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Plot Summary:
"Genius" accidentally invents "goo" which causes living things to rapidly grow to an enormous size. Seeing an opportunity to get rich, some delinquent teenagers steal the "goo" and, as a result of a sophomoric dare, consume it themselves and become thirty feet tall. They then take over control of the town by kidnapping the sheriff's daughter and dancing suggestively.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, natural horror, independent film, offbeat, humorous, not serious, psychotronic, mockbuster
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Pajama Party (1964)
Plot Summary:
A Martian teenager sent to prepare for an invasion falls in love with an Earth girl.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, offbeat, humorous, not serious, psychotronic, erotic, scary, sexy, unusual plot structure
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Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993)
Plot Summary:
Nancy Archer has had an alien encounter and it's left her 50 ft. tall! Now she sees the men in her life from a new angle - looking down on them - and it's time to fight back.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, entertaining, offbeat, psychotronic, campy
Similar in 79%
Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)
Plot Summary:
An evil scientist implants the brain of Michael, a murdered high school student, in an animatronic Tyrannosaurus. He escapes, wreaks vengeance on his high school tormentors and is reunited with his sweetheart Tammy. Together, the couple try to elude the mad scientist and the police and find a more appropriate vessel for Michael's brain.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, funny, slasher, surreal, psychotronic, horror comedy, perverse, cult horror, dark drama, spooky
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Schlock (1973)
Plot Summary:
A monkey-type monster falls in love with a blind girl, which thinks that he's a giant dog. After kidnapping the girl and fleeing king-kong-like onto the roof of a gym, he gets involved with the army.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, scary, parody, offbeat, humorous, suspenseful, witty, not serious, psychotronic
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The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
Plot Summary:
After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to shrink. This baffles scientists, makes parenting difficult, warms the hearts of Americans, and captures the attention of a group of people who want to take over the world. This evil group plots to kidnap Pat and perform experiments on her so that they can eventually shrink everyone.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, not serious, crying, psychotronic, spoof, parody, light, romantic, sexy
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Fangs (2002)
Plot Summary:
Scottsville is a sleepy town, where the yearly apple blossom festival is usually the only 'memorable' event, so Police Chief Sam Taylor is furious when young cop Ally Parks -who comes from the big city- insists on investigating the death and mutilation of prof. Fuller, who experimented on bats, and soon several other victims, as unnatural bat attacks. She finds a helpful 'expert' in animal controller Dr. John Winslow, and the couple gets help from his inquisitive daughter Genny and her practically in-living high school-friend Logan to unravel how it all ties in with local real estate mogul Carl Hart's dishonest and corrupt practices.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 779
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, natural horror
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Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader (2012)
Plot Summary:
Aspiring college cheerleader, Cassie Stratford consumes an experimental drug that grants her beauty and enough athletic ability to make the cheer squad. The drug has an unforeseen side effect — Cassie starts to grow and grow and grow!.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, parody, sexy, entertaining, absurd, erotic, mockbuster, psychotronic, campy
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The Advent of Mebiar (2017)
Plot Summary:
Fritz (Nick Huber), Snark (Jacob Lyngle), and Bubbles (Griffin Strycharske) are thrown into a mysterious cryptozoological cult event and must stop the rising of an ancient, monstrous being.
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Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: psychotronic, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative
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Monster a-Go Go (1965)
Plot Summary:
The plot concerns an American astronaut, Frank Douglas, who mysteriously disappears from his spacecraft as it parachutes to Earth. The vanished astronaut is apparently replaced by or turned into a large, radioactive, humanoid monster. A team of scientists and military men attempt to capture the monster — and at one point succeed, only to have him escape again. Neither the capture nor the escape are ever shown, simply mentioned by the narrator.
IMDB Rating: 1.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, surprise ending, scary, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, surreal
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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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Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)
Plot Summary:
In this campy spy movie spoof Dr. Goldfoot (Vincent Price) has invented an army of bikini-clad robots who are programmed to seek out wealthy men and charm them into signing over their assets. Secret agent Craig Gamble (Frankie Avalon) and millionaire Todd Armstrong set out to foil his fiendish plot.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, slapstick, humorous, grindhouse, spy comedy, exciting, offbeat, not serious, fast
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Freaked (1993)
Plot Summary:
A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, not serious, stylized, psychotronic, surprise ending, brutal, absurd, black comedy, grindhouse
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The Monkey's Uncle (1965)
Plot Summary:
College whiz-kid Merlin Jones concocts a method for teaching advanced information to a chimpanzee, then creates a flying machine of his own design, ultimately raising havoc on the campus.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 977
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, slapstick, psychotronic
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Monster Mutt (2011)
Plot Summary:
A pair of kids trying to save their beloved pooch from a mad scientist working for a sinister villain whose experiment has transformed their dog into a crazy-eyed muppet monstrosity.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, exciting, offbeat, experimental, semi serious
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Prehysteria! (1993)
Plot Summary:
A young boy and his family embark on a series of adventures when the boy finds some mysterious eggs which hatch to reveal a brood of baby dinosaurs.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious, surprise ending, psychotronic
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Empire of the Ants (1977)
Plot Summary:
Sleazy scam artist Joan Collins tries to sell phony real estate deals down in the Florida everglades. What she and her unsuspecting buyers don't know is the area has been taken over by giant ants!.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, intense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, grindhouse, suspense, gothic horror, cult classic
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Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)
Plot Summary:
The pupils at a high school next to a nuclear power plant start acting and looking strange after buying contaminated drugs from a plant worker.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: cult classic, slasher, horror comedy, grindhouse, splatter, psychotronic, humorous, funny, retro, entertaining
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Snakehead Terror (2004)
Plot Summary:
A small town, desperate to recover from hard economic times, is under threat when voracious Snakehead fish mutate and survive previous lake chemical poisonings. The fish transform from pests to predators when human growth hormones are dumped into the local lake in the hopes of reviving the local fishing industry. Thriving on the hormones, the Snakehead fish grow to monstrous proportions, devouring everything within reach. Capable of moving and eating on land, they are forced to leave the now barren lake in a desperate search for food - animal, vegetable or human.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, serious, natural horror, tense
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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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Invasion of the Star Creatures (1962)
Plot Summary:
Beautiful alien Amazonian women plan to conquer the world using an army of vegetable monsters. Dim-witted privates Philbrick and Penn bumble into a cave in search of atomic activity but collide instead with fierce carrot-topped tree mutants and their leaders, the 7-foot space sirens Prof. Tanga and Dr. Puna. This lavishly low-budget sci-fi romp has the bodacious aliens planning to overrun Earth with their vege-men army, but first they want the G.I.s to explain the meaning of love.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 919
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: retro, suspense, independent film, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, slapstick, parody, psychotronic, campy
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Flesh Gordon (1974)
Plot Summary:
Emperor Wang (the Perverted) is leader of the planet Porno and sends his mighty "Sex Ray" towards Earth, turning everyone into sex-mad fiends. Only one man can save the Earth, football player Flesh Gordon. Along with his girlfriend Dale Ardor and Professor Flexi-Jerkoff, they set off towards the source of the Sex Ray, unaware of the perils that face them!.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, erotic, independent film, cult classic, offbeat, humorous, not serious, psychotronic, sex comedy
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Disaster Movie (2008)
Plot Summary:
In DISASTER MOVIE, the filmmaking team behind the hits "Scary Movie," "Date Movie," "Epic Movie" and "Meet The Spartans" this time puts its unique, inimitable stamp on one of the biggest and most bloated movie genres of all time -- the disaster film.
IMDB Rating: 1.9
IMDB Votes: 94000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, funny, slapstick, satirical, not serious, humorous, cynical, grindhouse, fast
Similar in 82%
Spaced Out (2006)
Plot Summary:
The planet earth is in peril of impending doom, and maniacal destructive forces from outer space are closely at hand! Twisted, demented alien terrorists are single-handedly about to reap horrific havoc on earth and threaten life itself. Meanwhile, ace investigative reporter extraordinaire, Al Manac (James Vallo), has been held captive for two years in their space lair.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, exciting, captivating, independent film, offbeat, spoof, parody, campy
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Evil Alien Conquerors (2003)
Plot Summary:
Inept beings from the planet Kabijj land on Earth and attempt to behead all of its beings and take over the planet.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, funny, entertaining, slapstick
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Death Kappa (2010)
Plot Summary:
When military experiments go haywire and trigger an atomic bomb, the consequences are of epic proportions. A monster arrives in the midst of the nuclear fallout, and Japan's defenses are helpless against it. Mankind's only savior is an irradiated water goblin from Japanese folklore called the "Death Kappa". The two rival monsters must go head-to-head in the ultimate battle between good and evil!.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, exciting, retro, surreal, offbeat, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic
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P.U.N.K.S. (1999)
Plot Summary:
A group of misfit teens evade a corrupt scientist when they steal and attempt to return a suit that delivers supernatural strength to its wearer.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: semi serious, exciting, humorous, stylized, independent film
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Komodo vs. Cobra (2005)
Plot Summary:
A team of environmentalists, including a reporter, her camera man, and an environmentalist's famous girlfriend charter a boat and with the captain, sail to a military island. They suspect the island is hosting to illegal activities. Upon arrival, however, they find no one. They finally reach a deserted house, where they find Dr. Susan Richardson, who tells them that everyone on the island is dead, including her father. Richardson's team were working on a compound that could make edible plants grow to super size, however the military intervened with plans of their own. They wanted to test the compound's effects on animals, and proceeded to feed it to several komodo dragons and cobras.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, natural horror, exciting, tense, suspense, hilarious, scary, serious, surprise ending, weird
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Evolution (2001)
Plot Summary:
A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the fittest." David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, and Julianne Moore are the only people standing between the aliens and world domination... which could be bad news for the Earth.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 135000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, absurd, light, not serious, stylized, exciting, epic, black comedy
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Plot Summary:
Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, spoof, surreal, light, stylized, exciting, semi serious, absurd, parody, offbeat
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The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964)
Plot Summary:
Merlin Jones, a precocious and intelligent high-school boy, experiments with hypnosis and creates a mind-reading machine. However, his experiments land him in deep trouble with the law.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 843
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, psychotronic