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Plot Summary:
A genre-bending tale of a boy trying to fulfill his unrequited love for a girl who has risen from the dead. It tells the story of twin brothers Patrick and Carol Darling, newly graduated from high school and struggling to come to terms with the mysterious disappearance of their friend, the bright and beautiful Wendy Hearst. When a drive through the countryside surrounding their suburban community leads to the discovery of Wendy's mysteriously animated corpse, the boys secretly transport the un-dead Wendy to an empty house in hopes of somehow bringing her back to life. As the sweltering summer pushes on, they must maintain the appearance of normalcy for their friends and family as they search for ways to revive the Wendy they once knew, or, failing that, to satisfy their own quests for love amongst the living and the dead.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 742
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, sincere, mind bending, semi serious, slasher, suspense, dark, independent film, offbeat, underground film
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Zombie Honeymoon (2004)
Plot Summary:
Zombie Honeymoon is a gore-soaked exploration of how far the boundaries of true love can be pushed without reaching a breaking point.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, semi serious, depressing, suspense, dark, cult classic, offbeat, independent film, crying
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The Exorcism of Hugh (1972)
Plot Summary:
This movie takes place on the Isle of Jersey where a troubled wife has come to sort out the tumult of her life. She encounters a lighthouse-keeper there and they quickly become lovers. Together they flee to Scotland. One day they are making love on a beach when the lighthouse keeper dies. But that's only the beginning of the story.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: dark, scary, atmospheric, offbeat, semi serious, psychotronic
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Don't Kill Me (2021)
Plot Summary:
After Mirta dies of a drug overdose with her lover, she resuscitates alone and discovers she's part of a violent world she never knew existed.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Lucky (2004)
Plot Summary:
Ever have one of those lifetimes where nothing seems to go right? Failing cartoon writer, Millard Mudd, has sunk deep into one. Living hermit-like and existing on a strict alcohol diet, Mudd's world has collapsed. But one day everything changes when a dog named Lucky enters his life. You see, what makes Lucky no ordinary dog is his ability to talk. And what makes Lucky invaluable is his ability to teach Mudd how to write again. But what makes Lucky dangerous is his ability to get inside Mudd's head and turn him into a serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 794
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, suspense, dark, scary, offbeat, slasher
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Lo (2009)
Plot Summary:
Love presents many challenges to couples...but none so daunting as the one Justin faces with his girlfriend April.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, surreal, twist ending, suspenseful, talky, psychological, suspense, dark, slasher, minimal cast
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Blood Car (2007)
Plot Summary:
In the near future, gas prices are at an astronomical high. One man is determined to find an alternate fuel source. That alternate fuel source turns out to be blood...HUMAN BLOOD.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: suspense, semi serious, humorous, dark comedy, offbeat, biting, horror comedy
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Doll Graveyard (2005)
Plot Summary:
It's 1905 when 12 year old Sophia plays all by herself in her big, creepy house with only four handmade dolls as friends. When her abusive father has finally had enough, he forces her to bury them in the backyard. But, after she "slips" and breaks her neck, dad buries her right along with the dolls. 100 years later, the Fillbrook family moves into the very same house.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 919
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, controversial, offbeat, cult film
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2002 (2001)
Plot Summary:
In Hong Kong, the special force of the police known as 2002 is composed of the twenty-two year-old cop Chiu and his ghost partner and they fight against supernatural phenomena under the guidance of the mystic Paper Chan. When his partner reincarnates, the rookie policeman Fung applies for the position; but Paper Chan explains Chiu that the team is to be formed by a man and a spirit, and Chiu has a death star on his hand that dooms his friends to die. Meanwhile, Chiu falls in love for Nurse Danielle, but he avoids her to protect her life against the fate of the death star. When the fiend Water Ghost possesses Fung seeking revenge against Chiu, he has to battle against the evil spirit trying to protect also his friend.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, suspense, dark
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The Scream Team (2002)
Plot Summary:
Eccentric Frank Carlyle ran a horror shop in small-town Steeple Falls, which takes pride in and profit from its Halloween traditions. Frank's widower grandson Richard grudgingly returns there from Boston with his own kids, bright Ian and bratty Claire, to settle the inheritance. Ian discovers great-grandpa's house is really haunted, and not just, as legend holds, by historic owner Zachariah Kull, who was burned on the stake.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, semi serious, exciting, horror comedy, spooky
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Night of the Living Dorks (2004)
Plot Summary:
Three not-so-cool school friends decide to try a old voodoo ritual. Later, they die in a car accident, but live on as zombies. But being a zombie has advantages, too.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, suspense, horror comedy, slasher, dark comedy, biting
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The Heavenly Kid (1985)
Plot Summary:
When Bobby dies in a car accident he is not allowed to enter heaven but has to stay in one of the lower levels until he has worked enough as an guardian angel in order to deserve paradise. One of his jobs is Lenny, a gifted boy, who loves his schoolmate Sharon who is the most beautiful girl of the class. But she does not even notice him so that he is about to commit suicide. Bobby prevents this and dresses Lenny up making him a playboy and tough guy so that he gets what he wants although Bobby knows that this is not the best. Thinking that his job is done, Bobby realizes that Lenny's mother is his former girlfriend who has married another guy. Although not being allowed he makes himself visible to her.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, feel good, independent film, humorous, semi serious, inspirational, nostalgic
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Hello Again (1987)
Plot Summary:
Lucy Chadman (Shelley Long) chokes to death and is resurrected by her loopy sister Zelda (Judith Ivey) on the one year anniversary of her death. Lucy, of course, does not believe she has actually been dead and thinks it is an elaborate hoax until she goes to her apartment and discovers her husband (Corbin Bernsen) married to her gold digging best friend, Kim (Sela Ward).
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: offbeat, feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, slapstick comedy, light, sexy, unusual plot structure, sweet
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Night of the Living Deb (2015)
Plot Summary:
After a one night stand Deb wakes up in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, captivating, light, humorous, absurd, scary, funny, spoof, psychotronic, parody
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Burying the Ex (2014)
Plot Summary:
It seemed like a great idea when all-around nice guy Max and his beautiful girlfriend, Evelyn moved in together. But when Evelyn turns out to be a controlling, manipulative nightmare, Max knows it’s time to call it quits. There’s just one problem: he’s terrified of breaking up with her. Fate steps in when Evelyn is the victim of a fatal, freak accident, leaving Max single and ready to mingle. Just as Max is thinking about moving on with what could be his dream girl, Olivia – Evelyn has returned from the grave and is determined to get her boyfriend back...even if that means transforming him into one of the undead.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: not serious, horror comedy, scary, humorous, romantic, psychological, funny, dark comedy, disgusting, offbeat
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Warm Bodies (2013)
Plot Summary:
After a zombie becomes involved with the girlfriend of one of his victims, their romance sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 241000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, offbeat, teen, funny, cute, horror comedy, feel good, apocalyptic, sentimental
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The Hazing (2004)
Plot Summary:
The Evil Dead meets Scream as an evil professor, through an ancient staff and a book of incantation, possesses the bodies of a group of fraterity and sorority pledges during a night of "hazing" activities in an abandoned mansion. When the students meet one grisly death after another, the survivors finally realize it's the professor who is possessing their friends and killing them all off. Now none of them trust each other-- is it their friends or puppets of the professor that they're hanging with? Somone better figure it out quick... or none of them will make it through the hellish night of The Hazing!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, bloody, horror comedy, independent film, slasher, serious, splatter
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Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
Plot Summary:
Not until three years after the death of her husband Jolly, Kay dares to move back into their former home, persuaded by her new fiancée Rupert. But soon her worst expectations come true, when not only her old memories haunt her, but also Jolly's ghost, who doesn't approve of her new mate. Invisible to anyone but Kay, he tries to prevent the wedding. Written by Tom Zoerner.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sad, sex comedy, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Blithe Spirit (2020)
Plot Summary:
A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writers block but accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife which leads to an increasingly complex love triangle with his current wife of five years.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: light, period piece, dark comedy, romantic, feel good, humorous, captivating, sweet, entertaining, funny
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The Dead Hate the Living! (2000)
Plot Summary:
When a renegade band of young filmmakers break into an abandoned hospital to make their horror epic, they stumble upon a real dead body and decide to use it in their movie. They accidentally bring it back to life, open a portal to a dead world that releases dozens of other zombies, then struggle for their lives in a desperate attempt to flee from the creatures who apparently have them hopelessly trapped in the hospital.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, scary, semi serious, suspense, humorous, epic, cult film
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Creepshow 3 (2006)
Plot Summary:
This follow-up to the George Romero/Stephen King-launched anthology series features five new tales of horror and a wraparound. The main stories deal with alternative realities ("Alice"), possessed communication devices ("The Radio"), vampires and serial killers in lust ("Call Girl"), mad inventors ("The Professor's Wife"), and hauntings from beyond the grave ("Haunted Dog").
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: anthology, slasher, scary, semi serious, psychological, gothic, suspense, disturbing, horror comedy, dark fairy tale
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Boy Eats Girl (2005)
Plot Summary:
A boy declares his love for his girlfriend, only to die the same night. He is brought back to life by his mother as a flesh-craving zombie, who sires more teen undead while trying to control his, er, appetite for his beloved.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, horror comedy, suspense, funny, disturbing, teen, scary, offbeat
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The Midnight Hour (1985)
Plot Summary:
Phil, Melissa, Mitch, Mary, and Vinnie are high school friends, who unwittingly raise the dead on Halloween night. Once the dead have returned, Pitchford Cove will never be the same again....or will it?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, retro, slasher, dark comedy, black and white, horror comedy, spooky, offbeat, humorous
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My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
Plot Summary:
Missy McCloud is the most beautiful girl in school and Johnny Dingle has been in love with her for years. One night, Johnny is killed trying to win her over, and soon he comes back from the dead, and wins Missy's heart.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, cult classic, humorous, black comedy, horror comedy, offbeat, semi serious, romantic comedy, funny, light
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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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Life After Beth (2014)
Plot Summary:
Zach is devastated by the unexpected death of his girlfriend, Beth. When she mysteriously returns, he gets a second chance at love. Soon his whole world turns upside down.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, horror comedy, dark comedy, atmospheric, enigmatic, bloody, melancholic, surreal, romantic, stylized
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House (1985)
Plot Summary:
Roger Cobb is a author who has just separated from his wife. He moves into a new house and tries to work on a novel based on his experiences in the Vietnam War. Strange things start happening around him; little things at first, but as they become more frequent, Cobb becomes aware that the house resents his presence.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, cult classic, horror comedy, psychological, slasher, splatter, grindhouse, creepy, humorous, retro
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Vamp (1986)
Plot Summary:
Two fraternity pledges go to a sleazy bar looking for strippers to entertain their college friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, humorous, atmospheric, melancholic, harsh, stylized, cult classic, splatter, dark comedy
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The Revenant (2009)
Plot Summary:
A horror movie/buddy comedy about Joey and his undead friend Bart who comes back from the dead as a revenant: an articulate zombie that needs to drink blood to arrest the decomposition of his body.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspense, horror comedy, exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, scary, splatter, psychological, disturbing
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House II: The Second Story (1987)
Plot Summary:
Young urban professionals Jesse (Arye Gross) and his girlfriend Kate (Lar Park Lincoln), move into an old mansion that has been in Jesse's family for generations. They are soon joined by Jesse's goofy friend Charlie (Jonathan Stark), who brought along his diva girlfriend Lana (Amy Yasbeck), in the hopes of being discovered by Kate, who works for a record company. Jesse has returned to this old family mansion after his parents were murdered when he was a baby. While going through old things in the basement, Jesse finds a picture of his great-great grandfather (and namesake) in front of a Mayan temple holding a crystal skull with jewels in the eyes. In the background is a man Jesse learns is Slim Razor, a former partner of his great-great grandfather turned bitter enemy after a disagreement over who would get to keep the skull.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, independent film, spooky, retro, slasher, horror comedy, cult horror, offbeat, suspenseful
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The Frighteners (1996)
Plot Summary:
Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 94000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: scary, black comedy, humorous, dark, dark comedy, creepy, horror comedy, suspenseful, light, suspense