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Plot Summary:
When military experiments go haywire and trigger an atomic bomb, the consequences are of epic proportions. A monster arrives in the midst of the nuclear fallout, and Japan's defenses are helpless against it. Mankind's only savior is an irradiated water goblin from Japanese folklore called the "Death Kappa". The two rival monsters must go head-to-head in the ultimate battle between good and evil!.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, exciting, retro, surreal, offbeat, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic
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Fangs (2002)
Plot Summary:
Scottsville is a sleepy town, where the yearly apple blossom festival is usually the only 'memorable' event, so Police Chief Sam Taylor is furious when young cop Ally Parks -who comes from the big city- insists on investigating the death and mutilation of prof. Fuller, who experimented on bats, and soon several other victims, as unnatural bat attacks. She finds a helpful 'expert' in animal controller Dr. John Winslow, and the couple gets help from his inquisitive daughter Genny and her practically in-living high school-friend Logan to unravel how it all ties in with local real estate mogul Carl Hart's dishonest and corrupt practices.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 779
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, natural horror
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Big Man Japan (2007)
Plot Summary:
In this hilarious mockumentary, middle-aged Daisato (Hitoshi Matsumoto) -- a second-rate, third-generation superhero -- annoys his neighbors with the noise and destruction he causes on the job. But a heroic public image is the least of his concerns. Besides defending Japan from bizarre monsters, he must deal with an agent seeking to brand him with ads, a superhero grandfather with Alzheimer's and a family embarrassed by his incompetence.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, surreal, tense, exciting, captivating, mind bending, psychedelic, suspense
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Lizard Boy (2011)
Plot Summary:
If you were a brilliant geneticist, working on a secret government genetic engineering project, and your fiancee dumped you because your sperm were not viable, what would you do to resolve your mid-life crisis? Dr. Gino Conti creates his own son by combining reptilian and human DNA, but discovers fatherhood an extraordinary challenge when his son's anger management issues include eating people.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, humorous, witty
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Anonymous Rex (2004)
Plot Summary:
The dinosaurs didn't go completely extinct when the asteroids hit 65 million years ago. Today, every ten thousandth person in the country is a dinosaur, evolved to be human-sized, wearing sophisticated solid-light holographic disguises to maintain the facade, getting stoned off regular cooking herbs like basil, rosemary and tarragon, and living by their own shadow government's laws; any human who stumbles upon them is to be immediately executed. Two dino private investigators, velociraptor Vincent Rubio and triceratops Ernie Watson, are hired by one of Ernie's old girlfriends to find out why her younger brother committed suicide, and discover a dino cult called Voice Of Progress that wants dinokind to come out of the closet and reclaim the planet.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 950
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, natural horror, offbeat, neo noir, detective
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The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008)
Plot Summary:
When heads of state gather at the G8 summit in Japan, Guilala -- the intergalactic monster that had been banished from the earth in The X from Outer Space -- returns to ravage the Japanese countryside and threaten the world leaders. Military strikes prove futile against the beast, but a reporter learns that one rural community possesses a strange ritual that might influence the creature. Minoru Kawasaki directs this campy satire.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 412
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, semi serious, retro, daikaiju
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Mandroid (1993)
Plot Summary:
In his hidden laboratory deep in Russia, Dr. Karl Zimmer has invented the Mandroid, a humanoid robot which follows the motions of a man in a special control suit. He has offered the invention to the USA, who have sent Smith and Wait from the CIA for inspection. However Zimmer's partner Drago has different plans, wants to sell Mandroid to the military. The night he tries to steal Mandroid, he becomes exposed to the highly toxic Superconn. But he can flee and won't give up on Mandroid, even though he's terribly disfigured.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 597
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, scary, bleak, surprise ending, independent film, cult film
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Rock Monster (2008)
Plot Summary:
A college student, traveling with his friends to a remote eastern-European village, unwittingly releases the Rock Monster from it's ancient slumber to wreak havoc on the surrounding countryside.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 849
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, disturbing, scary, offbeat, independent film, surprise ending, psychotronic
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Trail of the Screaming Forehead (2007)
Plot Summary:
A small town infestation of crawling alien foreheads that begin attaching to people and taking them over collides with a scientist's experiments to extract foreheadazine and things go horribly horribly wrong.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 871
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, scary, creepy, exciting, offbeat, feel good, weird
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Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977)
Plot Summary:
A Japanese geologist discovers that dinosaurs still exist in caves beneath the surface of a volcanic lake.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 760
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: natural horror, scary, exciting, offbeat, bleak, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, cult film
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Gamera vs. Viras (1968)
Plot Summary:
A group of aliens from another planet head for Earth with the intentions of conquering it. Their first ship is destroyed in transit by the giant flying turtle Gamera. A second ship makes it to Earth and captures two Boy Scouts and holds them captive so that Gamera will not attack them. The aliens then implant a remote control device into the monster's neck and use the great turtle to attack Tokyo.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, suspense, grindhouse, classic horror, natural horror, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic
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Boyichi and the Supermonster (1967)
Plot Summary:
Gamera's back, and just in time to save Japan from Gyaos, a mysterious bat-like creature awakened by a volcanic eruption. As in the first Gamera movie, a young boy establishes an emotional link with Gamera, and the two work together, with the help of the world's scientists, to put and end to Gyaos' violent rampage.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, cult classic, classic horror, daikaiju, natural horror, scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, campy
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Gammera the Invincible (1966)
Plot Summary:
An atomic explosion awakens Gammera, a giant fire breathing turtle monster from his millions of years of hibernation.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, classic horror, scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, fast, psychotronic, cult film
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The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
Plot Summary:
An experimental lab animal called a gargantua escapes from his captors and is suspected to be the creature that is killing people all over the countryside. But when the gargantua from the lab appears at the same time as the evil gargantua, the two begin to battle across Japan.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, natural horror, grindhouse, classic horror, prehistoric, scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
Plot Summary:
In his 13th film, Godzilla takes a supporting role to the far more prominently featured Jet Jaguar, an Ultra-Man like robot. Aliens take control of Earth's monsters and begin using them to destroy the human race. Jet Jaguar decides to stop the attack by recruiting Godzilla and enlarging himself to Monster-size.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, natural horror, classic horror, suspenseful, semi serious, fast, psychotronic, silent, corny, cult film
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Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla (1994)
Plot Summary:
When Mothra went into outer space to stop a meteor from reaching Earth, she accidentally took with cells from Godzilla and remaining cells from Biollante that inhabited our atmosphere. The combined cells went through a black hole and created a new creature, Space Godzilla. Space Godzilla heads to Earth to confront Godzilla, Junior Godzilla, and the new G-Force robot, MOGERA.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, daikaiju, natural horror, suspenseful, semi serious, cult film
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Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
Plot Summary:
Godzilla returns to terrorize Japan! This time, however, Japan has two new weapons to defend themselves. The Gryphon, a high-tech ship, and the Dimension Tide, a device that creates artificial black holes! During a test of the Dimension Tide, eggs appear in the city of Shibuya and hatch into terrifying Meganurons! These creatures need water to grow and flood the city of Shibuya by breaking underground water veins. As they multiply and grow, they start to feed on the energy of humans. After gathering enough energy, they transform in to giant dragonfly monsters called Meganuras! And now they target Godzilla for energy to feed to the larva of their queen, which eventually hatches into the terrifying 60-meter Megaguirus who also begins to attack Godzilla for his energy. Now a 3-way battle between Godzilla, the Megaguirus, and humans begins! Will Godzilla win? Will humanity survive?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, semi serious, suspense, daikaiju, natural horror, fast, cult film
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Rebirth of Mothra (1996)
Plot Summary:
A new Mothra takes to the air and must battle Death Ghidora to save humanity.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, scary, exciting, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic, cult film
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Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
Plot Summary:
Godzilla's 12th film. After a accepting a job at a monster-themed park, a man learns his new employers are actually aliens who plan to use Ghidorah and Gigan to destroy earth. Godzilla and Anguirus must battle them to defend earth.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, classic horror, natural horror, gothic horror, cult classic, humorous, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, psychotronic
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Gamera the Brave (2005)
Plot Summary:
Toru Aizawa, a 11 year old boy suddenly finds a tiny egg on a red mysterious stone. the egg hatches and comes out an abnormal little turtle (Toto) which not only grows rapidly, but also flies in the air and even blows fireballs. At the meantime, a series of mysterious ship wrecks are reported. Later on, even more disasters happen when a huge evil ferocious monster Lizard (Zeus) suddenly comes out from the sea and attacks, wrecks and demolishes the world. the last hope of mankind relies on the friendly great monster, Gamera, which looks similar to Toto, but disappeared 33 years ago. Is Toto the descendant of Gamera? is Toto able to fight against the huge evil?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, entertaining, suspense, scenic, cult classic, daikaiju, natural horror, offbeat
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Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion (1996)
Plot Summary:
A strange meteor lands in Japan unleashing hundreds of insect-like "legion" creatures which find their way into Tokyo. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, natural horror, serious, suspenseful, fast, cult film
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Godzilla 1985 (1985)
Plot Summary:
Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scenes with Burr edited into 1954's "Godzilla". This film restores the darker tone of the original, as we witness the nuclear destruction of giant lizard terrorizing Japan.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, cult classic, natural horror, serious, suspenseful, fast, psychotronic, scary, atmospheric, unusual plot structure
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Dragon Fighter (2003)
Plot Summary:
The movie begins in Southern England in the Middle Ages and then six knights are seen riding in horses towards a destroyed town. They see the remains of burned buildings and dead people until they come upon a mother and her dead baby. She quickly dies and then a rhino-sized dragon flies overhead, the knights follow right behind, vowing to kill the creature.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, exciting, suspense, captivating, fast
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Gappa the Triphibian Monsters (1967)
Plot Summary:
An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa. An earthquake opens up an underground cavern and a baby reptile is discovered inside. The natives warn the foreigners to leave the hatching alone, but they don't listen and take it back to a zoo in Japan. Soon after, moma and papa Gappa start smashing Tokyo looking for their kidnapped child.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, retro, suspense, grindhouse, classic horror, daikaiju, scary, humorous, semi serious, campy
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Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
Plot Summary:
Forty-two years after her first visit in Tokyo, Mothra returns to warn mankind that they must return Mechagodzilla, along with Godzilla's bones, to the sea, for the dead must not be disturbed. If not, dire consequences will follow. However, Godzilla is once again on the rampage, and Mechagodzilla is Japan's only defense.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, serious, exciting, captivating, daikaiju, natural horror, psychotronic, cult film
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Earth vs. the Spider (2001)
Plot Summary:
A shy comic book fan is injected with an experimental serum and starts turning into a spider. When web covered bodies start appearing a policeman starts to investigate the strange case.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, semi serious, tense, exciting, natural horror, humorous, fast, psychotronic, detective
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Triassic Attack (2010)
Plot Summary:
A Native American owner of a kitschy roadside museum accidentally brings to life three dinosaur fossils. Now really annoyed, the giant dinos wreak havoc on the small town and the local university.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, scary, natural horror, fast
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Scorpius Gigantus (2006)
Plot Summary:
Geneticist seeks to make a name for herself by saving the planet from disease by using eons-old antibodies, harvested from enlarged six legged creatures. The creatures don't like being big and escape. Send for help.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 917
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, humorous, suspense, scary, exciting, computer animated
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Heaven's Soldiers (2005)
Plot Summary:
Modern day soldiers travel back in time and meet Admiral Lee, the greatest soldier of all time, and motivate him to drive out invaders.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 607
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, rough, offbeat
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City Under Siege (2010)
Plot Summary:
Sunny is a naïve circus performer who dreams of inheriting his father's knife-throwing skills. However, his hostile colleagues continue to bully him, relegating him to a lowly clown. On a tour to Malaysia, Cheung and other performers discover a cave occupied by the Japanese army during World War II. Instead of finding treasure, the performers - including Sunny - are sprayed with a mysterious chemical that turns them into superhuman mutants.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 984
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, crime drama, offbeat, humorous, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla (2002)
Plot Summary:
After the appearance of a new Gojira (Godzilla), the Japanese government builds a robotic Godzilla from the bones of the original monster that attacked Tokyo in 1954 to stop the beast.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, suspense, daikaiju, natural horror, fast, cult film