Movies like The Phantom of the Opera 1998

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The Phantom of the Opera (1998)
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The Phantom of the Opera (1998)
Original name: Il fantasma dell'Opera
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Gory remake of the Gaston Leroux classic story, only this time, the phantom is not disfigured, but a man who was raised by rats deep under the Paris Opera House.
Style: gothic, gothic horror, serious, emotional, atmospheric, stylized, dark, suspense, slasher, perverse ...
Plot: phantom of the opera, obsession, obsessive love, murder, police protection, secret passageway, police shootout, serial killer, sex scene, opera singer, opera, paranormal phenomena, dark killer, supernatural, dying man, blood, strange person, rat, erotica, devil, death, catacomb, eye, broadway, love triangle ...
Time: 19th century, 90s, year 1998, victorian era, victorian
Place: paris france, france, europe
Keyword: italian horror

Most similar movies to The Phantom of the Opera

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, suspenseful, serious and suspense films with plots about deadly, murder, gory, female nudity, blood, danger and serial killer mostly in Horror, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Phantom of the Opera: Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Inferno (1980), Dario Argento's Suspiria (1977), Trauma (1993), The Wax Mask (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: When Dracula leaves the captive Jonathan Harker and Transylvania for London in search of Mina Harker -- the spitting image of Dracula's long-dead wife, Elisabeta -- obsessed vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing sets out to end the madness.
Style: gothic, scary, dark fantasy, atmospheric, gothic horror ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: vampire, supernatural, monster, dangerous attraction, dracula, goth, legends and myths, gory, bloodsucker, vampire bite, love triangle, vampire human love ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, middle ages, 90s, 1800s ...
Place: london, transylvania, england, ottoman empire, britain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Music, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The corrupt Lord Ambrose D'Arcy steals the life's work of the poor musical Professor Petry. In an attempt to stop the printing of music with D'Arcy's name on it, Petry breaks into the printing office and accidentally starts a ...
Style: gothic, gothic horror, classic horror, suspense, grindhouse ...
Plot: phantom of the opera, supernatural, opera, monster, catacomb, murder, kidnapping, unrequited love, vengeance, artists and showbiz, music, obsession ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 24K
Inferno (1980)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A young man returns from Rome to his sister's satanic New York apartment house.
Style: dark, slasher, psychological, scary, gothic ...
Plot: witch, supernatural, gory, death, serial killer, witchcraft, danger, riddles and clues, amateur detective, supernatural ability, woman in danger, dead animal ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place: new york, rome italy, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Dario Argento's Suspiria (1977)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story: From the moment she arrives in Freiberg, Germany, to attend the prestigious Tans Academy, American ballet-dancer Suzy Bannion senses that something horribly evil lurks within the walls of the age-old institution.
Style: scary, gothic, satanic, suspense, surreal ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: coven, murder, witch, supernatural, boarding school, witchcraft, gory, conspiracy, dancer's life, serial killer, occult, ballet school ...
Time: year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place: germany, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Movie in collections
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Trauma (1993)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story: An anorexic young woman escapes from a psychiatric clinic and meets a young man who wants to help. She is caught and returned to her parents, who are soon beheaded by a garrotting stranger making the rounds about town, apparently striking only when ...
Style: psychological, slasher, serious, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, investigation, rain, kidnapping, journalism, gory, female serial killer, amateur detective, danger, teenage life, woman in danger ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.8
 2K
The Wax Mask (1997)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Paris, 1900: a couple are horribly murdered by a masked man with a metal claw who rips their hearts out. The sole survivor and witness to the massacre is a young girl. Twelve years later in Rome a new wax museum is opened, whose main attractions are ...
Style: slasher, scary, grindhouse, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: body horror, pandemic, wax museum, murder, psychopath, prodigy, journalism, gory, showbiz, police officer, dead child, fire ...
Time: 90s, year 1912, year 1900
Place: rome italy, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 3.6
 5K
Dracula 3D (2012)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When Englishman Jonathan Harker visits the exotic castle of Count Dracula, he is entranced by the mysterious aristocrat. But upon learning that the count has sinister designs on his wife, Mina, Harker seeks help from vampire slayer Van Helsing.
Style: gothic horror, serious, scary, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot: vampire, dracula, supernatural, evil, danger, bloodsucker, woman in danger, supernatural horror, good versus evil, blood, female friendship, female vampire ...
Time: 19th century, 2010s
Place: romania, transylvania, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Black Cat (1981)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An American photographer (Mimsy Farmer) and a Scotland Yard inspector (David Warbeck) suspect a man's (Patrick Magee) cat of murder.
Style: gothic, demonic, slasher, psychological, serious ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, murder, village, mind game, mysterious character, uncover truth, supernatural ability, danger, dangerous animal, edgar allan poe, animal life ...
Time: year 2016, 80s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer through Italy when she herself becomes a victim of the brutal man's obsession.
Style: surreal, psychological, suspenseful, dark, disturbing ...
Plot: serial killer, art, murder, sadistic psychopath, psycho killer, hallucination, surrealism, policewoman, obsession, memory loss, mental illness, rape ...
Time: 90s
Place: rome italy, florence, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Oblong Box (1969)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Aristocrat Julian Markham keeps his disfigured brother, Sir Edward, locked in a tower of his house. Occasionaly Sir Edward escapes and causes havoc around the town.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, serious, classic horror, scary ...
Plot: curse, danger, obsession, vengeance, edgar allan poe, supernatural, zombie, serial killer, brother brother relationship, monster, murderer, disfigurement ...
Time: 19th century, year 1969, 1860s, year 1865, victorian era
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.3
 4K
Alucarda (1977)
Genre: Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A young girl's arrival at a convent after the death of her parents marks the beginning of a series of events that unleash an evil presence on the girl and her mysterious new friend, an enigmatic figure known as Alucarda. Demonic possession, ...
Style: satanic, gothic horror, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric ...
Plot: convent, witchcraft, female monster, hysteria, nun, nunsploitation, occult, curses spells and rituals, danger, friendship, female pubic hair, telekinesis ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, year 1865, 1800s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Devil's Wedding Night (1973)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The 1800s: scholarly Karl Schiller believes he's found the ring of the Nibelungen, which holds great power. It's at Castle Dracula. His twin, Franz, a gambler, asks if vampires frighten Karl; Karl shows him an Egyptian amulet, which may ...
Style: gothic horror, suspense, suspenseful, scary, bleak ...
Plot: vampire, femme fatale, dangerous attraction, supernatural, master and servant, murder, woman in danger, virgin, wedding, occult, macabre, folk horror ...
Time: 70s, 19th century
Place: europe, transylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Mother of Tears (2007)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An ancient urn is found in a cemetery outside Rome. Once opened, it triggers a series of violent incidents: robberies, rapes and murders increase dramatically, while several mysterious, evil-looking young women coming from all over the world are ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, rough, stylized, suspense ...
Plot: black magic, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, occult, dark secret, good versus evil, torture, witchcraft, chaos, vengeance, witch, danger ...
Time: year 2007, year 2000, 21st century
Place: rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.1
 4K
Vampyres (1974)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A lesbian vampire couple haunt an abandoned castle and the English country side around it. They prey on passing motorists, whom they seduce, and murder.
Style: sexy, rough, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: vampire, erotica, lesbian vampire, lesbian, femme fatale, supernatural, female vampire, lust, sexy female vampire, murder, couples, captive woman ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The House by the Cemetery (1981)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A deranged killer lives in the basement of an old mansion and pops out occasionally to commit grisly murders that include be-headings.
Style: suspense, grindhouse, suspenseful, scary, bloody ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, gory, serial killer, ghost, monster, violent, insanity, undead, blood, psychopath, house ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Beyond the Darkness (1979)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A young rich orphan loses his fiancée to voodoo doll mischief on the part of his housekeeper who is jealous of his attentions. He digs his girlfriend up, cleans her out, stuffs her, and puts her in bed at the mansion. Following this, he tries out ...
Style: slasher, disturbing, psychological thriller, controversial, grindhouse ...
Plot: serial killer, cannibal, murder, necrophilia, exhumation, zombie, exploitation, gory, two killers, anthropophagus, violent, violence ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: southern italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Two Evil Eyes (1990)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Two horror segments based on Edgar Allan Poe stories set in and around the city of Pittsburgh. "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" concerns a cheating wife who is trying to scam her dying husband out of millions by having her ...
Style: anthology, gothic, cult classic, creepy, slasher ...
Plot: edgar allan poe, serial killer, macabre, greed, ghost, murder, blood, psycho killer, zombie, supernatural, gory, spirit ...
Time: 80s, 90s, year 1989
Place: new york, pittsburgh, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Three on a Meathook (1972)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Four girls go on a romping weekend at a lake, and have car problems on the way home. A nice local boy takes them back to his farm, where he lives with his father. Something ghastly happens, but the father helps his son as he has in the past. When ...
Style: slasher, grindhouse, cult horror, bloody, independent film ...
Plot: serial killer, lake, psychopath, exploitation, sociopath, murder, nudity, guilt, dinner, father son relationship, grave, corpse ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt (2004)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A terror is stalking the land: people are disappearing daily, their bodies appearing covered in savage gashes coupled with precise surgical cuts. The legend of the 'Werewolf of Allariz' spreads across the land like wildfire. When Barbara ...
Style: gothic horror, suspenseful, psychological, serious, scary ...
Plot: werewolf, serial killer, vampire, supernatural, stalking, transformation, trial, lycanthropy, mind game, dangerous attraction, dangerous animal, legends and myths ...
Time: 1850s
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Beyond the Door II (1977)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A couple is terrorized in their new house haunted by the vengeful ghost of the woman's former husband who possesses her young son.
Style: atmospheric, mind bending, suspenseful, serious, satanic ...
Plot: haunted house, ghost, death of husband, supernatural, vengeance, mysterious character, losing-it hero, husband wife relationship, danger, parents and children, haunted by the past, doctor patient relationship ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Orphan Killer (2011)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The Orphan Killer is a tour de force murder flick that defies classification. It goes far beyond current trends in gore and breaks open a new suffering genre of horror. Marcus Miller is a serial murderer hellbent on teaching his estranged sister ...
Style: dark, slasher, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Plot: psychopath, murder, danger, siblings relations, vengeance, gory, haunted by the past, orphan, serial killer, church, violent, killer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Vampire Lovers (1970)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In the heart of Styria the Karnstein Family, even after their mortal deaths, rise from their tombs spreading evil in the countryside in their lust for fresh blood. Baron Hartog whose family are all victims of Karnstein vampirism, opens their graves ...
Style: gothic horror, gothic, suspenseful, scary, serious ...
Plot: vampire, lesbian, supernatural, undead, daughter, village, vengeance, dangerous attraction, exploitation, danger, erotica, monster ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, georgian era, 1790s, 19th century ...
Place: europe, england, central europe, eastern europe, austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Blood Spattered Bride (1972)
Genre: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A young husband's sexual fantasies frighten his new wife and cause her to seek advice from Carmilla, a descendent of Mircalla de Karnstein. Carmilla seduces the young bride and forces her to commit gory acts of mutilation.
Style: grindhouse, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: exploitation, femme fatale, love triangle, couple relations, dangerous attraction, gory, rape, gender, mysterious character, love affair, sexual relations, psychopath ...
Time: 70s, 18th century, 1770s
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Movie in collections
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Wicked Lake (2008)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Two clans of deranged males make the mistake of stalking four young women they assume to be easy prey, only to find out that at the stroke of midnight the tables will be turned and all hell will break loose.
Style: suspense, slasher, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, lake, female nudity, voyeur, survival, danger, public nudity, nudity, nude model, woods, wilderness, mentally unstable ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Dr. Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks (1974)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Brazzi plays mad Dr. Frankenstein, Dunn is an evil dwarf and Lugosi (no relation to Bela) is a Neanderthal man. Add a monster named Hulk, and some nude women for sexploitation value.
Style: classic horror, gothic horror, suspense, scary, semi serious ...
Plot: frankenstein, mad scientist, monster, wild man, lgbt, voyeurism, bare breasts, naked woman, sex scene, male nudity, experiment gone awry, friendship ...
Time: 19th century
Place: europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Cradle of Fear (2001)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A gruesome homage to the cult Amicus anthology Asylum, Cradle of Fear unfolds four screamplays all linked by the unspeakable need of an incarcerated child killer to wreak vengeance on those responsible for his imprisonment. Helped by deranged angel ...
Style: disturbing, rough, gothic, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, goth, murder, obsession, violence spree, mind game, mysterious character, gory, danger, master and servant, supernatural ability, fear ...
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Fappening (2015)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Alan Smithee is a struggling filmmaker that has had sex with countless actresses that were trying to break into the business. One day his cellphone gets hacked and naked pictures and sex videos of these women are leaked online, destroying their ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, bleak, surprise ending ...
Plot: serial killer, serial murder, revenge, fear, betrayal, blood, psychopath, villain, masked killer, characters killed one by one, danger, home invasion ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Pinup Dolls on Ice (2013)
Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The Pinup Dolls are a hot retro act who put the tease back in striptease. But when an old friend (Suzi Lorraine) hires them to put on a show at a secluded campground, the girls find themselves being stalked by a homicidal maniac with a sick ...
Style: slasher, suspense, psychotronic, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: female nudity, serial killer, maniac, stripper, woman in danger, violence, revenge, murder, pursuit, danger, masked killer, psychopath ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.0
 7K
Blood Feast (1963)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story: In the sleepy suburbs of Miami, seemingly normal Egyptian immigrant Fuad Ramses (Mal Arnold) runs a successful catering business. He also murders young women and plans to use their body parts to revive the goddess Ishtar. The insane Ramses ...
Style: slasher, disturbing, scary, atmospheric, grindhouse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, gory, supernatural, violence, human sacrifice, murder, zombie, exploitation, cannibalism, violent, brutality, macabre ...
Time: 60s
Place: florida, usa, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 4.7
 6K
Devour (2005)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Friends become increasingly addicted to a video game that has an evil agenda.
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, psychological, satanic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, murder, youth, occult, psychopath, nightmare, obsession, supernatural ability, high school, teenage life, gory, tattoo ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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