Movies like Cujo

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Cujo (1983)
 6.1
 51K
Cujo (1983)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A friendly St. Bernard named "Cujo" contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.
Style: tense, suspense, scary, natural horror, serious, bad ending, psychological, splatter, creepy, cult classic ...
Plot: dog, rabies, dangerous animal, macabre, boy, monster, stephen king, blood, creature feature, brutality, killer dog, survival, death, danger, killer animal, animal attack, child in peril, serial killer, camp, animal, murder, creature, saint bernard dog, dog attack, beast ...
Time: 80s
Place: maine
Keyword: attack, oldies, american, gangsters

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Most similar movies to Cujo

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, suspenseful, serious and suspense films with plots about danger, blood, monster, deadly, death, fear and survival mostly in Horror, Thriller and Comedy genres. Some movies like Cujo: Poltergeist (1982), Eden Lake (2008), Dogs of Hell (1983), The Pack (2015), Final Destination (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 7.3
 178K
Poltergeist (1982)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken ...
Style: scary, suspense, psychological, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: poltergeist, haunted house, ghost, supernatural, psychic, haunted, suburban life, haunting, paranormal, nightmare, child in peril, children ...
Time: 80s, year 1982, 20th century
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.7
 94K
Eden Lake (2008)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Eden Lake is a relentlessly tense and immaculately paced horror-thriller about modern youth gone wild. When a young couple goes to a remote wooded lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is shattered by an aggressive group of local kids. ...
Style: suspense, brutal, slasher, scary, bleak ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: survival, torture, camping, forest, fear, youth, gory, chase, murder, strong violent content, sadistic horror, danger ...
Time: year 2008, year 2000, 21st century
Place: england, united kingdom, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.1
 360
Dogs of Hell (1983)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A pack of Rottweilers, bred and trained by the U.S. military to kill humans, escape to ravage the peaceful mountain resort town of Lake Lure. It is up to the local sheriff to protect his small community.
Style: natural horror, detective, grindhouse, independent film
Plot: dog, killer dog, animal attack, monster, killer animal, exploitation, deadly creature, peace, escape, hunting, blood, death ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.0
 3K
The Pack (2015)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Man’s best friend becomes his worst nightmare when a horde of bloodthirsty wild dogs descends upon a family’s farmhouse in a fang-bearing fight for survival.
Style: exciting, captivating, rough, tense
Plot: dog, killer dog, farmer, animal, australian outback, animal attack, survival, creature, isolation, farmhouse, outback, battles ...
Place: oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Final Destination (2000)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.
Style: scary, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, death, life & death, survival, characters killed one by one, destiny, danger, group of friends, disaster, freak accident, psychic, gory ...
Time: 2000s, year 2000, year 2003, y2k, 20th century ...
Place: usa, new york, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.3
 28K
Cat's Eye (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Three short stories by shock-meister Stephen King are linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next in this creepy triptych that begins as Dick (James Woods) tries to quit smoking by any means necessary. Next, we meet Johnny, an ...
Style: scary, anthology, psychological, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: life & death, cat, monster, supernatural, revenge, multiple storylines, demon, child in peril, girl, cure, transformation, danger ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, new jersey, atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 3.0
 913
Wolf Town (2011)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Kyle, a shy college student finds himself and three of his friends trapped in an old western ghost town by a pack of ferocious wolves and has to overcome his personal fears to confront the wolves and lead his friends to safety.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, scary
Audience: teens
Plot: wolf pack, wolf, animal attack, werewolf, killer dog, survival, danger, dangerous animal, isolation, chase, wolf attack, college student ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
30 Days of Night (2007)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 113 min.
Story: This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted ...
Style: scary, creepy, suspense, atmospheric, splatter ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: vampire, small town, winter, survival, gory, snow, monster, supernatural, zombie, sunrise, blood, creature ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: alaska, oceania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.8
 43K
Dead Calm (1989)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An Australian couple take a sailing trip in the Pacific to forget about a terrible accident. While on the open sea, in dead calm, they come across a ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.
Style: suspenseful, psychological thriller, scary, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: psychopath, ship, ocean, serial killer, isolation, maniac, yacht, woman in danger, obsession, survival, forced sex, hostage ...
Time: 80s
Place: australia, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.2
 78K
Wolf Creek (2005)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Stranded backpackers in remote Australia fall prey to a murderous bushman who offers to fix their car, then takes them captive
Style: slasher, scary, disturbing, bloody, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: massacre, torture, psychopath, serial killer, psycho killer, sadistic horror, macabre, backwoods, gory, killer, sadistic killer, road trip ...
Time: year 2005, year 1999, 21st century
Place: australia, oceania, sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Burning Bright (2010)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After her lousy stepfather steals her savings to buy a vicious tiger, Kelly loses all hope of going to college. But Kelly's situation worsens when a hurricane leaves her and her autistic brother boarded up in their house with the man-eating ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, rough, suspense, serious ...
Plot: animal attack, autism, wild animal, trapped, dangerous animal, tiger, killer animal, home invasion, creature feature, danger, woman in danger, hurricane ...
Time: jurassic, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.8
 8K
Bad Moon (1996)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story: One man's struggle to contain the curse he hides within... and his last-ditch attempt to free himself with the love of family. But when it looks as if he is losing his battle, and endangering all he holds most dear, the family dog, Thor, is the ...
Style: scary, suspense, suspenseful, bloody, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: werewolf, dog, full moon, transformation, boy, single mother, monster, deadly creature, supernatural, child in peril, human animal relationship, brother sister relationship ...
Time: 90s
Place: nepal, washington state
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After another deadly shark attack, Ellen Brody decides she has had enough of New England's Amity Island and moves to the Caribbean to join her son, Michael, and his family. But a great white shark has followed her there, hungry for more lives.
Style: suspense, christmas horror, scary, natural horror, classic horror ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: shark, shark attack, killer shark, boat, monster, killer animal, water, creature, fish, animal attack, creature feature, christmas ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: bahamas, caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 6.8
 92K
Christine (1983)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Geeky student Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, creepy ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: car, obsession, killer car, macabre, classic car, supernatural, stephen king, murder, bullying, friendship, objects come to life, brutality ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 70s, year 1978, year 1957 ...
Place: california, los angeles, southern california, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.2
 24K
Cat People (1982)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: After years of separation, Irina (Nastassja Kinski) and her minister brother, Paul (Malcolm McDowell), reunite in New Orleans in this erotic tale of the supernatural. When zoologists capture a wild panther, Irina is drawn to the cat -- and the zoo ...
Style: erotic, sexy, sensual, scary, cult classic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: incest, female nudity, human sacrifice, sex horror, voyeurism, werewolf, transformation, nudity, brother sister incest, sex, erotica, skinny dipping ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
 11K
White Dog (1982)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A trainer attempts to retrain a vicious dog that's been raised to kill black people.
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, atmospheric, scary, stylized ...
Plot: dog, racism, racist, murder, dog training, killer dog, friendship, actor's life, life is a bitch, dangerous animal, dog attack, danger ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: california, los angeles, america, france, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.7
 9K
Dementia 13 (1963)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 75 min.
Story: When her husband John has a heart attack while out in a rowboat on the lake, Louise Haloran throws his body overboard and later tells the family that he has left on an urgent business trip. Her main concern is that she can only inherit a part of the ...
Style: scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, slasher ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, heart attack, family problems, danger, parents and children, macabre, haunted by the past, supernatural, wedding, death, guilt ...
Time: year 1963, 60s, 20th century
Place: ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 114K
Pet Sematary (1989)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Dr. Louis Creed's family moves into the country house of their dreams and discover a pet cemetery at the back of their property. The cursed burial ground deep in the woods brings the dead back to life -- with "minor" problems. At ...
Style: scary, suspense, tense, disturbing, frightening ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: zombie, macabre, stephen king, supernatural horror, indian burial ground, grave robbing, killer child, cemetery, family in danger, murder, supernatural, gory ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: maine, usa, chicago, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Movie in collections
 6.2
 107K
Vacancy (2007)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.
Style: slasher, scary, psychological thriller, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, trapped, hotel, murder, hostage, survival horror, macabre, danger, estranged couple, masked killer, kidnapped, motel ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.5
 75K
Arachnophobia (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as the result of spider bites from ...
Style: scary, suspense, suspenseful, horror comedy, natural horror ...
Audience: teens, family outing, family friendly
Plot: spider, creature feature, arachnophobia, jungle, expedition, monster, creature, killer animal, insect, dangerous animal, small town, animal ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, south america, venezuela, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
He Knows You're Alone (1980)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A reluctant bride to be is stalked by a serial killer who only kills brides and the people around them. While her friends get whacked one by one, a hard boiled renegade cop whose bride had been killed years before tries to hunt him down before it is ...
Style: slasher, suspense, scary, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, serial killer, danger, chase, wedding, psychopath, insanity, stalking, law enforcement, woman in danger, police detective, police investigation ...
Time: 70s, year 1980
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 7.7
 305K
Halloween (1978)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In John Carpenter's horror classic, a psychotic murderer, institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets.
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, suspense, grindhouse ...
Audience: teens
Plot: halloween, serial killer, psychopath, murder, masked killer, holiday horror, small town, psychiatrist, babysitter, violence, violent, babysitting ...
Time: year 1978, 70s, year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place: illinois, chicago, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.6
 153K
Hush (2016)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.
Style: slasher, suspense, suspenseful, scary, dark ...
Audience: date night
Plot: serial killer, trapped, home invasion, survival, deaf, female protagonist, deafness, violence, masked killer, brutality, murder, murderer ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, y2k, 21st century
Place: america
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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 7.1
 338K
The Mist (2007)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten ...
Style: twist ending, atmospheric, psychological, bad ending, scary ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: survival, monster, apocalypse, stephen king, creature, fear, trapped, survival horror, religious fanatic, giant monster, chaos and mayhem, small town ...
Time: year 2007, distant future, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.5
 40K
The Howling (1981)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.
Style: scary, suspenseful, gothic, slasher, creepy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: werewolf, serial killer, lycanthropy, psychiatrist, murder, creature feature, shapeshifting, transformation, supernatural, macabre, outdoor sex, man beast ...
Time: 80s
Place: california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.3
 72K
The Collector (2009)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
Style: slasher, scary, brutal, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, torture, psychopath, home invasion, trap, gory, maniac, macabre, massacre, sadistic horror, homicidal maniac, mystery killer ...
Time: year 2009, year 2000, 21st century
Place: usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.4
 31K
Silver Bullet (1985)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Netherlands Antilles
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The small city of Tarker's Mill is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears that this is the work of a maniac. During a search a mysterious, hairy creature is observed. This strange appearance is noticed once a month. ...
Style: scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, creepy, tense ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: werewolf, beast, transformation, supernatural, monster, small town, danger, murder, escapades, social relations, stephen king, macabre ...
Time: 80s, year 1976, 70s
Place: maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After the Crystal Lake Massacres, Jason is pronounced dead and taken to the hospital morgue, where he is mysteriously revived, allowing his diabolical killing spree to continue at the camp where the gruesome slaughtering began. But this time, in ...
Style: slasher, scary, splatter, grindhouse, bloody ...
Audience: teens, manly
Plot: serial killer, gory, friday the 13th, murder, serial teen killer, camp, summer camp, torture, death, teenager, masked killer, monster ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A dog that is a minion of Satan terrorizes a suburban family.
Style: scary, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, psychotronic ...
Plot: dog, killer animal, devil, creature feature, demon, family relations, reincarnation, supernatural, occult, danger, dangerous animal, hell ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Friday the 13th Part III (1982)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An idyllic summer turns into a nightmare of unspeakable terror for yet another group of naive counselors. Ignoring Camp Crystal Lake's bloody legacy, one by one they fall victim to the maniacal Jason who stalks them at every turn.
Style: slasher, scary, bloody, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, camp, masked killer, summer camp, gory, murder, friday the 13th, killing spree, woods, psychopath, nudity, blood ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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