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Plot Summary:
An American TV-journalist is interested in the trail of some strange mystery embedded in a mountainous region of the USA. After much red tape, he is allowed to enter the area. A sullen guide convoys him through several farms inhabited by even more sullen and withdrawn people. The journalist cannot help minding their weird behaviour, and especially that of one kid who also seems to be a math whiz. With some effort, he discovers an explanation to the mystery and convinces his guide to help him reveal it to the rest of the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 435
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 84 min
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The Monster of the Volcano (1963)
Plot Summary:
A yeti-like monster is stalking the mountains of rural Mexico, sometimes displaying the powers of hypnosis. It ultimately plays a part in destroying two shady characters.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Mexico
Duration: 76 min
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Soft Matter (2018)
Plot Summary:
Two graffiti artists break into an abandoned, reportedly haunted research facility in hopes of creating an art installation, but stumble upon a secret team of demented researchers who are in the process of resurrecting an ancient sea creature - who they now must fight in order to escape alive.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
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The Crypt Monster (2021)
Plot Summary:
In the '80s, a teenage nerd notices sinister parallels between the story of his favorite comic book and the real life horrors befalling the small town where he lives. He and a few friends seek to investigate.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 362
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min
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Mission in Kabul (1971)
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 128 min
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A Cold Night's Death (1973)
Plot Summary:
Scientists Culp and Wallach suspect that there is someone other than their research primates inhabiting their polar station.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, suspense, black and white, spooky, crime thriller, thrilling, psychotronic, cult film
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Anti Matter (2016)
Plot Summary:
Anti Matter (AKA Worm) is a sci-fi noir take on the Alice in Wonderland tale. Ana, an Oxford PhD student, finds herself unable to build new memories following an experiment to generate and travel through a wormhole. The story follows her increasingly desperate efforts to understand what happened, and to find out who - or what - is behind the rising horror in her life.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: mind bending, neo noir, apocalyptic, mindfuck, low-budget
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Tartarus (2010)
Plot Summary:
Austria-Hungary 1813: Two soldiers returning from the Napoleonic war encounter a creeping invasion in a remote mountain village that far exceeds their imagination - especially as the powerful enemy calls for actions that put the humanity of the two men to the test.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Austria
Duration: 106 min
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Reed's Point (2022)
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A vehicle crash in the Pine Barrens leads to a missing teen which raises conspiracy theories about the infamous Jersey Devil legend. On the anniversary of the crash, Sarah Franklin, convinced her cousin Kelsey is alive, goes out to the crash site with Alex, Kelsey's boyfriend, to investigate. Things go downhill quickly as Sarah and Alex uncover what really lurks in the woods.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 267
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
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Horror of the Humongous Hungry Hungan (1991)
Plot Summary:
A genetic experiment goes wrong as it creates a hideous monster from dead body parts:a re-animated corpse thirsty for blood.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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Spider in the Attic (2021)
Plot Summary:
A deadly nest of spiders lurk in the attic - And the nest is about to be awoken by a news reporter and her colleagues.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 212
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
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Altered Species (2001)
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Altered Species is a 2001 horror film, about a scientist who has found a way to regenerate damaged tissue in the body. He has tried his experiment on rats, but the effects are disastrous. One of them grows to 50 times its normal size, and attempts to destroy the laboratory.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 498
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: natural horror
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The Color Out of Space (2010)
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Arkham, 1975: Jonathan Davis' father has disappeared. His tracks lead to Germany, to the Swabian-Franconian Forest where he was stationed after the Second World War. Jonathan sets out to find him and bring him home, but deep in the woods he discovers a dark mystery from the past. Based on H.P. Lovecraft's short novel "The Colour Out of Space".
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, neo noir, tense, atmospheric, bleak, serious, suspenseful, mystical, futuristic, gothic
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Curtain (2015)
Plot Summary:
Danni moves into a New York apartment and starts sprucing the place up. She doesn’t know the previous tenant committed suicide in very strange circumstances. Nor does she know there’s a mysterious portal to another dimension in the bathroom that’s hungry for…. shower curtains! But where does this unusual gateway hidden behind the white tiling lead? That’s what Danni and her ‘Whale Saver’ chugger workmate Tim decide to find out. It’s an investigation into a unique phenomenon full of surprise and unimaginable horror as they both enter The Yonder in a stunningly directed, creatively devised and quirky oddball gem.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 561
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, psychological, captivating
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Dragon Fury (2021)
Plot Summary:
A group of soldiers are taken to the mountains of Wales to investigate a strange looking monster.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Hard to Be a God (1989)
Plot Summary:
Another planet in the period of medieval times. An employee of the institute of experimental history from Earth, who is send under the name of noble don Rumata of Estor as a spy with a mission to contact the local resident of the institute, arrives in the city of Arkanar. But the resident perishes under an unlucky attempt to make a palace coup, and Rumata have to take his place as the resident. Soon he meets all the horrors of the medieval society - a peasant war, palace coups, mass executions. To continue to be an indifferent watcher of all these horrors turns out to be simply impossible.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: West Germany, France, Soviet Union, Switzerland
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: philosophical, surreal, disturbing, grotesque, weird, eighties
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Strange Invaders (1983)
Plot Summary:
Charlie's ex-wife disappears, and he goes to where she grew up--a rural town in the midwest--to look for her. But, surprisingly, nobody knows about her or any of her many relatives, the Newmans. He meets aliens; but when he contacts the FBI, they don't believe him. He tells his story to a tabloid; and suddenly, he is chased by the aliens.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, bleak, serious, suspenseful, suspense, cult film
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Island of Terror (1966)
Plot Summary:
A small island community is overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters which liquefy and digest the bones from living creatures. The community struggles to fight back.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, slasher, grindhouse, black and white, classic horror, scary, offbeat, bleak, serious, suspenseful
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Bug (1975)
Plot Summary:
An earthquake releases a strain of mutant cockroaches with the ability to start fires, which proceed to cause destructive chaos in a small town. The studies carried out by scientist James Parmiter, however, reveal an intent with much more far-reaching consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: natural horror, psychotronic, grindhouse, perverse, scary, rough, serious, slasher, suspenseful, crying
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Terror in the Swamp (1985)
Plot Summary:
In effort to create the perfect nutria for breeding by the fur industry, a scientist and his assistant inadvertently create a brutal mutation that escapes into the nearby swamps.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher
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Monstrosity (1963)
Plot Summary:
A rich but unscrupulous old woman plots with a scientist to have her brain implanted in the skull of a sexy young woman.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspense, grindhouse, independent film, scary, offbeat, bleak, surreal, semi serious, cult film
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Curse of the Fly (1965)
Plot Summary:
Remember that scientist that was trying to perfect a matter transportation machine but got fused with a fly when one of the little critters got into the transporter with him? Well, this story is about three of his descendents (a son, Henri Delambre, played by Brian Donlevy and two grandsons). Seems the son wants to continue and perfect the machine while his two sons want to get out of the scientist business and live "normal" lives. The oldest son, Martin, decides to take a wife (who just happens to have escaped from a mental hospital after her parents died). Martin's father is not happy with this intrusion but finally gives in because he understands him son's needs. They all try to be a happy family until humans used in botched experiments are discovered by the new bride and the police nearly discover the lab while looking for Martin's wife. Everyone tries to get out of there via the transporter but things just don't go according to plan.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, exciting, serious, black and white, natural horror, psychotronic, suspense, medical horror, classic horror
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Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter (1974)
Plot Summary:
When several young girls are found dead, left hideously aged and void of blood, Dr Marcus suspects vampirism. He enlists the help of the Vampire Hunter. Mysterious and powerful, Kronos has dedicated his life to destroying the evil pestilence. Once a victim of its diabolical depravity, he knows the vampire's strengths and weaknesses as well as the extreme dangers attached to confronting the potent forces of darkness.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, intense, suspenseful, gothic horror, atmospheric, cult classic, psychotronic, perverse, serious
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Amphibian Man (1961)
Plot Summary:
People living at the seashore town are frightened by reports about the unknown creature called "the sea devil." Nobody knows what it is, but it's really a son of a doctor Salvator. The doctor performed a surgery on his son and now young Ihtiandre can live under water. This gives him certain advantages, but creates a lot of problems.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, serious, thought provoking, captivating, psychotronic, retro, surreal
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Moscow: Cassiopea (1974)
Plot Summary:
Start of nterstellar expedition equipped by "pioneers"(soviet scouts).
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 884
Genere: Family, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Adventure
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1968)
Plot Summary:
A man who loves to travel, travels to an island where a mad doctor is creating zombies.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 890
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Philippines
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, bleak, bloody, grindhouse, independent film, scary, mind bending, offbeat
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Red 11 (2018)
Plot Summary:
A human lab rat in a sinister medical research facility tries to buy his way out of debt to the company while under the influence of experimental psychoactive drugs.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 584
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, independent film
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Storm Planet (1962)
Plot Summary:
Four Soviet cosmonauts land on the planet Venus and find it teeming with life, some of it dangerous.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, vintage, cult film
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Zombie Holocaust (1980)
Plot Summary:
After Malukan immigrants engage in a string of corpse mutilations at various New York City hospitals, a doctor and a morgue assistant travel to the Maluku Islands to investigate.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, grindhouse, atmospheric, harsh, suspenseful, slasher, semi serious, bloody, splatter
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Syngenor: Synthesized Genetic Organism (1990)
Plot Summary:
A scientist engineers a group of genetically engineered cyborgs for use as "super soldiers" to fight U.S. wars in the Middle East. However, things get ugly when the cyborgs malfunction and turn on their creators.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 787
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, independent film, scary, stylized, fast, surprise ending
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Banshee Chapter (2013)
Plot Summary:
On the trail of a missing friend who had been experimenting with mind-altering drugs, a young journalist - aided by a rogue counter-culture writer, The Silence of The Lambs -- finds herself drawn into the dangerous world of top-secret government chemical research and the mystery of a disturbing radio signal of unknown origin. A fast-paced thriller blending fact and fiction, Banshee Chapter is based on real documents, actual test subject testimony, and uncovered secrets about covert programs run by the CIA.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, lovecraft, disturbing, psychological, spooky, suspense, surreal, satanic, splatter, psychological horror