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Axe2Grind (2025)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
Debbie Wilkins escapes from Hollywood and heads east to Oklahoma City to link up with her older sister Fran after she is released from an insane asylum for her murder spree on the set of "The Bayou Butcher" in Axe to Grind. Soon after their reunion, the two sisters embark on a wild and bloody cross country road trip to evade law enforcement after Debbie does away with her parole officer. Meanwhile, Rikki, the younger sister of Nikki who Debbie dispatched of in the first movie, elicits information from Debbie's old flame Peter Burgess in order to track down Debbie and exact her revenge.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, bleak, captivating, slasher, psychological horror, twisted, grim, crime thriller
Plot:
revenge, sisters, mental institution, murder, actress, sister sister relationship, scream queen, serial killer, killing spree, vendetta, sister, female psychopath, psychopath, retribution, female protagonist, road trip, female antagonist, violent, escape, obsession, escaped prisoner, cat and mouse, cross country, pursuit, investigation ...
Place:
oklahoma city
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Most similar movies to Axe2Grind
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, captivating and suspense films with plots about revenge, cat and mouse, murder, serial killer, obsession, moral ambiguity and investigation mostly in Thriller, Horror and Action genres. Some movies like Axe2Grind: Scar Tissue (2013), Psycho Party Planner (2020), Profile for Murder (2013), Axe to Grind (2015), Hometown Killer (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Maddie, a local reporter investigating a series of killings targeting similar looking women is caught off guard when her younger sister Olivia, is attacked in her own home. Urging on the side of caution, Maddie suggests they take a self-defense ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, tense, dramatic, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, sister, murder, boyfriend, reporter, obsession, relationships, killing spree, serial murder, sister sister relationship, fall in love, murderer ...
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95%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When Luke wakes up and finds a mutilated corpse in his bathroom, his life changes for ever. Stalked by a terrifying psychopathic serial killer, he has to place his trust in the hands of a smart but volatile female cop, Sam Cross. The secret they ...
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Plot:
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85%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When young art gallery owner and mother Kayla Anderson finds herself drowning in work and in need of help planning her daughter Kerry's big upcoming Sweet Sixteen bash, she hires pretty, spirited party planner Lindy Shores to help out, having ...
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Plot:
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75%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, slasher ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
canada
Similarity:
74%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
B-movie legend, actress Debbie Wilkins, has just been replaced by a 23 yr old scream queen in her lovers bed. More importantly she's been left out of her lovers new film. Debbie doesn't take rejection well.
Style:
slasher, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
maniac, serial murder, murderer, psychopath, serial killer, actress, murder, vengeance, psycho killer, criminal, society, homicidal maniac ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A young woman finds her life in danger when an emotionally disturbed police officer she bullied in high school targets her in a twisted plan of revenge.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
revenge, bullying, woman in danger, life is a bitch, vengeance, peril, mockery, police inspector, police officer, social problems, relationship problems, fear ...
Similarity:
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272
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A serial killer, whose victims are men with similar pasts, is tracked by a policewoman.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, crime drama, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, revenge motive, serial killer, investigation, law enforcement, female investigator, retribution, police procedural, mature, cat and mouse, stalker ...
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62%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Four interconnected stories surrounding the escape from prison of a notorious serial killer.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, scenic, crime thriller ...
Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A beautiful journalist will stop at nothing to get revenge for her daughter's murder. With no help from corrupt cops she decides to take the law into her own hands and joins a vigilante gang of gangsters and football hooligans to track down the ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, captivating, serious, dark ...
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, rapist, unpunished murder, murder of daughter, grieving mother, crime and punishment, punishment, vengeance, avenge, murder, violent ...
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A series of horrifying murders, the victims, always couples, staged in bizarre collage dioramas with cardboard cutouts and scribbled, childlike messages about the corrupting power of love. The killer's on the loose, and the FBI is looking for a ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, bleak, disturbing, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Similarity:
60%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Micheal Smith is released from prison after serving four long years for a crime that he claims he did not commit. Within a few hours of his release, a man offers Michael a ride in his truck. From that moment on, the madness begins and the past slaps ...
Style:
tension, tense, suspense, dark, noir ...
Plot:
prison, chase, pursuit, wrongful conviction, danger, survival, escape, death, murder, psychopath, cat and mouse, stalker ...
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60%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Having escaped a sadistic cult as a child, Owen must confront his past as his tormentors enter his new life. This time there's no escaping for anyone.
Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
60%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Walden Dean is a stenographer, whose mind witnessed all types of injustices in the courtroom. After discovering he has a terminal illness, repressed anger deep within him surfaces -- taking justice into his own hands in the most gruesome ways ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
59%
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
58%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A bonding family weekend turns sinister in a storm.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, psychopath, forces of nature, stalker, confined, escapades, danger, hostage, stalking, fear, night, storm ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
56%
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Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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160
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A serial killer disguises himself as a drug dealer in order to "deliver" young people their worshiped drugs. The serial killer is simultaneously tracked by a determined detective in the city.
Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
A serial killer escapes from a mental hospital and hides out in a small town. A local cop must catch him before he starts on another killing spree.
Style:
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Time:
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Similarity:
52%
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When a city is terrorized by a sadistic serial killer, a seasoned detective and a newly recruited paramedic discover the key to stopping the bloodshed lies in unlocking the truth of their own haunted pasts.
Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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87
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Thriller - A detective searching for more than his suspect. A locksmith with a disturbing obsession. - Ben Clayton, Stephen Jackon, Amy Chomsky
Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, tense, crime drama, slasher ...
Plot:
obsession, murder, psychopath, serial killer, stalker, mentally unstable, female victim, revenge, psychological manipulation, psychiatry, cat and mouse, missing person ...
Time:
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Similarity:
50%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, psychological horror, psychological thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, assault, violence, uncover truth, danger, memory loss, psychological trauma, twists and turns, murder, survivor, hallucination ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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294
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
After a meet-cute in a bar, Dawn and Micah's road trip to Portland turns into a nightmare when they're hunted by an infamous serial killer known as the Mechanic Maniac.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
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Place:
portland oregon, california
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In 1972 the tranquility of a coastal town in California is broken as hitch-hiking girls begin to go missing and corpses start showing up. Welcome to Murder City.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, murder mystery, small town, investigation, murder, killing, serial murder, murder investigation, crime investigation, fear, female victim, mature ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
48%
625
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A woman being terrorized by a stalker hires and develops a relationship with a handsome private detective, not realizing he'd become her deadly avenging angel.
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An experienced Black Ops sniper attempts a nightmarish escape after a failed mission, tracked by enemy soldiers hellbent on revenge, and also hunted by something sinister and monstrous, hungry and determined.
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, intense, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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