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Plot Summary:
Two voyeuristic nerds are hacking the devices of people as they themselves are hacked by the feed from story tellers Mister Malevolent and Mystic Woman who have seven moralistic horror stories to tell.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 818
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychotronic, scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, horror comedy
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Patchwork (2015)
Plot Summary:
A delightfully dark, Frankenstein-themed horror comedy about a re-animated corpse, made from the stitched together body parts of three murdered young women, that decides to go on a bloody quest to find their killer and avenge their deaths!.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, horror comedy, psychotronic, bleak, humorous, suspense, disturbing, psychological, weird
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Tales from the Hood 2 (2018)
Plot Summary:
Mr. Simms returns to tell more eerie, unsettling tales involving dolls, psychics, possession and ghosts.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, controversial, hood, spooky
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Chompy & The Girls (2021)
Plot Summary:
A troubled woman meets her father for the first time and their encounter goes from awkward to alarming when they witness a man swallow a little girl whole.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 770
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, scary, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, horror comedy
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The First Date (2017)
Plot Summary:
Tired of the online dating world, a hopeful woman decides to give it one last try with a mysterious stranger who shares her love for scary films.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspense, scary, tense, humorous, disturbing, horror comedy
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Bloody Summer Camp (2021)
Plot Summary:
In 1986, counsellors at Camp Trustfall are preparing for the new summer. It's all fun and games until one of the new counsellors goes missing. Now, an evil lurks in the darkness. Is it the camp legend come to life or does someone else have an axe to grind?.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 680
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, slasher, slasher horror
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Bloody Wedding (2011)
Plot Summary:
Bloody Wedding follows a young engaged couple to a quaint lakeside mountain resort where they soon discover someone is stalking and killing the wedding party. With the body count rising, the newly married heroine must unlock the mystery quickly or spend her honeymoon six feet under.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic, comic
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The Slashening (2015)
Plot Summary:
Best friends Lucy, Eva, Ashley, Beth and Margot throw a slumber party…..BUT MURDER NEVER SLUMBERS!!!!! It’s a timeless tale of friendship, betrayal, madness, and the search for some decent dick.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 259
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, parody, psychotronic, humorous, bleak, spoof, queer horror, splatter, independent film
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The Carnage Collection (2015)
Plot Summary:
With channels that can't be found on any other cable package and a special offer including a lifetime of free service, one homeowner doesn't think twice before signing on the dotted line and settling in to check out his new programs. But when the salesman said that these shows couldn't be seen anywhere else, he wasn't kidding... These series are all a part of something more vicious... Something more vile... They're all a part of THE CARNAGE COLLECTION.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Gags The Clown (2018)
Plot Summary:
It's been eight days since the clown first showed up in Green Bay, WI. Now, over the course of one night, four different groups of people cross paths with the clown everyone calls "Gags" and his true intentions are finally revealed.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 730
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, mockumentary
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Daisy Derkins, Dogsitter of the Damned (2013)
Plot Summary:
A hot young college girl takes a gig dogsitting for the mysterious SILAS KILLINGTON. But hours have gone by, and she hasn't seen the dog. And the news of an escaped serial killer has her on edge. She calls some friends over, but their Ouija board session causes a blackout. Or does it? And why is some freak outside the window singing "I'm in the Mood for Love"? WHAT'S GOING ON HERE???.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Untitled Horror Movie (2021)
Plot Summary:
Set on computer screens and found footage style content, the movie follows six actors who decide to shoot their own horror movie as their hit TV show is on the brink of cancellation. In their search for a plot, they unintentionally summon a spirit with an affinity for violence, who starts picking them off one by one.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, horror comedy, scary, feel good, humorous, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, cyber, horror spoof
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Clownado (2019)
Plot Summary:
Cursed demonic circus clowns set out on a vengeful massacre using tornadoes. A stripper, Elvis impersonator, truck driver, teen runaway, and a dude get caught in the supernatural battle between femme fatal and the boss clown from hell.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, humorous, bloody, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, horror comedy
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Clinger (2015)
Plot Summary:
When her possessive high school boyfriend dies in a gruesome accident, Fern Petersen's life is thrown into turmoil. Things go from bad to worse when he returns as a love-sick ghost to kill her so they can be together for eternity.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 528
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, funny, black comedy, dark comedy
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Dementia Part II (2018)
Plot Summary:
When an ex-con takes a job as a handyman for an unstable elderly woman to avoid a parole violation, it becomes a choice he may regret.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, suspenseful
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Killjoy Goes To Hell (2012)
Plot Summary:
Killjoy is back in the fourth installment of the demonic clown series. This time Killjoy is being accused of not being evil, since he let one of his victims(Sandie) get away. Killjoy must rely on his only chance of proving how evil he really is... get Sandie into hell as his witness.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 642
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, witty, humorous, bloody, rough, independent film, horror comedy
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Amigo Undead (2015)
Plot Summary:
Amigo Undead is the story of Kevin Ostrowski as he attempts to reconcile with his estranged, underachieving brother Norm on a camping trip. They're accompanied by several of Norm's unusual friends. When one of these friends dies accidentally, the decision is made to bury him out in the desert with some very unforeseen supernatural consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, dark comedy, horror comedy
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Evil Bong 666 (2017)
Plot Summary:
When a blood sacrifice opens a portal to Hell, Ebee is returned to Earth where Lucy Furr, the new proprietor of her weed shop, has some sinister plans of her own.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 361
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, retro, terrifying
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Chopping Block (2016)
Plot Summary:
CHOPPING BLOCK follows a group of corporate guys who get laid off. Desperate times call for desperate measures. They decide to kidnap their ex-boss's daughter for ransom. Things take a bloody turn, when the boss's daughter just happens to be the only survivor of a masked psychopath. A masked psychopath still out for blood. Hilarity & bloodshed ensue.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 153
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychotronic, bleak, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, black comedy
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Exorcism at 60,000 Feet (2019)
Plot Summary:
A priest, a rabbi and a flight crew team up to save their flight from a pandemic of demonic possessions.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 689
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, slasher, horror comedy
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Scare Us (2021)
Plot Summary:
A chilling horror anthology comprising five short stories, penned by an unlikely group of aspiring writers, in Sugarton - a small town plagued by the apparent return of an infamous serial killer, dubbed "Cutthroat." They've come to share their scary stories (with each other and the bookstore owner, Peter, who leads the group), but soon discover they've become the stars of a sick killer's own twisted tale.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 597
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing
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Tom Holland's Twisted Tales (2014)
Plot Summary:
Horror legend Tom Holland dares you to join him for nine nerve-shredding, totally Twisted Tales. Serving up a mind-bending assortment of the macabre, it’s an anthology fine-tuned to keep you on the edge of your seat. A new drug offers users a glimpse of the future… with beastly consequences. A murderous husband is stalked by his own cell phone. A jilted lover wreaks satanic vengeance. The nightmarish action then leads to worlds haunted by dark magic, demonic possession, vampires, witches and more in this seriously freaky festival of fear.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 423
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, psychological
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Bubba the Redneck Werewolf (2014)
Plot Summary:
Cracker County is under attack and lovesick dog catcher Bubba Blanche has been transformed into a ferocious, cigar smoking Werewolf in order to save the day. But first he's got to conquer a beer or two. And maybe a plate of chicken wings.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 539
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, dark comedy
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You Can't Kill Stephen King (2012)
Plot Summary:
Siblings Monroe (Monroe Mann) and Hilary (Crystal Arnette) have discovered that they have inherited a lake house and to make things even better, the famous horror author Stephen King is rumoured to live somewhere nearby. They decide to take their friends down to the lake house to check things out, only to find immediate resistance from all of the locals, who insist that King doesn't live in the area. Despite being completely unwelcome, they decide to stay and soon find that people are being killed one by one in a manner similar to several deaths in various Stephen King stories.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, humorous, semi serious, scary, suspenseful, mockbuster, horror comedy, realistic, independent film, horror spoof
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Billy Club (2013)
Plot Summary:
Four little league teammates reunite after fifteen years to solve the mystery behind a horrible killing from their childhood. A mysterious letter sends the gang on a mission to unearth the grave of their old coach and prove that their incarcerated friend is innocent. Little do they know the real killer is stalking them and hungry for their blood!.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, horror comedy, dark drama
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Crush the Skull (2015)
Plot Summary:
A couple of master thieves find themselves trapped within a house they intended to rob, only to discover they've inadvertently wandered into the lair of a deranged serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, disturbing, horror comedy, slasher, tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, psychological, mumblecore
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Deadly Xmas (2012)
Plot Summary:
Caesar and Otto are employed with Xmas Enterprises and have run into a little problem. It seems a disgruntled Santa (employee) has a new list this year…instead of checking who’s Naughty or Nice…he has Who’s Next on the Kill List. That’s right Santa is on a Killing Spree and looks to blame Caesar and Otto!.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: slasher, christmas horror, scary, parody, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, horror comedy
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Last Rites of the Dead (2006)
Plot Summary:
In an imagined reality where zombies coexist with ordinary mortal folk, the undead are considered second-class citizens. Angela finds this out the hard way when she's shot by her boyfriend and must learn to adjust to her new zombie lifestyle. She tempers her hunger for human flesh with Zombies Anonymous meetings and tries to pass for living in the mortal world.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 728
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, not serious, suspense, mockbuster, scary, independent film, psychotronic, horror comedy, offbeat
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Drive Thru (2007)
Plot Summary:
Horror gets Super Sized when Horny The Clown, the demonic mascot of "Hella-Burger," starts slashing Orange County teenagers with his meat cleaver from Hell.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, humorous, suspenseful, cynical, semi serious, slasher, funny, suspense, scary, offbeat
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Hide and Creep (2004)
Plot Summary:
Residents of a small Southern town contend with bloodthirsty zombies, a mysterious flying saucer, and bad television reception.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 999
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, semi serious, scary, humorous, horror comedy, suspense, independent film, biting, campy
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Lumberjack Man (2015)
Plot Summary:
As the staff of Good Friends Church Camp prepares for a spring break filled with "Fun Under the Son", a demon logger rises from his sap boiler to wreak his vengeance and feast on flapjacks soaked in the blood of his victims.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: slasher, parody, horror comedy, scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, sexy