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Plot Summary:
A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, with hammer and sickle, just as it happens in the film to be shown.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, surreal, slapstick, horror comedy, cult classic, parody, dark comedy, clever, bleak, humorous
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All About Evil (2010)
Plot Summary:
Deborah quickly cultivates a rabid legion of San Franciscan gore fans who help catapult her to new-found local celebrity-- business booms so quickly, she's forced to bring on a full film crew of like-minded misfits to meet the demand! Her adoring public, and even her biggest fan-- high school student Steven-- don’t realize that the murders in the movies are all too real. But will this brooding youth catch the blame as Deborah's steady stream of 'actors' keep disappearing at an ever-quickening pace? What grisly fate awaits those that dare enter the Victoria theatre? Find out in ALL ABOUT EVIL!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: tense, humorous, captivating, suspenseful, funny, retro, horror comedy, cult horror, dark drama, queer horror
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Skeleton Krew (2015)
Plot Summary:
One by one a group of workers are stalked and killed by a mysterious masked figure during a 12 hour night shift in a factory facing closure.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Ireland
Duration:
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing
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Smash Cut (2009)
Plot Summary:
Television news celebrity April Carson turns to the services of private investigator Isaac Beaumonde to seek her missing sister, a stripper known as Gigi Spot. Carson assumes a role in a horror movie in the process, eventually learning that the movie's director, Able Whitman, is not only the culprit, but that he has rendered her sister's body into props for the production.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, semi serious, scary, bloody, suspense, meta, slasher, humorous, realistic, black comedy
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Shock Value (2014)
Plot Summary:
Struggling 'B' movie Director blackmails a serial killer to be the star of his next film.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 582
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, scary, horror comedy
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Homebodies (1974)
Plot Summary:
When a quiet group of pensioners learn that their homes are to be torn down to make way for a block of flats, they decide to take action. What starts as an attempt to discourage the developers soon escalates into wholesale murder of both the developers and the construction workers.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 734
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, political, surreal, independent film, scary, offbeat, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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A Bucket of Blood (1995)
Plot Summary:
Walter Paisley, a busboy at a cappuccino bar called the Jabberjaw, is praised as a genius after he kills his landlady's cat and covers it in plaster. Pressured to produce more work, he goes after bigger subjects.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 488
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, psychotronic, horror comedy, scary, rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, black comedy
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Actress Apocalypse (2005)
Plot Summary:
This saucy mockumentary follows a first-time filmmaker with ambitions to make "the greatest movie ever made," a low-budget slasher boasting a Native American killer. The director knows buxom starlets are the key to his success. But when the ladies start disappearing one by one, his plan goes bust -- and he goes crazy. Indie rockers Space Probe Taurus provide the soundtrack to this unrated director's cut that leaves little to the imagination.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 370
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, not serious, mockumentary, suspense, offbeat, realistic, independent film, experimental, dark comedy
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The Slashening (2015)
Plot Summary:
Best friends Lucy, Eva, Ashley, Beth and Margot throw a slumber party…..BUT MURDER NEVER SLUMBERS!!!!! It’s a timeless tale of friendship, betrayal, madness, and the search for some decent dick.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 259
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, parody, psychotronic, humorous, bleak, spoof, queer horror, splatter, independent film
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Dahmer vs. Gacy (2010)
Plot Summary:
A secret government lab run by Dr. Hess (Art LaFleur) has been trying to create the ultimate killer using the DNA of infamous killers Jeffrey Dahmer (Ford Austin) and John Wayne Gacy (Randal Malone), but there’s one big problem: they’ve escaped! Bloody mayhem stretches across the United States as they go on the ultimate killing spree. Trying to stop the maniacal madness is Ringo (Ford Austin), a hick warrior being trained by God (Harland Williams), using only a shotgun and a bottle of whiskey. In his road trip to hell, he must first fight off his own demons, not to mention an army of Japanese ninjas and a Super-serial killer (Ethan Phillips)! It all leads up to the ultimate showdown!.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 587
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, humorous, not serious, tense, captivating, offbeat, independent film, slapstick, campy, cult film
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Goal of the Dead (2014)
Plot Summary:
For the Olympique de Paris soccer team, this away match scheduled against Caplongue was merely supposed to be one last chore before the end of the professional season. Yet no one could ever have imagined that an unknown rabies-like infection was going to spread like wildfire, turning this small town’s inhabitants into ultra-violent and highly contagious creatures.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: humorous, scary, not serious, feel good, bloody, mockbuster
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OMG... We're in a Horror Movie (2016)
Plot Summary:
Six friends having a weekly board game night are interrupted by a booming movie trailer voice from the sky. Inexplicably, they find themselves trapped in a Horror Movie. Who amongst them will turn into a homicidal killer? Who will be the sole survivor? And who will be the first to die in the shower? Struggling to break free from the stereotypes that would see them dead, each of the friends try to stay alive in whatever hopelessly desperate ways they can.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: parody, psychotronic, humorous, suspense, spoof, horror comedy, horror spoof
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Blood Diner (1987)
Plot Summary:
Two cannibalistic brothers kill various young women to make their flesh part of their new special dish at their rundown restaurant while seeking blood sacrifices to awaken a dormant Egyptian goddess.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: black comedy, scary, slasher, semi serious, humorous, horror comedy, slapstick, funny, bloody, disturbing
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Screamplay (1984)
Plot Summary:
A detective investigating a series of murders discovers that they are similar to the murders that occur in the new script of a Hollywood screenwriter.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 354
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, dark comedy, psychological, surreal, black and white, scary, offbeat, humorous, realistic, suspenseful
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Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (2000)
Plot Summary:
Another spoof of the Scream/I Know What You Did Last Summer horror gene involving a group of popular high school students stalked by a bumbling masked killer while a dogged reporter named Hagitha Utslay covers the story and of the plight of the prime suspect and transfer student Dawson.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, humorous, not serious, light, scary, slasher, sexy, suspense, horror comedy
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You Can't Kill Stephen King (2012)
Plot Summary:
Siblings Monroe (Monroe Mann) and Hilary (Crystal Arnette) have discovered that they have inherited a lake house and to make things even better, the famous horror author Stephen King is rumoured to live somewhere nearby. They decide to take their friends down to the lake house to check things out, only to find immediate resistance from all of the locals, who insist that King doesn't live in the area. Despite being completely unwelcome, they decide to stay and soon find that people are being killed one by one in a manner similar to several deaths in various Stephen King stories.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, humorous, semi serious, scary, suspenseful, mockbuster, horror comedy, realistic, independent film, horror spoof
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Blades (1989)
Plot Summary:
HAPPY GILMORE meets MANIAC in this gore-filled swing at one of the most popular sports today, golf. A game of hooks slices...and slaughter!!! Meet Blades, the most terrifying character ever to tear up the screen...and Blades isn't even human. More evil than anything you can imagine, this monster lawn-mower is mauling more than the grass! The golfers on the fairway are all fair games as they try to make it to the 19th hole. BLADES, the teed off, wide radius, possessed power tool, in on a killing spree that will leave even duffers "handicapped"!.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: slasher, horror comedy, parody, spoof, independent film, scary, rough, offbeat, humorous, realistic
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The Tripper (2006)
Plot Summary:
A Ronald Reagan-obsessed serial killer targets a bunch of hippies who are heading to a weekend-long concert.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, scary, suspenseful, horror comedy, brutal, bloody, perverse, cult classic, terrifying
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Blood Dolls (1999)
Plot Summary:
Virgil, an eccentric freak billionaire, spends his days being a "biological inventor." The "blood dolls," his newest creation, aid him in getting revenge on those who betrayed him.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, sexy, demonic, independent film, offbeat, black comedy
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Vicious Fun (2020)
Plot Summary:
A loser whose life is passing him by accidentally stumbles into a secret underground self-help group for serial killers. Can he match wits with five killers and make it through the night alive? Stuck with only two options - kill or be killed, Joel will have to find his inner serial killer and muster a hidden strength to defeat the maniacs in his midst.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, scary, horror comedy, tense, humorous, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, funny
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Rubber (2010)
Plot Summary:
In the California desert, the adventures of a telepathic killer-tire, mysteriously attracted by a very pretty girl, as witnessed by incredulous onlookers.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: absurd, parody, surreal, horror comedy, road movie, melancholic, dark comedy, semi serious, clever, bloody
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Deadly Xmas (2012)
Plot Summary:
Caesar and Otto are employed with Xmas Enterprises and have run into a little problem. It seems a disgruntled Santa (employee) has a new list this year…instead of checking who’s Naughty or Nice…he has Who’s Next on the Kill List. That’s right Santa is on a Killing Spree and looks to blame Caesar and Otto!.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: slasher, christmas horror, scary, parody, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, horror comedy
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Class Reunion (1982)
Plot Summary:
Lizzie Borden High's class of '72 are going through the motions at their tenth-year reunion, until deranged alum Walter Baylor, driven insane by a sadistic senior-year prank, escapes from the mental institution and crashes the party. When guests start getting bumped off, the other alumni, including snooty yacht salesman Bob Spinnaker, class tease Bunny Packard, and class zero Gary Nash, spring into action to uncover the culprit.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, spoof, funny, parody, horror comedy, scary, humorous, erotic, sex comedy, dark comedy
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Jersey Shore Massacre (2014)
Plot Summary:
A typical weekend down the shore takes a bizarre turn as six girls and five obnoxious fist-pumpers become the unsuspecting targets of a deranged killer.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sexy, slasher, not serious, scary, humorous, mockbuster, horror comedy, spoof, realistic, teen horror
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Return to Horror High (1987)
Plot Summary:
A few years ago, a mysterious serial-killer caused panic on Crippen High School. The killer was never caught. A movie company, Cosmic Pictures, has decided to make a feature movie about these events - on location, at the now abandoned school. Since members of cast and crew disappear without a trace, it seems as if history is repeating itself.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: spoof, slasher, bloody, cult classic, surprise ending, scary, suspenseful, horror comedy, independent film, rough
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Scary Movie 2 (2001)
Plot Summary:
While the original parodied slasher flicks like Scream, Keenen Ivory Wayans's sequel to Scary Movie takes comedic aim at haunted house movies. A group of students visit a mansion called "Hell House," and murderous high jinks ensue.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 172000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, spoof, absurd, humorous, hilarious, slasher, scary, satirical, horror comedy
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Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988)
Plot Summary:
A L.A. Private Eye is hired by a worried mother to find her missing runaway daughter, Samantha. As Private Dick Jack Chandler searches for her whereabouts he will have the misfortune of encountering an evil cult that worships an Egyptian god, the methods of human sacrifice using chainsaws their choice of appeasing their deity. What Chandler learns is that Samantha has revenge in store for "The Master" and his bevy of blood-thirsty, chainsaw-wielding hookers.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, parody, not serious, humorous, realistic, witty, detective, grindhouse, mockbuster
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Motel Hell (1980)
Plot Summary:
Farmer Vincent kidnaps unsuspecting travellers and is burying them in his garden. Unfortunately for his victims, they are not dead. He feeds his victims to prepare them for his roadside stand. His motto is: It takes all kinds of critters...to make Farmer Vincents fritters. The movie is gory, but is also a parody of slasher movies like Last House on the Left.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, black comedy, slasher, parody, humorous, dark comedy, rough, psychological, atmospheric, gothic
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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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Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Plot Summary:
Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life and make strenuous attempts to snack on ordinary Londoners.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 585000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, black comedy, humorous, funny, horror comedy, spoof, parody, atmospheric, witty, scary
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Severance (2006)
Plot Summary:
Members (Danny Dyer, Laura Harris, Tim McInnerny) of the Palisades Defense Corp. sales group arrive in Europe for a team-building exercise. A fallen tree blocks the route, and they must hike to their destination. However, a psychotic killer lurks in the woods, and he has a horrible fate in mind for each of the co-workers.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, dark comedy, witty, slasher, horror comedy, suspense, splatter, black comedy, parody, suspenseful