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Plot Summary:
A video store clerk stumbles onto an alien plot to take over earth by brainwashing people with a bad '50s science fiction movie. He and his friends race to stop the aliens before the tapes can be distributed world-wide.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, mysterious, cult classic, surprise ending, ambiguous ending, crying, independent film, detective, spoof, parody
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The Ambulance (1990)
Plot Summary:
Josh meets a young woman who shortly afterwards collapses and is rushed to hospital in an ambulance. He follows after her only to find that there is no record her being admitted, and he soon learns that her room mate also vanished after being picked up by the same ambulance. Convinced of a conspiracy, Josh proceeds to investigate, despite the discouragement of the police.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, psychological, suspenseful, detective, tense, captivating, funny, slasher, horror comedy, perverse
Similar in 84%
Mystery Date (1991)
Plot Summary:
The shy teenager Tom McHugh worships his sexy neighbor Geena Matthews that lives on the other side of the street, but he does not dare to talk to her. When his parents travel with their dog for a competition and his self-confident big brother Craig McHugh unexpectedly arrives from California for a visit with a classic 1959 Cadillac, Graig decides to call Geena and schedule a date with Tom. He lends his clothes and his credit card to Tom, who cuts his hair like Craig, buy flowers while Tom calls a limousine service. However, the driver has an accident and Tom decides "to borrow" the fancy car to impress the girl. When Tom is mistakenly taken as being Craig and finds a body in the trunk, his dream-night with Geena becomes a nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: talky, entertaining, stylized, suspenseful, humorous, semi serious, suspense, realistic, independent film, detective
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Bad Kids of Crestview Academy (2017)
Plot Summary:
It's four years later, and a new group of students has been placed in Saturday detention at the infamous and prestigious Crestview Academy. When Siouxsie, sophomore 'undercrust,' crashes the party to avenge her sister's death, a Saturday detention reserved for the privileged seniors of Crestview Academy turns into a date in hell. It's not long before a naïve pussycat lover, gay drug dealer, smokin' hot preacher's daughter, squeaky-clean senator's son, and the uninvited younger outsider find themselves locked-up in school with no way out, wondering who (or what) has set them up. Hilarity and suspense ensue while each 'bad kid' pits one against the other, and one by one each falls victim to absurdly gruesome 'accidents' while trying to escape.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: non-linear, ambiguous ending, humorous, suspense, slasher, surprise ending, horror comedy, crying, dark comedy
Similar in 79%
Fatal Charm (1990)
Plot Summary:
Valerie's (Amanda Peterson) prosecutor mom is trying to put away Adam (Christopher Atkins), an alleged serial killer on trial for murdering six women. But he's so charming that the teenage Valerie just can't believe he really did it, and soon they begin sending each other letters. Adam is caught up in a jailbreak and ends up on the run.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 369
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, crying, psychotronic
Similar in 76%
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998)
Plot Summary:
A mental patient escapes from the looney bin in drag, robs a bank, and goes on the lam!.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 810
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, crying, expressionism, independent film, black comedy, slapstick comedy, slapstick, freeze frame, dark comedy, silent
Similar in 77%
Wave of Crimes (2018)
Plot Summary:
Leyre lives a quiet and comfortable life which ends abruptly when an act of rage of her teenage son leads her to protect him by any means necessary.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, dark comedy, crying, detective, black comedy
Similar in 78%
Body Parts (1991)
Plot Summary:
A criminal psychologist loses his arm in a car crash, and becomes one of three patients to have their missing limbs replaced by those belonging to an executed serial killer. One of them dies violently, and disturbing occurrences start happening to the surviving two.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, slasher, suspenseful, scary, rough, grindhouse, medical horror, cult classic, disturbing, independent film
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Neon Maniacs (1986)
Plot Summary:
A group of teenagers in San Francisco discover a nest of homicidal monsters living in a tower of the Golden Gate Bridge, but when they try to tell authorities, no one believes them.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, slasher, independent film, tense, rough, atmospheric, serious, surprise ending, crying
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Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things (1971)
Plot Summary:
Ultra-low-budget Florida cult film featuring a transvestite fugitive criminal and his homosexual (and mentally unstable) lover on the lam in a Miami suburb.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 621
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, lgbt cinema, crying, psychotronic, independent film, gay cinema, campy
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Halloween at Aunt Ethel's (2019)
Plot Summary:
Everyone in town knows the story of Old Aunt Ethel. It's said she makes Halloween candy and pumpkin pie out of the kids that trick-or-treat at her house. This Halloween, the neighborhood teens are going to find out the truth.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, sexy, scary, crying, psychotronic, sex comedy, black comedy, freeze frame, dark comedy, horror comedy
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Feeding Mr. Baldwin (2013)
Plot Summary:
A house sitter bites off more than he can chew when a dead body mysteriously shows up at the estate he's watching.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, dark comedy, crying, black comedy, twisted, cult film
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The Drone (2019)
Plot Summary:
A newlywed couple is terrorized by a consumer drone that has become sentient with the consciousness of a deranged serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, suspense, suspenseful, independent film, crying, psychotronic, detective, weird, urban fantasy
Similar in 76%
Kamikaze (1986)
Plot Summary:
A scientist is fired from his job and bored with doing nothing at home he goes crazy and invents a system which allows him to reach through the airwaves and transform live TV cameras into weapons to kill the people he hates the most - TV presenters.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 698
Genere: Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: crying, psychotronic, detective
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iGirlfriend (2016)
Plot Summary:
A teen comedy about a nerdy teenager who creates an iPhone app to be his girlfriend. When she miraculously comes to life, things go hilariously wrong, and she tries to kill him.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, psychotronic, light, cyber, crying, teen comedy
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Mindhorn (2016)
Plot Summary:
A washed up actor who played Mindhorn, a secret agent with a bionic eye, returns to the Isle of Man, the area where his most famous role was set, to help catch a killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: parody, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, dark comedy, serious, surprise ending, crying, psychotronic
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Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
Plot Summary:
After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: entertaining, humorous, suspenseful, anamorphic, neo noir, suspense, romantic comedy, cult classic, semi serious, surprise ending
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Jackpot (2011)
Plot Summary:
Terrified and bloody, Oscar Svendsen awakes clinched to a shotgun in a strippers joint. Around him 8 dead men, and police aiming at him. To Oscar it's clear that he is innocent. It all started when four chaps won 1,7 million on the pools.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, dark, exciting, clever, offbeat, realistic, detective
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Sneekweek (2016)
Plot Summary:
Six friends go to party for a week during the "Sneekweek". But they are haunted by a secret from their past.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, psychotronic, humorous, slasher, sexy, detective
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Five (2010)
Plot Summary:
A creative horror movie made up of five unique short films tied together by a similar theme.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, captivating, suspense, humorous, anthology, horror comedy, tragic ending, dark fairy tale, crying
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Zombie High (1987)
Plot Summary:
A woman goes to previously all-male boarding school on a scholarship. She begins to separate herself from her boyfriend in order to devote more time to her new environment.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: cult classic, independent film, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, teen comedy, urban fantasy, cult film
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Sexy Killer: You'll Die for Her (2008)
Plot Summary:
In medical school of an elite university, campus starts sown with corpses. The police have no clue who is responsible for the carnage. Nobody suspected Barbara, a beautiful young innocent looking whose only concern seems to be the fashion. However, under the facade of frivolity, hides the most lethal and unforgiving of the killer: Barbykiller, the psychopath who reinvents the term "fashion victim".
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, dark comedy, sexy, horror comedy, crying
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Extracurricular Activities (2019)
Plot Summary:
The outrageous life of Reagan Collins, a model high school student with a "killer" after-school job that involves arranging “accidents” for his classmates' parents. When seasoned police detective Cliff Dawkins starts putting the pieces together, it's a battle of wits to see if Reagan can keep business booming.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, humorous, surprise ending, crying, detective, black comedy, freeze frame, dark comedy, twist ending
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Fade to Black (1980)
Plot Summary:
Eric Binford watches a lot of movies. He is the truest definition of a film geek. One day, his sanity takes a turn for the worse and he begins acting out his favorite scenes from the movies. In doing so, he manages to involve his enemies and the scenes usually result in death.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, suspense, horror comedy, slasher, black comedy, cult horror, independent film, suspenseful
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Killer Sofa (2019)
Plot Summary:
Francesca always attracted weirdos. When one of her stalkers is found dead, she looks for comfort from her best friend, Maxi. Meanwhile, Maxi’s grandfather, Jack, a disgraced Rabbi, comes across a reclining chair containing a Dybbuk inside. Jack and his voodoo sorceress partner try to find out where the recliner has been delivered while exploring Jack’s newfound gift for communicating with the other world. Meanwhile the reclining chair becomes enchanted by Francesca and starts committing crimes of passion.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, captivating, disturbing, crying, detective, weird, urban fantasy, campy
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Night of the Creeps (1986)
Plot Summary:
In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites that transform their hosts into killer zombies.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, horror comedy, grindhouse, scary, atmospheric, cult classic, suspenseful, not serious, creepy, cult horror
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The Watch (2012)
Plot Summary:
Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to save their neighborhood - and the world - from total extermination.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 132000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, absurd, not serious, light, hilarious, surprise ending, surreal, stylized
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The Blob (1988)
Plot Summary:
Remake of the 1958 horror sci-fi about a deadly blob which is the spawn of a secret government germ warfare project which consumes everyone in its path. Teenagers try in vain to warn the townsfolk, who refuse to take them seriously, while government agents try to cover up the evidence and confine the creature.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, slasher, rough, serious, splatter, grindhouse, creepy, cult classic
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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
Similar in 82%
Detention (2011)
Plot Summary:
As a killer named Cinderhella stalks the student body at the high school in Grizzly Lake, a group of co-eds band together to survive while they're all serving detention.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, horror comedy, semi serious, dark comedy, offbeat, suspense, suspenseful, bleak, psychological, funny
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Shocker (1989)
Plot Summary:
After being sent to the electric chair, a serial killer uses electricity to come back from the dead and carry out his vengeance on the football player who turned him in to the police.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, sadistic, suspense, splatter, rough, suspenseful, horror comedy, cult classic, grindhouse