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Plot Summary:
Martin was a normal teenage boy before the country collapsed in an empty pit of economic and political disaster. A vampire epidemic has swept across what is left of the nation's abandoned towns and cities, and it's up to Mister, a death dealing, rogue vampire hunter, to get Martin safely north to Canada, the continent's New Eden.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, road movie, suspense, tense, rough, suspenseful, apocalyptic, brutal, futuristic
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The Terror Within (1989)
Plot Summary:
Experiments in biological warfare have destroyed all but a few remnants of the human race. Alone in a lab, eight students work feverishly to create a vaccine before they are forced outside in search for food. It is then that the surviving scientists discover creatures mutated by the plague. Now they prepare to do battle against their worst fear: The Terror Within.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: futuristic, serious, suspenseful, scary, apocalyptic, retro, mystic, cult horror, independent film, exciting
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Parasite (1982)
Plot Summary:
Paul Dean has created a deadly parasite that is now attached to his stomach. He and his female companion, Patricia Welles, must find a way to destroy it while also trying to avoid Ricus, his rednecks, and an evil government agent named Merchant.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, rough, serious, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, futuristic, natural horror, apocalyptic
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Bio-Dead (2009)
Plot Summary:
After a devastating biological disaster kills twelve million people, a hazmat team searches the contaminated wasteland for survivors. But what they find is a vicious predator hungry for human flesh.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, scary, tense, realistic, splatter, independent film, cult film
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Chrysalis (2014)
Plot Summary:
Joshua and Penelope are survivors of a deadly infection that laid waste to humanity 25 years ago. When they encounter fellow survivor Abira, their lives are forever changed as they fight off the remnants of the infected.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 988
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, touching, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, independent film
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Pulse 2: Afterlife (2008)
Plot Summary:
The world has been reshaped by the invasion of ghosts via the wireless internet. Cities are deserted, technology has been destroyed and the few remaining human beings eschew anything electrical in order to avoid a confrontation with the soulless ghosts that now wander the planet. Most of the ghosts are doomed to a repetitive loop of something they did while they were still despairing humans (a man repeatedly hangs himself, for example), but there are some ghosts so locked in denial, they do not know they are dead. They continue to haunt their homes, wrapped in fear that their souls will soon be torn from them.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspenseful, scary, serious, psychological, suspense, apocalyptic, surprise ending, futuristic
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Hybrid (1997)
Plot Summary:
A group of space renegades hook up with a drifter named McQueen. Together they hole up in an abandoned research facility for the night and are relentlessly pursued by a human/monster hybrid.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 684
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, bleak, serious, independent film, futuristic, psychotronic
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The Stakelander (2016)
Plot Summary:
When his home of New Eden is destroyed by a revitalized Brotherhood and its new Vamp leader, Martin finds himself alone in the badlands of America with only the distant memory of his mentor and legendary vampire hunter, Mister, to guide him.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: road movie, psychotronic, scary, mumblecore
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The Collapsed (2011)
Plot Summary:
In the wake of the end of the world, a family of four desperately tries to survive. Their goal: escaping the city and traveling to the rural community they once called home. The constant threat of a violent death forcing them to stay as far away from civilization as possible, they take to the forest, soon to discover the danger posed by other survivors may be the least of their worries.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, apocalyptic, psychotronic, dark, bleak, serious
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Mulberry Street (2006)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious virus, carried by mutant rats, creates pandemonium in New York City in which rat-bite victims turn into homicidal rat-mutants. This movie centers on six tenants of a small apartment complex on the Lower East Side Mulberry Street as they fight to survive the night against the rats and rapidly multiplying cannibal mutants.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, rough, serious, suspense, grindhouse, dark drama, independent film, disaster movie
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I Am Omega (2006)
Plot Summary:
The Last Man Alive Must Battle a Planet of the Dead. [An Asylum film.].
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: mockbuster, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, tense, suspense, cyber, futuristic, fast, disaster movie
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The Last Man on Earth (1964)
Plot Summary:
Robert Morgan is the last man on earth, as far as he can tell. A plague killed everyone else on the planet several years ago. He was immune to it, and can only guess why. Vampires that were formerly human attack Morgan's home every night.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: gothic, grindhouse, scary, atmospheric, suspense, apocalyptic, classic horror, black and white, tense, bleak
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Extinction: The G.M.O. Chronicles (2011)
Plot Summary:
A Retrovirus, which was conceived as a tool for industrial genetic engineering, has gotten out of control and is spreading rapidly. While it crosses all organisms within our ecological system completely indiscriminately (mixing plant with animal and humans) most plants prove more resistant because of their complex DNA. However, the simple genes of the plants lead humans to become grotesque mutations, in most cases even to death. Within one week, 90% of mankind are either extinct or no longer human. However, a small fraction of the earth?s population remains immune to the virus and must survive in this new and constantly changing ecological system. Tom cellar is one the survivors and on an old military base in the Eifel he has entrenched himself. Further survivors come together and succeed in carving out a life in this new world. But the GMOs - the ?genetically modified organisms? - constantly develop themselves further, and soon the fence of the base offers no more protection.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: serious, scary, bleak, suspenseful, apocalyptic, exciting, disaster movie
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Deadland (2009)
Plot Summary:
In the radiation-infected aftermath of World War III, one man's desperate attempt to find his wife in the wastelands that were once the United States inspires his fellow survivors to fight for humanity. The bomb has dropped, and in the blink of an eye, America has been plunged back into the Stone Age. Money is worthless, food is scarce, and those who once thought they were fortunate to survive the initial attack are now slowly being consumed from the inside out, the victims of an all-consuming nuclear scourge. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 667
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, apocalyptic, psychological, tense, rough, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful
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20 Years After (2008)
Plot Summary:
In the middle of nowhere, 20 years after an apocalyptic terrorist event that obliterated the face of the world!.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, bleak, serious, suspenseful, independent film, futuristic, dystopian, disaster movie
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Maggie (2015)
Plot Summary:
There's a deadly zombie epidemic threatening humanity, but Wade, a small-town farmer and family man, refuses to accept defeat even when his daughter Maggie becomes infected. As Maggie's condition worsens and the authorities seek to eradicate those with the virus, Wade is pushed to the limits in an effort to protect her. Joely Richardson co-stars in this post-apocalyptic thriller.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, touching, suspenseful, bleak, emotional, atmospheric, heartbreaking, suspense, cult classic, apocalyptic
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The Signal (2007)
Plot Summary:
A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, dark comedy, psychological, cult classic, atmospheric, rough, slasher, splatter, cerebral
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Hidden (2015)
Plot Summary:
A family takes refuge in a fallout shelter to avoid a dangerous outbreak.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, scary, suspenseful, dark, surprise ending, tricky, apocalyptic, splatter, creepy
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Germ (2013)
Plot Summary:
The military's attempt to shoot down an orbiting satellite unleashes a space-borne epidemic on a remote, small town. Deputy Max Brody and his girlfriend Brooke must battle their way through an army of infected townsfolk and soldiers as they struggle to save themselves and their loved ones from a horrible, early death. When cannibalism is contagious, will even the strong survive?.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 865
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film, disaster movie
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Rammbock: Berlin Undead (2010)
Plot Summary:
When lovelorn Michael arrives in Berlin to return a set of keys to his ex-girlfriend, Gabi, as an excuse to see her again, he finds her apartment empty save for a couple of plumbers making repairs to the central heating. Just as Michael learns from the plumber’s apprentice, Harper, that Gabi has popped out for a while but will return soon, the apprentice is attacked by his boss who has unexpectedly and inexplicably transformed into a raging madman. Together, Michael and Harper manage to bundle the crazed plumber out of the apartment and barricade themselves safely inside. Within minutes, they find themselves trapped in apartment block under siege from a horde of similarly insane people, apparently hungry for human flesh.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, serious, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, enigmatic, disturbing, apocalyptic, deep
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Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
Plot Summary:
What did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in "The Walking Dead"? This spin-off set in Los Angeles, following new characters as they face the beginning of the end of the world, will answer that question.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 141000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, suspenseful, surreal, apocalyptic, grindhouse, creepy, scary, bleak, serious
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We Are What We Are (2013)
Plot Summary:
In this reimagining of the 2010 Mexican film of the same name, director Jim Mickle paints a gruesome portrait of an introverted family struggling to keep their macabre traditions alive, giving us something we can really sink our teeth into.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, creepy, serious, intense
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The Zombie Diaries (2006)
Plot Summary:
In the early part of the 21st Century, an unknown virus began spreading among the populous. Within weeks it had engulfed the entire planet, from the smallest communities to the greatest cities. Upon the death of its host, the virus would reanimate the corpse until it was no longer able to support itself. Soon the planet was infested with a new threat - the undead. So begins our journey into the dystopian world of the zombie diaries.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, rough, suspenseful, apocalyptic, scary, mockumentary, suspense, futuristic, fake documentary
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Extinction (2015)
Plot Summary:
And suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA, Hungary, France
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: scary, apocalyptic, suspense, suspenseful, retro, intense, bad ending, bloody, entertaining, dramatic
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Daylight's End (2016)
Plot Summary:
Years after a mysterious plague has devastated the planet and turned most of humanity into blood-hungry creatures, a rogue drifter on a vengeful hunt stumbles across a band of survivors in an abandoned police station and reluctantly agrees to try to help them defend themselves and escape to the sanctuary they so desperately need.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, rough, brutal, bleak, fantasy adventure, psychotronic, independent film, apocalyptic
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Pontypool (2008)
Plot Summary:
When disc jockey Grant Mazzy reports to his basement radio station in the Canadian town of Pontypool, he thinks it's just another day at work. But when he hears reports of a virus that turns people into zombies, Mazzy barricades himself in the radio booth and tries to figure out a way to warn his listeners about the virus and its unlikely mode of transmission.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, suspenseful, tense, cult classic, bleak, psychological, atmospheric, disturbing, apocalyptic
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A Quiet Place (2018)
Plot Summary:
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 570000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, minimal cast, disturbing, psychological, apocalyptic, spooky, surprise ending, tension, psychological horror
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The Road (2009)
Plot Summary:
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 251000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: bleak, harsh, depressing, rough, suspense, apocalyptic, atmospheric, gloomy, psychological, sad
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28 Days Later (2002)
Plot Summary:
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 436000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, rough, tense, dark, suspense, psychological, disturbing, creepy
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28 Weeks Later (2007)
Plot Summary:
In this chilling sequel to 28 Days Later, the inhabitants of the British Isles appear to have lost their battle against the onslaught of disease, as the deadly rage virus has killed every citizen there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to set foot on the isles, convinced the danger has come and gone. But it soon becomes all too clear that the scourge continues to live, waiting to pounce on its next victims.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 289000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, tense, suspenseful, rough, atmospheric, creepy, apocalyptic, intense, bloody
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I Am Legend (2007)
Plot Summary:
Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 799000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, intense, atmospheric, suspenseful, exciting, apocalyptic, rough, serious, suspense, bleak