Movies like Dance Macabre

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Dance Macabre (1992)
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Dance Macabre (1992)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A dance instructor brings his dance troupe to Russia for training. What his dancers don't know, however, is that he has a dual personality--and his hidden personality is a serial killer.
Style: horror musical, gothic, slasher, sadistic, psychotronic, independent film, slasher horror
Plot: serial killer, phantom of the opera, maniac, psychopath, ballet, violence, split personality, female nudity, death, murder, homicidal maniac, crazy, stalking, villain, bad guy, brutality, evil, insanity, blood, psycho killer, serial murder, human monster, insane, killing spree, butcher ...
Time: 90s, year 1991, 1990s
Place: russia

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Most similar movies to Dance Macabre

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out slasher, independent film, psychotronic and grindhouse films with plots about serial killer, murder, sadistic psychopath, psycho killer, villain, killing spree and serial murder mostly in Horror, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Dance Macabre: Torment (1986), The Forest (1982), The First Power (1990), Bloodthirsty Butchers (1970), Blood Song (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 201
Torment (1986)
Genre: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A detective sets out to capture a psycho who kills women, but the psycho turns the tables and goes after the detective's girlfriend.
Style: slasher, sadistic, psychotronic, detective, independent film
Plot: serial killer, exploitation, insane, couples, old woman, crazy, slaughterhouse, crime scene, killing spree, murder, psychopath, brutality ...
Time: year 1986
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Forest (1982)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A cannibal hermit living in the woods preys on campers and hikers for his food supply.
Style: suspense, slasher, sadistic, rough, grindhouse ...
Plot: cannibal, cannibalism, murder, woods, psychopath, redneck, terror, violence, serial killer, survival, sadism, stalking ...
Place: california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The First Power (1990)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young man born out of an incestuous relationship, after enduring an emotionally scarring childhood, gives in to the dark side of Satanic forces and becomes a weapon of evil. He kills with such ferocity that he becomes the main target of the ...
Style: slasher, disturbing, scary, serious, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, deal with the devil, satanist, occult, police investigation, murder, police detective, danger, human sacrifice, clergy, supernatural, mind game ...
Time: 90s, 80s
Place: los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Bloodthirsty Butchers (1970)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Sweeney Todd, a barber, and Maggie Lovett, a baker, join forces to commit a series of brutal, gory murders in London with a little help from Tobias Ragg, an employee of Maggie' bakery who abducts a number of customers from the barber shop and ...
Style: grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, psychological thriller, splatter ...
Plot: cannibalism, cannibal, serial killer, murder, dismemberment, barber, bakery, kidnapping, exploitation, torture, violence, police ...
Time: 70s, victorian era
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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 4.8
 597
Blood Song (1982)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A psychopath escapes from a mental institution and starts a murder spree, which ends in the pursuing of a young handicapped girl, who once got a blood transfusion from him.
Style: slasher, grindhouse, bloody, independent film, psychological thriller
Plot: serial killer, maniac, exploitation, murderer, mental institution, murder, paranormal, escaped mental patient, stalker, blood, insane, criminally insane ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Henry II: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1996)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Henry has wandered into a small town looking for work and a place to stay. He gets a job delivering and cleaning porto-potties and moves in with a co-worker until he gets his feet off of the ground. Henry and his new friend soon start to kill.
Style: slasher, disturbing, scary, psychological, terrifying ...
Plot: murder, serial killer, police investigation, killer, brutality, violence, misfit, freak, exploitation, psychopath, psycho, mind game ...
Time: 90s, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Love Butcher (1975)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The twisted tale of Caleb, and his alter ego Lester. After being pushed around too far, Caleb transforms into Lester and returns to those who have wronged him.
Style: slasher, controversial, disturbing, grindhouse, independent film ...
Plot: serial killer, freak, exploitation, psycho killer, sadistic killer, crazy, slaughterhouse, killing spree, employer, characters murdered one by one, violence, sadistic psychopath ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Last Showing (2014)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A couple trapped in a cinema are manipulated into becoming unwilling actors in a film being captured by CCTV cameras.
Style: suspenseful, tense, serious, scary, slasher ...
Plot: psychopath, danger, captivity, obsession, vengeance, murder, maniac, insanity, violence, serial murder, serial killer, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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 5.3
 443
The Glove (1979)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In this actioner, a bounty hunter is assigned to bring back an enormous and angry ex-convict who wears a deadly glove made of leather and steal. Rock'em sock'em mayhem ensues.
Style: surreal, sadistic, slasher, grindhouse, independent film
Plot: bounty hunter, torture, revenge, prison, retribution, ex convict, money, rage, criminal, violence, brutality, murder ...
Time: year 1979, 70s
Place: los angeles, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Midnight Killer (1986)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Nicola confronts his beautiful wife about the affair she's been having. But someone brutally murders her in the shower, right after he leaves the house. Naturally Nicola is made prime suspect. But his colleague, Anna, sees signs that the murder ...
Style: slasher, detective, psychotronic, disturbing, splatter ...
Plot: serial killer, wife, disturbed person, slaughter, killing, insane, rage, mystery killer, crazy, bloodbath, slaughterhouse, dismemberment ...
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Scum of the Earth (1974)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Newlyweds Helen and Paul go to a backwoods cabin on vacation. When Paul goes back to the car for some cigarettes he's not given a chance to ponder the carcinogenic ramifications as an axe blade makes the point moot. Panic stricken, Helen runs ...
Style: grindhouse, psychological thriller, independent film, slasher, sadistic ...
Plot: exploitation, wedding, vacation, woods, psycho killer, slaughtered, newlyweds, crazy, slaughterhouse, forest, insane, white trash ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Poor Albert and Little Annie (1972)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Albert tried to kill his rich snobby mother once. Then he was institutionalized. Now he's escaped. Albert is after his mother again. And he will torture and kill anything that lays in the way...
Style: slasher, grindhouse, disturbing, sadistic, splatter ...
Plot: exploitation, serial killer, mother, mental disorder, wealth, killing, nudity, psychiatric hospital, disturbed person, insane, rage, traumatic childhood ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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 250
Death Kiss (1974)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Jim Preston receives a yacht as an anniversary present from his wealthy wife Ellen. He plans to kill her for her entire fortune. To carry out the murder plan, he makes a contact with Mike, a crazed rape killer who has been terrorizing the city. Mike ...
Style: slasher, sadistic, independent film, grindhouse
Plot: serial killer, murder, rape, inheritance, whodunit, insane, killing, slaughter, escape, wife, murderer, graphic violence ...
Place: greece, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 5.2
 503
Lady Stay Dead (1981)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Millionairess actress-singer Marie Coleby (Deborah Couls) lives in a luxurious villa on a deserted beach. One afternoon following a TV commercial shoot at the villa she incites gardener Gordon Mason (Chard Hayward) to mayhem and murder. The ...
Style: slasher, twisted, slasher horror, independent film, sexy ...
Plot: rape and murder, home invasion, serial killer, handyman, mental disorder, sexual fantasy, rape, woman, skinny dipping, sexuality, slaughter, female pubic hair ...
Time: 80s
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 5.8
 245
Hell's Trap (1989)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Seven young people go to a desolated forest looking for a bear, what they don't know is that a crazy Vietnam vet lives there and he is waiting for fresh blood.
Style: slasher, bloody, teen horror, slasher horror, independent film ...
Plot: assassin, fat man, mental patient, friend, woman in a bikini, insane, woods, madness, murderer, woman in jeopardy, death of girlfriend, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 80s
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Final Exam (1981)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In a small college in North Carolina, only a select few students are left to take mid terms. But, when a killer strikes, it could be everyone's final exam.
Style: slasher, grindhouse, psychological thriller, bloody, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: college, serial killer, prank, campus, bare chested male, psychopath, murder, school, chase, exploitation, fear, high school ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1980
Place: north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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 ⇓
27%
 5.1
 7K
Madman (1981)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: At a summer camp for youths, cocky pre-teen calls out the name of mass serial killer "Madman Marz". Suddenly, counselors are being maimed and slaughtered in various ways by the backwoodsman who has returned when his name was called.
Style: scary, slasher, suspenseful, bloody, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, summer camp, camp counselor, stalking, murder, danger, teenage life, forest, exploitation, woods, maniac, camp ...
Time: year 1980, 80s, year 1981
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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 5.4
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Wicked, Wicked (1973)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A tongue-in-cheek psycho movie in "Duo-vision." The entire feature employs the split-screen technique used in parts of Brian De Palma's "Sisters" that same year. As a handyman at a seacoast hotel, Randolph Roberts wears a ...
Style: slasher, horror comedy, detective, slasher horror, psychological thriller ...
Plot: serial killer, hotel, murder, exploitation, sex crime, underground, sadistic killer, sadism, villain, killer, butcher, bad guy ...
Time: year 1973, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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 760
The Undertaker (1988)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A deranged undertaker kills various people to keep as his friends in his seedy funeral home.
Style: slasher, perverse, grindhouse, psychotronic, surprise ending ...
Plot: serial killer, necrophilia, killer, exploitation, psychotic, friend, slaughter, bare chested male, killing, woman fights a man, insane, disturbed person ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
A Stranger Is Watching (1982)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Three years after Steve Peterson's wife, Nina, was murdered in front of their 11 year old daughter Julie, she and his new girlfriend Sharon Martin are kidnapped by the same killer, the psychotic Artie Taggart. Imprisoning them in a bunker below ...
Style: slasher, suspense, detective, realistic, serious ...
Plot: kidnapping, hostage, psychopath, serial killer, kidnapper, violence, psycho killer, tv reporter, rape victim, race against time, investigation, children ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The First Deadly Sin (1980)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A serial killer is stalking New York. Inspector Edward X. Delaney is an NYPD detective, nearing retirement, who is trying to put together the pieces of the case. Are the victims somehow linked? What does the brutal method of death signify?
Style: suspense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, law enforcement, life is a bitch, police investigation, couple relations, mysterious villain, psychopath, murder investigation, evil man, violence, police detective ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 4.6
 7K
Dark Ride (2006)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Ten years after he brutally murdered two girls, a killer escapes from a mental institution and returns to his turf, the theme park attraction called Dark Ride. About to crash his path are a group of college kids on a road trip who stumble across the ...
Style: slasher, scary, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: psychopath, mental institution, homicidal maniac, amusement park, murder, masked killer, serial killer, youth, gory, blood, violence, on the road ...
Time: year 2003, year 1989, year 1990
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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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 ⇓
24%
 3.1
 2K
Escapee (2011)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: While on a class observation trip at a local mental hospital, young psychology major, Abby Jones has a chilling encounter with high-risk patient, Harmon. She returns home for an evening of normal study with her two roommates unaware of the darkness ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, rough, scary, slasher ...
Audience: teens
Plot: mental institution, psychopath, obsession, woman in danger, isolation, violence spree, serial killer, murder, night, escape, danger, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.6
 11K
Borderland (2007)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Three college students, Phil, Ed, and Henry take a road trip into Mexico for a week of drinking and carefree fun only to have Phil find himself a captive of a group of satanic Mexican drug smugglers who kill tourists and whom are looking for a group ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, scary, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: extreme violence, human sacrifice, murder, killing spree, evil, missing person, serial killer, drinking, insanity, bondage, occult, college ...
Place: mexico, latin america, usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Eyes of a Stranger (1981)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A TV newswoman (Lauren Tewes) catches a pervert (John DiSanti) watching her sister (Jennifer Jason Leigh) who cannot see, hear or speak.
Style: bloody, slasher, creepy, retro, psychological thriller ...
Plot: serial killer, stalking, sex maniac, pervert, reporter, attempted rape, voyeur, blindness, decapitation, murder, journalist, elevator ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: florida, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Creature with the Blue Hand (1967)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Scotland Yard is after a homicidal maniac called The Blue Hand, which is what he uses to kill his victims.
Style: slasher, grindhouse, detective, tense, mind bending ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, snake, mental disorder, twins, psychopath, twin brother, whodunit, stalker, violent content, mad scientist, investigation ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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 4K
Anguish (1987)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An ophthalmologist's assistant with an unhealthy interest in human eyeballs goes on a killing spree to collect eyeballs for his overbearing mother's collection. Reality soon takes a bizarre turn, both for the characters and the audience.
Style: slasher, psychological thriller, surreal, mind twisting, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, two killers, hypnosis, terror, surrealism, eye, blood, psycho killer, spirituality, survival, teenager, mental disorder ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: los angeles, california, southern california, america, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Lady in Red Kills Seven Times (1972)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany, Monaco
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The film starts out incredibly in a beautiful Gothic castle in Germany. As little girls, Kitty Wildenbrück and her sister Evelyn have been fighting when their grandfather tells them the story behind an incredibly uncanny painting: Legend has it ...
Style: slasher, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, whodunit, death, female psychopath, rage, anger, cruelty, evil, insanity, mercilessness, violence ...
Time: 70s, year 1972
Place: germany, europe, italy, west germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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