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Case 39 (2009)
99K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the child, and so Emily assumes custody of Lilith while she looks for a foster family. However, Emily soon finds that dark forces surround the seemingly innocent girl, and the more she tries to protect Lilith, the more horrors she encounters.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, frightening, serious, spooky, gloomy, creepy, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
supernatural, evil child, demon, supernatural horror, social worker, creepy child, child abuse, macabre, twists and turns, uncover truth, mysterious character, mental institution, killer child, family in danger, evil force, murder, animal attack, woman in danger, danger, creepy kid, devil, orphan, mysticism, psychiatry, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
oregon, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, weird, suspenseful and suspense films with plots about macabre, ghost, demon, supernatural, supernatural horror, dialogue and blood mostly in Horror, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like Case 39: Orphan (2009), The Possession (2012), The Omen (1976), The Ring (2002), The House of the Devil (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
276K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Germany, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A married couple with a rocky past adopt 9-year old, Esther to fill the void created by a recently-stillborn baby. However, Esther is not quite who she seems.
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, connecticut, estonia
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98%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
145K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil. A classic horror film with Gregory Peck from ...
Style:
suspenseful, satanic, bleak, classic horror, scary ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
london, rome italy, persia, britain, england ...
Similarity:
100%
400K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
It sounded like just another urban legend: A videotape filled with nightmarish images, leading to a phone call foretelling the viewer's death in exactly seven days. As a newspaper reporter, Rachel Keller was naturally skeptical of the story, ...
Style:
scary, atmospheric, suspense, creepy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, life is a bitch, supernatural horror, death, twists and turns, urban legend, female protagonist, danger, investigation, curse, paranormal phenomena ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, astoria oregon, washington state, fictional island
Similarity:
94%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the 1980s, college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret.
Style:
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Place:
new jersey, california
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100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
Style:
scary, dark, creepy, demonic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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39K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A female forensic psychiatrist discovers that all of one of her patient's multiple personalities are murder victims. She will have to find out what's happening before her time is finished.
Style:
scary, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, fairy tale ...
Audience:
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Plot:
supernatural, supernatural horror, murder, psychiatrist, twists and turns, doctors and patients, split personality, voodoo, child in peril, witch doctor, demon, female psychiatrist ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
creepy, demonic, tense, suspenseful, horrifying ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, macabre, paranormal activity, found footage, haunted house, supernatural horror, haunting, paranormal phenomena, demon, child in peril, monster, haunted ...
Time:
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Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, India
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. ...
Style:
scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
horror for children, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, pasadena california
Similarity:
100%
53K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
scary, twist ending, atmospheric, suspense, surprise ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, ghost, supernatural horror, photographer, supernatural, car accident, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, suicide, secret lover, spirit, darkroom, blood ...
Time:
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Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand, asia
Similarity:
100%
59K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, twist ending, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
afterlife, ghost, supernatural horror, blindness, demon, death, eye, danger, supernatural, seeing dead people, cheating death, haunting ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008
Place:
los angeles, new york, mexico
Similarity:
100%
172K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, kids, horror for children
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
Similarity:
82%
199K
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Country: Spain, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that ...
Style:
scary, suspense, gothic, frightening, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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424K
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Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Audience:
teens, adult, horror for children
Plot:
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Place:
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64%
66K
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Country: USA, UK, Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
170K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico, France, Belgium
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Story:
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Style:
twist ending, scary, surprise ending, psychological, gothic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
100%
124K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a car crash, a criminal psychologist (Halle Berry) comes to, only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she's been accused of murdering her husband -- but she has no memory ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
67%
313K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunted house, fear, supernatural horror, murder, danger, occult, evil force, writer's life, surprising revelation, family in danger ...
Time:
2010s, year 2000, year 1966, year 1986, year 1979 ...
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, sacramento california, california, missouri ...
Similarity:
57%
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105K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Rachel Keller must prevent evil Samara from taking possession of her son's soul.
Style:
scary, frightening, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, macabre, ghost, evil child, supernatural horror, investigation, family problems, supernatural ability, small town, scared, spell, creepy kid ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, dark ...
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, fear, paranormal activity, panic, ghost, found footage, demon, supernatural horror, evil force, demonic possession, couples ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
america, los angeles, california, usa, san diego california
Similarity:
67%
119K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Romania, Germany, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
scary, psychological thriller, suspenseful, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, evil, demon, supernatural horror, twists and turns, mirror, death, haunted house, schizophrenia, possession, brutality ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, 2000s, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
71%
108K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, China
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A nanny, working for a family whose son has just passed away, finds herself put in charge of caring for a lifelike doll that the couple treat as a real child.
Style:
scary, psychological, suspense, tense, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
60%
108K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
scary, twist ending, gothic, dark, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
twist ending, scary, surprise ending, psychological thriller, psychological horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, mental illness, ghost, family problems, supernatural horror, woman in danger, parents and children, uncover truth, family in danger, secret relationship, siblings relations, mistrust ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, year 2000, year 1986, 80s ...
Place:
maine, new england
Similarity:
67%
364K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, twist ending, frightening ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, demon, fear, afterlife, nightmare, paranormal activity, boy, psychic, danger, evil spirit, supernatural horror ...
Time:
year 2010, 2000s, year 2000, year 2011, 2010s ...
Place:
america, usa
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A rookie cop's world is turned upside down when she comes face to face with Paymon - King Of Hell. Officer Jessica Loren has the last shift at a transitioning police station, assigned to wait for a crew picking up bio-hazard waste from the ...
Style:
psychological, demonic, tense, satanic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
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california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense, factual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
russia, antarctica
Similarity:
60%
616K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
Style:
scary, dark, suspenseful, creepy, atmospheric ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, ghost, exorcism, paranormal investigation, fear, witch, danger, supernatural horror, possession, doll, investigation ...
Time:
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Place:
rhode island, new england, connecticut, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A mother and daughter move to a new town and find themselves living next door to a house where a young girl murdered her parents. When the daughter befriends the surviving son, she learns the story is far from over.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, twist ending, slasher, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
twists and turns, female protagonist, teenage life, youth, haunted by the past, murder, voyeur, locked in a room, divorce, bullying, ghost, danger ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
296K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
For 19-year-old Jay, fall should be about school, boys and weekends out at the lake. But a seemingly innocent physical encounter turns sour and gives her the inescapable sense that someone, or something, is following her. Faced with this burden, Jay ...
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, macabre, being followed, evil, teenage girl, voyeurism, coming of age, supernatural being, peeping tom, swimming pool, death ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
60%
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