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Plot Summary:
Wealthy slacker college student Mark, his new girlfriend Sarah, and their friends are invited to a special showing at a mysterious wax museum which displays 18 of the most evil men of all time. After his ex-girlfriend and another friend disappear, Mark becomes suspicous. What he doesn't know is that they have been made a part of the exhibit, by first living out the scene and then being murdered in.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, UK, West Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, atmospheric, cult classic, rough, suspenseful, horror comedy, classic horror, psychological, funny
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Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Plot Summary:
Whilst vacationing in the Carpathian Mountain, two couples stumble across the remains of Count Dracula's castle. The Count's trusted servant kills one of the men, suspending the body over the Count's ashes so that the blood drips from the corpse and saturates the blackened remains. The ritual is completed, the Count revived and his attentions focus on the dead man's wife who is to become his partner; devoted to an existence of depravity and evil.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, talky, serious, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic
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Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain (2003)
Plot Summary:
Two American tourists on a romantic camping trip are brutally murdered. A few days later, during the ancient festival of Samhain, a group of American university students moves into a beautiful cottage, surrounded by a lush forest and a majestic lake They are here to learn about the rituals of the ancient Druids and other Celtic legends. But in the remains of an abandoned copper mine, lives the ancestors of an incestuous clan of cannibals. Stalked by a hulking, disfigured mutant, the students and their chaperone are in for the most harrowing time of their young lives. And keeping their heads on their necks will become their main concern.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, slasher, dark, spooky, serious, sexual, surprise ending, black comedy, dark comedy
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The Halfway House (2004)
Plot Summary:
Young girls are disappearing in and around the Mary Magdalen Halfway House for Troubled Girls.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 977
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, realistic, suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, slasher, queer horror, offbeat, sexual
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Venom (2005)
Plot Summary:
Venom is a fright-filled voodoo thriller loaded with a sizzling cast of the screen's hottest young stars. Set deep in the eerie swamps of southern Louisiana - Agnes Bruckner (Murder By Numbers), Jonathan Jackson (Tuck Everlasting) and Meagan Good (Roll Bounce) are among a group of teenagers trying to uncover the truth behind a friend's mysterious death. What they find is an evil force more deadly than anyone could have imagined ... now they are running for their lives!.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspense, rough, exciting, bloody, grindhouse, teen horror, anime, southern gothic
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Uncle Sam (1996)
Plot Summary:
Desert Storm vet who was killed in combat rises from the grave on July Fourth, to kill the unpatriotic citizens of his hometown, after some teens burn an American flag over his burial site.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, funny, political, dark, horror comedy, cult horror, independent film, scary, rough, serious
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
Plot Summary:
A radio host is victimized by the cannibal family as a former Texas Marshall hunts them.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, dark comedy, suspense, splatter, grindhouse, horror comedy, brutal, humorous, bloody
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Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
Plot Summary:
After 23 horrifying days of gorging on human flesh, an ancient creature known as the Creeper embarks on a final voracious feeding frenzy, terrorizing a group of varsity basketball players, cheerleaders and coaches stranded on a remote highway when their bus breaks down. The terrified group is forced to come together and do battle against the winged creature hell-bent on completing its grizzly ritual.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, slasher, splatter, bloody, rough, serious, creepy, psychotronic
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Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
Plot Summary:
After three years of therapy Charley Brewster, now a college student, is convinced that Jerry Dandridge was a serial killer posing as a vampire. But when Regine, a mysterious actress and her entourage move into Peter Vincent's apartment block, the nightmare starts again - and this time it's personal!.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, splatter, horror comedy, humorous, gothic, dark comedy, spooky, suspenseful, semi serious
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Dolls (1986)
Plot Summary:
A group of people stop by a mansion during a storm and discover two magical toy makers, and their haunted collection of dolls.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense, demonic, gothic, suspense, disturbing, grindhouse
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Bride of Chucky (1998)
Plot Summary:
Chucky hooks up with another murderous doll, the bridal gown-clad Tiffany, for a Route 66 murder spree with their unwitting hosts.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspenseful, rough, dark comedy, horror comedy, bloody, splatter, grindhouse, cult classic
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Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992)
Plot Summary:
The survivors of the first Waxwork must use a portal through time to defeat the evil that has followed them and turned their lives upside down.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: scary, grindhouse, horror comedy, cult classic, classic horror, independent film, serious, suspenseful, stylized, surprise ending
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The Granny (1995)
Plot Summary:
Granny's family wants her dead so they can collect her insurance. While she is on her death bed, she drinks an eternal life potion and returns to the land of the living. She is on a mission to wreak havoc over her greedy relatives.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 744
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sexy, independent film, scary, rough, offbeat, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, surprise ending, slasher
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Ghoulies II (1987)
Plot Summary:
Ghoulies II picks up a short time after the first movie, a few of the little nasties stow away on an amusement park ride and bring big bucks to a dying fair. The creatures are mad after an attempt to kill them, so the creatures go on a rampage through the fairgrounds, ultimately leading to an explosive conclusion!.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: splatter, cult classic, scary, humorous, horror comedy, classic horror, independent film, offbeat, suspenseful, semi serious
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Basket Case 3 (1991)
Plot Summary:
Henelotter up's the ante in the final part of his trilogy by introducing a new member to the family; the potentially monstrous fruit of hideously deformed Belial's loins. With the pair still enjoying relative anonymity and comfort in their new found home (presided over by Granny Roth), things however take a downward turn on a trip to the Georgia Clinic of Uncle Hal, which leads to an encounter with an especially nasty redneck sheriff and his similarly blinkered band of merry men.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, cult classic, brutal, dark, mystic, horror comedy, cult horror, classic horror, spooky, independent film
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Society (1989)
Plot Summary:
A Beverly Hills teen (Billy Warlock) discovers his parents are part of a gruesome orgy cult for the social elite.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, surreal, psychological, disturbing, dark comedy, cult horror, erotic, horror comedy, atmospheric, bloody
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Fright Night (2011)
Plot Summary:
A teenager suspects his new neighbour is a vampire. Unable to convince anyone, he tries to enlist the help of a self-proclaimed vampire hunter and magician in this remake of the 1985 comedy-horror classic.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 112000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, India
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, entertaining, bloody, dark, suspense, stylized, intense, horror comedy, humorous
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Tourist Trap (1979)
Plot Summary:
Their car breaks down and four friends find themselves stranded at The Lost Oasis, a strange museum run by the friendly Mr. Slausen. Even though they are warned not to, the teens explore a house nearby and learn that it belongs to Davey, Mr. Slausen's insane brother. Davey has a knack for making mannequins. In fact, his house is filled with them. Davey's enthusiasm shows when starts adding the teenagers to his collection.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological, suspenseful, serious, realistic, disturbing, bloody, grindhouse, cult horror
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The Amityville Horror (2005)
Plot Summary:
A family is terrorized by demonic forces after moving into a home that was the site of a grisly mass-murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, creepy, demonic, splatter, stylized, rough, psychological, slasher
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Nightbreed (1990)
Plot Summary:
A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of monsters are hiding from humanity.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: scary, dark fantasy, gothic, slasher, suspenseful, grindhouse, cult classic, splatter, creepy, suspense
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Night of the Demons (1988)
Plot Summary:
While conducting a seance during a Halloween party, high-school seniors unlock the demon that remains locked in the crematorium.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, suspenseful, grindhouse, sexy, demonic, splatter, creepy, psychological, psychotronic
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Cursed (2005)
Plot Summary:
A werewolf loose in Los Angeles changes the lives of three young adults, who, after being mauled by the beast, learn they must kill their attacker if they hope to change their fate to avoid becoming werewolves too.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, twist ending, slasher, teen, suspenseful, horror comedy, cult classic, teen horror, suspense, humorous
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Evil Dead (2013)
Plot Summary:
Evil Dead, the fourth installment of the Evil Dead franchise, serving as both a reboot and as a loose continuation of the series, features Mia, a young woman struggling with sobriety, heads to a remote cabin with a group of friends where the discovery of a Book of the Dead unwittingly summon up dormant demons which possess the youngsters one by one.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 194000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, New Zealand, Australia
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, bloody, suspenseful, slasher, disturbing, splatter, creepy, demonic, atmospheric, rough
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House of Wax (2005)
Plot Summary:
A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 132000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, suspense, twist ending, gothic, serious, bloody, creepy, psychological
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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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Hatchet (2006)
Plot Summary:
When a group of tourists on a New Orleans haunted swamp tour find themselves stranded in the wilderness, their evening of fun and spooks turns into a horrific nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, horror comedy, rough, suspenseful, bloody, splatter, suspense, disturbing, surprise ending
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Trick 'r Treat (2007)
Plot Summary:
Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a bitter old recluse receives an uninvited guest.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 104000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspense, twist ending, anthology, spooky, psychological, suspenseful, dark comedy, creepy
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Ghoulies (1985)
Plot Summary:
A young man and his girlfriend move into the man's old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a need to control ancient demons.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, sexy, light, splatter, semi serious, suspenseful, cult classic, psychotronic, horror comedy
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Wishmaster (1997)
Plot Summary:
The Djinn having been released from his ancient prison seeks to capture the soul of the woman who discovered him, thereby opening a portal and freeing his fellow Djinn to take over the earth.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, suspenseful, suspense, creepy, cult classic, rough, retro, surreal, psychological
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An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Plot Summary:
Two American tourists in England are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 118000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, black comedy, suspense, suspenseful, funny, disturbing, humorous, gothic, scary, horror comedy
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The Frighteners (1996)
Plot Summary:
Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 94000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: scary, black comedy, humorous, dark, dark comedy, creepy, horror comedy, suspenseful, light, suspense