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Fantasy, horror film, monster film, natural horror film, science fiction film, television film
The Alaskan town of Beaver Mills, located north of the Arctic Circle, prepares for its annual celebration of the summer solstice, when the sun does not set. Meanwhile, a wyvern, a dragon-like beast, is released by the melting of the ice ca…
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Animalhorror, action film, adventure film, comedy film, comedy horror film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
A megalodon (prehistoric shark) is accidentally unleashed after an oil rig in the middle of a small island on a lake drills too far into the lake floor. The resulting malfunction also creates an explosion. The shark eats two girls before a…
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Horror, Splatter Film, comedy horror
Two friends go hunting in the woods of Northern Michigan. While wandering the woods, they accidentally break a sacred circle, releasing a terrible monster: the Wendigo. The Wendigo goes on a terrible killing spree, leaving a gun-toting her…
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disaster film, found footage film, monster film
The film takes place in Tokyo in 2003, where two reporters, Erin and Sarah Lynch, have arrived to document unusual seismic disturbances that have been picked up around Tokyo. The disturbances are originally thought to be aftershocks left o…
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Action, Fantasy, Horror, Werewolf, medieval film
{{plot}} In the opening, A narrator tells us, It was unmistakable. A wolf rising it's stem and stern. It sailed drip blood, red.
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Horror, Monster Film, Sci-Fi, horror film, science fiction film
Professor Nolter is a deranged genetic scientist, whose self-proclaimed goal is to break through to the next stage in human evolution, cross-breeding anthropophagous Venus flytraps with abducted college student guinea pigs from his own cla…
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Horror, horror film, monster film
Vince Raven (Cooper) is performing in the music video for his new song, "Identity Crisis." Later, Vince, Vince's girlfriend Sandra, and Vince's film crew drive to Vince's old childhood home to shoot a music video. While waiting for the cre…
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biopunk, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
Dr. Harrison Parker (Jeff Fahey) is a scientist working at Calgorin Industries who developed the Eden Formula, a chemical that can reproduce organisms and cure various diseases. However, unknown to Parker, deep underground the general area…
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comedy film, fantasy film, monster film, vampire film
After hearing rumors from a TV newscaster that Halloween may end and that he is being blamed, Count Dracula exclaims, "How dare they suggest such a thing? Halloween is my national holiday!" and he calls the world's most famous monsters—War…
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Fantasy, Monster Film, Sci-Fi, adventure film, horror film, monster film, science fiction, survival film
A hunter tries to shoot a bear to bring home as a trophy until a large, hairy creature attacks and kills him. The creature appeared to be the legendary monster Bigfoot who then goes back to his cave to sleep. He then attacks and kills an e…
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Monster Film, Retro Science Fiction, monster film, science fiction film
Two escaped convicts, Gary and Lon, are discovered hiding aboard a rocket by scientist Dirk Green, who then forces them to pilot the spaceship to the Moon. Dirk, who is secretly a Moon man, wants to return home. Dirk’s friend, Steve Dayton…
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Fantasy, Horror, horror film
A mysterious cave monster attacks a man at a public park. The victim succumbs, but the woman accompanying him manages to bludgeon the creature to death. A necklace, adorned with uncut diamonds worth some $500,000, is found on its corpse.
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horror film, monster film
In preparation for sending a crewed rocket into space, American scientists Dr. Quent Brady and Dan Morgan are put in charge of a program that sends various animals and insects into space to test their survival rates. After one of their roc…
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found footage film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
When interviewed by a film crew, Professor Jonathan Venkenheim claims that Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a fictionalized account of his ancestor Johann's accomplishments. Venkenheim's girlfriend Anne, interviewed separately, scoffs at his…
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Horror, Sci-Fi, horror film, science fiction film
Citizens of Pine Ridge, California worry about livestock mutilations and a recent murder in nearby Devil's Crag. Many suspect the deaths are rooted in something supernatural. A Native American dubbed Indian Joe confirms the town's fear of …
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Animation, Horror, Musical, children's film, comedy horror, horror film, musical film, vampire film in Italy
At Monster Mash Park, the skeletal dog Yorick talks about his owners Drac, Frank, and Wolf. They were the scariest monsters around and became an inspiration to monsters everywhere when they struck fear in the local mortals. As the years go…
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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, comedy film, comedy horror film, disaster film, horror film, independent film, monster film, mystery film, natural horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
After the events of the previous film, another shark is awakened by Russian miners drilling underwater for red mercury. Two ships intercept the MegaShark, which survives the attack. Benedict leads a team of prospectors into a mine in Russi…
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Aliens, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, horror film, independent film, monster film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film
In outer space, there is a planet where its people fear that if the Earth is not destroyed first, it will destroy the universe. Because of this, the planet's inhabitants decide to contact Earth. In the United States, gangsters Nat Burdell …
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Animalhorror, Horror, Monster Film, Sci-Fi, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
A scientific expedition to a remote Mexican fishing community, led by Dr. Rick Torres and Susan Lowry, discovers unhealthy amounts of radiation in the local waters. They find a small mutant octopus that can crawl on land.
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Monster Film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
In the sleepy California town of Piedras Blancas, Sturges, the lighthouse keeper, is very superstitious and concerned for the safety of his teenage daughter, Lucy. He leaves food for a sea monster who lives in a nearby cave. The locals dis…
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Horror, Monster Film, Sci-Fi, horror film
Swiss student Victor Frankenstein becomes obsessed with the application of occult principles to modern science. He leaves his family and his fiancee Elizabeth for university in Geneva to study anatomy. His mentor, Professor Waldheim, warms…
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Action, Animalhorror, Horror, Monster Film, fantasy film
Taking place in 1521 on the coast of Mexico, a group of Aztecs worships and makes sacrifices to a pair of living Tyrannosaurus rex. which is often the hearts of young women A group of conquistadores led by Hernán Cortés later arrive on the…
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Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, science fiction film
Something goes awry at a particle accelerator facility in St. Louis, and a black hole begins to form. A creature exits the hole and seeks out energy.
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Horror, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
NASA Captain Hickock arrives at Jackass Flats Proving Ground, a subterranean research facility. Mostly abandoned in 1962, it now houses “Project Shadowzone”. Hickock has been sent to investigate the death of a Shadowzone test subject and T…
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