Movies like The Amityville Haunting
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The Amityville Haunting (2011)
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
This movie is a 'found-footage' film about the Benson family who move in to the infamous house where the DeFeo family were murdered in the 1970s over 30 years earlier. Things start happening to anyone who visits this house, and whoever lives there. This is the footage retrieved from the camera.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, serious, dark, psychotronic
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, family in danger, curses spells and rituals, violence, husband wife relationship, murder, fear, paranormal activity, mysterious death, found footage, fright, nudity (full frontal - brief), strong violent content, domestic disturbance, father figure, female nudity, death, paranormal phenomena, killings, paranormal, running, house, abandoned house ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, suspenseful, serious and psychotronic films with plots about ghost, danger, haunted house, supernatural, murder, violence and deadly mostly in Horror, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Amityville Haunting: 7 Nights Of Darkness (2011), The Conjuring (2013), Sinister (2012), 8213: Gacy House (2010), Paranormal Entity (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 2010 six reality television show contestants spent seven nights in an abandoned and haunted asylum. The show never aired but an editor for the network was able to piece together some footage. The prize for staying all seven nights was a share of ...
Style:
psychotronic, dark, disturbing, scary
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paranormal, ghost, mental institution, house, paranormal activity, violence, haunted house, darkness, paranormal phenomena, fear, found footage, chase ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
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scary, suspenseful, dark, atmospheric, frightening ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, paranormal investigation, exorcism, fear, evil, family in danger, paranormal activity, witch, seance, haunted by the past ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 21st century, contemporary, 60s ...
Place:
new england, rhode island, usa, connecticut
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, tense, sinister, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
fear, murder, haunted house, supernatural, ghost, evil force, attic, paranormal activity, supernatural horror, family in danger, crimes, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, year 1979, year 1986, year 2011 ...
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, sacramento california, st. louis missouri
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A group of paranormal investigators enter the abandoned home of paedophile and serial killer John Gacy, hoping to find evidence of paranormal activity. Upon entering the house they set-up cameras throughout the abandoned house while going room to ...
Style:
serious, rough, scary, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
serial killer, ghost, investigation, crimes, supernatural, frame up, found footage, murder, paranormal activity, mystery, suburbs, haunted house ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
chicago illinois
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Twenty-three year old, Thomas Finley was arrested for the murder of his nineteen-year old sister, Samantha, as well as the murder of fifty-two year old, Edgar Lauren, a Professor and paranormal investigator.In the early morning hours, Police were ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, scary, rough, dark ...
Plot:
paranormal, ghost, supernatural, murder, found footage, woman in danger, paranormal phenomena, paranormal activity, supernatural power, haunted house, nudity (full frontal - brief), mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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The Conjuring related movies
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Paul, an unemployed writer, decides to rent and live in a house that's rumored to be haunted, he puts his life and his relationships in grave danger as he obsessively attempts to get the story that will finally make his career.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, atmospheric, scary
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, curses spells and rituals, writer's life, uncover truth, supernatural, fear, violence, artists and showbiz, danger, deadly
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
To debunk the Amityville house's infamous reputation and take advantage of a rock-bottom asking price, skeptical journalist John Baxter buys the place and settles in to write his first novel. But as soon as the ink on the deed has dried, people ...
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, burned alive, supernatural, island, domestic disturbance, good versus evil, rivalry, family problems, family relations, curses spells and rituals, parents and children ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york
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100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A young couple inherits an old mansion inhabited by small demon-like creatures who are determined to make the wife one of their own.
Style:
atmospheric, scary, serious, suspenseful, fairy tale ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, inheritance, supernatural ability, demon, curses spells and rituals, creature, dark past, locked room, deadly creature, supernatural, evil wins ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa
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100%
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In March 1963, a black mass was held at a ruined church in Clophill, Bedfordshire by a coven of dark witches. Tombs were looted, animals sacrificed and human bones arranged during a macabre ceremony. Further defilements continued at Clophill in the ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, serious, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
church, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, escapades, ghost, zombie, village, mysterious event, research, investigation, mysterious man, paranormal phenomena ...
Time:
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Place:
england
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Patrick McCord doesn't accept the explanation of his sister's mysterious death as suicide, and instead teams up with a team of paranormal investigators to delve deeper into the inexplicable circumstances that surround what he believes to ...
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suspenseful, serious, bleak, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, mysterious death, supernatural, evil, paranormal activity, fear, violence, characters killed one by one, professor, paranormal, found footage, curse ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, vatican
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Films like Grave Encounters
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When the new sheriff of Salem, Massachusetts discovers that he is the victim of a centuries-old curse, he must protect his family from the vengeful ghosts that torment his home.
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serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating ...
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haunted house, ghost, small town, murder, supernatural, family in danger, drowning, witch, witchcraft, curses spells and rituals, moving, sheriff ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, massachusetts
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When new parents Alex and Penny retreat from the city and move into a place outside town, the stress and massive sleep-deprivation caused by their infant has both of them seeing things in the house that may or may not exist. Persistent sightings of ...
Style:
psychological, scary, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
Audience:
teens
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haunted house, ghost, supernatural, couples, isolation, countryside, exorcism, fear, death, paranormal investigation, family in danger, child in peril ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A horror anthology of shorts themed around the five senses.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, psychological, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, fear, brutality, death, violence, hallucination, anguish, murder, sex, car accident ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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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 ...
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scary, suspenseful, rough, macabre, psychotronic ...
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Place:
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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, suspense, suspenseful, rough, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, murder, family in danger, domestic disturbance, family relations, paranormal activity, parents and children, family problems, mystery, insanity ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york, long island
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Films like Paranormal Activity
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Across the world, demonic possessions are on the increase. Two specialists are brought in and uncover a dark and terrifying worldwide plot.
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scary, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, disturbing
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, religions or cults, human host, world spanning, possession, exorcist, beast, murder, demon, paranormal phenomena ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Beginning at a stylish mansion in the roaring 1920's, a socialite, flappers, and the men who love them come to their ultimate demise. These ghosts continue to haunt the mansion throughout the decade. Now they've come back to haunt and ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, scary, bleak
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haunted house, ghost, woman in danger, supernatural, violence spree, murder, mansion, hallucination, hollywood, friends, zombie, best friends ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young couple accept an offer for $2 million to stay in a haunted house for a week. Based on real footage and events.
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suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
haunted house, fear, husband wife relationship, paranormal activity, married couple, darkness, house, panic, found footage, paranormal, evil being, couples ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Two skeptic researchers investigate a mother's claim that an unknown presence may be trying to communicate with her 7-year-old daughter.
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dark, tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
haunted house, investigation, paranormal phenomena, paranormal activity, evil, ghost, fear, girl, paranormal, found footage, paranormal investigation, friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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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 ...
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scary, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, occult, supernatural, supernatural ability, missing child, family in danger, curses spells and rituals, family problems, paranormal phenomena, afterlife, zombie ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The terrifying tale of Amityville is back. When a young man encounters a weekend of horrors after taking a house sitting job from a spooky old woman.
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psychotronic, suspenseful, scary, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A troupe of actors hired for a haunted house attraction soon find that they are working in a true house of horror.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, haunted by the past, supernatural, ghost, isolation, fear, psychotherapy, murder, graphic violence, child killer, actor, danger ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Struggling filmmakers - Kennedy, Cory and James - finally catch the break they were looking for when they are hired to shoot a 'behind-the-scenes' documentary for a major studio production. But their dream job quickly turns into a ...
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scary, serious, tense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Stitch follows the story of grieving parents as they cope with the loss of their young daughter. At the height of their desperation, they turn to their best friends for healing advice, who lead them into the deep desert for a weekend ritual meant to ...
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serious, suspenseful, scary, captivating, tense ...
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ghost, family in danger, curses spells and rituals, desert, rivalry, death, violence, family problems, losing-it hero, dealing with death, disfigurement, daughter ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Emily and Nate Weaver leave the city for the rural comfort of Nate’s ancestral home in the country. Once there, Emily is plagued by horrifying visions and haunted by the ghosts inhabiting their isolated new home. When Nate’s behavior undergoes a ...
Style:
gothic, scary, serious, suspense, psychotronic
Plot:
pregnancy, curses spells and rituals, haunted house, ghost, husband wife relationship, couple relations, supernatural, nudity (full frontal - brief), female protagonist, hallucination, graphic violence, paranormal phenomena ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new hampshire
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Movies like The Amityville Horror
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After discovering a secret box in the wall of her house, a demonic presence begins terrorizing a YouTuber, at 8 after 1:00am every night.
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scary, suspense, bleak, psychotronic, tense ...
Plot:
paranormal, ghost, possession, found footage, demon, haunted house, paranormal activity, supernatural, vlogger, paranormal phenomena, death, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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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, suspenseful, rough, bloody, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunted house, curses spells and rituals, family in danger, parents and children, murder, supernatural ability, brother sister incest, suburbs, vengeance, suburban life ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, california
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28%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A filmmaker takes a journey to discover a new haunted house and brings along his cameras to document what happens inside. The house, which is plagued by its dark history, begins to come alive in this third instalment of “The Blackwell Ghost.”
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scary, suspense, disturbing, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
paranormal activity, haunted house, paranormal, paranormal investigation, ghost, found footage, demon, supernatural ability, supernatural, rescue, supernatural power, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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28%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A group of paranormal investigators sojourned to the Chicago walk-up where deranged drifter Richard Speck systematically slew eight student nurses back in ’66, looking for restless spirits. Their unfortunate success gets shockingly documented in ...
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dark, tense, scary, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
ghost, murder, investigation, violence, death, fear, haunted house, darkness, evil, corpse, research, running ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A director is filming on location in a house where seven murders were committed. The caretaker warns them not to mess with things they do not understand (the murders were occult related), but the director wants to be as authentic as possible and has ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, serious, suspense, psychotronic
Plot:
supernatural, filmmaking, haunted house, ghost, zombie, estate, curses spells and rituals, supernatural power, actor, living dead, house, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
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Place:
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