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Plot Summary:
A lakeside resort comes under attack by a seemingly infinite hoard of flesh-eating ants.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, natural horror, suspense, slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, ridiculous, cult film, disaster movie
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The Deadly Bees (1966)
Plot Summary:
Trouble strikes when an exhausted pop singer, sent on a vacation to a farm, realizes that the farm's owner grows deadly bees.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, natural horror, suspense, scary, tense, serious, realistic, surprise ending, psychotronic, campy
Similar in 88%
Legion of Fire: Killer Ants! (1998)
Plot Summary:
When a hive of deadly killer ants attack a town in Alaska, a small group races to survive and to find a way to stop the ruthless ants.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: natural horror, offbeat, humorous, semi serious
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Ben (1972)
Plot Summary:
A lonely boy becomes good friends with Ben, a rat. This rat is also the leader of a pack of vicious killer rats, killing lots of people.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, natural horror, psychotronic, controversial, grindhouse, classic horror, independent film
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Squirm (1976)
Plot Summary:
At the beginning of the film, we learn from one of the characters that earthworms can be called to the surface with electricity, but somehow it turns them into vicious flesh-eaters. Sure enough, a storm that night causes some power lines to break and touch the ground, drawing millions of man-eating worms out of the earth, and into town where they quickly start munching on the locals.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, grindhouse, natural horror, suspense, disturbing, horror comedy, perverse, pastoral, independent film
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Terror Out of the Sky (1978)
Plot Summary:
TV sequel to "The Savage Bees" featuring more rampaging insects. This time a marching band and a school bus get in the path of the bees.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 497
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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The Savage Bees (1976)
Plot Summary:
In this horror-drama the festive fun of the annual Mardi Gras celebration is brought to a halt when a swarm of African killer bees escape from a foreign freighter.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 734
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: natural horror, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, disaster movie
Similar in 81%
The Hive (2008)
Plot Summary:
When ants, displaying never-before-seen behavior, seize an island, the controversial Thorax Team is called in to stop the massive threat, only to discover that the ants are controlled by something beyond this world.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, suspense, hilarious, natural horror
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The Pool (2018)
Plot Summary:
Left alone to clean up a 6-meter-deep deserted pool, Day falls asleep on an inflatable raft. When he wakes, the water level has sunk so low that he can't climb out on his own. Stuck in the pool, Day screams for help, but the only thing that hears him is a creature from a nearby crocodile farm.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, serious, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, weird
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Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare (1995)
Plot Summary:
When Bees attack an isolated country house, a family must stick together to survive.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 999
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: dark, natural horror, scary, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, nostalgic
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Locusts: The 8th Plague (2005)
Plot Summary:
A group of scientists try to stop a swarm of flesh-eating locusts that escape from a top secret government lab in the USA Midwest.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 947
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, scary, psychotronic
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12 Days of Terror (2004)
Plot Summary:
July of 1916 was a time of record heat, a polio epidemic, and a World War in Europe. But beachgoers in New Jersey are threatened by a even greater terror: a shark that has suddenly developed a taste for human flesh. Starting July 1st and lasting over a period of 12 days, the unidentified shark kills four people and seriously injures a fifth before the attacks stop, and threatens New Jersey's thriving tourist industry. Based on true events, and one of the inspirations behind Peter Benchley's Jaws.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, natural horror, psychotronic
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Killer Bees (2002)
Plot Summary:
A sheriff tries to save unsuspecting townspeople, including his estranged wife and young daughter, from a deadly swarm.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 948
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, serious, scary, psychotronic
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Day of the Animals (1977)
Plot Summary:
The depletion of the earth's ozone layer causes animals above the altitude of 5000 feet to run amok, which is very unfortunate for a group of hikers who get dropped off up there by helicopter just before the quarantine is announced.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, scary, natural horror, disturbing, psychotronic, independent film, tension, serious, suspense
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Empire of the Ants (1977)
Plot Summary:
Sleazy scam artist Joan Collins tries to sell phony real estate deals down in the Florida everglades. What she and her unsuspecting buyers don't know is the area has been taken over by giant ants!.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, intense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, grindhouse, suspense, gothic horror, cult classic
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Grizzly (1976)
Plot Summary:
A fifteen-foot grizzly bear figures out that humans make for a tasty treat. As a park ranger tries rallying his men to bring about the bear's capture or destruction, his efforts are thwarted by the introduction of dozens of drunken hunters into the area.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, natural horror, serious, suspenseful, slasher, independent film, suspense, funny, retro, gothic horror
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Phase IV (1974)
Plot Summary:
Arizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, natural horror, psychotronic, mystical, atmospheric, surreal, splatter, art house, grindhouse, deep
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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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The Rats (2002)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, tense, natural horror, suspense, classic horror, wild, campy
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The Cavern (2005)
Plot Summary:
8 explorers trapped in a Russian cave system are hunted by an unknown presence.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, slasher, rough, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending
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Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978)
Plot Summary:
A dog that is a minion of Satan terrorizes a suburban family.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, psychotronic, gothic horror, classic horror, spooky, natural horror, serious
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Bugs (2003)
Plot Summary:
A cop on the track of a criminal finds himself in the midst of an unfinished subway tunnel, when his flashlight reveals a startling discovery: a three metre long scorpion-like Bug. With one slice of its massive tail the bug fells the man and devours him. FBI agent Matt Pollack is brought in to investigate, and when forensics reveal the source of the problem, he turns to his friend and entomologist Emily Foster for help. Her studies have chilling results. Matt and a team of crack SWAT commandos must go down and rid the underground of its evil predators. Once in the tunnel, the team is attacked by an army of the creatures. They retaliate with massive firepower, causing the collapse of the tunnel entrance. Their only way out is ten miles ahead through an emergency exit. Matt and his team must get there and exterminate the bugs before they escape into the city causing chaos and destruction.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 862
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, suspenseful, tense, natural horror, slasher
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Caved In (2006)
Plot Summary:
An extreme adventure tour group headed by deep caving expert John Palmer descends into a 2000 Ft abandoned salt mine , that was mysteriously closed down years ago after an unexplained disaster trapped all of the miners . They prepare for rock slides , blackouts , cave-ins - whatever might threaten their journey and commence their descent into the depths.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, suspenseful, scary, serious, natural horror, suspense, disaster movie
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Shark Swarm (2008)
Plot Summary:
A fisherman and his family fight to take down a greedy real estate developer who has released toxins into the ocean, turning the area's sharks into bloodthirsty hunters.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, natural horror, scary, psychotronic
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Bats (1999)
Plot Summary:
Genetically mutated bats escape and it's up to a bat expert and the local sheriff to stop them.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, intense, rough, suspenseful, natural horror, psychotronic, retro, dark, slasher, saga
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They Crawl (2001)
Plot Summary:
A computer whiz named 'Bean' is among several people found dead with strange striations, odd puncture wounds and missing internal organs. Bean's brother Ted teams up with detective Gina to get to the bottom of it. With the help of a computer hacker, they find a blueprint that reveals the killer who has been terrorizing the city...a rampaging posse of genetically mutated cockroaches!.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 792
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, scary, detective, natural horror
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Swarmed (2005)
Plot Summary:
Residents of a small town find themselves battling a swarm of wasps which has been sprayed by a super pesticide.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: natural horror, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, apocalyptic, disaster movie
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Locusts (2005)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Maddy Rierdon, an investigator for the Department of Agriculture, is the only person who can protect America from a deadly breed of bioengineered locusts.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Horror, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, serious, natural horror, fast, psychotronic, scary, rough, disaster movie
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Spring Break Shark Attack (2005)
Plot Summary:
A young teenager travels to Florida, unknowing that a group of dangerous tiger sharks are ravaging the beach.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, suspense, scary, realistic, campy, disaster movie
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Orca (1977)
Plot Summary:
After witnessing the killing of his mate and offspring at Captain Nolan's hands, a vengeful killer whale goes on a rampage in the fisherman's Newfoundland harbor. Under pressure from the villagers, Nolan, Rachel and Umilak sail after the great beast, who will meet them on its own turf.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands, Italy, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, scary, independent film, grindhouse, depressing, gothic horror, nautical
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Spiders (2000)
Plot Summary:
A DNA experiment on a rare breed of spider is taking place on a NASA space shuttle, when a freak meteor shower engulfs the shuttle, causing everything to go horribly wrong. One survivor is found on the ship and watched over in a secret location deep in the California desert. The problem continues, as the survivor isn't alone, as another deadly spiders climbs out of him and goes on a rampage around the ship. Curious reporter Marci Eyre must now survive, escape and warn everyone before the spider reaches outside the desert.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, serious, scary, rough, bleak, psychotronic, natural horror, spooky
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