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Plot Summary:
The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on the planet Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. As they near the red planet, they encounter a mysterious UFO that coats the ship's hull with unusual spores. Taking one of the specimens back to earth, it soon develops and grows into a giant chicken-lizard-alien monster that tramples Japan.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, retro, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, fast
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Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968)
Plot Summary:
The survivors of a plane crash in a remote area are attacked by blob-like alien creatures that turn their victims into blood-thirsty vampires.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspense, slasher, scary, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, surreal, surprise ending, weird
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The Green Slime (1968)
Plot Summary:
A giant asteroid is heading toward Earth so some astronauts disembark from a nearby space station to blow it up. The mission is successful, and they return to the station unknowingly bringing back a gooey green substance that mutates into one-eyed tentacled monsters that feed off electricity. Soon the station is crawling with them, and people are being zapped left and right!.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, Japan, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, retro, suspense, medical horror, cult horror, scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful
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Space Probe Taurus (1965)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2000 the spaceship Hope One sets off to find new galaxies for colonization. However, an encounter with an alien being and a swarm of meteorites sends the ship streaking off course into a sea of monsters on an uncharted world. Written by Jeremy Lunt.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 530
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, psychotronic
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The Creeping Terror (1964)
Plot Summary:
A newlywed sheriff tries to stop a shambling monster that has emerged from a spaceship to eat people.
IMDB Rating: 1.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: cult classic, retro, suspense, detective, grindhouse, independent film, scary, offbeat, suspenseful, semi serious
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Dogora (1964)
Plot Summary:
The Earth is attacked by a giant jellyfish monster from outer space that, for some reason, has a sweet tooth for diamonds.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 958
Genere: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, natural horror, grindhouse, detective, exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, poliziottesco
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Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
Plot Summary:
During WWII, a human heart taken from Dr. Frankenstein's lab and is kept in Japan where it gets exposed to the radiation of the bombing of Hiroshima. The heart grows in size, mutates and eventually becomes an indestuctable humanoid. Later, a reptilian monster goes on a rampage. Eventually the Frankenstein creature and the reptile face off in a terrible battle.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, daikaiju, natural horror, suspense, classic horror, offbeat, psychotronic
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The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
Plot Summary:
An experimental lab animal called a gargantua escapes from his captors and is suspected to be the creature that is killing people all over the countryside. But when the gargantua from the lab appears at the same time as the evil gargantua, the two begin to battle across Japan.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, natural horror, grindhouse, classic horror, prehistoric, scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Destroy All Monsters (1968)
Plot Summary:
The 9th Godzilla film was the last made by the original Godzilla creators, and was meant to be a grand finale. Aliens have released all the giant monsters from their imprisonment on Monster Island and are using them to destroy earth's major cities. It is up to the daring crew of the super rocket ship X-2 to infiltrate the aliens' headquarters before the Earth monsters and King Ghidrah annihilate the planet.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, grindhouse, suspense, classic horror, natural horror, scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
Plot Summary:
Godzilla returns to terrorize Japan! This time, however, Japan has two new weapons to defend themselves. The Gryphon, a high-tech ship, and the Dimension Tide, a device that creates artificial black holes! During a test of the Dimension Tide, eggs appear in the city of Shibuya and hatch into terrifying Meganurons! These creatures need water to grow and flood the city of Shibuya by breaking underground water veins. As they multiply and grow, they start to feed on the energy of humans. After gathering enough energy, they transform in to giant dragonfly monsters called Meganuras! And now they target Godzilla for energy to feed to the larva of their queen, which eventually hatches into the terrifying 60-meter Megaguirus who also begins to attack Godzilla for his energy. Now a 3-way battle between Godzilla, the Megaguirus, and humans begins! Will Godzilla win? Will humanity survive?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, semi serious, suspense, daikaiju, natural horror, fast, cult film
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Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967)
Plot Summary:
Earthquakes in central Korea turn out to be the work of Yongary, a prehistoric gasoline-eating reptile that soon goes on a rampage through Seoul.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, grindhouse, classic horror, daikaiju, natural horror, fast
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Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion (1996)
Plot Summary:
A strange meteor lands in Japan unleashing hundreds of insect-like "legion" creatures which find their way into Tokyo. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, natural horror, serious, suspenseful, fast, cult film
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Godzilla 1985 (1985)
Plot Summary:
Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scenes with Burr edited into 1954's "Godzilla". This film restores the darker tone of the original, as we witness the nuclear destruction of giant lizard terrorizing Japan.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, cult classic, natural horror, serious, suspenseful, fast, psychotronic, scary, atmospheric, unusual plot structure
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Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Shiragami combines the DNA of roses with some extracted from Godzilla's cells. He names his creation "Biollante".
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: natural horror, psychotronic, daikaiju, serious, suspenseful, fast, scary, cult film
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Moontrap (1988)
Plot Summary:
The Space Shuttle returns to earth, but some of the equipment brought back on it begins to behave strangely. Scientists are unsure what is happening, and decide to take all necessary precautions.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: space horror, apocalyptic, cult classic, independent film, bleak, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, cult film
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The Earth Dies Screaming (1964)
Plot Summary:
A crack space pilot returns to earth to find the planet has been devastated by some unknown forces. There are a few survivors, so he organizes them in a plan to ward off control by a group of killer robots.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, psychotronic, offbeat, suspense, slasher, grindhouse, cult classic, black and white, scary, serious
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Ejecta (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two men witness an unexplainable event in the sky as a historic solar storm approaches, and they try to survive as a terrifying life form hunts them.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, space horror, independent film
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Son of Godzilla (1967)
Plot Summary:
The 8th Godzilla film is aimed at an even younger audience than its predecessors. In the South Seas, scientists conducting weather experiments encounter gigantic mantises and a giant spider that are attacking Godzilla's offspring.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, daikaiju, natural horror, exciting, offbeat, suspenseful, grindhouse, classic horror, humorous
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War of the Monsters (1966)
Plot Summary:
After a treacherous expedition to retrieve a giant opal, disaster strikes as the opal reveals itself to be an egg which spawns Barugon, demon dog from Hell! Armed with a deadly tongue and cold beams, Barugon wreaks havoc on Japan. Gamera comes to save the day.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, classic horror, natural horror, scary, serious, suspenseful, gay cinema
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Stranded (2013)
Plot Summary:
The Lunar Base Ark explores ore and unexpectedly is hit by a meteor shower and has severe damages. Colonel Gerard Brauchman sends the crewwoman Ava Cameron to repair a wing that is full of CO2. Dr. Lance Krauss warns that the gas may cause paranoia and hallucinations. Ava brings a sample of the meteor for analysis and Dr. Krauss finds that there are spores attached to the meteor. Ava accidentally cuts her finger in a sample but she hides the cut from the doctor. Soon Ava gets pregnant and delivers an alien offspring. However, neither Col. Brauchman nor Dr. Kraus believes in her words and they believe that Ava is delusional. He offspring bites the crewman Bruce Johns and the crew discovers that Bruce has been cloned by the alien. Soon they find how dangerous the clone is.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, space horror, suspense, slasher
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Queen of Blood (1966)
Plot Summary:
A spaceship is sent to Mars after a alien distress signal is picked up. They find one survivor, but when a crew member is found drained of blood it's evident they have rescued a bloodsucking monster.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, bleak, serious, space horror, psychotronic, suspense, slasher, grindhouse, classic horror
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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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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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The Day of the Triffids (1963)
Plot Summary:
A shower of meteorites produces a rare night time spectacle that blinds anyone that looks at it. As it was such a beautiful sight, most people were watching, and as a consequence, 99% of the World's population go completely blind. In the original novel, this chaos results in the escape of Triffids: farmed plants harvested for their oils, which are capable of moving themselves around and are carnivorous. In this film version, however, the Triffids are not indigenous plants. Instead they are space aliens whose spores have arrived in this and an earlier meteor shower. Derided by the original novel's author, John Wyndham, for straying so far away from the source material.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, tense, enigmatic, apocalyptic, suspenseful, retro, natural horror, classic horror, spooky
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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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Project Viper (2002)
Plot Summary:
Project Viper is a 2002 movie starring Patrick Muldoon, Theresa Russell, Curtis Armstrong, Tamara Davies. The movie was directed by Jim Wynorski under the pseudonym "Jay Andrews." When a terrifying, bioengineered lifeform is stolen from its creator, the military calls on a covert troubleshooter to destroy it before it decimates a small town in its path, and then the rest of the world. The space shuttle Olympus is on a routine mission, but with a far-from-routine payload: "Project Viper," an experimental hybrid of human genes and computer chips, designed to adapt to any environment, particularly that of Mars. But as the shuttle crew prepares to launch the prototype into space, something unexpected occurs. Soon the astronauts are dead, and the Secretary of Defense orders the remaining prototype destroyed. To do the job, he calls on devil-may-care special agent Mike Connors (Patrick Muldoon).
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, fast
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Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)
Plot Summary:
Aliens kidnap two children and take them to another planet for the purpose of getting knowledge from their brains, but Gamera follows and tries to rescue them.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, psychotronic, suspense, cult classic, classic horror, natural horror, scary, offbeat, serious, fast
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Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
Plot Summary:
In the 6th Godzilla movie, mysterious aliens from the Planet X ask earth's people to help them save their world from the dreaded Ghidorah (aka "Monster Zero") by letting them "borrow" Godzilla and Rodan. Monster mayhem ensues on Planet X, but it's soon discovered that the aliens have other intentions for the monsters.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, daikaiju, suspense, classic horror, natural horror, exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, cult film
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Gamera vs. Monster X (1970)
Plot Summary:
A giant creature attacks Japan during the World Fair and it's up to Gamera to stop it. But the monster injects Gamera with its offspring and a research team must take a craft into Gamera's body to eliminate the parasite.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, daikaiju, grindhouse, classic horror, natural horror, psychotronic, cult film
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The Deadly Spawn (1983)
Plot Summary:
Two campers in the New Jersey woods have their outdoor fun interrupted by the arrival of a meteorite crashing nearby. They go to investigate the crater, but are suddenly attacked and devoured by alien parasites who have hitched a ride to Earth. After finishing off the campers, the hungry space monsters head for a nearby town, where they make their domain in the basement of an old house soon begin polishing off one hapless inhabitant after another. Four young teenagers, plus one pre-teen boy, try to find a way to stop the angry space monsters before they reproduce and literally eat humanity.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: retro, slasher, grindhouse, cult horror, classic horror, psychotronic, bloody, horror comedy, perverse, cult classic