Movies like The Cabin in the Woods

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The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
 7.0
 447K
The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Five college friends spend the weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods.
Style: scary, mind bending, bloody, surreal, twist ending, horror comedy, slasher, parody, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: monster, supernatural, creature, survival, cabin in the woods, trapped, zombie, fear, werewolf, dark humor, death, danger, gory, deathtrap, victim, giant snake, woods, weekend, conspiracy, end of the world, youth, killings, vacation, friends, deadly creature ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, year 2000, 20th century, 2000s, year 2009, 1900s ...
Place: usa, seattle
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Most similar movies to The Cabin in the Woods

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, psychological, suspense and slasher films with plots about gore, blood, danger, supernatural, survival, cabin and deadly mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Cabin in the Woods: The Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead (2013), House on Haunted Hill (1999), Dog Soldiers (2002), 1408 (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Evil Dead (1981)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When a group of college students finds a mysterious book and recording in the old wilderness cabin they've rented for the weekend, they unwittingly unleash a demonic force from the surrounding forest.
Style: splatter, psychotronic, grindhouse, bloody, creepy ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, date night, teens, adult
Plot: zombie, gory, evil dead, monster, demonic possession, supernatural horror, extreme violence, demon, evil, supernatural, violence, dark humor ...
Time: 80s, year 1981, 20th century, 70s
Place: usa, michigan, tennessee
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83%
 6.5
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Evil Dead (2013)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, New Zealand, Australia
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Evil Dead, the fourth installment of the Evil Dead franchise, serving as both a reboot and as a loose continuation of the series, features Mia, a young woman struggling with sobriety, heads to a remote cabin with a group of friends where the ...
Style: scary, bloody, suspenseful, slasher, demonic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: gory, demon, supernatural, zombie, demonic possession, blood, violence, extreme violence, cabin in the woods, addiction, woods, fear ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, 80s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A remake of the 1959 film of the same name. A millionaire offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past.
Style: scary, suspenseful, slasher, rough, serious ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, ghost, gory, evil spirit, survival, mental institution, supernatural horror, danger, murder, haunted by the past, isolation ...
Time: 90s, 1930s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 65K
Dog Soldiers (2002)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Luxembourg
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A squad of British soldiers on training in the lonesome Scottish wilderness find a wounded Special Forces captain and the remains of his team. As they encounter zoologist Megan, it turns out that werewolves are active in the region. They have to ...
Style: scary, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: werewolf, gory, supernatural, soldier, full moon, macabre, survival, wilderness, monster, woods, military, survival horror ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: scotland, europe, united kingdom, scottish highlands, wales
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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 6.8
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1408 (2007)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
Style: scary, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, ghost, hotel, fear, stephen king, isolation, survival, trapped, evil, insanity, writers ...
Time: year 2007, y2k, 15th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, los angeles, usa, manhattan new york city, new york state ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 142K
The Strangers (2008)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: After returning from a wedding reception, a couple staying in an isolated vacation house receive a knock on the door in the mid-hours of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. The couple ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: home invasion, survival, serial killer, murder, hostage, masked killer, blood, fear, violence, masked villain, brutality, night ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.9
 83K
The Ruins (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A group of friends whose leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they, along with a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins
Style: psychological, scary, suspenseful, slasher, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: survival, jungle, gory, ruins, vacation, death, self sacrifice, chase, ancient mystery, danger, murder, parasite ...
Time: year 2008, year 2000, 21st century
Place: mexico, oceania, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
 6.9
 139K
Hellraiser (1987)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Larry and his wife, Julia move into an old house and discover a hideous creature - the man's half-brother, who is also the woman's former lover - hiding upstairs. Having lost his earthly body to a trio of S&M demons, the Cenobites, ...
Style: scary, gothic, slasher, demonic, creepy ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: macabre, demon, body horror, torture, gory, occult, supernatural horror, supernatural, violence, human sacrifice, monster, surrealism ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 3.8
 45K
Piranha 3DD (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: After the events at Lake Victoria, the prehistoric school of blood-thirsty piranhas make their way into swimming pools, plumbing, and a newly opened water park.
Style: suspense, scary, natural horror, slasher, splatter ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: piranha, nudity, killer animal, youth, killer fish, party, danger, dark humor, creature, blonde, teenage girl, fish ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.2
 84K
Krampus (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A horror comedy based on the ancient legend about a pagan creature who punishes children on Christmas.
Style: christmas horror, scary, dark fantasy, disturbing, stylized ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, christmas, monster, demon, beast, holiday, creature, legends and myths, folklore, danger, krampus, dark humor ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, florida, canada, normandy, hawaii ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.1
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The Mist (2007)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten ...
Style: twist ending, atmospheric, psychological, bad ending, scary ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: survival, monster, apocalypse, stephen king, creature, fear, trapped, survival horror, religious fanatic, giant monster, chaos and mayhem, small town ...
Time: year 2007, distant future, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A college-age brother and sister get more than they bargained for on their road trip home from spring break. When the bickering siblings witness a creepy truck driver tossing body bags into a sewer near an abandoned church, they investigate. Bad ...
Style: slasher, scary, disturbing, dark, bloody ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: monster, macabre, supernatural, serial killer, demon, chase, scarecrow, dead teenager, deadly creature, characters murdered one by one, scared, death ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 5.6
 83K
Cabin Fever (2002)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A group of five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrifying flesh-eating virus, which attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals.
Style: suspense, scary, disturbing, rough, splatter ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: virus, gory, infected, disease, body horror, plague, danger, fear, woods, survival, cabin in the woods, friendship ...
Time: year 2002, year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 6.1
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Wrong Turn (2003)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding.
Style: slasher, scary, bloody, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gory, cannibalism, survival, forest, massacre, danger, youth, manhunt, chase, disfigurement, cannibal, survival horror ...
Time: year 2003, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: west virginia, virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The photographer Leon lives with his girlfriend and waitress Maya waiting for a chance to get in the photo business. When Maya contacts their friend Jurgis, he schedules a meeting for Leon with the successful owner of arts gallery Susan Hoff; she ...
Style: bloody, suspense, scary, slasher, suspenseful ...
Plot: gory, serial killer, photographer, psychopath, violent, butcher, subway, violence, twists and turns, obsession, torture, train ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: new york, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 5.6
 71K
Urban Legend (1998)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: There's a campus killer on the loose who's making urban legends, like the one about eating pop rocks and soda at the same time will make your stomach explode and the one about a psycho with an axe stepping into the backseat of your car at ...
Style: slasher, bloody, suspense, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: urban legend, serial killer, college, strangulation, serial murder, killer, murder, teenager, blood, gory, gas station, dark and stormy night ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place: new hampshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada, UK, USA, India
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Two hillbillies are suspected of being killers by a group of paranoid college kids camping near the duo's West Virginian cabin. As the body count climbs, so does the fear and confusion as the college kids try to seek revenge against the pair.
Style: humorous, funny, absurd, dark comedy, horror comedy ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: death, dark humor, gory, vacation, student, nothing goes right, youth, group of friends, chainsaw, accidental killing, friends, camp ...
Time: year 2010, year 2011, year 2000, 21st century
Place: virginia, usa, west virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
 6.2
 107K
Vacancy (2007)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.
Style: slasher, scary, psychological thriller, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, trapped, hotel, murder, hostage, survival horror, macabre, danger, estranged couple, masked killer, kidnapped, motel ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Braindead (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.
Style: bloody, splatter, dark comedy, humorous, surreal ...
Audience: teens
Plot: zombie, gory, monster, living dead, supernatural, macabre, infection, body horror, virus, cannibalism, monkey, zombie attack ...
Time: 90s, year 1992, 20th century, 50s, 1950s ...
Place: new zealand, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.3
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Dead Snow (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Norway
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Eight medical students on a ski trip to Norway discover that Hitler's horrors live on when they come face to face with a battalion of zombie Nazi soldiers intent on devouring anyone unfortunate enough to wander into the remote mountains where ...
Style: scary, dark comedy, splatter, humorous, bloody ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: zombie, nazi zombie, gory, snow, nazi, dark humor, supernatural, undead, world war two, living dead, fear, vacation ...
Time: year 2009, year 2000
Place: antarctic, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
The Belko Experiment (2016)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In a twisted social experiment, a group of 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogotá, Colombia and ordered by an unknown voice coming from the company's intercom system to participate in a deadly game of kill or be ...
Style: psychological, suspense, dark comedy, slasher, psychological thriller ...
Plot: game of death, social experiment, office, trapped in a building, last man standing, trapped, most dangerous game, survival, human experiment, struggle for survival, mass murder, cruelty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: colombia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (2012)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, France, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Heather Mason and her father have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesn't fully understand, Now on the eve of her 18th birthday, plagued by horrific nightmares and the disappearance of her father, Heather ...
Style: gothic, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: occult, ghost town, ghost, female protagonist, mysterious place, supernatural, missing person, zombie, nightmare, alternate reality, parallel universe, demon ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: portland oregon, west virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
 245K
The Descent (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After a tragic accident, six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep underground and they find themselves pursued by bloodthirsty creatures. As their friendships deteriorate, ...
Style: scary, suspense, suspenseful, dark, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: monster, cave, survival horror, creature, trapped, survival, expedition, claustrophobia, fear, gory, group of friends, woman in danger ...
Time: year 2005, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place: north carolina, appalachia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 6.3
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The Visit (2015)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The terrifying story of a brother and sister who are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a weeklong trip. Once the children discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing, they see their chances ...
Style: suspense, twist ending, surprise ending, suspenseful, mockumentary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: murder, elderly, danger, kids in trouble, siblings relations, found footage, sibling relationship, farm, grandmother granddaughter relationship, family relations, parents and children, basement ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 54K
The Collection (2012)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Arkin escapes with his life from the vicious grips of "The Collector" during an entrapment party where he adds beautiful Elena to his "Collection." Instead of recovering from the trauma, Arkin is suddenly abducted from the ...
Style: slasher, bloody, scary, suspenseful, brutal ...
Plot: serial killer, gory, trap, kidnapping, torture, masked killer, sadistic horror, massacre, survival, psychopath, escape, crazy ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.9
 48K
Hellraiser (2022)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Serbia
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.
Style: mystical, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, underground horror ...
Audience: adult
Plot: demon, supernatural horror, puzzle, creature, supernatural, violence, monster, torture, pain, hell, hellraiser, paranormal activity ...
Place: belgrade serbia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
 176K
Barbarian (2022)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway, but ...
Style: scary, suspense, slasher, spooky, disturbing ...
Audience: adult
Plot: basement, fear, psychopath, locked in a room, kidnapping, secret passageway, plot twist, inbreeding, locked in, serial killer, female protagonist, house ...
Time: 2020s, 80s
Place: detroit, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 5.7
 24K
The Hole (2009)
Genre: Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After moving into a new neighbourhood, brothers Dane & Lucas and their neighbour Julie discover a bottomless hole in the basement of their home. They find that once the hole is exposed, evil is unleashed. With strange shadows lurking around ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, stylized, scary ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: basement, good versus evil, little brother, youth, danger, supernatural, nightmare comes true, small town, young heroes, coming of age, escapades, family in danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.5
 116K
Friday the 13th (2009)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Ignoring the warnings of the locals, a group of teenage camp counselors takes on the job of reopening Camp Crystal Lake — on Friday the 13th no less, and raise the ire of Jason Voorhees, a masked, homicidal maniac.
Style: slasher, scary, bloody, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: date night, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: psychopath, gory, masked killer, group of friends, woods, camp, brutality, maniac, danger, massacre, death, murder ...
Time: year 2009, 80s, 2000s
Place: texas, usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
My Bloody Valentine (2009)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Ten years ago, a tragedy changed the town of Harmony forever. Tom Hanniger, an inexperienced coal miner, caused an accident in the tunnels that trapped and killed five men and sent the only survivor, Harry Warden, into a permanent coma. But Harry ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, bloody, intense ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: miner, serial killer, mine, gory, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, psychopath, strong violent content, valentine's day, mining town, masked killer, small town, blood ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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