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Plot Summary:
A troubled mortician embarks on an odyssey for truth about life and death.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Animation, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags:
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The Treflik Family (2016)
Plot Summary:
A pair of music-loving siblings go on different adventures in distant, mysterious lands, which help them understand matters big and small.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Animation
Country: Poland
Duration: 8 min
Plot tags:
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The Phantom of the Opera (1988)
Plot Summary:
Animated version of the classic story.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Animation, Horror
Country: Ireland
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, 2d animation
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Alien Beasts (1991)
Plot Summary:
Carl J. Sukenick is the commander of a branch of the CIA, battling terrorists with martial arts, while his dad keeps watch in the security center. Neal was sent out, but is a traitor, and he was mutated by a radiation blast. He sends Sara Shell to meet her husband, Agent Mark Shell, and daughter Sheila, but the three are brutally maimed and murdered by enemy agents. One cuts off Sara's hand for no apparent reason. A radiation blast from Neal the Traitor, who is wandering around an aqueduct killing passersby, mutates Joe as well. Carl says they knew nothing of the "hideous extra-dimensional being" breaking into this dimension, but he sends Evon, Rhonda, and Hackney to fight the mutations and the agent, who giggles constantly, before learning that there is another traitor and an alien, so he decides he must kill all his friends and find and kill the "hideous extra-dimensional being.".
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Action, Animation, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: claymation, psychotronic, independent film
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The Hunting of the Snark (2015)
Plot Summary:
A group of strange individuals embark on a voyage with the aim of capturing 'The Snark'.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Animation
Country: UK
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: adult animation
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No. 12: Heaven and Earth Magic (1962)
Plot Summary:
The first part depicts the heroine's toothache consequent to the loss of a very valuable watermelon, her dentistry and transportation to heaven. Next follows an elaborate exposition of the heavenly land, in terms of Israel and Montreal. The second part depicts the return to Earth from being eaten by Max Müller on the day Edward VII dedicated the Great Sewer of London.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 844
Genere: Animation
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: avant garde, experimental, anime, independent film, silent, silent film
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The Amazing Mr. Bickford (1987)
Plot Summary:
Several pieces of Frank Zappa's music are set against clay animation by Bruce Bickford.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Animation, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, claymation, experimental, adult animation, independent film, cult film
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Strike (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young mole must try to achieve his impossible dream of becoming a footballer in order to save his hometown gold mine from a greedy supervillain known only as 'The Boss'.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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VeggieTales: Merry Larry and the True Light of Christmas (2013)
Plot Summary:
Bob and Larry are going all out to make it the best Christmas ever at the Spring Valley Mall. With music, decorations and a light show like no other, it's an all-out spectacle to outshine the competition! But a little girl with a big heart changes everything when she shows them all what Christmas is really about.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags:
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H.P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror and Other Stories (2007)
Plot Summary:
In the bleak, disturbing and suspenseful universe of H.P. Lovecraft, endless horrors await. From ravaging cannibals to ancient rituals come to life, there's no escape for these hapless souls, whether they come across the Danwich outskirts or even the gruesome cover of the Necronomicon.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Animation, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, mystical, captivating, suspense, gothic horror, anime, entertaining
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The Apostle (2012)
Plot Summary:
A prisoner recently escaped from prison tries to recover the loot he hid a few years earlier in a remote and secluded village, but what there is is a sentence worse than jail. Claims elderly, strange disappearances, spirits, a peculiar priest and to the very archpriest of Santiago star in a horror story, humor and fantasy. First production of stop-motion with clay made in Spain. It features the voices of Luis Tosar, Geraldine Chaplin, Manuel Manquiña, Jorge Sanz and Paul Naschy among others.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 880
Genere: Animation, Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: suspense, atmospheric, captivating, suspenseful, adult animation, anime, tense, claymation, exciting, humorous
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Twilight of the Cockroaches (1987)
Plot Summary:
A messy bachelor's apartment is a paradise for the huge colony of cockroaches living there: no sprays, no traps, and plenty of food. When the homeowner's girlfriend moves in, however, the party comes to an abrupt end, and the roaches must quickly adapt to a life of struggling for survival. Combines animation with live actors.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Animation, Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: anime, adult animation, allegory
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The Night of the Headless Horseman (1999)
Plot Summary:
The teacher Ichabod Crane arrives at Sleepy Hollow town and immediately falls in love with Katrina Van Tassel. Ichabold is intelligent, but weak and coward, and he finds a competitor, the strong Brom Bones that has been wooing Katrina for a long time. Soon begins a competition between the two men for Katrina, but Ichabold's greatest problem is the Headless Horseman that haunts him.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Animation, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: computer animated
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The Light Before Christmas (2007)
Plot Summary:
After losing their way on a cold, blustery Christmas eve, two children, Katie and Makean are rescued by their friend, the Candleman, an old sage who imparts wisdom, hot chocolate, and stories. Opening a weathered book, he begins reading the classic tale, The Night Before Christmas. Magically, Katie and Makean become characters in the poem where they learn the light of Christmas comes from the giver of all good gifts.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Animation
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min
Plot tags:
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Night of the Animated Dead (2021)
Plot Summary:
An animated retelling of ‘Night of the Living Dead’, in which a group of people in a rural farmhouse struggle to survive the threat of bloodthirsty zombies.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 809
Genere: Animation, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: adult animation, anime, surprise ending, suspense, psychotronic, independent film, grindhouse, minimal cast
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Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack (2012)
Plot Summary:
To celebrate their graduation from university Kaori and her two friends visit Okinawa in southern Japan for a short vacation. At the vacation house, provided by Tadashi's uncle, a numbing stench awaits the girls, and can be traced to a horrendously deformed, legged fish that Kaori kills. More and more of these creatures appear and portend a horrific change for the animal life in the area. A phone call from Kaori's fiancé Tadashi in Tokyo quickly shows the scope of this epidemic, when he is also attacked by these mechanized fish. Kaori immediately sets out on an perilous voyage to find out what happened to Tadashi, helped by Shirakawa — a videographer in search of the truth behind all this.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological thriller, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, disturbing, dark fantasy, manga, weird
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Glitch in the Grid (2011)
Plot Summary:
Three artists struggling against the grid of society find spiritual renewal.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Animation, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: experimental, psychological, contemplative, sincere, atmospheric, mind bending, serious, realistic, surreal, spiritual
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Norman Picklestripes (2019)
Plot Summary:
Norm is the charismatic caretaker of Plywood Forest. The son of Mother Nature, Norm uses fix-it skills and magic to keep the peace and help his quirky animal friends with their hilarious mishaps. Born with a song in his heart, he is prone to bursting into Broadway-inspired tunes to convey his message. Norm spends his days helping friends like Bob the worrywart porcupine, Blanche the dramatic rabbit, Marco the overeager raccoon, and Bixie the eccentric skunk. In a forest full of nonstop drips, broken blenders and loud possum parties, Norm uses his gift of gab, trusty tool belt and magical powers to make the world a better place. With a heap of can-do attitude, Norm's motto is "Not to worry, I'm there in a hurry!".
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Animation
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags:
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The Wolf House (2018)
Plot Summary:
María, a girl from Colonia Dignidad, in Chile —a kind of sectarian community, tyrannically mastered by the ruthless Paul Schäfer, a German madman, religious fanatic and child predator, who would end up turning the place into a torture center at the service of the military dictatorship ruled by Augusto Pinochet—, is punished for having lost three pigs, so she decides to run away and take refuge in an abandoned house hidden in the forest.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Horror
Country: Chile, Germany
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: disturbing, surreal, adult animation, psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, atmospheric, mind bending
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Where The Dead Go to Die (2012)
Plot Summary:
A troubled group of children living on the same block are haunted by a talking dog named Labby who brings them on surreal hell-rides between different dimensions and time periods.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: disturbing, satanic, adult animation, brutal, bleak, serious, mind bending, dark, controversial, demonic
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From Inside (2008)
Plot Summary:
Based on the epic graphic novel by John Bergin, FROM INSIDE is the tale of Cee, a young pregnant woman who finds herself on a damaged train slowly transcribing its way across a bleak, apocalyptic landscape. Flood, war, starvation, and a plague of death threaten the train's passengers. Cee struggles through these dangers while coping with the memory of her lost husband and the imminent birth of her child.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 281
Genere: Animation, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, anime, weird
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Thriller Restaurant (2010)
Plot Summary:
At the spooky western styled mansion turned restaurant "Thriller Restaurant," Kuroka and Ryu disappear. After their disappearance others start to disappear at the restaurant. Rumors soon start that the devil himself is responsible for the missing persons.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Animation, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, anime, sexy
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One Night in City (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jan Balej's animated film Night In A City / Jedné Noci V Jednom Meste (2007) from the Czech Republic. Very little dialogue throughout, but instead a rich world of sounds and music which more than match the detailed animation and curious vignettes that create the film.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Horror
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: adult animation, enigmatic, captivating, entertaining, mysterious, satirical, suspenseful, surreal, anthology, anime
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Mad God (2021)
Plot Summary:
A figure known as "The Assassin" descends from the heavens into a nightmarish pit full of monsters, titans, and cruelty.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: adult animation, disturbing, surreal, avant garde, suspense, spooky, captivating, entertaining, scary, mind bending
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The Pied Piper (1986)
Plot Summary:
A darkly brilliant stop-motion adaptation of The Pied Piper of Hamelin about a plague of rats that punish townsfolk corrupt with greed. One of Czechoslovakia's most ambitious animation projects of the 1980s, notable for its unusual dark art direction, innovative animation techniques and use of a fictitious language.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, psychedelic, gothic, dark, experimental, surreal, gothic horror, claymation, adult animation, avant garde
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Lesson Faust (1994)
Plot Summary:
A very free adaptation of Marlowe's 'Doctor Faustus', Goethe's 'Faust' and various other treatments of the old legend of the man who sold his soul to the devil. Svankmajer's Faust is a nondescript man who, after being lured by a strange map into a sinister puppet theatre, finds himself immersed in an indescribably weird version of the play, blending live actors, clay animation and giant puppets.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Czech Republic, France, UK, Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: surreal, art house, experimental, philosophical, dark, claymation, cerebral, mindfuck, atmospheric, stylized
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Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn (2015)
Plot Summary:
A group of survivors trapped in a New York apartment fight to stay alive against legions of zombies.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Animation, Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, suspense, psychological, captivating, intense
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Dead Space: Aftermath (2011)
Plot Summary:
The End was only the Beginning.The year is 2509 and not only has Earth lost contact with the Ishimura and Isaac Clarke, but now also the USG O'Bannon, the first responder ship sent to rescue them. Four crew members of the O'Bannon have survived. But what happened to the rest of the crew? What were they doing? What secrets are they keeping? All to be revealed...in the Aftermath! --- Dead Space: Aftermath is a fast paced, horrifying thrill ride told through the perspective of the four survivors by several renowned international directors. Dead Space: Aftermath is an animated film that bridges the storyline between the video games Dead Space and Dead Space 2.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, suspenseful, space horror, tense, captivating, futuristic, disturbing, atmospheric, manga
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Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (2023)
Plot Summary:
Explorer Bruce Wayne accidentally unleashes an ancient evil, and returns to Gotham after being away for two decades. There, Batman battles Lovecraftian supernatural forces and encounters allies and enemies such as Green Arrow, Ra's al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Killer Croc, Two-Face and James Gordon.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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The House (2022)
Plot Summary:
Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: surreal, adult animation, anthology, dark comedy, suspenseful, experimental, gloomy, fairy tale, funny, suspense
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Wendell & Wild (2022)
Plot Summary:
Two demon brothers enlist the aid of Kat Elliot — a tough teen with a load of guilt — to summon them to the Land of the Living. But what Kat demands in return leads to a brilliantly bizarre and comedic adventure like no other.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: adult animation, spooky, gay cinema, queer cinema