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Plot Summary:
Everyone in town knows the story of Old Aunt Ethel. It's said she makes Halloween candy and pumpkin pie out of the kids that trick-or-treat at her house. This Halloween, the neighborhood teens are going to find out the truth.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, sexy, scary, crying, psychotronic, sex comedy, black comedy, freeze frame, dark comedy, horror comedy
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Dead Shack (2017)
Plot Summary:
On a weekend getaway at a rundown cabin in the woods, Jason, a cautious teen, his crude best friend Colin and his fearless older sister Summer are forced to work together, grow up and save their hard-partying parents from their predatory neighbor intent on feeding them all to her undead family.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, suspense, humorous, captivating, semi serious, funny, bloody, teen horror, perverse, splatter
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Aquaslash (2019)
Plot Summary:
To celebrate their graduation, the teenagers from Valley Hills High School have organized an ’80s-themed party in an old water park. Things grow gruesome when it turns out that a mysterious maniac has inserted giant razor blades into the water slides. The Wet Valley water park thus becomes the backdrop for a bloodbath (literally), and everyone is a suspect.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, suspenseful, bloody, suspense, grindhouse, crying
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Office Killer (1997)
Plot Summary:
When Dorine Douglas' job as proofreader for Constant Consumer magazine is turned into an at-home position during a downsizing, she doesn't know how to cope. But after accidentally killing one of her co-workers, she discovers that murder can quench the loneliness of her home life, as a macabre office place forms in her basement, populated by dead co-workers.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, slasher, black comedy, humorous, cynical, semi serious, scary, independent film, dark comedy, offbeat
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The Vagrant (1992)
Plot Summary:
A business man buys a house, but he has a hard time trying to get rid of its previous tenant, a dirty bum.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: black comedy, detective, surprise ending, surreal, horror comedy, independent film, psychological, clever, humorous, realistic
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The Cannibal Club (2018)
Plot Summary:
Baking in the sun with a cocktail, a splash in the pool and the occasional chunk of human flesh. The stinking-rich Gilda and Octavio have a gruesome and kooky hobby. The Cannibal Club is a delightful dark-comic blow-up of the Brazilian super-rich and their ivory towers.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 998
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Brazil
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, suspense, humorous, neo noir, bloody, crying, dark comedy
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Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things (1971)
Plot Summary:
Ultra-low-budget Florida cult film featuring a transvestite fugitive criminal and his homosexual (and mentally unstable) lover on the lam in a Miami suburb.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 621
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, lgbt cinema, crying, psychotronic, independent film, gay cinema, campy
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Cherokee Creek (2018)
Plot Summary:
A bachelor party in the woods gets crashed by the ultimate party animal.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 640
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: humorous, scary, suspense, psychotronic, crying, dark comedy, horror comedy, urban fantasy
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Greatful Dead (2013)
Plot Summary:
Nami is a young woman with numerous hangups sprouting from a dysfunctional childhood. She inherits a small fortune that allows her to pursue various interests, many of which are abnormal.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 833
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, surreal, disturbing, crying, detective, freeze frame, dark comedy, weird
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Sneekweek (2016)
Plot Summary:
Six friends go to party for a week during the "Sneekweek". But they are haunted by a secret from their past.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, psychotronic, humorous, slasher, sexy, detective
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Deadtime Stories (1986)
Plot Summary:
A babysitting uncle tells his charges three horror stories--about a killer witch, Little Red Riding Hood and a werewolf, and a story about "Goldi Lox" and the three bears.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, fairy tale, suspense, suspenseful, horror comedy, dark fairy tale, cult classic, independent film, semi serious
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Chastity Bites (2013)
Plot Summary:
Serial killer Countess Elizabeth Bathory believed that bathing in virgin blood would keep her young and beautiful forever. Still alive today, she's found a perfect hunting ground for her "botox" as an abstinence educator in conservative America...but will she finally be stopped by a brave young blogger and reporter for the high school paper?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, realistic, slasher, queer horror, psychotronic, dark comedy, horror comedy, urban fantasy
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Sexy Killer: You'll Die for Her (2008)
Plot Summary:
In medical school of an elite university, campus starts sown with corpses. The police have no clue who is responsible for the carnage. Nobody suspected Barbara, a beautiful young innocent looking whose only concern seems to be the fashion. However, under the facade of frivolity, hides the most lethal and unforgiving of the killer: Barbykiller, the psychopath who reinvents the term "fashion victim".
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, dark comedy, sexy, horror comedy, crying
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Mirror Mirror (1990)
Plot Summary:
Shy teenager Megan moves to a new town with her widowed mother and quickly becomes the most unpopular girl in high school. But when she starts to communicate with a mysterious mirror, her tormentors begin to meet with a horrifying series of 'accidents'. Is the mirror a reflection of Megan's own inner demons... or has she unwittingly opened the doorway of the damned?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, suspense, gothic, tense, retro, slasher, demonic, independent film, rough
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Cutting Class (1989)
Plot Summary:
High school student Paula Carson's affections are being sought after by two of her classmates: Dwight, the "bad boy", and Brian, a disturbed young man who has just been released from a mental hospital where he was committed following the suspicious death of his father. Soon after being released, more murders start happening. Is Brian back to his old tricks, or is Dwight just trying to eliminate the competition?.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, horror comedy, detective, slasher horror, funny, bloody, scary, rough, serious, realistic
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Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989)
Plot Summary:
Psychotic Angela is itching to do what she does best: slaughter dozens of teenage campers. As luck would have it, the previous site of her murders has been renamed and converted into an experimental summer camp meant to bring together privileged and lower-class teens. On the day the youths are boarding the buses to camp, Angela runs over a potential camper with a garbage truck and assumes her identity. Once she has infiltrated the camp, the real terror begins.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher horror, bloody, slasher, psychological thriller, retro, entertaining, controversial, horror comedy, rough
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You Might Be the Killer (2018)
Plot Summary:
Counselors are being killed off at summer camp, and Sam (Fran Kranz) is stuck in the middle of it. Instead of contacting the cops, he calls his friend and slasher-film expert (Alyson Hannigan) to discuss his options.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, slasher, psychological, suspense, non-linear, dark comedy, captivating, tense, enigmatic, humorous
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Trash Fire (2016)
Plot Summary:
A man forced to confront his past when he and his girlfriend end up entangled in a web of lies.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, bleak, suspenseful, horror comedy, psychological, queer horror, crying, dark comedy, campy
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The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020)
Plot Summary:
Two years after defeating a satanic cult led by his babysitter Bee, Cole's trying to forget his past and focus on surviving high school. But when old enemies unexpectedly return, Cole will once again have to outsmart the forces of evil.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, slasher, funny, dark, tense, humorous, captivating, freeze frame, dark comedy, scary
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Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)
Plot Summary:
Angela Baker, a psychotic transsexual, escapes from a mental hospital and surfaces at a summer camp as a counselor who lectures her teenage charges on proper moral behavior. Those teens who break her strict rules -- from the camp chatterbox or a sex-obsessed girl to the boys who are peeping Toms -- are murdered by the impostor in various gruesome ways. As more campers go missing, intrepid counselor Molly begins to piece together the truth.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bloody, horror comedy, rough, serious, suspenseful, dark comedy, slasher horror, psychological thriller
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Fade to Black (1980)
Plot Summary:
Eric Binford watches a lot of movies. He is the truest definition of a film geek. One day, his sanity takes a turn for the worse and he begins acting out his favorite scenes from the movies. In doing so, he manages to involve his enemies and the scenes usually result in death.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, suspense, horror comedy, slasher, black comedy, cult horror, independent film, suspenseful
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The Last Horror Film (1982)
Plot Summary:
A New York taxi driver stalks a beautiful actress attending the Cannes Film Festival, which coincides with a series of violent killings of the lady's friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, scary, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Slumber Party Massacre III (1990)
Plot Summary:
After a hard day of volleyball at the beach, a teen whose parents are away decides to have a slumber party with her girlfriends. Their boyfriends predictably show up to scare them, but a stranger from the beach is also seen lurking around the house. Soon the group begins experiencing an attrition problem.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, funny, retro, dark, horror comedy, cult classic, independent film, serious, realistic
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The Babysitter (2017)
Plot Summary:
When Cole stays up past his bedtime, he discovers that his hot babysitter is part of a Satanic cult that will stop at nothing to keep him quiet.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, horror comedy, exciting, slasher, dark comedy, suspenseful, scary, funny, splatter, black comedy
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Killer Sofa (2019)
Plot Summary:
Francesca always attracted weirdos. When one of her stalkers is found dead, she looks for comfort from her best friend, Maxi. Meanwhile, Maxi’s grandfather, Jack, a disgraced Rabbi, comes across a reclining chair containing a Dybbuk inside. Jack and his voodoo sorceress partner try to find out where the recliner has been delivered while exploring Jack’s newfound gift for communicating with the other world. Meanwhile the reclining chair becomes enchanted by Francesca and starts committing crimes of passion.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, captivating, disturbing, crying, detective, weird, urban fantasy, campy
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The Shortcut (2009)
Plot Summary:
When Derek (AnDrew Seeley) moves to a new town and discovers a shortcut through the woods to his high school, he learns about a crazy old man who lives near its path: Legend has it that he abducted a group of teenagers years ago. Ignoring the warning, Derek and his friends set out to uncover the dark secret that's buried deep in the woods. But will they survive to tell it?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, suspenseful, psychological, slasher, dark, serious, realistic, psychological thriller, teen
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Return to Sleepaway Camp (2008)
Plot Summary:
It's summer camp as usual at Camp Manabe where the kids torment each other for fun while the underpaid camp staff provides as little supervision as possible. Greedy camp owner Frank and junior partner Ronnie do their best to keep everyone in line, but something sinister is about to put a slash in the roster. When campers and staff mysteriously begin disappearing and turning into gruesome corpses, paranoid Ronnie can't shake the memory of a series of grisly murders that took place at Camp Arawak. As the paranoia worsens, Ronnie's list of possible killers starts growing just like the body count. Only one thing is for certain, something is carving a bloody new trail at Sleepaway Camp where kids can be so mean and surviving this summer is gonna be a real killer!.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, suspenseful, scary, tense, bloody, serious, slasher horror, retro, dark
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Don't Hang Up (2016)
Plot Summary:
An evening of drunken prank calls becomes a nightmare for a pair of teenagers when a mysterious stranger turns their own game against them.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, disturbing, slasher, suspenseful, exciting, tense, psychological, psychological thriller, mind bending
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Idle Hands (1999)
Plot Summary:
Anton is a cheerful but exceedingly non-ambitious 17-year-old stoner who lives to stay buzzed, watch TV, and moon over Molly, the beautiful girl who lives next door. However, it turns out that the old cliché about idle hands being the devil's playground has a kernel of truth after all.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, humorous, scary, suspense, dark comedy, horror comedy, funny, teen, semi serious, realistic
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Detention (2011)
Plot Summary:
As a killer named Cinderhella stalks the student body at the high school in Grizzly Lake, a group of co-eds band together to survive while they're all serving detention.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, horror comedy, semi serious, dark comedy, offbeat, suspense, suspenseful, bleak, psychological, funny
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Shocker (1989)
Plot Summary:
After being sent to the electric chair, a serial killer uses electricity to come back from the dead and carry out his vengeance on the football player who turned him in to the police.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, sadistic, suspense, splatter, rough, suspenseful, horror comedy, cult classic, grindhouse