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Plot Summary:
Six college students go into the wetlands to find their missing professor after he takes off in search of the mythical and deadly monster known as the 'Swamp Freak.'.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Bog (1979)
Plot Summary:
Dynamite fishing in a rural swamp revives a prehistoric gill monster that must have the blood of human females in order to survive.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 862
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film, campy
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Bloody Blacksmith (2016)
Plot Summary:
A group of history students are promised a reward if they can find the ancient tools of legendary blacksmith, 'One-Eyed Yardley', who murdered the townspeople of a remote rustic village in the 1800s. Legend says his ghost still stalks these haunted grounds.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: homoerotic
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Evil Exhumed (2016)
Plot Summary:
A young man hell bent on revenge uses dark forces to reanimate a recently unearthed mummy.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: independent film
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No Way Out (2020)
Plot Summary:
Trying to salvage a relationship, 2 couples go on a weekend camping trip only to find out they aren’t alone in the woods.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 892
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags:
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Search for the Beast (1997)
Plot Summary:
Dr. David Stone is a scientist with a special interest in legends about the Okaloosa wilderness, where a violent, man-like beast is said to dwell, and where many campers have disappeared over the years. When local moneyman Milton St. John offers to fund an expedition to look for the monster, Stone readily accepts, not realizing that St. John's son was one of those missing campers, and that his financier is not interested in science, but in getting revenge on the beast!.
IMDB Rating: 1.7
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags:
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Shriek of the Mutilated (1974)
Plot Summary:
A group of college students are led by their professor into the mountains in search of the Yeti. The students start to be killed off one by one.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, retro, slasher, independent film
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Beastly Boyz (2006)
Plot Summary:
Rachel, a beautiful young artist, is savagely murdered at her secluded lakefront house by a group of soulless killers. Enraged and shocked by his sister’s senseles murder, Rachel’s brother, Travis, vows to avenge her murder and punish her killers one by one – even if it costs him his soul. Guided by his sister’s ghostly voice that commands him to take brutal revenge, Travis hunts down each of the killers and punishes them in gruesome fashion. Sickened by the horror of his own murderous actions, and driven by his murdered sister’s vengeful spirit, Travis discovers a fate much worse than murder….
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: teen horror
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Attack of the Beast Creatures (1985)
Plot Summary:
A terrible storm at sea turns an ocean liner's luxury voyage into a nightmare! Those lucky enough to survive the sinking ship soon find themselves stranded on an uncharted island. A living hell breaks loose when the survivors encounter gruesome, flesh-eating Beast Creatures!.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 705
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, weird
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Blood Stalkers (1976)
Plot Summary:
Two couples – Mike (Jerry Albert) and Jeri (Celea Ann Cole), Daniel (Kenny Miller) and Kim (Toni Crabtree) – go out to a hunting lodge that Mike inherited from his father and find the locals a little less than welcoming….
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 379
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, independent film, cult film
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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
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Windigo (2011)
Plot Summary:
In June of 2004, a group of film students and actors from Toronto camp out on the property of one of this town's only residents. With uncooperative actors, technical problems, and of course swarms of mosquitos, the project they went there to film quickly goes downhill. Brandon, the camera man, starts noticing strange things on the tapes, and people start acting weird. Could the people of Bonville have something to hide?.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film
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Among Us (2004)
Plot Summary:
B-movie director Billy D'Amato has made a career out of horror movies...but when he meets a real "monster in the woods" on a shoot, he is forced to re-evaluate, and fight for, his life.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 153
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, fake documentary
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Curse of Bigfoot (1975)
Plot Summary:
A group of high school students on an archaeological dig discover a centuries old mummified body in a sealed cave. Removing the mummy, it soon comes back to life, revealing itself to be an inhuman beast that terrorizes a small California town.
IMDB Rating: 1.8
IMDB Votes: 758
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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1313: Bigfoot Island (2012)
Plot Summary:
On an island in the Pacific Northwest, a young woman calls to ancient spirits in order to right the wrongs inflicted on her. For this she summons the mythical beast that has long been rumored to roam the verdant forests. Nearby, a young man readies a cabin for the arrival of his friends. They’ve been coming to this place every year since they were kids, to relax and shape up before the start of a new college year. Only this time, they’re about to meet their worst nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 1.8
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, psychotronic, homoerotic, sexy, independent film, teen horror, campy, cult film
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Night Claws (2012)
Plot Summary:
A small town is being terrorized by a killer Bigfoot. One that is blood thirsty, vicious and kills without warning and without discrimination. A scientist by the name of Sarah Evans (Leilani Sarelle) shows up to help the town's sheriff (Reb Brown) and his deputy girlfriend Roberta (Sherrie Rose) hunt this thing down and put an end to the killings. At the same time, Hunter Crawford (David Campbell) is a thug-like character who along with his two henchmen, is hunting the creature himself, for his own personal gain and he does not care who he has to go through to accomplish his goal.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 711
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
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Bigfoot vs. D.B. Cooper (2014)
Plot Summary:
When several young hunters arrive at a secluded lodge in the Pacific Northwest little do they know that they will become the hunted.
IMDB Rating: 1.3
IMDB Votes: 303
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: independent film, natural horror, homoerotic, cult film
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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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Rage of the Yeti (2011)
Plot Summary:
A team of treasure hunters in the Arctic are attacked by ferocious snow beasts. Before long, the adventure is no longer about finding riches - it’s about getting down the mountain alive.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 873
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, suspense, disturbing
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Hoax (2019)
Plot Summary:
An investigation into a camping trip gone wrong turns into a fight for survival when a team, including a brilliant primate specialist and led by a ruthless television producer, must come to grips with the possible existence of Bigfoot.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 933
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Barrens (2012)
Plot Summary:
A man takes his family on a camping trip and becomes convinced they are being stalked by the legendary monster of the New Jersey Pine Barrens: the Jersey Devil.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological horror, natural horror, 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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Bigfoot (2006)
Plot Summary:
Something monstrous is slaughtering deer in the marshlands of Ohio, leaving them torn to shreds. Authorities believe it to be the work of a bear, but army veteran Jack Sullivan knows the truth. He has heard the creature’s name, but nothing can prepare him for the disturbing reality of BIGFOOT. The original monster of American folklore, Bob Gray’s Bigfoot is more savage, relentless, and bloodthirsty than he’s ever been before. The deer were just the beginning. He’s saving his ultimate wrath for the men who enter his domain.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: realistic, scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, rough, psychotronic, cult film
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The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)
Plot Summary:
A documentary-style drama based on true accounts of the Fouke Monster in Arkansas. It focuses on the lives of back country people and their culture while detailing certain sightings of the monster. This title was a drive-in B movie favorite for it's time.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, independent film, mockumentary, grindhouse, southern gothic, slasher, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Abominable (2020)
Plot Summary:
A research team embarks on a journey to obtain a plant that can advance medical research by centuries. While stumbling upon clues of the previous expedition, they discover that a Yeti creature lurks within the Himalayan mountains and will do anything to protect its terrain.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Clawed (2017)
Plot Summary:
Fifty years after the incidents in Black Claw Mountain, a group of students are prey to a monster part human, part bear and part liquid.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, surprise ending, scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Snowbeast (1977)
Plot Summary:
In this made for TV film, an enormous and angry yeti begins to terrorize a Colorado ski resort by eating several skiers during a winter carnival. Everyone insists it is just a bear until a ski patrolman sees a white, shadowy and beastly shape disappearing into the woods.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, disturbing, christmas horror, black and white, cult horror, classic horror, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful
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Skookum: The Hunt for Bigfoot (2016)
Plot Summary:
Deep in the Louisiana swamp lives a legend. In the fall of 2013, the legend comes to life. Many have seen, some have heard, and none have forgotten: the giant hairy creature with glowing red eyes that locals refer to as the Beast of Bayou Dorcheat. When the long dormant Bigfoot monster seemingly begins a brutal reign of terror, a glamorous talk show host, Dr. Anna Rock, must leave her highly coveted position to search for her younger sister Megan, a Bigfoot researcher, in the swampy wilderness of northern Louisiana.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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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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Creature (2011)
Plot Summary:
An ex-Navy seal (Mehcad Brooks), his girlfriend (Serinda Swan) and their friends head out on a road trip to New Orleans. The group decides to stop at a roadside convenience store owned by Chopper (Sid Haig), who tells them the tale of Lockjaw, a fabled god-like creature who is half-man, half-alligator.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, psychotronic, independent film, suspense, retro, scenic, grindhouse
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It Waits (2005)
Plot Summary:
A lone female park ranger tries to track down a vicious creature killing various people and terrorizing her at a remote national park.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, serious, suspenseful, slasher, scary, splatter, psychotronic, corny