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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,216 films · Page 135.

The Horror of Party Beach (1964)

Monster Film, Sci-Fi, beach party film, horror film, monster film, musical film, zombie film

Near a small East Coast beach town near New York City, a boat dumps a 55-gallon metal drum labeled "Danger Radioactive Waste" into the ocean. The drum opens upon reaching the bottom, releasing its contents upon a sunken ship and a nearby human skeleton. The skeleton is transformed into an aquatic, humanoid monster.

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Eyes of a Stranger (1981)

Thriller, crime film, horror film, slasher film

Jane, a newscaster in Miami, reports on the latest victim of a serial killer and rapist. She lives with and cares for her teenage sister, Tracy, who is blind and deaf-mute owing to a conversion disorder she suffered after being kidnapped and raped as a young girl, something Jane remains tormented by due to her leaving Tracy alone shortly before it occurred. In her newscast, she frequently goes off-script to make impassioned pleas for the killer to be caught, and for other women in the city to exercise caution.

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Tormented (2009)

Horror, Slasher Horror, comedy horror, ghost film, teen film

Head girl Justine Fielding (Tuppence Middleton) is escorted out of Fairview High School by the police, as other pupils look on. Five days earlier, Justine is reading the eulogy at the funeral of unpopular, asthmatic student Darren Mullet (Calvin Dean). Mullet's equally unpopular friend, Jason Banks (Olly Alexander), is (literally) thrown out of the church by the sadistic P.E.

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Blue Sunshine (1976)

Horror, Mysterie, horror film

During a party, Frannie Scott croons the jazz standard "Just in Time" and playfully tries to kiss his friend's date, causing the friend to pull Frannie's hair, which unexpectedly comes off. The bald Frannie then has a psychotic break, brutally murders several party guests, and chases Jerry Zipkin into the nearby road, where Frannie is hit and killed by a passing truck. Jerry is wrongly accused of the murders and goes on the lam, trying to gather evidence to prove his innocence, helped by his friends Alicia Sweeney and surgeon David Blume.

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Zoombies (2016)

Animalhorror, Zombiefilm, horror film

The Eden Wildlife Zoo, a zoo in northern Arizona containing rare animals, is having its intern orientation day, where college students applying for jobs as interns are touring the zoo. Meanwhile, some of the zoo's monkeys contract an unknown disease and are taken to the clinic, where the veterinarians use intracardiac epinephrine to save the life of a monkey that suffered a cardiac arrest. The contagious pathogen spreads to all of the monkeys in the room, turning them into zombies with predatory behavior towards humans.

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68 Kill (2017)

Dark Comedy, comedy film, crime film, horror film

Chip is a timid sewer worker who is at the beck and call of his bombshell girlfriend. Liza is unhappy with her life as a prostitute and she is repeatedly abusive towards Chip in their relationship, but he is convinced that he is in love with her. One day, Liza's landlord and steady client, Ken McKenzie, shows her a safe that contains $68,000.

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Blood Harvest (1987)

horror film, slasher film

We open on the death of Gary and Merv's parents, seemingly murdered and then taken away by paramedics. Jill Robinson arrives back in her small hometown, having returned from college. She learns that the townspeople are not happy with her father, a banker who has been foreclosing on family farms in the area.

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The Cat and the Canary (1939)

Horror comedy, comedy horror

left|thumb|thumbtime=33|The Cat and the Canary trailer Cyrus Norman was a millionaire who lived in the Louisiana bayous with his mistress Miss Lu. Norman died ten years previous, and now an American Indian man paddles the executor of Norman's estate, Mr. Crosby, through alligator-infested waters to Norman's isolated mansion, where his will is to be read at midnight.

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A Wounded Fawn (2022)

Horror

Several people are at an auction bidding on a statue of The Wrath of the Erinyes, which features the three sisters descending on a male victim. Kate and Bruce are bidding against each other, with Kate ultimately winning. That night, at her home, Bruce knocks on her door and claims he has a client who will pay double what she did for the statue.

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Killer Crocodile (1989)

horror film

On a tropical island, a team of ecologists are travelling through a polluted wetland, investigating the cause of the pollution. They trace its source to barrels of radioactive toxic waste that have been dumped in the waters. Deeming the waste too dangerous to examine further, they set up camp that night in the nearby woods.

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Mosquito (1995)

Animalhorror, Horror, action film, monster film, science fiction film

An alien spacecraft crashes down in a U.S. national park. A mosquito sucks the blood of the craft's deceased extraterrestrial pilot, causing the insect to mutate to an abnormally large size.

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Dead-End Drive In (1986)

Sci-Fi, action film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction action film

In the near future, the economy has collapsed and crime waves sweep the inner cities. The manufacturing industry has shrunk to the point where cars are a commodity and parts are fought over between salvage companies and roving gangs. Australia, the US, and North Korea are the only functioning nation-states left on earth.

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Love Is the Monster (2025)

horror film, thriller film

Ana and Justin, a couple who have been rocked by infidelity, attend an exclusive couples retreat in Finland under the golden rays of the summer's midnight sun. They join other couples from other parts of the world to experience the transformative teachings of the shaman and healer, Tiina, inspired by Lempo, the ancient goddess of love and fertility from Finnish mythology. But the idyllic setting soon takes a turn.

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The Terminators (2009)

Action, Sci-Fi, action film, dystopian film, horror film, mockbuster, science fiction film

The film takes place at an undetermined point in the future, when humanity has developed advanced robotic technology with enhanced artificial intelligence. This includes the use of cybernetic organisms (or cyborgs) called the TR-4 (all TR-4s are played by Paul Logan) for general labor. After being reprogrammed by the newest model TR-5, the machines instigate a cybernetic revolt against humanity, bombing cities and sending thousands of armed, identical TR-4 androids to eradicate all human life.

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ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2 (2011)

Horror, horror film, slasher film

The minions of serial killer Jesse "ChromeSkull" Cromeans locate their employer and bring him back from the brink of death, though the injuries he sustained have left him disfigured. As ChromeSkull recuperates, tended to by an assistant named Spann, his disgruntled second-in-command, Preston, tracks Princess and Tommy, the survivors of the previous film, to a motel. Preston kills Princess, which infuriates ChromeSkull, while Tommy is spared, due to being out at the time of Preston's attack.

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Rage, furia primitiva (1988)

Animalhorror, Horror, Monster Film, Sci-Fi, Thriller, horror film

Frank Duffy, a reporter for a local newspaper in Miami, sneaks into a research laboratory that carries out experiments on animals. Bitten by a rabid monkey, the young man falls prey to an uncontrollable fury and spreads the infection in the nearby college, where the carefree Halloween party taking place there turns into a bloodbath.

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The Banishing (2020)

Horror, ghost film, horror film

In 1935 England, a vicar living in Morley Hall murders his wife in a fit of jealousy and then takes his own life. Bishop Malachi asks the town physician to cover up the crime. Three years later, the new vicar, Linus Forster, moves into Morley Hall with his new wife Marianne and her young daughter Adelaide, who was born out of wedlock and masquerades as her niece.

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Infestation (2009)

Horror comedy, comedy drama, comedy horror

Cooper is a slacker who works as a telemarketer. Arriving late for work, he is promptly fired by his boss, Maureen, for always turning up late, driving customers away, and fooling around in the office. Shortly after, an extremely loud sound is heard and Cooper faints with a pained expression on his face.

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The Pack (2015)

Animalhorror, horror film

The film opens with a sitter hearing sounds and going out to his barn to investigate. A short time later, his wife awakens from her easy chair by the fireplace to see his cigarette burning in the ashtray, but he is not in the house. She goes to find him and hears a noise in the barn.

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The Loneliest Boy in the World (2022)

Coming Of Age, Horror comedy, Zombiefilm

In 1987, in the small oceanside town of Hubris, awkward teenager Oliver Martin lives all alone in his house following the loss of his beloved mother, Dolly, a year prior. After doing some time in a psych ward to deal with his trauma, Oliver was granted the freedom to return home. He's often visited by social workers Margot Seale and Julius Carter, who check up on him and his mental health.

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And Now the Screaming Starts (1973)

Horror, ghost film, horror film

In 1795, after moving to her fiancé Charles Fengriffen's family estate, Catherine experiences visions of an undead corpse with a heavily birthmarked face, empty eye sockets and a severed right hand. On her wedding night, she is attacked and raped by an evil spirit in her bedroom at Fengriffen House. Later, she is disturbed to encounter Silas, a woodsman who lives in a nearby lodge and has a birthmark identical to the corpse's.

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