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Plot Summary:
When Kelly Morgan was 11 years old he had a terrifying encounter with Rana, a strange half man/half frog monster living in a lake. The creature killed his father and many other people before Kelly destroyed it. Now as a young man he returns to search for the monster's hidden treasure, and to see if the legendary creature really was killed.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 603
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, natural horror, independent film, psychotronic
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Sting of Death (1966)
Plot Summary:
A mutant jellyfish stalks biology students in the Florida everglades.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 682
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, natural horror, sexy, independent film, psychotronic, weird
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Killer Fish (1979)
Plot Summary:
Jewel thieves attempt to recover treasure from piranha infested waters. Mistrust and betrayals happen amongst the gang in the quest for gold.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA, UK, Brazil
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: natural horror, grindhouse, psychotronic, surprise ending, independent film
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Uninvited (1987)
Plot Summary:
A sinister corporation loses control of a house cat infected with a genetically-engineered virus. The death-toll rises during the mutant feline's rampage, and eventually, it finds its way on board a ship of a criminal king-pin.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: retro, slasher, classic horror, natural horror, surprise ending, independent film, psychotronic
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Aquanoids (2003)
Plot Summary:
On a small island off the California coast it's the Fourth of July and tourists are washing up dead in Babylon Bay, once again! In 1987, rumor has it that mysterious sea creatures called Aquanoids were responsible for 17 vicious deaths. The Mayor dispelled the sightings as urban legend to protect the local tourist trade. Join environmental activist Vanessa DuMont as her fight to save the endangered abalone on Santa Clara Island turns into a fight of her life.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 614
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, independent film
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Terror Birds (2016)
Plot Summary:
When Maddy Stern discovers her father has gone missing during a routine birdwatching excursion, she and her college pals trek out into the wilderness to find him, only to end up in a wealthy scientist's desolate ranch aviary, where they encounter a pair of giant, hungry terror birds believed to be extinct for centuries.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 497
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, natural horror
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Creature of Destruction (1968)
Plot Summary:
A resort hypnotist and his assistant predict murders, which she then commits as a fanged monster.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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The Food of the Gods (1976)
Plot Summary:
Morgan and his friends are on a hunting trip on a remote Canadian island when they are attacked by a swarm of giant wasps. Looking for help, Morgan stumbles across a barn inhabited by an enormous killer chicken. After doing some exploring, they discover the entire island is crawling with animals that have somehow grown to giant size. The most dangerous of all of these, however, are the rats, who are mobilizing to do battle with the human intruders.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting, grindhouse, psychotronic, black and white, natural horror, independent film, bleak
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The Terror Beneath the Sea (1966)
Plot Summary:
While covering a test of guided torpedoes, two reporters believe they see what appears to be a strange-looking swimming creature. They investigate the matter further and discover that there is a race of fish-men living under the sea. The fish-men capture the pair and keep them prisoner in their underwater city.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, Italy, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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Spawn of the Slithis (1978)
Plot Summary:
A nuclear leak creates a mutant Slithis sea monster, which terrorizes the variety of pets, winos, and hippies who hang around Venice, California.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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Weasels Rip My Flesh (1979)
Plot Summary:
Returning from the planet Venus, an errant NASA spacecraft crashes into the ocean, spilling its radioactive cargo. Enveloped by a radioactive mass, a rabid weasel is transformed into a gigantic killer mutant. Prowling the countryside, the huge weasel kills and devours victims. The creature is captured by a disturbed scientist who plans to use its regenerative blood to amass an army of similar monsters, enabling him to conquer the Earth.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 490
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, detective, natural horror, weird, cult film
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Ticks (1993)
Plot Summary:
Teens camping in a northern California retreat are terrorized by mutant insects created by evil, polluting pot farmers.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, rough, semi serious, natural horror, retro, dark, independent film, psychotronic, weird
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Xtro 3: Watch the Skies (1995)
Plot Summary:
Marines on a deserted island are ordered to disfuse bombs, but then an alien creature terrorizes them.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: classic horror, independent film
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The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966)
Plot Summary:
US Navy battles monsters unearthed from the frozen arctic.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 780
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: retro, suspense, natural horror, psychotronic, independent film, lovecraft, campy
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The Curse of the Komodo (2004)
Plot Summary:
Genetically-engineered Komodo dragons have become ginormous creatures hunting people on a remote tropical island. A small group of scientists must stop the dragons before they escape the island and destroy the rest of the world.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, natural horror, scary, serious, surprise ending, cult film, disaster movie
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Island Claws (1980)
Plot Summary:
A biological experiment in Florida goes awry. The result: 8-foot long land crabs which roar loudly and kill everything in sight.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 553
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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Shark Kill (1976)
Plot Summary:
Two adventurers set sail to find a giant man-eating great white shark.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: natural horror, psychotronic
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Mako: The Jaws of Death (1976)
Plot Summary:
A man accidentally learns that he has a mystical connection with sharks, and is given a strange medallion by a shaman. Becoming more and more alienated from normal society, he develops an ability to communicate with sharks telepathically, setting out to destroy anybody who harms sharks. People enter into his strange world to exploit his weird passion, and he uses the animals to gain revenge on anybody who double crosses him.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, natural horror, psychotronic, independent film, wild
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Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf (2015)
Plot Summary:
When a mad scientist mixes the genes of a killer whale and a wolf, it creates the Whalewolf, and it's up to Sharktopus to stop it.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, psychotronic, humorous, suspense, natural horror, retro, mockbuster, weird
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Up from the Depths (1979)
Plot Summary:
A menacing shark-like predator attacks a Hawaiian tourist area in this low-budget creature feature. An uncredited Roger Corman served as executive producer.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 968
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, absurd, natural horror, grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, spoof, dark comedy, parody
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Varan the Unbelievable (1962)
Plot Summary:
In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where an unusual salt water lake is situated. However, their purifying experiments arouse the prehistoric monster Obaki from hibernation at the lake's bottom, and it proceeds to attack Japan.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 832
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, classic horror, natural horror, psychotronic, independent film, vintage, cult film
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Tail Sting (2001)
Plot Summary:
A pack of massive genetically altered Scorpions escape containment on an airplane, turning passengers into victims and forcing one ordinary woman to confront her worst fears.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 783
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: rough, suspense, suspenseful, scary, natural horror, psychotronic, independent film
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Ice Sharks (2016)
Plot Summary:
A new breed of aggressive, ravenous sharks cracks the frozen ocean floor of an Arctic research station, devouring all who fall through. As the station sinks into frigid waters, those alive must fashion makeshift weapons or suffer the same fate.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: mockbuster, natural horror, weird
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Empire of the Ants (1977)
Plot Summary:
Sleazy scam artist Joan Collins tries to sell phony real estate deals down in the Florida everglades. What she and her unsuspecting buyers don't know is the area has been taken over by giant ants!.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, intense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, grindhouse, suspense, gothic horror, cult classic
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Camel Spiders (2011)
Plot Summary:
Based on actual creatures that for years have tormented our armed forces in the Middle East, these creatures have now invaded the southwestern deserts of the United States. The Camel Spiders now freely hunt for prey, unafraid of any predator - including man. No place is safe no one is beyond their paralyzing sting. In the end, a small band of hearty fighters are forced to make one last stand against the creatures.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspense, natural horror, independent film, fast, surprise ending, psychotronic, scary
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The Capture of Bigfoot (1979)
Plot Summary:
A series of killings occur, with no suspects, the locals soon decide that Bigfoot is responsible.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 693
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, rough, serious, psychotronic
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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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Jurassic Prey (2015)
Plot Summary:
A woman steals money from her mob boss husband hoping to start a new life with her lover. Meanwhile, a washed-up former child star and his buddies rob a bank with a police detective hot on their trail. Through a twist of fate, these people all find themselves at a remote cabin, unaware that recent construction work has unleashed a ferocious creature which now roams the surrounding area! Who will survive in MEATEATERS!.
IMDB Rating: 1.8
IMDB Votes: 807
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Raging Sharks (2005)
Plot Summary:
An oceanic observation station is in desperate trouble after a sudden shark attack wrecked the oxygen supply. The accompanying ship, a coast guard cruiser, and other ships in and around the Bermuda triangle are attacked as well. The US Navy sends a submarine to investigate, but soon they too are under attack.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, exciting, natural horror, suspense, psychotronic, campy
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Octopus II (2001)
Plot Summary:
Dead bodies are being found in New York harbor. The police have no clues nor suspects until Nick and his colleague realize the killer is a giant octopus. Everybody, especially the police captain, refuses to believe Nick's story, and soon the harbor will be filled with boats for the 4th of July celebrations.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: semi serious, scary, natural horror, captivating, suspense, psychotronic, campy
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Deep Rising (1998)
Plot Summary:
A group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, tentacled, man-eating sea creatures who have taken over the ship first.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, futuristic, nautical, horror comedy, perverse, cult horror, natural horror, exciting