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1. No One Gets Out Alive (2021)
R | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After being forced to take a room in a boardinghouse, an immigrant in search of the American Dream finds herself in a nightmare she can't escape.
Director: Santiago Menghini | Stars: Phil Robertson, Joana Borja, Victoria Alcock, Cristina Rodlo
Votes: 21,012
2. Lust for a Vampire (1971)
R | 91 min | Horror
In 1830, forty years to the day since the last manifestation of their dreaded vampirism, the Karnstein heirs use the blood of an innocent to bring forth the evil that is the beautiful Mircalla - or as she was in 1710, Carmilla.
Director: Jimmy Sangster | Stars: Barbara Jefford, Ralph Bates, Suzanna Leigh, Yutte Stensgaard
Votes: 3,578
3. Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
To stall a witch plotting to eat him, a boy reads her horror tales dealing with a collegian's resurrection of a mummy, a murderous cat, and an artist's pact with a gargoyle.
Director: John Harrison | Stars: Debbie Harry, Matthew Lawrence, Christian Slater, David Forrester
Votes: 19,415 | Gross: $16.32M
4. Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)
R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Baron Frankenstein creates two "zombies" - one male, one female - planning to mate them in order to create a master race.
Directors: Paul Morrissey, Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Monique van Vooren
Votes: 6,983 | Gross: $10.25M
5. The Turning (2020)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young governess is hired to look after an orphaned girl, but the return of the girl's problematic brother uncovers secrets from their past. A modern take on Henry James' novella "The Turn of the Screw."
Director: Floria Sigismondi | Stars: Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince, Barbara Marten
Votes: 16,189
6. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Not Rated | 77 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Surreal tale in which love, fear, sex, and religion merge into one fantastic world. Based on a classical Czech novel of the same title.
Director: Jaromil Jires | Stars: Jaroslava Schallerová, Helena Anýzová, Petr Kopriva, Jirí Prýmek
Votes: 11,285
7. The Cremator (1969)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Set in Central Europe during World War II, a demented cremator believes cremation relieves earthly suffering and sets out to save the world.
Director: Juraj Herz | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlasta Chramostová, Jana Stehnová, Milos Vognic
Votes: 10,841
8. The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
PG | 99 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
A shipwrecked survivor discovers a remote island owned by a crazed scientist who is carrying out sinister experiments on the island's inhabitants.
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Michael York, Nigel Davenport, Barbara Carrera
Votes: 7,174 | Gross: $8.72M
9. The Shout (1978)
86 min | Drama, Horror
A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Alan Bates, Susannah York, John Hurt, Robert Stephens
Votes: 5,244
10. Little Otik (2000)
TV-14 | 132 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A childless couple passes off an anthropomorphous tree stump as their baby, but things get out of hand when the monstrosity comes to life and demands to be fed.
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Veronika Zilková, Jan Hartl, Jaroslava Kretschmerová, Pavel Nový
Votes: 6,893 | Gross: $0.12M
11. Jonathan (1970)
110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In a apocalyptic 19th century landscape where wealthy vampires have taken over the world, a group of humans prepare an uprising, and select an adventurous young man to track down the leader of the undead and destroy him.
Director: Hans W. Geissendörfer | Stars: Jürgen Jung, Hans-Dieter Jendreyko, Paul Albert Krumm, Hertha von Walther
Votes: 333
12. Mrs. Hyde (2017)
Unrated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Mrs. Géquil is a teacher despised by her colleagues and students. On a stormy night, she is struck by lightning and faints. When she wakes up, she feels different. Will she be able to keep the powerful and dangerous Mrs. Hyde contained?
Director: Serge Bozon | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Romain Duris, José Garcia, Adda Senani
Votes: 1,660 | Gross: $0.02M
13. Ferat Vampire (1982)
90 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A doctor Marek is shocked when his beloved nurse Mima signs a contract with foreign car manufacturer Ferat, in order to work for them as a rally-driver. A fellow doctor makes him believe ... See full summary »
Director: Juraj Herz | Stars: Jirí Menzel, Dagmar Havlová, Jana Brezková, Petr Cepek
Votes: 648
14. Frankenstein 90 (1984)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
An obsessed scientist assembles a living being from parts of exhumed corpses.
Director: Alain Jessua | Stars: Jean Rochefort, Eddy Mitchell, Fiona Gélin, Herma Vos
Votes: 395
15. Horror Story (1993)
99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
The film is based on the book of the same title (A Sanguinary Novel) by the very individual Czech painter, typographer, author and philosopher Josef Vachal, who squeezed adventure, love, ... See full summary »
Director: Jaroslav Brabec | Stars: Ondrej Pavelka, Klára Jirsáková, Raoul Schránil, Jakub Saic
Votes: 129
16. The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope (1983)
15 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
A horrifying, surrealist version of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" directed by the masterful animator Jan Svankmajer.
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Star: Jan Zácek
Votes: 1,043
17. Portret (1915)
44 min | Short, Drama, Horror
The subject of a mysterious portrait emerges from the painting and terrorizes the young man who hung it in his room.
Director: Wladyslaw Starewicz | Stars: Andrey Gromov, Ivan Lazarev, V. Vasilyev
Votes: 207
18. Svatební kosile (1925)
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Director: Theodor Pistek | Stars: Suzanne Marwille, Karel Lamac, Joe Jencík, Theodor Pistek
Votes: 12
19. Pomsta (1968)
14 min | Animation, Short, Crime
Film based on the story by the French writer Gerard de Nerval. A terrifying story that takes us to Paris in the time of the Three Musketeers. The magician Conin enchants evil that ... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Brdecka
Votes: 46
20. Podobizna (1948)
96 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
One day Chazaj pays a visit to the poor artist Simon and asks him to paint his portrait. Simon agrees but in the end he commits suicide. After Chazaj's death, the picture changes hands and brings misfortune to all who own it.
Director: Jiri Slavicek | Stars: Otomar Krejca, Ljuba Skorepová, Vladimír Smeral, Ladislav Kulhánek
Votes: 69
21. Kytice (2020 TV Special)
137 min | Drama, Fantasy
Directors: Jan Brichcín, Martin Kukucka, Lukás Trpisovský | Stars: Pavla Beretová, Jan Bidlas, Magdaléna Borová, Jana Bousková
22. Podivná letecká spolecnost (1992 TV Movie)
59 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Director: Oldrich Danek | Stars: Jana Brejchová, Jaromír Hanzlík, Radovan Lukavský, Ladislav Trojan
23. My, kterí krácíme stíny (2021)
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Director: Robert Poupátko | Stars: Milan Cais, Tigran Hovakimyan, Ondrej Hrbác, Adela Hrivnáková
24. Spalovac mrtvol (2013 Video)
18 min | Short, Comedy, Thriller
Director: Adam Ruzicka | Star: Adam Ruzicka
25. V záru královské lásky (1991)
87 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
In 1992, Prague is the capital of a small kingdom. The prince is supposed to choose his bride to be at a royal ball. But to everybody's surprise, he chooses an ugly cleaning-woman. She is ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Nemec | Stars: Ivana Chýlková, Vilém Cok, Bolek Polívka, Jirí Bartoska
Votes: 67
26. Edgar (1996)
32 min | Short, Horror
Director: Jirí Skála | Stars: Vladimír Dlouhý, Miroslava Plestilová, Jan Teplý, Johan Kolinsky
27. Spalovac mrtvol (2017 Video)
67 min | Drama
Director: Jakub Vasícek | Stars: Karel Kratochvíl, Alena Bazalová, Michal Dudek, Diana Cicmancová
28. Portrét (1972 TV Short)
43 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
Director: Vladimír Kavciak | Stars: Jozef Budský, Eduard Cupák, Ondrej Jariabek, Frantisek Kristof-Veselý
29. The Spectre's Bride (1978)
11 min | Animation, Short, Horror
Director: Josef Kábrt | Stars: Blanka Bohdanová, Jirí Holý
Votes: 38
30. O babe hladové (1990 TV Movie)
33 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Director: Jitka Nemcová | Stars: Ivana Chýlková, Tomás Frágner, Dagmar Havlová, Bolek Polívka
31. Lokis (1987 TV Movie)
Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director: Anna Procházková | Stars: Jaroslava Adamová, Jirí Havel, Svatava Hubenáková, Valérie Kaplanová
33. Veselé vánocní hody (1999 TV Movie)
47 min | Comedy, Horror
Director: Filip Menzel | Stars: Jan Cempírek, Ivana Andrlová, Oldrich Vízner, Rudolf Hrusínský
34.
Television Theater (1953– )
Episode:
Palacz zwlok
(1980)
57 min | Drama
Director: Wojciech Wiszniewski | Stars: Franciszek Trzeciak, Irena Burawska, Zofia Charewicz, Wladyslaw Dewoyno
35.
Divadlo Komedie (2013–2015)
Episode:
Utrpení knízete Sternenhocha
(2013)
Directors: David Jarab, Radim Spacek | Stars: Martin Finger, Vanda Hybnerová, Stanislav Majer, Jirí Strébl