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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,216 films · Page 154.

Zaat (1971)

Horror, monster film, Science fiction

In his laboratory, mad scientist Dr. Kurt Leopold contemplates his former colleagues' derision of his formula ZaAt, a compound that can transform humans into sea creature hybrids. He injects himself with the serum and immerses himself in a tank, emerging as a catfish-like monster.

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Satan's Triangle (1975)

mystery film

USCG pilot Lt Commander Pagnolini and his winchman Haig answer an SOS call at sea and arrive at a derelict schooner, the Requite. Haig lowers himself to the ship, where he finds three dead bodies along with one survivor, Eva, cowering in the cabin. As the pilot attempts to retrieve Haig and Eva with a rescue basket, the line breaks, plunging the two into the ocean.

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The Being (1983)

Horror, monster film, Science fiction

In the town of Pottsville, Idaho, citizens begin disappearing. Young Michael Smith, son of Marge Smith (Dorothy Malone), is the first to vanish. A young man is decapitated while fleeing from an unseen assailant, and three patrons at a drive-in theater are brutally murdered.

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The Crawling Hand (1963)

Horror, Science fiction

An astronaut, out of oxygen and coming in for a crash landing, somehow manages to re-establish radio contact and tell ground control to activate the ship self-destruction mechanism. After wondering why the astronaut couldn't do it himself, ground control pushes the red button, causing the ship to explode at ; scientists Steve Curan, Max Weitzberg, and their assistant Donna discover that the late astronaut was infected by an alien lifeform. Meanwhile, Paul Lawrence, a science student and his girlfriend Marta Farnstrom find a severed human arm on a beach in California.

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A Stranger Is Watching (1982)

Horror

Steve Peterson's wife, Nina is murdered in front of their young daughter Julie. Three years later, Julie and Peterson's new girlfriend Sharon Martin are kidnapped by the same killer, the psychotic Artie Taggart. Taggart imprisons them in a bunker below Grand Central Station, throwing the police into a race against time to save them.

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I Sell the Dead (2008)

Comedy horror, fantasy film, monster film, zombie comedy

While awaiting his execution for murder and grave robbery, Arthur Blake (Dominic Monaghan) is visited by Father Duffy (Ron Perlman), who wishes to obtain a statement from the condemned to be used as a cautionary tale. Arthur denies that he is a murderer, a crime for which his former partner, Willie Grimes (Larry Fessenden), has already been executed by guillotine. However, Arthur freely admits to being a grave robber, and begins to recount his career with Willie.

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Dark Age (1987)

Animal horror, Horror

During a massive rainstorm, a trio of poachers head out into a local river in the Northern Territory to hunt crocodiles. Upon finding a massive, 7.6 metre/25-foot long saltwater crocodile, they attempt to shoot it. However, the reptile reacts tipping their boat over and attacking them.

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Dark Angel: The Ascent (1994)

Horror, romance film, vigilante film

Veronica (Angela Featherstone) is a young demoness with a rebellious attitude who dreams of living among human beings on Earth. She is constantly talking out of turn and questioning the ways of the demon resulting in punishment after punishment. Fed up with this, her father, Hellikan (Nicholas Worth), tries to kill her but her mother, Theresa (Charlotte Stewart), stops Hellikan and Veronica escapes with her hellhound, Hellraiser.

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Creature from Black Lake (1976)

Horror

After hearing a lecture on unknown, humanoid creatures such as Bigfoot and the Fouke Monster, two University of Chicago students, Pahoo and Rives, decide to spend their spring break pursuing the story and journey from Chicago to the Louisiana-Arkansas border. There they begin interviewing witnesses, first a family that suffered a car crash when the creature menaced them on the road, killing the parents of a young child, Orville Bridges. Pahoo and Rives stay with Orville and his grandparents, who are reluctant to speak with them, fearing they will portray them as superstitious rednecks, but soon take a liking to the students.

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WolfCop (2014)

Comedy, Comedy horror, Horror, Werewolf

In October of 2014, Lou Garou, an alcoholic cop in the small community of Woodhaven, spends most of his day either asleep at work or at Jessica's bar. When his friend Willie Higgins phones in a complaint of occult activity in the area of his gun store, the police chief sends Garou to investigate. After meeting with Higgins, Garou dismisses his concerns as the actions of heavy metal fans.

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Killer Workout (1988)

Horror, Sex Film, sexploitation film, Slasher, Teen Horror Film

A young model, Valerie, is burned in a tanning salon accident. Five years later, Valerie's twin sister Rhonda Johnson is operating a fitness club in Los Angeles. Rhonda chastises one of her employees, Jaimy, for missing an aerobics class she was supposed to lead.

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Scared Stiff (1953)

Comedy, Comedy horror, musical film

Mary Carroll inherits her family's ancestral home, located on a small Caribbean island off Cuba. Despite warnings and death threats, she decides to sail to Havana and take possession of the reputedly haunted castle. She is joined by nightclub entertainer Larry Todd who, believing he has killed a mobster, flees New York with a friend, Myron.

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The She-Creature (1956)

fantasy film, Horror

Dr. Carlo Lombardi, an unctuous carnival hypnotist, conducts experiments in hypnotic regression that take his unwitting female subject Andrea Talbott to a past life as a prehistoric humanoid form of sea life. He uses the physical manifestation of the prehistoric creature to commit murders.

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Black Friday (1940)

Crime, Horror, Science fiction, thriller film

Bookish college professor George Kingsley is accidentally run down by gangster Red Cannon, who was fleeing from four members of his former gang attempting to kill him. Cannon is crippled by the accident while Kingsley suffers life-threatening brain trauma. Kingsley's friend Dr.

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Sadie (2016)

Drama, Erotic Film, Erotic Thriller, Horror, LGBTQ-related film, thriller film

Sadie Glass is on a book tour with her boyfriend, Thierry. She is promoting her book that details her chaotic relationship with Alex, which is implied to have been sexual and violent. At an event in Italy, Alex shows up and invites Sadie to spend the weekend with him instead of meeting Thierry's family in Paris.

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Under the Mountain (2009)

Adventure, fantasy film

Teenage twins Rachel and Theo travel to Auckland to stay with relatives following the sudden death of their mother. Where there was once a psychic bond between them, now there is a rift as Theo, particularly, refuses to confront his grief. Rachel reaches out to him, but is rebuffed.

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The Haunting of Hell House (1999)

Horror, Occult Horror

James Farrow (Andrew Bowen) is a young student who discovers his girlfriend is pregnant and in a panic, pressures her and forces her to an illegal abortion. However, James' lover dies during the abortion due to the negligence of the abortionist and he is left in a pit of grief and guilt. He begins seeing demonic, ghostly visions of his deceased girlfriend and begins to visit the house where they had first met.

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Revelation (2001)

Horror, Treasure hunt

In two flashbacks, a relic is created in 50 AD, then hidden by Jews from a Crusader mob in medieval Rennes-le-Château. In present-day Rennes-le-Château, an academic under instructions from Magnus Martel is seen with the relic—the Loculus—researching on the ground to find the right place to hide it. Magnus' son Jake, an ace cryptographer, is released from Wormwood Scrubs Prison and recruited by his father for research on the Loculus.

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