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Plot Summary:
Bubba Ho-tep tells the "true" story of what really did become of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death," then missed his chance to switch back. He must team up with JFK and fight an ancient Egyptian mummy for the souls of their fellow residents.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: black comedy, funny, independent film, humorous, scary, surreal, absurd, horror comedy, cult classic, light
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Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)
Plot Summary:
In a fantastical 1940s where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, atmospheric, futuristic, suspenseful, semi serious, horror comedy, surreal, satanic, dieselpunk, spooky
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Rubber (2010)
Plot Summary:
In the California desert, the adventures of a telepathic killer-tire, mysteriously attracted by a very pretty girl, as witnessed by incredulous onlookers.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: absurd, parody, surreal, horror comedy, road movie, melancholic, dark comedy, semi serious, clever, bloody
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My Name Is Bruce (2007)
Plot Summary:
B Movie Legend Bruce Campbell is mistaken for his character Ash from the Evil Dead trilogy and forced to fight a real monster in a small town in Oregon.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, suspense, entertaining, horror comedy, feel good, not serious, cult classic, funny, captivating
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Cemetery Man (1994)
Plot Summary:
A cemetery man has the unusual problem of the dead rising from the grave. Himself and his assistant must end these creatures' lives again after they are reborn. Everything is going well until "She" comes along and stirs things up a bit.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: gothic, black comedy, dark comedy, surreal, disturbing, sexy, scary, atmospheric, horror comedy, cult classic
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Tremors (1990)
Plot Summary:
Hick handymen Val McKee and Earl Bassett can barely eke out a living in the Nevada hamlet of Perfection, so they decide to leave town -- despite an admonition from a shapely seismology coed who's picking up odd readings on her equipment. Before long, Val and Earl discover what's responsible for those readings: 30-foot-long carnivorous worms with a proclivity for sucking their prey underground.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 147000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, entertaining, suspenseful, horror comedy, humorous, cult classic, dark comedy, suspense, splatter, black comedy
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Re-Animator (1985)
Plot Summary:
A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: splatter, cult classic, black comedy, scary, lovecraft, dark comedy, slasher, independent film, bloody, grindhouse
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Basket Case (1982)
Plot Summary:
A young man carrying a big basket that contains his deformed Siamese-twin brother seeks vengeance on the doctors who separated them against their will.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bloody, psychotronic, cult classic, suspenseful, splatter, horror comedy, cult horror, disturbing
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Parents (1989)
Plot Summary:
Michael is a young boy living in a typical 1950's suburbanite home... except for his bizarre and horrific nightmares, and continued unease around his parents. Young Michael begins to suspect his parents are cooking more than just hamburgers on the grill outside, but has trouble explaining his fears to his new-found friend Sheila, or the school's social worker.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, slasher, scary, creepy, cult classic, horror comedy, terrifying, black comedy, depressing, controversial
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John Dies at the End (2012)
Plot Summary:
A new drug promises out-of-body experiences, but users are coming back changed forever, and an otherworldly invasion of Earth is underway.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychedelic, absurd, offbeat, not serious, dark comedy, atmospheric, enigmatic, horror comedy, cult classic
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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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Zombieland (2009)
Plot Summary:
Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 610000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, apocalyptic, humorous, parody, feel good, absurd, road movie, entertaining, horror comedy, not serious
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Night of the Demons (1988)
Plot Summary:
While conducting a seance during a Halloween party, high-school seniors unlock the demon that remains locked in the crematorium.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, suspenseful, grindhouse, sexy, demonic, splatter, creepy, psychological, psychotronic
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The Raven (1963)
Plot Summary:
A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help in this film loosely based on the Edgar Allen Poe poem.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: gothic, parody, humorous, grindhouse, cult classic, tense, suspenseful, gothic horror, scary, suspense
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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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The Evil Dead (1981)
Plot Summary:
When a group of college students finds a mysterious book and recording in the old wilderness cabin they've rented for the weekend, they unwittingly unleash a demonic force from the surrounding forest.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 229000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: splatter, scary, psychotronic, bloody, grindhouse, creepy, controversial, dark, lovecraft, independent film
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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
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Dead Snow (2009)
Plot Summary:
Eight medical students on a ski trip to Norway discover that Hitler's horrors live on when they come face to face with a battalion of zombie Nazi soldiers intent on devouring anyone unfortunate enough to wander into the remote mountains where they were once sent to die.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 69000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Norway
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, dark comedy, splatter, humorous, bloody, suspense, horror comedy, satirical, grindhouse, creepy
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House (1985)
Plot Summary:
Roger Cobb is a author who has just separated from his wife. He moves into a new house and tries to work on a novel based on his experiences in the Vietnam War. Strange things start happening around him; little things at first, but as they become more frequent, Cobb becomes aware that the house resents his presence.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, cult classic, horror comedy, psychological, slasher, splatter, grindhouse, creepy, humorous, retro
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Vamp (1986)
Plot Summary:
Two fraternity pledges go to a sleazy bar looking for strippers to entertain their college friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, humorous, atmospheric, melancholic, harsh, stylized, cult classic, splatter, dark comedy
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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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Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014)
Plot Summary:
The gruesome Nazi Zombies are back to finish their mission, but our hero is not willing to die. He is gathering his own army to give them a final fight.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Norway, Iceland, USA, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, parody, humorous, splatter, horror comedy, light, stylized, not serious, bloody, psychotronic
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Ghoulies (1985)
Plot Summary:
A young man and his girlfriend move into the man's old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a need to control ancient demons.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, sexy, light, splatter, semi serious, suspenseful, cult classic, psychotronic, horror comedy
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Gremlins (1984)
Plot Summary:
When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, and unleashes a horde of mischievous gremlins on a small town.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 242000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: black comedy, humorous, suspenseful, dark comedy, funny, cult classic, light, suspense, creepy, christmas horror
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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
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An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Plot Summary:
Two American tourists in England are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 118000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, black comedy, suspense, suspenseful, funny, disturbing, humorous, gothic, scary, horror comedy
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Evil Dead II (1987)
Plot Summary:
Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from “The Book of the Dead.” As they play the recording an evil power is unleashed taking over Linda’s body.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 179000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, splatter, dark comedy, slasher, bloody, black comedy, creepy, horror comedy, lovecraft, funny
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Death Becomes Her (1992)
Plot Summary:
Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once arch-rival Helen's fiance. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes things to be a great deal more complicated than a mere murder plot.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 129000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: satirical, dark comedy, black comedy, gothic, funny, clever, light, horror comedy, humorous, cynical
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Braindead (1992)
Plot Summary:
When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 102000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: bloody, splatter, dark comedy, humorous, surreal, disturbing, black comedy, brutal, funny, creepy
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The Frighteners (1996)
Plot Summary:
Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 94000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: scary, black comedy, humorous, dark, dark comedy, creepy, horror comedy, suspenseful, light, suspense