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Theme: Amok and Rogue Scientific Experiments

6-Headed Shark Attack (2018)

10 February 20194 August 2022

Rating: ★★

Multi-Headed Killer Shark

Director: Mark Atkins
Actors: Brandon Auret, Thandi Sebe, Cord Newman, Tapiwa Musvosvi, …
Category: Horror

A-X-L (2018)

14 February 20215 July 2021

Rating: 0­

Robot Dog

Director: Oliver Daly
Actors: Alex Neustaedter, Thomas Jane, Lou Taylor Pucci, Becky G, …
Category: Science Fiction

Age of Dinosaurs (2013)

10 March 202110 March 2021

Rating: ★★½

Genetically-Engineered Dinosaurs Amok

Director: Joseph J. Lawson
Actors: Treat Williams, Ronny Cox, Jillian Rose Reed, Jose Rosete, …
Category: Science Fiction

Antibirth (2016)

25 January 20184 September 2019

Rating: ★★

Stoner Chick’s Mutant Impregnation

Director: Danny Perez
Actors: Natasha Lyonne, Chloe Sevigny, Meg Tilly, Mark Webber, …
Category: Science Fiction

Attack of the Southern Fried Zombies (2017)

30 September 20183 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Zombie Film

Director: Mark Newton
Actors: Timothy Haug, Wyntergrace Williams, Megan Few, Kaitlin Mesh, …
Category: Horror

The Atticus Institute (2015)

9 October 201610 February 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Found Footage/Scientists Test a Possessed Woman

Director: Chris Sparling
Actors: Rya Kihlstedt, William Mapother, Harry Groener, Sharon Maughan, …
Category: Horror

The Belko Experiment (2016)

17 June 201730 September 2023

Rating: ★★★

Office Employees Trapped in a Deadly Elimination Game

Director: Greg McLean
Actors: John Gallagher Jr, Tony Goldwyn, Adria Arjona, John C. McGinley, …
Category: Horror

Black Box (2020)

25 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Amnesia and Mind Transference

Director: Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr
Actors: Mamoudou Athie, Phylicia Rashad, Amanda Christine, Tosin Morohunfola, …
Category: Science Fiction

Boss Level (2020)

20 March 20215 June 2023

Rating: ★★★½

Timeloop/Action Film

Director: Joe Carnahan
Actors: Frank Grillo, Mel Gibson, Naomi Watts, Michelle Yeoh, …
Category: Science Fiction

Cell Count (2012)

10 March 20169 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Medical Experiment/Bizarre Meltdowns

Director: Todd E. Freeman
Actors: Robert McKeehen, Haley Talbot, Ted Rooney, Sean McGrath, …
Category: Science Fiction

Chemical Wedding (2008)

18 November 20155 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

The Reincarnation of Aleister Crowley

Director: Julian Doyle
Actors: Simon Callow, Lucy Cudden, John Shrapnel, Christina Chong
Category: Horror

The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)

17 February 201829 April 2022

Rating: ★★

Experiment Opens Up Alternate Timeline

Director: Julius Onah
Actors: Gugu Mbatha Raw, Daniel Brühl, David Oyelowo, Chris O'Dowd, …
Category: Science Fiction

A Cold Night’s Death (1973)

18 July 20174 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Mysterious Happenings at a Remote Research Laboratory

Director: Jerrold Freedman
Actors: Robert Culp, Eli Wallach, Michael C. Gwynne
Category: Science Fiction

Counter Clockwise (2016)

19 May 201717 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Time Paradox

Director: George Moise
Actors: Michael Kopelow, Frank Simms, Alice Rietveld, Joy Rinaldi, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Dead Pit (1989)

6 January 20216 January 2021

Rating: ★★

Mad Scientist Resurrects the Dead in an Asylum

Director: Brett Leonard
Actors: Cheryl Lawson, Jeremy Slate
Category: Horror

Depraved (2019)

29 September 20199 November 2021

Rating: ★★

Modernised Frankenstein Film

Director: Larry Fessenden
Actors: David Call, Alex Breaux, Joshua Leonard, Ana Kayne, …
Category: Horror

Doom: Annihilation (2019)

6 October 20193 May 2021

Rating: ★★

Videogame Adaptation/Labyrinth of Monsters

Director: Tony Giglio
Actors: Amy Manson, Dominic Mafham, Luke Allen-Gale, James Weber Brown, …
Category: Science Fiction

Einstein’s God Model (2016)

12 June 201912 June 2019

Rating: ★★★

Scientific Experiment in Contacting the Dead

Director: Philip T. Johnson
Actors: Aaron Graham, Kenneth Hughes, Brad Norman, Kirby O’Connell, …
Category: Science Fiction

Firequake (2014)

26 April 201614 December 2020

Rating: ★

Disaster Movie

Director: Geoff Browne
Actors: Alexandra Paul, Zoe Barker, Nigel Barber, James Weber Brown, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Gateway (2018)

23 March 201824 May 2020

Rating: ★

Parallel Worlds

Director: John V. Soto
Actors: Jacqueline McKenzie, Myles Pollard, Ben Mortley, Shannon Berry, …
Category: Science Fiction

Guardians (2017)

9 November 20229 November 2022

Rating: ★★★

Russian Superhero Film

Director: Sarik Andreasayan
Actors: Anton Pampushnyy, Sanjar Madi, Sebastien Sisak Grigoryan, Alina Lanina, …
Category: Science Fiction

Happy Death Day 2U (2019)

5 April 201910 March 2023

Rating: ★★★

Timeloop Film

Director: Christopher Landon
Actors: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Phi Vu, Suraj Sharma, …
Category: Science Fiction

High School Girl Rika, Zombie Hunter (2008)

25 February 202125 February 2021

Rating: ★★

Gonzo Japanese Zombie Film

Director: Kenichi Fujiwara
Category: Horror

I Still See You (2018)

1 November 201918 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Young Adult/Ghostly Remnants in the Aftermath of a Catastrophe

Director: Scott Speer
Actors: Bella Thorne, Richard Harmon, Dermot Mulroney, Amy Price-Frances, …
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

Infinitum: Subject Unknown (2021)

2 May 20222 May 2022

Rating: ★★

Timeloop Film

Director: Matthew Butler-Hart
Actors: Tori Butler-Hart, Ian McKellen, Conleith Hill
Category: Science Fiction

Kill Switch (2017)

20 April 201820 September 2018

Rating: ★★½

Mirror Earth Action

Director: TimSmiT
Actors: Dan Stevens, Berenice Marlohe, Tygo Gernhardt, Charity Wakefield, …
Category: Science Fiction

Let’s Be Evil (2016)

3 August 202013 May 2023

Rating: ½

Augmented Reality Experiment

Director: Martin Owen
Actors: Elizabeth Morris, Kara Tointon, Elliot James Langridge, Isabelle Allen, …
Category: Science Fiction

Maximum Ride (2016)

23 May 201820 April 2020

Rating: ★

Young Adult/Genetically Engineered Children

Director: Jay Martin
Actors: Allie Marie Evans, Patrick Johnson, Tetona Jackson, Gavin Lewis, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Mind of Mr. Soames (1969)

31 May 201615 December 2018

Rating: ★★

Man Awakens with the Man of a Child

Director: Alan Cooke
Actors: Terence Stamp, Robert Vaughn, Nigel Davenport, Donal Donnelly, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Mind’s Eye (2015)

31 July 201718 May 2023

Rating: ★★

Psychic Powers

Director: Joe Begos
Actors: Graham Skipper, Lauren Ashley Carter, Larry Fessenden, Noah Segan, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mold! (2012)

7 July 20217 July 2021

Rating: 0­

Deadly Mold Amok in a Laboratory/Gooey Meltdowns

Director: Neil Meschino
Actors: Lawrence George, Ardis Campbell, Rick Haynes, Edward X. Young, …
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

Morgan (2016)

10 September 201623 November 2023

Rating: ★★

Artificially Intelligent Android

Director: Luke Scott
Actors: Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rose Leslie, Toby Jones, …
Category: Science Fiction

Paradox (2016)

15 August 201920 November 2023

Rating: ★★½

Time Travel Experiment Goes Wrong

Director: Mike Hurst
Actors: Zoë Bell, Adam Huss, Malik Yoba, Bjorn Alexander, …
Category: Science Fiction

Patema Inverted (2013)

7 December 20167 October 2022

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Two Worlds With Gravity in Opposing Directions

Director: Yasuhiro Yoshiura
Category: Science Fiction

Piranha Sharks (2016)

6 January 20206 January 2020

Rating: ½

Gonzo Killer Shark Film

Director: Leigh Scott
Actors: Brandon Stacy, Kevin Sorbo, Noel Thurman, Frederic Dross, …
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

Project Power (2020)

29 August 20201 December 2023

Rating: ★★★

Superpower Drug

Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Actors: Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback, Courtney B. Vance, …
Category: Science Fiction

Replicas (2018)

17 March 201912 August 2019

Rating: 0­

Scientist Clones His Dead Family

Director: Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Alice Eve, Thomas Middleditch, John Ortiz, …
Category: Science Fiction

Rupture (2016)

4 February 20198 March 2019

Rating: ★★

Woman Abducted Into a Series of Mysterious Experiments

Director: Steven Shainberg
Actors: Noomi Rapace, Michael Chiklis, Kerry Bishé, Peter Stormare, …
Category: Science Fiction

Scintilla (2014)

13 June 201630 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Genetically Engineered Alien Hybrid Experiments

Director: Billy O'Brien
Actors: John Lynch, Morjana Alaoui, Antonia Thomas, Beth Winslet, …
Category: Science Fiction

Synchronicity (2015)

15 July 201627 August 2021

Rating: ★★★

Time Paradox

Director: Jacob Gentry
Actors: Chad McKnight, Brianne Davis, Michael Ironside, A.J. Bowen, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Tank (2017)

7 February 20197 February 2019

Rating: ★★

NASA Environmental Habitat Drama

Director: Kellie Madison
Actors: Jack Davenport, Brad William Henke, Erik King, Marguerite Moreau, …
Category: Science Fiction

Time Toys (2016)

26 October 201722 September 2020

Rating: ★½

Super-Powered Toys from the Future

Director: Mark Rosman
Actors: Griffin Cleveland, J.J. Totah, Samuel Gilbert, Jaden Betts, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Titan (2018)

14 April 201820 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Bio-Engineering Humans to Live on Titan

Director: Lennart Ruff
Actors: Sam Worthington, Taylor Schilling, Tom Wilkinson, Agyness Deyn, …
Category: Science Fiction

Victor Frankenstein (1977)

14 September 202115 September 2021

Rating: ★★★

Frankenstein Adaptation

Director: Calvin Floyd
Actors: Leon Vitali, Per Oscarsson, Nicholas Clay, Stacey Dorning, …
Category: Horror

Xtro II: The Second Encounter (1991)

28 November 201828 November 2018

Rating: ★★

Other-Dimensional Nasty

Director: Harry Bromley Davenport
Actors: Jan-Michael Vincent, Tara Buckman, Paul Koslo, Jano Frandsen, …
Category: Science Fiction

Zombie Shark (2015)

15 May 201725 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Gonzo Killer Shark Film

Director: Misty Talley
Actors: Cassie Steele, Jason London, Sloane Coe, Roger J. Timber, …
Category: Horror

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