Campy movies and TV shows – page 5
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List of campy movies
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 10 min.
TV show
Story:
Pursued by intergalactic bounty hunters, the Critters return to Earth on a secret mission and encounter lovelorn high-schooler Christopher, his crush Dana, his best friend Charlie, and his mom Veronica, whose past will come back to bite ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, captivating, retro, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
monster, friendship, survival, alien, alien creature, creature feature, alien contact, alien encounter, teenager, alien life-form, group of friends, teenage protagonist ...
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9K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jason Crockett is an aging, grumpy, physically disabled millionaire who invites his family to his island estate for his birthday celebration. Pickett Smith is a free-lance photographer who is doing a pollution layout for an ecology magazine. Jason ...
Style:
grindhouse, cult classic, suspense, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
nature, island, bird attack, patriarch, arrogance, birthday, wealth, old man, conspiracy, animal attack, mansion, violent ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s
Place:
florida, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A normal, average guy who lives in New York City becomes dependent on an evil, disembodied brain.
Style:
bloody, splatter, surreal, cult classic, scary ...
Plot:
body horror, dark humor, addiction, hallucination, drug abuse, parasite, gory, creature, monster, exploitation, slime, murder ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
When the grandson of a gun wielding woman is murdered by neo-nazi surf punks in the post-apocalyptic future, this grandma hunts them down for some bloodthirsty revenge.
Style:
grindhouse, cult classic, disturbing, absurd, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
neo nazism, surfing, nazism, nazi, revenge, punk, beach, racism, gang, chase, exploitation, blaxploitation ...
Time:
80s, future
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, hawaii, germany
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. The Avengers initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of ...
Style:
sitcom, retro, fast, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
spy, female warrior, espionage, kickass women, secret agent, undercover, woman with a gun, covert operation, superhero, villain, james bond spoof, wartime ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
london, england, britain, europe
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Dr. Bill Cortner and his fiancée, Jan Compton, are driving to his lab when they get into a horrible car accident. Compton is decapitated. But Cortner is not fazed by this seemingly insurmountable hurdle. His expertise is in transplants, and he is ...
Style:
medical horror, scary, psychotronic, suspenseful, surreal ...
Plot:
mad scientist, macabre, laboratory, monster, zombie, experiment, surgery, danger, experiment gone awry, woman in danger, surgeon, mad doctor ...
Time:
50s, 60s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
virginia, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Three women, detectives with a mysterious boss, retrieve stolen voice-ID software, using martial arts, tech skills, and sex appeal.
Style:
sexy, teen, funny, action packed, action comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
women, female friendship, kick-butt women, martial arts, secret agent, spy, woman with a gun, female martial artist, undercover agent, heroine, satire, girlfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters ...
Style:
road movie, cult classic, funny, surreal, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
bicycle, road trip, nightmare, man child, surrealism, disguise, hitchhiking, cycling, on the road, great ending, bike, children ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
austin texas, california, texas, usa, san antonio texas
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the fourth of the highly successful Frankie and Annette beach party movies, a motorcycle gang led by Eric Von Zipper kidnaps singing star Sugar Kane managed by Bullets, who hires sky-diving surfers Steve and Bonnie from Big Drop for a publicity ...
Style:
grindhouse, stylized, psychotronic, funny, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
beach, surfing, beach party, surf, young lovers, motorcycle, camp, dancing, summer, revolutionary war, music history, rock and roll ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An insane independent film director and his renegade group of teenage film makers kidnap an A-list Hollywood actress and force her to star in their underground film.
Style:
cynical, dark comedy, satirical, independent film, absurd ...
Plot:
filmmaking, satire, kidnapping, satanist, showbiz, misfit, dark humor, nothing goes right, violent woman, kidnapper kidnapped relationship, female psychopath, stockholm syndrome ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
maryland, baltimore, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Croatia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two reporters travel to a strange castle in Transylvania to investigate the apparent reappearance of Frankenstein, and encounter such kooky creatures as the sensitive Wolfman, the horny Vampiress Odette, as well as a whole cast of other weirdos.
Style:
parody, spoof, humorous, horror comedy, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
vampire, happy ending, mad scientist, wolfman, frankenstein, amateur detective, investigation, reporter, full moon, swamp, father son relationship, missing girl ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s
Place:
romania, europe, transylvania
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20K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The star of a team of teenage crime fighters falls for the alluring villainess she must bring to justice.
Style:
humorous, sexy, satirical, not serious, offbeat ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, female protagonist, sapphic, lesbian love, love and romance, strong female lead, feminine wiles, lgbt, high school, hot chick, nymph, undercover ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 1950s
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27K
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Ireland, USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.
Style:
surreal, philosophical, apocalyptic, political, esoteric ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, dystopia, artificial intelligence, immortality, satire, medieval, rebellion, surrealism, death, commune, old woman, old man ...
Time:
future, 23rd century, 20th century
Place:
arizona
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Josie, Melody and Val are three small-town girl musicians determined to take their rock band out of their garage and straight to the top, while remaining true to their look, style and sound. They get a record deal which brings fame and fortune but ...
Style:
humorous, teen, not serious, witty, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
satire, music, showbiz, rock and roll, friendship, fictional band, celebrity, music band, lifestyle, desire for fame, musician's life, disorder ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.
Style:
cult classic, futuristic, independent film, humorous, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
space battle, space opera, spaceship, mercenary, space travel, female warrior, mad scientist, vengeance, tyrant, psychic, space station, spacecraft ...
Time:
80s, year 1980, future
Place:
space western, california
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257K
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
'We come in peace' is not what those green men from Mars mean when they invade our planet, armed with irresistible weapons and a cruel sense of humor. This star studded cast must play victim to the alien’s fun and games in this comedy ...
Style:
parody, dark comedy, absurd, humorous, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
ufo, mars, alien invasion, flying saucer, alien, space and aliens, evil alien, dark humor, disaster, catastrophe, alien abduction, outer space ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, future, year 1996
Place:
washington d.c., usa, kentucky, kansas, taj mahal ...
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Orion commander Cliff Allister McLane, galactic war hero and unconventional daredevil in the service of the world government, is transferred with his crew to the space patrol. On top of that, Colonel Villa, head of the Galactic Security Service, ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
spacecraft, space travel, save the world, heroic mission, heroes, danger, battles, evil alien, space and aliens, escapades, space wars, outer space ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
In this hip-hop slanted horror opus, a group of stuggling rap musicians think they've gotten their big break when they're tapped to record with star-making producer Dr. Bones. But the rappers soon learn that Dr. Bones has more than music ...
Style:
apocalyptic, independent film, suspense, black comedy, scary ...
Plot:
hip hop, urban, mind control, mad scientist, brainwashing, recording studio, social commentary, satire, madness, exploitation, gory, body horror ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A spaceship containing specimens for an intergalactic zoo crashes on Earth near a small back woods town. The specimens escape, and soon town folk are turning up mutilated. Very low budget feature was the first for Baltimore filmmaker Don Dohler.
Style:
independent film, suspenseful, horror comedy
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, gory, creature feature, ufo, small town, isolation, mutilation, science gone wrong, survival horror, invasion, guts ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
New girl Cassie (Brandon Alexander III) and outcast Maggie (Dudley Beene) are easily the most awkward girls in high school. Together, they decide the way to win the hearts of the cute boys and popular girls is to come in first at the school talent ...
Style:
parody, slapstick, light hearted, humorous, uplifting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, drag, lgbt, cross dressing, talent show, coming of age, makeover, friendship, high school life, outsider, high school drama, rap ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A vampire posing as a priest creates a cult of blood thirsty humans and is responsible for a number of killings beginning with a massacre at a church.
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, scary, disturbing ...
Plot:
vampire, brutality, crime spree, psycho killer, massacre, revenge motive, insanity, bloodbath, religious cult, priest, violence, murder ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
As a swingin' fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy, baby! But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after the bald villain freezes himself and unthaws in the ...
Style:
parody, spoof, humorous, satirical, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
time travel, spy spoof, spy, dumb, farce, james bond spoof, secret agent, satire, 007, stupidity, sarcasm, time machine ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1997, 60s, year 1967
Place:
las vegas, usa, london, seattle
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
In 1967, a chemical plant near a discreet roadside restroom causes an outbreak of gay zombies. At a near by beach cottage a group of best friends must fight off the undead.
Style:
queer horror, horror comedy, retro, splatter, black humor
Plot:
zombie, lgbt, gay, undead, beach house, infidelity, survival, friendship, exploitation, small town, satire, coming of age ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Mama and daughters get forced by circumstances into bootlegging and bank robbing, and travel across the country trailed by the law.
Style:
sexy, road movie, grindhouse, cult classic, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
exploitation, woman with a gun, nudity, gangster, crime spree, violence, car chase, kidnapping, male nudity, outlaw, love, car ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
california, texas, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A ditsy reporter enlists the help of a sleazy private eye to solve a series of gory killings of female strippers at a Chicago nightclub.
Style:
slasher, bloody, classic horror, cult classic, disturbing ...
Plot:
stripper, strip club, mysterious villain, torture, exploitation, serial killer, sadistic psychopath, bloody violence, evil man, female nudity, gory, murder ...
Time:
70s
Place:
chicago
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the far East and persuades the King and Queen of Spain to finance his expedition...
Style:
sex comedy, slapstick, not serious, parody, witty ...
Plot:
carry on, satire, sea, ship, nothing goes right, adventurer, escapades, hidden identity, ambition, obsessive quest, disorder, culture clash ...
Time:
15th century
Place:
spain, europe, ottoman empire
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
TROMA crew are the only folks capable of stopping a crazed hermaphrodite from continuing it's violent rampage!
Style:
sexy, slasher, independent film, bloody, slapstick comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, pun, graphic violence, killer, male nudity, violent, camp, filmmaking, monster, extreme, sexy girls, murderer ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Paul Reubens stars as Pee-wee Herman in his second full-length film about a farmer who joins the circus after a storm drops a big tent in his front yard. Pee-wee, along with an outlandish cast of animals and circus performers, puts on the best show ...
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, slapstick, mysterious ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
circus, small town, farm, acrobat, workplace, misfit, traveling circus, love triangle, fall in love, fat woman, farmer, fiance fiancee relationship ...
Place:
california
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A retired cop becomes a DJ/celebrity at the Blueberry Hill disco-- he's the "Disco Godfather!" All is well until his nephew flips out on a strange new drug that's sweeping the streets, called "angel dust," or PCP. Disco ...
Style:
independent film, surreal, retro, black comedy, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, disco, martial arts, nightclub, vice squad, exploitation, drug, black cop, urban legend, electroshock therapy, intoxication, revenge ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
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Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a futuristic London, the rising sea levels mean that large areas are under feet of water. Hauer plays a cop who previously lost his partner to some strange creature. Now the creature is back and its after him.
Style:
futuristic, suspense, independent film, black comedy, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, cyberpunk, creature, post apocalypse, brutality, strip club, murder, police detective, global warming, female nudity, police investigation, supernatural ...
Time:
future, year 2008, 2000s, 90s, year 1992 ...
Place:
england, london, europe, big ben london
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