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Plot Summary:
A tourist resort in Africa finds itself at the mercy of a huge man-eating crocodile from a local native legend which the croc is the incarnation of a native god angered by the intrusion of the tourists on its nesting ground. After a new natives are killed and eaten, they naturally blame the tourists and set out to kill them while the survivors try to rally on a boat with the hungry crocodile in the water, and the blood-thirsty natives on land waiting for them.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, grindhouse, natural horror, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, wild, cult film
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Fear of Crocodile (1978)
Plot Summary:
A giant crocodile is terrorizing Thai villagers. A group of adventurers set out by boat to track it down and kill it.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Horror
Country: South Korea, Thailand, Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: wild
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Killer Crocodile (1989)
Plot Summary:
A group of environmentalists arrives at a faraway tropical delta where toxic waste is being dumped. However the water also hides a giant crocodile. The corrupt local officials don't help much either.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: natural horror, suspense, independent film, wild, cult film
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Eaten Alive (1976)
Plot Summary:
A psychotic redneck who owns a dilapidated hotel in the backwater swamps of Louisiana kills various people who upset him or his business, and he feeds their bodies to a large crocodile that he keeps as a pet in the swamp beside his hotel.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, humorous, semi serious, suspenseful, surreal, natural horror, disturbing, grindhouse, slasher horror
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Ebola Rex (2021)
Plot Summary:
During a "Dino Lives Matter" protest, a captive Tyrannosaurus Rex is injected with the Ebola Virus by a crazed protester and escapes a lab to wreak havoc in Southern California. It's up to an fearless General and a obsessed, renegade Soldier to stop it.
IMDB Rating: 2.0
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disaster movie
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Crocodile (1979)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Akom and Dr. Roger are planning a family vacation at the beach, but their trip turns to tragedy when three people from their family turn up missing. After the bodies are discovered, the Doctors examine the remains of their family members and determine a giant crocodile had ripped through their bodies. They set out to destroy the crocodile at all costs, Dr. Akom hires an expert to kill the beast but it is too large to be hunted and trapped. Soon the giant, ravenous crocodile devours dozens of the local people and after a long search they find the monstrous crocodile, and do everything to blow it to bits.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 319
Genere: Horror
Country: Thailand
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: natural horror, scary, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, wild
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Abominable (2020)
Plot Summary:
A research team embarks on a journey to obtain a plant that can advance medical research by centuries. While stumbling upon clues of the previous expedition, they discover that a Yeti creature lurks within the Himalayan mountains and will do anything to protect its terrain.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Willard (1971)
Plot Summary:
A social misfit, Willard is made fun of by his co-workers, and squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father by his boss. His only friends are a couple of rats he raised at home, Ben and Socrates. (And their increasing number of friends) However, when one of them is killed at work, he goes on a rampage using his rats to attack those who have been tormenting him.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, suspenseful, natural horror, captivating, grindhouse, controversial, classic horror, tense, serious
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Apex Predators (2021)
Plot Summary:
The bodies of beach goers begin washing ashore during the grand opening of a new resort. The town Mayor (Mel Novak) attempts to cover it up with dire results.
IMDB Rating: 1.4
IMDB Votes: 445
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative
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Screamers (1979)
Plot Summary:
Aquatic creatures threaten the existence of a mysterious island.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, scary, serious, suspenseful, lovecraft, retro, suspense, gothic horror, classic horror, psychotronic
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The Mountain of the Cannibal God (1978)
Plot Summary:
A girl and her brother fly to New Guinea to look for a lost expedition, led by her husband, which has vanished in the great jungle.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, epic, suspense, slasher, disturbing, sensual, creepy, terrifying, queer horror, scary
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The Last Shark (1981)
Plot Summary:
An enormous and angry 35 foot Great White Shark takes revenge on humans when they build a beach just for swimmers by a coastal town. After several shark attacks, and the Mayor does nothing to stop it, James Franisscus and Vic Morrow sail in pursuit to stop it.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: natural horror, grindhouse, mockbuster, cult classic, scary, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Crocodile (2000)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends including Brady Turner, Claire and Duncan McKay go out on a boat trip on a lake in Southern California, but their joyful weekend turns into horror, when a giant killer crocodile searching for its stolen eggs, picks off anyone who gets in its way. Can they all escape in one piece or will they slowly and painfully fall to the mammoth reptile.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, rough, natural horror, exciting, suspense, slasher, horror comedy, disgusting, independent film
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Primeval (2007)
Plot Summary:
A news team is sent to Burundi to capture and bring home a legendary 25-foot crocodile. Their difficult task turns potentially deadly when a warlord targets them for death.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Horror, War
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, suspenseful, rough, serious, natural horror, perverse, realistic, tense, brutal
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Frankenfish (2004)
Plot Summary:
When the body of a man is found completely destroyed in the swamps in Louisiana, the medical investigator Sam Rivers is assigned to investigate the murder. He travels with the biologist Mary Callahan to the location where the victim lived in a floating house and he meets his family and friends. They find that Chinese snake-heads genetically engineered that belong to a wealthy hunter are attacking and killing the locals. While the group fights to survive, the hunter Jeff arrives with his team to hunt the predators.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, suspenseful, rough, natural horror, spooky, queer horror, serious, slasher, splatter
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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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Alligator II: The Mutation (1991)
Plot Summary:
A giant mutated alligator runs riot in a small town after the sewer system washes it into a lake.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: natural horror, independent film, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, wild, cult film
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Piranha Part Two: The Spawning (1982)
Plot Summary:
A scuba diving instructor, her biochemist boyfriend, and her police chief ex-husband try to link a series of bizarre deaths to a mutant strain of piranha fish whose lair is a sunken freighter ship off a Caribbean island resort.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, natural horror, spoof, perverse, independent film, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Blood Surf (2000)
Plot Summary:
A sleazy producer develops a concept he dubs "blood surfing" -- tossing bloody fish remains into the water to lure sharks and then surfing through the animals as they chomp about. Along with his camerawoman, the producer brings two thrill-seeking surfers to the coast of Florida to capture some gnarly footage. But, as they blood surf, they encounter something even more deadly: a colossal prehistoric crocodile intent on devouring them.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, serious, natural horror, suspense, perverse, scary, psychotronic, prehistoric
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Crocodile 2: Death Swamp (2002)
Plot Summary:
After a bank robbery, four criminals escape to Mexico, but a storm causes an accident which takes down the plane where several die in the crash. The criminals take it into their own hands to continue when one survivor is attacked and eaten by a crocodile. The criminals kill it, but from then on the mother Crocodile is on a killing spree with a goal to kill each survivor. But that is not the only worry, because they're trapped within it's world, and if it doesn't kill them, the criminals will.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, scary, rough, suspenseful, exciting, natural horror, slasher, independent film, realistic, psychotronic
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Supergator (2006)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 990
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, scary, tense, natural horror, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, fast
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Croc (2007)
Plot Summary:
A large man-eating crocodile terrorizes tourists and locals near Krabi, in Thailand. Michael Madsen plays a hunter stalking the immense reptile, while sub-plots include a rivalry between a foreigner, who owns a crocodile-farm, and a Thai man who plays a part in framing the foreigner for the crocodile's rampage.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, natural horror, tense, disturbing, captivating, rough, serious, psychotronic
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Chupacabra Terror (2005)
Plot Summary:
Cryptozoologist Doctor Peña traps the legendary Chupacabra on a remote Caribbean Island to make his name in the scientific community. When he smuggles it aboard the cruise ship Regent Queen, commanded by Captain Randolph, the monster breaks out of the cargo hold and makes a smorgasbord out of the passengers and crew.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, suspenseful, dark, mockbuster, exciting, serious, fast, psychotronic
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Creature (2011)
Plot Summary:
An ex-Navy seal (Mehcad Brooks), his girlfriend (Serinda Swan) and their friends head out on a road trip to New Orleans. The group decides to stop at a roadside convenience store owned by Chopper (Sid Haig), who tells them the tale of Lockjaw, a fabled god-like creature who is half-man, half-alligator.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, psychotronic, independent film, suspense, retro, scenic, grindhouse
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Jaws of Satan (1981)
Plot Summary:
A preacher whose ancestors were Druids battles Satan, who has taken the form of a huge snake.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 919
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, rough, suspenseful, satanic, natural horror, independent film, serious, psychotronic
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It Waits (2005)
Plot Summary:
A lone female park ranger tries to track down a vicious creature killing various people and terrorizing her at a remote national park.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, serious, suspenseful, slasher, scary, splatter, psychotronic, corny
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Zombie (1979)
Plot Summary:
A zombie is found aboard a boat off the New York coast which belongs to a famous scientist. A journalist travels to the Antilles with the daughter of the scientist. They discover a terrifying disease which is turning the islanders into horrifying zombies, who devour human flesh and seem indestructible.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, disturbing, bloody, scary, slasher, splatter, atmospheric, gothic, brutal, creepy
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Black Water (2007)
Plot Summary:
A terrifying tale of survival in the mangrove swamps of Northern Australia.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, christmas horror, natural horror, dark, intense, grindhouse
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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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Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
Plot Summary:
The blood orchid - A rare flower that holds the secret of eternal life and a fortune to the pharmaceutical company that finds it. Led by a two-fisted soldier of fortune, a scientific expedition is sent deep into the jungles of Borneo to locate and bring back samples of the legendary plant. Battling their way upriver, the explorers brave poisonous insects, ferocious crocodiles and savage headhunters, unaware they're being stalked by an even greater danger: a nest of giant anacondas, voracious, fifty-foot-long flesh-eaters who'll stop at nothing to protect their breeding ground, the blood orchid's home.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, intense, suspenseful, exciting, natural horror, dark, saga, perverse, rough
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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