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Plot Summary:
Detective Brighton investigates a series of unusually gruesome murders and is soon caught in a web of intrigue involving a mad scientist, a beautiful woman, a power mad politician, and one very ferocious monster. Their secret lies in a mysterious formula which could unlock the secrets of immortality... and on a less positive note, also cause the mass mutation of all life on earth! The bodies pile up as everyone scrambles for possession of the formula. It culminates in a climactic showdown whose outcome will determine the fate of all mankind!.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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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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Hideous! (1997)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Lorca, an eccentric collector of biological oddities - has just "acquired" his greatest specimen: a horrible mutant born of toxic sewage, but the creature's rightful owner wants it back. The collector's clash is cut short though, as the sickening specimen comes to life, re-animating an angry, oozing little army of ferocious freaks.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: demonic, art house, mystic, grindhouse, cult classic, disgusting, surprise ending, independent film, cult film
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Werewolves of Stayville (2009)
Plot Summary:
A mad scientist by the name of Dr. Nueve is responsible for unleashing werewolves and a zombie upon the citizens of Stayville, while a local police officer named Karen also a werewolf has been killing off citizens left and right. Intrepid heroes come to the rescue of this city tormented by killer monsters who must be annihilated.
IMDB Rating: 1.8
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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The Monster of Phantom Lake (2006)
Plot Summary:
A mutated monster terrorizes campers in the woods of 1950's Wisconsin.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 232
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, disturbing, retro, parody, horror spoof
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Mutantz, Nazis and Zombies (2013)
Plot Summary:
Troma Team Video presents the Third Reich film anthology! First up is "The Secret of the Magic Mushrooms" where two young friends go deep in the woods to camp and drink. As they get totally drunk, a terrible accident occurs and one of the friends loses his life. But is death really the end? Maybe a handful of those legendary magic mushrooms can bring him back to life. Next is "Attack of the Tromaggot". The illegal activities of the Mucus Mucus Corporation have left the sewers of Maggotown full of toxic waste. When a tiny maggot escapes from a nearby lab and falls down a drain, directly into a the deadly chemicals, it mutates into the horrifying Tromaggot, a bloodthirsty beast! Will the incompetent police force of Maggotown stop the monster before it's too late? Finally we have "Teenape Vs. The Monster Nazi Apocalypse".
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 248 min
Plot tags: tense, horror comedy, splatter, psychotronic
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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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Frankenstein vs. The Mummy (2015)
Plot Summary:
The mummy of a cursed pharaoh and a reanimated corpse terrorize a medical university. Only an Egyptologist and a college professor, the deranged Dr. Frankenstein, may be able to stop the creatures before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, gothic, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Invasion for Flesh and Blood (1991)
Plot Summary:
Something strange is afoot in the suburbs of New Jersey! Carnivorous entities from out of this world have invaded the Garden State, seeking out the tastiest dish in the entire universe: human flesh! Now only a gang of burnt-out metalheads and one sexy psychic starlet can stand up to the alien invaders devious plans of world domination and human consumption!.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 150
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, spoof, parody
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Bug Buster (1998)
Plot Summary:
After the mayor uses a potentially dangerous substance to protect the local plantation, the lakeside town of Mountview, in California, is attacked by a lethal species of large cockroach. After some of the town's inhabitants are killed, the mayor enlists the help of eccentric pest exterminator General George S. Merlin in order to prevent further harm to the local dwellers.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: natural horror, independent film, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, horror comedy
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Fangboner (2015)
Plot Summary:
Dick and Suzy become infected with an unknown virus. They soon discover that they have a new found taste for blood. The problem is, they only seem to be able to suck blood out of their victims crotches.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: splatter, psychotronic, scary, humorous, captivating, entertaining, retro, sexy
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Stay Out of the Attic (2020)
Plot Summary:
A diverse group of ex-cons-turned-movers are convinced by their creepy client, Vern Muller, to pull an all-nighter for a generous pay bump. As the night progresses and rooms are cleared, they slowly uncover the horrors that exist inside his old Victorian mansion, which include boobytraps, human experimentation, Nazi monsters and more. Will they survive the night?.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, disturbing, psychotronic, psychological, slasher, weird
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A Werewolf in England (2020)
Plot Summary:
In Victorian-Era England, a Parish Councillor and criminal take refuge from a storm, at a remote countryside Inn. Forced to stay the night, they soon uncover a deadly pact between the strange Innkeepers and the flesh-hungry werewolves that inhabit the surrounding woodlands... now, as the werewolves close in, the guests must band together and fight tooth and nail to survive the night!.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Dracula in a Women's Prison (2017)
Plot Summary:
From the makers of Werewolf in a Women's Prison comes, uh, well I'm sure you can guess.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, sexy
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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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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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Lycanimator (2018)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends go to an abandoned house for a weekend getaway only to stumble across a mad scientist with some monster-making goo. When some of that goo turns one of the group into a hungry, lustful beast - well let's just say it spells trouble.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, tense, bleak, suspense, disturbing
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Severed Ties (1992)
Plot Summary:
A regeneration experiment on a severed arm goes awry, turning the limb into a murderous, reptilian creature.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 741
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, twist ending, horror comedy, cult 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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Wendigo (1995)
Plot Summary:
A duo of gun happy redneck hunters stupidly break a sacred circle in a hunting spree, which releases the deadly wendigo. The wendigo kills many of the hunters gruesomely, leaving the chosen woman and a gun toting idiot to destroy the deadly beast.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 814
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, grindhouse, independent film, scary, offbeat, humorous, serious
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The Barn (2016)
Plot Summary:
Its Halloween 1989, best friends Sam and Josh are trying to enjoy what's left of their final Devil's Night before graduating high school. But trouble arises when the two pals and a group of friends take a detour on their way to a rock concert, finding an old abandoned barn and awakening the evil inside. Now it's up to Sam and Josh to find a way to protect their friends and defeat the creatures that lurk within "The Barn".
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: light, psychotronic, slasher, retro, horror comedy, spooky, humorous, scary, parody
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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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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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Rejuvenator (1988)
Plot Summary:
A rich actress who has gotten too old for leading roles employs a scientist who is working on a formula for eternal youth. The formula involves withdrawing certain fluids from the human brain. She takes the serum, but its unforeseen side effects turn her into a murderous monster.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 673
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: cult classic, psychotronic, independent film
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Basket Case 2 (1990)
Plot Summary:
Having eluded the authorities after a series of grisly murders, the pair find sanctuary at the palatial home of Granny Ruth, an eccentric philanthropist who rallies the cause of "Unique Individuals". But even amongst "friends" the pair soon find themselves having to confront their murderous past.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychotronic, suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, cult classic, grindhouse, slasher, horror comedy
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Lumberjack Man (2015)
Plot Summary:
As the staff of Good Friends Church Camp prepares for a spring break filled with "Fun Under the Son", a demon logger rises from his sap boiler to wreak his vengeance and feast on flapjacks soaked in the blood of his victims.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: slasher, parody, horror comedy, scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, sexy
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Basket Case 3 (1991)
Plot Summary:
Henelotter up's the ante in the final part of his trilogy by introducing a new member to the family; the potentially monstrous fruit of hideously deformed Belial's loins. With the pair still enjoying relative anonymity and comfort in their new found home (presided over by Granny Roth), things however take a downward turn on a trip to the Georgia Clinic of Uncle Hal, which leads to an encounter with an especially nasty redneck sheriff and his similarly blinkered band of merry men.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, cult classic, brutal, dark, mystic, horror comedy, cult horror, classic horror, spooky, independent film
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Zombeavers (2014)
Plot Summary:
College friends find their weekend of sex and debauchery ruined when deadly zombie beavers swarm their riverside cabin.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: humorous, parody, absurd, scary, bloody, horror comedy, not serious, spoof, grindhouse, dark comedy
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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