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Plot Summary:
When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal rampages. A group of people at a desolate truck stop are held hostage by a gang of homicidal 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines ... or be killed by them.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, cult classic, rough, suspenseful, black comedy, serious, psychotronic, slasher, horror comedy
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Trucks (1997)
Plot Summary:
Based on the short story by Stephen King, this tells the tale of trucks suddenly coming to life and attacking their owners.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, dark, scary, tense, bleak, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, spooky, nostalgic
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Death Racers (2008)
Plot Summary:
In a dystopian future, contestants compete in a cross-country road race in which killing is part of the game. Death Racers is an American B movie directed by Roy Knyrim and is a mockbuster of Death Race. Released direct-to-video on September 16, 2008, the film stars the Horror Core group Insane Clown Posse and wrestler Scott "Raven" Levy.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, mockbuster, scary, suspenseful, exciting, serious, slasher, fast, underground film, black comedy
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Chopping Mall (1986)
Plot Summary:
A group of teenagers that work at the mall all get together for a late night party in one of the stores. When the mall goes on lock down before they can get out, the robot security system activates after a malfunction and goes on a killing spree. One by one the three bots try to rid the mall of the "intruders". The only weapons the kids can use are the supplies in other stores, or if they can make it till morning when the mall opens back up.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: slasher, stylized, rough, serious, suspenseful, bloody, grindhouse, horror comedy, cult classic, cult 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
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The Stuff (1985)
Plot Summary:
Weird yummy goo erupts from the earth and is discovered by a couple of miners. They taste it and decide to market it because it tastes so good. The American public literally eats up the new dessert sensation now known as the Stuff but, unfortunately, it takes over the brains of those who eat it, turning them into zombie-like creatures. It is up to ex-FBI agent David Rutherford and a kid named Jason to stop the spread of the mind-devouring dessert.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, satirical, absurd, suspenseful, humorous, horror comedy, cult classic, black comedy, cult horror, retro
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Death Race 2000 (1975)
Plot Summary:
In a boorish future, the government sponsors a popular, but bloody, cross-country race in which points are scored by mowing down pedestrians. Five teams, each comprised of a male and female, compete using cars equipped with deadly weapons. Frankenstein, the mysterious returning champion, has become America's hero, but this time he has a passenger from the underground resistance.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: road movie, grindhouse, suspenseful, cult classic, humorous, entertaining, stylized, futuristic, exciting, apocalyptic
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Night of the Comet (1984)
Plot Summary:
Two girls from the Valley wake up to find that a passing comet has eradicated their world and left behind a mysterious red-dust and a pack of cannibal mutants. With the help of a friendly truck driver, the girls save the earth from a villainous "think tank," karate chop their way through flesh-eating zombies, and, of course, find time to go to the mall.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, black comedy, parody, apocalyptic, suspenseful, horror comedy, christmas horror, grindhouse, cult classic, humorous
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The Wraith (1986)
Plot Summary:
Packard Walsh and his motorized gang control and terrorize an Arizona desert town where they force drivers to drag-race so they can 'win' their vehicles. After Walsh beats the decent teenager Jamie Hankins to death after finding him with his girlfriend, a mysterious power creates Jake Kesey, an extremely cool motor-biker who has a car which is invincible. Jake befriends Jamie's girlfriend Keri Johnson, takes Jamie's sweet brother Bill under his wing and manages what Sheriff Loomis couldn't; eliminate Packard's criminal gang the hard way.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, cult classic, road movie, retro, dark, art house, sexual, action thriller
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Firestarter (1984)
Plot Summary:
As youths, Andy McGee (David Keith) and his future wife, Vicky (Heather Locklear), participated in secret experiments, allowing themselves to be subjected to mysterious medical tests. Years later, the couple's daughter, Charlie (Drew Barrymore), begins to exhibit the ability of setting fires solely with her mind. This volatile talent makes the youngster extremely dangerous and soon she becomes a target for the enigmatic agency known as "The Shop.".
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, rough, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, stylized, cult classic, retro, mind bending
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Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)
Plot Summary:
The group will face a new zombie threat as a new breed of zombie has developed. This new super-zombie type is faster, bigger, and stronger than the previous strain of zombies and harder to kill. These super-zombies have started grouping up into a horde going from city to city leaving a path of destruction behind them.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 196000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: road movie, apocalyptic, parody, funny, horror comedy, psychotronic, scary, action comedy, tense, captivating
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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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The Toxic Avenger (1984)
Plot Summary:
Tromaville has a monstrous new hero. The Toxic Avenger is born when mop boy Melvin Junko falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, dark comedy, bloody, splatter, disturbing, cult classic, horror comedy, black comedy, funny, cult horror
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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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Return of the Living Dead II (1988)
Plot Summary:
A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek out brains.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: funny, horror comedy, scary, humorous, slasher, splatter, cult classic, cult horror, classic horror, apocalyptic
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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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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
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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
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The Crazies (1973)
Plot Summary:
Citizens of a small town are infected by a biological weapon that causes its victims to become violently insane. As uninfected citizens struggle to survive, the military readies its own response.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, scary, intense, suspenseful, rough, creepy, cult classic, psychotronic, apocalyptic, black comedy
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Cell (2016)
Plot Summary:
When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodthirsty creatures, and a group of people in New England are among the survivors to deal with the ensuing chaos after.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, surreal, suspense, absurd, ambiguous ending, melancholic, grindhouse, apocalyptic, psychotronic, atmospheric
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Zombieland (2009)
Plot Summary:
Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 610000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, apocalyptic, humorous, parody, feel good, absurd, road movie, entertaining, horror comedy, not serious
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Christine (1983)
Plot Summary:
Geeky student Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind the wheel of his exotic beauty. Arnie's girlfriend Leigh and best friend Dennis reach out to him, only to be met by a Fury like no other.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 91000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic, atmospheric, slasher, creepy, grindhouse, classic horror
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Virus (1999)
Plot Summary:
When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Japan, France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, rough, bleak, suspense, apocalyptic, psychotronic, tech noir, nautical, slasher horror
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Dead and Deader (2006)
Plot Summary:
Lt. Bobby Quinn is a Special Forces commando killed during a recon mission in the Cambodian jungle. But when Quinn interrupts his own stateside autopsy, he discovers that the rest of his dead squad has been resurrected with a ravenous apetite for human flesh. Now with the help of a wisecracking cook and a sexy film geek, the part-zombie Quinn must stop the plague before it can infect the entire nation. Who holds the shocking secret behind this blood-crazed carnage? And what happens when Quinn stops gnawing on raw steak and starts chomping on the hot chick?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, semi serious, scary, suspense, humorous, fast, psychotronic, horror comedy
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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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Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Plot Summary:
A group of surviving people take refuge in a shopping center after the world has been over taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies. A remake of the 1978 zombie film of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 268000
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA, Canada, Japan, France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, splatter, atmospheric, suspenseful, creepy, bloody, apocalyptic, intense, cult classic
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Dance of the Dead (2008)
Plot Summary:
With Prom only hours away, the usual suspects of Cosa High (Cheerleaders, geeks, bad boys and the happy-go-lucky student council alike) are preoccupied with the annual rituals of teendom. On the night of the big dance when the dead unexpectedly rise to eat the living, polar opposite groups will be forced to unite in their final chance to save the town from the zombies.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, parody, bloody, atmospheric, entertaining, horror comedy, humorous, suspense, splatter, funny
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Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
Plot Summary:
Years after the Racoon City catastrophe, survivors travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. Alice joins the caravan and their fight against hordes of zombies and the evil Umbrella Corp.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 203000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA, Mexico, Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, apocalyptic, suspenseful, entertaining, exciting, suspense, splatter, action packed, serious, action adventure
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Creepshow (1982)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by the E.C. comics of the 1950s, George A. Romero and Stephen King bring five tales of terror to the screen.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anthology, dark comedy, suspenseful, grindhouse, scary, bloody, suspense, splatter, cult classic, horror comedy
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The Running Man (1987)
Plot Summary:
By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and American society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where “runners” attempt to evade “stalkers” and certain death for a chance to be pardoned and set free.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 163000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, futuristic, serious, rough, cult classic, grindhouse, apocalyptic, suspenseful, entertaining, action packed
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The Mist (2007)
Plot Summary:
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 333000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: twist ending, atmospheric, psychological, bad ending, scary, suspenseful, suspense, bleak, surprise ending, depressing