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Plot Summary:
Jack is a children's author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by the irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering agent and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in his script, what should be his big break rapidly turns into his big breakdown, as Jack is forced to confront his worst demons; among them his love life, his laundry and the origin of all fear.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: surreal, humorous, realistic, not serious, christmas horror, horror comedy, psychological, funny, philosophical, thought provoking
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Suffering Man's Charity (2007)
Plot Summary:
John Vandermark (Cumming) has taken in a struggling writer, Sebastian St. Germain (Boreanaz), who overstays his welcome. When John discovers that Sebastian has simply been using him, he turns the tables on his young tenant in an effort to make him work off his rent debt. When Sebastian dies accidentally in the process, John tries to make it up to him by helping him get his book published posthumously. When the book is published, John can't help but take credit for the work of genius... and Sebastian comes back to haunt him.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 886
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, black comedy, offbeat, independent film, dark comedy, psychological thriller, psycho film
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Why Hide? (2018)
Plot Summary:
A diverse group of friends gather for the festive season in a remote lodge but soon plans go awry. One of the friends goes missing and the truth behind why the lodge was booked for the holiday is disclosed. Christmas quickly turns to chaos and a bloody nightmare ensues.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 548
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, dark drama, queer horror, dark comedy, horror comedy
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All About Evil (2010)
Plot Summary:
Deborah quickly cultivates a rabid legion of San Franciscan gore fans who help catapult her to new-found local celebrity-- business booms so quickly, she's forced to bring on a full film crew of like-minded misfits to meet the demand! Her adoring public, and even her biggest fan-- high school student Steven-- don’t realize that the murders in the movies are all too real. But will this brooding youth catch the blame as Deborah's steady stream of 'actors' keep disappearing at an ever-quickening pace? What grisly fate awaits those that dare enter the Victoria theatre? Find out in ALL ABOUT EVIL!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: tense, humorous, captivating, suspenseful, funny, retro, horror comedy, cult horror, dark drama, queer horror
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May I Kill U? (2012)
Plot Summary:
A PC becomes a vigilante after a head trauma.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 469
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, psychological, tense, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy, horror comedy
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Double Date (2017)
Plot Summary:
Meet innocent Jim, terrified of girls, and on a reluctant quest to prove his manhood the night before he turns 30. He and his cocky friend Alex think they’ve hit the jackpot when they meet the beautiful siblings Kitty and Lulu, who seem up for anything on a wild party-fuelled night. But little do they know that the femmes fatales want to make Jim lose much more than just his virginity… Getting laid has never been so bloody difficult.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, horror comedy, psychological, scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994)
Plot Summary:
A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, with hammer and sickle, just as it happens in the film to be shown.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, surreal, slapstick, horror comedy, cult classic, parody, dark comedy, clever, bleak, humorous
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Actress Apocalypse (2005)
Plot Summary:
This saucy mockumentary follows a first-time filmmaker with ambitions to make "the greatest movie ever made," a low-budget slasher boasting a Native American killer. The director knows buxom starlets are the key to his success. But when the ladies start disappearing one by one, his plan goes bust -- and he goes crazy. Indie rockers Space Probe Taurus provide the soundtrack to this unrated director's cut that leaves little to the imagination.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 370
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, not serious, mockumentary, suspense, offbeat, realistic, independent film, experimental, dark comedy
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Stalled (2013)
Plot Summary:
It's Christmas Eve, and a soon-to-be-shit-canned maintenance gopher (Dan Palmer) is changing light bulbs and cleaning toilets instead of drinking egg nog and making out with drunk receptionists at the annual office party. Unfortunately for this forlorn floor-sweeper, he chooses to use the ladies restroom the very second a zombie outbreak occurs! Will he bowl us over and flush away the undead or (like in his pre-apocalypse life) simply remain ...Stalled?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, rough, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, sexy, horror comedy, scary, offbeat, independent film
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DeadTectives (2018)
Plot Summary:
A team of reality TV paranormal investigators go to Mexico's most haunted house in the pursuit of better ratings. However, when the true dark secrets of the mansion begin to reveal themselves, the hapless team quickly discover that this house is no hoax. With zero genuine ghost-hunting experience, they have to figure out how to stop the ghosts and escape the house with their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sexy, not serious, funny, bleak, satirical, absurd, psychotronic, humorous, horror comedy, psychological
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Screamplay (1984)
Plot Summary:
A detective investigating a series of murders discovers that they are similar to the murders that occur in the new script of a Hollywood screenwriter.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 354
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, dark comedy, psychological, surreal, black and white, scary, offbeat, humorous, realistic, suspenseful
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Hell Baby (2013)
Plot Summary:
After she and her husband move into a haunted house, a woman gives birth to a demonic infant that wreaks havoc.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, funny, absurd, horror comedy, scary, intense, demonic, mystic, not serious
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30 Nights of Paranormal Activity with the Devil Inside the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2013)
Plot Summary:
After a stint in a psychiatric hospital, a young woman returns to the house where her father killed the entire cast of The Artist during his exorcism.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: parody, not serious, spoof, humorous, absurd, independent film, horror comedy, fast, horror spoof
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The Zombie King (2013)
Plot Summary:
Samuel Peters (Edward Furlong), once an ordinary man, dabbles in the laws of voodoo to bring his wife back from the grave. He soon encounters the God of malevolence ‘Kalfu’ (Corey Feldman), and makes a pact with him to destroy the underworld and bring chaos to earth. In return, he will become ‘The Zombie King’ and walk the earth for eternity with his late wife. But, as the ever growing horde of zombies begins to completely wipe out a countryside town, the Government set-up a perimeter around the town and employ a shoot-on-sight policy. Trapped within the town, the locals, an unlikely bunch of misfits, must fight for their lives and unite in order to survive. Can our heroes unravel the clues in time and survive or will The Zombie King and his horde of zombies rise on the night of the dark moon?.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 832
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: not serious, suspense, humorous, independent film, grindhouse, horror comedy, cult film
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Suburban Gothic (2014)
Plot Summary:
An awkward, unemployed man who can talk to the dead teams up with a rebellious bartender to find the vengeful ghost that's been terrorizing their town.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, not serious, horror comedy, witty, dark comedy, psychological, funny, creepy, indie film
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The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
Plot Summary:
A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, parody, atmospheric, funny, humorous, gothic horror, horror comedy, creepy, witty
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Slaxx (2020)
Plot Summary:
When a possessed pair of jeans begins to kill the staff of a trendy clothing store, it is up to Libby, an idealistic young salesclerk, to stop its bloody rampage.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: funny, slasher, horror comedy, humorous, exciting, parody, light, suspense, surreal, philosophical
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Sightseers (2012)
Plot Summary:
Chris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Horror, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, road movie, surreal, disturbing, black comedy, atmospheric, brutal, melancholic, talky, humorous
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Murder Party (2007)
Plot Summary:
A random invitation to a Halloween party leads a man into the hands of a rogue collective intent on murdering him for the sake of their art, sparking a bloodbath of mishap, mayhem and hilarity.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, humorous, semi serious, mumblecore, slasher, funny, disturbing, scary, psychological, retro
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Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
Plot Summary:
A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven – at Christmas – forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, christmas horror, teen horror, horror musical, humorous, entertaining, absurd, funny, philosophical, political
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Ghost Team One (2013)
Plot Summary:
Two roommates deathly afraid of ghosts both fall in love with a girl who believes their home is haunted.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, scary, psychological, disturbing, horror comedy, independent film, mockumentary, horror spoof
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Secret Santa (2015)
Plot Summary:
Secret Santa tells the story of a group of eccentric college kids, struggling to get through the hectic exam period. A liquor filled party is planned. Adding a Secret Santa exchange for fun. Little do our characters know - A killer is in town and has a special present for all the good (and bad) girls and boys.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, horror comedy
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Class Reunion (1982)
Plot Summary:
Lizzie Borden High's class of '72 are going through the motions at their tenth-year reunion, until deranged alum Walter Baylor, driven insane by a sadistic senior-year prank, escapes from the mental institution and crashes the party. When guests start getting bumped off, the other alumni, including snooty yacht salesman Bob Spinnaker, class tease Bunny Packard, and class zero Gary Nash, spring into action to uncover the culprit.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, spoof, funny, parody, horror comedy, scary, humorous, erotic, sex comedy, dark comedy
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A Cadaver Christmas (2011)
Plot Summary:
United by terrifying and bizarre circumstances, the janitor, the drunk, the bartender, the cop, his perp, and the student security guard must fight to undo the professor's work. A dark force is at work in the cadaver lab this Christmas and this unconventional band of heroes are the only hope the world has against an army of living corpses that are quickly recruiting new members. The undead have been given the gift of life and it's up to the janitor to take it back.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 835
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, scary, exciting, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, horror comedy, offbeat, splatter, bizarre
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Tusk (2014)
Plot Summary:
When his best friend and podcast co-host goes missing in the backwoods of Canada, a young guy joins forces with his friend's girlfriend to search for him.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: scary, surreal, harsh, disturbing, dark comedy, psychological, absurd, grindhouse, horror comedy, creepy
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Army of Darkness (1992)
Plot Summary:
A man is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., where he must battle an army of the dead and retrieve the Necronomicon so he can return home.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 192000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: dark fantasy, offbeat, humorous, horror comedy, splatter, black comedy, dark comedy, funny, spoof, lovecraft
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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.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 585000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, black comedy, humorous, funny, horror comedy, spoof, parody, atmospheric, witty, scary
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Jack Frost (1997)
Plot Summary:
Serial killer is genetically mutated in car wreck on the way to his execution. After which, he becomes a murdering snowman hell-bent on revenge for the sheriff who caught him.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, fairy tale, horror comedy, cult horror, funny, sexy, mind bending, psychedelic, bloody
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Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)
Plot Summary:
Two hillbillies are suspected of being killers by a group of paranoid college kids camping near the duo's West Virginian cabin. As the body count climbs, so does the fear and confusion as the college kids try to seek revenge against the pair.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 191000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada, UK, USA, India
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, absurd, funny, unusual plot structure, scary, dark comedy, slasher, entertaining, horror comedy, black comedy
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Satan's Little Helper (2004)
Plot Summary:
A naïve young boy unknowingly becomes the pawn of a serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, horror comedy, absurd, feel good, psychological, surprise ending, bloody
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What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
Plot Summary:
Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 196000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, absurd, humorous, gothic, parody, offbeat, atmospheric, not serious, witty, dark comedy