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The Jolly Monkey (2025)
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
40 years ago, families disappeared near the isolated Jolly Monkey motel. Today, the family of the owners return to discuss what to do with the place. One by one they are killed by a someone dressed as the motel's mascot and need to escape.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, creepy, tense, psychological, twist ending
Plot:
fear, isolation, masked killer, survival, claustrophobia, murder mystery, cat and mouse, whodunit, revenge, blood, family reunited, paranoia, suspicion, isolated community, betrayal, foreshadowing, brother sister relationship, motel, supernatural, nightshift, rivalry, motel room, gore, parking lot, old house ...
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Most similar movies to The Jolly Monkey
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out slasher, suspense, tense and suspenseful films with plots about survival, isolation, claustrophobia, gore, cat and mouse, revenge and fear mostly in Horror and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Jolly Monkey: The Strangers: Chapter 3 (2026), That's a Wrap (2023), Carousel (2023), Stream (2024), Killer Rental (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Third and final chapter in "The Strangers" trilogy. Plot TBA.
Style:
slasher, tense, tension, suspense, psychological horror ...
Plot:
home invasion, survival, fear, isolation, stalking, paranoia, cat and mouse, final showdown, claustrophobia, betrayal, extreme violence, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
95%
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:
88%
Genre: Horror
Country: Sweden
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Park manager Fiona is tasked with taking care of some former friends who won an exclusive private sneak preview of Halloween at Liseberg – a whole night, all alone in the empty park. But cotton candy, lovely rides and lots of laughter soon turn ...
Style:
slasher horror, slasher, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
masked killer, amusement park, halloween, halloween party, characters murdered one by one, murderer, characters killed one by one, night, danger, nightmare, isolation, panic ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
76%
10K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
As the Keenans try to bring their family closer together, they unwittingly enter themselves into a game of life or death. With four deranged killers patrolling the halls of their hotel and competing for the most creative kills, the odds are ...
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, intense, tense, slasher horror ...
Plot:
survival, struggle for survival, hotel, panic, trapped, home invasion, blood, cat and mouse, serial killer, desperation, violent, gory ...
Similarity:
73%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
There's a beautiful, isolated house in Joshua Tree for young adults looking to getaway. Two couples arrive one night and find a mysterious video tape of the last group of friends who vacationed here... a diverse bunch looking to party under the ...
Style:
slasher, tense, suspense, psychological horror
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
found footage, group of friends, psychopath, voyeurism, isolation, vacation gone wrong, stalking, paranoia, desert, survival, betrayal, panic ...
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Horror
Country: Brazil
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A movie preview session for just nine spectators takes place in a large city hall. The movie starts playing and everyone gets ready to enjoy the entertainment, but the screen goes dark. After an initial confusion, an image appears of a girl being ...
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, grim ...
Plot:
clown, fear, masked killer, claustrophobia, panic, paranoia, isolation, survival, darkness, locked room mystery, violence, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A serial killer murders people staying at a boarding house in this shot-on-video obscurity.
Style:
independent film, suspense, slasher, tense, grim ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, boarding house, violence, blood, fear, claustrophobia, paranoia, obscurity, stalking, isolation, whodunit ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A weekend getaway for a few friends at a snowy hotel becomes a psychological tailspin and bloody nightmare.
Style:
psychological thriller, dark, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
hotel, intrigue, problem, friends, paranoia, suspicion, winter, claustrophobia, cold, moral ambiguity, survival, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Fifteen years ago, a group of young friends were playing a game of baseball. One of them is called home for dinner and the gang decides to let the creepy neighborhood fat kid join in. The first pitch is slammed over the fence, into the road, and the ...
Style:
suspense, tense, slasher, sinister, psychological horror ...
Plot:
revenge, dark secret, murder, vengeance, guilt, payback, blood, isolation, survival, group of friends, accident, paranoia ...
Place:
michigan
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A bunch of students get summoned at night in college by its professor to make the final presentation of the semester, little they know that a serial killer will be there too making them disappear one by one.
Style:
slasher, suspense, tension, teen horror, independent film ...
Plot:
fear, serial killer, student, college campus, blood, isolation, cat and mouse, murder mystery, locked in, panic, survival, professor ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
College athlete Kris McNeil, one of the only survivors of a series of murders committed two years prior at the hands of a masked slasher known as Carnie the Killer Clown. As the two year anniversary approaches, a new murder spree begins.
Style:
slasher, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, tension ...
Plot:
killer clown, serial killer, masked killer, psychopath, maniac, killing spree, homicidal maniac, psycho killer, murder, college campus, killing, murderer ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
50%
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:
48%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
When a group of friends come across an abandoned house in the barren desert, what follows is a terrifying tale of evil possession causing the friends to slowly turn against each other.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, rough, scary, dark ...
Plot:
haunted house, desert, found footage, supernatural, friends, survival, possession, abandoned house, death, danger, fear, isolation ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Abi is going cold turkey, her family have taken her to a cabin in the woods so she is away from the city. However, little do they know, The Three Blind Mice is more than just a fairy tale.. And they may be next up on the menu.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, creepy, slasher ...
Plot:
cabin in the woods, isolation, woods, claustrophobia, psychological torment, paranoia, female protagonist, cat and mouse, family drama, slow burn, survival, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Six paranormal ghost hunters are competing to stay in the most haunted house in New York , the winner gets one million dollars. Little do they know they are being set up to be tortured and killed by a ghoulish soul - a bloody nun .
Style:
sinister, dark, creepy, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
ghost, nun, paranormal investigation, evil spirit, haunted house, supernatural, blood, possession, violence, torture, female antagonist, isolation ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
46%
209
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Recovered footage documents the horror of a group of teens who break into the abandoned Simmons House. What begins as a thrill-seeking adventure turns into a nightmare as they discover a dark cult intent on sacrificing them one by one.
Style:
creepy, teen horror, tension, suspense, surprise ending
Plot:
found footage, ritual sacrifice, abandoned house, fear, darkness, nightmare, survival, panic, supernatural, isolation, claustrophobia, friends ...
Similarity:
46%
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:
44%
118
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Mick and Jack are asked to house sit for a relative in a small town. They soon realize that there is a mysterious killer and grave robber plaguing the town and they might just be the next target. Mick and Jack must solve the mystery in order to save ...
Style:
slasher, dark, creepy, suspense, suspense thriller ...
Plot:
small town, murder, fear, macabre, survival, paranoia, violent, grave robbing, serial killer, investigation, isolation, whodunit ...
Time:
90s
Place:
pennsylvania
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After the hideous murders at the insane asylum, Michelle is released from the State Prison, due to lack of evidence. She begins a new job at a sleazy health club. Trapped like rats, the club's employees and members are murdered one by one. ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, killing, mass murder, youth, serial murder, crime investigation, murder investigation, murderer, murder, young girl, killing spree ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Strange events plague crew members of a reality TV show when they visit an infamous backwoods camp that was the site of a mass murder 20 years earlier.
Style:
suspenseful, slasher, creepy, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, found footage, fear, mass murder, investigation, summer camp, witch, paranormal, curses spells and rituals, obsession, abandoned ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
Four thrill seekers making a short film about an abandoned backwoods property in Gateway, Minnesota unleash an evil legend that should have been left forgotten.
Style:
suspense, creepy, independent film, mockumentary, grim ...
Plot:
found footage, isolation, fear, backwoods, urban legend, curse, survival, supernatural, haunted, forest, small town, cat and mouse ...
Place:
minnesota
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Shooting a vampire flick in an old, abandoned manor house should have worked like a dream, but the film crew is out of their depth, over schedule and desperate to get the shoot finished and go home. However, as the moon turns full, the nightmare ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, mystical, dark ...
Plot:
werewolf, supernatural, creature feature, wolf, supernatural horror, full moon, lycanthropy, paranormal, problem, paranormal activity, filmmaking, paranormal phenomena ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A popular group of video game content creators must face the ultimate lesson in teamwork when a haunted multiplayer game begins killing them one by one.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, biting, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
supernatural, video game, gamer, found footage, supernatural horror, ghost, death threat, game of death, threat, paranormal, paranormal activity, paranormal phenomena ...
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Horror
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A group of friends go to a village for festivities and later hear stories of some deaths in the area. They soon realize one of them is missing. Will they find her before she is killed?
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
group of friends, fear, murder, chase, survival, death, violence, backwoods, lost, community, characters killed one by one, escape ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Nine people find themselves trapped in a warehouse that contains the remains of the old Frightworld Amusement Park - a place haunted by the spirit of Verden Fell, a serial killer who died there a year before.
Style:
slasher, suspense, tension, dark, grim ...
Plot:
serial killer, supernatural, amusement park, trapped, fear, haunted, blood, abandoned warehouse, siege, ghost, isolation, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
For centuries and across cultures, parents have warned their children of the legendary Bagman, who snatches innocent children and stuffs them into his vile, rotting bag—never to be seen again. Patrick McKee narrowly escaped such an encounter as a ...
Style:
creepy, tense, suspenseful, dark, intense ...
Plot:
protective father, supernatural, trauma, haunting, urban legend, survival, monster, cat and mouse, superstition, folk horror, macabre, family drama ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Horror - Six innocent campers are outward bound for an idyllic adventure in the backwoods of Oregon. On the way, they stumble upon a creepy gas station attendant who harbors a grisly secret -- the kind of secret that will cost some of the teens ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, suspenseful, scary, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, danger, murder, legends and myths, gory, backwoods, supernatural horror, isolation, fear, killer, death ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
38%
621
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
As eight convicts serve their sentences in a work-release program at a creepy abandoned prison, an unknown killer stalks them.
Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, serious, slasher ...
Plot:
prison, psychopath, serial killer, survival, prison life, confined, life is a bitch, danger, murder, unknown killer, murder mystery, stalker ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Story:
Four years after a series of brutal murders took place, a psychotic killer returns to wreak havoc.
Style:
slasher, tense, scary, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, psycho killer, murder, slumber party, killing spree, murderer, psychopath, serial murder, homicidal maniac, killing, masked killer, gory ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
The legend of Popeye haunts a group of counsellors as they intend to open a summer camp.
Style:
slasher, dark, tense, suspense, psychological horror ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
urban legend, summer camp, woods, fear, haunting, revenge, isolation, supernatural, folklore, macabre, cat and mouse, small town ...
Similarity:
37%
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