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Plot Summary:
A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as the result of spider bites from the deadly spider offspring. It's up to a couple of doctors with the help of an insect exterminator to annihilate these eight legged freaks.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, horror comedy, natural horror, funny, splatter, creepy, cult classic, dark comedy
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Bug Buster (1998)
Plot Summary:
After the mayor uses a potentially dangerous substance to protect the local plantation, the lakeside town of Mountview, in California, is attacked by a lethal species of large cockroach. After some of the town's inhabitants are killed, the mayor enlists the help of eccentric pest exterminator General George S. Merlin in order to prevent further harm to the local dwellers.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: natural horror, independent film, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, horror comedy
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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
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Big Ass Spider! (2013)
Plot Summary:
When a giant alien spider escapes from a military lab and rampages across the city of Los Angeles, it is up to one clever exterminator and his security guard sidekick to kill the creature before the entire city is destroyed.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, scary, psychotronic, natural horror, absurd, horror comedy, psychological, tense, funny
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Tremors II: Aftershocks (1996)
Plot Summary:
Those supersucking desert creatures are back --- and this time they're south of the border. As the creatures worm their way through the oil fields of Mexico, the only people who can wrangle them are veteran Earl Bassett and survivalist Burt Gummer. Add to that team a young punk out for cash and a fearless scientist, and the critters don't stand a chance.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, suspense, semi serious, natural horror, horror comedy, cult horror, exciting, suspenseful, fast
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Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)
Plot Summary:
A platoon of eagles and vultures attacks the residents of a small town. Many people die. It's not known what caused the flying menace to attack. Two people manage to fight back, but will they survive Birdemic?.
IMDB Rating: 1.7
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, suspenseful, surreal, scary, psychological, serious, psychotronic, funny, natural horror, retro
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Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004)
Plot Summary:
This prequel of the bone-chilling Tremors begins in the town of Rejection, Nev., in 1889, where 17 men die under mysterious circumstances. Spooked by recent events, the miners who populate the town leave in droves until there's nothing left but a shell of a community. It's up to the remaining residents to get to the bottom of the deaths -- but they must do so before they, too, are eradicated off the face of the planet.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, suspenseful, semi serious, natural horror, scary, humorous, funny, suspense, horror comedy, cult horror
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Lake Placid (1999)
Plot Summary:
When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, suspense, natural horror, cult classic, humorous, horror comedy, tense, slasher, splatter
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Piranha (1978)
Plot Summary:
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: natural horror, suspense, suspenseful, grindhouse, rough, perverse, parody, splatter, cult classic, humorous
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Black Swarm (2007)
Plot Summary:
The widow, Deputy Sheriff Jane Kozik, moves from Manhattan to Black Stone, New York, with her daughter Kelsey Kozik. There she expects to find a safe place to live. The day after moving, a homeless man is found dead in the tool shed of Jane's blind friend Beverly Rowe. Devin Hall and the entomologist Katherine Randell are summoned to help with the investigation. Devin is Jane's brother-in-law and former boyfriend, and Jane still has a crush on him. Meanwhile, Kelsey befriends the scientist Eli Giles, who has developed genetically modified wasps to the army as a weapon, and now he is trying to revert the process. When the wasps attack Black Stone, Jane, Devin and Eli team-up to attempt to destroy the swarm.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, natural horror, psychotronic, scary
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Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
Plot Summary:
The residents of a rural mining town discover that an unfortunate chemical spill has caused hundreds of little spiders to mutate overnight to the size of SUVs. It's then up to mining engineer Chris McCormack and Sheriff Sam Parker to mobilize an eclectic group of townspeople, including the Sheriff's young son, Mike, her daughter, Ashley, and paranoid radio announcer Harlan, into battle against the bloodthirsty eight-legged beasts.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, suspense, absurd, horror comedy, semi serious, suspenseful, splatter, cult classic, funny
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Grizzly Park (2008)
Plot Summary:
A giant grizzly bear stalks 8 troubled young adults and a park ranger in a forest reserve called Grizzly Park after making the demise of an escaped serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, serious, suspenseful, slasher, suspense, natural horror, cult film
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Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
Plot Summary:
Aliens, who look like clowns, arrive on Earth to capture and harvest people in order to use them as sustenance.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, parody, humorous, horror comedy, suspenseful, funny, slasher, cult horror, surreal, absurd
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Ice Spiders (2007)
Plot Summary:
A scientific experiment goes haywire, creating an arachnophobic nightmare. If there's a way to stop them, somebody better find it soon before they kill everything in sight!.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, natural horror, semi serious, hilarious, serious, fast, psychotronic, independent film, weird
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Monsturd (2003)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer mutates with a chemical inside a sewer, to become a monster made of human waste just as the FBI and police are onto him.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, slasher, suspense, horror comedy, independent film, rough, offbeat
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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
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Cat's Eye (1985)
Plot Summary:
Three short stories by shock-meister Stephen King are linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next in this creepy triptych that begins as Dick (James Woods) tries to quit smoking by any means necessary. Next, we meet Johnny, an adulterous man who's forced by his lover's husband onto a building's hazardous ledge. Finally, Amanda is threatened by an evil gnome who throws suspicion on the family cat.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, anthology, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, splatter, creepy, cult classic, tense, slasher
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Piranha 3D (2010)
Plot Summary:
Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, an earthquake opens an underwater chasm, releasing an enormous swarm of ancient Piranha that have been dormant for thousands of years, now with a taste for human flesh. This year, there's something more to worry about than the usual hangovers and complaints from locals, a new type of terror is about to be cut loose on Lake Victoria.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: France, USA, Japan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, sexy, suspense, bloody, not serious, grindhouse, humorous, semi serious, natural horror, entertaining
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Tremors (1990)
Plot Summary:
Hick handymen Val McKee and Earl Bassett can barely eke out a living in the Nevada hamlet of Perfection, so they decide to leave town -- despite an admonition from a shapely seismology coed who's picking up odd readings on her equipment. Before long, Val and Earl discover what's responsible for those readings: 30-foot-long carnivorous worms with a proclivity for sucking their prey underground.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 147000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, entertaining, suspenseful, horror comedy, humorous, cult classic, dark comedy, suspense, splatter, black comedy
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Slither (2006)
Plot Summary:
A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, entertaining, black comedy, space horror, funny, cult classic, horror comedy, parody, dark comedy
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Critters (1986)
Plot Summary:
A massive ball of furry creatures from another world eat their way through a small mid-western town followed by intergalactic bounty hunters opposed only by militant townspeople.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, cult classic, horror comedy, suspenseful, semi serious, slasher, splatter, grindhouse, creepy
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Cujo (1983)
Plot Summary:
A friendly St. Bernard named "Cujo" contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bad ending, suspense, natural horror, serious, psychological, splatter, creepy, cult classic
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Feast (2005)
Plot Summary:
Patrons locked inside of a bar are forced to fight monsters.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, splatter, suspenseful, exciting, horror comedy, atmospheric, brutal, suspense, slasher, bloody
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Crawl (2019)
Plot Summary:
While struggling to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, a young woman finds herself trapped inside a flooding house and fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, natural horror, scary, slasher, psychotronic, psychological, suspenseful, intense, perverse, cult classic
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The Blob (1988)
Plot Summary:
Remake of the 1958 horror sci-fi about a deadly blob which is the spawn of a secret government germ warfare project which consumes everyone in its path. Teenagers try in vain to warn the townsfolk, who refuse to take them seriously, while government agents try to cover up the evidence and confine the creature.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, slasher, rough, serious, splatter, grindhouse, creepy, cult classic
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Rogue (2007)
Plot Summary:
From the director of Wolf Creek comes this terrifying look at nature's perfect killing machine. When a group of tourists stumble into the remote Australian river territory of an enormous crocodile, the deadly creature traps them on a tiny mud island with the tide quickly rising and darkness descending. As the hungry predator closes in, they must fight for survival against all odds.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, scenic, natural horror, rough, disgusting, exciting, serious
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Anaconda (1997)
Plot Summary:
A "National Geographic" film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world's largest - and deadliest - snake.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 110000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Brazil, Peru
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, serious, natural horror, cult classic, slasher, psychological, psychological thriller
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Plot Summary:
Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: scary, parody, horror comedy, light, cult classic, splatter, funny, christmas horror, dark comedy, exciting
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Hatchet (2006)
Plot Summary:
When a group of tourists on a New Orleans haunted swamp tour find themselves stranded in the wilderness, their evening of fun and spooks turns into a horrific nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, horror comedy, rough, suspenseful, bloody, splatter, suspense, disturbing, surprise ending
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An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Plot Summary:
Two American tourists in England are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 118000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, black comedy, suspense, suspenseful, funny, disturbing, humorous, gothic, scary, horror comedy
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Cloverfield (2008)
Plot Summary:
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 416000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, tense, mockumentary, lovecraft, apocalyptic, rough, bleak, clever