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Plot Summary:
When Andres and his partner are hired to recover some valuables from an airplane that went down in the Bermuda Triangle, they face not only human treachery but also the mysterious powers of an underwater civilization.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain, Mexico, Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, poliziottesco
Best tv shows and movies like Cave of the Sharks (1978):
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The Evil Below (1989)
Plot Summary:
down-on-his-luck sea captain goes treasure hunting for a wrecked Spanish galleon that is rumored to be cursed by God and protected by supernatural forces.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 347
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
Similar in 79%
Barracuda (1978)
Plot Summary:
Little coastal town is being terrorized by deadly Barracudas.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, exciting, rough, natural horror, psychotronic, grindhouse, classic horror, surprise ending, independent film
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The Bermuda Triangle (1978)
Plot Summary:
The passengers and crew of a boat on a summer cruise in the Caribbean stray near the famed Bermuda Triangle, and mysterious things start happening.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery
Country: Mexico, Italy
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, scary, serious, realistic, suspenseful, vintage
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The Shark Hunter (1979)
Plot Summary:
A crusty recluse on a Caribbean island who is dedicated to destroying sharks gets involved in a hunt for buried treasure.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 379
Genere: Adventure
Country: Italy, Spain, Mexico
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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The Bermuda Depths (1978)
Plot Summary:
Scientists investigating the briny deep are threatened by a giant turtle and the spirit of a young brunette swimmer in the Bermuda Triangle.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 874
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, natural horror, mystical
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Beyond Atlantis (1973)
Plot Summary:
A band of adventurers invade a native island determined to grab a reported fortune in buried treasure.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 718
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, psychological, art house, independent film, scary, exciting, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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The Deathhead Virgin (1974)
Plot Summary:
A treasure hunter finds a sunken Spanish galleon off the coast of a Philippine island. What he doesn't know is that the ship is guarded by the spirit of an ancient Moro princess.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Ghost Shark (2013)
Plot Summary:
Last Fourth of July, teenager Christy Bruce disappeared from a high school beach party. Her severed arm washed ashore a day later. Drunken sea captain Blaise Shaw became a hero to the small seaside community of Harmony after killing the great white shark that was deemed responsible, but the Christy Bruce murder was no shark attack. Blaise turns to ghost hunter Ava Conte, who is skeptical but intrigued by his ghost shark ramblings. With preparations for a massive July 4th celebration rapidly approaching, they soon find themselves embroiled in a conspiracy of sex and murder involving the town's wealthiest and most powerful citizens. Unprepared to contend with a Ghost Shark that can hunt on land, sea, as well as anywhere there is enough water or rain to sustain its phantom form, Blaise and Ava must uncover the truth about the towns dark past or fall victim to the Ghost Shark.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, semi serious, natural horror, suspense, mockbuster, psychotronic, campy
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Empire of the Sharks (2017)
Plot Summary:
On a future earth where 98% of the surface is underwater, a Warlord who controls an army of sharks meets his match when he captures the daughter of a mysterious shark caller who must learn to marshal a supernatural ability if she is to free her people from the Warlord's dominion.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 852
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspense, suspenseful, mockbuster, weird
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Raiders of the Lost Shark (2015)
Plot Summary:
Four friends set out by boat for an idyllic vacation on a private, remote island. But unknown to them, a weaponized shark has escaped from a top secret military lab nearby, a shark that was genetically engineered with hate in its blood, and programmed to hunt any human within range. Now, these friends must band together to battle an all new brand of predator who will stop at nothing to remain at the top of the food chain.
IMDB Rating: 1.7
IMDB Votes: 968
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: mockbuster, natural horror, psychotronic, spoof, parody, horror spoof, weird
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Shark Kill (1976)
Plot Summary:
Two adventurers set sail to find a giant man-eating great white shark.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: natural horror, psychotronic
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Ghost Shark 2: Urban Jaws (2015)
Plot Summary:
When Ghost Shark returns to terrorize Auckland, Mayor Broody calls in an expert ghost shark hunter to protect the citizens and finally defeat the creature.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, suspense, suspenseful, natural horror
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Mako: The Jaws of Death (1976)
Plot Summary:
A man accidentally learns that he has a mystical connection with sharks, and is given a strange medallion by a shaman. Becoming more and more alienated from normal society, he develops an ability to communicate with sharks telepathically, setting out to destroy anybody who harms sharks. People enter into his strange world to exploit his weird passion, and he uses the animals to gain revenge on anybody who double crosses him.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, natural horror, psychotronic, independent film, wild
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Nightmare Shark (2018)
Plot Summary:
A group of shark-attack survivors is hunted by a supernatural shark that haunts their dreams.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 372
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, cliffhanger
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5 Headed Shark Attack (2017)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful island is home to thousands of species of aquatic life. Now there is a new species: the 5-Headed Shark is all heads and teeth. Shaped like a demented starfish, this monster terrorizes the open ocean before invading the beaches of Puerto Rico, endangering the once peaceful island paradise.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, tense, surprise ending, rough, suspense, suspenseful, retro, mockbuster, absurd
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Tintorera: Killer Shark (1977)
Plot Summary:
Two shark hunters flirt with an attractive British lady while hunting down a large tiger shark terrorizing the Mexican East coast.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: natural horror, grindhouse, queer horror, independent film, serious, realistic, psychotronic, vintage, wild
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Deep Blue Sea 2 (2018)
Plot Summary:
When shark conservationist Dr. Misty Calhoun is invited to consult on a top-secret project run by pharmaceutical billionaire Carl Durant, she is shocked to learn that the company is using unpredictable and highly aggressive bull sharks as its test subjects, which soon break loose and cause havoc.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, tense, disturbing, psychotronic, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, absurd
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Open Water 3: Cage Dive (2017)
Plot Summary:
Three friends from California are filming an audition tape for an extreme reality game show. They document their journey to Australia where they will be doing their most dangerous activity.... Shark Cage Diving. A catastrophic turn of events leaves them in baited water full of Great White Sharks, turning their recording into a blood chilling diary of survival... and death.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, bloody, intense, slasher, grindhouse, natural horror
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Lost in the Bermuda Triangle (1998)
Plot Summary:
Wife of an upscale business executive becomes pregnant and at the same time discovers she has cancer in her uterus. Treatment means terminating the pregnancy. Keeping the baby means her ultimate death. The couple take a second honeymoon in Bermuda to make decision and while on a boat trip she is taken by what appear to be the forces of the Bermuda Triangle. The husband vows to find her, amid accusations of foul play and consults the help of a charter boat captain and a frustrated scientist.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 327
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, suspense, suspenseful
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The Crater Lake Monster (1977)
Plot Summary:
The heat of a meteor crashing into the lake incubates a prehistoric egg, which grows into a plesiosaur-like monster that terrifies the community.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, captivating, disturbing, grindhouse, natural horror, mythical, independent film, offbeat, semi serious
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Piranha Part Two: The Spawning (1982)
Plot Summary:
A scuba diving instructor, her biochemist boyfriend, and her police chief ex-husband try to link a series of bizarre deaths to a mutant strain of piranha fish whose lair is a sunken freighter ship off a Caribbean island resort.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, natural horror, spoof, perverse, independent film, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Sea Beast (2008)
Plot Summary:
In the fishing village of Cedar Bay, terror lies within the water. And now it has surfaced in search of something more substantial to devour than marine life: human flesh. A captain and a sea biologist must wage a terrifying battle against the deadly creatures in order to save mankind from total extinction.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, suspenseful, scary, serious, natural horror, suspense, dark, computer animated, psychotronic
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The Reef (2010)
Plot Summary:
A great white shark hunts the crew of a capsized sailboat along the Great Barrier Reef.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, serious, realistic, suspenseful, scary, natural horror, slasher, social, dread
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Raging Sharks (2005)
Plot Summary:
An oceanic observation station is in desperate trouble after a sudden shark attack wrecked the oxygen supply. The accompanying ship, a coast guard cruiser, and other ships in and around the Bermuda triangle are attacked as well. The US Navy sends a submarine to investigate, but soon they too are under attack.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, exciting, natural horror, suspense, psychotronic, campy
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Shark Hunter (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Megalodon shark. A prehistoric killing machine 60 feet long, flashing 200 pounds of teeth and weighing over 20 tons. It's the deadliest predator the world has ever seen. The scientists say it's been extinct for more than 10,000 years. The scientists are wrong. In the darkness of the deep, an underwater research station has been viciously destroyed. Now a tough team of daring divers led by Spencer Northcutt [Antonio Sabato Jr. "Melrose Place"] is taking an experimental sub to war. It's killer instinct vs. sophisticated technology, deadly jaws vs. harpoon-tipped torpedoes, mega-shark vs. modern man is a thrilling extreme deep sea fight to the death.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, scary, fast, psychotronic
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Beast of the Bering Sea (2013)
Plot Summary:
Sea vampires terrorize a small community.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 728
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, captivating, mockbuster
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Octopus II (2001)
Plot Summary:
Dead bodies are being found in New York harbor. The police have no clues nor suspects until Nick and his colleague realize the killer is a giant octopus. Everybody, especially the police captain, refuses to believe Nick's story, and soon the harbor will be filled with boats for the 4th of July celebrations.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: semi serious, scary, natural horror, captivating, suspense, psychotronic, campy
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The Deep (1977)
Plot Summary:
A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, tense, scenic, scary, slasher, action thriller, serious, realistic
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The Cave (2005)
Plot Summary:
After a group of biologists discovers a huge network of unexplored caves in Romania and, believing it to be an undisturbed eco-system that has produced a new species, they hire the best American team of underwater cave explorers in the world. While exploring deeper into the underwater caves, a rockslide blocks their exit, and they soon discover a larger carnivorous creature has added them to its food chain.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Australia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, intense, clever, dark, slasher, cult classic, cult horror, twisted
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Red Water (2003)
Plot Summary:
In the quiet waters of the Mississippi, body parts are being discovered. No one knows what is behind it all, until a huge man eating bull shark turns up. This bull shark is different, as it can breath in fresh water, making a deadly encounter between anyone who comes before it. John Sanders must now try and reach the surface, with his ex-wife and whilst being held hostage.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, natural horror, exciting, suspense, psychotronic, wild