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Plot Summary:
Aliens, who look like clowns, arrive on Earth to capture and harvest people in order to use them as sustenance.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, parody, humorous, horror comedy, suspenseful, funny, slasher, cult horror, surreal, absurd
Best tv shows and movies like Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988):
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Not of This Earth (1988)
Plot Summary:
A science fiction vampire movie. The Vampire is an emissary from an embattled world near destruction who teleports to Earth to see if they can live here. He finds that our blood is nourishing and that at least one source of it is a steady stream of transfusions. He hypnotizes a Dr. to provide them and has his blond nurse move in to administer them.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: gothic, sex comedy, tech noir, cult classic, scary, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, fast, psychotronic
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Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Plot Summary:
Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's, a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day as Seymour is seeking a new mysterious plant, he finds a very mysterious unidentified plant which he calls Audrey II. The plant seems to have a craving for blood and soon begins to sing for his supper.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 85000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: black comedy, humorous, feel good, horror musical, absurd, funny, sentimental, surprise ending, horror comedy, cult classic
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Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)
Plot Summary:
An evil scientist implants the brain of Michael, a murdered high school student, in an animatronic Tyrannosaurus. He escapes, wreaks vengeance on his high school tormentors and is reunited with his sweetheart Tammy. Together, the couple try to elude the mad scientist and the police and find a more appropriate vessel for Michael's brain.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, funny, slasher, surreal, psychotronic, horror comedy, perverse, cult horror, dark drama, spooky
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Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988)
Plot Summary:
Crazy old Professor Gangreen has developed a way to make tomatoes look human for a second invasion.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: parody, surreal, spoof, cult classic, humorous, horror comedy, mind bending, psychedelic, mockbuster, classic horror
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Hobgoblins (1988)
Plot Summary:
A group of hobgoblins, who allow you to live out your fantasies but kill you in the process, escape from a studio vault, and a security guard and his friends must stop them before dawn.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scenic, mockbuster, horror comedy, independent film, scary, humorous, suspenseful, not serious, erotic, psychotronic
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Evil Aliens (2005)
Plot Summary:
The sensationalist reporter Michelle Fox presents the TV show Weird World, with phony matters about UFOS and aliens. When she hears about Cat, a young woman that claims that have been abducted with her boyfriend and become pregnant by aliens, she convinces her chief to travel with a team to the remote Welsh island of Scalled to interview Cat. She invites the cameraman Ricky Anderson with his sound technician partner; the nerd expert in "ufology" and "ley lines" Gavin Gorman; the actress Candy Vixen and an obscure gay actor to prepare the matter. They get a van and wait for the low tide to reach the island, and when they find evidences that aliens are really landed in the location, the ambitious Michelle decides to film her way to fame and wealth.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, humorous, semi serious, horror comedy, feel good, tense, entertaining, funny, saga, offbeat
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TerrorVision (1986)
Plot Summary:
A family's new satellite TV system starts receiving signals from another planet, and soon it becomes the passageway to an alien world.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, cult horror, psychotronic, scary, slasher, funny, retro, independent film, black comedy, slapstick comedy
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The Creature Wasn't Nice (1981)
Plot Summary:
A farce satirizing extraterrestrial horror movies such as Alien.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Musical, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: parody, psychotronic, erotic, spoof, independent film, exciting, offbeat, humorous, not serious, horror comedy
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Blood Suckers from Outer Space (1984)
Plot Summary:
Farmers in Texas become brainwashed bloodsuckers.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 717
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, offbeat, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, slasher, splatter, spoof, parody
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Beware! The Blob (1972)
Plot Summary:
A technician brings a frozen specimen of the original Blob back from the North Pole. When his wife accidentally defrosts the thing, it terrorizes the populace, including the local hippies, kittens, and bowlers.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, apocalyptic, grindhouse, horror comedy, independent film, scary, rough, offbeat, serious
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Night of the Comet (1984)
Plot Summary:
Two girls from the Valley wake up to find that a passing comet has eradicated their world and left behind a mysterious red-dust and a pack of cannibal mutants. With the help of a friendly truck driver, the girls save the earth from a villainous "think tank," karate chop their way through flesh-eating zombies, and, of course, find time to go to the mall.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, black comedy, parody, apocalyptic, suspenseful, horror comedy, christmas horror, grindhouse, cult classic, humorous
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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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Queen of Blood (1966)
Plot Summary:
A spaceship is sent to Mars after a alien distress signal is picked up. They find one survivor, but when a crew member is found drained of blood it's evident they have rescued a bloodsucking monster.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, bleak, serious, space horror, psychotronic, suspense, slasher, grindhouse, classic horror
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Critters 2 (1988)
Plot Summary:
A batch of unhatched critter eggs are mistaken for Easter eggs by the country-folk inhabitants of Grover's Bend and, before long, the ferocious furballs are on the rampage again.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: splatter, grindhouse, cult classic, scary, slasher, horror comedy, cult horror, epic, saga, classic horror
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Critters 3 (1991)
Plot Summary:
In what appears to be a cross between Critters and The Towering Inferno, the residents of a shoddy L.A. apartment block are chased up to the roof by hoards of the eponymous hairy horrors.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, splatter, humorous, horror comedy, cult horror, epic, saga, cult classic, classic horror
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Critters 4 (1992)
Plot Summary:
Just before bounty hunter Charile triggers his gun to destroy the last two Critter-eggs, he gets a message that it would be illegal to extinguish the race from the galaxy. He's sent a transporter where he puts the eggs - unfortunately the transporter takes him with it and then gets lost in space.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: futuristic, space horror, cult horror, epic, slasher, saga, splatter, horror comedy, classic horror, independent film
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Invaders from Mars (1986)
Plot Summary:
In this attempted remake of the classic 50s SF tale, a boy tries to stop an invasion of his town by aliens who take over the the minds of his parents, his least-liked schoolteacher and other townspeople. With the aid of the school nurse the boy enlists the aid of the U.S. Marines.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense, scary, slasher, grindhouse, creepy, cult classic, serious
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Freaks of Nature (2015)
Plot Summary:
In the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apocalypse arrived. Now three teenagers-one human, one vampire, and one zombie-have to team up to figure out how to get rid of the visitors.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: funny, parody, humorous, horror comedy, semi serious, scary, bloody, grindhouse, psychotronic, dark comedy
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Night of the Creeps (1986)
Plot Summary:
In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites that transform their hosts into killer zombies.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, horror comedy, grindhouse, scary, atmospheric, cult classic, suspenseful, not serious, creepy, cult horror
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The Toxic Avenger (1984)
Plot Summary:
Tromaville has a monstrous new hero. The Toxic Avenger is born when mop boy Melvin Junko falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, dark comedy, bloody, splatter, disturbing, cult classic, horror comedy, black comedy, funny, cult horror
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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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Return of the Living Dead II (1988)
Plot Summary:
A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek out brains.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: funny, horror comedy, scary, humorous, slasher, splatter, cult classic, cult horror, classic horror, apocalyptic
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Re-Animator (1985)
Plot Summary:
A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: splatter, cult classic, black comedy, scary, lovecraft, dark comedy, slasher, independent film, bloody, grindhouse
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Slither (2006)
Plot Summary:
A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, entertaining, black comedy, space horror, funny, cult classic, horror comedy, parody, dark comedy
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Bad Taste (1987)
Plot Summary:
A team from the intergalactic fast food chain Crumb's Crunchy Delights descends on Earth, planning to make human flesh the newest taste sensation. After they wipe out the New Zealand town Kaihoro, the country's Astro-Investigation and Defense Service is called in to deal with the problem. Things are complicated due to Giles, an aid worker who comes to Kaihoro the same day to collect change from the residents. He is captured by the aliens, and AIaDS stages a rescue mission that quickly becomes an all-out assault on the aliens' headquarters.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: splatter, bloody, grindhouse, humorous, surreal, horror comedy, cult horror, cult classic, controversial, dark 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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Mars Attacks! (1996)
Plot Summary:
'We come in peace' is not what those green men from Mars mean when they invade our planet, armed with irresistible weapons and a cruel sense of humor. This star studded cast must play victim to the alien’s fun and games in this comedy homage to science fiction films of the '50s and '60s.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 240000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: parody, dark comedy, absurd, humorous, spoof, futuristic, funny, black comedy, stylized, melancholic
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Creature (1985)
Plot Summary:
A crew of scientists arrives on a far, cold planet to examine archaic artifacts of unknown origin. They discover that their German enemies already have a ship there. When they seek their help after a failed landing, they only find the Germans’ bodies, obviously slaughtered by one of the archaic creatures, awoken to new life. Now the alien is after them.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: space horror, independent film, cult horror, classic horror, scary, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, spooky, cult film
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The Deadly Spawn (1983)
Plot Summary:
Two campers in the New Jersey woods have their outdoor fun interrupted by the arrival of a meteorite crashing nearby. They go to investigate the crater, but are suddenly attacked and devoured by alien parasites who have hitched a ride to Earth. After finishing off the campers, the hungry space monsters head for a nearby town, where they make their domain in the basement of an old house soon begin polishing off one hapless inhabitant after another. Four young teenagers, plus one pre-teen boy, try to find a way to stop the angry space monsters before they reproduce and literally eat humanity.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: retro, slasher, grindhouse, cult horror, classic horror, psychotronic, bloody, horror comedy, perverse, cult classic
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Evil Dead II (1987)
Plot Summary:
Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from “The Book of the Dead.” As they play the recording an evil power is unleashed taking over Linda’s body.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 179000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, splatter, dark comedy, slasher, bloody, black comedy, creepy, horror comedy, lovecraft, funny