Movies like Hellraiser

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Hellraiser (1987)
 6.9
 139K
Hellraiser (1987)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Larry and his wife, Julia move into an old house and discover a hideous creature - the man's half-brother, who is also the woman's former lover - hiding upstairs. Having lost his earthly body to a trio of S&M demons, the Cenobites, Frank, is brought back into existence by a drop of blood on the floor. He soon forces his former mistress to bring him his necessary human sacrifices to complete his body... but the Cenobites won't be happy about this.
Style: scary, gothic, slasher, demonic, creepy, suspense, disturbing, psychological, splatter, dark fantasy ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: macabre, demon, body horror, torture, gory, occult, supernatural horror, supernatural, violence, human sacrifice, monster, surrealism, undead, murder, sadomasochism, hellraiser, sex horror, death, creature, brutality, blood, danger, violent, devil, cosmic horror ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: london, england
Keyword: british horror, reboot, disgust, oldies, challenge

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Most similar movies to Hellraiser

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, suspenseful, slasher and suspense films with plots about gore, supernatural, monster, blood, murder, danger and violence mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Hellraiser: Nightbreed (1990), Lord of Illusions (1995), Mandy (2018), The Cabin in the Woods (2011), Candyman (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Doctor Channard is sent a new patient, a girl warning of the terrible creatures that have destroyed her family, Cenobites who offer the most intense sensations of pleasure and pain. But Channard has been searching for the doorway to Hell for years, ...
Style: gothic, slasher, scary, splatter, demonic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: hell, supernatural, demon, gory, monster, hellraiser, torture, maze, violent, body horror, doctor, puzzle ...
Time: 80s, year 1988
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Pinhead is trapped in a sculpture and fortunately for him the sculpture is bought by a young playboy who owns his own night club. Pinhead busies himself escaping by getting the playboy to lure victims to his presence so he can use their blood. Once ...
Style: slasher, scary, demonic, bloody, splatter ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, demon, nightclub, hellraiser, gory, vietnam war, reporter, body horror, violence, church, murder of a policewoman, torture ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
 6.5
 26K
Nightbreed (1990)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of monsters are hiding from humanity.
Style: scary, dark fantasy, gothic, slasher, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: serial killer, monster, murder, afterlife, escape, obsessive quest, heroic mission, social misfits, creature, creature feature, psychiatrist, supernatural ...
Time: 90s, 80s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Lord of Illusions (1995)
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, neo noir, scary, detective, suspenseful ...
Plot: supernatural, magic, investigation, occult, private detective, fanatic, violence, good versus evil, desert, murder, telekinesis, demon ...
Time: 90s, year 1982, 80s
Place: los angeles, new york, mojave desert, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Movie in collections
 6.5
 89K
Mandy (2018)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, Belgium, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Pacific Northwest. 1983 AD. Outsiders Red Miller and Mandy Bloom lead a loving and peaceful existence. When their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed by a cult led by the sadistic Jeremiah Sand, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey ...
Style: suspense, satanic, suspenseful, surreal, scary ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: revenge, lumberjack, cult leader, surrealism, mysticism, rage, kidnapping, biker gang, russian roulette, brutality, sadism, drug trip ...
Time: year 1983, 2010s, 80s, 20th century
Place: california, xian, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Five college friends spend the weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods.
Style: scary, mind bending, bloody, surreal, twist ending ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: monster, supernatural, creature, survival, cabin in the woods, trapped, zombie, fear, werewolf, dark humor, death, danger ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, year 2000, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.7
 100K
Candyman (1992)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Style: scary, slasher, gothic, bloody, rough ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, kids, adult
Plot: urban legend, serial killer, supernatural, ghost, gory, macabre, belief, urban decay, investigation, blood, revenge, mirror ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: chicago, illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
City of the Living Dead (1980)
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, grindhouse, disturbing, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot: zombie, gory, suicide, macabre, zombie apocalypse, buried alive, violence, living dead, small town, apocalypse, monster, violent ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 80s, year 1980
Place: new england, usa, georgia, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
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The Void (2016)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In the middle of a routine patrol, officer Daniel Carter happens upon a blood-soaked figure limping down a deserted stretch of road. He rushes the young man to a nearby rural hospital staffed by a skeleton crew, only to discover that patients and ...
Style: dark, lovecraft, creepy, stylized, surreal ...
Audience: date night
Plot: body horror, hospital, monster, cosmic horror, another dimension, insanity, macabre, murder, mutation, small town, isolation, human experiment ...
Time: 80s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger (Robert Englund), who was ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, bloody, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: supernatural, dream, supernatural horror, murder, nightmare, gory, serial killer, fear, nightmare comes true, high school, sleep deprivation, teenager ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 20th century, year 1981
Place: ohio, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Kirsty Cotten is now all grown up and married. Her memory of the events that took place back at her parent's home and the mental institution have dimmed, but she is still traumatized. A fatal car crash kills Kirsty. Now, her husband finds ...
Style: scary, slasher, suspense, mindfuck, terrifying ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, amnesia, hellraiser, car accident, body horror, hallucination, monster, villain, androids and robots, creature, violence, cosmic horror ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Twenty years ago in the sleepy mining town of Valentine Bluffs, a fatal mining disaster occurred on Valentine's Day while some of the crew was decorating for a party. The sole survivor of the accident killed the remaining crewmembers and warned ...
Style: slasher, splatter, suspenseful, scary, grindhouse ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, miner, revenge, valentine's day, killing spree, masked killer, gory, holiday horror, youth, murder, canuxploitation, love triangle ...
Time: 80s, year 1960, year 1980
Place: nova scotia, nova scotia, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
 102K
Videodrome (1983)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A sleazy cable-TV programmer begins to see his life and the future of media spin out of control in a very unusual fashion when he acquires a new kind of programming for his station.
Style: surreal, psychedelic, disturbing, psychological, cerebral ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyberpunk, body horror, hallucination, surrealism, television, mind control, virtual reality, insanity, suicide, brainwashing, dystopia, mind game ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, 20th century
Place: pittsburgh, toronto ontario canada, usa, malaysia, canada ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 196K
Evil Dead (2013)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, New Zealand, Australia
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, bloody, suspenseful, slasher, demonic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: gory, demon, supernatural, zombie, demonic possession, blood, violence, extreme violence, cabin in the woods, addiction, woods, fear ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, 80s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.7
 26K
Clown (2014)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A loving father finds a clown suit for his son's birthday party, only to realize the suit is part of an evil curse that turns its wearer into a killer.
Style: disturbing, slasher, demonic, atmospheric, scary ...
Plot: killer clown, clown, transformation, supernatural, children, demon, monster, macabre, murder, brutality, violence, prejudice ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 7.0
 297K
The Witch (2015)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In 1630s New England, William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life with five children, homesteading on the edge of an impassable wilderness, exiled from their settlement when William defies the local church. When their newborn son vanishes and ...
Style: disturbing, dark, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience: adult
Plot: witch, supernatural, religion, folk horror, witchcraft, family bonds, wilderness, black magic, insanity, curses spells and rituals, satan, isolation ...
Time: 17th century, 2010s, year 2015, year 2016, 19th century
Place: new england, america, new hampshire, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Tetsuo, the Iron Man (1989)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 67 min.
Story: Tetsuo: The Iron Man is a 1989 Japanese cyberpunk film by cult-film director Shinya Tsukamoto produced by Japan Home Video. This, his third film, is an extremely graphic but also strikingly-filmed fantasy shot in the same low-budget, ...
Style: psychedelic, psychotronic, surreal, experimental, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyberpunk, surrealism, body horror, very little dialogue, metamorphosis, sex, hit and run, businessman, mutilation, apocalypse, transformation, distopia ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.9
 48K
Hellraiser (2022)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Serbia
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.
Style: mystical, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, underground horror ...
Audience: adult
Plot: demon, supernatural horror, puzzle, creature, supernatural, violence, monster, torture, pain, hell, hellraiser, paranormal activity ...
Place: belgrade serbia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A new family moves into the house on Elm Street, and before long, the kids are again having nightmares about deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger. This time, Freddy attempts to possess a teenage boy to cause havoc in the real world, and can only ...
Style: slasher, scary, queer horror, creepy, surreal ...
Audience: date night, teens, adult
Plot: high school, gay, serial killer, monster, gay subtext, homoeroticism, revenge, nightmare on elm street, gory, supernatural horror, nudity, blood ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1985, year 1989
Place: usa, midwest, ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.6
 45K
The Reaping (2007)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Katherine Morrissey, a former Christian missionary, lost her faith after the tragic deaths of her family. Now she applies her expertise to debunking religious phenomena. When a series of biblical plagues overrun a small town, Katherine arrives to ...
Style: scary, suspense, demonic, religious horror, intense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: disaster, supernatural, apocalypse, swamp, small town, religion, death, danger, save the world, curses spells and rituals, investigation, miraculous event ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: louisiana, new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 267K
It Follows (2014)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: For 19-year-old Jay, fall should be about school, boys and weekends out at the lake. But a seemingly innocent physical encounter turns sour and gives her the inescapable sense that someone, or something, is following her. Faced with this burden, Jay ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, suspense, scary, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, ghost, macabre, evil, being followed, teenage girl, voyeurism, coming of age, sex, supernatural being, supernatural horror, peeping tom ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: detroit, michigan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A shady police detective becomes embroiled in a strange world of murder, sadism and madness after being assigned a murder investigation against a madman known only as "The Engineer".
Style: psychological, detective, scary, slasher, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: nightmare, murder, supernatural, serial killer, torture, police detective, hellraiser, chase, police investigation, psychopath, danger, escapades ...
Time: 90s, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 7.5
 103K
Braindead (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.
Style: bloody, splatter, dark comedy, humorous, surreal ...
Audience: teens
Plot: zombie, gory, monster, living dead, supernatural, macabre, infection, body horror, virus, cannibalism, monkey, zombie attack ...
Time: 90s, year 1992, 20th century, 50s, 1950s ...
Place: new zealand, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Movie in collections
 6.8
 337K
Insidious (2010)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.
Style: scary, suspenseful, twist ending, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, macabre, nightmare, fear, ghost, afterlife, demon, evil spirit, nightmare comes true, paranormal activity, psychic ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, year 2011, year 2000, 2000s ...
Place: america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.2
 107K
Vacancy (2007)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.
Style: slasher, scary, psychological thriller, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, trapped, hotel, murder, hostage, survival horror, macabre, danger, estranged couple, masked killer, kidnapped, motel ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.5
 243K
Silent Hill (2006)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story: The eerie and deserted ghost town of Silent Hill draws a young mother desperate to find a cure for her only child's illness. Unable to accept the doctor's diagnosis that her daughter should be permanently institutionalized for psychiatric ...
Style: scary, dark, surreal, gothic, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, monster, demon, survival, supernatural horror, macabre, insanity, torture, ghost town, ghost, good versus evil, missing child ...
Time: year 2006, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place: west virginia, virginia, america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Pinhead returns to terrorize computer hackers who have opened a virtual Lament Configuration on the website Hellworld.com.
Style: scary, slasher, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: afterlife, supernatural, hellraiser, curses spells and rituals, danger, chaos, vengeance, losing-it hero, mind game, strong violent content, body horror, revenge ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Morocco
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A group of National Guard trainees find themselves battling against a vicious group of mutants on their last day of training in the desert.
Style: scary, bloody, disturbing, sadistic, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: cannibal, desert, cannibalism, gory, psychopath, supernatural, torture, serial killer, monster, military, blood, rescue ...
Time: year 2007, year 2000, 21st century
Place: new mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.8
 137K
Saw V (2008)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Detective Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy. But when his secret is threatened, he must go on the hunt to eliminate all the loose ends.
Style: scary, bloody, suspense, psychological, slasher ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: serial killer, torture, game of death, trap, psychopath, mind game, violent, kidnapping, blood, gory, vigilante, twists and turns ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Six years ago, Michael Myers terrorized the town of Haddonfield, Illinois. He and his niece, Jamie Lloyd, have disappeared. Jamie was kidnapped by a bunch of evil druids who protect Michael Myers. And now, six years later, Jamie has escaped after ...
Style: slasher, scary, bloody, creepy, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: halloween, serial killer, masked killer, psychopath, murder, supernatural, gory, torture, blood, holiday horror, monster, death ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place: chicago, illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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