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Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, adventure film, drama film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film, vampire film, zombie film
The crew of the joint British and American Space Shuttle Churchill, under the command of Colonel Tom Carlsen, finds a spaceship hidden in the coma of Halley's Comet. Inside, the crew discovers hundreds of desiccated bat-like creatures and …
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Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, action film, horror film, science fiction film
During a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Boston, several passengers awaken to find that the rest have disappeared, leaving behind personal belongings and even surgical implants. Those remaining are pilot Brian Engle (deadheading on the …
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Horror, Komödie, Slasher Horror, black comedy film, comedy film, comedy horror film, horror film, independent film, monster film, natural horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film
thumb|The full film Florist shop owner Gravis Mushnick has two employees, Audrey Fulquard and Seymour Krelborn. Located on skid row, Mushnick's rundown shop gets little business. When Seymour fouls up a floral arrangement for dentist Dr.
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Cannibal-Movie, Dark Comedy, Horror, Slasher Horror, black comedy film, body horror film, comedy film, comedy horror film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, satirical film, slasher film, splatter film, suspense film, thriller film
In 1986, high school seniors Buzz and Rick race along a desolate stretch of Texas highway, en route to the Texas-OU football game at the Dallas Cotton Bowl, and harass a pickup truck driven by chainsaw-wielding cannibal Leatherface along t…
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Horror, Sci-Fi, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
thumb|James Arness as The Thing In Anchorage, journalist Ned Scott, looking for a story, visits the officer's club of the Alaskan Air Command, where he meets Captain Pat Hendry, his co-pilot and flight navigator. General Fogarty orders Hen…
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Drama, Fairy-Tale Film, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, cinematic fairy tale, fantasy film, monster film
In the medieval Kingdom of Cloister, monks craft magic beans that grow into a large beanstalk. They reach the realm of Gantua, home to a race of giants. The giants attack the Earth below, but through the use of a magical crown created from…
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Aliens, Sci-Fi, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
In a small Pennsylvania town in July 1957, teenager Steve Andrews and his girlfriend Jane Martin kiss at a lovers' lane when they see a meteorite crash beyond the next hill. Steve goes looking for it but Barney, an old man living nearby, f…
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Action, Pseudohistorical Fantasy, action film, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, science fiction film
During the reign of Emperor Renzong, a group of European mercenaries travels to China, searching for gunpowder. A few miles north of the Great Wall, they are attacked by a monster. Only Irishman William Garin and Spaniard Pero Tovar surviv…
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Coming Of Age, Computeranimation, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, children's film, comedy film, family film, speculative fiction film
In the town of Oceanside, Ruby Gillman and her family are secretly krakens. Determined to fit in with humans, Ruby's mother Agatha forbids her from going near the ocean, including her school's prom at sea. Ruby's friends Margot, Trevin, an…
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Coming Of Age, Satire, Teen Comedy Film, Werewolf, comedy horror, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, monster film, teen film
A rash of dog killings strikes the quiet suburb of Bailey Downs, Ontario. Teenage sisters Brigitte and Ginger Fitzgerald harbor a fascination with death and formed a pact as children to move out of the suburb or die together by the age of …
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Horror, Thriller, fantasy film, horror film, monster film, vampire film
Charles Brady and his mother/lover Mary are sleepwalkers, nomadic shapeshifting energy vampires who feed off the lifeforce of virgin women. Though they normally maintain a human form, they can transform into human-sized bipedal werecats, t…
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Dark Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller, adventure film, comedy film, drama film, parody film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
In the mid-22nd century, mankind has begun to colonize interstellar space. Armed with Artificial Intelligence "Exponential Thermostellar Devices" (bombs which can talk and think), the scout ship Dark Star, with its crew of five and a senti…
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Action Comedy, Computeranimation, Martial-Arts, Modern-Day Fantasy, Super Hero, action film, adventure film, comedy film, ninja film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film, teen film
In ancient times, an aztec warlord named Yaotl opens a portal into a parallel universe that grants him immortality and petrifies his four generals: Aguila, Gato, Serpiente, and Mono. The portal also releases thirteen immortal monsters that…
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Animation, Fantasy, Komödie, comedy horror, family film, fantasy film, monster film, vampire film, werewolf film, zombie film
Some time after the events of the first film, Mavis and Johnny are finally married with the approval of her father, Count Dracula. One year after the wedding, Mavis reveals to Drac that she is now pregnant and later gives birth to an infan…
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Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Modern-Day Fantasy, arthouse science fiction film, drama film, experimental film, horror film, monster film, mystery film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, surrealist film, thriller film
In 1953, exterminator William Lee finds that his wife Joan is stealing his insecticide to use as a recreational drug. Lee is arrested by the police, and he begins hallucinating due to exposure to the insecticide. Lee believes he is a secre…
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Monster Film, Thriller, action film, disaster film, drama film, dystopian film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, zombie film
In March 1975, a Sino-Soviet border conflict escalates into full-scale war in which biological warfare destroys most of the human race. U.S. Army Col.
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Adventure, Animalhorror, Drama, action film, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
Frederick Wilson, an executive of the Petrox Oil Company, forms an expedition based on infrared imagery, which reveals a previously undiscovered Indian Ocean island hidden by a permanent cloud bank. Wilson believes the island has a huge oi…
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Monster Film, Sci-Fi, Splatter Film, Thriller, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
A meteorite crashes near Arborville, California. An elderly vagabond discovers within a sphere a massive slime mold-like substance that adheres to his hand. Three high school students—football star Paul, cheerleader Meg, and outsider Brian…
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Drama, Erotic Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, drama film, erotic thriller, fantasy film, horror film, monster film
In an undisclosed, primitive human settlement, a sacrificial maiden is tied to a tree. A black panther approaches and rests its paws on her. Another girl with feline features approaches a similar big cat in a cave, without incurring its at…
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Action, Monster Film, Mysterie, action film, horror film, monster film, pirate film, science fiction film
Captain John Finnegan and his crew, Joey and Leila, are hired by mercenaries Hanover, Mulligan, Mason, Billy, T-Ray, Mamooli, and Vivo to pilot their boat across the South China Sea to an undisclosed rendezvous point. Meanwhile, the Argona…
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Monster Film, action film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film
Edward Carnby, a paranormal investigator, has a nightmare in which he hides from alien-like creatures as a child. Carnby flies to an urban museum where his girlfriend, Aline Cedrac, is an assistant curator. Carnby holds an artifact-puzzle …
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Horror, Thriller, Werewolf, drama film, horror film, werewolf film
In 1891, a man named Ben Talbot is killed by a humanoid wolf in the woods of Blackmoor. His mutilated body is found in a slaughterhouse. After learning of what happened, his brother Lawrence returns home, and reunites with his estranged fa…
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Modern-Day Fantasy, Monster Film, horror film, mystery film, thriller film
In 2021, millennial couple Chase and Laine travel to the Horror Hound festival in rural Louisiana. Chase is a paranormal fanatic, taking a special interest in the local urban legend of "the Creeper", a creature that every 23 years, for 23 …
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Horror, Monster Film, fantasy film, horror film
During the robbery of a museum, a stray gunshot releases an ancient Djinn imprisoned in a fire opal. One of the burglars, a young woman named Morgana Truscott, steals the gem and shoots a museum guard, but is forced to abandon the other bu…
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