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Plot Summary:
A reality TV crew charter a boat to an island for filming, one which the boat's captain had been to before and attacked by giant shrews, more than fifty years earlier.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 388
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: rough, suspense, absurd, semi serious, psychotronic, ridiculous
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The Worm Eaters (1977)
Plot Summary:
Herman Umgar, a German hermit, has an ability to communicate with worms. One day the mayor of the town runs him off his property, so in revenge he plants worms in everybody's food. However, these worms are a special breed of mutant worms from the Red Tide, and when the people eat them they are transformed into giant worms themselves. These worm-people also become Herman's slaves. What will the remaining do?.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 459
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, cult classic, disgusting, psychotronic, independent film, spoof, parody
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Fungicide (2002)
Plot Summary:
What happens when a crazed scientist gets a forced weekend away at a Bed and Breakfast? Mushrooms and mayhem! Death stalks the shocked guests as mushrooms of all shapes and sizes run rampant through the woods!.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: suspense, splatter, psychotronic
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Eat Me! (2010)
Plot Summary:
Stoner band mates escape Brooklyn after a mysterious blackout strikes, transforming everyone above ground into zombies. Hilarious complications arise.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, semi serious, apocalyptic
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Creature from the Hillbilly Lagoon (2005)
Plot Summary:
A group of college students run afoul of not only a passel of insane, inbred rednecks, but also a humanoid fish monster bent on making chum of them all.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, semi serious, suspense, psychotronic, spoof, parody
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6:66 P.M. (2017)
Plot Summary:
A reality TV crew's staged investigation into the paranormal becomes terrifyingly real when the house they're exploring turns out to be haunted by the ghost of a serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 808
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, captivating, suspense, humorous, dark comedy, psychotronic, horror spoof
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Attack of the Beast Creatures (1985)
Plot Summary:
A terrible storm at sea turns an ocean liner's luxury voyage into a nightmare! Those lucky enough to survive the sinking ship soon find themselves stranded on an uncharted island. A living hell breaks loose when the survivors encounter gruesome, flesh-eating Beast Creatures!.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 705
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, weird
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Mega Scorpions (2003)
Plot Summary:
Residents of a half-way house are bombarded by 6 foot long killer scorpions. A horror/comedy homage to the giant mutant bug films of the 1950's. The film was shown at the Frightvision Horror Festival in 2003, but has yet to see release on DVD, Blu-ray, or VOD.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 281
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, disturbing, independent film
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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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Mad Cow (2010)
Plot Summary:
A crazed scientist creates a half-man, half-cow creature which goes on the rampage at an African game lodge.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: South Africa, USA, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Bigfoot (2006)
Plot Summary:
Something monstrous is slaughtering deer in the marshlands of Ohio, leaving them torn to shreds. Authorities believe it to be the work of a bear, but army veteran Jack Sullivan knows the truth. He has heard the creature’s name, but nothing can prepare him for the disturbing reality of BIGFOOT. The original monster of American folklore, Bob Gray’s Bigfoot is more savage, relentless, and bloodthirsty than he’s ever been before. The deer were just the beginning. He’s saving his ultimate wrath for the men who enter his domain.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: realistic, scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, rough, psychotronic, cult film
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Stepmonster (1993)
Plot Summary:
Todd Dougherty has an imagination driven by comic books. So when he accuses his soon-to-be stepmother of being a monster, no one believes him. When neighbors start turning up dead, it becomes a race against time for Todd to stop this hideous, carnivorous creature from marrying his dad and ruining his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 623
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sexy, independent film, humorous, semi serious, psychotronic, nostalgic
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Corpses (2004)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 427
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, semi serious, scary, suspense, humorous, independent film
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Killer Piñata (2015)
Plot Summary:
A possessed piñata, seeking to avenge the savagery that humanity has inflicted on his kind, picks off a group of friends, one by one, in an unending night of terror.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 354
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, psychotronic, weird
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Beast Mode (2020)
Plot Summary:
After accidentally killing his lead star, a has-been hollywood producer turns to an ancient herbal elixir, in the hope that it will save his career. He makes a dark deal that unleashes a band of bloodthirsty, shape-shifting, ferocious beasts on LA.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 416
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, unusual plot structure, humorous, psychotronic, parody
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Willard (1971)
Plot Summary:
A social misfit, Willard is made fun of by his co-workers, and squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father by his boss. His only friends are a couple of rats he raised at home, Ben and Socrates. (And their increasing number of friends) However, when one of them is killed at work, he goes on a rampage using his rats to attack those who have been tormenting him.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, suspenseful, natural horror, captivating, grindhouse, controversial, classic horror, tense, serious
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Choking Hazard (2004)
Plot Summary:
When self-help guru Dr. Reinis (Jaroslav Dusek) led his students on a retreat to ponder the meaning of life, he had no intention of leading them all to their doom. But when gut-munching zombie woodsmen emerge, the group finds itself locked in mortal battle. Alternately sickening and silly, this gruesomely hilarious Czech horror flick co-stars Jan Dolansky, Eva Nadazdyova, Anna Fialkova and Eva Janouskova.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 481
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: rough, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, suspense, horror comedy, scary, offbeat, serious, slasher
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Killer Bees (2008)
Plot Summary:
A man is on the verge of death from a bee sting. His daughter, a fearless young, starts a race against time to find the antidote that may save the life of his father. It counts with the help of an expert on bees is satisfied that, as a kind of unusual, someone has prompted its expansion. Meanwhile, most frequently occurring deaths because of these alarming bites.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, natural horror
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Megaconda (2010)
Plot Summary:
Volcanic activity awakens a prehistoric giant anaconda, forcing the local Sheriff and a band of volunteers to stop the menace.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, natural horror
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Lake Placid (1999)
Plot Summary:
When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, suspense, natural horror, cult classic, humorous, horror comedy, tense, slasher, splatter
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Grizzly Park (2008)
Plot Summary:
A giant grizzly bear stalks 8 troubled young adults and a park ranger in a forest reserve called Grizzly Park after making the demise of an escaped serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, serious, suspenseful, slasher, suspense, natural horror, cult film
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Bigfoot (2012)
Plot Summary:
1970's pop culture icons Danny Bonaduce and Barry Williams face off in the hunt for the legendary mountain creature.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: semi serious, tense, enigmatic, absurd, mockbuster, humorous, psychotronic, independent film, disgusting, spoof
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Arachnophobia (1990)
Plot Summary:
A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as the result of spider bites from the deadly spider offspring. It's up to a couple of doctors with the help of an insect exterminator to annihilate these eight legged freaks.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, horror comedy, natural horror, funny, splatter, creepy, cult classic, dark comedy
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Bubba the Redneck Werewolf (2014)
Plot Summary:
Cracker County is under attack and lovesick dog catcher Bubba Blanche has been transformed into a ferocious, cigar smoking Werewolf in order to save the day. But first he's got to conquer a beer or two. And maybe a plate of chicken wings.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 539
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, dark comedy
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In the Spider's Web (2007)
Plot Summary:
When a team of backpackers sets out to explore the Indian jungles, one of them is bitten by a poisonous spider and killed.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, slasher, psychotronic
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Monsturd (2003)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer mutates with a chemical inside a sewer, to become a monster made of human waste just as the FBI and police are onto him.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, slasher, suspense, horror comedy, independent film, rough, offbeat
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Killer Eye: Halloween Haunt (2011)
Plot Summary:
When Jenna asks her four hot girlfriends to help convert an old mansion into a Halloween Haunt, they decide to party instead! Things get steamy between the girls, until they accidentally unleash the half-pint, horrible Killer Eye, a perverse party crasher from beyond. Bent on having his way, the Killer Eye will stop at nothing until he gets exactly what he wants.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 439
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, rough, suspense, spooky, queer horror, scary, humorous, serious, psychotronic
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Parts of the Family (2003)
Plot Summary:
Beyond the front door of an old, decrepit house is buried a horrible and tragic past. One horryfing and gory night a family of four is brutally hacked to pieces. The only survivor is the young and beautiful housekeeper, Ella. When she steps out of the house one day, she has no idea that she is about to be snatched by failed bank-robber Jason Goodis. Goodis, however, could not have imagined that the innocent hostage he is dragging back inside, has an unquenchable thirst for blood!.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 404
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Belgium, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: rough, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, parody, scary, slasher, campy
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Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001)
Plot Summary:
Burt Gummer returns home to Perfection, Nev., to find that the town of terror has become a theme park, and when the simulated giant worm attacks turn real, the survivalist must battle the creatures once again. Gummer pits his impressive knowledge of weaponry against the newest and deadliest generation of flesh-eating graboids, with help from two young entrepreneurs.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, natural horror, entertaining, absurd, semi serious, suspense, feel good, cult horror, offbeat
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Redneck Zombies (1989)
Plot Summary:
A barrel of radioactive waste is lost out in the woods. Some demented rednecks find it and use it as part of their still. Everybody who drinks from the liquor they produced turns into a zombie.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, cult horror, sexy, disturbing, horror comedy, independent film, rough, offbeat, humorous, slasher
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Tremors (1990)
Plot Summary:
Hick handymen Val McKee and Earl Bassett can barely eke out a living in the Nevada hamlet of Perfection, so they decide to leave town -- despite an admonition from a shapely seismology coed who's picking up odd readings on her equipment. Before long, Val and Earl discover what's responsible for those readings: 30-foot-long carnivorous worms with a proclivity for sucking their prey underground.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 147000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, entertaining, suspenseful, horror comedy, humorous, cult classic, dark comedy, suspense, splatter, black comedy