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Plot Summary:
A space shuttle mission investigating Halley's Comet brings back a malevolent race of space vampires who transform most of London's population into zombies. The only survivor of the expedition and British authorities attempt to capture a mysterious but beautiful alien woman who appears responsible.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Action, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, intense, erotic, scary, rough, serious, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic, retro
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Five Million Years to Earth (1967)
Plot Summary:
An ancient Martian spaceship is unearthed in London, and proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, classic horror, suspenseful, talky, grindhouse, lovecraft, scary, mind bending, slasher, gothic horror
Similar in 77%
Turkey Shoot (1982)
Plot Summary:
In the near future, after an unspecified holocaust, survivors are herded into prison camps. There, they are hunted for sport by the leaders of the camp. Paul, one of the newest prisoners, is determined not to go down as quietly as the others.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, apocalyptic, cult classic, psychotronic, bloody, slasher, mysterious, surreal, art house, cult horror
Similar in 78%
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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House of the Dead 2 (2005)
Plot Summary:
In Guesta Verde University, the deranged Professor Curien is trying to bring back the dead, killing students for the experiment. There is an outbreak of zombies in the campus, and the government sends a NSA medical research team, formed by Dr. Alexandra Morgan a.k.a. Nightingale and lieutenant Ellis, with a special force leaded by lieutenant Dalton, trying to get the zero sample from the first generation zombie. The team has a very short time to accomplish their mission and leave the place before missiles are sent to destroy the area. However, the place is crowded of hyper sapiens and the group has to fight to survive.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic, suspense, classic horror, spectacular, fast
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Forbidden World (1982)
Plot Summary:
In the distant future, a federation marshal arrives at a research lab on a remote planet where a genetic experiment has gotten loose and begins feeding on the dwindling scientific group.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, space horror, scary, grindhouse, erotic, disturbing, medical horror, cult classic, lovecraft
Similar in 85%
Starman (1984)
Plot Summary:
An alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona. The government tries to stop them.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: road movie, touching, spiritual, anamorphic, suspense, erotic, mystical, inspirational, thought provoking, feel good
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Ghosts of Mars (2001)
Plot Summary:
Melanie Ballard (Natasha Henstridge) is a hard nosed police chief in the year 2025. She and a police snatch squad are sent to Mars to apprehend a dangerous criminal James Williams (Ice Cube). Mars has been occupied by humans for some time and they have set up mining facilities. The mining activities on Mars have unleashed the spirits of alien beings who gradually possess the bodies of the workers. It soon turns out that catching the dangerous fugitive takes a back seat as the alien spirits begin to rid their planet of the 'invaders'.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, futuristic, stylized, cult classic, suspenseful, rough, splatter, action packed, space horror
Similar in 82%
Species (1995)
Plot Summary:
In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to an armour-plated killing machine in the blink of an eye.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 84000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, sexy, erotic, suspenseful, futuristic, exciting, sexual, slasher horror, disturbing
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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
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Alien Raiders (2008)
Plot Summary:
It's the end of yet another night at Hastings Supermarket, a grocery store in Buck Lake, Arizona. But just before closing, a group of masked and armed to the teeth militants invades the store and take everyone hostage.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, tense, exciting, christmas horror, intense, captivating, futuristic, cult classic
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Vampires (1998)
Plot Summary:
The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to exist in sunlight.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: scary, bloody, rough, suspense, splatter, cult classic, exciting, stylized, gothic, retro
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Species II (1998)
Plot Summary:
Having just returned from a mission to Mars, Commander Ross isn't exactly himself. He's slowly becoming a terrifying alien entity with one goal -- to procreate with human women! When countless women suffer gruesome deaths after bearing half-alien offspring, scientist Laura Baker and hired assassin Press Lennox use Eve, a more tempered alien clone, to find Ross and his brood. Before long Eve escapes to mate with Ross.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sexy, scary, rough, futuristic, suspenseful, suspense, psychotronic, mystical, dark, mystic
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The Puppet Masters (1994)
Plot Summary:
The Earth is invaded by alien parasites aka "slugs" that ride on people's backs and control their minds. A trio of American government agents attempt to thwart this.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, futuristic, cerebral, epic, apocalyptic, anamorphic, action adventure, space horror, serious
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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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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
Similar in 76%
The Recall (2017)
Plot Summary:
When five friends vacation at a remote lake house, they expect nothing less then a good time, unaware that Earth is under attack by an alien invasion and mass-abductions.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, tense, psychedelic, apocalyptic, disgusting, light, surprise ending
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Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2007)
Plot Summary:
A sequel to 2004's Alien vs. Predator, the iconic creatures from two of the scariest film franchises in movie history wage their most brutal battle ever - in our own backyard. The small town of Gunnison, Colorado becomes a war zone between two of the deadliest extra-terrestrial life forms - the Alien and the Predator. When a Predator scout ship crash-lands in the hills outside the town, Alien Facehuggers and a hybrid Alien/Predator are released and begin to terrorize the town.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 131000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, serious, scary, suspenseful, splatter, action packed, saga, apocalyptic, psychological thriller
Similar in 81%
Pandorum (2009)
Plot Summary:
Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 158000
Genere: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: futuristic, scary, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, psychological, twist ending, clever, dark
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The Hidden (1987)
Plot Summary:
An alien is on the run in America. To get his kicks, it kills anything that gets in its way, and uses the body as a new hiding place. This alien has a goal in life; power. Hotly pursued by another alien (who's borrowed the body of a dead FBI agent), lots of innocent people die in the chase.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, surprise ending, atmospheric, stylized, serious, cult classic, intense, detective
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Dark Breed (1996)
Plot Summary:
Captain Saxon, and agent for the top secret Omega agency, has been given the assignment of tracking down and either capturing or killing the crew members of a secret space mission who returned to Earth against orders. It seems that they were all infected with an alien parasite, and they were trying to bring its eggs back to Earth. The eggs were lost in an accident, and both Saxon and the astronauts are trying to locate them. What could the government want them for?.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 684
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, scary, suspense, independent film, serious, fast, surprise ending, psychotronic
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Day of the Dead (2008)
Plot Summary:
Day of the Dead is a horror film which is nominally a quasi-remake of George A. Romero's classic zombie film of the same name, which was the third in Romero's Dead series. The film is directed by Steve Miner (who also directed Friday the 13th Part 2 & 3 and Halloween H20: 20 Years Later) and written by Jeffrey Reddick.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, stylized, rough, intense, apocalyptic, retro, dark, scenic, classic horror
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Alien Resurrection (1997)
Plot Summary:
Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from reaching Earth.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 260000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: futuristic, scary, suspense, suspenseful, saga, splatter, action packed, bleak, epic, slasher
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Doomsday (2008)
Plot Summary:
A lethal virus spreads throughout the British isles,infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. To contain the threat, acting authorities brutally quarantine the country as it succumbs to fear and chaos. The quarantine is successful. Three decades later, the Reaper virus violently resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined country to retrieve a cure by any means necessary. Shut off from the rest of the world, the unit must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, South Africa, Germany
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, apocalyptic, suspenseful, rough, grindhouse, serious, road movie, splatter, cult classic
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Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
Plot Summary:
As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice joins a small band of elite soldiers, enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of the creator of the mutating T-virus. It's a heart-pounding race against time as the group faces off against hordes of blood- thirsty zombies, stealthy Lickers, mutant canines and the most sinister foe yet.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 208000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK, USA, Canada, France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, gothic, scary, suspense, splatter, action packed, exciting, rough, serious, stylized
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Event Horizon (1997)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2047 a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the long lost starship "Event Horizon". The ship disappeared mysteriously 7 years before on its maiden voyage and with its return comes even more mystery as the crew of the "Lewis and Clark" discover the real truth behind its disappearance and something even more terrifying.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 194000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, futuristic, bleak, space horror, exciting, lovecraft, suspense, disturbing, atmospheric
Similar in 84%
The Thing (1982)
Plot Summary:
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people it kills.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 456000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, tense, dark, bloody, creepy, lovecraft
Similar in 87%
Alien (1979)
Plot Summary:
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 931000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, minimal cast, frightening, captivating, creepy, visually stunning, atmospheric
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Ad Astra (2019)
Plot Summary:
An astronaut travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of our planet. He uncovers secrets which challenge the nature of human existence and our place in the cosmos.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 256000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Brazil
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, futuristic, touching, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, psychotronic, philosophical, fairy tale
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Starship Troopers (1997)
Plot Summary:
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs".
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 313000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: futuristic, stylized, entertaining, cult classic, bloody, exciting, allegory, action packed, parody, epic
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Aliens (1986)
Plot Summary:
When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is lost with the planet and colonists. They enlist Ripley and the colonial marines to return and search for answers.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 750000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: scary, futuristic, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, space horror, epic, atmospheric, tense, creepy