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Dead Calm (1989)
47K
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, suspense, psychological, sexy, clever, erotic, atmospheric, scary, disturbing ...
Plot:
isolation, ocean, ship, psychopath, sailing, serial killer, sex, violence, yacht, woman in danger, female nudity, sea, sailboat, murderer, murder, kidnapping, maniac, sinking boat, survival, murder mystery, violent, hostage, shipwreck, manic, kidnapped ...
Time:
80s
Place:
australia, pacific ocean, california, new zealand
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, slasher, suspenseful and suspense films with plots about serial killer, murder, danger, blood, brutality, death and violence mostly in Thriller, Horror and Mystery genres. Some movies like Dead Calm: Eden Lake (2008), Wolf Creek 2 (2013), Storm Warning (2007), ATM (2012), The Plumber (1979). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
108K
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:
brutal, suspense, bad ending, scary, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
survival, torture, camping, chase, forest, youth, fear, gory, revenge, teenager, maniac, danger ...
Time:
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Place:
united kingdom, england, britain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Lured by the promise of an Australian holiday, backpackers Rutger, Katarina, and Paul visit the notorious Wolf Creek Crater. Their dream Outback adventure soon becomes a horrific reality when they encounter the site’s most infamous local, the last ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, terrifying, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, sadistic horror, killing spree, torture, tourist, gory, escape attempt, violence, chase, decapitation, danger ...
Time:
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Place:
australia, oceania
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A yuppie couple lost in a swamp seek refuge at an isolated farmhouse only to discover they've jumped out of the frying pan into the fire.
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slasher, scary, suspenseful, suspense, rough ...
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Place:
oceania
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100%
27K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On a late night visit to an ATM, three co-workers end up in a desperate fight for their lives when they become trapped by an unknown man.
Style:
slasher, christmas horror, scary, tense, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
trapped, evil wins, stalking, escape attempt, psychopath, trap, masked killer, confinement indoors, unknown killer, captivity, death, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, canada
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100%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
At first simply grating, the presence of a hard-edged, macho plumber who damages more than he repairs and returns day after day soon turns menacing for the intellectual wife of a distracted doctor.
Style:
psychological thriller, thrilling, slasher, erotic, spooky ...
Plot:
stalking, plumber, dark humor, intimidation, nudity, husband wife relationship, tenant, destruction, university, married couple, elevator, harmonica ...
Time:
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Place:
australia, adelaide south australia
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100%
55K
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, natural horror, scary, serious, creepy ...
Plot:
dog, rabies, macabre, dangerous animal, stephen king, boy, child in peril, brutality, death, animal attack, monster, killer dog ...
Time:
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Place:
maine
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Two divers are left out at sea without a boat. There’s nothing but water for miles, unless they look at what’s underneath them...
Style:
scary, suspense, sexy, clever, psychological ...
Plot:
survival, shark, shark attack, stranded, diving, ocean, panic, isolation, lost at sea, shipwreck, animal attack, fish ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
caribbean, australia
Similarity:
100%
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, bloody, scary, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, maniac, torture, sadistic horror, psycho killer, macabre, killer, outback, massacre, gory, sadistic killer ...
Time:
year 2005, year 1999, 21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia, oceania, texas
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.
Style:
neo noir, scary, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
psychopath, home invasion, sociopath, manipulation, stalking, anger, deception, landlord, yuppie, identity theft, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, home renovation ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Russia, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Billy is mute, but it hasn't kept her from becoming a successful makeup artist. While in Russia, working on a film directed by her sister's boyfriend, Andy, Billy finds herself trapped in the studio one night and is horrified to see a ...
Style:
suspense, twist ending, disturbing, serious, slasher ...
Plot:
mute, murder, chase, masked killer, undercover cop, home invasion, voyeur, russian mafia, witnessing a crime, brutality, voyeurism, american abroad ...
Time:
90s
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
100%
328K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, brutal, twist ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
home invasion, trapped, kidnapping, blind man, murder, breaking and entering, twists and turns, survival, blindness, psychopath, violence, paranoia ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
michigan, california, detroit
Similarity:
83%
263K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, scary ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
obsession, insanity, hostage, loneliness, psychopath, stephen king, kidnapping, snow, isolation, captivity, obsessed fan, female psychopath ...
Time:
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Place:
colorado, persia, usa, new york
Similarity:
67%
12K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Abby Russell, a beautiful, dedicated nurse with a sinister side, has a secret life in which she targets and punishes dishonest men.
Style:
sexy, slasher, medical horror, semi serious, stylized ...
Plot:
medical, female serial killer, hospital, femme fatale, woman with a gun, nurse, female killer, sexy nurse, blood, vigilante, sexual attraction, psycho killer ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
144K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, group of friends, torture, murder, violence, small town, gory, brutality, ghost town, wax museum, masked man ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2000, 2000s, 50s, 20th century ...
Place:
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100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A remake of the 1979 controversial cult classic, I Spit on Your Grave retells the horrific tale of writer Jennifer Hills who takes a retreat from the city to a charming cabin in the woods to start on her next book. But Jennifer's presence in ...
Style:
disturbing, brutal, scary, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
vengeance, rape and revenge, torture, violence, rape, revenge, rapist, sexual abuse, serial killer, danger, female vigilante, woman in danger ...
Time:
year 2010, year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
505K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
scary, suspense, surprise ending, twist ending, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A seemingly mild mannered man -- who has just murdered his entire family -- quickly adopts a new identity and leaves town. After building a new relationship with a widow and her teenage daughter, he struggles to hide his true identity and maintain a ...
Style:
slasher, frightening, scary, bloody, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, psychopath, maniac, serial killer, murder of family, male nudity, fake identity, stepfather, new identity, murderer, killer, mental illness ...
Time:
80s
Place:
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Similarity:
100%
124K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a car crash, a criminal psychologist (Halle Berry) comes to, only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she's been accused of murdering her husband -- but she has no memory ...
Style:
psychological, scary, suspenseful, psychological thriller, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
mental institution, serial killer, murder, mental illness, mind game, supernatural, insanity, investigation, psychiatrist, supernatural horror, rape, violence against women ...
Time:
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Place:
connecticut, new hampshire
Similarity:
100%
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336K
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, slasher horror, spooky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, psychopath, murder, holiday horror, babysitter, death, masked killer, killer, small town, psychiatrist, female nudity ...
Time:
year 1978, year 1963, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
illinois, chicago, north america, midwest, california
Similarity:
100%
14K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young woman becomes trapped in her car after a hitchhiker causes her to have an automobile accident.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological horror, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An aspiring writer is repeatedly gang-raped, humiliated, and left for dead by four men whom she systematically hunts down to seek revenge.
Style:
suspense, grindhouse, splatter, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vengeance, rape, rape and revenge, revenge, brutality, sex, macabre, sexual abuse, cruelty, violence, sexualized violence, female vigilante ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, england, europe, germany, new england ...
Similarity:
100%
102K
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, cult classic, creepy, suspense, classic horror ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
car, obsession, killer car, violence, classic car, vengeance, stephen king, objects come to life, evil spirit, macabre, murder, bullying ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 1957, year 1978, 1950s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, southern california, detroit
Similarity:
100%
153K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Larry and his wife, Julia move into an old house and discover a hideous creature - the man's half-brother, who is also the woman's former lover - hiding upstairs. Having lost his earthly body to a trio of S&M demons, the Cenobites, ...
Style:
scary, gothic, frightening, sexy, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
body horror, macabre, demon, supernatural horror, brutality, gory, human sacrifice, cursed object, surrealism, sadomasochism, sex horror, undead ...
Time:
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Place:
london, england
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, UK, Finland, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst.
Style:
surprise ending, psychological, suspenseful, scary, twist ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, twists and turns, mind game, island, trap, violence, investigation, killing spree, profiler, psycho killer, fbi, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
47K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A musician witnesses the murder of a famous psychic, and then teams up with a fiesty reporter to find the killer while evading attempts on their lives by the unseen killer bent on keeping a dark secret buried.
Style:
suspense, gothic, psychological, scary, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, gory, murder, psychopath, manic, intrigue, murder mystery, female serial killer, danger, haunted by the past, amateur detective, darkness ...
Time:
70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe, canary islands, lebanon ...
Similarity:
100%
276K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Germany, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A married couple with a rocky past adopt 9-year old, Esther to fill the void created by a recently-stillborn baby. However, Esther is not quite who she seems.
Style:
psychological, scary, twist ending, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
adoption, orphan, killer child, serial killer, evil child, female psychopath, fear, mysterious character, creepy child, children, parents and children, family in danger ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut, estonia
Similarity:
100%
226K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detective scramble to locate ...
Style:
scary, brutal, twist ending, frightening, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
torture, serial killer, mind game, game of death, sadism, trap, violent, mutilation, gory, sadistic horror, killer, plot twist ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Six years ago, Michael Myers terrorized the town of Haddonfield, Illinois. He and his niece, Jamie Lloyd, have disappeared. Jamie was kidnapped by a bunch of evil druids who protect Michael Myers. And now, six years later, Jamie has escaped after ...
Style:
slasher, creepy, scary, saga, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, masked man, murder, masked killer, violent, supernatural, gory, torture, blood, hospital, violence ...
Time:
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Place:
chicago, illinois, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, South Africa
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A group of teenage girls heading into the city hook up with a gang of drug-addled ne'er-do-wells and are brutally murdered. The killers find their way to the home of one of their victim's parents, where both father and mother exact a ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
rape, revenge, psychopath, torture, murder, kidnapping, serial killer, violence, vengeance, sexualized violence, rape and revenge, violence against women ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Sy "the photo guy" Parrish has lovingly developed photos for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually believes he's part of their ...
Style:
psychological, creepy, scary, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, photography, loneliness, loner, voyeurism, insanity, psychopath as protagonist, adultery, character study, female pubic hair, voyeur, photograph ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
america, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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