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51. History of Horror (2018–2021)
TV-MA | 42 min | Documentary, History, Horror
An in-depth look at the history and pop cultural significance of horror films.
Stars: Eli Roth, Alan Maxson, Greg Nicotero, Ariel de Ment
Votes: 2,608
52. Night Visions (2001–2002)
TV-14 | 43 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
"Night Visions" was a hosted anthology series similar to "The Twilight Zone" - some tales are supernatural, others are just commentaries on twisted human nature. Each hour show is made up of two half-hour stories aired back-to-back.
Stars: Henry Rollins, Emily Holmes, Dion Luther, Ty Olsson
Votes: 1,055
53. The Island of the Fishmen (1979)
R | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
Aquatic creatures threaten the existence of a mysterious island.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Barbara Bach, Claudio Cassinelli, Richard Johnson, Beryl Cunningham
Votes: 2,484
54. Jeremiah (2002–2004)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic future, a deadly virus has wiped out most of humanity. The only ones who survived, were those who hadn't yet reached puberty.
Stars: Luke Perry, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Peter Stebbings, Ingrid Kavelaars
Votes: 4,609
55. The Silence of the Hams (1994)
R | 81 min | Comedy, Thriller
The federal agent Jo Dee Fostar is currently investigating a serial killer, helped by doctor Animal who is isolated in a maximum security jail.
Director: Ezio Greggio | Stars: Ezio Greggio, Dom DeLuise, Billy Zane, Joanna Pacula
Votes: 6,045
56. Up All Night (1989–1998)
Comedy, Drama, Horror
"USA Up All Night" was a late night hosted horror movie show that showcased cult and b-movies between 1989 until 1998.
Stars: Rhonda Shear, Gilbert Gottfried, Caroline Schlitt, Linnea Quigley
Votes: 565
57. The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee (2024)
90 min | Documentary, Biography
Follows fresh interviews, archival footage, and various animation techniques like marionation to recreate one of the world's leading actors on screen, bringing them back to life through innovative methods.
Director: Jon Spira | Stars: Joe Dante, Peter Jackson, John Landis, Paul Maslansky
Votes: 19
58. Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)
R | 95 min | Documentary
A documentary on DIY producer/director Roger Corman and his alternative approach to making movies in Hollywood.
Director: Alex Stapleton | Stars: Roger Corman, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Paul W.S. Anderson
Votes: 2,732 | Gross: $0.01M
59. Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever (1991)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Music
Those rambunctious kids are back in school and back in trouble in a smash sequel to the 1978 worldwide hit. Corey Feldman leads a rock and roll rally at Ronald Reagon High, but must triumph... See full summary »
Director: Deborah Brock | Stars: Corey Feldman, Larry Linville, Mary Woronov, Evan Richards
Votes: 1,314
60. E! True Hollywood Story (1996– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary series exploring a topic, headline, or person that became the ground zero for a revolution in culture; told by the people who were on the front lines of the story.
Stars: Phil Crowley, Chip Bolcik, Beng Spies, Ken Baker
Votes: 1,261
61. Rebel Highway (1994)
TV-MA | Drama
A series of made-for-television movies inspired by B-movies of the 1950s.
Stars: John Hawkes, Christian Klemash, Dick Miller, Wendy Schaal
Votes: 165
62. Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters (2019)
80 min | Documentary, Biography
An in-depth, sad, and beautiful documentary about the stop motion and VFX artist Phil Tippett, a man who changed the landscape of visual effects in film.
Directors: Gilles Penso, Alexandre Poncet | Stars: Joe Dante, Jon Davison, Chuck Duke, Dennis Muren
Votes: 309
63. Mr. Stitch (1995 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 94 min | Sci-Fi
Doctor Rue Wakeman (Rutger Hauer) and his team create a young man with skin and organs taken from other men and women. The creature, Lazarus (Wil Wheaton), reads a lot of books and learns ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Avary | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Wil Wheaton, Stevo Polyi, Rowland Wafford
Votes: 902
64. In Search of Darkness (2019)
Not Rated | 264 min | Documentary, Horror
An exploration of '80s horror movies through the perspective of the actors, directors, producers and SFX craftspeople who made them, and their impact on contemporary cinema.
Director: David A. Weiner | Stars: Tom Atkins, Doug Bradley, John Bloom, Diana Prince
Votes: 3,774
65. Fly Me (1973)
R | 74 min | Action, Drama
Stewardesses battle kung fu killers.
Directors: Cirio H. Santiago, Jonathan Demme, Curtis Hanson | Stars: Pat Anderson, Lenore Kasdorf, Lyllah Torena, Richard Young
Votes: 282
66. The Playboy Morning Show (2010–2016)
Comedy
Stars: Andrea Lowell, Dan Cummins, Kevin M. Klein, Erika Jordan
Votes: 119
67. Camp Cold Brook (2018)
Not Rated | 89 min | Horror
A paranormal team sets to check out an abandoned summer camp where a mass murder had taken place decades previous.
Director: Andy Palmer | Stars: Chad Michael Murray, Danielle Harris, Michael Eric Reid, Candice De Visser
Votes: 2,122
68. The Butterfly Room (2012)
Not Rated | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
A reclusive and butterfly-obsessed elderly lady suffering from bipolar disorder develops a disturbing relationship with a mysterious but seemingly innocent youngster.
Director: Jonathan Zarantonello | Stars: Barbara Steele, Ray Wise, Erica Leerhsen, Heather Langenkamp
Votes: 2,554 | Gross: $0.00M
69. In Search of Tomorrow (2022)
305 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi
A nostalgic journey through '80s sci-fi films, exploring their impact and relevance today, told by the artists who made them and by those who were inspired to turn their visions into reality.
Director: David A. Weiner | Stars: Sean Young, Clancy Brown, Adrienne Barbeau, John Carpenter
Votes: 1,072
70. Little Shop of Halloween Horrors
Comedy, Horror | Pre-production
A reboot of 1960 horror comedy, Little Shop of Horrors.
Director: Joe Dante
71. Clownado (2019)
TV-MA | 99 min | Comedy, Horror
Cursed demonic circus clowns set out on a vengeful massacre using tornadoes. A stripper, Elvis impersonator, truck driver, teen runaway, and a dude get caught in the supernatural battle between femme fatal and the boss clown from hell.
Director: Todd Sheets | Stars: John O'Hara, Rachel Lagen, Bobby Westrick, Antwoine Steele
Votes: 2,998
72. Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, History
A fast moving odyssey into the subterranean world of the rarely explored province of Filipino genre filmmaking.
Director: Mark Hartley | Stars: Roger Corman, John Landis, Pete Tombs, Mark Holcomb
Votes: 1,807
73. It Came from the Desert (2017)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A pulpy monster movie inspired by the cult classic 1980s video game "It Came from the Desert," featuring rival motocross heroes and heroines, kegger parties in the desert, secret underground military bases...and of course giant ants!
Director: Marko Mäkilaakso | Stars: Harry Lister Smith, Alex Mills, Vanessa Grasse, Mark Arnold
Votes: 1,922
74. Beyond the Dark (2022– )
Horror
Say goodbye to everything one knows and loves and hello to madness and the outrageous, unexpected horrors lying beyond the dark.
Stars: Zoë Bell, Jessica Morris, Kris Lemche, Josh Fadem
Votes: 81
75. The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time (2022)
Not Rated | 389 min | Documentary, Horror
Master filmmakers and genre experts celebrate the most terrifying moments from the greatest horror films, exploring how these scenes were created and why they seared themselves into viewers' brains.
Stars: Ryan Turek, Mick Garris, Alexandra Essoe, Jeffrey Reddick
Votes: 731
76. Dark (I) (2015)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Thriller
A disturbed young woman must confront her worst fears when she finds herself trapped alone in a New York City loft during the 2003 blackout.
Director: Nick Basile | Stars: Whitney Able, Alexandra Breckenridge, Steel Burkhardt, Michael Eklund
Votes: 2,636
77. Trapped Ashes (2006)
R | 105 min | Horror
Seven strangers on a Hollywood movie studio tour are trapped inside an infamous House of Horror and forced to tell their most terrifying stories to get out alive.
Directors: Sean S. Cunningham, Joe Dante, John Gaeta, Monte Hellman, Ken Russell | Stars: Jayce Bartok, Henry Gibson, Lara Harris, Scott Lowell
Votes: 1,808
78. I Am Divine (2013)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
How Divine, aka Harris Glenn Milstead, became John Waters' cinematic muse and an international drag icon.
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz | Stars: Divine, Michael Musto, Mark Payne, Greg Gorman
Votes: 3,129 | Gross: $0.06M
79. In Search of Darkness: Part III (2022)
Not Rated | 341 min | Documentary
Conclusion to In Search of Darkness trilogy featuring the straight-to-video horror classics that populated the shelves at the video rental store. Imaginative, gory, experimental and entertaining. These hidden gems are ripe for rediscovery.
Director: David A. Weiner | Stars: David Dastmalchian, Felissa Rose, Adrienne Barbeau, John Carpenter
Votes: 768
80. The Movie Orgy (2009)
420 min | Documentary, Comedy, History
A montage of 1950s B-movies, TV shows & vintage commercials create a nostalgic collage about aliens & monsters attacking America.
Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Ann-Margret, Ngo Dinh Diem, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Groucho Marx
Votes: 206
81. Submersion of Japan (1973)
PG | 143 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
The shorted re-edited American version of Submersion of Japan, in which Japan slowly sinks into the sea as the US and Japan work together to stop it.
Directors: Shirô Moritani, Andrew Mayer | Stars: Lorne Greene, Keiju Kobayashi, Rhonda Hopkins, Hiroshi Fujioka
Votes: 530
82. American Grindhouse (2010)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
A documentary about the history of exploitation movies, from the silent-film era to the 1970s.
Director: Elijah Drenner | Stars: Robert Forster, Eric Schaefer, Eddie Muller, John Landis
Votes: 2,621 | Gross: $0.01M
83. Love, Antosha (2019)
R | 92 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A portrait of the extraordinary life and career of actor Anton Yelchin.
Director: Garret Price | Stars: Anton Yelchin, J.J. Abrams, Sofia Boutella, Nicolas Cage
Votes: 1,721 | Gross: $0.05M
84. The Puppetoon Movie (1987)
G | 79 min | Animation, Family
Salute to the revolutionary Oscar winning stop motion animated Puppetoons created by sci-fi fantasy film legend George Pal. Gumby, Pokey and Arnie the Dinosaur host 12 of Pal's milestone ... See full summary »
Director: Arnold Leibovit | Stars: Paul Frees, Dal McKennon, Art Clokey, Dick Beals
Votes: 290
85. A Time to Die (1982)
R | 91 min | Crime, Drama
In the final days of World War II, American spy Michael Rogan (Edward Albert Jr.) is taken prisoner, along with his wife and comrades from the French underground. A sadistic six-man ... See full summary »
Directors: Matt Cimber, Joe Tornatore | Stars: Rex Harrison, Rod Taylor, Edward Albert, Raf Vallone
Votes: 299
86. The Creeps (III)
Action, Comedy, Fantasy | Post-production
Two American youngsters who prepare to celebrate Monsterfest in a Finnish ski resort that gets overrun by small creatures.
Director: Marko Mäkilaakso | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Joe Dante, Jarmo Mäkinen, Ismo Leikola
87. Sad Hill Unearthed (2017)
86 min | Documentary
A documentary following film fans working to restore the set of the climatic graveyard scene from the iconic spaghetti western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966).
Director: Guillermo de Oliveira | Stars: Ennio Morricone, James Hetfield, Joe Dante, Clint Eastwood
Votes: 1,835
88. Josh Gates Tonight (2020– )
Talk-Show
Josh Gates brings his adventures home with a new talk show where he shares updates of his worldwide adventures, interviews celebrities and experts from across the globe, connects with fans and chats with members of his Discovery family.
Stars: Josh Gates, Tony Sam, Cliff Beach, Jessica Chobot
Votes: 166
89. Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film (2019)
86 min | Documentary
The story of the makeup artists behind one of the most ground breaking and beloved science fiction franchise of all time, Planet of the Apes.
Director: William Conlin | Stars: Thomas R. Burman, Gino Acevedo, Rick Baker, Howard Berger
Votes: 246
90. Splatter (2009)
TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy, Horror
After self-righteous rock star Jonny Splatter puts a bullet in his own head, only five people are chosen to attend the reading of Splatter's will: the manager, the shrink, the guitarist, ... See full summary »
Stars: Corey Feldman, Tony Todd, Erin Way, Mark Alan
Votes: 720
91. In Search of Darkness: Part II (2020)
Not Rated | 263 min | Documentary
The follow-up to In Search of Darkness (2019) dives deeper into the practical-effects decade of '80s horror movies with all-new interviews from genre icons and industry experts alongside the original cast.
Director: David A. Weiner | Stars: Nancy Allen, Tom Atkins, John Bloom, Doug Bradley
Votes: 1,738
92. Sharksploitation (2023)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary
In the wake of the blockbuster classic Jaws (1975), a new subgenre was born. This documentary explores the weird, wild cinematic legacy of sharks on film and the world's undying fascination.
Director: Stephen Scarlata | Stars: Joe Alves, Mark Atkins, Paul Bales, Wendy Benchley
Votes: 402
93. HBO First Look (1992– )
13 min | Documentary, Short
Behind-the-scenes look at upcoming feature films, featuring interview commentary with their casts and crews.
Stars: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Steven Spielberg, Matt Damon
Votes: 484
94. What's Under the Bed? with Dax (2022 Podcast Series)
Talk-Show
Dax is a teenage fan of scary movies who interviews horror actors and filmmakers. It's not fan service; this kid's got the chops. He asks fun and engaging questions that leave his guest wondering, "how'd he know all that?"
Stars: Dax Thorup, Kevin Lewis, Danielle Harris, Heather Langenkamp
Votes: 8
95. The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (1998 TV Movie)
97 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
In the future, galactic civil war destroys the human space civilization and a new Dark Age begins. On a distant planet, a scavenger looking for his abducted sister teams up with a former general who wishes to rebuild the Galactic Republic.
Director: Joe Dante | Stars: John Corbett, Carolyn McCormick, John Pyper-Ferguson, Elisabeth Harnois
Votes: 277
96. Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2014 Podcast Series)
Documentary, Comedy
Podcast with Gilbert Gottfried & comedy writer Frank Santopadre with reviews of classic & off-beat movies & tv shows, plus interviews with friends from all corners of showbiz.
Stars: Frank Santopadre, Gilbert Gottfried, Mario Cantone, Michael H. Weber
Votes: 51
97. The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
TV-PG | 98 min | Documentary, History
Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.
Director: Wendy Apple | Stars: Kathy Bates, Zach Staenberg, Jodie Foster, Michael Tronick
Votes: 3,207
98. The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes
Biography, Comedy | Pre-production
In 1967, strait-laced exploitation movie king Roger Corman embarks on a life-changing attempt to capture the psychedelic world of LSD on film by taking a "trip" himself, abetted by Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper.
Director: Joe Dante
99. American Conjuring (2016)
86 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A family moves into an abandoned orphanage and they soon learn that their charming orphanage has a disturbing history and are convinced they aren't alone.
Directors: Dan Walton, Dan Zachary | Stars: Darren Matheson, Lynn Csontos, Eliza Faria, Mackenzie Mowat
Votes: 818
100. Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time, Parts 1-3 (2019–2020)
Documentary, Comedy, Horror
Time Warp The Mini Series.
Stars: Kevin Pollak, John Waters, Illeana Douglas, Joe Dante
Votes: 203