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Plot Summary:
Jack Slade was born during a solar eclipse in the year 1980. 18 years later, he finds out he has the ability to travel into the future. He projects himself into the year 2035, where society has been destroyed by a fascist regiment of psychopathic doctors that rule the wastelands, creating deformed mutants with a serum synthesized from the flesh of dead aliens. Now Slade must travel back to the year 1998 to destroy a device known as the wavelength generator, which opened the dimensional gateways to these alien beings. With the help of an army of female outlaws and a sleazy detective, Slade re-connects with the star child Khadijah, who holds the key to stopping these tragic events from ever taking place.
IMDB Rating: 1.8
IMDB Votes: 537
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, futuristic, independent film
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The Time Guardian (1987)
Plot Summary:
In the distant future, the human race nears extinction and a new race of beast-like creatures rule the earth. The few surviving people live in the City, a huge protected construction with the ability to travel in both space and time. The City travels back to our time to save humanity.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: futuristic, cult classic, independent film, serious, suspenseful, cult film
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Time of the Apes (1985)
Plot Summary:
A female scientist and two children are accidentally transported into a future dominated by primates.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, offbeat, bleak, serious, experimental
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Idaho Transfer (1973)
Plot Summary:
A crew of young researchers escape into the future to avoid the shutdown of their project. They find that some type of 'eco-crisis' disaster has de-populated the area around their lab (in rural Idaho) and, by implication, the nation or maybe the world. Stranded in the barren future, in their travels they encounter an abandoned freight train possibly full of corpses (maybe, it isn't very clear). One of them travels further into the future and meets a family in a futuristic automobile, implying that that humankind has recovered from the disaster (or have they?).
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, independent film, exciting, offbeat, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, weird
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Evilution (2008)
Plot Summary:
An alien bacterium resurrects the dead on Earth.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 765
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, exciting, futuristic
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In the Year 2889 (1969)
Plot Summary:
The last seven survivors of a nuclear war barricade themselves against an attack by a mutant cannibal.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, independent film, scary, rough, bleak, serious, psychotronic, campy
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Empty (2011)
Plot Summary:
A suspenseful drama about a young couple on a road trip who get caught in the midst of a worldwide gas shortage.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 727
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, suspense, independent film
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Johnny 2.0 (1997)
Plot Summary:
When Dr. Johnny Dalton awakens, after being beaten by a group of eco-terrorists who were vandalizing his lab at biotech firm Azina, his business partner Frank Donahue tells him him that 15 years have passed and Johnny is merely a clone of himself. He's been created to track down the real Dr. Dalton who has disappeared, taking with him Azine's most devastating discovery as well as the key to disarming Johnny's genetic time-bomb. Johnny is captured, however he finds an ally among the rebels in Nikki Holland, leading him to the real Dr. Dalton, who reveals secrets about Azine, Donahue and the mysterious Mr. Bosch that are far more shocking than anything they ever expected. This futuristic thriller takes the concept of genetic engineering to a whole new level, and into a frightening world that may be just over the horizon.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 344
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: cyber, serious, futuristic, suspenseful
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Encrypt (2003)
Plot Summary:
2068, the ozone layer is gone and the world is a wasteland. A band of mercenaries attempt to break into a Estate that is guarded by a automated defence system called "Encrypt" in order to steal priceless artwork.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, captivating, tech noir, futuristic
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Alien Dawn (2012)
Plot Summary:
2012. The dawn of destruction. As giant alien machines enslave and feed off humanity, the few remaining survivors band together to form a armed militia that will be the last stand against total extinction (IMDB.com).
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 943
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, independent film
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The Slime People (1963)
Plot Summary:
After Los Angeles is invaded by an army of subterranean monsters a small group of people must fight for survival in the deserted metropolis.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: serious, scary, tense, suspense, grindhouse, independent film, psychotronic, cult film
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Mutant World (2014)
Plot Summary:
A decade after a disastrous meteor impact wipes out most of society, a group of survivalists emerge to find themselves on a twisted version of the old Earth, with a nascent society besieged by vicious marauders, ferocious mutants, and the dreadful symptoms of a post-apocalyptic environment.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 712
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, tense, captivating, scary
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H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds (2005)
Plot Summary:
In this modern retelling of H.G. Wells' classic sci-fi horror, civilization is laid to ruin when a super race of aliens invades Earth. In a blink of an eye, massive "walkers" cover the planet, annihilating all in their path. As cities crumble and human flesh is ripped from the bone, one man struggles to find the one weapon that will turn the tide for mankind.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: intense, serious, suspenseful, mockbuster, suspense, futuristic, perverse, exciting, thought provoking, breathtaking
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Nemesis 2: Nebula (1995)
Plot Summary:
It has been 73 years since Alex failed and the Humans lost the Cyborg Wars. Since then, the Humans have been enslaved. Scientists have developed a new DNA strain, which could signal the end of the Cyborgs, and they inject it into a volunteer. When the Cyborgs learn of the woman and the baby they list both for termination.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: futuristic, apocalyptic, psychotronic, independent film, exciting, bleak, serious, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending
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Planet Earth (1974)
Plot Summary:
Planet Earth is a sequel to Gene Roddenberry's Genesis II (1973) made-for-TV movie, in which a NASA scientist, Dylan Hunt, is revived from suspended animation in the post-nuclear war United States. In Planet Earth, Dylan is now a sworn member of PAX, the colony of people who revived him. Dylan and his PAX team find another colony which is ruled by women and where all men are slaves. He is captured and sold as a slave, but escapes and organizes a rebellion. Dylan once again has a profound influence in the new world that he finds himself in, in the year 2233.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 866
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, grindhouse, exciting, offbeat, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, psychotronic, cult film
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Death Squad (2014)
Plot Summary:
The year is 2047. Our planet is ruled by the repressive Confederate Central Government (CCG). Ryan is a Green War rebel agent sent on a mission by Sponge to collect evidence against the CCG for its heinous crimes. Ryan soon faces the sinister Colonel Asimov, Major Anderson and a group of mercenaries lead by Lobo. His mission quickly turns chaotic when he meets Tuage, a mutant survivor of the CCG rebellion who swears to help Ryan save what is left of their world … or does she?.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, futuristic, tense, apocalyptic, bleak
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Zombex (2013)
Plot Summary:
ZOMBEX tells the story of a post-Katrina New Orleans as it deals with a new disaster, a zombie apocalypse. NOLA residents are no longer experiencing the depression and post-traumatic stress due to the trauma of the hurricane, thanks to the revolutionary ZOMBEX - a rogue, yet, "clinically-proven" anti-depressant pharmaceutical manufactured by a nefarious organization. For those who call the Big Easy their home, everything is just now turning around for them. Or, could it just be the drug, ZOMBEX, talking... Just as things are turning around for the city and its people, they once again must face a disaster of epic proportions. Only this time, they're dealing with the prospect of losing the people of New Orleans as they turn into the city's walking dead.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 738
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic
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Android Apocalypse (2006)
Plot Summary:
Machines have taken over, but left humans thinking that they are still the ones in charge. The androids need humans because of the human brain fluid; without it the android brains can't work. Until the mad scientist finds out how to make this brain fluid artificially that is.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, futuristic, suspenseful, bleak, apocalyptic, epic
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Crawl or Die (2014)
Plot Summary:
Earth as we know it is gone. A virus has destroyed the planet and rendered all its women infertile, all but one. An elite team of soldiers are tasked with bringing the woman to safety on the newly habitable Earth Two. But when they are forced underground they find themselves fighting for survival from an bloodthirsty creature in a maze of ever shrinking tunnels. As the team's ranks start to dwindle, the tunnels shrink and the ammunition run out, the crawl for survival becomes more and more desperate.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychological, tense, space horror, captivating, suspense
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Descendents (2008)
Plot Summary:
In an undefined future, the earth has been destroyed by man, and the air polluted with a mysterious virus that turns humans into zombies. Only a few children are immune to the disease and have adapted to these extreme conditions and survived. Camille, a nine year old girl wanders through these desolate wastelands, protecting herself from zombies and the armed military forces that roam the land killing anyone who might be infected. However, the little girl will find other kids like her that share a recurring dream of: they all have visions of the ocean as their destiny. Together they will try to survive the journey to the ocean in search of an escape from the military who seem to be as determined on their destruction as on the zombies. Written by David Pollison/Solos Website.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 539
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Chile
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, serious, suspenseful, experimental, natural horror, exciting, offbeat, lovecraft
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Raiders of the Damned (2007)
Plot Summary:
The Day The World Ended, They Thought The Fight Was Over. They Were Wrong.
IMDB Rating: 1.9
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, bleak, futuristic, suspenseful, scary, serious, independent film
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2084 (2009)
Plot Summary:
Not much left since the world died. That's what they called it the day the virus took over and people went inside, never to leave their homes again. Soon after that, the last of the food was gone, the last drop of gas was used up, the government collapsed. Chaos... on a global scale.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, psychological, tense, apocalyptic, captivating, suspense, exciting, rough, bleak
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Teenage Caveman (2002)
Plot Summary:
In a post-apocalyptic future mankind is lives in a prehistoric manner. After killing his father for sexually assaulting his girlfriend, the son of a tribal leader runs away with a group of his teenage friends. They are taken in by Neil and Judith who introduce them to the vices outlawed by their tribes namely sex and drugs.Neil and Judith, however, are genetically altered indestructible mutants who have their own plans for the future of the human race.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, bleak, queer horror, futuristic, splatter, psychotronic, sex comedy
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The Terror Within (1989)
Plot Summary:
Experiments in biological warfare have destroyed all but a few remnants of the human race. Alone in a lab, eight students work feverishly to create a vaccine before they are forced outside in search for food. It is then that the surviving scientists discover creatures mutated by the plague. Now they prepare to do battle against their worst fear: The Terror Within.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: futuristic, serious, suspenseful, scary, apocalyptic, retro, mystic, cult horror, independent film, exciting
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Parasite (1982)
Plot Summary:
Paul Dean has created a deadly parasite that is now attached to his stomach. He and his female companion, Patricia Welles, must find a way to destroy it while also trying to avoid Ricus, his rednecks, and an evil government agent named Merchant.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, rough, serious, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, futuristic, natural horror, apocalyptic
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Deadland (2009)
Plot Summary:
In the radiation-infected aftermath of World War III, one man's desperate attempt to find his wife in the wastelands that were once the United States inspires his fellow survivors to fight for humanity. The bomb has dropped, and in the blink of an eye, America has been plunged back into the Stone Age. Money is worthless, food is scarce, and those who once thought they were fortunate to survive the initial attack are now slowly being consumed from the inside out, the victims of an all-consuming nuclear scourge. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 667
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, apocalyptic, psychological, tense, rough, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful
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Aftermath (2014)
Plot Summary:
Searching for a happy ending to a tale of unimaginable disaster and horror, nine strangers find themselves holed up together in a farmhouse cellar in rural Texas. The United States has hastily become embroiled in World War 3. A young doctor named Hunter survives the nuclear attack and is thrown together by happenstance with a group of wounded and frightened victims, including Elizabeth, a strong-willed confidant to Hunter, Brad - an antagonistic redneck jackass, and Jennifer, a barely coherent young woman suffering from severe post-traumatic stress. Together, they attempt to endure the devastating holocaust as they struggle with claustrophobia and conflicting personalities. In a makeshift shelter, Hunter and his dying companions wait for news from the government while fending off hunger, radiation sickness, and a horde of frightened and dying refugees.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, psychological, bleak, serious, scary, captivating, apocalyptic, independent film, erotic
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Autumn (2009)
Plot Summary:
The virus came so fast no one had time to prepare. Before the day was over, entire towns were decimated, and large cities became monumental tombs. Left with nothing but fading hope and the will to live, reclusive software consultant Michael (Dexter Fletcher) and temperamental mechanic Carl (Dickon Tolson) lead a small group of survivors into the country in hopes of riding out the coming winter. But now the decaying victims of the plague are reanimating, growing more smart and vicious with each passing day. Now, the only hope for the survival of the human race is Phillip (Carradine), a man who refused to leave the city, and has somehow avoided becoming food for the flesh-eating masses.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, bleak, serious, apocalyptic, suspense, interactive
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After the Dawn (2012)
Plot Summary:
A survivor of warfare born chemical attack, Cassie Becker faces a new world of terrible realization. The Human race has suffered terrible recourse in the wake of an attack that never should have been leaving the remaining inhabitants in a state far less then human. It has been six months since to the day in this new world of indescribable destruction and isolated fear. In search of the only person she holds dear Cassie must fight the onslaught of creatures once precious to her in an unstoppable journey to reunite.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense
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Dead Shadows (2012)
Plot Summary:
Dead Shadows tells the terrifying story about a young man, Chris, whose parents were brutally killed 11 years ago, on the same day that the comet of Haley could be seen from earth. Tonight, a new comet is going to appear and everyone in Chris’s building are getting ready for a big apocalypse party to celebrate the event. As the night falls, Chris starts to discover that people are acting strange and it seems to somehow be connected to the comet. People are becoming disoriented and violent and it doesn’t take long before they start mutating into something from beyond this world.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, tense, suspense, lovecraft
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Remains (2011)
Plot Summary:
The story centers on two lone survivors of a bizarre accident that reduced most of the world's population to zombies. They take refuge in a vacant casino and fight a losing battle against the undead.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, rough, futuristic, scenic, scary, offbeat, bleak, serious