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Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Plot Summary:
Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life and make strenuous attempts to snack on ordinary Londoners
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 585000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK, France, USA
Plot tags: zombie, dark humor, zombie apocalypse, zombie attack, pub, supernatural, zombie violence, zombie outbreak, siege, misfit, zombie survival, buddy, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friends, gore, living dead, flesh eating zombie, chases and races, race against time, chase, survival, end of the world, epidemic, undead, infected
Saw (2004)
Plot Summary:
Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer abducts the morally wayward. Once captured, they must face impossible choices in a horrific game of survival. The victims must fight to win their lives back, or die trying
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 459000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: torture, macabre, gory, serial killer, mind game, plot twist, survival horror, trap, violent, psychopath, fear, trapped, locked in a room, extreme violence, twists and turns, survival, insanity, game of death, deathtrap, characters killed one by one, sadism, captivity, violence, isolation, confined
Survive Style 5+ (2004)
Plot Summary:
A man continually trying and failing to get his wife to stay dead; a self-absorbed ad agency creative director who comes up with one unworkably inane idea after another; a British hitman who only wants to know everyone's function in life; and an unfortunate office worker and father whose brain is left scrambled after a stage hypnotist is murdered in mid-performance
Duration: 120 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: hitman, murder, hypnosis, losing-it hero, social relations, dark humor, multiple storylines, surrealism, undead, gay, mysticism, giant monster, stoner, humour, trippy, human relationship, asian prostitute, kaiju, masturbation, gay slur, new year, translator, sleazy, disorder, bodies
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
Duration: 101 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 268000
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA, Canada, Japan, France
Plot tags: zombie, apocalypse, virus, zombie apocalypse, survival, living dead, post apocalypse, plague, infected, terror, zombie attack, survival horror, walking dead, gory, infection, violence, shopping mall, zombie outbreak, chaos and mayhem, zombification, group of strangers, undead, american horror, gore, isolation
Shutter (2004)
Plot Summary:
A young photographer and his girlfriend discover mysterious shadows in their photographs after a tragic accident. They soon learn that you can not escape your past
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Plot tags: ghost, revenge, supernatural, nightmare, photograph, photographer, car accident, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, macabre, suicide, spirit, secret lover, dark past, blood, photography, rape, gang rape, darkroom, gory, vengeance, brutality, haunted house, life & death, danger, uncover truth
Three... Extremes (2004)
Plot Summary:
“Three” is an anthology of three horror shorts from three different Asian countries.In "Dumplings" an aging actress wishing to reclaim her youth goes to a woman who makes dumplings that supposedly have regenerative properties; however, they contain a gruesome secret ingredient. In "Box" a soft spoken young woman has a bizarre recurring nightmare about being buried in a box in the snow. Searching for her long lost sister, she realizes her dreams and reality may possibly be connected. In "The Cut" a successful film director and his wife are kidnapped by an extra, who forces the director to play his sadistic games. If he fails, his wife’s fingers will be chopped off one by one every five minutes
Duration: 126 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Horror
Country: Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea
Plot tags: cannibalism, gory, murder, macabre, extreme, danger, spouse in danger, gore, body horror, violent, cannibal, vengeance, betrayal, jealousy, torture, blood, guilt, cruelty, ghost, evil, fear, darkness, asian, nightmare, hardcore
Hellboy (2004)
Plot Summary:
In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before a demon - Hellboy - has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces, Hellboy eventually grows to adulthood, serving the cause of good rather than evil
Duration: 122 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 345000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: supernatural, monster, superhero, good versus evil, supernatural ability, demon, occult, undercover, danger, goth, comic hero, mutant, steampunk, comic book, apocalypse, superhuman powers, devil, paranormal activity, superpower, fantasy world, vigilante, creature, world war two, assassin, escapades
Dumplings (2004)
Plot Summary:
A rich woman, Mrs. Li, is losing her attractiveness and longs for passion with her husband, who is having an affair with his younger and more attractive masseuse. In order to boost her image, she seeks out the help of Aunt Mei, a local chef. Mei cooks her some special dumplings which she claims to be effective for rejuvenation, but these dumplings hide a terrible secret
Duration: 91 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Plot tags: cannibalism, macabre, obsession, violent, abortion, food, aging, starlet, extreme, career change, torture, cannibal, pregnant teenager, dark humor, husband wife relationship, fetus, restaurant, body horror, masseuse, ghost, medical, homeless, poverty, inspiration, gluttony
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004)
Plot Summary:
Brigitte has escaped the confines of Bailey Downs but she's not alone. Another werewolf is tailing her closely and her sister's specter haunts her. An overdose of Monkshood - the poison that is keeping her transformation at bay - leads to her being incarcerated in a rehabilitation clinic for drug addicts where her only friend is an eccentric young girl by the name of Ghost
Duration: 94 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Plot tags: werewolf, beast, female werewolf, masturbation, supernatural, murder, gory, hospital, teenage life, creature feature, danger, on the run, female masturbation, evil child, curses spells and rituals, macabre, mental illness, body horror, transformation, winter, supernatural being, drug abuse, attic, snow, siblings relations
Night Watch (2004)
Plot Summary:
Among normal humans live the "Others" possessing various supernatural powers. They are divided up into the forces of light and the forces of the dark, who signed a truce several centuries ago to end a devastating battle. Ever since, the forces of light govern the day while the night belongs to their dark opponents. In modern day Moscow the dark Others actually roam the night as vampires while a "Night Watch" of light forces, among them Anton, the movie's protagonist, try to control them and limit their outrage
Duration: 114 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Plot tags: supernatural, vampire, good versus evil, curses spells and rituals, witchcraft, witch, death, dystopia, supernatural power, monster, brutality, struggle, demon, fight, alternate reality, betrayal, danger, fight scenes, end of the world, black magic, supernatural ability, heroes, ancient, imaginary, uninhibited rivalry
Mindhunters (2004)
Plot Summary:
Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, UK, Finland, USA
Plot tags: serial killer, mind game, island, twists and turns, trap, investigation, survival, profiler, psycho killer, murder, bloody violence, killing spree, confined, sociopath, characters killed one by one, fbi agent, violence, unknown killer, mystery killer, sadistic psychopath, betrayal, murderer, fbi, psychopath, dishonesty
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
Duration: 94 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 208000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK, USA, Canada, France
Plot tags: zombie, monster, zombie apocalypse, end of the world, post apocalypse, apocalypse, virus, mutant, distopia, survival horror, survival, evil corporation, undead, supernatural, heroes, chase, one woman army, dark heroine, strong female lead, resident evil, superhero, heroine, rescue, martial arts, disaster
The Ordeal (2004)
Plot Summary:
A few days before Christmas, traveling entertainer Marc Stevens is stuck at nightfall in a remote wood in the swampy Hautes Fagnes region of Liège, his van conked out. An odd chap who's looking for a lost dog leads Marc to a shuttered inn
Duration: 88 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Plot tags: rape, psychopath, surrealism, gory, village, sadism, extreme, isolation, danger, mentally unstable, backwoods, redneck, christmas, singer, swamp, van, woods, serial killer, macabre, blood, slow burn, xmas, survival, gay, ghost
The Grudge (2004)
Plot Summary:
American nurse, Karen Davis moves to Tokyo and encounters a vengeful supernatural spirit known as The Grudge that often possesses its victims. When a series of horrifying and mysterious deaths occur – with the spirit passing its curse onto each victim - Karen must find away to break the spell before she becomes the spirit's next victim
Duration: 91 min
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10
IMDB Votes: 150000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Plot tags: ghost, haunted house, supernatural, curse, gory, murder, imaginary, paranormal activity, medical, suicide, haunted, vengeance, scared, death, blood, haunting, spirit, creepy kid, gore, violence against women, family curse, violence, fear, terror, travel
Suspect Zero (2004)
Plot Summary:
A killer is on the loose, and an FBI agent sifts through clues and learns that the bloodthirsty felon's victims of choice are other serial killers
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 5.8/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Plot tags: serial killer, murder, investigation, police investigation, profiler, obsession, fbi, justice, brutality, mental illness, murder mystery, plot twist, killer, vigilante, law enforcement, psychic power, vigilantism, mind game, psychic, supernatural, twists and turns, murder investigation, rape, police, violence
Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004)
Plot Summary:
Set in 19th Century Canada, Brigette and her sister Ginger take refuge in a Traders' Fort which later becomes under siege by some savage werewolves. And an enigmatic Indian hunter decides to help the girls, but one of the girls has been bitten by a werewolf. Brigitte and Ginger may have no one to turn to but themselves
Duration: 94 min
IMDB Rating: 5.8/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Plot tags: werewolf, supernatural, female werewolf, transformation, mythical creature, wilderness, snow, sister, danger, curses spells and rituals, winter, beast, sisters, creature feature, sister sister relationship, gory, destiny, eaten alive, dark heroine, supernatural being, body horror, native american, monster, blood, wolf
Blade: Trinity (2004)
Plot Summary:
For years, Blade has fought against the vampires in the cover of the night. But now, after falling into the crosshairs of the FBI, he is forced out into the daylight, where he is driven to join forces with a clan of human vampire hunters he never knew existed - The Nightstalkers. Together with Abigail and Hannibal, two deftly trained Nightstalkers, Blade follows a trail of blood to the ancient creature that is also hunting him, the original vampire, Dracula
Duration: 113 min
IMDB Rating: 5.8/10
IMDB Votes: 186000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: vampire, superhero, dracula, katana, vampire slayer, immortality, vampire hunter, supernatural, heroes, comic book, vampire vs vampire, good versus evil, blood, female vampire, transformation, martial arts, master warrior, mutant, vigilante, sword fight, avenger, imaginary, mythology, lone hero, multiverse
AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)
Plot Summary:
When scientists discover something in the Arctic that appears to be a buried Pyramid, they send a research team out to investigate. Little do they know that they are about to step into a hunting ground where Aliens are grown as sport for the Predator race
Duration: 101 min
IMDB Rating: 5.7/10
IMDB Votes: 209000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Germany, Canada, USA
Plot tags: alien, monster, deadly creature, save the world, survival, predator, space, alien invasion, apocalypse, evil alien, first contact, creature, human sacrifice, cloning, creature feature, pyramid, danger, chaos and mayhem, heroic mission, winter, crossover, twists and turns, gory, cocoon, monster versus monster
Club Dread (2004)
Plot Summary:
When a serial killer interrupts the fun at the swanky Coconut Pete's Coconut Beach Resort -- a hedonistic island paradise for swingers --- it's up to the club's staff to stop the violence ... or at least hide it!
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 5.7/10
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Plot tags: serial killer, farce, island, masked killer, resort, machete, murder, nothing goes right, goofy hero, blood, satire, isolation, danger, buddies, voyeur, characters killed one by one, twists and turns, gory, guts, sex, party, marijuana, beach, gore, whodunit
Dead Birds (2004)
Plot Summary:
A group of Confederate soldiers who hole up in an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank, and find themselves at the mercy of supernatural forces
Duration: 91 min
IMDB Rating: 5.6/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Plot tags: supernatural, demon, civil war, supernatural ability, torture, gory, monster, black magic, american civil war, ghost, violence, survival, brutality, haunted house, danger, curses spells and rituals, macabre, cowboy, military, zombie, bank robbery, paranormal, haunted, heroes, blood
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
Duration: 85 min
IMDB Rating: 5.6/10
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Plot tags: tunnel, subway, gory, torture, chase, violent, woman in danger, macabre, insanity, deadly creature, murder, blood, monster, brutality, gore, danger, female protagonist, train, supernatural, serial killer, cannibalism, railway, creature, survival, stalking
The Stepford Wives (2004)
Plot Summary:
What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech, terrifying little town
Duration: 93 min
IMDB Rating: 5.3/10
IMDB Votes: 69000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: housewife, women, battle of the sexes, transformation, robot, suburban life, androids, twists and turns, gender, brainwashing, friendship, suburbs, stereotypes, uncover truth, dishonesty, couple relations, cyborgs, writers, lifestyle, husband wife relationship, small town, dark humor, machine, conspiracy, american dream
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004)
Plot Summary:
This prequel of the bone-chilling Tremors begins in the town of Rejection, Nev., in 1889, where 17 men die under mysterious circumstances. Spooked by recent events, the miners who populate the town leave in droves until there's nothing left but a shell of a community. It's up to the remaining residents to get to the bottom of the deaths -- but they must do so before they, too, are eradicated off the face of the planet
Duration: 101 min
IMDB Rating: 5.3/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Plot tags: small town, creature, wild west, creature feature, chase, life & death, redemption, giant monster, supernatural, escapades, goofy hero, human versus monster, rescue, rivalry, danger, heroic mission, monster, cowboy, kaiju, fictional city, giant creature, survival, apocalypse, alien, serial killer
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
Plot Summary:
When Mystery, Inc. are guests of honor at the grand opening of the Coolsville Museum of Criminology, a masked villain shows up and creates havoc before stealing the costumes of the gang's most notorious villains...Could it be that their nemesis, mad scientist Jonathan Jacobo has returned and is trying to recreate their deadliest foes?
Duration: 93 min
IMDB Rating: 5.2/10
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: monster, dog, scooby doo, ghost, silly humor, investigation, pets, rescue, vengeance, partner, amateur detective, buddies, goofy hero, heroic mission, supernatural, good versus evil, revenge, fight, teenager, occult, chase, talking animal, halloween, teenage girl, kids and family
Riding the Bullet (2004)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1969, Alan Parker (Jackson) is a young artist, studying at the University of Maine. He becomes obsessed with death, and believing he is losing his girlfriend, Jessica (Christensen), he tries to commit suicide on his birthday but his friends manage to stop him, and he recovers. He receives news that his mother is dying and decides to hitchhike, in an attempt to reach his dying mom
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 5.2/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Plot tags: macabre, life & death, stephen king, destiny, halloween, ghost, on the road, hitchhiker, death, brutality, road trip, psychopath, obsession, hospital, hitchhiking, suicide, redneck, supernatural, police investigation, chase, amusement park, wrestling, driver, taxi, butterfly effect
Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
Plot Summary:
Having lived through traumatizing events during WWII, Father Lankester Merrin takes a sabbatical from the Church to conduct archaeological excavations in British-administered East Africa. Merrin unearths an ancient Byzantine church believed have been built and then immediately buried to keep down evil from the crypt below. The natives are convinced that uncovering the church has unleashed a demon, and begin to violently clash with the British military troops. As the village rapidly disintegrates into chaos and war, Merrin must face-off with the demon which has taken possession of somebody close to him
Duration: 114 min
IMDB Rating: 5.1/10
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France, Italy, Pakistan
Plot tags: exorcism, devil, demonic possession, supernatural, gory, good versus evil, priest, demon, gore, religion, exorcist, possession, blood, curses spells and rituals, religions or cults, supernatural ability, danger, archaeology, black magic, monster, religious, haunting, nazi, psychic, faith
Seed of Chucky (2004)
Plot Summary:
Chucky and Tiffany are resurrected by their innocent son, Glen, and hit Hollywood, where a movie depicting the killer dolls' murder spree is underway
Duration: 87 min
IMDB Rating: 4.9/10
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Romania
Plot tags: killer doll, murder, supernatural, gory, evil doll, urban legend, serial killer, doll, pregnancy, objects come to life, filmmaking, homicidal maniac, puppet, gore, female serial killer, toys, halloween, chucky, blood, female villain, monster, babies and infants, psychopath, christmas, tiny
Godsend (2004)
Plot Summary:
A couple agree to have their deceased son cloned under the supervision of an enigmatic doctor, but bizarre things start to happen years after his rebirth
Duration: 102 min
IMDB Rating: 4.8/10
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Plot tags: cloning, experiment gone awry, doctor, school, genetic engineering, adaptation, parents and children, life is a bitch, family problems, death in the family, dealing with death, technology, coming of age, death of child, evil child, babies and infants, fire, erotica, firefighter, women, teacher, student, pregnancy, medical, hospital
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
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 4.7/10
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Plot tags: jungle, snake, treasure hunt, survival, animal attack, expedition, monster, killer animal, dangerous animal, creature, amazon, greed, eaten alive, stranded, rescue, danger, escapades, giant snake, traitor, race against time, machismo, betrayal, disaster, animal, boat
Species III (2004)
Plot Summary:
After she delivers her child in an ambulance, alien Eve is killed by a half-breed. Fortunately, Dr. Abbot scoops up the baby alien and escapes. In time, the baby grows into a gorgeous blonde named Sara and begins her quest to find a worthy mate. But Sara is also savage and leaves a trail of deaths in her wake. This carnage makes chemistry student Dean question whether to help her race or not
Duration: 111 min
IMDB Rating: 4.2/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: alien, female alien, transformation, shape shifting alien, space and aliens, evil alien, laboratory, femme fatale, sex scene, military, breeding, chase, chases and races, escapades, chaos, danger, deadly creature, gory, imaginary, creature, interspecies sex, genetics, alien invasion, virus, save the world