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Plot Summary:
Brazzi plays mad Dr. Frankenstein, Dunn is an evil dwarf and Lugosi (no relation to Bela) is a Neanderthal man. Add a monster named Hulk, and some nude women for sexploitation value.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, gothic horror, classic horror, scary, rough, offbeat, suspenseful, semi serious, gothic, psychotronic
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Frankenstein's Patchwork Monster (2015)
Plot Summary:
Horror - A wager is made, a book of horror fiction is written. It becomes know as, "Frankenstein, or a Modern Prometheus", by Mary Shelley. Though what happens if fiction was fact? Can a soul be immortal. Is everlasting life worth such misery? - Melantha Blackthorne, Robert Bozek, Paul McGinnis.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, exotic
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Bloody Sin (2011)
Plot Summary:
A team of researchers investigates a European castle that was used for sadistic tortures during the inquisition, as well as horrifying and abominable Nazi experiments on innocent people. Riddled with history, the demonically possessed castle overtakes the crew turning their nightmares into a terrifying reality.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Lady Frankenstein (1971)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Frankensteins' daughter, who is in love with the aging lab assistant Marshall, continues with her fathers experiments and attempts to transplant Marshall's brain into a new body to prolong his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: classic horror, psychotronic, gothic, suspense, gothic horror, grindhouse, scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful
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The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)
Plot Summary:
Victor Frankenstein, descendant of the infamous scientist, Baron Von Frankenstein, follows in his experimental footsteps. Initially his success involves the resuscitation of a tortoise and progressing onto more ambitious projects, including creating his own monster. The gothic genre is re-worked to create a drama of black humour and farce.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, suspenseful, gothic, bleak, suspense, classic horror, touching, grindhouse, dark comedy, medical horror
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Terror of the Living Dead (1973)
Plot Summary:
Upon his uncle's death, Serge Chekov journeys to a spooky Scottish village for the reading of the will. But when he inherits the estate, Serge runs afoul of his uncle's jealous wife , his business partner , his maid and others. It's not long before zombies join the fun in this Italian supernatural thriller, also starring Paul Naschy as a nutso gravedigger.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 891
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, atmospheric, gothic, suspense, classic horror, scary, rough, serious, futuristic, suspenseful
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The Devil's Wedding Night (1973)
Plot Summary:
The 1800s: scholarly Karl Schiller believes he's found the ring of the Nibelungen, which holds great power. It's at Castle Dracula. His twin, Franz, a gambler, asks if vampires frighten Karl; Karl shows him an Egyptian amulet, which may protect him. Franz takes the amulet and sets out ahead of his brother, arriving at the castle first. There he finds a countess who invites him to dine. Later that night, Karl arrives. Coincidently, it's the Night of the Virgin Moon, a night that falls every fifty years and draws five virgins from the surrounding village to the castle not be heard from again. Can Karl protect his brother, find the ring, and rescue any of the women?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 991
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, suspense, suspenseful, scary, bleak, gothic, grindhouse, offbeat, humorous, serious
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The Nude Vampire (1970)
Plot Summary:
A suicide cult led by a mysterious figure known as The Master. Oliver Martin is the hero, who tries to rescue pretty Caroline Cartier from the cult, only to find out that yet another group of vampires wants to save her too.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, surreal, suspenseful, scary, gothic, suspense, gothic horror, grindhouse, classic horror, atmospheric
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The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
Plot Summary:
Once hounded from his castle by outraged villagers for creating a monstrous living being, Baron Frankenstein returns to Karlstaad. High in the mountains they stumble on the body of the creature, perfectly preserved in the ice. He is brought back to life with the help of the hypnotist Zoltan who now controls the creature. Can Frankenstein break Zoltan's hypnotic spell that incites the monster to commit these horrific murders or will Zoltan induce the creature to destroy its creator?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, classic horror, psychotronic, suspense, grindhouse, medical horror, scary, serious, suspenseful
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Fiancee of Dracula (2002)
Plot Summary:
A Van Helsing-like professor and his protegé are tracking Dracula's descendants through the world of "parallels", creatures who are human in form but live quite distinct psychic lives. A circus dwarf who is in love with one of these creatures leads them to a mansion filled with oddly behaving nuns, The Order of the White Virgins. The nuns are detaining a beautiful woman who is the betrothed of the still-extant Dracula. When she escapes, everyone follows her to Dracula's seaside castle, on the way dealing with a baby-eating ogress and a wolf-woman (Brigitte Lahaie in a cameo), witches and madwomen. The bizarre wedding ritual commences.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 579
Genere: Horror
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: gothic, serious, suspenseful, surreal, scary, suspense, gothic horror, classic horror
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The Final Conflict (1981)
Plot Summary:
Damien Thorn (Sam Neill) has helped rescue the world from a recession, appearing to be a benign corporate benefactor. When he then becomes U.S. Ambassador to England, Damien fulfills a terrifying biblical prophecy. He also faces his own potential demise as an astronomical event brings about the second coming of Christ.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: demonic, suspense, creepy, scary, satanic, controversial, religious horror, gothic, slasher, classic horror
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Castle of Blood (1964)
Plot Summary:
A writer accepts a wager that he cannot spend the night alone in a haunted castle on All Soul's Eve. Once night falls at the castle, several who had been murdered therein return to life, reliving their deaths and seeking to kill the writer for his blood in a vain attempt to stay alive beyond that one night.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, suspense, grindhouse, atmospheric, psychotronic, neo noir, black and white, creepy, classic horror
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Humanoid Monster, Bem the Movie (2012)
Plot Summary:
Bem, Bela and Belo arrive at a new town plagued by a series of mysterious, unsolved cases which, as they discover, are caused by another youkai, one more powerful than they have ever encountered. The story will also focus on Belo's first love, and his increasing desire to become human. In the meantime, Bem and Bela have found a way to become human, but are conflicted about whether to let just Belo turn human, or along with Belo, become humans themselves.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, anime
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Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
Plot Summary:
Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect specimens for his most ambitious project ever.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: gothic, bleak, scary, suspenseful, gothic horror, classic horror, psychotronic, medical horror, terrifying, serious
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The Wickeds (2005)
Plot Summary:
Seven teenagers travel to an old, decrepit house, the site of a horror movie set and rumored to be haunted. But when two grave robbers arrive seeking refuge from an army of the living dead, it becomes the ultimate fight for survival.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 596
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, psychological, tense, disturbing, scary, rough, serious, independent film
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The Haunted Palace (1963)
Plot Summary:
A warlock burned at the stake comes back and takes over the body of his great grandson to take his revenge on the descendents of the villages that burned him.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, lovecraft, tense, serious, classic horror, atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, scary
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The Blood Beast Terror (1968)
Plot Summary:
A Scotland Yard Detective (Peter Cushing) must investigate a series of murders perpetrated by a giant blood-sucking moth that can take human form.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, classic horror, natural horror, psychotronic, suspense, cult classic, independent film, scary, atmospheric, mind bending
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Werewolf Woman (1976)
Plot Summary:
A woman has dreams that she is a werewolf so she goes out and finds men. She proceeds to have sex with them and then rip their throats out with her teeth. She eventually falls in love but then she is raped and her lover is murdered so she goes out for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, grindhouse, captivating, suspense, psychotronic, detective, banned film
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Vampire Circus (1972)
Plot Summary:
After a spate of murders, the villagers of Schtettel kill the depraved perpetrator, Count Mitterhouse. Fifteen years later the Circus of Nights appeared in the plague-ridden village and its performers include Mitterhouse's mistress, children and cousins. They have come to Schtettel to fulfil the Count's last words, an evil, vicious curse of death and destruction on those who participated in his impaling. The children of Schtettel become the targets for a brutal and devastating revenge as the Vampire Circus rehearses for its most deadly performance.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, suspenseful, scary, gothic, enigmatic, suspense, terrifying, psychotronic, sexy, classic horror
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Curse of the Blood Ghouls (1962)
Plot Summary:
On their wedding night, a newlywed couple find themselves menaced by a bloodthirsty vampire.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 566
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, scary, atmospheric, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, odd
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Dracula II: Ascension (2003)
Plot Summary:
Sequel to Dracula 2000. Father Uffizi [Jason Scott Lee] hunts vampires. He travels the world to behead them with his bullwhip, but his ultimate goal is to find the first vampire, Dracula (revealed as Judas Iscariot in Dracula 2000), absolve Dracula's sins against Jesus, set his soul free, and end his unholy existence. So, when Dracula's charred body turns up in the New Orleans morgue, Uffizi heads there. Medical students, Liz Blaine [Diane Neal] and Luke [Jason London] are charged with autopsying the body. When they open the abdominal cavity, they find that the liver and other organs are white, suggesting to Luke that the person did not produce his own blood but got it elsewhere, i.e., a vampire.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, exciting, tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, medical horror
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Scars of Dracula (1970)
Plot Summary:
The Prince of Darkness casts his undead shadow once more over the cursed village of Kleinenberg when his ashes are splashed with bat's blood and Dracula is resurrected. And two innocent victims search for a missing loved one... loved to death by Dracula's mistress. But after they discover his blood-drained corpse in Dracula's castle necropolis, the Vampire Lord's lustful vengeance begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, rough, suspenseful, scary, bleak, serious, classic horror, grindhouse, perverse
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The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman (1971)
Plot Summary:
Elvira is travelling through the French countryside with her friend Genevieve, searching for the lost tomb of a medieval murderess and possible vampire, Countess Wandessa. They find a likely site in the castle of Waldemar Daninsky, who invites the women to stay as long as they like. As Waldemar shows Elvira the tomb that supposedly houses the countess, she accidentally causes the vampire to come back to life, hungrier than ever. Daninsky has a hidden secret of his own, but will it be enough to save the two girls from becoming Wandessa's next victims?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain, West Germany
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, suspenseful, serious, sexy, classic horror, suspense, grindhouse, slasher, terrifying
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Baron Blood (1972)
Plot Summary:
A young man, Peter, returns to Austria in search of his heritage. There he visits the castle of an ancestor, a sadistic Baron who was cursed to a violent death by a witch whom the Baron had burned at the stake. Peter reads aloud the incantation that causes Baron Blood to return and continue his murderous tortures.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, suspense, scary, rough, suspenseful, serious, grindhouse, psychotronic, bloody
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The Rage (2007)
Plot Summary:
A crazed scientist experimenting with a rage virus on innocent victims in a laboratory in the woods. When his monstrous subjects escape and vultures devour their remains, they became mutations seeking to feed on humans.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, bleak, bloody, suspense, slasher, disturbing, psychotronic, grindhouse
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Frankenstein vs. the Creature from Blood Cove (2005)
Plot Summary:
Near an isolated beach on California's coast, a sinister plan is underway in a laboratory of horror. Three renegade scientists have resurrected the Frankenstein Monster. . . legendary indestructible dead man come to life. . . and they have also created a biogentically engineered half-man, half fish abomination. . . to use as secret weapons in the fight against terrorists worldwide. However, disaster strikes when the terrifying monsters chemical brainwashing fails and the entire plan goes to hell! Instead of stopping terror, these invincible monsters spread terror! The first victims. . . young people on a glamour photo shoot are attacked by the amphibious beast of evil! Rescued and held hostage by the scientists, the survivors must find a way to escape the madmen and the monsters!.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, black and white, cult horror, campy
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The Butcher of Binbrook (1971)
Plot Summary:
Lizard Monster kept alive and buried.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 329
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, medical horror, scary, atmospheric, offbeat, gothic, serious, slasher, suspenseful, stylized
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Decadent Evil (2005)
Plot Summary:
A fallen foot tall Homunculus called Marvin (a part human/part reptile creature) is imprisoned in a birdcage by a vengeful lover who is bidding to become the world's most powerful vampire.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 572
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, rough, semi serious, suspense, scary, offbeat, fast, campy, cult film
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The Vampire Lovers (1970)
Plot Summary:
In the heart of Styria the Karnstein Family, even after their mortal deaths, rise from their tombs spreading evil in the countryside in their lust for fresh blood. Baron Hartog whose family are all victims of Karnstein vampirism, opens their graves and drives a stake through their diabolical hearts. One grave he cannot locate is that of the legendary beautiful Mircalla Karnstein. Years of peace follow that grisly night until Mircalla reappears to avenge her family's decimation and satisfy her desire for blood.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, scary, suspenseful, serious, queer horror, sexy, grindhouse, psychotronic, creepy
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The Phantom of the Opera (1998)
Plot Summary:
Gory remake of the Gaston Leroux classic story, only this time, the phantom is not disfigured, but a man who was raised by rats deep under the Paris Opera House.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, serious, emotional, atmospheric, stylized, dark, suspense, slasher, perverse
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Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Plot Summary:
Whilst vacationing in the Carpathian Mountain, two couples stumble across the remains of Count Dracula's castle. The Count's trusted servant kills one of the men, suspending the body over the Count's ashes so that the blood drips from the corpse and saturates the blackened remains. The ritual is completed, the Count revived and his attentions focus on the dead man's wife who is to become his partner; devoted to an existence of depravity and evil.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, talky, serious, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic