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Kayikci (2025)
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Original name: Kayıkçı
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In 2085, a grieving mother hires a young ritualist (Kayikci) to bring her son back to life inside an isolated villa where reality fractures, and a forbidden resurrection unleashes a terrifying night : A night of ritual-driven surge of unease and escalating suspense.
Style:
suspense, tension, psychological, atmospheric, intense, mystic, creepy, surreal, futuristic, experimental ...
Plot:
supernatural, resurrection, isolation, ritual, grief, macabre, paranormal, afterlife, occult, motherhood, nightmare, mourning, taboo, claustrophobia, moral dilemma, superstition, villa, visceral, psychic, blood, slow burn, cosmic horror, dystopia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, atmospheric and psychological thriller films with plots about isolation, slow burn, supernatural, claustrophobia, grief, macabre and small town mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Kayikci: Iravatham (2022), Cellar Door (2024), The Crying Child (1996), Soul (2019), The Mourning (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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