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Plot Summary:
Joe Weber is an anthropologist who takes his son on a trip to the New England town of Salem's Lot unaware that it is populated by vampires. When the inhabitants reveal their secret, they ask Joe to write a bible for them.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspense, gothic horror, classic horror, black comedy, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, surprise ending, psychotronic, dark comedy
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Children of the Corn (2009)
Plot Summary:
Set primarily in 1975 in the fictional town of Gatlin, Nebraska this remake of the 1984 original (based on Stephen King's 1977 short story) centers around traveling couple Burt and Vicky as they fight to survive a cult of murderous children who worship an entity known as He Who Walks Behind The Rows, which had years earlier manipulated the children into killing every adult in town.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, scary, serious, depressing, sad, controversial, classic horror, surprise ending, slasher
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Summer of Blood (2014)
Plot Summary:
Lousy lover and egocentric Eric Sparrow is dumped by his girlfriend after rejecting her marital proposal. After a few failed dates his luck turns when a chance encounter with a vampire turns him into a sex god.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, horror comedy, captivating, suspense, mumblecore, offbeat, realistic, biting
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Head of the Family (1996)
Plot Summary:
The "head" of the family is literally that--a giant head on a tiny body, who psychically controls the rest of his even weirder family.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, semi serious, suspenseful, funny, surreal, spoof, grindhouse, horror comedy, slasher
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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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Serial Killing 101 (2004)
Plot Summary:
Casey Noland, a high school kid with no direction in life, decides to pursue the serial killing profession. Only problem...he can't bring himself to kill anybody. Will the help of a gothic chick named Sasha, he attempts to learn the ways of a mass murderer. Meanwhile, a real serial killer is at work in their town and Casey thinks he might know who the maniac is.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 791
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, humorous, semi serious, horror comedy, suspense, black comedy, dark comedy, independent film, scary
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Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992)
Plot Summary:
Arriving in Gatlin, Nebraska, a news-reporter and his son get wind of a story about the youth in the town murdering their parents finds that a series of brutal murders are revealed to be worshipers of the corn-stalks and try to stop them before they carry out their plans.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, cult classic, scary, classic horror, dark, saga, pastoral, cult horror, rough, offbeat
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Red Snow (2021)
Plot Summary:
A struggling vampire romance novelist must defend herself against real-life vampires during Christmas in Lake Tahoe.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, unusual plot structure, humorous, disturbing, surprise ending, psychotronic, black comedy, tension, dark comedy
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Arachnophobia (1990)
Plot Summary:
A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as the result of spider bites from the deadly spider offspring. It's up to a couple of doctors with the help of an insect exterminator to annihilate these eight legged freaks.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, horror comedy, natural horror, funny, splatter, creepy, cult classic, dark comedy
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The Marsupials: The Howling III (1987)
Plot Summary:
A strange race of human-like marsupials appear suddenly in Australia, and a sociologist who studies these creatures falls in love with a female one. Is this a dangerous combination?.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, classic horror, surprise ending, horror comedy, suspenseful, semi serious, psychotronic, independent film, erotic
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Sometimes They Come Back (1991)
Plot Summary:
Based on a short story by Stephen King, a man and his family return to his home town, but he is then harassed by teenagers that died when he was a kid.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, atmospheric, suspense, satanic, rough, serious, suspenseful, philosophical, depressing, splatter
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Frostbitten (2006)
Plot Summary:
Vampires terrorize a city in Norrbotten, Sweden.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Comedy
Country: Sweden, Russia
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, suspenseful, exciting, intense, horror comedy, surreal, disturbing, teen, rough
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Near Dark (1987)
Plot Summary:
A mid-western farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of southern vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, road movie, dark, tense, creepy, suspense, atmospheric, cult classic, suspenseful
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Pet Sematary (1989)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Louis Creed's family moves into the country house of their dreams and discover a pet cemetery at the back of their property. The cursed burial ground deep in the woods brings the dead back to life -- with "minor" problems. At first, only the family's cat makes the return trip, but an accident forces a heartbroken father to contemplate the unthinkable.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 113000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, tense, disturbing, frightening, suspenseful, atmospheric, creepy, bloody, psychological
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Fright Night 2: New Blood (2013)
Plot Summary:
By day Gerri Dandridge is a sexy professor, but by night she transforms into a real-life vampire with an unquenchable thirst for human blood. So when a group of high school students travel abroad to study in Romania, they find themselves ensnared in her chilling web of lust and terror. Charlie and “Evil” Ed must stop Gerri from drinking and bathing in the blood of a “new moon virgin,” which just so happens to be Charlie’s ex-girlfriend, Amy.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, semi serious, scary, humorous, psychotronic, sexy, psychological, gothic, bloody, horror comedy
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Cheerleader Camp (1988)
Plot Summary:
Alison follows her friends to a summer camp for cheerleaders. But she is having bad nightmares. Her boyfriend has followed her to the camp but he seems to be more interested in the other girls, girls who sooner or later are found brutally murdered. Alison starts to believe that she has a split-personality who kills them.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, humorous, semi serious, scary, suspenseful, bloody, entertaining, sex comedy, cult classic, rough
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Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008)
Plot Summary:
The sequel to the 1987 cult hit The Lost Boys takes us to the shady surf city of Luna Bay, California, where vampires quickly dispatch anyone who crosses their path. Into this dark world arrive Chris Emerson (Hilgenbrink) and his younger sister, Nicole (Reeser). Having just lost their parents in a car accident, the siblings move in with their eccentric Aunt Jillian and become new prey.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, absurd, stylized, suspenseful, serious, teen, psychotronic, suspense, dark, queer horror
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Motel Hell (1980)
Plot Summary:
Farmer Vincent kidnaps unsuspecting travellers and is burying them in his garden. Unfortunately for his victims, they are not dead. He feeds his victims to prepare them for his roadside stand. His motto is: It takes all kinds of critters...to make Farmer Vincents fritters. The movie is gory, but is also a parody of slasher movies like Last House on the Left.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, black comedy, slasher, parody, humorous, dark comedy, rough, psychological, atmospheric, gothic
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Once Bitten (1985)
Plot Summary:
Mark wants to lose his virginity, but his girlfriend wants to wait. Unfortunately for both of them, a 400-year-old vampire Countess needs to turn a virgin into a vampire before Halloween in order to preserve her own youthful appearance, and when she finds Mark, she turns his life upside-down.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: spoof, light, melancholic, feel good, humorous, semi serious, cult classic, teen, sexy, dark comedy
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Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
Plot Summary:
After three years of therapy Charley Brewster, now a college student, is convinced that Jerry Dandridge was a serial killer posing as a vampire. But when Regine, a mysterious actress and her entourage move into Peter Vincent's apartment block, the nightmare starts again - and this time it's personal!.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, splatter, horror comedy, humorous, gothic, dark comedy, spooky, suspenseful, semi serious
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Bride of Chucky (1998)
Plot Summary:
Chucky hooks up with another murderous doll, the bridal gown-clad Tiffany, for a Route 66 murder spree with their unwitting hosts.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspenseful, rough, dark comedy, horror comedy, bloody, splatter, grindhouse, cult classic
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Cat's Eye (1985)
Plot Summary:
Three short stories by shock-meister Stephen King are linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next in this creepy triptych that begins as Dick (James Woods) tries to quit smoking by any means necessary. Next, we meet Johnny, an adulterous man who's forced by his lover's husband onto a building's hazardous ledge. Finally, Amanda is threatened by an evil gnome who throws suspicion on the family cat.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, anthology, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, splatter, creepy, cult classic, tense, slasher
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The Midnight Hour (1985)
Plot Summary:
Phil, Melissa, Mitch, Mary, and Vinnie are high school friends, who unwittingly raise the dead on Halloween night. Once the dead have returned, Pitchford Cove will never be the same again....or will it?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, retro, slasher, dark comedy, black and white, horror comedy, spooky, offbeat, humorous
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Cujo (1983)
Plot Summary:
A friendly St. Bernard named "Cujo" contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bad ending, suspense, natural horror, serious, psychological, splatter, creepy, cult classic
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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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Children of the Corn (1984)
Plot Summary:
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, slasher, atmospheric, suspenseful, demonic, creepy, rough, classic horror, psychological
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The Lost Boys (1987)
Plot Summary:
A mother and her two teenage sons move to a seemingly nice and quiet small coastal California town yet soon find out that it's overrun by bike gangs and vampires. A couple of teenage friends take it upon themselves to hunt down the vampires that they suspect of a few mysterious murders and restore peace and calm to their town.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 158000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: black comedy, scary, cult classic, teen, gothic, entertaining, creepy, stylized, dark comedy, horror comedy
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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.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Romania
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, dark comedy, black comedy, scary, semi serious, brutal, bloody, suspense, splatter, horror comedy
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Fright Night (1985)
Plot Summary:
Nobody believes teenager Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) when he discovers that his suave new neighbor, Jerry Dandrige (Chris Sarandon), is a vampire. So when the bloodsucker starts stalking Charley, he turns to has-been actor Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall), famed for portraying a ghoul hunter. Unfortunately for the would-be vampire slayers, Dandrige has set his sights on Charley's girlfriend (Amanda Bearse) in this clever spoof of the horror genre.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, horror comedy, slasher, cult classic, semi serious, suspenseful, entertaining, splatter, grindhouse
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Jennifer's Body (2009)
Plot Summary:
A newly possessed cheerleader turns into a killer who specializes in offing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 148000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sexy, dark comedy, scary, teen horror, slasher, black comedy, teen, horror comedy, cult classic, satirical
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Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)
Plot Summary:
The next great psycho horror slasher has given a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo, all the while deconstructing the conventions and archetypes of the horror genre for them.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, dark comedy, suspenseful, mockumentary, horror comedy, funny, bloody, satirical, atmospheric