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Plot Summary:
After Malukan immigrants engage in a string of corpse mutilations at various New York City hospitals, a doctor and a morgue assistant travel to the Maluku Islands to investigate.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, grindhouse, atmospheric, harsh, suspenseful, slasher, semi serious, bloody, splatter
Best tv shows and movies like Zombie Holocaust (1980):
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Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1968)
Plot Summary:
A man who loves to travel, travels to an island where a mad doctor is creating zombies.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 890
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Philippines
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, bleak, bloody, grindhouse, independent film, scary, mind bending, offbeat
Similar in 89%
Cut and Run (1984)
Plot Summary:
A reporter and her cameraman connect a surviving Jonestown leader and a TV exec's missing son to a drug war where jungle installations are being massacred by an army of natives and a skilled white assassin.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, brutal, controversial, grindhouse, terrifying, independent film, tense, serious, realistic
Similar in 82%
Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Plot Summary:
A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Adventure, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: brutal, scary, disturbing, controversial, bloody, splatter, grindhouse, creepy, mockumentary, cult classic
Similar in 82%
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977)
Plot Summary:
While doing undercover work in a mental hospital, Emanuelle discovers a girl who seems to have been raised by a tribe of amazonian cannibals. Intrigued, Emanuelle and friends travel deep into the Amazon jungle, where they find that the supposedly extinct tribe of cannibals is still very much alive.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sexy, grindhouse, disturbing, bloody, suspense, controversial, art house, sensual, perverse, scary
Similar in 85%
Contamination (1980)
Plot Summary:
A former astronaut helps a government agent and a police detective track the source of mysterious alien pod spores, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, to a South American coffee plantation controlled by alien pod clones.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, grindhouse, bloody, suspense, psychotronic, detective, retro
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Primal (2010)
Plot Summary:
Anja and five friends join anthroplogy student, Dace, on a journey to study a remote, ancient rock painting. Their excitement vanishes when Mel becomes delirious after skinny-dipping in the waterhole. Feverish, bleeding, confused, she physically and mentally regresses to a vicious predatory state. Mel has gone primal. Mel’s lover and friends realise they are the prey as she savagely hunts them down. Before they can escape another one of them starts to regress, posing a hideous choice; kill their friends or be killed by them. Their only hope of survival is through a cave, where Anja learns too late the meaning of the ancient rock art they came to study.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, serious, scary, brutal, bloody, slasher, disturbing, grindhouse, twisted
Similar in 79%
Zombi 3 (1988)
Plot Summary:
When a terrorist's body, infected with a stolen chemical, is recovered by the US military, the corpse is cremated, unintentionally releasing the virus/bacteria into the atmosphere over a small island. Soon the infected populace mutate into flesh-hungry zombies, and a trio of soldiers on leave must team up with a group of tourists and board themselves up in an abandoned hotel as they try to fend off the agile and aggressive living dead.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, Philippines
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: splatter, apocalyptic, epic, suspense, scary, rough, serious, slasher, suspenseful, fast
Similar in 89%
Hell of the Living Dead (1980)
Plot Summary:
A tough female reporter and her cameraman boyfriend team up with a four-man commando unit in the New Guinea jungle whom are fighting flesh-eating zombies. NB: Not to be confused with the 1981 American-made film with the same title.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, suspense, scary, rough, serious, slasher, suspenseful, cult classic, bloody, mockbuster
Similar in 89%
Blood Feast (1963)
Plot Summary:
In the sleepy suburbs of Miami, seemingly normal Egyptian immigrant Fuad Ramses (Mal Arnold) runs a successful catering business. He also murders young women and plans to use their body parts to revive the goddess Ishtar. The insane Ramses hypnotizes a socialite in order to land a job catering a party for her debutante daughter, Suzette Fremont (Connie Mason), and turns the event into an evening of gruesome deaths, bloody dismemberment and ritual sacrifice.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, scary, atmospheric, grindhouse, bloody, splatter, suspense, stylized, rough
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Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror (1981)
Plot Summary:
Professor Ayres discovers a secret in an ancient stone and when he opens a crypt, he revives zombies that kill him. He had invited three couples to visit him in his manor to reveal his discovery. However, they never get around to meeting the professor. Out of the blue, the zombies attack them and they seek shelter in the mansion.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, sexy, stylized, suspenseful, grindhouse, bloody, slasher, disturbing, cult classic, atmospheric
Similar in 86%
Anthropophagus (1980)
Plot Summary:
A group of tourists become stranded on an uninhabited island where they are stalked by an insane, violent, and grotesque killer that slaughtered the town's former residents.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, grindhouse, scary, rough, suspenseful, bloody, psychological thriller, controversial, splatter
Similar in 81%
Bride of Re-Animator (1990)
Plot Summary:
Herbert West once again revives the dead. This time, he brings Dan's ex-girlfriend's heart back inside a 'perfect' body. Dr. Hill returns as the evil nemesis who lost his head.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: black comedy, splatter, lovecraft, cult classic, horror comedy, independent film, bloody, slasher, grindhouse, dark comedy
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The New York Ripper (1982)
Plot Summary:
A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, grindhouse, detective, dark, suspenseful, scary, bloody, controversial, suspense
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Beyond Re-Animator (2003)
Plot Summary:
Once again tampering with mother nature to disastrous results, Dr. Herbert West continues his research while serving time in a maximum security prison for his previous exploits. West's limited prison-cell experiments are suddenly interrupted by the arrival of a new prison doctor and the brother of the girl who suffered from West's experiments 13 years earlier.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, splatter, lovecraft, atmospheric, intense, cult classic, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, slasher
Similar in 78%
Re-Animator (1985)
Plot Summary:
A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: splatter, cult classic, black comedy, scary, lovecraft, dark comedy, slasher, independent film, bloody, grindhouse
Similar in 86%
Nightmare City (1980)
Plot Summary:
An airplane exposed to radiation lands, and blood drinking zombies emerge armed with knives, guns and teeth! They go on a rampage slicing, dicing, and biting their way across the Italian countryside.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, Mexico
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, grindhouse, slasher, retro, surprise ending, depressing, suspense
Similar in 78%
The Signal (2007)
Plot Summary:
A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, dark comedy, psychological, cult classic, atmospheric, rough, slasher, splatter, cerebral
Similar in 87%
Day of the Dead (1985)
Plot Summary:
The final chapter of George A. Romero's "Dead Trilogy". In an underground government installation they are searching for a cure to overcome this strange transformation into zombies. Unfortunately, the zombies from above ground have made their way into the bunker.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: bloody, disturbing, scary, tense, suspenseful, grindhouse, splatter, atmospheric, intense, apocalyptic
Similar in 85%
The Hills Run Red (2009)
Plot Summary:
A group of young horror fans go searching for a film that mysteriously vanished years ago but instead find that the demented killer from the movie is real, and he's thrilled to meet fans who will die gruesomely for his art.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: slasher, rough, bloody, disturbing, splatter, psychological, epic, meta, classic horror, mindfuck
Similar in 78%
Creep (2004)
Plot Summary:
Trapped in a London subway station, a woman who's being pursued by a potential attacker heads into the unknown labyrinth of tunnels beneath the city's streets.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, disturbing, tense, slasher, suspenseful, bloody, suspense, atmospheric, sexy, serious
Similar in 82%
The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
Plot Summary:
On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, dark, bloody, harsh, splatter, cult classic
Similar in 81%
Cannibal Ferox (1981)
Plot Summary:
Three friends out to disprove cannibalism meet two men on the run who tortured and enslaved a cannibal tribe to find emeralds, and now the tribe is out for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Adventure, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: bloody, slasher, grindhouse, controversial, disturbing, splatter, extreme horror, scary, suspenseful, brutal
Similar in 75%
The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007)
Plot Summary:
A group of National Guard trainees find themselves battling against a vicious group of mutants on their last day of training in the desert.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 67000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Morocco
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, disturbing, suspense, bloody, sadistic, splatter, slasher, brutal, rough, suspenseful
Similar in 84%
City of the Living Dead (1980)
Plot Summary:
A young woman has visions that suggest the eruption of the living dead into the world through a portal, spurred on by the suicide of a priest.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, grindhouse, disturbing, atmospheric, suspenseful, bloody, splatter, gothic, rough, creepy
Similar in 86%
The Descent: Part 2 (2009)
Plot Summary:
Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or why she's covered in her friends' blood - Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, scary, intense, bloody, grindhouse, brutal, slasher
Similar in 85%
V/H/S (2012)
Plot Summary:
When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire a rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they bargained for.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 67000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: anthology, disturbing, scary, suspense, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, slasher, splatter, creepy
Similar in 75%
Wrong Turn (2003)
Plot Summary:
Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 129000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, bloody, scary, suspenseful, rough, disturbing, intense, tense, creepy
Similar in 75%
Land of the Dead (2005)
Plot Summary:
The world is full of zombies and the survivors have barricaded themselves inside a walled city to keep out the living dead. As the wealthy hide out in skyscrapers and chaos rules the streets, the rest of the survivors must find a way to stop the evolving zombies from breaking into the city.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 100000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, exciting, rough, suspenseful, grindhouse, apocalyptic, atmospheric, stylized, splatter
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The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
Plot Summary:
The photographer Leon lives with his girlfriend and waitress Maya waiting for a chance to get in the photo business. When Maya contacts their friend Jurgis, he schedules a meeting for Leon with the successful owner of arts gallery Susan Hoff; she analyzes Leon's work and asks him to improve the quality of his photos. During the night, the upset Leon decides to wander on the streets taking pictures with his camera, and he follows three punks down to the subway station; when the gang attacks a young woman, Leon defends her and the guys move on. On the next morning, Leon discovers that the woman is missing. He goes to the police station, but Detective Lynn Hadley does not give much attention to him and discredits his statement. Leon becomes obsessed to find what happened with the stranger and he watches the subway station. When he sees the elegant butcher Mahogany in the train, Leon believes he might be a murderer and stalks him everywhere, in the beginning of his journey to the darkness.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: bloody, suspense, scary, slasher, atmospheric, psychological, suspenseful, splatter, disturbing, tense
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The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
Plot Summary:
Five college friends spend the weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 443000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, mind bending, surreal, twist ending, bloody, slasher, suspenseful, horror comedy, surprise ending, suspense