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Plot Summary:
In a polluted future Venice researchers work to improve the situation. One day, unknown forces start killing them. A team of soldiers and a couple of civilians is sent to investigate. Soon, they encounter strange murderous creatures.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, intelligent, spooky, intellectual
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Top Line (1988)
Plot Summary:
A down-on-his-luck author makes the find of a lifetime in the remote Columbian jungle, in the form of an alien spacecraft . He sets off to announce his find to the world, but finds that a mishmash of government agents, organized crime members, neo-Nazi extremists and extraterrestrials are all out to prevent him from revealing his discovery.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 437
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: mysterious
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Alien 2: On Earth (1980)
Plot Summary:
A group of cave explorers are confronted in an underground cavern by a mysterious living rock. Little do they know that it bears home to deadly, flesh-eating creatures, intent on wiping out the entire human population. An ultra low-budget, unofficial and unauthorized sequel to the 1979 film Alien, although the plot has little connection to the original film.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: retro, brutal, gothic horror, mystic, mockbuster, classic horror, disgusting, surprise ending, psychotronic, cult film
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Alien from the Deep (1989)
Plot Summary:
Somewhere deep in the jungle a chemical corporation dumps tons of toxic waste in a still active volcano. Two environmentalists try to expose these illegal ways of getting rid of hugely dangerous waste, but they get caught by the vigilantes working for the company. One of them, the super-hot Maria Giulia Cavalli, manages to escape and she is saved by a snake farmer who lives alone in the jungle. Together they try to bring down the company, but it’s too late. Years of chemical poisoning have spawned a deadly monster that is set out to exact revenge on humans that have unknowingly brought him to life. Directed by legendary Antonio Margheriti, the unholy master of Italian B movies, Alien from the Deep is one of the most beloved Italian rip-offs. A wildly entertaining ride, the movie is an inventive crossover where lots of different genres and styles are mixed.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 772
Genere: Sci-Fi, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, classic horror, independent film
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Robowar (1988)
Plot Summary:
A clone/mix of PREDATOR and ROBOCOP gone nuts jungle flick with an international cast, exotic locale and good electronic music.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, Philippines
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: mockbuster, suspense, rough, serious, suspenseful, cult film
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Killer Crocodile (1989)
Plot Summary:
A group of environmentalists arrives at a faraway tropical delta where toxic waste is being dumped. However the water also hides a giant crocodile. The corrupt local officials don't help much either.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: natural horror, suspense, independent film, wild, cult film
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Fighting Centurions (1984)
Plot Summary:
In the future, two television networks compete for ratings by producing violent game shows. One network produces a modern day version of the Roman gladiators, only on motorcycles instead of chariots, and uses convicted murderers as the participants, The network decides it needs a champion for this sport, so they frame a constant winner from another game for murder, and place him on the show.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: retro, perverse, futuristic, exciting, rough, epic, serious, suspenseful, horror comedy, weird
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After Death (1989)
Plot Summary:
A woman goes back to the island where her parents were killed. They had been working on a cure for cancer and accidentally raised the dead by angering a voodoo priest. With the woman is a group of mercenaries and they meet up with some other researchers. They raise the dead again and all hell breaks loose.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: Italy, Philippines
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: rough, suspense, slasher, splatter, apocalyptic, scary, serious, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film
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Mutant Girls Squad (2010)
Plot Summary:
Rin a young high school student is your everyday awkward girl who gets bullied by her fellow students. On her 16th birthday, Rin gets an unexpected surprise: she finds out that she is, on her father's side, a half-mutant.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, absurd, splatter, horror comedy, bloody, psychotronic, bizarre
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Panic (1982)
Plot Summary:
A scientist's experiment with a deadly bacteria goes awry and leaves him horribly deformed. The monstrous man then runs amok in his town.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 862
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense
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Manborg (2011)
Plot Summary:
The evil Count Draculon and his army of demons have conquered Earth, but a young soldier who lost his life in the first war against Hell has reawakened in the future as MANBORG! Together with a crew of post-apocalyptic rebels, the half-man half-machine hero will fight to defeat Draculon and take back the planet!.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: parody, exciting, humorous, not serious, grindhouse, retro, spoof, suspense, futuristic, cyber
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Devil Fish (1984)
Plot Summary:
A marine biologist, a dolphin trainer, a research scientist, and a local sheriff try to hunt down a large sea monster, a shark/octopus hybrid, that is devouring swimmers and fishermen off a south Florida coast.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, serious, rough, bleak, suspenseful, grindhouse, natural horror, slasher, mockbuster
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Eliminators (1986)
Plot Summary:
A former pilot rebels against his creator, teaming up with the scientist responsible for android technology, her pet robot Spot, a rough-and-tumble riverboat guide, and a martial arts warrior.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: futuristic, grindhouse, psychotronic, funny, cult classic, action thriller, independent film, exciting, bleak, suspenseful
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Attack on Titan Part 2 (2015)
Plot Summary:
Eren leaves to restore a break in the wall destroyed by a Titan. He comes under attack by the Titans and is cornered. Shikishima comes to his aid. The titans never stops attacking. Eren is now injured and tries to protect Armin, but is swallowed by a titan. A Titan with black hair appears and begins to expel the other titans.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan, Singapore
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: stylized, intense, apocalyptic, anime, action thriller, surprise ending, suspense, psychotronic, independent film, manga
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Zombi 3 (1988)
Plot Summary:
When a terrorist's body, infected with a stolen chemical, is recovered by the US military, the corpse is cremated, unintentionally releasing the virus/bacteria into the atmosphere over a small island. Soon the infected populace mutate into flesh-hungry zombies, and a trio of soldiers on leave must team up with a group of tourists and board themselves up in an abandoned hotel as they try to fend off the agile and aggressive living dead.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, Philippines
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: splatter, apocalyptic, epic, suspense, scary, rough, serious, slasher, suspenseful, fast
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Hell of the Living Dead (1980)
Plot Summary:
A tough female reporter and her cameraman boyfriend team up with a four-man commando unit in the New Guinea jungle whom are fighting flesh-eating zombies. NB: Not to be confused with the 1981 American-made film with the same title.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, suspense, scary, rough, serious, slasher, suspenseful, cult classic, bloody, mockbuster
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Rats: Night of Terror (1984)
Plot Summary:
One hundred years after a nuclear war has devastated the planet, society has been reborn into two factions; the underground society and the scavangers above in the wastelands. A group of scavangers on bikes come across a town infested with flesh eating rats, and soon the gore is spilling everywhere.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, slasher, apocalyptic, suspense, horror comedy, cult classic, futuristic
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Morlocks (2011)
Plot Summary:
Ferocious humanoid creatures from the future come back to the present to devour humans.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 764
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, scary, psychotronic
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Doom: Annihilation (2019)
Plot Summary:
Doom: Annihilation follows a group of space marines as they respond to a distress call from a base on a Martian moon, only to discover it’s been overrun by demonic creatures who threaten to create Hell on Earth.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, bloody, suspense, bleak, suspenseful, psychotronic, action adventure, space horror, surprise ending, futuristic
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Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2025, the ozone layer is believed to have been destroyed. It is up to MacLeod and Rameriz to set things right. Opposition comes from both the planet Ziest (MacLeod and Ramirez's homeworld) and a corporation profiting from the supposed lack of ozone. Also, flashbacks show the story behind MacLeod and Ramirez's exile from Ziest.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Argentina, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: futuristic, suspense, saga, apocalyptic, cult classic, independent film, atmospheric, rough, serious, suspenseful
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The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
Plot Summary:
Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspense, lovecraft, apocalyptic, space horror, tense, rough, bleak, suspenseful, intense, anamorphic
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Jason X (2001)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2455, Old Earth is now a contaminated planet abandoned for centuries -- a brown world of violent storms, toxic landmasses and poisonous seas. Yet humans have returned to the deadly place that they once fled, not to live, but to research the ancient, rusting artifacts of the long-gone civilizations. But it's not the harmful environment that could prove fatal to the intrepid, young explorers who have just landed on Old Earth. For them, it's Friday the 13th, and Jason lives!.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, sexy, rough, suspenseful, futuristic, bloody, entertaining, space horror
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Virus (1999)
Plot Summary:
When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Japan, France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, rough, bleak, suspense, apocalyptic, psychotronic, tech noir, nautical, slasher horror
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Split Second (1992)
Plot Summary:
In a futuristic London, the rising sea levels mean that large areas are under feet of water. Hauer plays a cop who previously lost his partner to some strange creature. Now the creature is back and its after him.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: futuristic, suspense, independent film, black comedy, cult classic, cyber, apocalyptic, exciting, detective, disturbing
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Doom (2005)
Plot Summary:
A team of space marines known as the Rapid Response Tactical Squad, led by Sarge, is sent to a science facility on Mars after somebody reports a security breach. There, they learn that the alert came after a test subject, a mass murderer purposefully injected with alien DNA, broke free and began killing people. Dr. Grimm, who is related to team member Reaper, informs them all that the chromosome can mutate humans into monsters -- and is highly infectious.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 118000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Czech Republic, Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, splatter, action packed, futuristic, space horror, action adventure, psychological, atmospheric, captivating
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Terminator Salvation (2009)
Plot Summary:
All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from the future or the past -- and whether he's friend or foe.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 374000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: futuristic, intense, serious, apocalyptic, action packed, exciting, suspense, rough, bleak, suspenseful
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Kill Command (2016)
Plot Summary:
Set in a near future, technology-reliant society that pits man against killing machines. Against this backdrop an elite army unit is helicoptered to a remote, off-the-grid island training facility. What starts out as a simple training exercise for Captain Bukes and his tight-knit unit, descends into a terrifying battle to the death, as the marines discover the island is overrun by an enemy that transcends the human concept of evil.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: futuristic, suspense, intense, cyber, minimal cast, romantic, scenic, apocalyptic, smart, clever
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Predator (1987)
Plot Summary:
Dutch and his group of commandos are hired by the CIA to rescue downed airmen from guerillas in a Central American jungle. The mission goes well but as they return they find that something is hunting them. Nearly invisible, it blends in with the forest, taking trophies from the bodies of its victims as it goes along. Occasionally seeing through its eyes, the audience sees it is an intelligent alien hunter, hunting them for sport, killing them off one at a time.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 446000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, cult classic, scary, futuristic, tense, exciting, action packed, bloody, saga
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The Predator (2018)
Plot Summary:
From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home. Now, the universe’s most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a young boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 141000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, slasher, psychotronic, suspense, captivating, disturbing, controversial, scary, horror comedy
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Predators (2010)
Plot Summary:
A mercenary reluctantly leads a motley crew of warriors who soon come to realize they've been captured and deposited on an alien planet by an unknown nemesis. With the exception of a peculiar physician, they are all cold-blooded killers, convicts, death squad members... hunters who have now become the hunted.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 241000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, futuristic, suspense, exciting, visually appealing, rough, stylized, splatter, action packed
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Aliens (1986)
Plot Summary:
When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is lost with the planet and colonists. They enlist Ripley and the colonial marines to return and search for answers.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 750000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: scary, futuristic, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, space horror, epic, atmospheric, tense, creepy