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Brainjacked (2009)
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A man suffering from debilitating migraines uses trepanation to cure his condition and realize his mind’s full potential, and discovers the dark side of the ancient surgical practice. By drilling a hole into his skull, Tristan will not only realize the true potential of his mind, but also gain access to a clandestine home for runaways known as the Garden. But just when it begins to look like Tristan is on the path to enlightenment, he’s plunged into a terrifying world of eternal darkness.
Style:
psychological horror, suspense, intense, medical horror, independent film, experimental
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
mind control, conspiracy, paranoia, self surgery, obsession, secret society, claustrophobia, isolation, hallucination, runaway teen, brainwashing, survival, body horror, moral ambiguity, urban, teenager, female nudity, blood, mad scientist, cult, drill, female full frontal nudity
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological horror, suspense, dark and suspenseful films with plots about isolation, body horror, claustrophobia, survival, paranoia, moral ambiguity and obsession mostly in Horror, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres. Some movies like Brainjacked: The Changed (2021), Cell Count (2012), The Aliens Are Coming (1980), Assumption (2017), Red 11 (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A group of ordinary people band together in a suburban home to battle imposters who have replaced their families, friends, and neighbors.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
paranoia, mind control, battles, body snatcher, paranoid schizophrenia, secret, psychopath, survival, alien invasion, paranoid, isolation, home invasion ...
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Russell Carpenter reluctantly admits his wife Sadie into an experimental treatment facility for her life threatening disease. While locked in this prison like surrounding they, along with 6 others, are unknowingly subjected to a cure that might just ...
Style:
suspense, medical horror, scary, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
human experiment, medical experiment, isolation, hospital, body horror, fear, rescue, husband wife relationship, experiment gone awry, sick woman, murder, psychological manipulation ...
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An alien mother ship hovering in Earth's atmosphere is the base for an attempted alien invasion of Earth.
Style:
suspense, tension, retro, atmospheric, psychological horror ...
Plot:
alien invasion, ufo, paranoia, outer space, invasion, conspiracy, survival, body horror, isolation, cold war era, flying saucer, distopia ...
Time:
80s
Place:
nevada
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
A man wakes from a concussion to find himself trapped in a cargo elevator, and as his time in isolation grows, so too does his paranoia.
Style:
psychological thriller, intense, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
claustrophobia, paranoia, isolation, confined, entrapment, survival, mental breakdown, character study, mind game, single, obsession, male protagonist ...
Similarity:
75%
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687
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A human lab rat in a sinister medical research facility tries to buy his way out of debt to the company while under the influence of experimental psychoactive drugs.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, independent film, psychological horror, suspense ...
Plot:
hospital, laboratory, secret laboratory, hallucination, experiment, lab rat, trap, money problems, human experiment, claustrophobia, paranoia, desperation ...
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Crew of an undersea mining platform falls prey to mysterious and dangerous parasite. The parasite has the ability to affect people's minds, so survivors can't be certain who is safe and who is infected.
Style:
tension, dark, suspense, psychological horror, gloomy ...
Plot:
underwater, scientist, parasite, mind control, paranoia, infection, isolation, alien invasion, fear, survival, claustrophobia, mistrust ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
In a big mansion, a scientist has been experimenting with humans and animals, mixing their DNA together.
Style:
medical horror, suspense, creepy, dark, intense ...
Plot:
mad scientist, experiment gone awry, body horror, madness, isolation, violence, claustrophobia, mythical creature, feral man, pig killer, survival, exploitation ...
Time:
1930s
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A rich actress who has gotten too old for leading roles employs a scientist who is working on a formula for eternal youth. The formula involves withdrawing certain fluids from the human brain. She takes the serum, but its unforeseen side effects ...
Style:
cult classic, psychological horror, medical horror, suspense, cult horror ...
Plot:
body horror, transformation, rejuvenation, actress, experiment gone awry, aging, mad scientist, creature feature, monster, obsession, vanity, serum ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An amnesiac must reach back into his mind for memories that will help him save the love of his life before a virus completely takes over.
Style:
psychological, exciting, rough, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
virus, infection, amnesia, airplane accident, survival, zombie, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, body horror, infected, amnesiac, identity crisis, paranoia ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Once a grand establishment committed to experimentation and discovery, The Carmichael Institute For Scientific Advancement now stands in disrepair and financial ruin. That hasn't stopped a pair of driven scientists and their wealthy benefactors ...
Style:
suspenseful, tension, dark, intense, psychological horror ...
Plot:
survival, ethical dilemma, claustrophobia, moral ambiguity, betrayal, isolation, body horror, madness, creature feature, crucifix, blood, conspiracy ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A scientist is testing a demonic drug on people in his secret lab. A cop and a female reporter try to stop him.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, scary ...
Plot:
investigation, conspiracy, uncover truth, mental institution, rivalry, good versus evil, dishonesty, mentally unstable, laboratory, life is a bitch, secret, mad scientist ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A motivational speaker, plagued by an uncontrollable itch on her head, becomes infected with a parasitic demon from her homeland.
Style:
psychological horror, suspense
Plot:
loss of control, demonic possession, supernatural, body horror, paranoia, isolation, identity crisis, mature, body transformation, claustrophobia, moral ambiguity, dark humor ...
Similarity:
66%
839
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Married couple Jay and Beth take a celebratory camping trip a year after Beth's cancer remission but find themselves trapped between a wild madman and a skin-stealing monster.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, intense, dark, psychological horror
Plot:
creature feature, struggle for survival, body horror, isolation, survival horror, survival, graphic violence, hunted, camping trip, cat and mouse, wilderness, blood ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Five government contractors wake up to find themselves contained under the infamous Area 51. They are forced to confront a sinister government experiment and a horrifying Alien host.
Style:
tense, bleak, suspenseful, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
alien, military, monster, conspiracy, government conspiracy, alien contact, alien encounter, alien creature, alien monster, evil alien, space and aliens, secret experiment ...
Place:
nevada
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA, France
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Whether it's bots in the bloodstream, a silent stranger by the road or even a single, all-consuming thought, death comes in peculiar forms in this wildly creative collection of shorts, offering five gruesome tales of the strange and the ...
Style:
anthology, creepy, surreal, twisted, experimental ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
death, mortality, body horror, macabre, paranoia, fatalism, isolation, infection, violence, claustrophobia, moral ambiguity, dark humor ...
Similarity:
62%
170
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological horror, dark, surreal, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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115
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two robbers on the run end up in the clutches of a doctor who experiments on people to navigate the afterlife. What seems to be an innocuous foray into a scientific and existential revolution for humanity soon takes a turn for the worse.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, intense, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
mad scientist, afterlife, human experiment, torture, science gone wrong, survival, obsession, escape, existentialism, claustrophobia, moral ambiguity, body horror ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At a university in Liverpool, a wave of violence is spread due to the strange experiments of Dr. Joseph Cornwall. His estranged niece Hannah arrives from the United States to live with her uncle and soon after, she uncovers a horrifying mystery.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, dark, medical horror
Plot:
human experiment, mad scientist, dark secret, university, psychological manipulation, suspicion, trauma, intrigue, claustrophobia, body horror, ethical dilemma, obsession ...
Place:
liverpool
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
anthology, suspenseful, psychotronic, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, tension, brutal, grim
Plot:
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Similarity:
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10K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.
Style:
intense, mind bending, psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
53%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Story:
A group of students participating in an experiment where they're isolated from one another aside from social media connections begin to fall victim to someone in their circle with a hidden agenda.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, intense, dark ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
51%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An anthology collection of short horror tales.
Style:
anthology, psychological horror, tension, disturbing, surreal ...
Plot:
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Place:
united kingdom, britain
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Collin Bastrow is found in the forest, alone and afraid, he has a shocking story to tell. As he struggles to recount the events of the previous night his memories return in a series of horrific flashes of what became of his friends and ...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
found footage, forest, sole survivor, camping, struggle for survival, danger, alien contact, murder, storytelling, fear, survival, supernatural ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
Similarity:
42%
516
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After the death of his wife, a grieving man becomes the victim of a horrific experiment to cure his addiction.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, scary, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
murder, experiment, life is a bitch, couple relations, alcohol abuse, addiction, death in the family, dealing with death, gory, mind control, grief, trauma ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological horror, existential, dark fantasy, teen horror, slasher
Plot:
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Story:
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Style:
slasher, suspense, dark, tense, psychological horror ...
Plot:
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A psychotic college professor uses unwitting students as laboratory rats, injecting them with a drug that mutates them into gory killers
Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The stars are gone. The planets have disappeared. Only individuals aboard space stations or starships were left to give the end a name -- The Quiet Rapture. After decades of decay and crumbling infrastructure, the Consolidation of Iron has made a ...
Style:
psychological horror, independent film, suspenseful, complex
Plot:
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