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Plot Summary:
Family moves into new home and is attacked by stray cats.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 910
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspense, dark, natural horror
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Atomic Dog (1998)
Plot Summary:
When a pooch is irradiated by a nuclear plant and threatens the town, only a teenage boy can redeem him.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: natural horror
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Legion of Fire: Killer Ants! (1998)
Plot Summary:
When a hive of deadly killer ants attack a town in Alaska, a small group races to survive and to find a way to stop the ruthless ants.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: natural horror, offbeat, humorous, semi serious
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The Strangeness (1985)
Plot Summary:
A group of explorers surveying an abandoned goldmine are trapped in a cave in, and find themselves at the mercy of a slimy, mysterious creature.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 812
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, lovecraft, cult film
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Altered Species (2001)
Plot Summary:
Altered Species is a 2001 horror film, about a scientist who has found a way to regenerate damaged tissue in the body. He has tried his experiment on rats, but the effects are disastrous. One of them grows to 50 times its normal size, and attempts to destroy the laboratory.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 498
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: natural horror
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Daddy's Deadly Darling (1973)
Plot Summary:
Teenager Lynn kills her father while he tries to rape her - the receiving officer at the mental hospital cannot convince her that her father is dead. After electric shock treatment she escapes in a nurses car. There is a farm where the manager is unable to feed his pigs on the usual swill, they have tasted blood - Human Blood! Lynn stumbles on the farm, she is looking for work she explains. "Papa they tell me, what do you see One little girl as deadly as can be." The circle begins, feed people to the pigs - then eat the pigs.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, spooky, natural horror, independent film, cult film
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The Night of a Thousand Cats (1972)
Plot Summary:
Millionaire playboy Hugo flies around Acapulco in his private helicopter to pick up sexy young women. He whisks them away to his secluded old castle, where he wines and dines them. With the aid of his bald mute little helper Gorgo, he kills his dates, keeping their heads in a crystal cage and feeding their chopped up body parts to his 1,000-strong army of blood thirty, flesh hungry cats.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 840
Genere: Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, psychotronic
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Uninvited (1987)
Plot Summary:
A sinister corporation loses control of a house cat infected with a genetically-engineered virus. The death-toll rises during the mutant feline's rampage, and eventually, it finds its way on board a ship of a criminal king-pin.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: retro, slasher, classic horror, natural horror, surprise ending, independent film, psychotronic
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Beaks: The Movie (1987)
Plot Summary:
Vanessa, a television reporter covering a story of a farmer attacked by his chickens, discovers that this is not an isolated incident. Travelling to Spain with her cameraman Peter, the two discover the survivors of a town wiped out by the birds thirty years ago. Meanwhile, attacks continue as a child's birthday party ends in tragedy and doves devour a poultry farmer and his wife. Vanessa soon comes to the conclusion that the birds are organizing themselves against the ecological ravages of man, but time is running out as thousands of birds launch an attack against a train Vanessa is traveling on.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 766
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Puerto Rico, Italy, Spain, Peru
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: natural horror, funny, mexploitation, cult film
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Savage Beasts (1984)
Plot Summary:
PCP is unexplainably released into the Frankfurt water supply and sends the zoo inhabitants crazy. One evening after a malfunction of zoo security the gonzo critters rampage through the city eating and killing whatever they fancy, wreaking a night of bloody terror. It's up to regular Italian-trash whipping girl Lorraine De Selle and obnoxious Super Mario lookalike zookeeper John Aldrich to sort it out.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, exciting, suspenseful, funny, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film, grindhouse
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Black Zoo (1963)
Plot Summary:
A deranged animal lover unleashes his toothy pets on anyone who stands in his way.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspense, natural horror
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Killer Bees (1974)
Plot Summary:
A strong-willed woman not only dominates her family of California winegrowers, but also has a strange hold on a colony of bees in her vineyard.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 543
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: natural horror, psychotronic
Similar in 76%
Shark Lake (2015)
Plot Summary:
Meredith Hendricks happens to be the best cop in her quiet town on Lake Tahoe. When a black-market exotic species dealer named Clint is paroled from prison, something he let loose begins to make its presence known. Swimmers and land-lovers alike begin to become part of the food chain at an unbelievable rate. Meredith and her team discover that they're not just hunting one eating machine, but a whole family of them. Not everyone will make it out alive, but those who do will never forget this summer at Shark Lake.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspense, suspenseful, natural horror
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The Uncanny (1977)
Plot Summary:
Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur spews three tales of feline horror.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychotronic, suspense, gothic horror, grindhouse, dark fairy tale, classic horror, natural horror, scary, serious
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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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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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Ticks (1993)
Plot Summary:
Teens camping in a northern California retreat are terrorized by mutant insects created by evil, polluting pot farmers.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, rough, semi serious, natural horror, retro, dark, independent film, psychotronic, weird
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The Birds II: Land's End (1994)
Plot Summary:
Birds go berserk and turn against mankind.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: natural horror, dark, scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, wild, ridiculous
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Squirm (1976)
Plot Summary:
At the beginning of the film, we learn from one of the characters that earthworms can be called to the surface with electricity, but somehow it turns them into vicious flesh-eaters. Sure enough, a storm that night causes some power lines to break and touch the ground, drawing millions of man-eating worms out of the earth, and into town where they quickly start munching on the locals.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, grindhouse, natural horror, suspense, disturbing, horror comedy, perverse, pastoral, independent film
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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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Dogs of Hell (1983)
Plot Summary:
A pack of Rottweilers, bred and trained by the U.S. military to kill humans, escape to ravage the peaceful mountain resort town of Lake Lure. It is up to the local sheriff to protect his small community.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: natural horror, detective, grindhouse, independent film
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Dogs (1977)
Plot Summary:
A pack of domesticated dogs go on a killing spree in southern California.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, natural horror, independent film
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Rattled (1996)
Plot Summary:
A horde of rattlesnakes inexplicably descends into Eden Valley, terrorizing an isolated family and forcing them to fight for their lives.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 476
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspense, suspenseful, tense, natural horror, independent film, disaster movie
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Sabertooth (2002)
Plot Summary:
Using fossilized DNA, a scientist resurrects one of nature's most fearsome predators, a sabretooth tiger. Scientific ambition turns deadly, however, when the creature escapes and begins savagely stalking its prey - the human race.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, suspense, natural horror, tense, disturbing, perverse, fast, psychotronic, serious
Similar in 77%
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978)
Plot Summary:
A dog that is a minion of Satan terrorizes a suburban family.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, psychotronic, gothic horror, classic horror, spooky, natural horror, serious
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Croc (2007)
Plot Summary:
A large man-eating crocodile terrorizes tourists and locals near Krabi, in Thailand. Michael Madsen plays a hunter stalking the immense reptile, while sub-plots include a rivalry between a foreigner, who owns a crocodile-farm, and a Thai man who plays a part in framing the foreigner for the crocodile's rampage.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, natural horror, tense, disturbing, captivating, rough, serious, psychotronic
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Dracula's Dog (1977)
Plot Summary:
Russian soldiers accidentally unleash Dracula's servant, as well as his dog, during excavations in Romania. Together they set out for America, to find the last descendent of the great Count.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, grindhouse, classic horror, independent film, scary, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, weird, cult film
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Jaws of Satan (1981)
Plot Summary:
A preacher whose ancestors were Druids battles Satan, who has taken the form of a huge snake.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 919
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, rough, suspenseful, satanic, natural horror, independent film, serious, psychotronic
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Nightwing (1979)
Plot Summary:
Killer bats plague an Indian reservation in New Mexico.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: natural horror, psychotronic, suspense, scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, wild, cult film
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Graveyard Shift (1990)
Plot Summary:
John Hall is a drifter who wanders into a small town in Maine. He needs a job and decides to seek employment at the community's top business: a large textile mill. He is hired to work the "graveyard shift" -- from around midnight to dawn -- and, along with a few others, he is charged with cleaning out the basement. This task strikes the workers as simple enough, but then, as they proceed deeper underground, they encounter an unspeakable monstrosity intent on devouring them all.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, slasher, disturbing, suspense, intense, rough, serious, suspenseful, dark
Similar in 82%
Savage Harvest (1981)
Plot Summary:
A family in Africa is besieged by a group of lions, driven mad by the drought. They have to survive multiple attacks but some colleagues are eaten by the lions.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 566
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: natural horror