Movies like The Fury 1978
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The Fury (1978)
19K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A government agent is determined to come to his son's rescue, when a sinister official kidnaps him to harness his extremely powerful psychic abilities.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, stylized, exciting, serious, sinister, cult classic, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kidnapping, conspiracy, government agency, vengeance, telekinesis, chase, secret government organization, rescue, family relations, government agent, visceral, danger, parents and children, parent child relationship, espionage, macabre, psychic power, levitation, mind power, revenge, violence, death, betrayal, murder, gunfight ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1978, year 1977
Place:
chicago, middle east
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Most similar movies to The Fury
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, scary and serious films with plots about murder, violence, death, danger, blood, fear and corpse mostly in Thriller, Horror and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like The Fury: Firestarter (1984), Scanners (1981), Spontaneous Combustion (1989), The Dead Zone (1983), X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
As youths, Andy McGee (David Keith) and his future wife, Vicky (Heather Locklear), participated in secret experiments, allowing themselves to be subjected to mysterious medical tests. Years later, the couple's daughter, Charlie (Drew ...
Style:
scary, rough, suspense, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
supernatural, stephen king, psychic power, psychic, experiment gone awry, creepy child, little girl, father daughter relationship, evil child, mind control, pyrokinesis, on the run ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, vermont
Similarity:
100%
67K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Darryl Revok is the most powerful of all the scanners, and is the head of the underground scanner movement for world domination. Scanners have great psychic power, strong enough to control minds; they can inflict enormous pain/damage on their ...
Style:
bloody, tense, cerebral, cult classic, cult horror ...
Plot:
body horror, exploitation, psychic power, conspiracy, investigation, scientist, murder, supernatural ability, social misfits, misfit, pregnant woman, telekinesis ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young man finds out that his parents had been used in an atomic-weapons experiment shortly before he was born, and that the results have had some unexpected effects on him.
Style:
medical horror, suspenseful, rough, gothic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, experiment gone awry, danger, supernatural ability, government agency, body horror, secret past, monster, burned alive, conspiracy, exploitation, scientist ...
Time:
90s, 50s, 80s, 20th century, year 1955 ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, dark, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
dark hero, stephen king, destiny, macabre, supernatural ability, premonition, supernatural, coma, paranoia, true love, psychic, snow ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s, future
Place:
maine, usa, new hampshire, canada
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
The story concerns Dr James Xavier, ably portrayed by Ray Milland. He has invented a serum for improving human vision. When his funding is cut he proceeds to experiment on himself -- with horrifying results. From the director who gave you Swamp ...
Style:
medical horror, psychological, atmospheric, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mad scientist, hospital, macabre, monkey, experiment, visceral, insanity, death, scientist, surgery, supernatural ability, supernatural ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
california, usa, las vegas
Similarity:
100%
38K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalized wife, while a series of brutal attacks committed by a brood of mutant children coincides with the husband's investigation.
Style:
creepy, cult classic, disturbing, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
body horror, mental illness, killer child, murder, creepy child, childhood trauma, child abuse, psychiatrist, transformation, strangulation, supernatural, mutant ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A government funded project looks into using psychics to enter people's dreams, with some mechanical help. When a subject dies in his sleep from a heart attack Alex Gardner becomes suspicious that another of the psychics is killing people in ...
Style:
cult classic, surreal, psychological, futuristic, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
dream, nightmare, psychic power, psychic, conspiracy, lucid dream, assassin, murder, telepathy, cheerleader, nuclear holocaust, u.s. president ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, future
Place:
illinois, washington d.c., los angeles
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A boy takes in a stray dog, later finding out that its an ultra-intelligent runaway from a genetic research lab. Unknow to him, the dog is being stalked by another escaped creature thats not quite so friendly.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, rough, teen horror ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
creature, creature feature, genetic mutation, laboratory, dog, experiment gone awry, survival, boy dog relationship, genetic engineering, government agent, mad scientist, on the run ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Leo Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Roan, the front runner in the next Presidential election due to her vow to eliminate the Purge. On ...
Style:
brutal, suspense, intense, psychological, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
politics, vigilante, revenge, gunfight, election, death, murder, violence, distopia, survival, brutality, vengeance ...
Time:
near future, year 2016, 2010s
Place:
washington d.c., florida
Similarity:
27%
49K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Remake of the 1958 horror sci-fi about a deadly blob which is the spawn of a secret government germ warfare project which consumes everyone in its path. Teenagers try in vain to warn the townsfolk, who refuse to take them seriously, while government ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, slasher, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
body horror, evil alien, supernatural horror, monster, macabre, cheerleader, alien, death, small town, survival, space and aliens, quarantine ...
Time:
80s
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, China, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An assassin seeks redemption after being given a second chance at life.
Style:
suspense, perverse, disturbing, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Plot:
redemption, gunfight, reincarnation, spy, rescue, haunted by the past, revenge, dark hero, tragic hero, one against many, conspiracy, near death experience ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south africa, cape town south africa, africa, hong kong, florida ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A former astronaut helps a government agent and a police detective track the source of mysterious alien pod spores, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, to a South American coffee plantation controlled by alien pod clones.
Style:
scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mars, alien monster, ghost ship, murder, good versus evil, investigation, danger, survival, race against time, alien invasion, heroic mission, supernatural ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
new york, latin america, usa, florida, south america ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The Earth is invaded by alien parasites aka "slugs" that ride on people's backs and control their minds. A trio of American government agents attempt to thwart this.
Style:
scary, cerebral, suspense, futuristic, epic ...
Plot:
alien invasion, evil alien, alien, alien contact, mind control, ufo, deadly creature, space and aliens, monster, brutality, justice, parasite ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
iowa, usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
13%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures, Benson undergoes a new surgical procedure in which a microcomputer is inserted into his brain. ...
Style:
medical horror, futuristic, cyber, depressing, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space and aliens, home invasion, cyberpunk, mind control, murder, serial killer, human experiment, manhunt, death of girlfriend, scientist, tragedy, chess ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Karl, a technician in a computer shop, is also the "Address Book Killer," who obtains the names of his victims from stolen address books. Terry and her son Josh come into the store to price software, and a salesman uses Terry's ...
Style:
scary, slasher, suspenseful, futuristic, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, hospital, technology, cyberpunk, virtual reality, computer, murder, androids and robots, cybersecurity, death, violence, internet ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
ohio, midwest, cleveland ohio
Similarity:
26%
74K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Bill Pope is a CIA agent on a mission in London tracking down a shadowy hacker nicknamed "The Dutchman." When he gets mysteriously ambushed and killed, an experimental procedure is used to transfer his memories into dangerous ex-convict ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, intense, action adventure, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
cia, cia agent, spy, violence, swat team, terrorism, husband wife relationship, female agent, tough guy, espionage, secret service, prison ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
west virginia, london, big ben london, delaware, russia
Similarity:
25%
24K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the peaceful town of Snowfield, Colorado something evil has wiped out the community. And now, its up to a group of people to stop it, or at least get out of Snowfield alive.
Style:
tense, scary, suspenseful, suspense, lovecraft ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, small town, military, hotel, gory, monster, good versus evil, creature feature, danger, eaten alive, disaster, sheriff ...
Time:
90s
Place:
colorado, los angeles, usa, san francisco, california
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of ...
Style:
psychological thriller, rough, suspenseful, hood, saga ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
blood, survival horror, social injustice, abuse of power, murder, atrocity, massacre, politics, nightmare, racism, killing spree, resistance movement ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, year 2017
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
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, suspenseful, slasher, tense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
death, supernatural, life & death, survival, supernatural horror, characters killed one by one, danger, disaster, destiny, group of friends, psychic power, near death experience ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000, y2k, year 2003, 20th century ...
Place:
paris france, new york, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Captain Saxon, and agent for the top secret Omega agency, has been given the assignment of tracking down and either capturing or killing the crew members of a secret space mission who returned to Earth against orders. It seems that they were all ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, scary, suspense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
alien, rescue, astronaut, save the world, heroic mission, against the rules, heroes, race against time, undercover, save the day, deadly creature, danger ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In the millenium version of this classic Gothic horror we find Abraham Van Helsing (Plummer), who has tangled with Count Dracula (Butler) in the past, working as an English antiques dealer. Simon (Miller) is a vampire hunter in training under his ...
Style:
gothic, sexy, scary, suspense, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
vampire, dracula, chase, death, brutality, good versus evil, transformation, blood, supernatural, danger, legends and myths, mind control ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 20th century, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
london, new orleans, europe, usa, louisiana
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A research scientist (William Hurt) explores the boundaries and frontiers of consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from native American shamans, he explores these altered states of consciousness and finds that memory, ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychedelic, psychological, surreal, scary ...
Plot:
drug, science, surrealism, obsession, experiment gone awry, male nudity, hallucination, body horror, transformation, psychology, mad scientist, insanity ...
Time:
20th century, future, 70s, year 1967, 60s ...
Place:
harvard university, bronx new york city, san francisco, california, boston ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A criminal psychologist loses his arm in a car crash, and becomes one of three patients to have their missing limbs replaced by those belonging to an executed serial killer. One of them dies violently, and disturbing occurrences start happening to ...
Style:
medical horror, slasher, suspenseful, scary, rough ...
Plot:
body horror, serial killer, police investigation, murder, criminal psychologist, vengeance, medical, dying repeatedly, amputation, surgery, supernatural, danger ...
Time:
90s, year 1991
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Hatch Harrison, his wife, Lindsey, and their daughter, Regina, are enjoying a pleasant drive when a car crash leaves wife and daughter unharmed but kills Hatch. However, an ingenious doctor, Jonas Nyebern, manages to revive Hatch after two lifeless ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychic, satanism, afterlife, psychopath, suicide, murder, car accident, psychic link, supernatural ability, teenage daughter, tragic past ...
Time:
90s, year 1995
Place:
washington d.c., los angeles
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
On a prom-night dare, a trio of high school friends chant an incantation, unleashing an evil spirit from the past with deadly consequences.
Style:
slasher, suspense, scary, serious, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
urban legend, afterlife, dead teenager, bloody mary, ghost, profanity, spirit, supernatural, murder, danger, haunted by the past, buddies ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
salt lake city utah, utah
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A house wife just left her cop husband, when she picks up Justin McKay she'll wish she never did as she's plunged into a nightmare and the grip of a psychotic killer.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, slasher, fast, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
home invasion, serial killer, cannon, killer, terror, ex cop, housewife, electrocution, trucker, automobile, immigrant, chase ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
california, moscow russia
Similarity:
24%
259K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
Style:
tense, scary, suspenseful, brutal, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
home invasion, survival, survival horror, self defense, danger, violence spree, security system, dystopia, family in danger, society, killing spree, distopia ...
Time:
future, year 2013, near future, 2010s, year 2000 ...
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are preparing for the resurrection of their leader Nix, a powerful magician who was killed 13 years earlier.
Style:
dark, scary, neo noir, homoerotic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, private detective, occult, fanatic, faked death, magic, investigation, desert, resurrection, tough guy, telekinesis, demon ...
Time:
90s, 80s, year 1982
Place:
los angeles, mojave desert, new york, usa, california
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A couple encounters a perverted gas station attendant who threatens them with a shotgun. They take a deserted path in Texas to seek help, but only meet up with a cannibalistic clan interested in helping themselves to fresh meat.
Style:
slasher, independent film, suspense, scary, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, cannibalism, cannibal, masked man, desert, gory, maniac, masked killer, escape, violent, survival, murder ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, california, florida
Similarity:
24%
371K
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, psychological, bad ending, atmospheric, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, monster, apocalypse, stephen king, creature, fear, trapped, twists and turns, survival horror, cosmic horror, chaos and mayhem, death ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, distant future, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa, maine
Similarity:
24%
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