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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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Lobster Man from Mars (1989)
Plot Summary:
Young film student tries to sell his weird movie to a desperate film producer who is in need of a tax write-off. The producer screens the film "Lobster Man From Mars". What follows is one of the most bizarre and funny film within-a-film send-ups: Mars suffers from an air leakage, and send the dreaded Lobster Man to Earth to steal its air. The plot is foiled by a mad scientist, a girl, and an army colonel. The producer buys the movie, but it makes a huge profit and the producer is sent to jail, with the film student taking his place as the studio hot shot.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 682
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: parody, retro, independent film, offbeat, humorous, epic, semi serious, psychotronic, spoof, cult film
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Creature from the Hillbilly Lagoon (2005)
Plot Summary:
A group of college students run afoul of not only a passel of insane, inbred rednecks, but also a humanoid fish monster bent on making chum of them all.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, semi serious, suspense, psychotronic, spoof, parody
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Mega Scorpions (2003)
Plot Summary:
Residents of a half-way house are bombarded by 6 foot long killer scorpions. A horror/comedy homage to the giant mutant bug films of the 1950's. The film was shown at the Frightvision Horror Festival in 2003, but has yet to see release on DVD, Blu-ray, or VOD.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 281
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, disturbing, independent film
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Ghost Killers VS. Bloody Mary (2018)
Plot Summary:
A group of three youtubers who call themselves experts in supernatural beings decide to win public recognition once and for all. For this they plot a plan to capture a being known to all. It is the spirit of a light-haired woman who died in an unknown way and who haunts the bathrooms of schools across the country: the blonde in the bathroom.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Brazil
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: parody, tense, humorous, scary, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
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Black Friday (2020)
Plot Summary:
When the holiday season’s hottest new toy, the Tickle-Me Wiggly, hits the shelves, the city of Hatchetfield goes mad for it, literally. That’s when Tom Houston, Lex Foster, Becky Barnes and a few familiar faces, must fight through a sea of murderous mall-goers to save humanity from an inter dimensional being with a taste for chaos. When Wiggly comes to town, will the world survive Black Friday?.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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The Naked Monster (2005)
Plot Summary:
Using soundtracks and extensive footage from many old movies, this spoof/homage of 1950's science-fiction films brings back many favorite actors from these classic movies, some reprising their former roles, to help destroy a giant stop-motion monster that is threatening to destroy Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 345
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, captivating, disturbing, mysterious, psychotronic, independent film, spoof
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Weedjies: Halloweed Night (2019)
Plot Summary:
When a midnight scavenger hunt for a rare bud of weed known as the "Golden Nug" brings a group of party-hungry stoners to a haunted hotel, it seems like it’ll be the greatest night ever. But when the enigmatic owner, Madam Haze, introduces them to the Weed-G-Board, they open a portal beyond our world, and unleash The Weedjies! This group of ghastly hysterical creatures has only one mission: Party ‘till you die. Before Halloween night is over, the unwitting guests will have to fight for their right to party, and put The Weedjies back in the board - or end up sucked into the netherworld forever!.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, retro, horror comedy
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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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Terror in the Swamp (1985)
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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Heebie Jeebies (2013)
Plot Summary:
When a haunted gold mine is reopened after a 150 years, a horrific supernatural creature escapes to exact vengeance on a small Southern town.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 519
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: mystical, tense, suspense, disturbing
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Bugged (1996)
Plot Summary:
Bugged! tells the story of a group of bumbling exterminators who are called over to the house of an attractive young novelist to rid her house of insects. Unfortunately, due to a horrible chemical mix-up, the poison spray causes the bugs to grow to enormous sizes, and pretty soon everyone's trapped inside the house and have to find a way to stop the dastardly pests before they start multiplying and take over the world.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, natural horror, scary, rough, offbeat, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, psychotronic, campy
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Critters Attack! (2019)
Plot Summary:
Follows 20-year-old Drea, who reluctantly takes a job babysitting for a professor of a college she hopes to attend. Struggling to entertain the professor's children Trissy and Jake, along with her own little brother Phillip , Drea takes them on a hike, unaware that mysterious alien critters have crash-landed and started devouring every living thing they encounter.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, retro, perverse, horror comedy, slasher
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Severed Ties (1992)
Plot Summary:
A regeneration experiment on a severed arm goes awry, turning the limb into a murderous, reptilian creature.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 741
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, twist ending, horror comedy, cult film
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Killer Piñata (2015)
Plot Summary:
A possessed piñata, seeking to avenge the savagery that humanity has inflicted on his kind, picks off a group of friends, one by one, in an unending night of terror.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 354
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, psychotronic, weird
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Beast Mode (2020)
Plot Summary:
After accidentally killing his lead star, a has-been hollywood producer turns to an ancient herbal elixir, in the hope that it will save his career. He makes a dark deal that unleashes a band of bloodthirsty, shape-shifting, ferocious beasts on LA.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 416
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, unusual plot structure, humorous, psychotronic, parody
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Hobgoblins (1988)
Plot Summary:
A group of hobgoblins, who allow you to live out your fantasies but kill you in the process, escape from a studio vault, and a security guard and his friends must stop them before dawn.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scenic, mockbuster, horror comedy, independent film, scary, humorous, suspenseful, not serious, erotic, psychotronic
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Drainiac! (2000)
Plot Summary:
Some teenagers in an old house find that there's something evil in the water.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 380
Genere: Horror, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, semi serious, independent film
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The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001)
Plot Summary:
Remember the good old days when anyone with a camera and a few thousand bucks could schlep up to Bronson canyon and quickly make a cheap sci-fi/horror B-movie? Well, they're back! The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra is an affectionate, meticulous re-creation of those notoriously cheesy clunkers, as a gaggle of beloved stereotypes pursue "that rarest of radioactive elements - atmospherium.".
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, talky, stylized, light, atmospheric, absurd, not serious, parody, black and white, cult classic
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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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The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966)
Plot Summary:
US Navy battles monsters unearthed from the frozen arctic.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 780
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: retro, suspense, natural horror, psychotronic, independent film, lovecraft, campy
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Terrordactyl (2016)
Plot Summary:
When a meteor shower rains down outside Los Angeles, Jonas and Lars, two friends stuck in tired, boring lives, head out to find a meteor and strike it rich. After recovering one, they start being stalked by terrordactyls, ancient flying reptiles that launch a full-on assault on the city. Trying to survive, they go on the run.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 802
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: action adventure, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing
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Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda (2014)
Plot Summary:
An American scientist up to no good (as usual) by creating the half-pterodactyl, half-barracuda: Pteracuda. When the creature inevitably escapes, it's up to Sharktopus to stop him.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, exciting, tense, natural horror, retro, mockbuster, psychotronic, weird
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Bubba the Redneck Werewolf (2014)
Plot Summary:
Cracker County is under attack and lovesick dog catcher Bubba Blanche has been transformed into a ferocious, cigar smoking Werewolf in order to save the day. But first he's got to conquer a beer or two. And maybe a plate of chicken wings.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 539
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, dark comedy
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Monsturd (2003)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer mutates with a chemical inside a sewer, to become a monster made of human waste just as the FBI and police are onto him.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, slasher, suspense, horror comedy, independent film, rough, offbeat
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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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Munchies (1987)
Plot Summary:
Simon Watterman, a space archaeologist, discovers the "Munchies" in a cave in Peru. Cecil Watterman, Simon's evil twin brother and snack food entrepreneur, kidnaps the creature. What Cecil does not know is that the creature, when chopped up, regenerates into many new creatures and are they mean!.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, retro, scenic, independent film, scary, parody, offbeat, humorous, not serious, slapstick
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Tremors (1990)
Plot Summary:
Hick handymen Val McKee and Earl Bassett can barely eke out a living in the Nevada hamlet of Perfection, so they decide to leave town -- despite an admonition from a shapely seismology coed who's picking up odd readings on her equipment. Before long, Val and Earl discover what's responsible for those readings: 30-foot-long carnivorous worms with a proclivity for sucking their prey underground.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 147000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, entertaining, suspenseful, horror comedy, humorous, cult classic, dark comedy, suspense, splatter, black comedy
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Return of the Living Dead II (1988)
Plot Summary:
A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek out brains.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: funny, horror comedy, scary, humorous, slasher, splatter, cult classic, cult horror, classic horror, apocalyptic
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Sharktopus (2010)
Plot Summary:
The U.S. Navy's special group "Blue Water" builds a half-shark, half-octopus for combat. But the sharktopus escapes and terrorizes the beaches of Puerto Vallarta.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: semi serious, scary, suspense, absurd, natural horror, retro, mockbuster, horror comedy, cult classic, hilarious