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Plot Summary:
6th Grade gets a new substitute teacher. She wants to train the class for an international competition in Paris. But something isn't right. How is she able read kids' minds? Why is she so mean? And how does she manage to convince everyone's parents she is so great when the whole class knows she is really an alien?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, enigmatic, scary, captivating, horror comedy, underground film, disturbing, cult classic, serious, suspenseful
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Top of the Food Chain (1999)
Plot Summary:
An isolated Canadian town (populated by the weirdest group of people this side of Saturn) has seen its share of problems. First the nut factory closed, then the CATV antenna stopped broadcasting, and now something is gruesomely devouring the townsfolk! Can visiting atomic scientist (and expert on "cool fusion") Dr. Karel Lamonte solve the mystery before everyone disappears?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: cult classic, parody, offbeat, humorous, witty, not serious, spoof, weird, cult film
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Alien Trespass (2009)
Plot Summary:
In 1957 a fiery object crashes into a mountaintop in the California desert, bringing the threat of disaster to Earth. Out of the flying saucer escapes a murderous creature, the Ghota, bent on destroying all life forms on the planet. A benevolent alien from the spaceship, Urp, inhabits the body of Ted Lewis, an astronomer and with the help of Tammy, a diner waitress, sets out to save mankind.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, not serious, exciting, horror comedy, captivating, parody, funny, slasher, psychotronic
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Not of This Earth (1988)
Plot Summary:
A science fiction vampire movie. The Vampire is an emissary from an embattled world near destruction who teleports to Earth to see if they can live here. He finds that our blood is nourishing and that at least one source of it is a steady stream of transfusions. He hypnotizes a Dr. to provide them and has his blond nurse move in to administer them.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: gothic, sex comedy, tech noir, cult classic, scary, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, fast, psychotronic
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The Day the World Ended (2001)
Plot Summary:
A school psychologist investigates the death of a student's mother and finds the boy believes he is the son of an alien being.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, tension, suspense, comic
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Infection (2005)
Plot Summary:
A meteor carrying an unknown infection, lands outside a Small Californian community, bringing terror and death. Just after midnight, a local rancher named Larry Jenkins discovers the meteor and calls the police. Inspector Bardo is sent to the scene to investigate. The small Lawton police department is short-handed, as it is the night of the high school prom. Arriving at a desolate forest road miles out of town, Bardo discovers that Jenkins has been infected by the alien organism. The officer is savagely attacked and infected. Both men head towards Lawton, terrorizing and contaminating everyone they encounter. Meanwhile, Cheryl and Timmy have left the prom and are parked atop Lover's Lane. Bardo comes upon the lovebirds and attacks them, infecting Timmy. Now Cheryl must run for her life through the pitch-black forest, escaping her pursuers and trying to reach the authorities before the infection spreads to L.A.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, independent film, scary, psychotronic, mockumentary
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The Crawling Hand (1963)
Plot Summary:
After an astronaut space capsule is detonated in orbit, a teenager finds a severed arm among wreckage on earth. Soon the thing returns to life to murder and posses the young man's mind.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, scary, suspense, grindhouse, horror comedy, cult classic, classic horror, independent film, offbeat
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The Borrower (1991)
Plot Summary:
An alien criminal exiled to Earth in human form is ripping the heads off human beings after his own head explodes.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, tech noir, grindhouse, independent film, scary, serious, suspenseful, weird
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Killjoy 3 (2010)
Plot Summary:
The demon clown Killjoy is resurrected once again, but this time he is not given the name of his victim and is trapped in his realm. Using a magic mirror he lures four unsuspecting college students into his realm where he can have his macabre fun! A mysterious man returns and we finally discover who Killjoy's true target is!.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 857
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: China, USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, serious, suspense, bloody, ridiculous, cult film
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One-Eyed Monster (2008)
Plot Summary:
In February 2007, ten people went to the remote mountains of Northern California to shoot an adult movie. What happened next was something no one expected, but everyone saw coming. Amber Benson, Charles Napier, and Ron Jeremy star in an homage to "Alien", "The Thing", and porn.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, semi serious, scary, humorous, parody, funny, suspense, horror comedy, sexual, psychotronic
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Monster High (1989)
Plot Summary:
Two high school goofs steal an explosive device from another world that has been hidden on earth, and an alien named Mr. Armageddon is sent to retrieve it from them.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 722
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: spoof, scary, exciting, humorous, semi serious, splatter, psychotronic, independent film, parody, campy
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U.F.O. (2012)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends awake one morning to find all electricity and power shut off and an immense alien aircraft hovering in the air above their heads. Suddenly this regular group of friends is battling to survive as the entire human race is threatened by the alien army hovering ominously above.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, horror comedy
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Embryo (2020)
Plot Summary:
Kevin and his girlfriend Evelyn are camping in the woods when she is abducted and impregnated by otherworldly beings. As the entity within her begins to grow, Evelyn discovers that her cravings can only be satisfied by human flesh and blood.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Chile
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, unusual plot structure, suspense, futuristic
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Blood Suckers from Outer Space (1984)
Plot Summary:
Farmers in Texas become brainwashed bloodsuckers.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 717
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, offbeat, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, slasher, splatter, spoof, parody
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Beware! The Blob (1972)
Plot Summary:
A technician brings a frozen specimen of the original Blob back from the North Pole. When his wife accidentally defrosts the thing, it terrorizes the populace, including the local hippies, kittens, and bowlers.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, apocalyptic, grindhouse, horror comedy, independent film, scary, rough, offbeat, serious
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Seedpeople (1992)
Plot Summary:
The citizens of Comet Valley are being taken over by seeds from an alien plant that has taken root there. A sheriff investigates the strange goings-on.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: dark, independent film, scary, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, cult film
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Silent Warnings (2003)
Plot Summary:
After the accidental death of his cousin Joe Vossimer, the just-graduated electronic engineer Layne Vossimer joins his girlfriend and four friends of them to visit and clean the inherited farm in the country. The local Sheriff Bill Willingham is an old friend of Layne, and also grieves the death of Joe. When the group arrives in the farm, some weird and mysterious signs appear in the cornfield, but they believe the other locals are joking with them. When Iris Doyle vanishes, the rest of the group realizes that there is a serious menace jeopardizing that place.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense
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Storage 24 (2012)
Plot Summary:
Something nasty is lurking inside a secure storage unit. When a group of people get trapped inside, they need to find a way to get out of a building that's designed to keep things in.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, surprise ending, interesting, weird
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Ogre (2008)
Plot Summary:
A vicious Ogre rules over a town that has been stuck in time since the 1800's.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful
Similar in 77%
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
Plot Summary:
Aliens, who look like clowns, arrive on Earth to capture and harvest people in order to use them as sustenance.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, parody, humorous, horror comedy, suspenseful, funny, slasher, cult horror, surreal, absurd
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The Giant Spider Invasion (1975)
Plot Summary:
A black hole hits North Wisconsin and opens a door to other dimensions. Giant 15 meter spiders emerge from it, who have an appetite for human flesh! Dr. Jenny Langer and Dr. Vance from the NASA try to save the world.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, semi serious, natural horror, captivating, retro, cult classic, offbeat, psychotronic, independent film
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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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Invaders from Mars (1986)
Plot Summary:
In this attempted remake of the classic 50s SF tale, a boy tries to stop an invasion of his town by aliens who take over the the minds of his parents, his least-liked schoolteacher and other townspeople. With the aid of the school nurse the boy enlists the aid of the U.S. Marines.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense, scary, slasher, grindhouse, creepy, cult classic, serious
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Deep Space (1988)
Plot Summary:
Secretly engineered and blasted into space by government scientists, a vile monster crash-lands back on Earth and begins killing everyone it encounters. As the death toll rises, veteran cop McLemore (Charles Napier) bravely steps forward to crush the scary creature. Co-starring Julie Newmar as a powerful psychic, this low-rent horror flick finds the police force continually confounded by the organism's evolving physical features.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, serious, suspense, psychotronic, lovecraft, independent film, scary, exciting, slasher
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The Faculty (1998)
Plot Summary:
When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make a chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet! As mind-controlling parasites rapidly begin spreading from the faculty to the students' bodies, it's ultimately up to the few who are left – an unlikely collection of loners, leaders, nerds and jocks – to save the world from alien domination.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 133000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, suspenseful, teen, splatter, grindhouse, creepy, entertaining, cult classic, teen horror
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Undead (2003)
Plot Summary:
A quaint Australian fishing village is overcome by meteorites that turn its residents into the ravenous undead, leaving a small group of those unharmed to find a way out.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, humorous, suspense, horror comedy, atmospheric, funny, scenic, apocalyptic, action packed
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Slither (2006)
Plot Summary:
A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, entertaining, black comedy, space horror, funny, cult classic, horror comedy, parody, dark comedy
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Critters (1986)
Plot Summary:
A massive ball of furry creatures from another world eat their way through a small mid-western town followed by intergalactic bounty hunters opposed only by militant townspeople.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, cult classic, horror comedy, suspenseful, semi serious, slasher, splatter, grindhouse, creepy
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Monster Invaders from Space (2018)
Plot Summary:
Monsters from space attack earth, two scientists and a couple of teenagers try to stop the extraterrestrial invaders.
IMDB Rating:
IMDB Votes:
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film
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Alien Raiders (2008)
Plot Summary:
It's the end of yet another night at Hastings Supermarket, a grocery store in Buck Lake, Arizona. But just before closing, a group of masked and armed to the teeth militants invades the store and take everyone hostage.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, tense, exciting, christmas horror, intense, captivating, futuristic, cult classic
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The Thing (2011)
Plot Summary:
When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 144000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, serious, futuristic, psychotronic, tense, intense, lovecraft