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Plot Summary:
Tony Todd (Clive Barker's Candyman, Final Destination 2) is Dr. Henry Jekyll in this blood-drenched, modern adaptation of the macabre classic. Part crime thriller, part psychological horror, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde takes Robert Louis Stevenson's sinister story to chilling new depths as Mr. Hyde leaves a grisly trail while terrorizing local college co-eds. With the police bearing down on him, Mr. Hyde attacks Henry's fiancee in the demented denouement of this twisted tale that must be seen to be believed!.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, slasher, psychotronic
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2008)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Henry Jekyll is a well-regarded physician whose evenings are spent researching a rare and sacred Amazonian flower so potent it's said to literally separate the soul, giving life to man's Dark Self. The obsessive experiments to isolate its psychotropic properties happen to coincide with a series of brutal murders gripping the city with fear. Jekyll knows it's no coincidence. While his nights are lost to him, he awakens with bloody mementos and violent memories of the screams of his victims.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense
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Curse of the Swamp Creature (1968)
Plot Summary:
A mad scientist is conducting experiments with evolution on the locals deep in the rural swamps of Texas.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 794
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: retro, slasher, independent film, scary, serious, psychotronic, cult film
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Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical (2001)
Plot Summary:
Musical version of the Robert Louis Stevenson story about a doctor who conducts an experiment on himself that results in his bringing out the dark, murderous side of his inner self, "Mr. Hyde".
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 670
Genere: Horror, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, stylized, horror musical, realistic
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2000)
Plot Summary:
The Hong Kong martial arts version of Jekyll and Hyde, with Hyde as the mythical fighting champion known as the White Tiger battling the Triads, drug trafficking and illegal organ transplants.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 411
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Australia
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, mythical
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973)
Plot Summary:
Musical version of the story in which Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Horror, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags:
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Doctor Hackenstein (1988)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Hackenstein is a genial but somewhat misguided scientist. He murders the locals for their body parts, but it's not for power or scientific research; he just needs them to put his wife back together.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, independent film, scary, offbeat, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, slapstick, psychotronic, campy
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Jekyll + Hyde (2006)
Plot Summary:
Henry Jekyll is a young science student who, along with his friend Mary, experiments with various drugs and compounds in order to create a personality-enhancing drug that he believes will turn him into the successful and popular person he so craves to be. But after testing the drug on Mary and himself, Jekyll discovers it has horrific consequences - ones that he might not be able to control.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, slasher, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, suspense
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I, Monster (1971)
Plot Summary:
Christopher Lee stars in this Amicus production of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” where the names have been changed to Dr. Marlowe and Mr. Blake. Lee as Dr. Marlowe experiments with intravenous drugs that are suppose to release inner inhibitions. So comes forth Mr. Blake (also Lee) who gets more monstrous with each transformation. Peter Cushing plays his friend and colleague, Dr. Utterson.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, grindhouse, classic horror, gothic, medical horror, independent film, scary, mind bending, bleak, serious
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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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Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971)
Plot Summary:
In foggy London Dr Jekyll experiments on newly deceased women determined to discover an elixir for immortal life. Success enables his spectacular transformation into the beautiful but psychotic Sister Hyde who stalks the dark alleys of Whitechapel for young, innocent, female victims, ensuring continuation of the bloodstained research. With each transformation Sister Hyde becomes the more dominant personality, determined to eventually suppress the frail, ineffectual Dr Jekyll forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: gothic, grindhouse, classic horror, queer horror, scary, psychological, atmospheric, serious, slasher, suspenseful
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The Immortalizer (1989)
Plot Summary:
A crazed scientist sends out his mutant creations to kidnap young, beautiful men and women to bring back to his lab so he can transplant their brains into the bodies of old, wealthy people.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 526
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, serious, slasher, suspenseful
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 710
Genere: Sci-Fi, Horror, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspense, gothic horror, scary, psychological, bleak, serious, slasher, suspenseful, period drama
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The Machine (1994)
Plot Summary:
This deftly made French psychological thriller terrifies with its exploration of an experiment gone horribly wrong. Dr. Marc Lacroix, a psychiatrist specializing in brain functions, is obsessed with the link between mind and spirit. To find his link he studies the criminally insane. He builds a secret machine, known only to his mistress Marianne, in which he hopes to exchange minds between humans. He simultaneously wants to help the mentally ill recover, and he wants to experience their madness. He chooses the psychotic killer, Zyto, a man who stabbed at least three women, for his experiment. The initial experiment is successful and the two exchange minds. But trouble ensues when Zyto refuses to reverse the switch. There is little Marc can do when Zyto takes over Marc's life, and more ominously his wife and child whom are unknowingly in mortal danger. Marc, encased in Zyto's body, is returned to the asylum. Will Marc's wife recognize the danger? Will Zyto kill again?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 729
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, bleak, futuristic, suspenseful, psychological, psychological thriller, scary, serious, unusual plot structure
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Jekyll & Hyde (1990)
Plot Summary:
Henry Jekyll is a troubled man. His wife died of pneumonia. He wants his sister-in-law, but her father forbids any contact. And his experiments into the dual nature of man have yielded a personality-splitting drug that he has tested on himself, changing him into an uninhibited brute who seeks violent and undignified pleasures. Jekyll quickly becomes addicted to the sordid freedom induced by the drug. He can commit the most enjoyably revolting deeds, then return to his laboratory and use an antidote to change back to his original form, so that his lofty persona remains untarnished.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, scary, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, disturbing, tech noir, tense, serious, tension
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Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1968)
Plot Summary:
A man who loves to travel, travels to an island where a mad doctor is creating zombies.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 890
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Philippines
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, bleak, bloody, grindhouse, independent film, scary, mind bending, offbeat
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Jekyll (2007)
Plot Summary:
London, 2007. Tom Jackman is the only living descendent of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He has made a deal with his dark side: a body share. What Mr. Hyde doesn't know is that Tom has a family. There is a wife and two children that he'll do anything to protect from his dark side. With all the resources of modern technology, and the best surveillance hardware, he's determined to keep his dark side in line. He's done a deal with his own devil. What neither of them knows is that an ancient organisation, with limitless wealth and power, is monitoring their every move, and a plan over a century in the making is coming to fruition.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 334 min
Plot tags: psychological, dark, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, scary, dramatic, thought provoking, spooky, queer horror
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Venus Flytrap (1967)
Plot Summary:
A mad scientist creates man eating creatures from carnivorous plants.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 664
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: natural horror, grindhouse, independent film, scary, offbeat, bleak, serious, suspenseful, experimental, psychotronic
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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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Terror of Frankenstein (1977)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 321
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Sweden, Ireland
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Frankenstein (1992)
Plot Summary:
In the early 19th century, Dr. Frankenstein (Patrick Bergin, Sleeping with the Enemy) discovers the secret of life – how to create a perfect man – powerful, intelligent and immune to disease. But something goes wrong in the laboratory and the doctor’s hideous creation (Randy Quaid, National Lampoon’s Vacation) disappears into the night. At first, Frankenstein hoped that the horrible monster would perish in the wilderness, but now he senses that it’s alive and sets out for him. Dr. Frankenstein tracks the creature to the Arctic, where the two must battle to decide who will become the master of the other’s life…or death. “Nobody’s ever done a Frankenstein like this one and nobody’s ever done a better one” (Houston Chronicle).
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 642
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, gothic horror
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Night of the Scarecrow (1995)
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A group of drunk teenagers accidently set free the spirit of a warlock, which possesses a scarecrow. The scarecrow goes on a bloody rampage killing the descendents of the men who had killed the warlock a century before. A newcomer and the daughter of the mayor try to stop it before it is too late and the warlock can reincarnate.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, suspenseful, serious, slasher, independent film, mind bending, cult film
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The Prometheus Project (2010)
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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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IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, serious, offbeat
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IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 787
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 792
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
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IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 988
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IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
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A idyllic, small, self-sufficient community. On the surface, it seems like the perfect neighborhood. Everything you could possibly need is within walking distance. But...the pastoral exterior conceals a dark past and an even darker secret. As a group of individuals-each with their own ties and agendas with the town and each other-converges on the enclave, strange things begin to happen. Very strange things. Strange enough to test- and then break-the very fabric of reality itself.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 470
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, scary, independent film, psychotronic