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Plot Summary:
Juno Mak’s debut feature Rigor Mortis is an eerie and chilling, contemporary action- and special effects-laden homage to the classic Chinese vampire movies of the 1980s.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, serious, stylized, psychotronic, suspenseful, suspense, rough, bleak, psychological
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The Dead Matter (2010)
Plot Summary:
Tells the story of a vampire relic with occult powers that falls into the hands of a grief-stricken young woman who will do anything to contact her dead brother.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 947
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, serious, suspenseful
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The Seventh Curse (1986)
Plot Summary:
A young heroic cop in the jungle of Thailand attempts to rescue a beautiful girl from being sacrificed to the "Worm Tribe" she belongs to. As a result, the cop is damned with seven "Blood Curses" which burst through his leg periodically. When the seventh bursts, he will die, but Betsy, the beauty he saved stops the curse with an antidote that lasts only one year, so on the advice of Wisely (Chow yun Fat) he heads back to Thailand to find a permanent cure. Action ensues as the cop and cohorts battle the evil sorcerer of the Worm Tribe, a hideous bloodthirsty baby like creature and "Old Ancestor," a skeleton with glowing blue eyes that transforms into a monster that is a cross between Rodan and Alien.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: bloody, detective, scary, exciting, atmospheric, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, stylized, fast
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Armageddon (1997)
Plot Summary:
The world's ten most influential scientists are being mysteriously killed, one by one, spontaneously combusted, microwaved to death, or otherwise. Another scientist, software prodigy Dr. Ken, searches for clues to these bizarre happenings only to see his fiancee apparently return from the dead. As indications point to the end of the world, It appears that Dr. Ken may be the only one who can save humanity.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Fantasy, Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful
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Vampire Cleanup Department (2017)
Plot Summary:
Attacked by vampire, Spring, a born loser is saved by three street cleaners. When he wakes up, he finds himself in a government secret facilities hidden in a garbage collection station. Spring then discovers that he has a special immunity to vampire attack, making him a perfect candidate as agent of the secret organisation, the Vampire Cleanup Department.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, suspense, horror comedy
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New Mr. Vampire 2 (1989)
Plot Summary:
Lam Ching-Ying returns as the famous "Vampire Buster," this time starring as the One-Eyebrown Priest. To save the village from paranormal menaces, he deals with and battles a host of mysterious creatures including: a little mischievous Chinese vampire; a lustful female ghost; the spirit of a woman murdered by a club owner and a European vampire and his blood-sucking pet bats.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 532
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scenic, scary, exciting, atmospheric, offbeat, gothic, humorous, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious
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Spooky Encounters (1980)
Plot Summary:
Sammo is Courageous Cheung, a pedicab driver in a rural community who is known around town as the man who fears nothing. Well, this is proved false before the opening credits finish when he endures a particularly frightening nightmare of flesh-eating zombies. But, that's just the beginning of his run-ins with the supernatural.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, tense, atmospheric, offbeat, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, weird
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A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990)
Plot Summary:
Several years after his beloved Nieh has gone, Ning is innocently put into jail. Luckily, he meets a scholar, Elder Chu Kot, in the prison who finally helps him escape. Ning then meets a young witty monk Autumn. They become friends and live in an abandoned villa together. The villa is horrific, yet they choose to stay for a while. Later that night, some ghosts suddenly appear and attack; two parties fight heavily. But after clarifications, Ning and Autumn find that "the ghosts" are humans in disguise, who intend to save their leader from imprisonment but not hurting innocence. Among them, Ning finds someone who looks identical to Nieh, and considers she is the reincarnated Nieh. A real giant zombie has seen all these in behind and is ready to ambush.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, stylized, inspirational, serious, scary, tense, parody, thought provoking, breathtaking
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Shaolin vs. Evil Dead (2004)
Plot Summary:
The plot thickens as heroes Pak and Ha discover the evil Dr. Magma's plan to reanimate the dead and take on the master-fighting Shaolin monks.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 399
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary, serious, fast
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A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
Plot Summary:
Ning Tsai-Shen, a humble tax collector, arrives in a small town to carry out his work. No one is willing to give him shelter for the night, so he ends up in the haunted Lan Ro temple. There, he meets Taoist Swordsman Yen Che-Hsia, and the beautiful Nieh Hsiao-Tsing, with whom he falls in love.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, scary, talky, exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, stylized, surreal, inspirational
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Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)
Plot Summary:
In the fifth century, constant civil war scars western China. To escape death, Ti, a young scout, jumps through a crevice in the Zu mountains where he meets and becomes the apprentice of Ting Yin, a spiritual man with great fighting powers. They encounter a monk, Hsiao Yu, also a great fighter and a good man, but unfriendly to Ting. Because Ting and Hsiao can't work together, it falls to Ti to team with Hsiao's acolyte Yi Chen: they have 49 days to travel far to claim two swords that are the only weapons that can defeat the Blood Demon, who has decided the wreak havoc on the world. They get help from Long Brows, Ting falls in love with a countess, and civil war still rages.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: cult classic, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, surreal, stylized, eighties, cult film
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A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)
Plot Summary:
Having slept for a century, the monstrous Tree Devil is now awaken and starts finding lost souls again. One stormy night, a wise High Priest and his student Fong pass by the Orchid Temple and realize that it is haunted. Fong encounters two evil spirits, the seductive Lotus and her hated sister Butterfly in the temple. Although Fong knows his master wants to capture them, he finds himself being attracted by them so he sets them free. The monks stay at the temple has to be prolonged since Fong carelessly loses the valuable Gold Buddha. Later on, they come to a corrupt local town, while the High Priest meets Yin by chance and a series of misunderstandings evolve. Meanwhile, Fong encounters Lotus again and finds himself falling in love with her.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, atmospheric, stylized, semi serious, cult film
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Reign in Darkness (2002)
Plot Summary:
When molecular biologist Michael Dorn is accidentally infected with a new virus he is developing, his life takes a dramatic turn. The virus turns its victims into a unique breed of elite vampires. Now on the run, with relentless bounty hunter Lance and informant vampire Gage in pursuit, Michael must decide the fate of the world. Follow this action packed, modern gothic fable, as we take you behind closed doors to reveal a virus so potent that it could change the evolution of mankind, a virus that is believed to be existing among us today...RVK-17.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 436
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, stylized, fast, independent film
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The House at the End of Time (2013)
Plot Summary:
The story of Dulce, a mother who has encounters with apparitions inside her old house. She must decipher a mystery that could trigger a prophecy: the death of her family.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, suspense, mind bending, mystic, psychological thriller, clever, sad, surreal, dark fantasy
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Werewolf Warrior (2004)
Plot Summary:
A werewolf samurai walks the countryside, finding himself in the middle of a village of monsters who feed on human flesh.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 502
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, offbeat, splatter
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The Era of Vampires (2003)
Plot Summary:
In 17th century China, zombies and vampires roamed the lands, feeding on the unsuspecting. A group of martial artists / vampire hunters find themselves employed by a very rich - and very insane - old man who has kept everyone of his relatives preserved in wax and not buried. Apparently it is his family's tradition. So, having generations of potential zombies in your cellar may not be the smartest idea ever, but it takes two to tango. In this case, a thief wants the old-man's treasure and hires a zombie-wrangler to re-animate the waxed up relatives in order to sneak into the mansion and steal the treasure. It's up to the kung-fu fighting vampire hunters to save the day (or night).
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: Hong Kong, Japan, Netherlands
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, scary, rough, suspenseful, suspense, serious, stylized, psychotronic
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Knight of the Dead (2013)
Plot Summary:
Hunted by raiders, a band of crusading knights escort the holy grail through a valley of black death where they must hack and slash their way to freedom.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 646
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, rough, suspenseful, stylized, serious
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Hellbinders (2009)
Plot Summary:
A supernatural battle for souls plays out on the streets with lots of guns and knives.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 631
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, independent film, campy
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The Bleeding (2009)
Plot Summary:
Surrounded by carnage, slaughter, brutal crashes and total mayhem, Shawn Black is in a race to save the world from pure evil.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, exciting, bleak, serious, suspenseful, independent film, fast
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Swamp Zombies!!! (2005)
Plot Summary:
A chief physician at a large metropolitan hospital is formulating a serum to resurrect recently deceased "patients".When his facility comes under inspection from the federal government, the doctor is forced to dispose of the "patients" as quick as possible even though they are in mid-experiment and he doesn't know if his serum even will work. With the help of the evil hospital operations manager, he manages to ditch the experiments in the neighboring swamplands. Little do they know, their serum works, the experiments rise to "life" and wreck havoc on a group of students conducting science experiments at the swamplands. With the help of a swamp hermit, a beautiful innocent bystander, a park ranger, and the police captain they try to piece together what has gone on... as well as survive.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, rough, serious, grindhouse, hilarious, neo noir
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Night Watch (2004)
Plot Summary:
Among normal humans live the "Others" possessing various supernatural powers. They are divided up into the forces of light and the forces of the dark, who signed a truce several centuries ago to end a devastating battle. Ever since, the forces of light govern the day while the night belongs to their dark opponents. In modern day Moscow the dark Others actually roam the night as vampires while a "Night Watch" of light forces, among them Anton, the movie's protagonist, try to control them and limit their outrage.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, dark fantasy, atmospheric, dark, exciting, stylized, bleak, absurd, serious, confusing
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Bloodsuckers (2005)
Plot Summary:
Intergalactic vampire hunters. "Buffy" meets "Star Trek" in a "Mad Max" world.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, space horror, scary, bleak, futuristic, fast
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Vampire Journals (1997)
Plot Summary:
A 19th century vampire stalks a more powerful vampire lord in his quest to gain revenge over the death of his mistress. In his search for the vampire lord in Eastern Europe he kills many of his servants and fellow vampires while cursing another to vampirism as well.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, rough, gothic, independent film, tense, cult film
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Sars Wars: Bangkok Zombie Crisis (2004)
Plot Summary:
The fourth generation of the virus SARS is found in Africa! It's more dangerous and causes the patients to transform into bloodthirsty zombies. The virus quickly lands to Thailand, Dr. Bryan Thompson who creates the anti-virus, ends up getting infected while doing his experiment and soon the virus is spreading to all the residents of his same building. At that time, Khun is trying to help a young girl who's being kidnapped in the building... He ends up trapped in the building with only his precious sword as a weapon. Surrounded by the zombies, he has to find the girl and escape from the building before the government drops a bomb to destroy the virus and the building.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 905
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Thailand
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, scary, exciting, suspenseful, not serious, suspense, horror comedy, rough, fast
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Livid (2011)
Plot Summary:
It's young Lucy's first day as a trainee in-house caregiver. She visits Mrs Jessel, an old woman who lies in cerebral coma, by herself, in her large desolate house. Learning by accident that Mrs Jessel, a former dance teacher of repute, supposedly possesses a treasure somewhere in the house, Lucy and friends William and Ben decide to search the house in the hope of finding it. At night, they get into the house, which reveals itself to be increasingly peculiar. Their hunt for Mrs Jessel's treasure leads them into a horrifying supernatural series of events that will change Lucy forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, rough, serious, suspenseful, surreal, disturbing, bloody, brutal, suspense
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Flesh for the Beast (2003)
Plot Summary:
Six parapsychologists investigate a reputed haunted mansion and are set upon by three flesh-eating succubus ladies under the control of the sinister warlock owner bent on finding a mysterious amulet to give himself more power.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, slasher, suspense, anthology, disgusting, independent film, scary
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Mr. Vampire (1985)
Plot Summary:
The planned reburial of a village elder goes awry as the corpse resurrects into a hopping, bloodthirsty vampire, threatening mankind. Therefore, a Taoist Priest and his two disciples attempt to stop the terror.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, exciting, semi serious, slapstick, horror comedy, slapstick comedy, spooky, weird, corny
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Perfect Creature (2006)
Plot Summary:
The vampire myth is given a stylish 1960s treatment, where a human cop partners with a vampire cop to stop a vamp bent on creating a war between the two "separate but equal" races.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: New Zealand, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, scary, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, serious, dark, neo noir, psychotronic, detective
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Devilman (2004)
Plot Summary:
A scientific exploration in search of a new energy source unleashes a group of powerful demons who begin possessing human bodies and destroying civilization. Close friends Akira (Hisato Izaki) and Ryo (Yusuke Izaki) wind up on different sides of this epic struggle. Akira’s inner strength allows him to maintain his identity and fight for good, but the weaker Ryo is completely overtaken by Satan himself.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, manga, romantic, scenic, anime, perverse, futuristic
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BloodRayne (2005)
Plot Summary:
In eighteenth century Romania, Rayne, a dhampir (half-human, half-vampire), prone to fits of blind blood rage but saddled with a compunction for humans, strives to avenge her mother's rape by her father, Kagan, King of Vampires. Two vampire hunters, Sebastian and Vladimir, from the Brimstone Society persuade her to join their cause.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: bloody, gothic, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, cult classic, action packed
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Thir13en Ghosts (2001)
Plot Summary:
Arthur and his two children, Kathy and Bobby, inherit his Uncle Cyrus's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to 12 ghosts. When the family, accompanied by Bobby's Nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped inside an evil machine "designed by the devil and powered by the dead" to open the Eye of Hell. Aided by Dennis, a ghost hunter, and his rival Kalina, a ghost rights activist out to set the ghosts free, the group must do what they can to get out of the house alive.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 93000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, creepy, splatter, suspense, gothic, suspenseful, stylized, tense, classic horror, thrilling