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Plot Summary:
A glowing meteor falls into a secluded pond into which Mafia hitmen have dumped the body of one of their victims. Students from the local college use the pond for a swimming hole. Then the fun begins.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 282
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Strange Blood (2015)
Plot Summary:
When a brilliant but obsessive scientist goes to extremes to develop a universal cure for all disease, he finds himself infected with a bizarre parasite that begins to transform him into a bloodthirsty madman. Time running out, he must find a way to stop the monster that is growing within and prevent the rest of the world from being "cured.".
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 972
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, brutal, bloody, depressing
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Purple Glow (2005)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: slasher
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Nightmare Weekend (1986)
Plot Summary:
A female scientist performs experiments on three college girls that turn them into drooling, murderous mutants.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, slasher, splatter, independent film
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The Remnant (2001)
Plot Summary:
Two grim murders in a rural town seem like a run-of-the-mill killing spree, until a local prosecutor discovers a mysterious connection that leads the cops to the prime suspect -- a criminal who died 30 years before. But how can a killer continue his bloodletting from the grave? Directed by Rick Jordan, this entertaining and otherworldly fright fest stars Jeff Marlow, Rick Jordan, Joe Estevez, Roxzane T. Mims and Teresa Castracane.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Alien Dead (1980)
Plot Summary:
A meteor strikes a houseboat in the swamps near a southern town populated by Yankees with fake accents. The people on the houseboat become zombies who feed on the alligators in the swamp. Once they run out of alligators, they start going for the citizens. A local scientist tries to figure out what's happening to people once they start disappearing.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychotronic
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Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (1976)
Plot Summary:
A doctor (Bernie Casey) in a Watts clinic takes his own medicine and becomes a monstrous white killer of hookers.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 582
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, black cinema, campy
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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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Breeders (1997)
Plot Summary:
It's an invasion of the most personal and terrifying kind. When a meteorite crash lands onto a Boston college campus and an alien beast is released, only one man understands its mission to mate. From the depths of an all girls college, the grotesque monster stalks his prey in a cat-and-mouse chase until the final conflict where only one species can survive.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, dark, independent film, tension, suspense
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Rana: The Legend of Shadow Lake (1980)
Plot Summary:
When Kelly Morgan was 11 years old he had a terrifying encounter with Rana, a strange half man/half frog monster living in a lake. The creature killed his father and many other people before Kelly destroyed it. Now as a young man he returns to search for the monster's hidden treasure, and to see if the legendary creature really was killed.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 603
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, natural horror, independent film, psychotronic
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Psyclops (2002)
Plot Summary:
Video geek Shepard 'Shep' Franco (Dan Merriman) uncovers a 135 year old videotape on which mad scientist Artemis Winthrop (Phip Barbour) displays a machine he's invented, which he believes can bridge dimensions. With his buddies Kim (Irene Joseph), Dave (Rob Monkiewicz), and Heather (Diane Di Gregorio), Shep tracks down the machine despite warings of Winthrop's great-granddaughter, a wiccan named Amelia (Liz Hurley). Shep restores the machine and while video taping it in action, a horrible accident transforms him into the ultimate tapehead (while unleashing killer bugs from another dimension and a few walking corpses along the way). Shep kidnaps Heather to turn her into his monster bride and only the intervention of the mysterious Amelia can halt the madness.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, lovecraft
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Curse of the Blue Lights (1988)
Plot Summary:
A group of teenagers battle a horde of zombies and evil creatures that live underneath a graveyard.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Time Walker (1982)
Plot Summary:
From deep within the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, Professor Douglas McCadden ships the coffin of Ankh-Vanharis to the California Institute of Sciences where X-rays reveal five diamond-like crystals hidden within the coffin. Technician Peter Sharpe steals the crystals but doesn't notice that the powerful X-ray has revived a green fungus. When the coffin is opened at a university press conference, the reporters uncover more than they bargained for. The mummy has disappeared... and the Time Walker is alive again!.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, cult classic, ambiguous ending, bleak, suspenseful, semi serious, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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Shock Waves (1977)
Plot Summary:
Visitors to a remote island discover that a reclusive Nazi commandant has been breeding a group of zombie soldiers.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, retro, gothic horror, splatter, apocalyptic, horror comedy, creepy, classic horror, phantasmagoric
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Revenge in the House of Usher (1983)
Plot Summary:
Upon arriving at the dilapidated estate of his mentor, Dr. Harker finds his former professor, Dr. Usher, radically changed. Instead of the reasoned scholar he once knew, a paranoid man is in his place and he's spiraling into madness.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 568
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, psychotronic, lovecraft
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Creature of Destruction (1968)
Plot Summary:
A resort hypnotist and his assistant predict murders, which she then commits as a fanged monster.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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The Dark Power (1985)
Plot Summary:
The spirits of dead Indians are haunting a couple's house, and they call in an exorcist, whose trademark is a black whip, to get rid of them.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 726
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, wild
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The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Roger Girard is a rich scientist conducting experiments on head transplantation. His caretaker has a son, Danny, who, although fully grown, has the mind of child. One day an escaped psycho-killer invades Girard's home, killing Danny's father before being gunned down himself. With the maniac dying and Danny deeply unsettled by his father's death, Dr. Girard decides to take the final step and transplant the killer's head onto Danny's body.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, absurd, disturbing, grindhouse, independent film, offbeat, semi serious, crying, psychotronic
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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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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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The Astro-Zombies (1968)
Plot Summary:
For devilishly mad "astro-scientist" Dr. DeMarco (John Carradine), a typical day involves run-ins with reanimated corpses, bloodthirsty solar-powered killer robot zombies, Chinese communist spies and vicious Mexican secret agents. But when a bloody trail of young female murder victims leads an intrepid CIA agent to his door, things get really interesting. Ted V. Mikels directs this unique B horror-thriller.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, grindhouse, slasher, mythical, independent film, scary, rough, semi serious, corny, campy
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The Alien Factor (1978)
Plot Summary:
A spaceship containing specimens for an intergalactic zoo crashes on Earth near a small back woods town. The specimens escape, and soon town folk are turning up mutilated. Very low budget feature was the first for Baltimore filmmaker Don Dohler.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: independent film, horror comedy, campy
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Blood Predator (2007)
Plot Summary:
A private jet crashes in the Sierra Mountains leaving seven survivors stranded in a torrential snow storm. With no rescue team in sight, the group decides to search for the plane in hopes of fixing the radio to call for help. But what they find instead is an alien creature that multiplies itself rapidly. The extraterrestrial beasts have a barbed-like tongue and are able to pull their victims into their razor sharp teeth to shred human flesh like a haywire garbage disposal. But the survivors won t go down without a fight!.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense
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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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Track of the Moon Beast (1976)
Plot Summary:
Professor "Johnny Longbow" Salina, a man who really knows his stews, introduces Paul Carlson to the practical-joking Kathy Nolan. Paul and Kathy seem to hit it off rather well but, during a meteor storm, a meteorite fragment strikes Paul, burying itself deep in his skull, which has the unpleasant side-effect of causing Paul to mutate into a giant reptilian monster at night and go on murderous rampages. It turns out that this sort of thing has happened before, when Professor Salina rediscovers ancient Native American paintings detailing a similar event many centuries ago. Kathy, however, still loves Paul, and tries to save him.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, cult classic, natural horror, independent film, scary, offbeat, psychotronic
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Blood of Ghastly Horror (1967)
Plot Summary:
A mad scientist implants an electronic device into the brain of an injured soldier, which turns him into a psychotic killer.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 760
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, grindhouse, independent film, scary, rough, offbeat, serious, campy
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The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961)
Plot Summary:
A Russian scientist is arriving to the states caring secret information’s. Disembarking from his plane, he and his American contacts are attacked by a pair of KGB assassins (Anthony Cardoza and John Morrison). Later, it is revealed that he has wandered in range of an American nuclear test. The radiation transforms Javorsky into a mindless killing beast (the Beast).
IMDB Rating: 1.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, scary, rough, psychotronic, cult classic, grindhouse, suspense, classic horror, 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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Brain of Blood (1971)
Plot Summary:
Amir, the benevolent ruler of Kalid, is dying, but there is hope. Freshly deceased, he is flown to the United States where Dr. Trenton transplants his brain into the body of a simpleton in a classic "assistant got the wrong kind of body" plot line. Dr. Trenton has a few nefarious plot twists of his own in mind, and then there's the thing with the dwarf and the women chained in the basement. It's up to Amir's friend Bob and wife Tracey to try and salvage this tale.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 988
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, scary, psychological, rough, offbeat, serious
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The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Bill Cortner and his fiancée, Jan Compton, are driving to his lab when they get into a horrible car accident. Compton is decapitated. But Cortner is not fazed by this seemingly insurmountable hurdle. His expertise is in transplants, and he is excited to perform the first head transplant. Keeping Compton's head alive in his lab, Cortner plans the groundbreaking yet unorthodox surgery. First, however, he needs a body.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, suspenseful, suspense, surreal, grindhouse, cult classic, medical horror, cult horror, mind bending