in 81%
Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)
Plot Summary:
The pupils at a high school next to a nuclear power plant start acting and looking strange after buying contaminated drugs from a plant worker.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: cult classic, slasher, horror comedy, grindhouse, splatter, psychotronic, humorous, funny, retro, entertaining
Similar in 78%
Mimic 2 (2001)
Plot Summary:
When a cockroach-spread plague threatened to decimate the child population of New York City in the original Mimic, biologist Susan Tyler and her research associates developed a species of "Judas" bugs and introduced them into the environment, where they were to "mimic" the diseased roaches and infiltrate their grubby habitats. The plan worked until the bugs evolved to mimic their next prey.....humans! Just when they were all thought to be dead, the giant cockroaches are back, and this time they've mutated to take on human form!.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, suspense, cult horror, classic horror, surprise ending, wild
Similar in 85%
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
Similar in 88%
Cabin Fever (2016)
Plot Summary:
In this grisly remake of the 2002 horror hit, five college chums rent an isolated woodland cabin for a party. But their fun quickly ends when the group is exposed to a hideous flesh-eating virus, and survival becomes the name of the game.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, suspense, psychological, slasher, suspenseful, scary, apocalyptic, terrifying, natural horror
Similar in 85%
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
Similar in 82%
Sharktopus (2010)
Plot Summary:
The U.S. Navy's special group "Blue Water" builds a half-shark, half-octopus for combat. But the sharktopus escapes and terrorizes the beaches of Puerto Vallarta.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: semi serious, scary, suspense, absurd, natural horror, retro, mockbuster, horror comedy, cult classic, hilarious
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Sweetheart (2019)
Plot Summary:
Jenn has washed ashore a small tropical island and it doesn’t take her long to realize she’s completely alone. She must spend her days not only surviving the elements, but must also fend off the malevolent force that comes out each night.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspense, disturbing, psychological, grindhouse, minimal cast, lovecraft
Similar in 79%
Tape 407 (2012)
Plot Summary:
Survivors of an airplane crash find themselves within the borders of a government testing area and pursued by predators.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, mockumentary, suspense, surprise ending, fake documentary
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Piranha 3DD (2012)
Plot Summary:
After the events at Lake Victoria, the prehistoric school of blood-thirsty piranhas make their way into swimming pools, plumbing, and a newly opened water park.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, natural horror, slasher, splatter, horror comedy, humorous, spoof, disturbing, erotic