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Sci-Fi, alien invasion, monster film, science fiction film
A huge, blinking flying object from space emits a glowing ball of electrical energy, which races toward the Earth. It intercepts a man driving on an isolated road in the American Southwest desert late at night. It takes over the man's mind…
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Animalhorror, action film, comedy film, comedy horror film, disaster film, horror film, independent film, monster film, natural horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, television film
Off the coast of Alaska, oceanographer Emma MacNeil is studying the migration patterns of whales aboard an experimental submarine she took without permission from her employer. Meanwhile, a military helicopter drops experimental sonar tran…
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Fantasy, Thriller, fantasy film, horror film, science fiction film, thriller
In 1905 Ireland, two carnies, Angus Shaw and his infertile wife Lily, encounter a Mr. Woolrich during one of their shows. Having heard that a mermaid will be on show, he is relieved to find that it is just Lily impersonating one.
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Horror, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
Stephen Reinhart, an American scientist, travels to Arkham, England to visit his fiancée, Susan Witley, whom he met while she was studying abroad in the United States. He arrives at the Witley estate, having been shunned by all the locals …
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Action, Adventure, Horror, Monster Film, Sci-Fi, Thriller, science fiction film
An experimental submarine, the Siren II, with an experienced NATO crew, is sent to find out what happened to the missing Siren I. Wick Hayes, the designer of the sub, blames the Contek corporation's modifications to his original design. Th…
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Monster Film, Sci-Fi, Z movie, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
While driving along a highway in fictional Angel County in California, sheriff's deputy Martin Gordon and his wife Brett meet Martin's uncle, Sheriff Ben, and together they investigate a reported plane crash site. At the site, the group en…
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Monster Film, Utopia & Dystopia
The film is set in a post-apocalyptic future, where the vast majority of humanity has died due to a viral epidemic. The remaining humans have reverted to primitive tribalism. After killing his father for sexually assaulting his girlfriend,…
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Dark Comedy, Horror comedy, Sci-Fi, comedy film, comedy horror, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
In the small town of Chestnut Hills, California, three people are murdered in their closets by an unseen figure. Richard Clark, a struggling reporter at a news agency in San Francisco, learns of the murders through his snarky rival coworke…
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Aliens, Dark Comedy, comedy film, comedy horror, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
Ciarán O'Shea (Richard Coyle), an alcoholic Garda is assigned to a new partner, Lisa Nolan (Ruth Bradley), a workaholic. His resentment only grows when Nolan, seeking to impress her superiors, volunteers for temporary duty at a remote Iris…
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Horror, Monster Film, Sci-Fi, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
In the Salton Sea in California, an underwater earthquake causes a crevice to open, releasing prehistoric giant molluscs. A rescue training parachute jump is conducted, but the patrol boat sent to pick up the jumper finds only a floating p…
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Animalhorror, Horror, Monster Film
Some time after the events of the first film, efforts are made to clean up the radioactive waste from the tropical island to make it attractive as a tourist destination. However, a reporter soon discovers a conspiracy to hide the truth abo…
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Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, monster film, science fiction film
Mission control personnel on Earth monitor the rocket ship Mars Rocket 1 (MR-1) as it approaches Earth orbit following the first crewed expedition to Mars. Personnel are surprised to see the ship on their monitors, for they believed that t…
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Horror, action film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
Fishermen John Crankton is killed by an unseen animal. The next day, medical examiner Sam Rivers and biologist Mary Callahan travel into the bayou to investigate John's mysterious death. Having grown up in the area, Sam is comfortable in h…
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Horror, Horror comedy, LGBTQ-related film, Modern-Day Fantasy, Monster Film, horror film
The film opens with Mäddy Killian (Caitlin Stasey) recording footage of her childhood friend Alexis (Felisha Cooper) as she prepares for the final days of school before summer break and for cheerleading practice. She discusses how importan…
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Horror comedy, Monster Film, Romantic Drama, horror film, monster film
After a ten-year relationship, Hank's girlfriend leaves him. He spends his days in melancholy, but a terrible creature begins to come to his house at nights and scratches his door with obviously unkind intentions. Hank tries to confront th…
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Horror, Splatter Film, Zombiefilm, action film, comedy horror, horror film, mockbuster, thriller film, zombie comedy
After his mother Nancy Lincoln turns into a zombie, 10-year-old Abraham Lincoln sees his father Thomas Lincoln commit suicide at her bedside. Taking up a scythe, the distraught young Abe beheads her. He then joins others in his community i…
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Animalhorror, Komödie, comedy horror, monster film
Space archaeologist Simon Watterman, discovers a "Munchie" in a cave in Peru. Bringing the specimen back to the United States, Simon's son Paul and his girlfriend Cindy name it Arnold. Cecil Watterman, Simon's evil twin brother and snack f…
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Horror comedy, Monster Film, Silly Movie, Splatter Film, comedy horror
After crudely trying to sew his monstrous former conjoined twin Belial back onto his side at the end of the previous film, Duane Bradley is reseparated from Belial and put in a straitjacket and padded cell in Granny Ruth's haven for "uniqu…
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Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, horror film
In the 19th century, an icebound ship in the Arctic Ocean encounters two men on dogsleds trying to kill each other. They rescue one of the men, who says he is Dr. Victor Frankenstein, and tells the captain his story.
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Monster Film, horror film, musical film, zombie film
Free-spirited Jerry, his girlfriend Angela, and his buddy Harold head out for a day at a seaside carnival. In one venue, a dance number is performed by Marge, a superstitious alcoholic who drinks before and between shows, and her partner, …
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B movie, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, monster film, natural horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, thriller film
Scientist Steve Karnes delivers a speech to a British scientific society, led by Professor James Bickford, about the dangers to marine life posed by nuclear testing. Before Karnes can return to the United States, a real-life example of his…
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Sci-Fi, monster film, science fiction film
thumb|left|thumbtime=3:43|The Phantom Planet It is 1980, and the United States Air Force's Space Exploration Wing has bases on the Moon and is on the eve of a mission to Mars. When another of its two-member crewed Pegasus spacecraft myster…
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Horror, horror film
Horror writer Edmund Blackstone sees his recurring nightmare come to chilling life one weekend as one by one, his friends and family are killed by three villains: the Queen of Evil, a dwarf named Spider, and a giant scar-faced strongman ca…
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Groteske, Horror, Komödie, Monster Film, blaxploitation film, comedy film, comedy horror, horror film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
Dr. Maxwell Kirshner arrives at a mansion in a wheelchair; once inside, Kirshner asks if his experiment has been a success, and is told by an orderly that it has been. He is taken to the basement, where the experiment is in fact a two-head…
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