Movies like The Burning

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The Burning (1981)
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The Burning (1981)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A caretaker at a summer camp is burned when a prank goes tragically wrong. After several years of intensive treatment at hospital, he is released back into society, albeit missing some social skills. What follows is a bloody killing spree with the caretaker making his way back to his old stomping ground to confront one of the youths that accidently burned him.
Style: slasher, suspenseful, grindhouse, psychotronic, cult horror, classic horror, bloody, creepy, spooky, terrifying ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: prank, serial killer, summer camp, stalking, revenge, survival, murder, lake, maniac, camp, voyeurism, youth, danger, gory, violence, rescue, insanity, group of friends, hospital, disfigurement, burned alive, urban legend, exploitation, killer, forest ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, new york state, canada
Keyword: oldies, british horror

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Most similar movies to The Burning

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out slasher, suspenseful, serious and scary films with plots about serial killer, death, blood, gore, killer, violence and deadly mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Burning: Friday the 13th (1980), Friday the 13th Part III (1982), The Funhouse (1981), Wrong Turn (2003), Slaughter High (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Friday the 13th (1980)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, dark ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, camp, maniac, gory, murder, revenge, disturbed individual, summer, summer camp, psychopath, blood, friday the 13th ...
Time: 80s, 1950s, year 2016, 70s, 20th century ...
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Friday the 13th Part III (1982)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An idyllic summer turns into a nightmare of unspeakable terror for yet another group of naive counselors. Ignoring Camp Crystal Lake's bloody legacy, one by one they fall victim to the maniacal Jason who stalks them at every turn.
Style: slasher, scary, bloody, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, camp, masked killer, summer camp, gory, murder, friday the 13th, killing spree, woods, psychopath, nudity, blood ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A new family moves into the house on Elm Street, and before long, the kids are again having nightmares about deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger. This time, Freddy attempts to possess a teenage boy to cause havoc in the real world, and can only ...
Style: slasher, scary, queer horror, creepy, surreal ...
Audience: date night, teens, adult
Plot: high school, gay, serial killer, monster, gay subtext, homoeroticism, revenge, nightmare on elm street, gory, supernatural horror, nudity, blood ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1985, year 1989
Place: usa, midwest, ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.9
 16K
The Funhouse (1981)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Rebellious teen Amy defies her parents by going to a trashy carnival that has pulled into town. In tow are her boyfriend, Buzz, and their friends Liz and Richie. Thinking it would be fun to spend the night in the campy "Funhouse" horror ...
Style: scary, slasher, suspense, grindhouse, bloody ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: carnival, murder, halloween, monster, brutality, clown, macabre, serial killer, runaway, violence, blood, teenager ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 5th century, year 1975, 15th century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After the Crystal Lake Massacres, Jason is pronounced dead and taken to the hospital morgue, where he is mysteriously revived, allowing his diabolical killing spree to continue at the camp where the gruesome slaughtering began. But this time, in ...
Style: slasher, scary, splatter, grindhouse, bloody ...
Audience: teens, manly
Plot: serial killer, gory, friday the 13th, murder, serial teen killer, camp, summer camp, torture, death, teenager, masked killer, monster ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ⇓
100%
Slaughter High (1986)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Eight different people are invited to their 10-year high school reunion at their now-closed down high school where a former student, disfigured from a prank gone wrong, is there to seek revenge.
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, prank, humiliation, group of friends, nerd, revenge, beer, violence spree, serial killer, murder, bullying, disfigurement ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Sleepaway Camp (1983)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Slightly disturbed and painfully shy Angela Baker is sent away to summer camp with her cousin. Not long after Angela's arrival, things start to go horribly wrong for anyone with sinister or less than honorable intentions.
Style: slasher, scary, twist ending, surprise ending, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: summer camp, psychopath, serial killer, youth, murder, bullying, rivalry, teenage life, danger, mental illness, female villain, violence ...
Time: 80s, year 2016
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger (Robert Englund), who was ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, bloody, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: supernatural, dream, supernatural horror, murder, nightmare, gory, serial killer, fear, nightmare comes true, high school, sleep deprivation, teenager ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 20th century, year 1981
Place: ohio, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Determined to finish off the infamous killer Jason Voorhees once and for all, Tommy Jarvis and a friend exhume Jason’s corpse in order to cremate him. Things go awry when Jason is instead resurrected, sparking a new chain of ruthlessly brutal ...
Style: slasher, scary, bloody, suspenseful, classic horror ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gory, monster, friday the 13th, summer camp, supernatural, masked killer, woods, camp, serial killer, murder, blood, maniac ...
Time: 80s
Place: new jersey, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Terror Train (1980)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A masked killer targets six college kids responsible for a prank gone wrong three years earlier and who are currently throwing a large New Year's Eve costume party aboard a moving train.
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, bloody, intense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: murder, prank, masked killer, serial killer, train, magician, blood, psychopath, survival, stalking, holiday horror, danger ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 2016, year 1980
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Tourist Trap (1979)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Their car breaks down and four friends find themselves stranded at The Lost Oasis, a strange museum run by the friendly Mr. Slausen. Even though they are warned not to, the teens explore a house nearby and learn that it belongs to Davey, Mr. ...
Style: slasher, scary, psychological, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: murder, mannequin, serial killer, psychopath, insanity, fear, group of friends, chase, blood, maniac, old dark house, doll ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A young girl who possesses the power of telekinesis accidentally causes her father's death after a family dispute at Crystal Lake. Years later, when a doctor tries to exploit her abilities, her power becomes a hellish curse, and she unwittingly ...
Style: scary, slasher, bloody, classic horror, splatter ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: serial killer, telekinesis, gory, murder, supernatural, friday the 13th, camp, nudity, summer camp, psychic power, psionic power, monster ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, it seems Jason Voorhees and his demented mother are in the past. Paul opens up a new camp close to the infamous site, ignoring warnings to stay away, and a sexually-charged group of ...
Style: slasher, suspense, bloody, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, murder, masked killer, gory, crazy, psycho killer, lake, maniac, serial murder, blood, friday the 13th ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1980, year 1984
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: An 18-year-old high school girl is left at home by her parents and decides to have a slumber party. Meanwhile, a mass murderer with a propensity for power tools has escaped from prison, and eventually makes his way to the party where the guests ...
Style: slasher, scary, grindhouse, bloody, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: serial killer, teenager, murder, high school, gory, psychopath, women, blood, massacre, 18 year old, nudity, camp ...
Time: 80s, year 1982
Place: venice california, los angeles, venice beach california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Just Before Dawn (1981)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Five campers arrive in the mountains to examine some property they have bought, but are warned by the forest ranger Roy McLean that a huge machete-wielding maniac has been terrorising the area. Ignoring the warnings, they set up camp, and start ...
Style: slasher, suspenseful, rough, atmospheric, scary ...
Plot: psychopath, group of friends, backwoods, inbreeding, two killers, serial killer, maniac, survival, murder, stalking, ranger, violence ...
Time: 80s, year 1980
Place: oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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High Tension (2003)
Genre: Horror
Country: France, Romania
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Alexia travels with her friend Marie to spend a couple of days with her family in their farm in the country. They arrive late and they are welcomed by Alexia's father. Late in the night, a sadistic and sick killer breaks into the farmhouse, ...
Style: scary, slasher, splatter, disturbing, twist ending ...
Audience: date night
Plot: serial killer, gory, macabre, home invasion, psycho killer, kidnapping, torture, insanity, survival, killing spree, disturbed individual, murder ...
Time: year 2003, year 2000, y2k, 21st century
Place: france, south of france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Little Billy witnesses his parents being brutally murdered by Santa. Years later, when he has to fill in for an absent in-store Santa Claus, his childhood trauma materializes once again.
Style: christmas horror, slasher, scary, grindhouse, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, christmas, santa claus, murder, survival, holiday, holiday horror, killer santa claus, psychopath, winter, obsession, exploitation ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 70s, year 1974, year 1971
Place: utah, salt lake city utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Unhinged (1982)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: College students, Terry, Nancy and Gloria are on their way to a rock concert, driving through a torrential rainstorm...only to crash their car, badly injuring one of them. Seeking shelter and aid they come across a house occupied by a man-hating ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: mystery killer, serial killer, murder, psychopath, gory, secret, blood, violence, mansion, woman in danger, sexual relations, destiny ...
Time: 80s
Place: oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Two Evil Eyes (1990)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Two horror segments based on Edgar Allan Poe stories set in and around the city of Pittsburgh. "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" concerns a cheating wife who is trying to scam her dying husband out of millions by having her ...
Style: anthology, gothic, cult classic, creepy, slasher ...
Plot: edgar allan poe, serial killer, macabre, greed, ghost, murder, blood, psycho killer, zombie, supernatural, gory, spirit ...
Time: 80s, 90s, year 1989
Place: new york, pittsburgh, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack.
Style: scary, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, dark ...
Plot: cannibalism, desert, gory, blood, cannibal, rape, serial killer, dog, murder, violence, disturbed individual, rape and revenge ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, southern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Twenty years ago in the sleepy mining town of Valentine Bluffs, a fatal mining disaster occurred on Valentine's Day while some of the crew was decorating for a party. The sole survivor of the accident killed the remaining crewmembers and warned ...
Style: slasher, splatter, suspenseful, scary, grindhouse ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, miner, revenge, valentine's day, killing spree, masked killer, gory, holiday horror, youth, murder, canuxploitation, love triangle ...
Time: 80s, year 1960, year 1980
Place: nova scotia, nova scotia, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After 23 horrifying days of gorging on human flesh, an ancient creature known as the Creeper embarks on a final voracious feeding frenzy, terrorizing a group of varsity basketball players, cheerleaders and coaches stranded on a remote highway when ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, slasher, scary, splatter ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: serial killer, scarecrow, supernatural, beast, demon, monster, farm, cheerleader, deadly creature, creature, violence, cornfield ...
Time: year 2003, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Hostel (2005)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.
Style: slasher, scary, bloody, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gory, torture, psychopath, survival, danger, sadistic horror, captivity, dismemberment, violence, torment, strong violent content, sadistic psychopath ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, year 2000, 21st century
Place: amsterdam, slovakia, europe, iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Five friends visiting their grandfather's house in the country are hunted and terrorized by a chain-saw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals.
Style: slasher, scary, bloody, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, macabre, massacre, murder, chainsaw, american horror, psychopath, masked killer, cannibalism, homicidal maniac, psycho killer, danger ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1974, year 1973
Place: texas, austin texas, midwest, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Halloween II (2009)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Micheal's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois; meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.
Style: slasher, suspense, suspenseful, bleak, splatter ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: halloween, murderer, murder, serial killer, gory, hospital, insanity, serial murder, extreme violence, holiday horror, death, brutality ...
Time: year 2009
Place: chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Anthropophagus (1980)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A group of tourists become stranded on an uninhabited island where they are stalked by an insane, violent, and grotesque killer that slaughtered the town's former residents.
Style: slasher, disturbing, grindhouse, scary, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, gory, cannibal, blood, island, cannibalism, extreme, zombie, danger, survival, isolation, supernatural ...
Time: 20th century, year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place: greece, europe, athens greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Final Exam (1981)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In a small college in North Carolina, only a select few students are left to take mid terms. But, when a killer strikes, it could be everyone's final exam.
Style: slasher, grindhouse, psychological thriller, bloody, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: college, serial killer, prank, campus, bare chested male, psychopath, murder, school, chase, exploitation, fear, high school ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1980
Place: north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Alice, having survived the previous installment of the Nightmare series, finds the deadly dreams of Freddy Krueger starting once again. This time, the taunting murderer is striking through the sleeping mind of Alice's unborn child. His ...
Style: slasher, scary, grindhouse, bloody, classic horror ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: serial killer, torture, comic book, nightmare on elm street, supernatural, vengeance, murder, gory, blood, psycho terror, child killer, serial teen killer ...
Time: 80s, year 1992, 1940s
Place: ohio, usa, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Intruder (1989)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The overnight stock crew of a local supermarket find themselves being stalked and slashed by a mysterious maniac.
Style: slasher, disturbing, bloody, retro, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, gory, violence, insanity, supermarket, murder, law enforcement, rivalry, stalking, danger, who done it ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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