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Plot Summary:
Petey Wheatstraw (Rudy Ray Moore) is a candidate to become the devil's son-in-law. The storyline is a scaffolding on which Rudy Ray Moore's standup humor can be unfolded. Beginning life as the afterbirth to a watermelon, the young Wheatstraw becomes a martial artist, but is unable to best the evil comedy team of Leroy and Skillet, who also indulge in wholesale murder. Satan restores the comedians' victims to life, and charges Petey with the task of marrying his clock-stoppingly ugly daughter to giving him a grandchild. When Petey attempts to default on the deal, he is pursued by the devil's henchmen.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, not serious, independent film, campy
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Killer Pad (2008)
Plot Summary:
Three naïve guys, in their 20s, drive from Illinois to LA. A sleazy real-estate agent gives them a great deal on a house in the Hollywood Hills. The night they arrive, a solitary Mexican, who speaks only Spanish, tries to warn them that the place is possessed by Satan. They don't understand him, move in, and plan a party after they meet Lucy, their gorgeous neighbor from down the hill. An old friend of theirs, studying to be a priest, joins them. In the basement is a portal to Hell, so at the party, guests meet their end in various ways. Lucy and her friends may not be who the lads think. Is there any hope for these innocents? Maybe their neutered dog can help.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, not serious, erotic, suspense, perverse, offbeat, teen comedy, cult film
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Rude (1982)
Plot Summary:
While Rudy Ray Moore is best remembered today for his outrageous blaxploitation movies, such as Dolemite and The Human Tornado, he started out as a standup comedian who broke barriers for off-color comedy on such "party" albums as Eat Out More Often. Rude is a performance film which captures Moore on-stage at a comedy club, delivering the rhyming rap routines and epic tales of sexual conquest that first made him famous.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: entertaining, live comedy
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The Human Tornado (1976)
Plot Summary:
Dolemite comes to the rescue of Queen Bee, whose Nightclub is threatened by the Mafia.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, exciting, witty, stylized, grindhouse, independent film, cult classic, spoof, offbeat
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Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury (2011)
Plot Summary:
In this unearthed lost movie from 1990 that the studio deemed too terrible to release, a Vietnam Veteran Sal Bando(Sorbo), tortured by his past as a Poolboy returns home to Van Nuys, California, and a country he doesn't recognize, in which it seems only Mexicans run pool-cleaning companies. Bando sets off on a brutal mission to reclaim his "rightful" vocation and enact revenge on the man(Trejo) who killed his wife and son.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, rough, realistic, erotic, offbeat, campy
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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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Holla II (2013)
Plot Summary:
After narrowly escaping with her life at the hands of her mentally ill sister Veronica, Monica, with the help of her Mother, Marion, has taken great measures to ensure her safety, including changing her face and relocating to the South. Six years has past and now she finally believes she is safe from Veronica. Little does she know that death and betrayal still await her and her friends on the eve of her wedding at a southern plantation house rumored to be haunted by 13 murdered slaves. This time no one is safe and everyone is a suspect as killing becomes addictive.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, humorous, semi serious, scary, realistic, suspenseful, bloody, teen horror, campy
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Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror (2006)
Plot Summary:
A hip hop horror anthology of three tales of terror told by the Hound of Hell (Snoop Dogg) that revolve around the residents of an inner-city neighborhood whose actions determine where they will go in the afterlife.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: anthology, slasher, suspenseful, semi serious, rough, humorous, dark, hood, retro, suspense
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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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Disco Godfather (1979)
Plot Summary:
A retired cop becomes a DJ/celebrity at the Blueberry Hill disco-- he's the "Disco Godfather!" All is well until his nephew flips out on a strange new drug that's sweeping the streets, called "angel dust," or PCP. Disco Godfather vows "to personally come down on the suckers that's producing this shit!" He takes to the streets, slaps drug dealers and even exposes a crooked cop that is covering for the dealers. In between, he still finds time to manage the Blueberry Hill and perform. "Put a little slide in yo' glide," he pleads to the patrons, "Put some weight on it!" Disco Godfather tracks down the kingpin that is behind all the angel dust production, but not before he is kidnapped and forced to inhale PCP through a gas mask!.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, retro, surreal, black comedy, exciting, rough, offbeat, humorous, realistic, suspenseful
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Emmanuelle Through Time: Emmanuelle's Sexy Bite (2011)
Plot Summary:
Time-traveling Emmanuelle and her crew wind up in a world of lusty vampires who want to make their fantasies come true in this blistering erotic fantasy. Brittany Joy, Russia Hardy, Harper Issacs and Seth Gamble star. Emmanuelle and her crew travel back in time to Romania to find a place where erotic vampires exist.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, sexy, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, weird
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Which Way Is Up? (1977)
Plot Summary:
Richard Pryor plays three roles - a beleaguered, sex-starved farm worker named Leroy Jones; the farm worker's randy old father Rufus; and the hypocritical town preacher Rev. Lenox Thomas - and Pryor has never been so outrageously funny. The lives and love lives of these three men cross and crisscross as Leroy tries to get his life back on track.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: black comedy, feel good, humorous, realistic, not serious, campy, cult film
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Oh, God! You Devil (1984)
Plot Summary:
George Burns is back as God, but oops, here he is as Satan, too. A young rock star is ready to sell his soul to Satan, and Satan is all too happy to oblige. Oops! Seems the fellow was watched over by God as a baby, so now the almighty and his nemesis have to duke it out over the soul. Written by Steve Derby.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy, inspirational, sexy, touching, unusual plot structure
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Dolemite (1975)
Plot Summary:
Dolemite is a pimp who was set up by Willie Greene and the cops, who have planted drugs, stolen furs, and guns in his trunk and got him sentenced to 20 years in jail. One day, Queen B and a warden planned to get him out of Jail and get Willie Green and Mitchell busted for what they did to him.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, hood, funny, surreal, black comedy, cult classic, spooky, parody, offbeat, humorous
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Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
Plot Summary:
After a dying Voodoo queen chooses an adopted apprentice as her successor, her true heir is outraged. Seeking revenge, he buys the bones of Blacula the vampire off of a dealer, and uses voodoo to bring the vampire back to do his bidding. In turn, Blacula turns him into a vampire and makes him his slave. Meanwhile, a police officer with a large collection of African antiques and an interest in the occult investigates the murders caused by Blacula and his vampire horde.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: gothic, bloody, slasher, creepy, cult classic, scary, horror comedy, cult horror, independent film, rough
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Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)
Plot Summary:
In a fantastical 1940s where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, atmospheric, futuristic, suspenseful, semi serious, horror comedy, surreal, satanic, dieselpunk, spooky
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Repossessed (1990)
Plot Summary:
It's been some time since Father Jebedaiah Mayii exorcised the Devil from little Nancy Aglet, who is now grown up with a husband and two children of her own. But the prince of darkness wants to go a second round and has returned to repossess her! With Father Mayii unwilling to help, Father Luke Brophy tries his best to help Nancy, even when TV's Ernest Weller plans to air the exorcism live on TV.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, humorous, satirical, slapstick, not serious, slapstick comedy, funny, hilarious, demonic
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My Name Is Bruce (2007)
Plot Summary:
B Movie Legend Bruce Campbell is mistaken for his character Ash from the Evil Dead trilogy and forced to fight a real monster in a small town in Oregon.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, suspense, entertaining, horror comedy, feel good, not serious, cult classic, funny, captivating
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Leprechaun 6: Back 2 tha Hood (2003)
Plot Summary:
When Emily Woodrow and her friends happen on a treasure chest full of gold coins, they fail to to heed the warnings of a wise old psychic who had foretold that they would encounter trouble with a very nasty and protective Leprechaun.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, humorous, semi serious, suspenseful, witty, hood, suspense, controversial, horror comedy, cult horror
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Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver (2011)
Plot Summary:
The gingerdead man travels back in time to 1976 and carries out an epic disco killing spree.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, not serious, scary, rough, humorous, parody, retro, bloody, horror comedy
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The Gingerdead Man (2005)
Plot Summary:
An evil yet adorable Gingerbread man comes to life with the soul of a convicted killer, and this real life cookie monster wreaks havoc on the girl who sent the killer to the electric chair.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, humorous, suspenseful, not serious, slasher, horror comedy, cult horror, scary, psychological, funny
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Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust (2008)
Plot Summary:
The horrifying yet delicious and chewy Gingerdead Man causes murder and mayhem on the set of a horrible low budget movie set. It will take the determination of the studio's young new owner to save both his company and well as the lives of his young new friends. Including a terminally ill young boy whose final wish it was to meet the studios stars - The Tiny Terrors.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: slasher, christmas horror, scary, humorous, suspenseful, not serious, parody, horror comedy, bloody, suspense
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A Haunted House 2 (2014)
Plot Summary:
Having exorcised the demons of his ex, Malcolm is starting fresh with his new girlfriend and her two children. After moving into their dream home, however, Malcolm is once again plagued by bizarre paranormal events.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, funny, humorous, horror comedy, psychotronic, satirical, exciting, surreal, absurd
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Ooga Booga (2013)
Plot Summary:
Revenge is served on a spear when dirty cops brutally murder DEVIN, an innocent African-American med student. Devin’s soul is magically transferred into the body of an action figure named OOGA BOOGA. Armed only with his tribal weapon and the help of his old girlfriend, DONNA, Ooga Booga takes to the streets and trailer parks to find the men who stole his bright future away from him. The bodies begin to pile up as Ooga Booga slices and dices his way through crooked cops, meth heads and demented city officials in order to clear his name. Racists beware! You won’t even have enough time to scream, “Ooga Booga!”.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 854
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, rough, humorous, controversial, not serious, horror comedy, campy
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976-EVIL (1988)
Plot Summary:
People who dial 976-EVIL receive supernatural powers and turn into satanic killers. When Spike dialed 976-EVIL, he knew it was an expensive toll call, but he didn't know that he'd have to pay for it with his soul.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, satanic, suspenseful, cult classic, splatter, homoerotic, horror comedy, cult horror
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Leprechaun in the Hood (2000)
Plot Summary:
When Butch, Postmaster P, and Stray Bullet loot the local hip-hop mogul's studio to fund their demo album, the threesome unwittingly ends up with the secret of Mack Daddy's success: a magical flute. Their gigs instantly turn golden but a blood-thristy Leprechaun and an angry Mack Daddy are hot on their trail, leaving a wake of destruction tainted by politically incorrect limericks.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, humorous, parody, slasher, entertaining, intense, light, melancholic, suspenseful
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The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
Plot Summary:
Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted - at a cost - when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: sexy, light, black comedy, offbeat, dark comedy, horror comedy, scary, suspense, entertaining, gothic
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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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Death Becomes Her (1992)
Plot Summary:
Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once arch-rival Helen's fiance. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes things to be a great deal more complicated than a mere murder plot.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 129000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: satirical, dark comedy, black comedy, gothic, funny, clever, light, horror comedy, humorous, cynical
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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