Movies like Invitation 2003
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Invitation (2003)
202
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 fat kid excitedly chases the ball. As the group taunts him and his efforts, they don't notice a truck speeding toward him. He is killed on impact. PRESENT DAY- The members of the old gang all receive mysterious invitations to reunite at an old lodge. Thinking one of the group must have some "big announcement", they all arrive at the lodge. What the group learns about the lodge and the real reason why they were "invited", leaves them fighting for their lives.
Style:
suspense, tense, slasher, twist ending, sinister, psychological horror, independent film, comic
Plot:
revenge, dark secret, murder, vengeance, payback, guilt, blood, survival, accident, isolation, group of friends, paranoia, hunting, small town, cat and mouse, masked killer, nudity, reunion, lodge, female sitting on a toilet, lawn mower
Place:
michigan
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
slasher, detective, psychological horror, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
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Genre: Horror
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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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
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Style:
slasher, christmas horror, grim, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
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Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Story:
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Style:
slasher, suspense, dark, tense, psychological horror ...
Plot:
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
slasher, tense, tension, suspense, psychological horror ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, suspense, slasher, tense, grim ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, tension, suspense, psychological horror ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, masked killer, trauma, high school reunion, homecoming, small town, paranoia, whodunit, retribution, unsettling, gory, vigilante justice ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
slasher, creepy, suspenseful, tense, twist ending ...
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, slasher, psychological horror, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
slasher, dark, tense, suspense, psychological horror ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
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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236
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
44%
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Country: Canada
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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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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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
41%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
slasher, tense, tension, grim, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
41%
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160
Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
slasher, dark, tense, suspense, psychological horror ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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826
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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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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Place:
texas
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 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:
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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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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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