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Plot Summary:
Inspired by the myth of Cthulhu, it tells a fantasy adventure story triggered by a mysterious quantum mechanics experiment.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, lovecraft
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High Plains Invaders (2009)
Plot Summary:
It's the Old Western times and an outlaw named Sam Phoenix (James Marsters, Angel) is about get hanged. But just before the noose tightens, the town is besieged by a lethal alien invader with a laser-shooting stingray and a crazy Sarlacc mouth. The townsfolk scramble but get promptly smoked, save for a handful of survivors led by Phoenix.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western
Country: Canada, Romania
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, disturbing, mockbuster, wild
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Area Q. (2011)
Plot Summary:
A year after the disappearance of his son, Thomas Mathews, an investigative journalist, still has no information and begins his own obsessive search. However, the obsession has him losing his house and job so his boss sends him on special assignment in Brazil. In Brazil, Mathews investigates close encounter sightings that have taken place in the small cities of Quixada and Quixeramobim-also known as Area Q. While there, he realizes he will face the biggest discovery of his life.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 504
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Brazil
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, exciting, rough
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Robot World (2015)
Plot Summary:
50 years from now, a pilot (Ian Rowe) is sent 60 light years across the galaxy through a new device capable of crossing the extra spatial dimensions. His mission is to orbit and reconnoiter the planet then return home. The planet is known to be populated by intelligent life. Once at his destination the pilot has to perform an emergency landing and becomes marooned on the alien planet, and soon discovers the planets only inhabitants are predatory machines.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 448
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, disturbing, independent film
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Monster Run (2020)
Plot Summary:
Some strange things have always existed, you think it is a coincidence, or make up a reason to make it reasonable, in fact, because you do not want to admit. At the end of the season, she was regarded as an outlier because she could see monsters, until one day she saw monsters again in the supermarket where she worked and magically met Monster Hunter-Brother Meng. She discovered that there really were monsters in the world, and the two young men were involved in a new storm.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 512
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Spides (2020)
Plot Summary:
Young Nora from Berlin wakes up from a coma after taking a new party drug and can no longer remember anything. When investigators Nique Navar and David Leonhart find out that numerous teenagers have disappeared as part of the spread of the party drug "Bliss", Nora begins to investigate. She uncovers an uncanny conspiracy: Aliens use the drug to use the bodies of their victims as hosts.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 623
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: bloody, suspense, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, brutal
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Cerebrum (2021)
Plot Summary:
To make ends meet, Tom signs on as a guinea pig at a home-based lab, but when he commits a crime he cannot remember, he must risk his own sanity to reveal the truth.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, independent film
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Dark Encounter (2019)
Plot Summary:
A year after the mysterious disappearance of an 8 year-old girl, we meet her grieving family as they return home from her memorial service in their small town. Later that evening, strange lights appear in the nearby forest and the family is exposed to an inexplicably strange phenomenon that rattles them to the core. The origin of the lights appear to be visitors from another world that seemingly terrorize the family. What they don't realize is that these 'beings' will lead the family to the truth behind the little girl's disturbing disappearance.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, psychedelic
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Aliens: Zone-X (2015)
Plot Summary:
Park Ranger Don Morgan is torn from his routine life, when he stumbles upon a UFO visitation in the arid, deserted Park Area where he resides. An inexplicable, bizarre power outage knocks out all electronics and communications, stranding a carload of hikers in the park, and downing a small plane. Searching for hydration in the blistering heat, Don must lead the survivors across an apparently abandoned Military Testing area called "ZONE-X".
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, futuristic
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Cosmic Sin (2021)
Plot Summary:
Bruce Willis and Frank Grillo star in the new epic sci-fi adventure set in the year 2524, four hundred years after humans started colonizing the outer planets. Retired Military General James Ford (Willis) is called back into service after soldiers on a remote planet are attacked by a hostile alien fleet. The threat against the human race escalates into an inevitable interstellar war. General Ford teams up with General Eron Ryle (Grillo) and a team of elite soldiers in a race to stop the imminent attack before it is too late.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, futuristic, anamorphic, disgusting
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Alien Strain (2014)
Plot Summary:
On a camping trip, Matthew's girlfriend Rachel was abducted by a UFO. A year later Rachel returns to the very spot from which she was taken but the creature she has become has Matthew fearing for his life.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, disturbing
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Alien Hunger (2017)
Plot Summary:
Aliens with a ravenous appetite for summertime campers descend upon a campground.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Implanted (2021)
Plot Summary:
Sarah, a struggling young woman, agrees to volunteer as a test subject and be implanted with the LEXX nanochip for a pharmaceutical company experiment. She hopes that the money received for her participation will solve her financial troubles. When the implant turns sinister and orders her to commit crimes, Sarah is plunged into a murderous spiral with only one choice: to live or die.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor (1990)
Plot Summary:
A virus from outer space transforms a bio-researcher into a blood thirsty monster. But chief, Dr.Vialini doesn't like the cops and public to be involved in this secret experiment. But he becomes lunch very soon.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: cult horror, classic horror, surprise ending, brutal, independent film, lovecraft, disaster movie
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Destination Inner Space (1966)
Plot Summary:
A futuristic underwater sea-lab is having problems with a UFO that's parked between them and a nearby deep ocean trench. As they investigate, they attract the unwanted attention of a dangerous creature who puts the scientists and crew in danger.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 611
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: retro, suspense, classic horror, psychotronic, independent film, vintage
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Showdown at Area 51 (2007)
Plot Summary:
Two aliens who crash on Earth must find a buried weapon that will destroy the planet and their own society if not stopped.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 957
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, captivating, suspense, tense
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Beyond White Space (2018)
Plot Summary:
When a deep space fishing vessel is robbed by a gang of pirates, the Captain makes a daring decision to go after a rare and nearly extinct species. His obsession propels them further into space as the crew spins toward mutiny and betrayal.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary, Japan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, disturbing, action adventure
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Hunter Prey (2010)
Plot Summary:
The Prometheus has dropped out of orbit. Communications and life support systems are down. Situation Critical: Status of Crew and Prisoner unknown. With orders to catch their Alien Prisoner alive the surviving crew of the spaceship Prometheus pursue a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with their escaped prisoner on a deserted and barren planet. But, who is the hunter and who is its prey?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, exciting, rough, independent film
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The Quiet Hour (2014)
Plot Summary:
In a remote part of rural, post-apocalyptic England, now occupied by unseen alien invaders, a feisty teenage girl sets out on a desperate attempt to fight back a group of bandits and defend her parents' farm, their remaining livestock, and the solar panels that keep them safe from extraterrestrials. If she doesn't succeed, she will lose her only source of food and shelter; if she resists, she and her helpless blind sibling will be killed.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, apocalyptic
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Project 'Gemini' (2022)
Plot Summary:
A sci-fi thriller about a space mission sent to terraform a distant planet. However, the mission encounters something unknown that has its own plan for the planet.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, exciting, suspense, dark, tense, disturbing
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The Whisperer in Darkness (2011)
Plot Summary:
Written in 1931, H.P. Lovecraft's iconic genre-bending tale of suspense and alien terrors is brought to life in the style of the classic horror films of the 1930s like Frankenstein, Dracula and King Kong. Using its Mythoscope™ process — a mix of vintage and modern techniques — the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society expands on Lovecraft's original tale while still bringing you unparalleled authenticity. Horror and science fiction collide in the adventure of Albert Wilmarth, a folklore professor at Miskatonic University, as he investigates legends of strange creatures rumored to dwell in the most remote mountains of Vermont. Wilmarth’s investigation leads him to a discovery of horrors quite beyond anything he ever imagined, and ends in a desperate attempt to escape the remote New England hills with his life and sanity intact.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, atmospheric, scary, suspenseful, black and white, retro, suspense, creepy, serious, neo noir
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Man Vs. (2015)
Plot Summary:
As host of his own hit TV series, 'MAN VS', Doug Woods is forced to fend for himself for five days in remote locations with no crew, food, or water, only the cameras he carries on his back to film his experiences. Doug's in the remote woods for a routine episode, until he's awoken by an earth-shaking crash. Things get weirder as it becomes clear Doug isn't alone. Someone or something is watching him.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, psychotronic, tense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, psychological, mockumentary, horror comedy
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Eye of the Beast (2007)
Plot Summary:
This menacing monster yarn stars James Van Der Beek as government scientist Dan Leland, who's sent to investigate reported sightings of a giant squidlike beast that's put the entire population of a fishing village on edge. Though Leland starts his journey confident that this sea creature with an insatiable appetite is the stuff of old legends, a string of horrific occurrences soon begins to change his mind.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful, natural horror, psychotronic, disaster movie
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Legendary (2013)
Plot Summary:
Travis and his team travel to China in search of what isn't supposed to exist ... their mission to capture a Cryptid which is wreaking havoc in a remote village and they need to do this before it is killed by Harker, the legendary bounty hunter.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, China
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, serious, captivating, scary
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The 13th Unit (2014)
Plot Summary:
Seven strangers find themselves trapped in an underground storage facility, struggling to survive while being hunted by a supernatural beast that resides inside the mysterious 13th unit.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 487
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, scary, serious
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Agent Revelation (2021)
Plot Summary:
An ancient dust that controls humans is unleashed, but mysteriously affects Jim Yung who gains superpowers. Jim is taken to an underground base where he's trained to be an operative to take on an imminent alien threat and learn why aliens have returned to Earth.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating
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Alien Raiders (2008)
Plot Summary:
It's the end of yet another night at Hastings Supermarket, a grocery store in Buck Lake, Arizona. But just before closing, a group of masked and armed to the teeth militants invades the store and take everyone hostage.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, tense, exciting, christmas horror, intense, captivating, futuristic, cult classic
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They Are Among Us (2004)
Plot Summary:
The film concerns a sleepy town that is populated mostly by aliens who have been pretending to be humans for a lengthy period of time in order to eventually strip the planet of resources they need to live.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 558
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting
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Life (2017)
Plot Summary:
The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 247000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, apocalyptic, tragic ending, tense, suspenseful, surprise ending, space horror, captivating, futuristic
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Alien: Covenant (2017)
Plot Summary:
Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship 'Covenant' discovers what is thought to be an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world – which has its sole inhabitant the 'synthetic', David, survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 298000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: bad ending, futuristic, suspense, enigmatic, dark, twist ending, suspenseful, absurd, disturbing, intense
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Pitch Black (2000)
Plot Summary:
When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is rapidly plunging into the utter blackness of a total eclipse. With the body count rising, the doomed survivors are forced to turn to Riddick with his eerie eyes to guide them through the darkness to safety. With time running out, there's only one rule: Stay in the light.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 251000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, harsh, tense, dark, light, exciting, atmospheric, intense