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51. The House of the Dead (1978)

PG | 79 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

"The House of the Dead" is a 1978 horror anthology movie with "The Mortician" introducing each scary tale.

Director: Sharron Miller | Stars: John Ericson, Ivor Francis, Judith Novgrod, Burr DeBenning

Votes: 1,149

52. Beneath the Darkness (2011)

R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

After watching their best friend get murdered, a group of teens struggle to expose a local hero as the vicious killer and keep from becoming his next victims.

Director: Martin Guigui | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Tony Oller, Aimee Teegarden, Stephen Ford

Votes: 6,354

53. Unconditional Love (2002)

PG-13 | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

When Grace's husband leaves her after 25 years, she flies to England for her singer idol's funeral. She meets his lover and they return to Chicago to hunt down the idol's killer.

Director: P.J. Hogan | Stars: Kathy Bates, Rupert Everett, Jonathan Pryce, Ashley Anne Ayer

Votes: 4,109

54. Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)

Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Mystery

An American journalist temporarily stationed in Central Europe searches for his new girlfriend, who has suddenly disappeared.

Director: Aldo Lado | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Jean Sorel, Mario Adorf, Barbara Bach

Votes: 3,693

55. Roswell (1994 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Beginning at a 30-year reunion for members of a military nuclear bomb unit, flashbacks are presented that follow the attempts of Major Jesse Marcel to discover the truth about strange ... See full summary »

Director: Jeremy Kagan | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Martin Sheen, Dwight Yoakam, Xander Berkeley

Votes: 2,724

56. Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975)

R | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

An American artist with a penchant for drinking blood begins seducing and dispatching residents of a small fishing town in Mexico.

Director: Juan López Moctezuma | Stars: Cristina Ferrare, David Young, John Carradine, Helena Rojo

Votes: 789

57. Miss Juneteenth (2020)

Unrated | 99 min | Drama

A former beauty queen and single mom prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the "Miss Juneteenth" pageant.

Director: Channing Godfrey Peoples | Stars: Nicole Beharie, Liz Mikel, Marcus M. Mauldin, Kendrick Sampson

Votes: 2,183

58. Best F(r)iends: Volume 1 (2017)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

When a drifter befriends a quirky mortician, an unlikely business partnership is formed. Paranoia soon develops, however, and both men are forced to come to terms with the fragility of friendship and loyalty.

Director: Justin MacGregor | Stars: Greg Sestero, Tommy Wiseau, Kristen StephensonPino, Vince Jolivette

Votes: 2,781

59. I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998)

90 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

A cross-dressing mental patient escapes from an asylum and robs a bank. The money is soon stolen from him, and he embarks on a killing spree in an attempt to retrieve it.

Director: Aris Iliopulos | Stars: Billy Zane, Tippi Hedren, Ron Perlman, Michael Greene

Votes: 822

60. Kissed (1996)

R | 78 min | Drama, Romance

Over the years, a child's romantic ideals about death blossom into necrophilia, the study of embalming and the most profound relationship of her life.

Director: Lynne Stopkewich | Stars: Molly Parker, Peter Outerbridge, Jay Brazeau, Natasha Morley

Votes: 3,999 | Gross: $0.47M

61. A Summer Tale (2000)

91 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Two kids move in with a lonely undertaker who is secretly in love with the town's school teacher.

Director: Ulf Malmros | Stars: Kjell Bergqvist, Anastasios Soulis, Rebecca Scheja, Cecilia Nilsson

Votes: 4,499

62. At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964)

84 min | Horror

A gravedigger prowls the city in search of a female to bear him a son.

Director: José Mojica Marins | Stars: José Mojica Marins, Magda Mei, Nivaldo Lima, Valéria Vasquez

Votes: 3,897

63. Deep Crimson (1996)

114 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

The life of a man who preys on unsuspecting women for a living is changed when he finds an accomplice in the woman who loves and controls him.

Director: Arturo Ripstein | Stars: Regina Orozco, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Sherlyn, Giovani Florido

Votes: 2,103

64. The Lodger (2009)

R | 95 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A couple rents out a room to a mysterious young man, who may or may not be guilty of a series of grisly neighborhood murders.

Director: David Ondaatje | Stars: Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Shane West, Donal Logue

Votes: 5,318

65. Undertaking Betty (2002)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Romance

A woman, whose husband is cheating on her, and an undertaker, who has been in love with her since their childhood, decide to fake her death so they can be together.

Director: Nick Hurran | Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Alfred Molina, Christopher Walken, Naomi Watts

Votes: 5,131

66. Kissed (2020)

6 min | Short, Horror

A coroner fixes up the new body in the morgue, and adds a few touches of his own.

Director: Elwood Quincy Walker | Stars: Aurora Persichetti, James Warfield

Votes: 330

67. Valley of the Zombies (1946)

Not Rated | 56 min | Action, Drama, Horror

Dr. Maynard (Charles Trowbridge') tells Dr. Terry Evans (Robert Livingston) and his nurse, Susan Drake (Lorna Gray), about the theft of ten pints of blood from his lab. Later, he is visited... See full summary »

Director: Philip Ford | Stars: Robert Livingston, Lorna Gray, Ian Keith, Thomas E. Jackson

Votes: 417

68. This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse (1967)

108 min | Horror

After the events of the previous film, Coffin Joe continues to seek a maiden to give him a son. With the help of servant Bruno, he kidnaps six girls from a village. Which one of them will pass his trials of fear?

Director: José Mojica Marins | Stars: José Mojica Marins, Tina Wohlers, Nadia Freitas, Antonio Fracari

Votes: 2,128

69. Frankenstein (2004 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

When a detective begins investigating a series of horrific murders, she is lead to a mad doctor who has sustained his creature and himself for over 200 years through genetic experimentation.

Director: Marcus Nispel | Stars: Parker Posey, Vincent Perez, Thomas Kretschmann, Adam Goldberg

Votes: 2,034

70. Mystery Street (1950)

Passed | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A small-town policeman is assisted by a Harvard professor after the discovery of a human skeleton on a Massachusetts beach.

Director: John Sturges | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett, Elsa Lanchester

Votes: 3,463

71. The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943)

Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Posing as an insurance investigator, Tom Lawrence investigates a murder of a teacher disguised as a suicide at a women's college.

Director: William Clemens | Stars: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Paula Corday, Amelita Ward

Votes: 926

72. The Mad Ghoul (1943)

Passed | 65 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A university chemistry professor experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student, turning the would-be surgeon into a murdering ghoul.

Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: David Bruce, Evelyn Ankers, George Zucco, Robert Armstrong

Votes: 894

73. Mortuary Academy (1988)

R | 87 min | Comedy

"Police Academy" clone, about some nerds who inherit an academy for morticians, which is run by a corrupt closet necrophiliac. Of course, the most incompetent students possible are accepted... See full summary »

Director: Michael Schroeder | Stars: Richard Kennedy, Christopher Atkins, Perry Lang, Gary Veney

Votes: 434

74. The Scopone Game (1972)

Not Rated | 113 min | Comedy, Drama

Every year, a Countess invites a poor Italian family to play in a card game.

Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano, Joseph Cotten, Bette Davis

Votes: 2,610

75. Sengkolo: Malam Satu Suro (2024)

Horror | Post-production

In Javanese culture, Sengkolo is a negative entity that often haunts humans, brings bad luck and brings disaster. On the first night of Suro, Sengkolo moved to target several weton who were his prey.

Director: Hanny Saputra | Stars: Donny Alamsyah, Fauzan Nasrul, Anantya Kirana, Kenya Nindia

76. A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)

Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Western

In 1876 Colorado, the Tomahawk and Western Railroad is expanding through the Rockies but some stagecoach operators, fearing a loss of revenue, plan to sabotage the railroad.

Director: Richard Sale | Stars: Dan Dailey, Anne Baxter, Rory Calhoun, Walter Brennan

Votes: 769

77. Wake (I) (2009)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

When things get tough for Carys Reitman (Bijou Phillips), she does what any emotionally-isolated girl would do: she goes to strangers' funerals.

Director: Ellie Kanner | Stars: Bijou Phillips, Ian Somerhalder, Jane Seymour, Danny Masterson

Votes: 2,029

78. Embodiment of Evil (2008)

Not Rated | 94 min | Horror

The gravedigger Zé do Caixão continues his search for the perfect woman to bear his son.

Director: José Mojica Marins | Stars: José Mojica Marins, Jece Valadão, Adriano Stuart, Milhem Cortaz

Votes: 1,806

79. Graverobbers (1988)

Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Horror

Cute waitress/hooker is romanced and wed to handsome stranger/funeral director. He, as well as most of the town prefer their women dead. She is the obvious candidate for that position, as ... See full summary »

Director: Straw Weisman | Stars: Elizabeth Mannino, David Gregory, Larry Bockius, Judith Mayes

Votes: 406

80. Welcome to Hard Times (1967)

Approved | 103 min | Drama, Western

A sociopathic stranger all but destroys a small hardscrabble town but the 'mayor' convinces its survivors to stay and rebuild.

Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Henry Fonda, Janice Rule, Keenan Wynn, Janis Paige

Votes: 1,704

81. Love Me Deadly (1972)

Unrated | 95 min | Horror

A young socialite struggling to control her necrophiliac urges is torn between her affection for a kind businessman and the mortician who supplies her with bodies.

Director: Jacques Lacerte | Stars: Mary Charlotte Wilcox, Lyle Waggoner, Christopher Stone, Timothy Scott

Votes: 674

82. Mondo Cane 2 (1963)

Approved | 102 min | Documentary, Horror

The official sequel to the original shockumentary, presenting new and bizarre behavior from around the world, including cruelty, graphic gore, and strange rituals.

Directors: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi | Stars: Stefano Sibaldi, Henning Skaarup, Peter Ustinov, Arnaldo Caivano

Votes: 991

83. Dark Corners (2006)

Not Rated | 92 min | Horror, Romance, Thriller

As Susan Hamilton sleeps, she dreams that she is another person in an alternative reality. As her greatest fears come to life, she is pursued by the notorious serial killer known as the Night Stalker.

Director: Ray Gower | Stars: Thora Birch, Toby Stephens, Christien Anholt, Joanna Hole

Votes: 2,734

84. Lemonade Joe (1964)

84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical

Straight shooting Lemonade Joe cleans up Stetson City, in this musical parody of early Westerns, after shooting the pants off villain Old Pistol. Joe's endorsement of Kolaloka lemonade as ... See full summary »

Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Karel Fiala, Rudolf Deyl, Milos Kopecký, Kveta Fialová

Votes: 3,066

85. The Apprentice (I) (2014)

7 min | Short, Comedy

Wayne, an awkward loner, has just started working the graveyard shift as an apprentice mortician. When his merciless supervisor leaves him alone and in charge for the night, Wayne decides to make the most of it.

Directors: Steve Baker, Damon Escott | Stars: Anton Yelchin, Shane Jacobson, Marsha Vassilevskaia, Simon Mallory

Votes: 43

86. Finnegan Begin Again (1985 TV Movie)

115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Mike Finnegan is nearing retirement and taking care of his senile wife. He can't get her to allow him to throw anything out and their house has become unmanageable. He meets Liz DeHaan, who... See full summary »

Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Mary Tyler Moore, Robert Preston, Sam Waterston, Sylvia Sidney

Votes: 478

87. An Adolescent (2001)

R | 132 min | Drama, Romance

Tomokawa is a tough guy turned bored cop who spends much of his time sating lonely housewives and looking after retarded teen Sukemasa. One day while hanging out at a bar, he is approached ... See full summary »

Director: Eiji Okuda | Stars: Eiji Okuda, Mayu Ozawa, Akira Shoji, Mari Natsuki

Votes: 547 | Gross: $0.07M

88. The Shooting of Dan McGoo (1945)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

This starts off as an adaptation of Robert Service's poem 'The Shooting of Dan McGrew', complete with a literal depiction of a man with one foot in the grave, but when Dan McGoo turns out ... See full summary »

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Bill Thompson, Tex Avery, Bea Benaderet, Sara Berner

Votes: 739

89. The Busy Body (1967)

Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Sid Caesar stars as the bumbling right-hand man of mob boss Robert Ryan, who is sent to find a corpse buried in a suit lined with stolen mob money.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Sid Caesar, Robert Ryan, Anne Baxter, Kay Medford

Votes: 383

90. A Smile Like Yours (1997)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Romance

Greg Kinnear plays a carriage-shy husband in a romantic comedy about a couple trying to conceive a child.

Director: Keith Samples | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Lauren Holly, Joan Cusack, Jay Thomas

Votes: 1,531 | Gross: $3.25M

91. The Morgue (2008 Video)

R | 84 min | Horror, Thriller

About six strangers who find themselves stranded overnight at a rural morgue.

Directors: Halder Gomes, Gerson Sanginitto | Stars: Bill Cobbs, Lisa Crilley, Chris Devlin, Heather Donahue

Votes: 963

92. Postmortem (I) (1998)

R | 105 min | Thriller

The only thing James wants is to remain away from Scotland. One day, however, he receives a fax, a printout of an unknown person's obituary. The next day, he is charged and arrested for the murder of this person.

Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Michael Halsey, Ivana Milicevic, Stephen McCole

Votes: 2,145

93. Just Buried (2007)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

A young man inherits a nearly bankrupt funeral home from his estranged father. He falls in love with the alluring young mortician, only to find out she's offing people to keep the place in business!

Director: Chaz Thorne | Stars: Jay Baruchel, Sergio Di Zio, Nigel Bennett, Thomas Gibson

Votes: 2,209

94. The Brain (1962)

83 min | Crime, Horror, Drama

After the mysterious crash of a millionaire's private airplane, three scientists secretly harvest the dying man's brain and keep it alive in a laboratory in order to communicate with it through telepathy.

Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Anne Heywood, Peter van Eyck, Cecil Parker, Bernard Lee

Votes: 359

95. The Heart of the World (2000)

Not Rated | 6 min | Short, Action, Fantasy

A scientist chooses a wealthy man over her two lovers but must heal the earth's core to save humanity.

Director: Guy Maddin | Stars: Leslie Bais, Caelum Vatnsdal, Shaun Balbar, Greg Klymkiw

Votes: 3,619

96. Alma's Rainbow (1994)

85 min | Comedy, Drama

The life of teenager Rainbow Gold as she enters womanhood and navigates standards of beauty, self-image, and the rights women have over their bodies.

Director: Ayoka Chenzira | Stars: Kim Weston-Moran, Victoria Gabrielle Platt, Mizan Kirby, Lee Dobson

Votes: 215

97. Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation (2001 Video)

Unrated | 56 min | Documentary, Horror

A compilation of clips from 17 classic slasher films.

Stars: Andrew Robinson, Grace Kirby, Ashley Laurence, Doug Bradley

Votes: 1,236

98. Some Time Later (2018)

99 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

In a distant point of time, a man alters the world he knows when he tries to sell lemonade.

Director: José Luis Cuerda | Stars: Roberto Álamo, Blanca Suárez, Iñaki Ardanaz, Carlos Areces

Votes: 1,480

99. Bajo la sal (2008)

Not Rated | 112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

SET IN MEXICO! A series of murders leads Commander Trujillo to a town close to a salt mine, where he meets Víctor Zepeda - a lonely teenager who works in his father funeral home.

Director: Mario Muñoz | Stars: Humberto Zurita, Plutarco Haza, Emilio Guerrero, Irene Azuela

Votes: 1,186

100. Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers (1989)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

A doctor and a mortician have teamed up to do re-animation experiments on corpses using gangster money loaned for "remodeling." When they can't pay it back, the Mafia guy sends his nephews ... See full summary »

Director: Jonathan Mostow | Stars: Vic Tayback, Frank Gorshin, Art Metrano, Rodney Eastman

Votes: 200