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Plot Summary:
Renowned Nashville horror host, Dr. Gangrene, and New England's Penny Dreadful must join forces to save Halloween. Science and sorcery combine in this All Hallows Eve spooky special.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 31 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious, bleak, humorous
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Overtime (2011)
Plot Summary:
Raph and Max only kill bad guys, and only after their boss Sam, a high-powered attorney, has cashed a nice paycheck for getting her sleazy clients off the hook. When Sam sends our heroes on a routine hit, they find themselves caught up in a conspiracy they never imagined. But whatever trouble they've gotten themselves into is nothing compared to the wrath of Raph's wife if he doesn't make it home in time for his son's birthday party. Being a good hit man is tough; being a good dad is killer!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, tense, captivating, spoof, exciting, suspenseful, parody
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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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Monster Night (2006)
Plot Summary:
On Halloween, a teenage boy who is grounded and forced to baby-sit his brother and sister discovers, along with his siblings, that his house is haunted.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 300
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: spooky, psychotronic
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Monster Mash: The Movie (1995)
Plot Summary:
No overview found.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: spooky
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The Night Shift (2011)
Plot Summary:
What if you could live forever? What if you had to spend that eternity stuck in a cemetery with only a limbless corpse for a friend, and cantankerous "residents" that were anything but resting in peace? That's the situation for Rue Morgan, night watchman extraordinaire, in this rollicking supernatural adventure-comedy. Rue, along with his buddy Herb, spends his nights watching out for zombies, and his days dreaming of a date with hard-nosed day-shifter, Claire. It's an okay eternity--until a scourge of paranormal occurrences leaves Rue not only watching the cemetery, but also watching his back! Based on the hit short film that critics have called "delightful", "charming", and "unapologetically goofy", "The Night Shift" is guaranteed to be the most fun you've ever had in a cemetery!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: rough, humorous, suspense, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, stylized, independent film, cult film
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Mistress Frankenstein (2000)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Victor Frankenstein neglects the sexual needs of his frigid and frustrated wife Helena. After Helena gets killed in a horse riding accident, Victor decides to bring her back to life. However, Victor's inept assistant Igor accidentally damages Helena's brain and replaces it with a lesbian's brain, so Helena is now a crazed, aggressive, and predatory vixen with a raging insatiable libido.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 262
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: erotic, captivating, disturbing, semi serious, sensual, sex comedy, independent film
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The Munsters' Revenge (1981)
Plot Summary:
The film begins with the Munster family making a visit to the wax museum. They take a picture of themselves standing next to their wax replicas. When the family leaves, the statues in the museum mysteriously come to life and begin wreaking havoc across the city. Herman and Grandpa are then arrested for various crimes they did not commit and try to clear their names in time for the Halloween celebration at the Munster home.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, gothic, horror comedy, sitcom
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Weedwolf (2011)
Plot Summary:
In Weedwolf, the outrageous residents of small-town Normal, Texas, find their partying ways threatened by a mysterious werewolf who likes to eat stoners. All that stands in the way of total mayhem (or maybe the casue of it) is Grass County Sheriff Hardwood, his "gifted" man-scout son, Bumper, and his "illegal" deputy, Rodriguez. They'll find some help from Mary Jane, and her Uncle Junebug, the drunken talk show host and his nympho co-anchor, Indian wanna-be hippies, a survivalists, hot lesiban lovers, and the one-and-only "Willie", and even a sasquatch.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: scary, captivating, semi serious, humorous
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Die You Zombie Bastards! (2005)
Plot Summary:
Red Toole is an average good-hearted serial killer who enjoys killing hippies almost as much as he loves his wife Violet. But when Violet is kidnapped Toole sets out to reclaim the woman he loves, with unusual and often hilarious results.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 738
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, cynical, semi serious, scary, horror comedy, extreme horror, offbeat, independent film, campy
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Deformed Monsters (1997)
Plot Summary:
Mad scientist brings Dracula, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and Frankenstein's Monster to life... but there's a problem and they end up three feet tall.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 831
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, independent film, scary, offbeat, suspenseful, semi serious, psychotronic, spoof, meta
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My Uncle John Is a Zombie! (2016)
Plot Summary:
A zombie kept in hiding by his niece and nephew for over forty years suddenly becomes famous when the world discovers he can talk and reason as though he were alive. As his popularity grows, he is discovered by zombie hunters who want to kidnap him and hunt him for sport.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, captivating, suspense, semi serious, humorous, independent film
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C.H.U.D. II - Bud the Chud (1989)
Plot Summary:
A military experiment to create a race of super-warriors go awry, and legions of murderous zombies are unleased upon a surburan neighborhood.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, independent film, offbeat, semi serious, natural horror, sexy, unusual plot structure, bloody, suspense
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Madelines (2022)
Plot Summary:
Working in their garage, indie entrepreneurs Madeline and Owen discover the secret of time travel. There's only one hitch: a bug in the code creates a new copy of Madeline at the same time every day.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, futuristic, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Sleeping Beauty (2014)
Plot Summary:
When a young Prince and his trusted aid learn of a beautiful Princess's cursed eternal slumber, they embark on a journey to rescue her. They must battle an evil queen and legions of undead monsters before she will be free.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: semi serious, exciting, captivating, bleak, suspense, offbeat
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Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)
Plot Summary:
Sequel to "Goosebumps".
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, semi serious, slasher, mystic, horror comedy, dark fairy tale, cult classic, action adventure, bleak, exciting
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Mom (1990)
Plot Summary:
During a time when the city of Los Angeles is terrorized by animal attack style murders, a kindly elderly lady provides a nomad with room and board. It turns out that he is a werewolf and is responsible for the recent killings. He bites the elderly woman, turning her into a hungry werewolf. Now her adult son must try to prevent the both of them from doing any more harm.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 864
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, christian film, bleak, dark, independent film, scary, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, ridiculous
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Frankenstein and Me (1996)
Plot Summary:
No overview found.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 494
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: spooky, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, surprise ending
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Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? (2014)
Plot Summary:
Bella Thorne, Madison Pettis and Ryan Ochoa lead an ensemble cast in this spook-tacular adventure with new ghosts, new thrills, and the return of some old friends. Max (Ochoa) only has eyes for Cammy (Thorne), the smart, popular redhead at school. When Max finally scores a date with Cammy on Halloween, Phears, an evil ghost with plans on taking over the world, unleashes his ghouls and things go haywire. With the help of his ghostly pals, Tara and Nicky, can Max thwart Phears' evil plot, help reunite his ghost friends with their long-lost parents and still make his date with Cammy on Halloween? R.L. Stine's Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? is a frightful family delight!.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, humorous, entertaining, stylized
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R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls (2015)
Plot Summary:
Teenage friends must resist the spell of an evil showman staging a house of horrors show in their small town.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, entertaining, scary, captivating, teen
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The Prometheus Project (2010)
Plot Summary:
Young Scientists Elizabeth Burns explores the impact on the human body stem cells. A specific feature of these cells to interact with dead flesh has been subjected to blackmail heroine is forced to continue chilling experiments. Once she recovers just killed a man and begins a nightmare, whose name is Frankenstein Syndrome.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, independent film, scary, extraordinary, cult film
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Mockingbird Lane (2012)
Plot Summary:
Grandpa Sam Dracula is essentially Dracula who assembled Herman because no man was good enough for his daughter Lily, a sexy vamp. Lily's niece Marilyn the freak is actually normal and Lily and Herman's only child, Eddie, has his werewolf tendencies surface in puberty, forcing the family to relocate to their famous 1313 Mockingbird Lane address.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, semi serious, gothic, captivating, offbeat, psychotronic, spoof, black comedy, dark comedy
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Tales of Halloween (2015)
Plot Summary:
Ten stories from horror's top directors. Ghosts, ghouls, monsters, and the devil delight in terrorizing unsuspecting residents of a suburban neighborhood on Halloween night. This creepy anthology combines classic Halloween tales with the stuff of nightmares.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: anthology, suspense, horror comedy, dark, absurd, disturbing, spooky, humorous, captivating, psychological
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The Dog Who Saved Halloween (2011)
Plot Summary:
Zeus (voiced by Joey Lawrence) and the Bannister family have moved into a new home just in time for Halloween! When Zeus and George (Gary Valentine of "The King of Queens") decide to investigate a creepy neighbor (Lance Henriksen of Aliens), they discover a scary dog (voiced by Mayim Bialik of "Blossom" and "The Big Bang Theory"), a haunted house and form a surprising partnership with a familiar pair of bumbling burglars (Dean Cain and Joey "Coco" Diaz). Can Zeus bust some ghosts, find a missing cat and face his biggest fear, all in time to go trick or treating? Elisa Donovan ("Sabrina the Teenage Witch") and Curtis Armstrong (Revenge of the Nerds) star in this all-new thrills & chills adventure from the creators of The Dog Who Saved Christmas and The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 483
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, semi serious
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Neil Stryker and The Tyrant of Time (2017)
Plot Summary:
In a madcap future era, the world's greatest secret agent, Neil Stryker, struggles to rescue his young son from the clutches of his infamous former mentor.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, futuristic, satirical, semi serious
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Spaced Invaders (1990)
Plot Summary:
A crew of Martians overhears a radio broadcast of Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" coming from Earth, and, thinking the Martian fleet is attacking Earth, they land their broken-down ship in a backwater mid-American town. As luck would have it, they land on Halloween and get mistaken for trick-or-treaters. Comedy ensues as the Martians try to get taken seriously.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: cult classic, humorous, dark, grindhouse, independent film, offbeat, semi serious, surprise ending, slapstick comedy, parody
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Flashback (2021)
Plot Summary:
A woman lawyer travels back in time and crosses paths with other women in history who fought for women's rights.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 852
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: funny, thought provoking, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Goosebumps (2015)
Plot Summary:
After moving to a small town, Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets next door neighbor Hannah, the daughter of bestselling Goosebumps series author R.L. Stine. When Zach unintentionally unleashes real monsters from their manuscripts and they begin to terrorize the town, it’s suddenly up to Stine, Zach and Hannah to get all of them back in the books where they belong.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 94000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, scary, funny, entertaining, semi serious, feel good, horror comedy, inspirational, romantic
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Halloweentown (1998)
Plot Summary:
On her 13th birthday, Marnie learns she's a witch, discovers a secret portal, and is transported to Halloweentown — a magical place where ghosts and ghouls, witches and werewolves live apart from the human world. But she soon finds herself battling wicked warlocks, evil curses, and endless surprises.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, tense, captivating, melancholic, psychotronic, scary, teen, spooky, terrifying
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Ghoulies (1985)
Plot Summary:
A young man and his girlfriend move into the man's old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a need to control ancient demons.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, sexy, light, splatter, semi serious, suspenseful, cult classic, psychotronic, horror comedy
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House II: The Second Story (1987)
Plot Summary:
Young urban professionals Jesse (Arye Gross) and his girlfriend Kate (Lar Park Lincoln), move into an old mansion that has been in Jesse's family for generations. They are soon joined by Jesse's goofy friend Charlie (Jonathan Stark), who brought along his diva girlfriend Lana (Amy Yasbeck), in the hopes of being discovered by Kate, who works for a record company. Jesse has returned to this old family mansion after his parents were murdered when he was a baby. While going through old things in the basement, Jesse finds a picture of his great-great grandfather (and namesake) in front of a Mayan temple holding a crystal skull with jewels in the eyes. In the background is a man Jesse learns is Slim Razor, a former partner of his great-great grandfather turned bitter enemy after a disagreement over who would get to keep the skull.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, independent film, spooky, retro, slasher, horror comedy, cult horror, offbeat, suspenseful