Movies and TV shows like Hell Motel
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Hell Motel (2025)
1K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
A group of 10 true crime obsessives are invited to the opening weekend of the newly renovated Cold River Motel, the site of a 30-year-old unsolved satanic mass murder. History repeats itself when the guests get stranded and start getting knocked off one by one during a murder spree that grows exponentially more gruesome than the original with each kill.
Style:
slasher, tense, suspense, tension, dread, bleak, grim, twist ending, slasher horror, psychological terror
Audience:
adult
Plot:
true crime, serial killer, unsolved crime, satanic ritual, paranoia, survival horror, bloodbath, obsession, claustrophobia, locked in, cat and mouse, cold case, group of strangers, revenge, investigation, urban legend, anniversary, motel, gore, body count
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to Hell Motel
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, dark, tense and slasher films and TV series with plots about investigation, cat and mouse, serial killer, revenge, isolation, gore and murder mostly in Horror, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like Hell Motel: Slasher (2016), Darkest Hour (2005), NoteBook (2023), Blood Clan (1990), The Edge of Sleep (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
19K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Thirty years ago, in the sleepy community of Waterbury, a killer known as “The Executioner” murdered Sarah Bennett's parents. Now Sarah and her husband Dylan have returned to town, only to find herself the centerpiece in a series of ...
Style:
anthology, slasher, tense, suspenseful, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
investigation, murder, friendship, survival, teenager, serial killer, betrayal, forest, fight, pursuit, blood, gay ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Several years ago, a sleepy Pacific Northwest town was terrorized by a skull-faced maniac with a thirst for blood. It seemed no man, woman or child was safe from the North Bend Reaper, a crafty serial killer who became infamous for stealing patches ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, tense, psychological horror, slasher horror
Plot:
serial killer, isolation, small town, masked killer, stalking, panic, paranoia, cat and mouse, whodunit, urban legend, claustrophobia, mistrust ...
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Iran
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Iraj and Hamid, old friends from their childhood, have a headache to pursue criminal cases, their foot is unintentionally opened to the case of serial murders... a case that they enter becomes pregnant with more dangerous events, but...
Style:
suspense, dark, tense, suspenseful, tension ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, iranian, cat and mouse, cold case, friendship, moral ambiguity, urban, violence, revenge, corruption
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A Scottish girl is being adopted by the judge who has condemned all the members of her family to death. But as she remembers all of this she commits a lot of atrocities.
Style:
tension, grim, slasher, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
revenge, cannibalism, family curse, family tragedy, violent, childhood trauma, identity, small town, adoption, investigation, misdirection, murder ...
Similarity:
62%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Canada
TV show
Story:
When a night watchman finishes his shift at work, he is terrified to discover that everyone in the world who went to sleep the previous night has died. Now he and a band of survivors must stay awake and uncover the secret of this global epidemic, ...
Style:
suspense, tension, dark, grim, bleak ...
Plot:
sleep deprivation, survival, investigation, isolation, post apocalyptic, epidemic, insomnia, pandemic, paranoia, claustrophobia, night watchman, conspiracy ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Ten movie reviewers are invited to a party by the host of a website devoted to horror films. The party is in full swing when the power - and the lights - abruptly go out. A mysterious, black-hooded figure has cut the main wiring. The party's ...
Style:
slasher, tense, tension, grim, suspense ...
Plot:
masked killer, trapped, claustrophobia, darkness, violent, cat and mouse, isolation, chase, survival, serial killer, group of strangers, blood ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: India
TV show
Story:
Enter a cradle of mysteries where a man with a dark past manipulates multiple lives through a series of cryptic letters and deadly games.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, dark, intense ...
Plot:
manipulation, mind game, moral ambiguity, investigation, dark past, obsession, cat and mouse, emotional manipulation, identity, family secret, vengeance, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
48%
748
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: China
TV show
Story:
In Hua'ao City, a brilliant detective with a flawless track record faces his toughest case yet when a string of seemingly perfect murders shakes the city. With no evidence, no witnesses, and a killer who vanishes without a trace, he must race ...
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, detective, dark, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
investigation, serial killer, urban, mind game, cat and mouse, paranoia, moral ambiguity, obsession, claustrophobia, slow burn, forensics, time loop ...
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A dead body is discovered in the Eastern Townships Lake (in province of Quebec, Canada). Then a second one is discovered. A hunt is launched to catch a serial killer in the region.
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, forensics, police detective, dead body, murder mystery, police investigation, murder investigation, homicide detective, killing, uncover truth, murderer ...
Place:
quebec, canada
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Action-packed sequel to THE EVILMAKER. A family member of the victim in part 1 tries to figure out what happened at that cabin in the woods not long ago. Before you know it, the body count begins and a supernatural being makes its presence known...
Style:
suspense, slasher, dark, bleak, psychological terror
Plot:
supernatural, cabin in the woods, violent, revenge, haunting, isolation, creature, bloodbath, mature, paranormal investigation, serial killer, investigation ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Da-kyung, a horror YouTuber desperate for views, uploads a video about the eerie urban legends surrounding Gwanglim Station—the site of the highest number of missing person cases in the country. The video goes viral overnight. Despite ...
Style:
creepy, tension, suspense, psychological horror, twist ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
subway, urban legend, ghost, train station, supernatural, haunting, secret, investigation, urban, social media, revelation, obsession ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
To catch three criminal masterminds, a group of cops teams up with a forensic pathologist who can see a murder victim's final moments before death.
Style:
crime thriller, suspenseful, captivating, detective, dread ...
Plot:
buddy, murder, law enforcement, murder mystery, police procedural, investigation, forensics, true crime, victim, murder victim, police investigation, police detective ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The formerly revered journalist Frank Molina finds himself in hiding, with his career shattered. However, he continues to write anonymously hidden in the shadows. Frank’s sense of calm is abruptly interrupted when a pair of severed eyes and a ...
Style:
crime thriller, psychological thriller, suspense, dark, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder mystery, trauma, serial killer, journalism, investigation, hidden identity, obsession, paranoia, blood, violent, moral ambiguity, isolation ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two years after the horrific massacre of her friends by an infamous killer, recluse Jordyn grapples with her past. When a string of similar murders occurs, Jordyn must to face her fears head-on with the help of a true-crime pod-caster.
Style:
slasher, detective, psychological horror, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, trauma, killing spree, grief, investigation, fear, obsession, stalking, paranoia, cold case, survival, guilt ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When disgraced Flight Crash Investigator Sofia Gilchrist's brother dies in the crash of a plane she was supposed to be on, Sofia breaks protocol and secretly begins investigating the crash.
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, tension ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, airplane crash, crime solving, police investigation, cause and meaning, uncover truth, brother sister relationship, unsolved crime, investigator, female protagonist, cover up, danger ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Rotary, Pennsylvania was a nice place to live, until yesterday. A killer appeared without warning. He is on a murder spree, killing whoever he can.
Style:
slasher, suspense, tension, tense, dark ...
Plot:
killer on the loose, killing spree, serial killer, small town, fear, violence, terror, victimization, blood, helplessness, survival, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Story:
Will any of the former school pals survive? Will anything remain of them after Peter Rabid and his insane sister Bedelia lure them to a secluded country home and start killing them one by one? A sinister cult is controlling the killers.
Style:
slasher, suspense, dark, tense, psychological horror ...
Plot:
serial killer, violence, isolation, mind control, paranoia, survival, country house, cat and mouse, ritual, claustrophobia, confined, cult leader ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Serbia
TV show
Story:
The clash between the two families in the small town hides a secret kept for decades. It is time to resolve it.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, emotional, tension ...
Plot:
family feud, small town, secret, family secret, secrets, relationship problems, life is a bitch, family conflict, family problems, conflict, dysfunctional family, problem ...
Place:
former yugoslavia
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the quiet town where Sidney Prescott has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target. Determined to protect her family, Sidney must face the horrors of her past to ...
Style:
slasher, slasher horror, suspense, suspenseful, tension ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, whodunit, terror, blood, killer, murder mystery, masked killer, mother and daughter, protective parent, revenge, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
39%
160
Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
The West Jefferson Mall is closed down and set to be demolished. The department store was the site of a grizzly murder/suicide years before and now... it's the perfect location for a wild Halloween party. Two floors, fifty thousand square feet, ...
Style:
slasher, dark, tense, suspense, psychological horror ...
Plot:
halloween, survival, psychic, female protagonist, a vision, blood, isolation, serial killer, supernatural, cat and mouse, investigation, claustrophobia ...
Time:
year 2000
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A pair of psychic investigators are hired to find out who's ritualistically murdering people at a popular Halloween haunted attraction, Frightland. The bodies begin piling up as the owner of Frightland loses patience. Will the investigators ...
Style:
slasher, independent film, sinister, creepy, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
halloween, revenge, fear, ritual, serial killer, masked killer, killer on the loose, investigation, macabre, occult, small town, panic ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Finland
Duration: 176 min.
TV show
Story:
After a mild stroke leaving his right side paralyzed, the doctor telling him a total change of lifestyle is required to escape a massive heart attack. Being Sweden's most successful detective, the doctor tells him her father, a priest, now ...
Style:
detective, tense, psychological, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
cold case, crime investigation, investigation, pedophile, child murder investigation, child murder, rape, rapist, unsolved crime, rape and revenge, retired cop, murder ...
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A film cast arrives at a wrap party, but someone has dressed up as the slasher in the movie and begins to stage their own kill scenes. One by one, the cast disappears until the true nature of the evening is revealed.
Style:
slasher, twist ending, suspense, dark, tension ...
Plot:
masked killer, suspicion, film set, threat, psycho killer, actor, homicidal maniac, survival horror, murder, filmmaker, murderer, killing ...
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The crew of USS Titan find themselves on the brink of World War 3 with Russia, when a naked stowaway appears in one of their torpedo tubes. The captain banks fears she may be Russian, but she's something far more dangerous.
Style:
tense, suspenseful
Audience:
adult
Plot:
claustrophobia, underwater, submarine, paranoia, sea battle, isolation, survival horror, cat and mouse, conspiracy, female nudity, female full frontal nudity, world
Time:
near future
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Detective Gary discovers that his wife is having an affair. Despondent, he drinks and discusses his problem with friend Dan, a police detective. When someone in a copper mask begins slaughtering people connected to Gary's life, Dan begins ...
Style:
dark, detective, suspenseful, psychological thriller, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, masked killer, investigation, infidelity, violence, betrayal, paranoia, suspect, obsession, guilt, madness, suspicion ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Seventeen years ago, Xuan Zhen was mysteriously murdered. Seventeen years later, another homicide related to the Xuan family occurs. Xuan Zhen's older brother, Xuan Liang became the suspect. As the truth behind the old murder case gradually ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, family secret, investigation, suspicion, secrets, family feud, cold case, family drama, relationship problems, dysfunctional family, love, life is a bitch ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An invitation for a reunion between seven friends on a remote island cottage turns deadly, when they begin dying one-by-one. As the remaining survivors cling to their lives and try to escape, they suspect the killer is one of them.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, rough, slasher ...
Plot:
isolation, island, psychopath, serial killer, gory, friendship, danger, stalking, fear, suspicion, paranoia, murder mystery ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Six teenagers decide to spend the night at an old abandoned school where 27 years ago a horrible massacre occurred. The kids run afoul of the vicious crazed security guard who committed the brutal killings.
Style:
slasher, tense, suspenseful, thrilling, suspense ...
Plot:
abandoned building, murder, teenager, school, axe murder, night, blood, threat, survival, fear, massacre, psychopath ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow the tale of nine strangers who find themselves lost in a remote Mexican jungle after their small plane traveling from Guatemala to the U.S. crashes. One by one, the survivors are murdered, leaving the remaining passengers to solve the ...
Style:
suspense, tension, slasher, dark, twist ending ...
Plot:
jungle, plane crash, whodunit, murder mystery, survival, suspicion, fear, paranoia, stranded, cat and mouse, isolation, countdown ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
34%
541
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A group of teens stumble across the story of now dead serial killer Baby Blue and decide he'd be the perfect subject of a true crime vodcast. But when they start digging, they quickly discover that his murder spree never stopped. Now they are ...
Style:
suspense, dark, thrilling, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, ghost, paranormal, psycho killer, supernatural horror, killing, paranormal activity, murderer, mysticism, murder, paranormal phenomena, revenge from beyond the grave ...
Similarity:
34%
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