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Plot Summary:
When high class hooker Nicole is kidnapped from her brothel, Rich businessman Hugo Motherskille hires her ex love Roy Bain to find her. Investigating the disappearance, he eventually finds traces that lead to Dr. Savary, who has produced a strange white powder that's coveted by a race of deformed human beings who live in the underworld in the sewers below the city.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: mysterious, scary, serious, neo noir, independent film, detective, tension, suspense
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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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The Mutations (1974)
Plot Summary:
A mad scientist (Donald Pleasence) crosses plants with people, and the results wind up in a sideshow.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: funny, slasher, gothic horror, classic horror, independent film, scary, rough, offbeat, serious, suspenseful
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Mandroid (1993)
Plot Summary:
In his hidden laboratory deep in Russia, Dr. Karl Zimmer has invented the Mandroid, a humanoid robot which follows the motions of a man in a special control suit. He has offered the invention to the USA, who have sent Smith and Wait from the CIA for inspection. However Zimmer's partner Drago has different plans, wants to sell Mandroid to the military. The night he tries to steal Mandroid, he becomes exposed to the highly toxic Superconn. But he can flee and won't give up on Mandroid, even though he's terribly disfigured.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 597
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, scary, bleak, surprise ending, independent film, cult film
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Jungleground (1995)
Plot Summary:
Roddy Piper portrays a police Lt. working undercover in the so-called Jungleground. His sting operation goes bad and as a result he is caught. Young Odin, his captor and would be drug lord decide to play a game with Roddy. Roddy is given until morning to make it out of the Jungleground alive. Odin and his men however are hunting Roddy; and Odin also has a little insurance, he's kidnapped Roddy's soon to be fiance.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 488
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: cliffhanger, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film, detective, campy
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Deadly Swarm (2003)
Plot Summary:
Seeking out a cure for his wife's serious illness, scientist Dr. Schroeder (McCormack) heads deep into a forbidden jungle in Guatemala, trapping thousands of killer wasps. Working with secret military backing, it is Schroeder's contention that the venom from the wasp's stingers can be of great medicinal benefit. But when they try to illegally smuggle the wasps into the US, the truck they are on crashes and the wasps are set free to wreak havoc, making a direct path to a small unsuspecting town. It is up to an American entomologist Daniel Lang and a nosey writer Sandra Kern to stop these deadly wasps - as they lay eggs in their victims to hatch thousands more wasps - before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, natural horror
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Riding with Death (1976)
Plot Summary:
Dimwitted, meaty guy foils criminals by turning invisible.
IMDB Rating: 1.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, scary, rough, bleak, serious, fast, independent film
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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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Parasite (2004)
Plot Summary:
An abandoned oil rig in the middle of the North Sea. Dr. Christine Hansen is charged with the task of testing an experimental cleaning fluid which could revolutionize the oil industry. Hired to carry out the tests is Jacob Rasmussen and his rough and ready crew of deconstruction engineers. But within hours one of them is missing under suspicious circumstances. Things go from bad to worse when environmental activist Mickey Hennessey and his hard-bitten associates seize control of the rig, taking everybody on board hostage. But very soon oil workers and environmentalists will be compelled to join forces in an evolutionary battle for survival. For a savage new life-form has made its home on the rig. And it is hungry.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 654
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: bleak, scary, rough, serious, experimental
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Possessed by the Night (1994)
Plot Summary:
A horror writer buys an odd looking mutant embryo creature, pickled in a jar, from a shop in Chinatown, hoping it will be a creative inspiration for his work. Instead, the odd mutation provokes a rage of violence and lust to envelop the suburban villa where the writer lives with his wife and sexy secretary.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 708
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspenseful, melancholic, satirical, erotic, mystic, independent film, scary, serious, sexual
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Dragon Fighter (2003)
Plot Summary:
The movie begins in Southern England in the Middle Ages and then six knights are seen riding in horses towards a destroyed town. They see the remains of burned buildings and dead people until they come upon a mother and her dead baby. She quickly dies and then a rhino-sized dragon flies overhead, the knights follow right behind, vowing to kill the creature.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, exciting, suspense, captivating, fast
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Mutants (2008)
Plot Summary:
The greedy Braylon owns the Just Rite Sugar Company and has hired the unethical scientist Sergei to conduct an experiment to make an addictive sugar stronger than heroin or nicotine to increase his sales. Sergei uses invisible people as test subjects, like beggars, addicted junkies and illegals, in the clandestine Shadow Rock Mill. When Braylon's men mistakenly kidnap Ryan, who is the brother of his secretary Erin and son of his security chief Griff, and Hannah, the youngster becomes an important non-contaminated subject. However, Erin receives some mysterious e-mails from the unknown Cinderella with a picture of Ryan and a hint that he might be in Shadow Rock and together with her father, they decide to seek out Ryan.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 639
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, captivating, tense, scary, rough, bleak, independent film
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The Vindicator (1986)
Plot Summary:
An employee of a secret company operation becomes the victim of the company's special weapons project. He is transformed into a robotic killing machine that, because of his programming must destroy anything that comes near him.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, retro, independent film, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, gothic, suspense
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Deep Evil (2004)
Plot Summary:
An alien microbe lands in remote Siberia in the 1950's. In the year 2004, US scientist working at a top secret underground lab in Alaska clone the microbe. A garbled distress signal is heard from the lab just before a complete lock down of the facility. This is the last word sent out from the scientists. A team of scientists and military personnel are in charge of finding out what went wrong.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, suspense, apocalyptic, cliffhanger
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DNA (1996)
Plot Summary:
DNA is a 1997 American science fiction action film starring Mark Dacascos and Jürgen Prochnow, and directed by William Mesa. Filming took place in the Philippines. The film was retitled ADN - La menace for its French DVD release, and Scarabée for its television showing.An evil scientist's DNA experiment on the bones of a mysterious jungle creature brings the carnivorous beast to life.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, scenic, independent film, exciting, cult film
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Bats: Human Harvest (2007)
Plot Summary:
A group of Delta Force soldiers, accompanied by a CIA agent, are sent to the Belzan forest in Chechnya in search of a rogue American weapons researcher, Dr. Benton Walsh. As they search for Walsh's camp, they are attacked by genetically-altered carnivorous bats. The survivors attempt to reach helicopter extraction but encounter various challenges, including Chechen rebels.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, bleak, natural horror, suspense, tense, disaster movie
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Shark Attack 2 (2000)
Plot Summary:
A biological experiment goes bad, this time releasing a gaggle of mutated great white sharks with a taste for human flesh. Soon enough, shark expert Nick West is on the case, leading a crew to study them and eventually bring them back into captivity. West's plans hit a snag, however, when Australian shark hunter Roy Bishop is called in to wipe out the fishy menace.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: rough, natural horror, suspense, mockbuster, scary, serious, suspenseful, fast, wild, cult film
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Firestarter (1984)
Plot Summary:
As youths, Andy McGee (David Keith) and his future wife, Vicky (Heather Locklear), participated in secret experiments, allowing themselves to be subjected to mysterious medical tests. Years later, the couple's daughter, Charlie (Drew Barrymore), begins to exhibit the ability of setting fires solely with her mind. This volatile talent makes the youngster extremely dangerous and soon she becomes a target for the enigmatic agency known as "The Shop.".
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, rough, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, stylized, cult classic, retro, mind bending
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Scintilla (2014)
Plot Summary:
From a torturous cell in Africa, Abel Powell is released and given the chance to regroup his team of skilled mercenaries for one last job. A top scientist will guide them half a mile underground through an ex-Soviet bunker to extract the vital specimens and information being paid for by a mysterious backer, but what they seek should never have been found!.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, bleak, serious, suspenseful
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The Dark Lurking (2009)
Plot Summary:
The eight remaining survivors of a secret research facility barricade themselves away from a horde of ancient and deadly creatures.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, space horror, scary, independent film, futuristic
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Proteus (1995)
Plot Summary:
Group of heroin smugglers finds shelter on abandoned oil rig after their ship had exploded. Soon they find that the oil rig was just cover for biological experiment. One of the results is Charlie - shape-shifting monster with ability to absorb the memory of its victims. However, even such creatures have their own bad habits.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, bleak, scary, independent film, serious, fast
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They Crawl (2001)
Plot Summary:
A computer whiz named 'Bean' is among several people found dead with strange striations, odd puncture wounds and missing internal organs. Bean's brother Ted teams up with detective Gina to get to the bottom of it. With the help of a computer hacker, they find a blueprint that reveals the killer who has been terrorizing the city...a rampaging posse of genetically mutated cockroaches!.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 792
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, scary, detective, natural horror
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Watchers II (1990)
Plot Summary:
A genetically re-engineered dog develops a psychic link with a monster created in a lab experiment which goes awry.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: dark, classic horror, independent film, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, campy
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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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Alien Lockdown (2004)
Plot Summary:
After an experiment to make the ultimate weapon goes wrong, a team of commandos is sent into a genetic research lab and end up getting stalked by a creature that looks a lot like the Predator.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 929
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, scary, fast
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Dark Angel (1990)
Plot Summary:
Jack Caine is a Houston vice cop who's forgotten the rule book. His self-appointed mission is to stop the drugs trade and the number one supplier Victor Manning. Whilst involved in an undercover operation to entrap Victor Manning, his partner gets killed, and a sinister newcomer enters the scene.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: detective, suspense, rough, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, christmas horror, tech noir, perverse, cult classic
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Watchers (1988)
Plot Summary:
A boy takes in a stray dog, later finding out that its an ultra-intelligent runaway from a genetic research lab. Unknow to him, the dog is being stalked by another escaped creature thats not quite so friendly.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, serious, suspenseful, perverse, cult classic, classic horror, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film
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Anaconda 3: Offspring (2008)
Plot Summary:
Cancer-terminal tycoon Peter Murdoch's secret Wexel Hall Pharmaceuticals lab has developed a blood orchid extract cure. To examine why it works optimally in snakes, they also bread a super-anaconda strain. But the original pair escapes, leaving a bloody trail of corpses. Murdoch runs, instructing his staff to clean up. They keep failing and being eaten like unsuspecting locals, some alive, even after enlisting ruthless big game hunter Hammett. The fast-growing pregnant monster sheds its skin, thus disabling the only tracking device.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, psychotronic, suspense, saga, perverse, fast, rough
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Split Second (1992)
Plot Summary:
In a futuristic London, the rising sea levels mean that large areas are under feet of water. Hauer plays a cop who previously lost his partner to some strange creature. Now the creature is back and its after him.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: futuristic, suspense, independent film, black comedy, cult classic, cyber, apocalyptic, exciting, detective, disturbing
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Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
Plot Summary:
As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice joins a small band of elite soldiers, enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of the creator of the mutating T-virus. It's a heart-pounding race against time as the group faces off against hordes of blood- thirsty zombies, stealthy Lickers, mutant canines and the most sinister foe yet.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 208000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK, USA, Canada, France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, gothic, scary, suspense, splatter, action packed, exciting, rough, serious, stylized
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The Kindred (1987)
Plot Summary:
Amanda's deathbed request to her son, John, was for him to destroy all the lab notes etc. from her last experiment. She also blurts out he had a brother. At the funeral John meets Melissa, who claims to be his mothers biggest fan. Together with some of John's friends they go to Amanda's house, but none are prepared for what they find there.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, dark, suspenseful, intense, exciting, retro, lovecraft, funny, psychotronic