Movies like Graveyard Shift
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Graveyard Shift (1990)
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
John Hall is a drifter who wanders into a small town in Maine. He needs a job and decides to seek employment at the community's top business: a large textile mill. He is hired to work the "graveyard shift" -- from around midnight to dawn -- and, along with a few others, he is charged with cleaning out the basement. This task strikes the workers as simple enough, but then, as they proceed deeper underground, they encounter an unspeakable monstrosity intent on devouring them all.
Style:
scary, atmospheric, slasher, disturbing, intense, rough, serious, suspenseful, dark, splatter ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rat, monster, supernatural, creature, twists and turns, suspense, survival, rescue, dangerous animal, deadly creature, uncover truth, escapades, animal life, workplace, boss and employee, mutant, small town, zombie, exterminator, animal attack, vampire, death, underground, insanity, catastrophe ...
Time:
80s
Place:
maine, usa, new england
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, slasher, suspenseful and splatter films with plots about deadly, death, dialogue, catastrophe, brutality, mentor and supernatural mostly in Horror, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Graveyard Shift: City of the Living Dead (1980), Evil Dead (2013), Critters 2 (1988), Venom (2005), The Night Flier (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young woman has visions that suggest the eruption of the living dead into the world through a portal, spurred on by the suicide of a priest.
Style:
scary, gothic, disturbing, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, suicide, macabre, buried alive, violence, small town, apocalypse, violent, monster, priest, extreme violence, investigation ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place:
usa, new england, new york, manhattan new york city, georgia
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Evil Dead, the fourth installment of the Evil Dead franchise, serving as both a reboot and as a loose continuation of the series, features Mia, a young woman struggling with sobriety, heads to a remote cabin with a group of friends where the ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, bloody, slasher, splatter ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
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supernatural, zombie, demon, forest, demonic possession, monster, brutality, violence, isolation, transformation, extreme violence, fear ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A batch of unhatched critter eggs are mistaken for Easter eggs by the country-folk inhabitants of Grover's Bend and, before long, the ferocious furballs are on the rampage again.
Style:
splatter, campy, scary, humorous, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
creature, evil alien, monster, space and aliens, easter, creature feature, alien, disaster, catastrophe, mad scientist, small town, alien invasion ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
kansas, usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Venom is a fright-filled voodoo thriller loaded with a sizzling cast of the screen's hottest young stars. Set deep in the eerie swamps of southern Louisiana - Agnes Bruckner (Murder By Numbers), Jonathan Jackson (Tuck Everlasting) and Meagan ...
Style:
scary, slasher, rough, exciting, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
swamp, monster, suspense, snake, voodoo, youth, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, survival, serial killer, zombie, murder ...
Time:
80s
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, usa
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100%
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two investigative reporters for a tabloid magazine track down across country "The Night Flier", a serial killer who travels by private plane stalking victims in rural airports. One of the reporters, Richard Dees, begins to suspect that ...
Style:
scary, splatter, suspenseful, surprise ending, psychological ...
Plot:
vampire, reporter, supernatural, monster, writers, macabre, suspense, murder, zombie, airplane, airport, chase ...
Time:
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100%
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
EC Comics-inspired weirdness returns with three tales. In the first, a wooden statue of a Native American comes to life...to exact vengeance on the murderer of his elderly owners. In the second, four teens are stranded on a raft on a lake with a ...
Style:
scary, slasher, campy, splatter, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hit and run, hitchhiker, monster, lake, supernatural, murder, male prostitute, scalping, raft, marijuana, swimming, suspense ...
Time:
80s
Place:
maine, usa, arizona, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Inspired by the E.C. comics of the 1950s, George A. Romero and Stephen King bring five tales of terror to the screen.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, bloody, splatter, campy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
monster, zombie, cult, death, murder, halloween, torture, dark humor, transformation, brutality, multiple storylines, voodoo ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, future, 19th century, 1830s
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100%
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Genre: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
People are dying mysteriously and gruesomely, and nobody has a clue what the cause is. Only health worker Mike Brady has a possible solution, but his theory of killer slugs is laughed at by the authorities. Only when the body count begins to rise ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, scary, disturbing, slasher ...
Plot:
deadly creature, monster, small town, toxic, animals, creature feature, mutant, eaten alive, supernatural, chaos, plague, apocalypse ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When an old clock arrives at home as a gift, strange things begin to happen. The family that proudly assigned a privileged place to the clock in the living room, is unaware that this thing is a link to an old and evil house...
Style:
scary, psychological, intense, bloody, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, suspense, family in danger, curses spells and rituals, demonic possession, murder, parents and children, supernatural ability, suburbs, suburban life ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
usa, california
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53%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
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, tense, splatter ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
werewolf, beast, transformation, supernatural, monster, children, small town, murder, escapades, social relations, violence, suspense ...
Time:
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Place:
maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
At the beginning of the film, we learn from one of the characters that earthworms can be called to the surface with electricity, but somehow it turns them into vicious flesh-eaters. Sure enough, a storm that night causes some power lines to break ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, campy, disturbing, natural horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
worm, deadly creature, small town, investigation, disaster, survival, rescue, environmentalism, battles, skeleton, thunderstorm, killer animal ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
georgia, southern usa
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49%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A weekend of 'fear therapy' turns into a nightmare of terror when a mannequin comes to life. Only those with the courage to confront their demons will survive.
Style:
slasher, scary, psychological, suspenseful, campy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, demon, brutality, suspense, deadly creature, haunted by the past, mental illness, stalking, evil doll, fear, experiment, weekend ...
Time:
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A group of people stop by a mansion during a storm and discover two magical toy makers, and their haunted collection of dolls.
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scary, slasher, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
evil doll, doll, macabre, supernatural, youth, toys, ghost, monster, toy maker, puppet, stranded, house ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
california
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A man conjures up a gigantic vengeance demon called Pumpkinhead to destroy the teenagers who accidentally killed his son.
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slasher, scary, disturbing, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Amanda's deathbed request to her son, John, was for him to destroy all the lab notes etc. from her last experiment. She also blurts out he had a brother. At the funeral John meets Melissa, who claims to be his mothers biggest fan. Together with ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, intense, dark, exciting ...
Audience:
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Plot:
mutant, monster, suspense, genetics, laboratory, mad scientist, murder, death, creature, secrets, transformation, experiment gone awry ...
Time:
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. A courageous policeman, a photo journalist and his girlfriend, and a nutty bum, who seems to know a lot about the creatures, ...
Style:
slasher, scary, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
monster, mutant, police investigation, toxic, experiment gone awry, murder, survival, exploitation, creature feature, cult, violence, toxic waste ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
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48%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Grace Rhodes, who is studying to be a doctor, returns to her hometown as a strange illness is afflicting the local children. The symptoms include a high fever and spasms, but even weirder is what happens the next day: All those with the illness ...
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, killer child, teenager, murder, supernatural, chase, preacher, dreams, suspense, violence, destiny, death ...
Time:
90s
Place:
nebraska, usa
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48%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When young photographer Keyes (Ross Partridge) snaps a picture of a mysterious homeless man the subject insists he take a dark yet strangely beautiful antique mirror. Back at Keyes' home, the demonic forces of the infamous Long Island ...
Style:
scary, unusual plot structure, slasher, psychological, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, vengeance, murder, photographer, evil, mentor, redemption, death, maze, homeless, revenge ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Six people are lured into a small Deep South town for a Centennial celebration where the residents proceed to kill them one by one as revenge for the town's destruction during the Civil War.
Style:
slasher, scary, disturbing, bloody, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
small town, torture, vengeance, murder, maniac, exploitation, macabre, brutality, redneck, sadism, mayor, survival ...
Time:
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Place:
florida, southern usa
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47%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A family is terrorized by demonic forces after moving into a home that was the site of a grisly mass-murder.
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scary, suspenseful, splatter, stylized, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, suspense, murder, domestic disturbance, paranormal activity, death, family in danger, paranormal, demon, family relations ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
wisconsin, long island, usa, new york
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two young Gatlin residents are orphaned after the younger brother kills their father. The terror of Gatlin goes urban when the two boys are placed in the custody of two foster parents in the city. The younger brother takes some corn seeds along for ...
Style:
scary, slasher, humorous, unusual plot structure, dark ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
killer child, scarecrow, supernatural, demon, cult, religion, killer scarecrow, youth, vengeance, creepy child, zombie, violence ...
Time:
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Place:
chicago illinois, nebraska, usa
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47%
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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.
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scary, tense, serious, bad ending, splatter ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
maine
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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 ...
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slasher, disturbing, scary, atmospheric, bloody ...
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teens, boys' night
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serial killer, supernatural, violence, murder, zombie, exploitation, violent, brutality, cult, visceral, macabre, psychopath ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
George Lutz and his wife Kathleen, move into their Long Island dream house with their children only for their lives to be turned into a hellish nightmare. The legacy of a murder committed in the house gradually affects the family and a priest is ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, disturbing, slasher, psychotronic ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, paranormal, murder, haunted, fear, demon, indian burial ground, imaginary friend, family in danger, macabre ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1975, year 1974
Place:
new jersey, long island
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46%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
Style:
scary, slasher, atmospheric, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
cult, killer child, children, suspense, religion, supernatural, small town, violence, murder, isolation, good versus evil, brutality ...
Time:
80s
Place:
nebraska, usa, iowa
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46%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Lutz family have managed to flee their home with their lives intact, but before them, another family lived in this house and were caught up in the original evil who weren't so lucky...
Style:
scary, splatter, slasher, psychotronic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, demon, dysfunctional family, ghost, supernatural, incest, possession, sex, female nudity, wife abuse, brother sister kiss, suspense ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
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45%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Arriving in Gatlin, Nebraska, a news-reporter and his son get wind of a story about the youth in the town murdering their parents finds that a series of brutal murders are revealed to be worshipers of the corn-stalks and try to stop them before they ...
Style:
slasher, scary, unusual plot structure, surreal, pastoral ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, children, killer child, demon, teenager, cult, reporter, investigation, small town, murder, creepy child, religion ...
Time:
90s
Place:
nebraska, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Something or someone is attacking people one by one on the beach. Some of them are mutilated, but most of them are sucked into the sand, disappearing without a trace. What is the creature responsible? Where does it live, and where did it come from? ...
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, suspenseful, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
monster, beach, supernatural, death, suspense, violence, murder, brutality, missing person, escapades, lone hero, sarcasm ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california
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45%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A dollhouse that is a replica of the infamous Amityville haunted house is given to a little girl. Soon after, all sorts of horrible unexplained accidents start to happen. The family must work together to fight off the terrifying evil that has ...
Style:
scary, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, missing child, occult, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, family in danger, family problems, paranormal phenomena, zombie, evil doll ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or why she's covered in her ...
Style:
tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cave, survival, deadly creature, sole survivor, supernatural, survival horror, monster, claustrophobia, expedition, suspense, creature, missing person ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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