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Plot Summary:
Michael is a young boy living in a typical 1950's suburbanite home... except for his bizarre and horrific nightmares, and continued unease around his parents. Young Michael begins to suspect his parents are cooking more than just hamburgers on the grill outside, but has trouble explaining his fears to his new-found friend Sheila, or the school's social worker.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, slasher, scary, creepy, cult classic, horror comedy, terrifying, black comedy, depressing, controversial
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Siblings (2004)
Plot Summary:
Joe (Alex Campbell) and his siblings have a couple of problems. First off, their stepparents are despicably evil. Secondly, they seemed to have killed them. Now this mixed up mess of half-sisters and step-brothers have to figure out how to dispose of the bodies, cover up the murders, collect their grandfather's inheritance and somehow stick together as a family -- all without getting caught. Not to mention Joe's incessant need to keep tabs on his promiscuous sister, an eye on the precocious little ones and a lustful watch on the girl next-door. Growing up has its complications. Murder's just one of them.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 679
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, dark comedy, erotic, offbeat, independent film, black comedy
Similar in 79%
Microwave Massacre (1979)
Plot Summary:
A guy kills his wife because she's a bad cook.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, psychotronic, grindhouse, mockbuster, horror comedy, independent film, scary, rough, offbeat
Similar in 84%
Blood Diner (1987)
Plot Summary:
Two cannibalistic brothers kill various young women to make their flesh part of their new special dish at their rundown restaurant while seeking blood sacrifices to awaken a dormant Egyptian goddess.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: black comedy, scary, slasher, semi serious, humorous, horror comedy, slapstick, funny, bloody, disturbing
Similar in 78%
Flesh Eating Mothers (1988)
Plot Summary:
A venereal disease turns an entire town of two-timing mothers into cannibals!.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: absurd, scary, bleak, slasher, dark comedy, splatter, independent film, weird, campy
Similar in 88%
Screamplay (1984)
Plot Summary:
A detective investigating a series of murders discovers that they are similar to the murders that occur in the new script of a Hollywood screenwriter.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 354
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, dark comedy, psychological, surreal, black and white, scary, offbeat, humorous, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 88%
Cannibal Girls (1973)
Plot Summary:
A young couple spend the night in a restaurant, only to find out that it is haunted by three dead women who hunger for human flesh.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, sexy, suspense, grindhouse, horror comedy, independent film, scary, offbeat, humorous
Similar in 89%
Serial Killing 101 (2004)
Plot Summary:
Casey Noland, a high school kid with no direction in life, decides to pursue the serial killing profession. Only problem...he can't bring himself to kill anybody. Will the help of a gothic chick named Sasha, he attempts to learn the ways of a mass murderer. Meanwhile, a real serial killer is at work in their town and Casey thinks he might know who the maniac is.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 791
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, humorous, semi serious, horror comedy, suspense, black comedy, dark comedy, independent film, scary
Similar in 87%
Gravy (2015)
Plot Summary:
It's All Hallow's Eve. A trio of costumed misfits with very special dietary requirements seizes a Mexican cantina and force the staff to engage in a late night of gaming, food and libations. The only caveat is what's on the menu.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, dark comedy, scary, unusual plot structure, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, funny, absurd
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Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat (2002)
Plot Summary:
Fuad Ramses III (J.P. Delahoussaye) returns to Miami to reopen his grandfather's defunct catering company. This arouses the interest of the local sheriff (Mark McLachlan), who holds Fuad's family reputation in ill favor. Fuad is soon, however, asked to cater the sheriff's wedding by his mother-in-law, Mrs. Lamply (Melissa Morgan), and fiancee, Tiffani (Toni Winne). After finding his grandfather's statue of Ishtar, an Egyptian goddess, in a utility closet, he becomes possessed by her evil spirit. He then goes on to create the 'blood feast' his grandfather failed to do, by killing young women in the area and making them into party food for the wedding.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, funny, bloody, suspense, dark, disturbing, cult classic, queer horror, independent film, scary
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Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told (1967)
Plot Summary:
The story follows a family of inbreeds who have been afflicted by a genetic disorder known as 'Merrye syndrome', named after the family in which the disorder developed. This malady causes its victims to enter a state of age regression that starts at the age of ten and continues throughout the remainder of the person's life, rendering them with the intelligence of a child. The final generation of the family has been entrusted to the care of the family chauffeur (Lon Chaney Jr), and all is well for these odd people until a greedy branch of the family decides that they want to relieve the family of its home. Mental illness has always, and will always be, a fascinating subject for horror movies as it probes into the unknown and Spider Baby makes best use of that fact.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: slasher, black and white, grindhouse, dark comedy, horror comedy, scary, disturbing, creepy, psychological, suspense
Similar in 81%
Fido (2006)
Plot Summary:
Timmy Robinson's best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named Fido. But when Fido eats the next-door neighbor, Mom and Dad hit the roof, and Timmy has to go to the ends of the earth to keep Fido a part of the family. A boy-and-his-dog movie for grown ups, "Fido" will rip your heart out.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, funny, stylized, horror comedy, witty, atmospheric, black comedy, touching, parody
Similar in 76%
Slaughterhouse (1987)
Plot Summary:
The owner of a slaughterhouse facing foreclosure instructs his 350lbs, mentally retarded son to go on a killing spree against the people who want to buy his property.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, rough, suspenseful, cult classic, splatter, horror comedy, funny, cult horror
Similar in 81%
Scream 4 (2011)
Plot Summary:
Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey and Gale, who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill and her Aunt Kate. Unfortunately, Sidney's appearance also brings about the return of Ghostface, putting Sidney, Gale, and Dewey, along with Jill, her friends, and the whole town of Woodsboro in danger.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 168000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspense, teen horror, twist ending, suspenseful, creepy, splatter, brutal, bloody
Similar in 90%
Motel Hell (1980)
Plot Summary:
Farmer Vincent kidnaps unsuspecting travellers and is burying them in his garden. Unfortunately for his victims, they are not dead. He feeds his victims to prepare them for his roadside stand. His motto is: It takes all kinds of critters...to make Farmer Vincents fritters. The movie is gory, but is also a parody of slasher movies like Last House on the Left.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, black comedy, slasher, parody, humorous, dark comedy, rough, psychological, atmospheric, gothic
Similar in 90%
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
Plot Summary:
A radio host is victimized by the cannibal family as a former Texas Marshall hunts them.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, dark comedy, suspense, splatter, grindhouse, horror comedy, brutal, humorous, bloody
Similar in 84%
Tusk (2014)
Plot Summary:
When his best friend and podcast co-host goes missing in the backwoods of Canada, a young guy joins forces with his friend's girlfriend to search for him.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: scary, surreal, harsh, disturbing, dark comedy, psychological, absurd, grindhouse, horror comedy, creepy
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Street Trash (1987)
Plot Summary:
A group of hobos begin melting into multicolored piles of goo after drinking sixty-year-old liquor. At the same time, the psychotic Vietnam War vet who rules the hobo camp snaps and begins killing at random. Two brothers set out to stop the liquor and the killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: disturbing, horror comedy, scary, rough, humorous, cult horror, psychotronic, funny, bloody, slasher
Similar in 75%
Basket Case (1982)
Plot Summary:
A young man carrying a big basket that contains his deformed Siamese-twin brother seeks vengeance on the doctors who separated them against their will.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bloody, psychotronic, cult classic, suspenseful, splatter, horror comedy, cult horror, disturbing
Similar in 77%
Brain Damage (1988)
Plot Summary:
A normal, average guy who lives in New York City becomes dependent on an evil, disembodied brain.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: surreal, scary, horror comedy, cult horror, semi serious, bloody, splatter, cult classic, slasher, dark comedy
Similar in 87%
Scream (1996)
Plot Summary:
A killer known as Ghostface begins killing off teenagers, and as the body count begins rising, one girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the 'rules' of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 381000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, scary, suspense, psychological thriller, bloody, parody, teen, spooky, cult classic
Similar in 82%
Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)
Plot Summary:
Two hillbillies are suspected of being killers by a group of paranoid college kids camping near the duo's West Virginian cabin. As the body count climbs, so does the fear and confusion as the college kids try to seek revenge against the pair.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 191000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada, UK, USA, India
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, absurd, funny, unusual plot structure, scary, dark comedy, slasher, entertaining, horror comedy, black comedy
Similar in 83%
Satan's Little Helper (2004)
Plot Summary:
A naïve young boy unknowingly becomes the pawn of a serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, horror comedy, absurd, feel good, psychological, surprise ending, bloody
Similar in 78%
Popcorn (1991)
Plot Summary:
A horror film festival, held in a theater which was once the scene of a tragic fire, turns into a real life horror show.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, horror comedy, scary, funny, retro, dark, dark comedy, independent film, rough, offbeat
Similar in 77%
The People Under the Stairs (1991)
Plot Summary:
When young Poindexter "Fool" Williams breaks into the creepy, immense old home of his family's greedy and uncaring landlords, he uncovers a disturbing scenario underneath the stairs.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, black comedy, cult classic, surreal, disturbing, grindhouse, dark comedy, horror comedy, rough
Similar in 89%
Trick 'r Treat (2007)
Plot Summary:
Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a bitter old recluse receives an uninvited guest.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 104000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspense, twist ending, anthology, spooky, psychological, suspenseful, dark comedy, creepy
Similar in 79%
Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
Plot Summary:
Bubba Ho-tep tells the "true" story of what really did become of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death," then missed his chance to switch back. He must team up with JFK and fight an ancient Egyptian mummy for the souls of their fellow residents.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: black comedy, funny, independent film, humorous, scary, surreal, absurd, horror comedy, cult classic, light
Similar in 88%
Housebound (2014)
Plot Summary:
When Kylie Bucknell is sentenced to home detention, she's forced to come to terms with her unsociable behaviour, her blabbering mother and a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about the new living arrangement.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, horror comedy, disturbing, psychological, funny, black comedy, dark comedy, creepy
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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
Similar in 89%
Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
Plot Summary:
An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with un-attentive parents and bullies at school.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, disturbing, realistic, depressing, black comedy, brutal, controversial, cult classic, teen, talky
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Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)
Plot Summary:
The next great psycho horror slasher has given a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo, all the while deconstructing the conventions and archetypes of the horror genre for them.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, dark comedy, suspenseful, mockumentary, horror comedy, funny, bloody, satirical, atmospheric