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Plot Summary:
The residents of a rural mining town discover that an unfortunate chemical spill has caused hundreds of little spiders to mutate overnight to the size of SUVs. It's then up to mining engineer Chris McCormack and Sheriff Sam Parker to mobilize an eclectic group of townspeople, including the Sheriff's young son, Mike, her daughter, Ashley, and paranoid radio announcer Harlan, into battle against the bloodthirsty eight-legged beasts.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, suspense, absurd, horror comedy, semi serious, suspenseful, splatter, cult classic, funny
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2 Lava 2 Lantula! (2016)
Plot Summary:
When an unprecedented amount of sinkholes erupt all over Florida, a new nest of fire spitting LAVALANTULAS is awakened… wreaking their fiery havoc all over the sunshine state.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, semi serious, mockbuster, natural horror, weird
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Big Ass Spider! (2013)
Plot Summary:
When a giant alien spider escapes from a military lab and rampages across the city of Los Angeles, it is up to one clever exterminator and his security guard sidekick to kill the creature before the entire city is destroyed.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, scary, psychotronic, natural horror, absurd, horror comedy, psychological, tense, funny
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Infestation (2009)
Plot Summary:
Our hero, Cooper, awakes to find himself nauseous, weak and covered in webbing, hanging from the ceiling of an office where, just minutes ago, he started his new job. As he struggles out of his slimy prison he comes face to face with his opponent - a grotesque, powerful and very angry bug. All 3 ft of it.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, apocalyptic, humorous, scary, horror comedy, suspense, black comedy, perverse
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Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell (2018)
Plot Summary:
Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) and his son Travis Welker (Jamie Kennedy) find themselves up to their ears in Graboids and Ass-Blasters when they head to Canada to investigate a series of deadly giant-worm attacks. Arriving at a remote research facility in the artic tundra, Burt begins to suspect that Graboids are secretly being weaponized, but before he can prove his theory, he is sidelined by Graboid venom. With just 48 hours to live, the only hope is to create an antidote from fresh venom — but to do that, someone will have to figure out how to milk a Graboid!.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, humorous, suspenseful, absurd, semi serious, entertaining, cult horror, natural horror, horror comedy
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Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)
Plot Summary:
A freak weather system turns its deadly fury on New York City, unleashing a Sharknado on the population and its most cherished, iconic sites - and only Fin and April can save the Big Apple.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspense, absurd, scary, exciting, suspenseful, grindhouse, psychotronic, mockbuster, natural horror
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Arachnoquake (2012)
Plot Summary:
Giant albino spiders break free from the depths of Earth in New Orleans, making everyone’s worst nightmare a reality.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, not serious, suspense, absurd, hilarious, scary, fast, psychotronic, campy, disaster movie
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Tremors II: Aftershocks (1996)
Plot Summary:
Those supersucking desert creatures are back --- and this time they're south of the border. As the creatures worm their way through the oil fields of Mexico, the only people who can wrangle them are veteran Earl Bassett and survivalist Burt Gummer. Add to that team a young punk out for cash and a fearless scientist, and the critters don't stand a chance.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, suspense, semi serious, natural horror, horror comedy, cult horror, exciting, suspenseful, fast
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Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004)
Plot Summary:
This prequel of the bone-chilling Tremors begins in the town of Rejection, Nev., in 1889, where 17 men die under mysterious circumstances. Spooked by recent events, the miners who populate the town leave in droves until there's nothing left but a shell of a community. It's up to the remaining residents to get to the bottom of the deaths -- but they must do so before they, too, are eradicated off the face of the planet.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, suspenseful, semi serious, natural horror, scary, humorous, funny, suspense, horror comedy, cult horror
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Lake Placid (1999)
Plot Summary:
When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, suspense, natural horror, cult classic, humorous, horror comedy, tense, slasher, splatter
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Empire of the Ants (1977)
Plot Summary:
Sleazy scam artist Joan Collins tries to sell phony real estate deals down in the Florida everglades. What she and her unsuspecting buyers don't know is the area has been taken over by giant ants!.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, intense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, grindhouse, suspense, gothic horror, cult classic
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Lavalantula (2015)
Plot Summary:
Giant lava breathing tarantulas – Lavalantulas – erupt out of ancient volcanos in the Santa Monica Mountains, raining death and destruction upon Los Angeles. With the City of Angels on the verge of incineration, only a washed up ‘90s action hero actor stands in the way of this monstrous swarm of bloodthirsty creatures who burn their victims alive.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting, tense, natural horror, romantic, mockbuster, horror comedy, psychotronic
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Camel Spiders (2011)
Plot Summary:
Based on actual creatures that for years have tormented our armed forces in the Middle East, these creatures have now invaded the southwestern deserts of the United States. The Camel Spiders now freely hunt for prey, unafraid of any predator - including man. No place is safe no one is beyond their paralyzing sting. In the end, a small band of hearty fighters are forced to make one last stand against the creatures.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspense, natural horror, independent film, fast, surprise ending, psychotronic, scary
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Spiders (2013)
Plot Summary:
After a Soviet space station crashes into a New York City subway tunnel, a species of venomous spiders is discovered, and soon they mutate to gigantic proportions and wreak havoc on the city. Starring Patrick Muldoon, Christa Campbell, directed by Tibor Takacs. Originally called "Spiders 3D" but now simply "Spiders".
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, independent film, psychotronic
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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)
Plot Summary:
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is a 1978 comedy film directed by John De Bello and starring David Miller. The film is a spoof of B-movies. Made on a budget of less than USD $100,000, the story involves tomatoes becoming sentient by unknown means and revolting against humanity.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: parody, absurd, scary, humorous, spoof, surreal, black comedy, cult classic, light, not serious
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Grabbers (2012)
Plot Summary:
Something sinister has come to the shores of Erin Island, unbeknownst to the quaint population of this sleepy fishing village resting somewhere off Ireland’s coast. First, some fishermen go missing. Then there is the rash of whale carcasses suddenly washing up on the beach. When the murders start, it’s up to two mismatched cops – an irresponsible alcoholic and his new partner, a by-the-book woman from the mainland – to protect the townsfolk from the giant, bloodsucking, tentacled aliens that prey upon them. Their only weapon, they discover, is booze. If they want to survive the creatures’ onslaught, everyone will have to get very, very drunk!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, horror comedy, parody, funny, witty, splatter, suspenseful, black comedy, dark comedy
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Arachnophobia (1990)
Plot Summary:
A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as the result of spider bites from the deadly spider offspring. It's up to a couple of doctors with the help of an insect exterminator to annihilate these eight legged freaks.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, horror comedy, natural horror, funny, splatter, creepy, cult classic, dark comedy
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Sand Sharks (2012)
Plot Summary:
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the beach, it appears that our large fishy friends have found a way to chomp on you when you're chilling out on the sand too!.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, semi serious, suspense, tense, natural horror, exciting, captivating, psychotronic, retro, mockbuster
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Webs (2003)
Plot Summary:
Richard Greico leads a team of electrical workers who stumble across a terrifying parallel universe. While investigating a strange power source in an abandoned building, the workers find themselves sucked into an underworld teeming with massive, man-eating, spider-like monsters. The bloodthirsty arachnid-human hybrids stalk and kill their victims one by one, leaving the dwindling group of survivors to fight back with just their wits and a handful of primitive weapons.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 748
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, scary, serious, natural horror
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In the Spider's Web (2007)
Plot Summary:
When a team of backpackers sets out to explore the Indian jungles, one of them is bitten by a poisonous spider and killed.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, slasher, psychotronic
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Snakehead Terror (2004)
Plot Summary:
A small town, desperate to recover from hard economic times, is under threat when voracious Snakehead fish mutate and survive previous lake chemical poisonings. The fish transform from pests to predators when human growth hormones are dumped into the local lake in the hopes of reviving the local fishing industry. Thriving on the hormones, the Snakehead fish grow to monstrous proportions, devouring everything within reach. Capable of moving and eating on land, they are forced to leave the now barren lake in a desperate search for food - animal, vegetable or human.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, serious, natural horror, tense
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2-Headed Shark Attack (2012)
Plot Summary:
A Semester at Sea ship is attacked and sunk by a mutated two-headed shark, and the survivors seek refuge on a deserted atoll. The coeds, however, are no longer safe when the atoll starts flooding.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, semi serious, suspenseful, natural horror, absurd, psychotronic, retro, mockbuster, horror comedy, hilarious
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Razortooth (2007)
Plot Summary:
The concept is based on a true story concerning an exotic species of eels that are released in the southeast from Asia. They breathe air and can survive on land.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 950
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, rough, natural horror, suspense
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Bats (1999)
Plot Summary:
Genetically mutated bats escape and it's up to a bat expert and the local sheriff to stop them.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, intense, rough, suspenseful, natural horror, psychotronic, retro, dark, slasher, saga
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The Giant Spider Invasion (1975)
Plot Summary:
A black hole hits North Wisconsin and opens a door to other dimensions. Giant 15 meter spiders emerge from it, who have an appetite for human flesh! Dr. Jenny Langer and Dr. Vance from the NASA try to save the world.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, semi serious, natural horror, captivating, retro, cult classic, offbeat, psychotronic, independent film
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Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001)
Plot Summary:
Burt Gummer returns home to Perfection, Nev., to find that the town of terror has become a theme park, and when the simulated giant worm attacks turn real, the survivalist must battle the creatures once again. Gummer pits his impressive knowledge of weaponry against the newest and deadliest generation of flesh-eating graboids, with help from two young entrepreneurs.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, natural horror, entertaining, absurd, semi serious, suspense, feel good, cult horror, offbeat
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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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Critters (1986)
Plot Summary:
A massive ball of furry creatures from another world eat their way through a small mid-western town followed by intergalactic bounty hunters opposed only by militant townspeople.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, cult classic, horror comedy, suspenseful, semi serious, slasher, splatter, grindhouse, creepy
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Mammoth (2006)
Plot Summary:
On a hot summer afternoon in the sleepy town of Blackwater Louisiana, a meteor streaks across the sky and crashes through the roof of the local Natural History Museum. The meteor is actually a spaceship containing an alien life form which animates the museum's partially frozen Woolly Mammoth and begins a rampage. Local authorities and Government Investigators join forces with Frank Abernathy, the Museum Curator, and his father Simon, a B-Movie enthusiast, to bring down the giant mammoth in this alien-invasion flick!.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, suspense, natural horror, scary, exciting, fast, surprise ending, campy
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Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus (2010)
Plot Summary:
When the prehistoric warm-water beast the Crocosaurus crosses paths with that cold-water monster the Mega Shark, all hell breaks loose in the oceans as the world's top scientists explore every option to halt the aquatic frenzy. Swallowing everything in their paths -- including a submarine or two -- Croc and Mega lead an explorer and an oceanographer on a wild chase. Eventually, the desperate men turn to a volcano for aid.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, natural horror, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, mockbuster, retro, creepy, hilarious
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Arachnid (2001)
Plot Summary:
Arachnid is a 2001 film directed by Jack Sholder. In this movie, giant killer spiders menace survivors of a plane crash.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA, Mexico
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, suspenseful, natural horror, tense, slasher, surprise ending, scary, serious, psychotronic