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Plot Summary:
Mad scientist brings his dead mad scientist grandfather back to life and makes a Frankenstein-type monster out of him.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Mexico
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: lovecraft
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Soft Matter (2018)
Plot Summary:
Two graffiti artists break into an abandoned, reportedly haunted research facility in hopes of creating an art installation, but stumble upon a secret team of demented researchers who are in the process of resurrecting an ancient sea creature - who they now must fight in order to escape alive.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags:
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Rostro infernal (1963)
Plot Summary:
Investigating a series of kidnappings leads a police inspector to confront a scientist trying to gain immortality.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Mexico
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: detective
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The Frozen Dead (1966)
Plot Summary:
A crazed scientist keeps the heads of Nazi war criminals alive until he can find appropriate bodies on which to attach them so he can revive the Third Reich.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, psychological horror, psychological
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The Projected Man (1966)
Plot Summary:
Matter-transmitter sabotage leaves a British scientist (Bryant Halliday) disfigured and full of amps.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: cult classic, psychotronic
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Psyclops (2002)
Plot Summary:
Video geek Shepard 'Shep' Franco (Dan Merriman) uncovers a 135 year old videotape on which mad scientist Artemis Winthrop (Phip Barbour) displays a machine he's invented, which he believes can bridge dimensions. With his buddies Kim (Irene Joseph), Dave (Rob Monkiewicz), and Heather (Diane Di Gregorio), Shep tracks down the machine despite warings of Winthrop's great-granddaughter, a wiccan named Amelia (Liz Hurley). Shep restores the machine and while video taping it in action, a horrible accident transforms him into the ultimate tapehead (while unleashing killer bugs from another dimension and a few walking corpses along the way). Shep kidnaps Heather to turn her into his monster bride and only the intervention of the mysterious Amelia can halt the madness.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, lovecraft
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The Henderson Monster (1980)
Plot Summary:
A small town becomes gripped by an ethical debate when the community discover a moody, egotistical scientist is experimenting with DNA and the creation of new life.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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Fear Chamber (1968)
Plot Summary:
The frightening Boris Karloff 60s thriller with Karloff as a demented doctor using torture for scientific experiments.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: surreal, gothic horror, grindhouse, classic horror, scary, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, campy
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Island of Terror (1966)
Plot Summary:
A small island community is overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters which liquefy and digest the bones from living creatures. The community struggles to fight back.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, slasher, grindhouse, black and white, classic horror, scary, offbeat, bleak, serious, suspenseful
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Swamp Thing (1982)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Alec Holland, hidden away in the depths of a murky swamp, is trying to create a new species - a combination of animal and plant capable of adapting and thriving in the harshest conditions. Unfortunately he becomes subject of his own creation and is transformed. Arcane, desperate for the formula, attempts to capture the Swamp Thing. An explosive chase ensues that ultimately ends with a confrontation between Holland and a changed Arcane.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: semi serious, exciting, captivating, suspense, cult classic, psychotronic, humorous, epic, cult horror, psychological thriller
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Monstrosity (1963)
Plot Summary:
A rich but unscrupulous old woman plots with a scientist to have her brain implanted in the skull of a sexy young woman.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspense, grindhouse, independent film, scary, offbeat, bleak, surreal, semi serious, cult film
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The Immortalizer (1989)
Plot Summary:
A crazed scientist sends out his mutant creations to kidnap young, beautiful men and women to bring back to his lab so he can transplant their brains into the bodies of old, wealthy people.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 526
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, serious, slasher, suspenseful
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Frankenstein (1984)
Plot Summary:
A scientist who is obsessed with creating life finally does it, with tragic results.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: gothic horror
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Dead Space (1991)
Plot Summary:
Phaebon had been thought to be a safe and controlled research facility until a distress signal calls for Commander Kreiger and his robot Tinpan. Together, they try to save the planet from a spreading virus and an odd and growing cocoon. Remake of "Forbidden World" (1982).
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: futuristic, cult classic, lovecraft, cult horror, psychotronic, independent film, space horror, cult film
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The Creature Below (2016)
Plot Summary:
A young scientist discovers a malevolent entity which sets her on a bloody descent into the jaws of insanity.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, scary, rough, bleak, suspenseful, spooky, psychotronic
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Biohazard: The Alien Force (1994)
Plot Summary:
Triton Indutries has created a genetically-engineered creature using DNA from human sources. During the course of the experiment, however, the host mother carrying the mutant escapes from the laboratory compound, giving birth shortly thereafter. The intellient "baby" beings hunting down and killing its male DNA donors, while at the same time trying to mate with its female donors. The head of the lab wants to destroy the monster before the press can get wind of the story, but the former head of security wants to expose the whole thing.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
Plot Summary:
During WWII, a human heart taken from Dr. Frankenstein's lab and is kept in Japan where it gets exposed to the radiation of the bombing of Hiroshima. The heart grows in size, mutates and eventually becomes an indestuctable humanoid. Later, a reptilian monster goes on a rampage. Eventually the Frankenstein creature and the reptile face off in a terrible battle.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, daikaiju, natural horror, suspense, classic horror, offbeat, psychotronic
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Sssssss (1973)
Plot Summary:
David, a college student, is looking for a job. He is hired by Dr. Stoner as a lab assistant for his research and experiments on snakes. David also begins to fall for Stoner's young daughter, Kristina. However, the good doctor has secretly brewed up a serum that can transform any man into a King Cobra snake-and he plans to use it on David.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, stylized, suspenseful, grindhouse, natural horror, slasher, absurd, medical horror, cult horror, freeze frame
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Terror of Frankenstein (1977)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 321
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Sweden, Ireland
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Creeping Flesh (1973)
Plot Summary:
A scientist comes to believe that evil is a disease of the blood and that the flesh of a skeleton he has brought back from New Guinea contains it in a pure form. Convinced that his wife, a Folies Bergere dancer who went insane, manifested this evil he is terrified that it will be passed on to their daughter. He tries to use the skeleton's blood to immunise her against this eventuality, but his attempt has anything but the desired result.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, classic horror, suspense, cult classic, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine (2006)
Plot Summary:
Waylon and Buddy decide to join the army as it appears to be their best option. But when they realize.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, exciting
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The Prometheus Project (2010)
Plot Summary:
Young Scientists Elizabeth Burns explores the impact on the human body stem cells. A specific feature of these cells to interact with dead flesh has been subjected to blackmail heroine is forced to continue chilling experiments. Once she recovers just killed a man and begins a nightmare, whose name is Frankenstein Syndrome.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, independent film, scary, extraordinary, cult film
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The Sylvian Experiments (2010)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Hattori and her husband watch footage of brain surgery experiments with Manchurian, Russian and Japanese guinea pigs that had been found in the basement of a wrecked hospital. Out of the blue, there is a white light and when they look back, they see they children Ota Miyuki and Kaori staring at the light. Years later, Miyuki vanishes from the Tama Medical University Hospital and her sister Kaori, Miyuki's boyfriend Motojima and detective Hirasawa are seeking her. However, Miyuki and the teenagers Kazochi, Takumi, Hattori and Rieko have been submitted to a nightmarish experiment by Dr. Hattori and her team with tragic results.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 527
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, medical horror, captivating, surreal, offbeat, serious
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Syngenor: Synthesized Genetic Organism (1990)
Plot Summary:
A scientist engineers a group of genetically engineered cyborgs for use as "super soldiers" to fight U.S. wars in the Middle East. However, things get ugly when the cyborgs malfunction and turn on their creators.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 787
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, independent film, scary, stylized, fast, surprise ending
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Hydra (1971)
Plot Summary:
A mad scientist (and apparent former Nazi) unleashes his master plan: to transform himself into a mutated walking catfish, gain revenge on those who have spurned him, and kidnap nubile young women to similarly transform so that he can breed. Or something like that.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: natural horror, psychotronic, grindhouse, medical horror, cult classic, independent film, scary, offbeat, serious, surprise ending
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Deep Space (1988)
Plot Summary:
Secretly engineered and blasted into space by government scientists, a vile monster crash-lands back on Earth and begins killing everyone it encounters. As the death toll rises, veteran cop McLemore (Charles Napier) bravely steps forward to crush the scary creature. Co-starring Julie Newmar as a powerful psychic, this low-rent horror flick finds the police force continually confounded by the organism's evolving physical features.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, serious, suspense, psychotronic, lovecraft, independent film, scary, exciting, slasher
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Warriors of Terra (2006)
Plot Summary:
A headstrong animal-rights activist group plans a raid on a bio-tech company to stop the cruelty. They.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 853
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, scary, suspense, captivating
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The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Bill Cortner and his fiancée, Jan Compton, are driving to his lab when they get into a horrible car accident. Compton is decapitated. But Cortner is not fazed by this seemingly insurmountable hurdle. His expertise is in transplants, and he is excited to perform the first head transplant. Keeping Compton's head alive in his lab, Cortner plans the groundbreaking yet unorthodox surgery. First, however, he needs a body.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, suspenseful, suspense, surreal, grindhouse, cult classic, medical horror, cult horror, mind bending
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Forbidden World (1982)
Plot Summary:
In the distant future, a federation marshal arrives at a research lab on a remote planet where a genetic experiment has gotten loose and begins feeding on the dwindling scientific group.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, space horror, scary, grindhouse, erotic, disturbing, medical horror, cult classic, lovecraft
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Parasite (1982)
Plot Summary:
Paul Dean has created a deadly parasite that is now attached to his stomach. He and his female companion, Patricia Welles, must find a way to destroy it while also trying to avoid Ricus, his rednecks, and an evil government agent named Merchant.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, rough, serious, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, futuristic, natural horror, apocalyptic
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From Beyond (1986)
Plot Summary:
A group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, sexy, lovecraft, demonic, grindhouse, surreal, intense, slasher, bloody