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Plot Summary:
A soldier and his team battle hordes of post-apocalyptic zombies in the wastelands of the Korean Peninsula.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, suspense, atmospheric, dark, tense, suspenseful, emotional, exciting, rough, captivating
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Dead Rising: Endgame (2016)
Plot Summary:
Investigative reporter Chase Carter must stop a secret government conspiracy in the zombie infested quarantine zone of East Mission City.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, apocalyptic
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Crack House of the Dead (2021)
Plot Summary:
On the dawn of a zombie outbreak an undercover drug deal goes wrong forcing the cop, the dealer, and others urban misfits to take refuge in the last safe place in the city - a Crack House.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 84%
Dead Rising: Watchtower (2015)
Plot Summary:
Based on the game, Dead Rising takes place during a large-scale zombie outbreak. When a mandatory government vaccine fails to stop the infection from spreading, the four leads must evade infection while also pursuing the root of the epidemic, with all signs pointing to a government conspiracy.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, scary, bleak, funny, scenic
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Face of Evil (2016)
Plot Summary:
On July 4th, private Jay Williams returns home from the Middle East, but a mysterious epidemic breaks out and infects his friends at his party. On the road to salvation, Jay is joined by his ex-sergeant, who reveals chilling secrets leading to a conspiracy. The night has just begun, as they embark on a survival quest for the ultimate truth.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 239
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Darkest Day (2015)
Plot Summary:
Dan wakes up on a beach with no memory. He discovers an empty city ravaged by a deadly virus. After befriending a small group of survivors it soon becomes clear the army are hunting him down, and the group are forced on a dangerous journey to escape.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, apocalyptic
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Block Z (2020)
Plot Summary:
A pre-med student and her friends encounter the death of a patient that exhibited symptoms of rabies. They are soon faced with an even bigger problem as their patient comes back from the dead and infects the people on campus, causing a lockdown and trapping the students inside.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 370
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, exciting, suspense, suspenseful
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G - Zombie (2021)
Plot Summary:
Sara is a research student who wants to make an immunity booster to save humanity. Her experiment however turns people into zombies and in comes Dhruva to save the day.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative
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Virus of the Dead (2018)
Plot Summary:
What happens when an uncontrollable virus turns the living into the living dead?.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychotronic, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Dead the Damned and the Darkness (2014)
Plot Summary:
In a savage land where zombies roam freely - Lieutenant Colonel Sawyer is armed with machine guns, body armor and courage. He is on a mission to give his family a burial at sea. To reach the coast, he must enter a quarantined infected zone and fight through hordes of bloodthirsty zombies. There he encounters a group of survivors including a young woman who is a target of both the male survivors and the ravenous zombies. To protect the last non-infected humans and complete his mission, Colonel Sawyer must face the Dead, the Damned and the Darkness.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, scenic
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The Killing Strain (2010)
Plot Summary:
A man-made virus, 'The Killing Strain'-- an out-of-control swine flu-- turns infected humans into raging monsters. As it rapidly spreads, a group of uninfected survivors must make life-or-death decisions before the U.S. military firebombs the area in a desperate attempt contain the contagion. The survivors are unaware that the virus has already reached their group-- by infecting one of them-- and now the merciless metamorphic process has begun.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic
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The End? (2017)
Plot Summary:
Claudio Verona is a young and cynical businessman. One day he gets locked in his Roman office elevator before an important meeting with a client. Soon this annoying obstacle will turn into a nightmare. For outside that metal cage, a deadly virus has begun to infect and transform people into extremely violent and dangerous zombies. Claudio has to get out of his claustrophobic space but it seems the elevator is the safest place to be in the city.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, tense, bleak, bloody, apocalyptic, horror comedy
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Infection (2019)
Plot Summary:
Film about an epidemic outbreak of a new rabies virus in Venezuela and a father trying to save his son from contagion. A Russian man is in Caracas under the influence of the Krokodil drug, when he gets infected with the rabies virus and starts an epidemic of aggressive and cannibalistic beings. Doctor Adam Vargas is in the midst of all this, when he begins a journey within a ravaged Venezuela to save his son from being infected.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Venezuela, Mexico
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, suspenseful, scary, apocalyptic, exciting
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Disaster L.A.: The Last Zombie Apocalypse Begins Here (2014)
Plot Summary:
After a meteor shower strikes Los Angeles, toxic smoke is released across the city causing people to physically change and become violent. A small group of survivors plans to vacate the city by heading to the coast.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, breathtaking, suspense
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Army of the Dead (2021)
Plot Summary:
Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 183000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, unusual plot structure, psychotronic, apocalyptic, road movie, suspenseful, splatter, scary, philosophical
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Redcon-1 (2018)
Plot Summary:
A squad of eight Special Forces soldiers are assigned a suicide mission to rescue a scientist from a city ruled by the undead.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: brutal, suspenseful, scary, suspense, disturbing, apocalyptic, action adventure
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Zombie Apocalypse (2011)
Plot Summary:
Months after a zombie plague has wiped out 90 percent of the American population, a small group of survivors fight their way cross-country to a rumored refuge on the island of Catalina.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, scary, tense, mockbuster, natural horror, psychotronic, disaster movie
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Day of the Dead: Bloodline (2017)
Plot Summary:
In a world overrun by zombies, military personnel and survivalists live in an underground bunker while they seek a cure.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, apocalyptic, exciting, tense, rough, disturbing, retro, perverse, thrilling, psychotronic
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Rammbock: Berlin Undead (2010)
Plot Summary:
When lovelorn Michael arrives in Berlin to return a set of keys to his ex-girlfriend, Gabi, as an excuse to see her again, he finds her apartment empty save for a couple of plumbers making repairs to the central heating. Just as Michael learns from the plumber’s apprentice, Harper, that Gabi has popped out for a while but will return soon, the apprentice is attacked by his boss who has unexpectedly and inexplicably transformed into a raging madman. Together, Michael and Harper manage to bundle the crazed plumber out of the apartment and barricade themselves safely inside. Within minutes, they find themselves trapped in apartment block under siege from a horde of similarly insane people, apparently hungry for human flesh.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, serious, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, enigmatic, disturbing, apocalyptic, deep
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Sickness (2017)
Plot Summary:
On this ill-fated day when many in this sector of the world go completely insane, a group of virtual strangers left with sanity have to fight to stay alive by fending off those out for blood. The heart and courage of different individuals are tested, as they have to figure out how to survive this chaotic onslaught of murder and mayhem, all caused by those with a mysterious sickness.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, apocalyptic
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Train to Busan (2016)
Plot Summary:
Martial law is declared when a mysterious viral outbreak pushes Korea into a state of emergency. Those on an express train to Busan, a city that has successfully fended off the viral outbreak, must fight for their own survival….
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 248000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: suspense, apocalyptic, emotional, tense, bloody, psychotronic, suspenseful, dark, scary, touching
Similar in 86%
Kingdom (2019)
Plot Summary:
In this zombie thriller set in Korea's medieval Joseon dynasty, a crown prince is sent on a suicide mission to investigate a mysterious outbreak.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, bloody, dark fantasy, dorama, spooky, tense, disturbing, gothic, epic, apocalyptic
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Zombies (2017)
Plot Summary:
When the world is in shambles, plagued by a zombie outbreak, only the strong will survive, but just how much determination will it take? Will Luke and his crew have enough ambition and ammunition to stay alive long enough to save the human race?.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 856
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Day of the Dead (2008)
Plot Summary:
Day of the Dead is a horror film which is nominally a quasi-remake of George A. Romero's classic zombie film of the same name, which was the third in Romero's Dead series. The film is directed by Steve Miner (who also directed Friday the 13th Part 2 & 3 and Halloween H20: 20 Years Later) and written by Jeffrey Reddick.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, stylized, rough, intense, apocalyptic, retro, dark, scenic, classic horror
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Extinction (2015)
Plot Summary:
And suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA, Hungary, France
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: scary, apocalyptic, suspense, suspenseful, retro, intense, bad ending, bloody, entertaining, dramatic
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Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Plot Summary:
A group of surviving people take refuge in a shopping center after the world has been over taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies. A remake of the 1978 zombie film of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 268000
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA, Canada, Japan, France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, splatter, atmospheric, suspenseful, creepy, bloody, apocalyptic, intense, cult classic
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Black Summer (2019)
Plot Summary:
In the dark, early days of a zombie apocalypse, complete strangers band together to find the strength they need to survive and get back to loved ones.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: suspense, atmospheric, disturbing, tense, apocalyptic, spooky, supernatural thriller, dark, bleak
Similar in 89%
All of Us Are Dead (2022)
Plot Summary:
A high school becomes ground zero for a zombie virus outbreak. Trapped students must fight their way out — or turn into one of the rabid infected.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dorama, dark fantasy, apocalyptic, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, scenic
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Cargo (2017)
Plot Summary:
After being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father struggles to find a new home for his baby daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, bleak, scary, dark, social, sad, tear jerker
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#Alive (2020)
Plot Summary:
As a grisly virus rampages a city, a lone man stays locked inside his apartment, digitally cut off from seeking help and desperate to find a way out.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, exciting, disturbing, psychological, splatter, atmospheric, scary, rough
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I Am Legend (2007)
Plot Summary:
Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 799000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, intense, atmospheric, suspenseful, exciting, apocalyptic, rough, serious, suspense, bleak