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Plot Summary:
In effort to create the perfect nutria for breeding by the fur industry, a scientist and his assistant inadvertently create a brutal mutation that escapes into the nearby swamps.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher
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Frankenstein's Patchwork Monster (2015)
Plot Summary:
Horror - A wager is made, a book of horror fiction is written. It becomes know as, "Frankenstein, or a Modern Prometheus", by Mary Shelley. Though what happens if fiction was fact? Can a soul be immortal. Is everlasting life worth such misery? - Melantha Blackthorne, Robert Bozek, Paul McGinnis.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, exotic
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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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Frankenstein Island (1981)
Plot Summary:
A hot air balloon crew and a dog find themselves on an island with scantily-clad part-alien women, zombies, and other monsters.
IMDB Rating: 2.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slasher, funny, medical horror, independent film, cult film
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Curse of the Swamp Creature (1968)
Plot Summary:
A mad scientist is conducting experiments with evolution on the locals deep in the rural swamps of Texas.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 794
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: retro, slasher, independent film, scary, serious, psychotronic, cult film
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Spider in the Attic (2021)
Plot Summary:
A deadly nest of spiders lurk in the attic - And the nest is about to be awoken by a news reporter and her colleagues.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 212
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags:
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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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Frightworld (2006)
Plot Summary:
Nine people find themselves trapped in a warehouse that contains the remains of the old Frightworld Amusement Park - a place haunted by the spirit of Verden Fell, a serial killer who died there a year before.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, independent film
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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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Swamp Thing (1982)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Alec Holland, hidden away in the depths of a murky swamp, is trying to create a new species - a combination of animal and plant capable of adapting and thriving in the harshest conditions. Unfortunately he becomes subject of his own creation and is transformed. Arcane, desperate for the formula, attempts to capture the Swamp Thing. An explosive chase ensues that ultimately ends with a confrontation between Holland and a changed Arcane.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: semi serious, exciting, captivating, suspense, cult classic, psychotronic, humorous, epic, cult horror, psychological thriller
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Scared To Death (1980)
Plot Summary:
A series of hideous murders is taking place, and Inspector Capell and cop-turned-novelist Lonergan are investigating. The murders are found to be the work of an out-of-control experiment in genetic engineering. The two men must descend into the city's sewer systems to destroy the horrific miscreation. It won't be hard to find, as it's already looking for its next victims.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, splatter, psychotronic, independent film
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Spawn of the Slithis (1978)
Plot Summary:
A nuclear leak creates a mutant Slithis sea monster, which terrorizes the variety of pets, winos, and hippies who hang around Venice, California.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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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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Blood Beach (1980)
Plot Summary:
Something or someone is attacking people one by one on the beach. Some of them are mutilated, but most of them are sucked into the sand, disappearing without a trace. What is the creature responsible? Where does it live, and where did it come from? And is there any chance of it reproducing? Meanwhile, David Huffman and Mariana Hill are once-almost-married old friends, reunited over the death of her mother on the beach, and searching for clues in the abandoned buildings where they used to play when they were young.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, bloody, suspenseful, semi serious, psychotronic, stylized, natural horror, spoof
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Slimoids (2018)
Plot Summary:
A mad scientist unleashes three mischievous little creatures to spread terror on mankind in this loving homage to the little monster movies of the past.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, bleak, humorous, suspenseful, detective
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The Being (1981)
Plot Summary:
Toxic waste dumping in a small Idaho town turns a young boy into horrible mutant monster. The town's police chief and a government scientist team up to stop the monster, which is quickly killing off the town's citizenry.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, retro, cult classic, cult horror, psychotronic, independent film, spooky, cult film
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Island Claws (1980)
Plot Summary:
A biological experiment in Florida goes awry. The result: 8-foot long land crabs which roar loudly and kill everything in sight.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 553
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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Biohazard: The Alien Force (1994)
Plot Summary:
Triton Indutries has created a genetically-engineered creature using DNA from human sources. During the course of the experiment, however, the host mother carrying the mutant escapes from the laboratory compound, giving birth shortly thereafter. The intellient "baby" beings hunting down and killing its male DNA donors, while at the same time trying to mate with its female donors. The head of the lab wants to destroy the monster before the press can get wind of the story, but the former head of security wants to expose the whole thing.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Cyst (2020)
Plot Summary:
In the 1960s, a nurse's last day on her job is ruined when a doctor inadvertently creates a cyst monster that terrorizes the office.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 973
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, slasher, medical horror, weird
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Last American Horror Show (2018)
Plot Summary:
A trifecta of 80s throwback terror with mauling monsters, home invasions gone haywire and stomach-turning human sacrifice.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 534
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, anthology, psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, grindhouse
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Bigfoot Horror Camp (2017)
Plot Summary:
A Bigfoot terrorizes a nudist colony, not a horror camp. Mostly made up of footage from MONSTER OF THE NUDIST COLONY.
IMDB Rating: 1.7
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Await the Dawn (2020)
Plot Summary:
A troubled family traveling cross country are highjacked by a desperate man. Only to discover he's running from something more dangerous than he is.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 523
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, lovecraft, cult horror
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Mosquito (1994)
Plot Summary:
An alien starship crashes in a swamp in a U.S. National Park. Some mosquitos begin to feed from the alien's corpses, causing them to grow to the size of a vulture. These mutant insects became very agressive, killing every human being they find. Will the few survivors fight successfully against this nightmare...?.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, suspense, absurd, funny, natural horror, independent film, bleak, wild, campy
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Octaman (1971)
Plot Summary:
A scientific team in Mexico discover a pool of unusual baby "octopus-like" specimens. Gathering a few for analysis back at the lab, it is soon discovered that the critters belong to a gangly six-foot half man/half octopus-like creature, that's pretty angry and wants her 'babies' returned….
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Horror
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: natural horror, retro, grindhouse, scary, offbeat, bleak, suspenseful, semi serious, psychotronic, independent film
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C.H.U.D. (1984)
Plot Summary:
A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. A courageous policeman, a photo journalist and his girlfriend, and a nutty bum, who seems to know a lot about the creatures, band together to try and determine what the creatures are and how to stop them.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, atmospheric, grindhouse, rough, suspenseful, cult classic, cult horror, retro, detective
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It Lives Again (1978)
Plot Summary:
The monster child returns - but now there are three!.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, gothic horror, mystic, medical horror, cult horror, classic horror, scary, rough, serious, slasher
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Hydra (1971)
Plot Summary:
A mad scientist (and apparent former Nazi) unleashes his master plan: to transform himself into a mutated walking catfish, gain revenge on those who have spurned him, and kidnap nubile young women to similarly transform so that he can breed. Or something like that.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: natural horror, psychotronic, grindhouse, medical horror, cult classic, independent film, scary, offbeat, serious, surprise ending
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The Boogens (1981)
Plot Summary:
Otherworldly creatures inhabit the bootleg tunnels underneath a small town mining community, and they kill any of the townsfolk who invade their home.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, suspenseful, serious, slasher, psychotronic, retro, independent film, spooky
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Mosquito Man (2005)
Plot Summary:
Police lieutenant detective Thomas 'Thom' Randall's steady girl-friend, Dr. Jennifer 'Jen' Allen, is Dr. Aaron Michaels's main assistant on his pharmaceutical firm Bellion's research program to cure the highly contagious, fatal infection Guinin. A convicted murderer, whom Thom arrested, is one of their special drug test subjects, but escapes. The convict and Jen are affected by radioactively altered DNA from an experimental reactor used on mosquitoes which transfer quinine. The convict soon mutates into a mosquito-like monster, which sucks its victims dry. By the time Thom and his junior murder brigade partner Charlie Morrison figure out what happens, Jen starts mutating herself.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, scary, tense, natural horror, mockbuster, perverse, serious, tragic ending, biting
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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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The Deep Ones (2020)
Plot Summary:
A married couple rents a beachside Airbnb, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. They soon discover they are in the grip of a mysterious cult and their ancient sea god.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 873
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspense, lovecraft, scary, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic