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Mediatrix (2011)
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
Mediatrix is the story of Mary Ann Van Hook, a false spiritualist who parlays her manipulation skills into wealth, power, and even her own cult of followers.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
deception, spiritualism, manipulation, religious cult, psychological manipulation, cult leader, fraud, seance, charisma, ambition, greed, charlatan, moral ambiguity, scam, mistrust, corruption, female protagonist, scandal, social climbing, isolation, sex, rape, pedophilia, prostitution, medium ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, psychological thriller and disturbing films with plots about isolation, moral ambiguity, manipulation, claustrophobia, deception, paranoia and survival mostly in Thriller, Horror and Comedy genres. Some movies like Mediatrix: Hell is Empty (2021), Wake (2024), The Preacher (2022), House of Darkness (2022), Shell (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Place:
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Style:
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Country: USA
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Duration: 104 min.
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Audience:
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Story:
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