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Plot Summary:
A band finally gets the opportunity for that breakthrough gig if they can make it to an "in" club on another planet in time.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: independent film, space horror, psychotronic, cult classic, futuristic, offbeat, humorous, surreal, semi serious, surprise ending
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Studio 666 (2005)
Plot Summary:
Cassidy, the lead singer of a band, lives with her boyfriend and band member, Neal. Cassidy records the torment of her silent pain and suffering in a private journal. Thinking Neal does not love her, Cassidy is devastated and commits suicide. Neal, shocked and horrified, witnesses the suicide. Three months following Cassidy's death, band members, Dora, Donny, Victor, and Neal visit Dr. Meso, a psychic, for answers. They question whether or not to continue recording their album with out Cassidy. After posing the question, Cassidy's spirit overtakes Dr. Meso's body. Cassidy addresses the band, and specifically Neal, before revealing four tarot death cards.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Horror, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags:
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KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978)
Plot Summary:
The tale of rock band KISS and their efforts to thwart a diabolical plan by mad scientist Abner Devereaux. Devereaux has found a way to clone humans into robots in his laboratory at an amusement park. It just so happens that he plans to uses the KISS concert as a platform to unleash his plan on the world. KISS must use their special powers to stop him.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Music, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, exciting, offbeat, humorous, stylized, semi serious, campy, cult film
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Space Is the Place (1974)
Plot Summary:
Sun Ra and his Solar Myth Arkestra return to Earth after several years in space. Ra proclaims himself "the alter-destiny", meets with inner-city youths and battles with the devil himself to save the black race.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychedelic, mindfuck, avant garde, cult classic, independent film, atmospheric, serious, experimental, stylized
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Bad Channels (1992)
Plot Summary:
An alien determined to capture human females takes over a radio station to do it.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: demonic, independent film, rough, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, spoof, horror comedy, parody
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Wild Zero (1999)
Plot Summary:
Only legendary Japanese garage rock band Guitar Wolf can stand between a race of aliens from destroying earth with an army of zombies.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Music, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: surreal, horror comedy, cult classic, rough, offbeat, humorous, suspenseful, not serious, experimental, avant garde
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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 Arrival (1991)
Plot Summary:
An old man, who has been near a fallen meteor, starts to get younger and younger, with a terrible thirst for blood.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending
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Plaguers (2008)
Plot Summary:
When an alien contagion is released aboard a spaceship transforming its victims into demonic flesh-eaters, the crew must either destroy the infected or join them.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: space horror, suspense, psychotronic
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Shock 'Em Dead (1991)
Plot Summary:
Martin is a total loser, who nobody cares for. When he fails to get a position as guitar player in Lindsay's band and loses his job on the way, he makes a deal with a Voodoo priestess. She promises him the fulfillment of all his dreams if he swears obedience to her. He becomes a rock star and has many women - but to stay alive, he has to kill other people.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sexy, funny, retro, slasher, horror musical, independent film, scary, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious
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Rocktober Blood (1984)
Plot Summary:
A crazed rock singer returns from the dead to murder members of his former band.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 938
Genere: Horror, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, sexy, bloody, satanic, horror musical, splatter, psychotronic, independent film, spooky, weird
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Hard Rock Zombies (1984)
Plot Summary:
A hard rock band travels to the tiny and remote town of Grand Guignol to perform. Peopled by hicks, rubes, werewolves, murderous dwarves, sex perverts, and Hitler, the town is a strange place but that doesn't stop the band's lead singer from falling in love with a local girl named Cassie. After Nazi sex perverts kill the band to satisfy their lusts.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, grindhouse, mockbuster, horror comedy, horror musical, scary, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, psychotronic
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Black Roses (1988)
Plot Summary:
Teens in a small conservative town are turned into evil demons thanks to the music of the titular heavy metal band.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: satanic, horror musical, independent film, scary, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, demonic, horror comedy, spooky
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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
Plot Summary:
A rather incoherent post-breakup Sex Pistols "documentary", told from the point of view of Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, whose (arguable) position is that the Sex Pistols in particular and punk rock in general were an elaborate scam perpetrated by him in order to make "a million pounds.".
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Music
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, mockumentary, erotic, independent film, exciting, offbeat, humorous, realistic, contemplative, cynical
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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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Dead Space (1991)
Plot Summary:
Phaebon had been thought to be a safe and controlled research facility until a distress signal calls for Commander Kreiger and his robot Tinpan. Together, they try to save the planet from a spreading virus and an odd and growing cocoon. Remake of "Forbidden World" (1982).
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: futuristic, cult classic, lovecraft, cult horror, psychotronic, independent film, space horror, cult film
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Dark Universe (1993)
Plot Summary:
On its way back to Earth, the space shuttle Nautilus passes through a cloud of alien spores causing its sole occupant, astronaut Steve Thomas to transform into a blood-thirsty monster. The shuttle crashes into a swampy region of central Florida, creating a situation which threatens contagion and/or death to all who encounter the shuttle or its mutated pilot.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 415
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film, space horror, scary, exciting, offbeat, suspenseful, semi serious, 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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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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Critters 4 (1992)
Plot Summary:
Just before bounty hunter Charile triggers his gun to destroy the last two Critter-eggs, he gets a message that it would be illegal to extinguish the race from the galaxy. He's sent a transporter where he puts the eggs - unfortunately the transporter takes him with it and then gets lost in space.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: futuristic, space horror, cult horror, epic, slasher, saga, splatter, horror comedy, classic horror, 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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Species III (2004)
Plot Summary:
After she delivers her child in an ambulance, alien Eve is killed by a half-breed. Fortunately, Dr. Abbot scoops up the baby alien and escapes. In time, the baby grows into a gorgeous blonde named Sara and begins her quest to find a worthy mate. But Sara is also savage and leaves a trail of deaths in her wake. This carnage makes chemistry student Dean question whether to help her race or not.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, sexy, erotic, sexual, scary, suspense, grindhouse, ridiculous
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Down and Out with the Dolls (2001)
Plot Summary:
The raunchy, spunky tale of the rise and fall of an all-girl rock band from Portland, Oregon.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, suspense, erotic, offbeat, independent film, biting, campy
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Forbidden World (1982)
Plot Summary:
In the distant future, a federation marshal arrives at a research lab on a remote planet where a genetic experiment has gotten loose and begins feeding on the dwindling scientific group.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, space horror, scary, grindhouse, erotic, disturbing, medical horror, cult classic, lovecraft
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Radioactive Dreams (1984)
Plot Summary:
After an atomic war Phillip Hammer and Marlowe Chandler have spent 15 years on their own in an bunker, stuffed with junk from the 40s and old detective novels. Now, 19 years old, they leave their shelter to find a world full of mutants, freaks and cannibals. They become famous detectives in the struggle for the two keys that could fire the last nuclear weapon.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: parody, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, stylized, apocalyptic, surreal, disturbing, psychotronic, detective
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Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
Plot Summary:
A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, cult classic, teen, psychotronic, humorous, funny, surreal, exciting, offbeat, feel good
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Creature (1985)
Plot Summary:
A crew of scientists arrives on a far, cold planet to examine archaic artifacts of unknown origin. They discover that their German enemies already have a ship there. When they seek their help after a failed landing, they only find the Germans’ bodies, obviously slaughtered by one of the archaic creatures, awoken to new life. Now the alien is after them.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: space horror, independent film, cult horror, classic horror, scary, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, spooky, 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
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Event Horizon (1997)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2047 a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the long lost starship "Event Horizon". The ship disappeared mysteriously 7 years before on its maiden voyage and with its return comes even more mystery as the crew of the "Lewis and Clark" discover the real truth behind its disappearance and something even more terrifying.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 194000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, futuristic, bleak, space horror, exciting, lovecraft, suspense, disturbing, atmospheric
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Alien (1979)
Plot Summary:
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 931000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, minimal cast, frightening, captivating, creepy, visually stunning, atmospheric