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Plot Summary:
A doctor and a mortician have teamed up to do re-animation experiments on corpses using gangster money loaned for "remodeling." When they can't pay it back, the Mafia guy sends his nephews to work at the funeral home to keep a watch on the debtors, but the nephews end up helping in the search for new bodies, and mayhem ensues when some undesirable types are re-animated.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 193
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, independent film, weird, cult film
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Brewster McCloud (1970)
Plot Summary:
Brewster is an owlish, intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. He has a dream: to take flight within the confines of the stadium. Brewster tells those he trusts of his dream, but displays a unique way of treating others who do not fit within his plans.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, funny, cult classic, clever, offbeat, humorous, surreal, semi serious, detective, black comedy
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Brock Wilbur: 28 Years Later (2012)
Plot Summary:
Zombies, literary allusions, unrepentant alcoholism, mental illness, esoteric pop-culture references, cocaine-fueled indie-rock dance moves, and more.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, live comedy
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Romeo & Juliet vs. The Living Dead (2009)
Plot Summary:
When Juliet, of noble Capulet birth, falls madly in love with Romeo, a zombie, the streets of fair Verona explode in an ancient feud. As the star crossed lovers struggle to overcome the prejudice toward their unholy union, Juliet's best friend Mercutio fights to win her heart back from Romeo's rotting grasp. As this timeless tragedy unfolds into a fresh new comedy, Mercutio finds that he may have to choose between Juliet's happiness and his own life.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Vice Academy Part 6 (1998)
Plot Summary:
Vice cops Candy and Traci accidentally meet the bikini robbers who are armed with assault weapons in a bank. The thieves escape with loot after a wild shoot-out. The commissioner and the instructor enlist Internal Affairs detective to solve the case. He suspects the Vice cops and sends them to prison. However, a robber plants a bomb in the police station. Vice cops are quickly reinstated with a new mission.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film, eros, weird
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Wiseguys vs. Zombies (2003)
Plot Summary:
Two of New York's most feared hitmen are given the task of transporting three bodies and a new drug to Miami. En route, they encounter trouble in the form of hillbilly zombies, created by the very drug they are to deliver.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Dead Men Don't Die (1990)
Plot Summary:
A reporter investigating a drug dealing ring is murdered. Brought back to life by the voodoo spell of a cleaning woman, he goes after his killers.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 309
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
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Night of the Dead (2012)
Plot Summary:
A mad scientist seeks test subjects for a zombie experiment and gets a bevy of sorority girls to take the bait.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Biker Zombies (2001)
Plot Summary:
Biker Zombies From Detroit is a horror/comedy contrasting the dark deadly streets of outer Detroit against the posh and protected upscale community of Grosse Pointe. A series of horrific murders are committed in the Detroit area. Now it seems an evil darkness has descended onto the streets of Grosse Pointe, and hidden within is the wrath of 'Biker Zombies from Detroit'!.
IMDB Rating: 1.9
IMDB Votes: 290
Genere: Horror, Comedy, Fantasy, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film
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Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride Part 2: In Shocking 2-D (1991)
Plot Summary:
The makers of this parody of "Night of the Living Dead" took George Romero's classic and wiped the soundtrack clean, then redubbed it with comedic dialogue.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 675
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: disturbing, parody, independent film, spoof, weird, horror spoof
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Up Your Alley (1971)
Plot Summary:
The All-Out Sex Comedy Riot!.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: sex comedy
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Mr. Vampire 5 (1990)
Plot Summary:
A former cop rejoins the police department to investigate a drug ring that employs ghosts and vampires.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 700
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: detective
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LovecraCked! The Movie (2006)
Plot Summary:
With tongue planted firmly in cheek, our story follows the exploits of a bumbling investigative journalist as he struggles to discover the truth behind enigmatic horror author H.P. Lovecraft and his mysterious past. Along the way strange and macabre tales play out, pulling the reporter ever deeper into the writer's mystical world. Will the journalist finally prevail or will he end up without a clue as usual? One thing's for sure: the truth is out there... he's just not entirely sure where. - Written by BiFF JUGGERNAUT Productions.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: anthology, lovecraft, suspense, dark fairy tale, slasher, splatter, psychotronic, independent film, black comedy, horror spoof
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Slice (2018)
Plot Summary:
In a spooky small town, when a slew of pizza delivery boys are slain on the job, two daring survivors set out to catch the culprits behind the cryptic crime spree.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, captivating, tense, enigmatic, surreal, slasher, art house, grindhouse, perverse, weird
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Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995)
Plot Summary:
Johnny Destiny burns into Las Vegas in his hot Plymouth RoadRunner, stopping only to pick up a stranger stranded in the desert. But then, things aren't always as they seem. Anything can happen in that town of many possibilities...especially since there's been some weird electrical disturbances. As the stranger, fresh out of prison, tries to put his life back together--to recover his money from an old bank heist and the girl he lost in doing the job--something keeps interfering with his plans. Is it fate...or just Destiny?.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: road movie, talky, stylized, entertaining, humorous, semi serious, offbeat, fast, independent film, light
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Lords of Magick (1989)
Plot Summary:
A pair of sorcerer brothers from 10th-century England are sent to modern-day California on a quest to rescue a princess.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Fantasy, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Flypaper (1999)
Plot Summary:
Greed, lust and fate bring together a motley collection of oddballs and lowlifes for some rather sticky situations in Hoch's twisted neo-noir debut. Three separate but interconnected stories, all set on a deceptively sunny day in California and centered around one million dollars in cash, inspire Hoch's quirky characters to commit acts both devious and depraved in an attempt to make the big score.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 831
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: sensual, independent film, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, surprise ending
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Picking Up the Pieces (2000)
Plot Summary:
A small New Mexican village discovers a severed hand that is considered a miracle of God, when it actually belongs to a murdered spouse with a husband in search of it.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, dark comedy, independent film, offbeat, cynical, biting, black comedy
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Miss Nobody (2010)
Plot Summary:
A mild-mannered secretary discovers that she has a talent for murder as she ascends the corporate ladder.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, captivating, witty, semi serious, detective, horror comedy, psychological, offbeat, realistic
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Corpses (2004)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 427
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, semi serious, scary, suspense, humorous, independent film
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The Godson (1998)
Plot Summary:
After the death of his older brother, Guiseppe "the guppy" Calzone (Kevin McDonald, "KIDS IN THE HALL") becomes head of the Calzone Mob family. His aging father (Dom DeLuise) knows his son is not cut out for the job, so he sends him to "Mafia University". The head of a rival Mafia Family (Rodney Dangerfield) sees this as an opportunity to strike and bring the Calzone Family to its knees. Surrounded by danger, double-crossing and pasta, THE GODSON proves that some wise guys just aren't so smart.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: parody, independent film, humorous, realistic, not serious, fast, spoof
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The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971)
Plot Summary:
This is the funny story about two warring Mafia gangs in New York. The weaker gang use incredibly a lion to blackmail the opposite gang's "clients". The police succeeds to stop one of the gang, while the other remain without the Boss.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick, cult film
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We're Talkin' Serious Money (1992)
Plot Summary:
A couple of bumbling con men go on the lam when they can't repay a loan from the mob.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Analyze This (1999)
Plot Summary:
Countless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of a powerful Mafia racketeer who suffers from panic attacks. When Paul Vitti needs help dealing with his role in the "family," unlucky shrink Dr. Ben Sobel is given just days to resolve Vitti's emotional crisis and turn him into a happy, well-adjusted gangster.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 160000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, hilarious, psychological, clever, suspense, spoof, realistic, witty, light
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Analyze That (2002)
Plot Summary:
The mafia's Paul Vitti is back in prison and will need some serious counseling when he gets out. Naturally, he returns to his analyst Dr. Ben Sobel for help and finds that Sobel needs some serious help himself as he has inherited the family practice, as well as an excess stock of stress.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 89000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, stylized, not serious, realistic, hilarious, psychological, sexy, mind bending
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The Boneyard (1991)
Plot Summary:
Children turned into zombies wreak havoc in a coroner's building with just a burned-out psychic, an experienced cop and two coroners to stop the madness.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: retro, detective, cult classic, independent film, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, weird
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Wise Guys (1986)
Plot Summary:
Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose $250,000, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to Atlantic City and comedy follows.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, black comedy, dark comedy, fast, cult film
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Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1920's New York City, this movie tells the story of idealistic young playwright David Shayne. Producer Julian Marx finally finds funding for the project from gangster Nick Valenti. The catch is that Nick's girl friend Olive Neal gets the part of a psychiatrist, and Olive is a bimbo who could never pass for a psychiatrist as well as being a dreadful actress. Agreeing to this first compromise is the first step to Broadway's complete seduction of David, who neglects longtime girl friend Ellen. Meanwhile David puts up with Warner Purcell, the leading man who is a compulsive eater, Helen Sinclair, the grand dame who wants her part jazzed up, and Cheech, Olive's interfering hitman / bodyguard. Eventually, the playwright must decide whether art or life is more important.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, funny, atmospheric, talky, witty, clever, parody, ironic, black comedy
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Seven Psychopaths (2012)
Plot Summary:
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 271000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: neo noir, dark comedy, talky, humorous, surreal, black comedy, funny, witty, clever, cult classic
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The Revenant (2009)
Plot Summary:
A horror movie/buddy comedy about Joey and his undead friend Bart who comes back from the dead as a revenant: an articulate zombie that needs to drink blood to arrest the decomposition of his body.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspense, horror comedy, exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, scary, splatter, psychological, disturbing
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Creepshow (1982)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by the E.C. comics of the 1950s, George A. Romero and Stephen King bring five tales of terror to the screen.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anthology, dark comedy, suspenseful, grindhouse, scary, bloody, suspense, splatter, cult classic, horror comedy