Movies like Hangman's Curse

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Hangman's Curse (2003)
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Hangman's Curse (2003)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Bullying students are becoming deathly ill after screaming the name of a legendary ghost. What's to blame? An exotic illness? An illicit drug? Or is it the supernatural? The clues are few and time is running out for the students of Rogers High School. The only hope is the Veritas Project, a highly trained investigative team working undercover to expose the truth. Lives hang in the balance as they scramble to unravel the mystery and protect the student body from their own hatred and fear.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, rough, slasher, independent film, scary, tense, serious, surprise ending, enigmatic
Audience: teens, horror for children
Plot: curse, high school, ghost, urban legend, secret mission, bully, investigation, supernatural, haunted by the past, uncover truth, youth, supernatural ability, teenage life, who done it, danger, curses spells and rituals, christian, suicide, hanging, goth, teen suicide, spider, paranormal, faith, christianity ...
Time: contemporary

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Most similar movies to Hangman's Curse

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, scary and suspense films with plots about deadly, danger, supernatural, ghost, murder, youth and teenage life mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Hangman's Curse: The Hollow (2004), The Source (2001), Detention (2010), From Within (2008), Bloody Murder 2: Closing Camp (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Hollow (2004)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Restless spirits stir this Hollow's Eve, beckoning Ian Cranston, the last blood relative of Ichabod Crane, back to Sleepy Hollow. Thundering hooves unleash a wave of bone-chilling screams as the ghost of the Headless Horseman rides again! Ian ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, psychological, gothic horror, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, halloween, curse, curses spells and rituals, uncover truth, legends and myths, gory, mysterious character, danger, investigation, supernatural, headless horseman ...
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 4.0
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The Source (2001)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Four outcast teenagers acquire mystical powers that allow them to become gods on campus, with deadly consequences.
Style: suspenseful, atmospheric, scary, suspense, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, teenage life, supernatural, supernatural ability, bully, teenage love, social misfits, youth, prank, rivalry, vengeance, danger ...
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47%
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Detention (2010)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A group of high school students are sent to Detention. Abandoned and locked in, images of Ghosts appear as they attempt to escape, only to find themselves connected to a past horrific death and made responsible for it with their lives.
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, serious, exciting ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, danger, prank, youth, high school life, isolation, teenage life, high school, detention, stoner, juvenile delinquency ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 5.6
 8K
From Within (2008)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The residents of a small American town begin to die one-by-one apparently by suicide...
Style: serious, scary, suspenseful, psychological horror, religious horror ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, curse, ghost, clergy, small town, suicide, social misfits, vengeance, mass suicide, social relations, society, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: maryland
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Bloody Murder 2: Closing Camp (2003)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Trevor Moorhouse returns! Coming to Placid Pines is difficult for Tracy, who's brother, Jason, was one of Trevor's victims near the end of the original. When Tracy's nightmares begin to come true as one by one the counselors are ...
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, slasher, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, murder, violence spree, danger, woman in danger, who done it, summer camp, youth, rivalry, haunted by the past, siblings relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
I've Been Waiting for You (1998)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When a California teen with an interest in the occult moves to a New England town, she finds that the town teens believe she is a witch sent to seek revenge on the descendants of the people who originally killed another witch a hundred years ...
Style: slasher, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending
Audience: teens
Plot: witchcraft, curse, serial killer, revenge, teen angst, whodunit, murder, fortune teller, phone terror, psychopath, danger, mysterious character ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, new england, california
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43%
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Fingerprints (2006)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Fresh out of rehab, a young woman moves back in with her parents and sister, and soon becomes involved in a mystery that has left people in her town paralyzed.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, serious, scary ...
Plot: urban legend, ghost, rehabilitation, murder, small town, uncover truth, missing child, small town life, school, haunted by the past, serial killer, haunted house ...
Place: texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Appearing (2014)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A woman once possessed by a mysterious entity uncovers a shocking secret about her past and must face the demon that is lurking inside of her.
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, psychological ...
Plot: supernatural, curse, curses spells and rituals, danger, human host, small town, showdown, evil, murder, ghost, paranormal, possession ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Munger Road (2011)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: On the eve of the annual Scarecrow Festival, two St. Charles police officers search for a return killer the same night four teenagers go missing on Munger Road
Style: suspenseful, scary, slasher, tense, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: police investigation, supernatural, found footage, law enforcement, urban legend, twists and turns, danger, ghost hunter, missing person, small town, redneck, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, illinois
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41%
There's Someone Inside Your House (2021)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: As the countdown to graduation begins, students at Osborne High are being stalked by a maniac intent on exposing their darkest secrets to the entire town, terrorizing victims while wearing a life-like mask of their own face. With a mysterious past ...
Style: slasher, suspense, spooky, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, high school, female protagonist, murder, twists and turns, blood, girl, home invasion, small town, killing spree, psychopath, maniac ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Several teenagers in a small-town in Colorado concoct a July 4th prank based on a frightening legend that goes awry when their friend ends up accidentally killed; however, the teens agree to keep their involvement a secret from the authorities, who ...
Style: slasher, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, prank, supernatural, urban legend, rock concert, small town, deadly creature, vengeance, danger, who done it, psychopath, supernatural ability ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006
Place: colorado, utah, nevada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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GhostWatcher (2002)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Laura Kove is an agoraphobic young woman whose world turns upside down when she discovers that the apartment she's locked herself into is haunted. Turning to the internet for help, she enlists the aid of Elizabeth Dean, a scam artist who passes ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, mind bending
Plot: uncover truth, supernatural, woman in danger, serial killer, impossible love, danger, ghost, isolation, curses spells and rituals, haunted house, haunted, best friend ...
Time: 21st century
Place: maryland
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Ring 0: Birthday (2000)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Taking place thirty years before the events of Ringu, Ringu 0 provides the shocking background story of how the girl on the video became a deadly, vengeful spirit.
Style: suspense, scary, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, split personality, ghost, curse, supernatural ability, haunted by the past, danger, mental illness, twists and turns, curses spells and rituals, a vision, gory ...
Time: 50s, 1920s
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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The Sight (2000)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The American successful architect Michael Lewis travels to London with his partner and friend, the builder Jake, to refurbish an old hotel. Michael is having successive nightmares, and once in London, he realizes that twenty-one spirits are trying ...
Style: psychological, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: afterlife, serial killer, ghost, architect, supernatural, haunted by the past, supernatural ability, mind game, law enforcement, danger, investigation, murder ...
Time: 90s
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
One Missed Call 3: Final (2006)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Emiri, a timid high school girl, is bullied mercilessly by her classmates, but when her friend, Asuka, stands up for her, Asuka becomes the target of the bullying instead. Emiri, not wanting to be bullied again, avoids Asuka. Worn down, Asuka ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, woman in danger, teenage life, danger, high school, supernatural ability, bullying, supernatural horror, mobile phone, fright ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, busan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Serial Killing 101 (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Casey Noland, a high school kid with no direction in life, decides to pursue the serial killing profession. Only problem...he can't bring himself to kill anybody. Will the help of a gothic chick named Sasha, he attempts to learn the ways of a ...
Style: slasher, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, horror comedy ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, high school, psychopath, mind game, dark humor, police investigation, danger, youth, obsession, teenage life, stalking ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Innocence (2013)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After losing her mother in a tragic accident, Beckett Warner realizes that her troubles may be far worse—her school is run by a coven of beautiful women who perpetuate their youth by drinking the blood of virgins.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, spooky, serious, enigmatic
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage life, youth, danger, uncover truth, social relations, imaginary, good versus evil, virgin, high school, rivalry, young heroes, paranormal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 4.6
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The Grudge 3 (2009)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Jake, the sole survivor of The Grudge 2 massacre, is tortured by chilling visions of Kayako and Toshio that have led to his hospitalization. Jake's caretaker, Dr. Sullivan is determined to investigate his horrifying tales. She explores his ...
Style: slasher, suspense, suspenseful, intense, stylized ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, curse, demonic possession, haunted house, murder, runaway, serial killer, investigation, profanity, curses spells and rituals, haunted by the past ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, chicago, asia, usa, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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The Incubus (1981)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In the small New England town of Galen, a young teenage boy claims he has dreams of young women being brutally raped and murdered. A doctor and the local sheriff discover that the boy's dreams are real and that a sinister occult might be behind ...
Style: slasher, scary, rough, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: murder, curse, demon, small town, rape, mysterious character, teenage life, haunted by the past, danger, amateur detective, supernatural ability, dangerous attraction ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: new england, usa, ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
No One Can Hear You (2001)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Families are dying and reporter Trish (Kelly McGillis) finds herself reporting on a serial killing spree. After her daughter Lisa's (Kate Elliott) best friends are killed, she fears that her family may be on the killers list. Sheriff Webster ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, serious, slasher, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, mind game, investigation, danger, law enforcement, murder, family life, teenage life, journalism, home invasion, media ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Forget Me Not (2009)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: It's graduation weekend, and Sandy Channing, the popular class president of her small-town high school, should be enjoying the time of her life. But when her friends start disappearing, Sandy discovers they have unwittingly awakened the ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, rough ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: ghost, supernatural, high school, small town, vengeance, haunted by the past, youth, teenage life, electrocution, memory loss, revenge, mental illness ...
Time: 20th century
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38%
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Evil Remains (2004)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A graduate student preparing his thesis on mythology leads his friends on a research expedition to an old plantation estate on the outskirts of the Big Easy. The site is reputed to mysteriously cause madness and death to all who enter it.
Style: slasher, suspense, suspenseful, serious, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, survival, investigation, deadly creature, legends and myths, psychopath, supernatural, ghost, imaginary, murder, curses spells and rituals ...
Place: usa, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Hold Your Breath (2012)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: There is an old wives' tale that you should hold your breath when passing by a cemetery lest an evil spirit rejected by both heaven and hell gets inside of you when you inhale. Someone in a carload of college kids on holiday doesn't hold ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, urban legend, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, possession, prison, danger, youth, human host, redneck, serial killer, exorcism ...
Time: year 2012, 1950s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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The Frightening (2002)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The eighteen years old Corey Peterson moves with his mother to a small town due a trauma in the past. On his first day at Hallows End High School, he is approached by the student also new arrival in town Mason that tells him about a death of a ...
Style: slasher, serious, suspenseful, enigmatic, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: buddies, high school, haunted by the past, teenage life, social misfits, youth, rivalry, supernatural, small town, misfit, supernatural power, delusion ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Suicide Song (2007)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Original story by Yasushi AKIMOTO, writer of the mega hit movie One Missed Call (Chakushin Ari) series. As the project was in development with an idea of an "infectious song (Densen-Uta)", one of the staff called out..."There was a ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: urban legend, investigation, school, curses spells and rituals, youth, suicide, teenage girl, curse, danger, music, student life, urban ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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A Blood Pledge (2009)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Strange rumors start to spread at the catholic girls’ high school after Unjoo committed suicide one night. Unjoo’s younger sister Jung-un who attends the same school gets suspicious about Unjoo’s death. After persistent investigation, Jung-un ...
Style: suspense, serious, scary, suspenseful
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, supernatural, high school student, investigation, suicide, parasite, teenager, macabre, student, friendship, manipulation, best friend ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 3.8
 768
Furnace (2007)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A ghost story taking place at a maximum security prison. A detective (Michael Paré ) is called to investigate a string of unexplained deaths as the prisoners fear for their lives.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: prison, ghost, murder, danger, rivalry, confined, supernatural, investigation, police detective, violence, paranormal, law enforcer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 4.2
 21K
The Gallows (2015)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: 20 years after a horrific accident during a small town school play, students at the school resurrect the failed show in a misguided attempt to honor the anniversary of the tragedy - but soon discover that some things are better left alone.
Style: slasher, suspense, dark, intense, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, found footage, supernatural, dead teenager, murder, youth, violence, revenge, haunted house, tragedy, teenage life, social relations ...
Time: year 1993, year 2013, 2010s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: usa, nebraska
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Grindstone Road (2008)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Sloan's young son Daniel has been in coma for an extended period of time following a car accident. Hannah, who was driving at the time of the accident, is suffering a great deal of guilt and depression. Shortly after moving into a newly ...
Style: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: ghost, haunted house, supernatural, family relations, haunted by the past, danger, farm, mentally unstable, uncover truth, relocation, paranormal, dealing with death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Brotherhood III: Young Demons (2002)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A group of devil-may-care teenagers discover they've mistakenly called upon the Prince of Darkness in this flashy horror story.
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, homoerotic, erotic ...
Plot: supernatural, imaginary, religions or cults, curses spells and rituals, legends and myths, good versus evil, supernatural ability, rivalry, escapades, youth, danger, gay ...
Time: middle ages, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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