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Plot Summary:
A hit man working for the Yakuza double crosses his employers and flees with a cache of diamonds from the latest heist. Injured and hiding in the mountain regions of Spain, with Japanease assassins in hot pursuit, he takes refuge in the home of a local Doctor and his two daughters, who nurse him back to health and hide him from his pursuers, taking drastic and murderous measures to protect him, for they have plans of their own in store for their current guest.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 462
Genere: Horror, Crime
Country: Spain, Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing
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The Mummy's Revenge (1975)
Plot Summary:
Paul Naschy has a duel role as Amenhotep/Assad Bey, an ancient egyptian mummified Pharaoh, and the high priest who brought him back to life. In order For Amenhotep to achieve immortality, Assad Bey has to kidnap nubile young virgins in Victorian London for blood sacrifices.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 362
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: gothic, psychotronic
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The Traveller (1979)
Plot Summary:
The devil, following in the footsteps of Christ, decides to become flesh and take a stroll around Earth to see how humans have progressed, and have a little fun creating havoc and mayhem in the process.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 483
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, sex comedy
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The Werewolf and the Yeti (1975)
Plot Summary:
Waldemar, the renowned adventurer, joins an expedition to find the Yeti in the Himalayas. While hiking the mountains, he's captured by two cannibalistic demon nymphets guarding a remote Buddhist temple and becomes their sex-slave. They transform him into a werewolf setting him loose to roam the mountain where he encounters a sadistic bandit.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 855
Genere: Adventure, Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, grindhouse, terrifying, psychotronic, biting
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Heartbeat (1983)
Plot Summary:
Paul Marnac and his infirm wife Geneviève move to his childhood estate in the French countryside. The estate is also the site of the castle inhabited by Paul's ancestor Alaric de Marnac, who was known for brutally slaughtering anyone whom he suspected of infidelity. There is a legend that Alaric rises from the grave to continue his deeds. The estate is currently inhabited by Paul's aunt Maville and cousin Julie. Right after Paul and Geneviève arrive, mysterious things begin to happen. Geneviève begins to wonder if the legend about Alaric is true.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 687
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense
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Blood Sucking Babes from Burbank (2007)
Plot Summary:
When a group of well-meaning archaeology students unearth an ancient jewel box in Southern California's Burbank mountains, they unleash a deadly curse that turns perfectly normal women into maniacal, bloodthirsty cannibals. Written and directed by Kirk Bowman, this hilariously campy horror flick -- purportedly based on a true story, if you can believe it -- will have you laughing one minute and screaming the next.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, campy
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The Untold Story 2 (1998)
Plot Summary:
The blood flows freely in this sequel to the first Untold Story, which now finds Anthony Wong Chau-Sang in a different role; in a film that is just as violent and frightening as the original. An unhappily married couple invite the wife's beautiful cousin, who has survived a horrifying experience in Mainland China, to live with them. She has her own special way of overcoming hardship and becomes the master of the barbecue.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 395
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Cannibal Hookers (1987)
Plot Summary:
Two girls pose as hookers for a sorority initiation, then turn into zombies and eat their neighbors.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 545
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Frenchman's Orchard (1978)
Plot Summary:
One of the myths of fantastic movies, Paul Naschy, filmed this realistic drama in the best tradition of Spanish novel (Cela, Blasco Ibañez ) and paintings (Goya, Gutierrez Solana ) . the story of a real psychokiller, " the french man ". Besides Naschy two beautiful stars, María José Cantudo ( in her best role ) and Agatha Lys. The action is good, the atmospheric photography looks great ans crime scenes are strong . A film for rediscovering.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense
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Cannibal Terror (1980)
Plot Summary:
After botching a kidnapping, two criminals hide with their victim in a friends house in the jungle. After one of them rapes the friend's wife, they're left to be eaten by a nearby cannibal tribe.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 973
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, grindhouse, terrifying, psychotronic
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Amateur Porn Star Killer 2 (2008)
Plot Summary:
Shane Ryan's sequel to the disturbing Amateur Porn Star Killer is a brutal calling card to all those who were enraged by its predecessor (and there were many). Ryan is a force to be reckoned with, and he's not letting up any time soon. The victim here isn't a young girl. This one doesn't just go quietly, either. She fights back. She knows she's in trouble, but she mistakenly thinks she can get away. In other movies, she would escape and somber music would play as the credits creep up the screen. The audience would leave the theatre satisfied that the bad guy got what he deserved. They would go home feeling safe. Ryan doesn't let anyone have such notions. He shows things as they really are. This is what a killer would film. This is how it would look, and if you didn't know any better, you'd swear it was real. (And you still can't be totally sure it's not.).
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 910
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, tense, erotic, controversial
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Exorcismo (1975)
Plot Summary:
A priest struggles to save the life of a young woman who is possessed by the malevolent spirit of her father.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 572
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, demonic, bleak, scary, rough, disturbing, satanic, cult film
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Debris Documentar (2012)
Plot Summary:
A man unknowingly leads a double life.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Horror
Country: Germany
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, unusual plot structure, suspense, psychotronic, brutal, controversial, splatter, independent film
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Dr. Jekyll vs. the Werewolf (1972)
Plot Summary:
This is the fifth film to feature Spanish actor Paul Naschy as Waldemar the Wolfman. Here he comes to swinging seventies' London, seeking a cure to his malady. Unfortunately he meets Dr. Jekyll who injects him with a serum that turns him into the lascivious killer Mr. Hyde. In his top hat and black cloak, Hyde haunts the flesh pots of Soho, while two gorgeous women fight for possession of his wolfman soul... Top grade Euro-horror and definitely the craziest werewolf film ever.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 645
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspense, gothic horror, grindhouse, classic horror, psychotronic, cult film
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Inquisition (1977)
Plot Summary:
Period piece set during the Inquisition about a witch-finder general who falls in love with the village beauty, who has made a pact with the devil to seduce and condemn the man who is killing off Satan's servants.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 614
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: satanic, gothic, scary, sexy, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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Curse of the Devil (1973)
Plot Summary:
The great inquisitor Ireneus Daninsky has Countess Bathory burned alive and her female followers hanged. Before perishing in the flames the countess puts a curse on Daninsky and his descendants. Four centuries later, Waldemar Daninsky accidentally shoots a gypsy while hunting a wolf. The angry gypsies, who knew of the curse, summon up the Satan and the beautiful Ilona is chosen to seduce the young lord. During a night of love, Ilona bites Waldemar who turns into a werewolf killing his preys on full moon nights. His murders are first attributed to a mad killer escaped from the asylum. Waldemar, who suspects the killer is none other than himself, falls in love with Kinga, the daughter of a professor from Budapest. When Maria, Kinga's jealous younger sister, manages to seduce Waldemar and sleep with him, she is killed by the young man, once again turned into a werewolf.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 887
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: satanic, gothic, suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, campy, cult film
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Horror Rises from the Tomb (1973)
Plot Summary:
In Medieval France a warlock is be-headed and his wife tortured and executed. Hundreds of years later an isolated group of people discover his head buried on their property. Soon it comes back to life, possessing people and using them to commit sacrifices and to search for the rest of his body.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, classic horror, suspense, disturbing, scary, serious, slasher, suspenseful, crying
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The Wolfman Never Sleeps (1972)
Plot Summary:
A man has had a werewolf curse cast upon him. If he doesn't get rid of it, he turns into a killer werewolf when the moon is full.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 894
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspense, grindhouse, classic horror, serious, suspenseful, sadistic, psychotronic, campy, cult film
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Vengeance of the Zombies (1973)
Plot Summary:
An Indian mystic uses magical chants to raise women from the dead, then sends them out to perform revenge killings for him.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 884
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, gothic horror, classic horror, mind bending, psychotronic, cult film
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Hunchback of the Morgue (1973)
Plot Summary:
Paul Naschy plays a hunchback with below average intelligence who works at the morgue. He is in love with a sickly girl who happens to be the only person who is kind to him. Each day he brings her flowers until the day she dies.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 878
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspense, lovecraft, scary, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, cult film
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The Beast and the Magic Sword (1983)
Plot Summary:
His family cursed by a witch, Waldemar Daninsky (Paul Naschy) seeks the help of a Jewish doctor to cure him of his annoying habit of turning into a werewolf. The doctor is attacked by some local Christians in hoods and, before he dies, he tells Waldemar to head to Japan to seek out another doctor who can surely help him. So the Daninsky family head to the land of the rising sun to battle his curse of the full moon. This is a pretty fascinating take on the werewolf myths Naschy had been building for over a decade in his native Spain. Apparently the Waldemar flicks were big in Japan and a company offered to co-produce this movie if he set it in Japan. The end result is really unlike any werewolf movie. Where else can you see a werewolf and ninjas (besides your nightmares)? (IMDB).
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 406
Genere: Horror, Fantasy
Country: Spain, Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic
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Night of the Werewolf (1981)
Plot Summary:
An evil witch brings back to life the infamous Elizabeth Bathory, who was executed several hundred years previously for murdering young woman and bathing in their blood.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, suspense, classic horror, psychotronic, cult film
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Amateur Porn Star Killer (2006)
Plot Summary:
The unofficial story of a killer who kidnaps and kills three girls is told through the tale of his last victim, 'Amateur Porn Star Killer' is about a girl he picks up on the street and convinces to go back to his hotel room. The girl is shy, unnerved, and yet unable to take herself out of a bad situation. The killer is a guy who seems at first nothing more than your standard, 18 year old pervert with a penchant for filming his sexual escapades. An unsettling darkness descends.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, erotic, psychological, rough, bleak, tense, suspenseful, bloody, slasher
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There Is a Secret in My Soup (2001)
Plot Summary:
"There Is A Secret in My Soup" is based on infamous HK crime case called 'Hello Kitty Murder'.In 1999 three triad gangsters kidnapped,brutally tortured and beat a 23-year old woman named Fan Man-yee for one month until she died.Then they dismembered and cooked the body,threw most of it out with the trash,fed legs and arms to stray dogs and hid the skull inside the head of a giant-sized Hello Kitty doll.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Biography, Crime, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, cult film
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Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll (1974)
Plot Summary:
An ex-convict, troubled by dreams that he strangles women, is hired as the caretaker on an estate owned by three very strange sisters. Soon after his arrival, a serial killer begins slaughtering blonde, blue-eyed women - and leaving their eyeballs in a bowl of water.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, controversial, grindhouse, scary, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, slasher
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A Dragonfly for Each Corpse (1975)
Plot Summary:
A killer is cleaning up the streets of Milan by murdering those considered as deviant. An ornamental dragonfly, soaked in the blood of the victim, is left on each body.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 629
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, independent film, cult film
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Red Room 2 (2000)
Plot Summary:
The sequel to the underground goretastic RED ROOM, RED ROOM 2 will leave you gasping for air in its grueling portrayal of what people will do for money. Another million dollars is up for grabs as four more contestants enter the RED ROOM. Locked inside, they begin to play "King", a deadly card game in which the loser must perform whatever action the winner desires. The game is played till there is a single survivor. How far will the contestants go for a little hard earned cash? How much abuse can a person handle? Can you dare watch the horror of the RED ROOM?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 471
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: disturbing, suspense, controversial, psychological, tense, bloody, terrifying, sequel to cult film
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The Cannibal Man (1972)
Plot Summary:
A young man, Marco, working as a butcher, accidentally kills a taxi driver. His girlfriend Paula wants to go to the police so he has to kill her too. He then has to kill his brother, his brother’s fiancée and his father, who have become suspicious. He gets rid of the bodies by taking them to a slaughter house.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, psychotronic, psychological, gothic, bloody, political, suspense, disturbing, controversial
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Count Dracula's Great Love (1973)
Plot Summary:
Four women spend the night in an old deserted sanitarium on a mountain. They each in turn fall into the the evil hands of a doctor….
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sexy, suspense, grindhouse, classic horror, scary, atmospheric, gothic, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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Diary of a Cannibal (2007)
Plot Summary:
They met on the Internet. They fell in love. They drove to the desert and stopped at an abandoned warehouse. They wandered inside. Inside they found unspeakable horror. Only one of them survived the ordeal of CANNIBAL. From a hospital bed, an injured Noelle tells shocked police detectives a tale of cannibal terror. In recounting her ordeal, the detectives learn of an even more awful truth behind the actions of this tragic couple. Horror master Ulli Lommel's depraved tale of a modern-day CANNIBAL is based on the real-life case of a man who murdered and consumed his lover -- liver and all! -- in a strange act of consensual love. In Lommel's film of the events, two star-crossed lovers enter a world where madness rules and even a loved one can transform into a flesh-eating cannibal.
IMDB Rating: 1.4
IMDB Votes: 880
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, tense, rough, offbeat, serious
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Escape from Cannibal Farm (2017)
Plot Summary:
In the British countryside, the Harver family head out on an idyllic summer camping trip where they can bury past tensions and enjoy some family bonding. But when their camp is sabotaged by an unseen intruder in the night, they head to the nearby creepy old farm desperate for help, where vengeful farmer Hunt Hansen and his hideously deformed son aren't farming animals... Caged and waiting for their limbs to be severed, cooked and eaten one at a time, the Harver family must overcome their differences and unite in order to escape alive!.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 690
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing