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Plot Summary:
An American actress inherits a castle in Transylvania. What she doesn't know is that her ancestor, the Baroness Catali, was in actuality a vampire countess, and emerges from her tomb to ravage the nearby village and Catholic seminary.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 698
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: West Germany, UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: classic horror, gothic horror, grindhouse, sexy, psychotronic, spoof, parody, vampire comedy, hot, cult film
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The Boneyard Collection (2008)
Plot Summary:
A quirky anthology, consisting of four separate short films connected by host segments. The first one, BOOGIE WITH THE UNDEAD, has an all girl rock band booked to play a gig in a town overrun by flesh-eating zombies. In the second one, THE DEVIL'S DUE AT MIDNIGHT, a coven of beautiful witches conjure up Brad Dourif as The Devil, and endures the inept attacks of witch killer Ken Foree. In the first long segment, HER MORBID DESIRES, an actress gets the lead role in a vampire movie, only to discover that starlets are being murdered on the set. The other long segment, CRY OF THE MUMMY, has the reincarnated mummy, formerly the last Pharaoh of the 4th Dynasty, looking to sue the movie studios because he can't get work as a mummy. His new lawyer offers to represent him as an agent, but the mummy will only work in film if he can direct.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 314
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: anthology, suspense, dark fairy tale, black comedy, dark comedy, campy
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Lady Dracula (1977)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful blonde bitten by Count Dracula 100 years previously is unearthed in Vienna, and soon she goes on a killing spree.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 166
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: West Germany
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, horror comedy
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Vampires of Sorority Row (1999)
Plot Summary:
Pledges at a sorority house are plagued by a former sister who happens to be a vampire. Luckily, each of the new pledges is skilled at kickboxing so they are able to defend themselves. the girls are all incredibly gorgeous, so the T&A value is quite high.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: sexy, independent film
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House on Bare Mountain (1962)
Plot Summary:
The Wolfman, Dracula and Frankenstein spy on a girls' school in the mountains, where most of the girls spend their time sunbathing in the nude, nude exercises and nude art classes. The monsters finally invade the school….
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 663
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, horror comedy, independent film, psychotronic
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Dracula (The Dirty Old Man) (1969)
Plot Summary:
Dracula enslaves Dr. Irving Jekyll, turning him into the lycanthropic JackalMan, demanding that he lure female blood donors to his L.A. cabin retreat.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 376
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, gothic, horror comedy, independent film, sexploitation film, exotic, horror spoof
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The Demonic Womanizer Costante Nicosia, or: Dracula in Brianza (1975)
Plot Summary:
A boorish, snobish toothpaste factory owner, Constantino Nicosia, gives his wife and everyone a hard time having let success and wealth go to his head. But after the superticous Nicosia has an encounter with an elderly gypsy aunt, and a business trip to Romania results in another encounter with a suave vampire, named Count Dragalescu, Nicosia returns with blood-sucking like qualities which makes him re-examine his life and existence.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 288
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, sex comedy, vampire comedy
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Sex and the Single Vampire (1970)
Plot Summary:
Count Spatula's house is invaded by a group of swingers wanting to have sex in a haunted house. This one is available in two different version: an uncut hardcore version running around an hour and a softcore 27-minute reduced cut which is contained as an extra on the Dracula (The Dirty Old Man) / Guess What Happened to Count Dracula? DVD distributed by Something Weird.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, vampire comedy, cult film
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Dracula in a Women's Prison (2017)
Plot Summary:
From the makers of Werewolf in a Women's Prison comes, uh, well I'm sure you can guess.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, sexy
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Vampire Hookers (1978)
Plot Summary:
This horror film revolves around a sinister vampire (John Carradine) who sends out a horde of undead beauties to bring back victims for his dinner.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, hot
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The Lively Vampires of Vögel (1975)
Plot Summary:
The town of Vögel, in Transylvania, stands under the ruins of the old castle where the vampire lord tortured his prisoners and drank their blood. A group of stranded entertainers take shelter in the remote European castle and the Count is naturally delighted to receive them….
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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The Rape of the Vampire (1968)
Plot Summary:
This bizarre, surrealistic erotic-horror film was the first feature by cult director Jean Rollin. There's a great deal of sex, blood, and arty imagery but very little plot to speak of. What plot there is primarily focuses on a pair of insane vampiric sisters who believe that they are cursed by a black Queen Vampire who wears a salamander headband and carries a broadsword.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, anthology, black and white, gothic, bizarre
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The Legend of Blood Castle (1973)
Plot Summary:
Countess Elizabeth Bathory conspires with her husband to acquire the blood of virgins to maintain her youth and beauty.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 791
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, classic horror, psychotronic
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Nocturna (1979)
Plot Summary:
Hard times have fallen on the Transylvanian House of Dracula. To help pay the taxes, Castle Dracula has been converted into the Hotel Transylvania. Dracula himself is aging and toothless, being cared for by his granddaughter Nocturna. When Nocturna books a disco group to play The Claret Room and winds up falling in love with one of the backup guitarists, a mortal named Jimmy, she notices that she is able to see her reflection when she dances, so she decides to follow Jimmy to New York in search of mortality.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 318
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, vampire comedy
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Dracula and Son (1976)
Plot Summary:
With angry villagers driving them away from their castle in Transylvania, Dracula and his son Ferdinand head abroad. Dracula ends up in London, England where he becomes a horror movie star exploiting his vampire status. His son, meanwhile, is ashamed of his roots and ends up a night watchman in Paris, France where he falls for a girl. Naturally, tensions arise when father and son are reunited and both take a liking to the same girl.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 746
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, cult classic, classic horror, psychotronic, spoof, parody, vampire comedy, urban fantasy
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Old Drac (1974)
Plot Summary:
A faulty blood transfusion turns Dracula's wife black.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: parody, gothic, gothic horror, classic horror, scary, humorous, not serious, psychotronic, independent film, vampire comedy
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Dracula Blows His Cool (1979)
Plot Summary:
An ancestor of the famous vampire gets a job as a photographer shooting beautiful fashion models at the family estate.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: West Germany, Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, low brow humor, vampire comedy
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My Vampire Lover (2002)
Plot Summary:
When drop-dead gorgeous lesbian vampire Monique moves into the neighborhood and starts seducing every female she sees it is up to Chip the cable guy and two detectives to stop the fanged femme-fatale.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: erotic, humorous, captivating, disturbing, sex comedy, semi serious, gothic, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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Transylmania (2009)
Plot Summary:
Spoof horror in which a group of college kids do a semester abroad in Romania and realise that if the partying doesn't kill them, the vampires just might!.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, humorous, absurd, feel good, sexy, suspense, exciting, witty, not serious
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The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
Plot Summary:
A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, parody, atmospheric, funny, humorous, gothic horror, horror comedy, creepy, witty
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Twins of Evil (1971)
Plot Summary:
While dabbling in Satanism, Count Karstein resurrects Mircalla Karnstein who initiates him into vampirism. As a rash of deaths afflicts the village, Gustav the head of Puritan group leads his men to seek out and destroy the pestilence. One of his twin nieces has become inflicted with the witchcraft but Gustav's zeal and venom has trapped the innocent Maria, threatening her with a tortuous execution, whilst Frieda remains free to continue her orgy of evil.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, scary, serious, suspenseful, stylized, gothic, satanic, sexy, slasher, demonic
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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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Fangs of the Living Dead (1969)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful virgin inherits a castle, but when she arrives at it, she finds that the inhabitants include a strange nobleman and a bevy of beautiful women she suspects may be vampires.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, classic horror, gothic horror, grindhouse, scary, sexy, gothic, serious, slasher, suspenseful
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Count Dracula's Great Love (1973)
Plot Summary:
Four women spend the night in an old deserted sanitarium on a mountain. They each in turn fall into the the evil hands of a doctor….
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sexy, suspense, grindhouse, classic horror, scary, atmospheric, gothic, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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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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Vampyres (1974)
Plot Summary:
A lesbian vampire couple haunt an abandoned castle and the English country side around it. They prey on passing motorists, whom they seduce, and murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sexy, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, scary, serious, grindhouse, gothic horror, cult classic, phantasmagoric
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Love at First Bite (1979)
Plot Summary:
Dracula and Renefield relocate to 70's era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim (the reincarnation of Dracula's one true love, Mina Harker). "Trouble adjusting" is a wild understatement for the Count as he battles Cindy's psychiatrist, Jeffrey Rosenberg (a descendant of Van Helsing who changed his name for professional reasons?), who may almost certainly, possibly, may be in love with Cindy too.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: spoof, horror comedy, psychotronic, parody, gothic, slapstick, grindhouse, dark comedy, spooky, romantic comedy
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Once Bitten (1985)
Plot Summary:
Mark wants to lose his virginity, but his girlfriend wants to wait. Unfortunately for both of them, a 400-year-old vampire Countess needs to turn a virgin into a vampire before Halloween in order to preserve her own youthful appearance, and when she finds Mark, she turns his life upside-down.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: spoof, light, melancholic, feel good, humorous, semi serious, cult classic, teen, sexy, dark comedy
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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
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Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
Plot Summary:
When a lawyer shows up at the vampire's doorstep, he falls prey to his charms and joins him in his search for fresh blood. Enter Dr. van Helsing, who may be the only one able to vanquish the count.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: France, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, spoof, humorous, absurd, slapstick, horror comedy, cult classic, hilarious, gothic
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Waxwork (1988)
Plot Summary:
Wealthy slacker college student Mark, his new girlfriend Sarah, and their friends are invited to a special showing at a mysterious wax museum which displays 18 of the most evil men of all time. After his ex-girlfriend and another friend disappear, Mark becomes suspicous. What he doesn't know is that they have been made a part of the exhibit, by first living out the scene and then being murdered in.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, UK, West Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, atmospheric, cult classic, rough, suspenseful, horror comedy, classic horror, psychological, funny