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Plot Summary:
A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: gothic, slasher, dark comedy, scary, cult classic, humorous, witty, horror comedy, classic horror, psychotronic
Best tv shows and movies like Theatre of Blood (1973):
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Girly (1970)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy, fatherless British clan kidnaps bums and hippies and forces them to participate in an elaborate role-playing game in which they are the perfect family; those who refuse or attempt escape are ritualistically murdered.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: slasher, dark comedy, independent film, surreal, horror comedy, offbeat, gothic horror, art house, grindhouse, cult classic
Similar in 84%
Scream and Scream Again (1970)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer, who drains his victims for blood is on the loose in London, the Police follow him to a house owned by an eccentric scientist.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, slasher, suspense, enigmatic, captivating, detective, grindhouse, cult classic, classic horror
Similar in 86%
Cover Up (1974)
Plot Summary:
In 1957, Dorothy and Edmund Yates (Keith and Rupert Davies) were committed to an institution for the criminally insane, she for acts of murder and cannibalism and he for covering up her crimes. Fifteen years later, they are pronounced fit for society and released. However, in Dorothy's case the doctors may have jumped the gun a bit. Edmund and eldest daughter, Jackie (Deborah Fairfax), try to discover just how far Mother's bloodlust has taken her. Meanwhile, youngest daughter Debbie (Kim Butcher) begins to explore the crazy roots of her family tree as fully as possible.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, gothic horror, creepy, cult classic, cult horror, classic horror, dark comedy, psychological, atmospheric
Similar in 80%
Cannibal Girls (1973)
Plot Summary:
A young couple spend the night in a restaurant, only to find out that it is haunted by three dead women who hunger for human flesh.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, sexy, suspense, grindhouse, horror comedy, independent film, scary, offbeat, humorous
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Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)
Plot Summary:
Six scientists arrive at the creepy Headstone Manor to investigate a strange phenomena which was the site of a mysterious massacre years earlier where 18 guests were killed in one night. It turns out that the house is the place of a satanic cult lead by a sinister monk who plans to kill the scientists who are inhabiting this house of Satan.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: parody, slasher, spoof, funny, gothic horror, horror comedy, perverse, scary, offbeat, humorous
Similar in 79%
The Craving (2011)
Plot Summary:
Leading a double life, Chef Ronnie spends her days as a charming celebrity chef who thrives and shines as owner of a trendy Spanish tapas restaurant in San Francisco, and spends her nights in ways too gruesome to fathom. As Chef Ronnie's reputation scorches up the culinary scene, San Francisco's murder count hits a record high. Haunted by her past in the form a vengeful lover, and caught in the seductive cross fire of an increasingly serious relationship; Chef Ronnie has bitten off more than she can chew.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film, grindhouse, dark comedy
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The Cannibal Man (1972)
Plot Summary:
A young man, Marco, working as a butcher, accidentally kills a taxi driver. His girlfriend Paula wants to go to the police so he has to kill her too. He then has to kill his brother, his brother’s fiancée and his father, who have become suspicious. He gets rid of the bodies by taking them to a slaughter house.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, psychotronic, psychological, gothic, bloody, political, suspense, disturbing, controversial
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The Comedy of Terrors (1963)
Plot Summary:
An undertaker who hasn't had any 'customers' in a long time is forced the pay one year's back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people in order to get new clients.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, horror comedy, gothic, gothic horror, classic horror, parody, retro, suspense, spoof, grindhouse
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Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
Plot Summary:
The vengeful Doctor rises again, seeking the Scrolls of Life in an attempt to resurrect his deceased wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: black comedy, gothic horror, classic horror, psychotronic, horror comedy, gothic, slasher, grindhouse, medical horror, cult classic
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The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
Plot Summary:
A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, parody, atmospheric, funny, humorous, gothic horror, horror comedy, creepy, witty
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The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
Plot Summary:
Famous organist Anton Phibes is horribly disfigured in an automobile accident while rushing to the side of his sick wife and presumed to be dead. Once Phibes learns that his wife died on the operating table, he is convinced the doctors are responsible and begins exacting his revenge on all those involved.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, black comedy, dark comedy, slasher, atmospheric, psychotronic, surreal, grindhouse, cult classic
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The Oblong Box (1969)
Plot Summary:
Aristocrat Julian Markham keeps his disfigured brother, Sir Edward, locked in a tower of his house. Occasionaly Sir Edward escapes and causes havoc around the town.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, serious, classic horror, scary, gothic, bleak, gothic horror, cult classic, slasher
Similar in 81%
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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Blades (1989)
Plot Summary:
HAPPY GILMORE meets MANIAC in this gore-filled swing at one of the most popular sports today, golf. A game of hooks slices...and slaughter!!! Meet Blades, the most terrifying character ever to tear up the screen...and Blades isn't even human. More evil than anything you can imagine, this monster lawn-mower is mauling more than the grass! The golfers on the fairway are all fair games as they try to make it to the 19th hole. BLADES, the teed off, wide radius, possessed power tool, in on a killing spree that will leave even duffers "handicapped"!.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: slasher, horror comedy, parody, spoof, independent film, scary, rough, offbeat, humorous, realistic
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Murder Party (2007)
Plot Summary:
A random invitation to a Halloween party leads a man into the hands of a rogue collective intent on murdering him for the sake of their art, sparking a bloodbath of mishap, mayhem and hilarity.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, humorous, semi serious, mumblecore, slasher, funny, disturbing, scary, psychological, retro
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Vicious Fun (2020)
Plot Summary:
A loser whose life is passing him by accidentally stumbles into a secret underground self-help group for serial killers. Can he match wits with five killers and make it through the night alive? Stuck with only two options - kill or be killed, Joel will have to find his inner serial killer and muster a hidden strength to defeat the maniacs in his midst.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspense, slasher, scary, horror comedy, tense, humorous, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, funny
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The Conqueror Worm (1968)
Plot Summary:
England is torn in civil strife as the Royalists battle the Parliamentary Party for control. This conflict distracts people from rational thought and allows unscrupulous men to gain local power by exploiting village superstitions. One of these men is Matthew Hopkins, who tours the land offering his services as a persecutor of witches.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, bleak, disturbing, gothic, rough, atmospheric, suspense, satanic, controversial, stylized
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Slaughterhouse (1987)
Plot Summary:
The owner of a slaughterhouse facing foreclosure instructs his 350lbs, mentally retarded son to go on a killing spree against the people who want to buy his property.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, rough, suspenseful, cult classic, splatter, horror comedy, funny, cult horror
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Class Reunion (1982)
Plot Summary:
Lizzie Borden High's class of '72 are going through the motions at their tenth-year reunion, until deranged alum Walter Baylor, driven insane by a sadistic senior-year prank, escapes from the mental institution and crashes the party. When guests start getting bumped off, the other alumni, including snooty yacht salesman Bob Spinnaker, class tease Bunny Packard, and class zero Gary Nash, spring into action to uncover the culprit.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, spoof, funny, parody, horror comedy, scary, humorous, erotic, sex comedy, dark comedy
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2001 Maniacs (2005)
Plot Summary:
On their way to Spring Break, college kids take a detour through an old Southern town. The people of Pleasant Valley insist the kids stay for their annual barbecue celebration... but instead of getting a taste of the old South, the old South gets a taste of them!.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, humorous, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, horror comedy, psychotronic, funny, gothic, bloody
Similar in 85%
Motel Hell (1980)
Plot Summary:
Farmer Vincent kidnaps unsuspecting travellers and is burying them in his garden. Unfortunately for his victims, they are not dead. He feeds his victims to prepare them for his roadside stand. His motto is: It takes all kinds of critters...to make Farmer Vincents fritters. The movie is gory, but is also a parody of slasher movies like Last House on the Left.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, black comedy, slasher, parody, humorous, dark comedy, rough, psychological, atmospheric, gothic
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House of the Long Shadows (1983)
Plot Summary:
An American writer goes to a remote Welsh manor on a $20,000 bet: can he write a classic novel like "Wuthering Heights" in twenty-four hours? Upon his arrival, however, the writer discovers that the manor, thought empty, actually has several, rather odd, inhabitants.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: slasher, gothic horror, gothic, classic horror, psychological, retro, suspense, grindhouse, creepy, cult classic
Similar in 79%
976-EVIL (1988)
Plot Summary:
People who dial 976-EVIL receive supernatural powers and turn into satanic killers. When Spike dialed 976-EVIL, he knew it was an expensive toll call, but he didn't know that he'd have to pay for it with his soul.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, satanic, suspenseful, cult classic, splatter, homoerotic, horror comedy, cult horror
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Basket Case (1982)
Plot Summary:
A young man carrying a big basket that contains his deformed Siamese-twin brother seeks vengeance on the doctors who separated them against their will.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bloody, psychotronic, cult classic, suspenseful, splatter, horror comedy, cult horror, disturbing
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Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Plot Summary:
Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Medina, the son of the most brutal torturer of the Spanish Inquisition, tells him she has died of a blood disease, but Francis finds this hard to believe. After some investigating he finds out that it was extreme fear that was fatal to his sister and that she may have been buried alive!.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, twist ending, scary, atmospheric, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, dark, disturbing
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The Raven (1963)
Plot Summary:
A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help in this film loosely based on the Edgar Allen Poe poem.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: gothic, parody, humorous, grindhouse, cult classic, tense, suspenseful, gothic horror, scary, suspense
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The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
Plot Summary:
Satan-worshiper Prince Prospero invites the local nobility to his castle for protection against an oncoming plague, the Red Death. He orders his guests to attend a masked ball and, amidst an atmosphere of debauchery and depravity, notices the entry of a hooded stranger dressed all in red. Believing the figure to be his master, Satan, Prospero is horrified at the revelation of his true identity.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: gothic, atmospheric, suspense, surreal, suspenseful, scary, grindhouse, cult classic, gothic horror, serious
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Satan's Little Helper (2004)
Plot Summary:
A naïve young boy unknowingly becomes the pawn of a serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, horror comedy, absurd, feel good, psychological, surprise ending, bloody
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Severance (2006)
Plot Summary:
Members (Danny Dyer, Laura Harris, Tim McInnerny) of the Palisades Defense Corp. sales group arrive in Europe for a team-building exercise. A fallen tree blocks the route, and they must hike to their destination. However, a psychotic killer lurks in the woods, and he has a horrible fate in mind for each of the co-workers.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, dark comedy, witty, slasher, horror comedy, suspense, splatter, black comedy, parody, suspenseful
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Popcorn (1991)
Plot Summary:
A horror film festival, held in a theater which was once the scene of a tragic fire, turns into a real life horror show.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, horror comedy, scary, funny, retro, dark, dark comedy, independent film, rough, offbeat