Movies like Penance 2009
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Penance (2009)
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young mother decides to become a stripper to earn some fast cash only to find her worst nightmares are about to begin
Style:
sexy, scary, serious, suspenseful, slasher, realistic, disturbing, sexual, suspense
Plot:
found footage, stripper, psychopath, female nudity, mental institution, religious fanatic, captivity, gory, danger, confined, woman in danger, mind game, dancer's life, violence, single mother, mother daughter relationship, held captive, murder, suicide, bare breasts, voyeur, vigilante, woman in a bikini, misogyny, voyeurism ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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Most similar movies to Penance
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out slasher, suspenseful, serious and scary films with plots about danger, psychopath, deadly, serial killer, murder, female nudity and gory mostly in Horror and Thriller genres. Some movies like Penance: The Hitchhiker (2007), Timber Falls (2007), Scrapbook (2000), Rogue River (2011), Angel Blade (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Four young women driving across the desert to Las Vegas have their road trip turned upside-down when they pick up a handsome, seemingly-friendly hitchhiker. When their car breaks down near a roadside motel in the middle of nowhere, they find ...
Style:
slasher, scary, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
psychopath, on the road, gory, confined, danger, mind game, woman in danger, isolation, desert, murder, driver, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, utah, las vegas, nevada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A weekend of camping in the mountains becomes an excursion into hell for a young couple, who become pawns in a grotesque plot hatched by deranged locals.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, slasher, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, forest, gory, danger, fanatic, survival, husband wife relationship, kidnapping, mountain, rescue, murder, religions or cults ...
Place:
west virginia, usa, virginia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young woman named Clara is captured by a serial killer named Leonard who records his “life story” by keeping a scrapbook of his many victims. In addition to adhering Polaroids, scraps of clothing, and other small trophies to the pages, Leonard ...
Style:
disturbing, sexy, bleak, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, sexual abuse, captivity, rape and revenge, torture, sexual torture, photograph, rape victim, kidnapping, extreme cruelty, woman on top, rape ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
When a young woman takes a trip down Rogue River, her car mysteriously disappears. Lost without transport or communication, she accepts the hospitality of a stranger who offers her shelter for the night at his cabin. With no other options available, ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, scary, rough, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
woman in danger, kidnapped woman, accidental incest, psychopath, strong violent content, kidnapping, survival, confined, danger, police officer killed, brother sister incest, pervert ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, oregon
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An emotionally damaged cop investigating a spree of prostitute killings discovers that the dark side of Las Vegas is decidedly more grim than he ever suspected in director David Heavener's gruesome thriller. When a series of teenaged ...
Style:
surprise ending
Plot:
serial killer, sadomasochism, nudity, woman in jeopardy, female pubic hair, female prisoner, misogyny, blonde, debauchery, depravity, lasciviousness, dead prostitute ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three sisters and a group of their friends take a trip to the home of the recently deceased grandfather -- who died a particularly grisly death -- to learn more about the promise of an inheritance, only to encounter a family of psychos who have ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, rough, suspenseful, perverse ...
Plot:
lake, rape, making love, violence, voyeur, psychopath, serial killer, outdoor sex, murder, inheritance, rape victim, implied rape ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Mary is a horror-movie junkie whose obsession is out of control, leading her over-protective father to ban her from seeing scary flicks. But when she and her friends sneak out to see a film called The Wisher, its creepy antagonist seems to escape ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, serious, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
wish fulfillment, voyeur, female nudity, supernatural, vengeance, gory, obsession, ghost, danger, youth, nudity, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
As Ann Hedgerow - an indirect descendant of Edgar Allen Poe - begins to explore her family's past, she meets novelist Ethan Poe. Ethan, also a distant descendant of Poe, is tormented by visions of his famous ancestor. When Ann and Ethan begin a ...
Style:
sexy, tense, serious, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder, blonde, dead prostitute, voyeur, who done it, small town life, stalking, danger, writer's life, haunting, female nudity, nudity ...
Time:
19th century, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Having developed an uncontrollable obsession with the beautiful young Rudy (Michelle Tomlinson), crazed serial killer Herman (James DuMont) kidnaps her and locks her in a cage in his basement. The only way for Rudy to survive this nightmare is to ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
missing person, serial killer, psychopath, woman in danger, survival, obsession, confined, isolation, captivity, danger, master criminal, rivalry ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A pierced and tattooed sadist, Captain Howdy, trolls the Internet for naive teens, luring them to his home to torture and defile them. When Howdy kidnaps and tortures the daughter of police Detective Mike Gage, he is caught. Deemed insane, he is ...
Style:
cult classic, slasher, detective, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kidnapping, serial killer, police detective, internet, maniac, vengeance, sadomasochism, goth, vigilante, psychotic, mental institution, torture ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Director Michael Winnick's chilling tale stars James Marsters as Jack, one of eight captives who awaken in an abandoned asylum not knowing who they are or why they are together. They discover that they've been used in an experiment to ...
Style:
dark, scary, suspenseful, slasher, serious ...
Plot:
isolation, memory loss, voyeurism, voyeur, trap, bare breasts, nude girl, supernatural ability, captivity, danger, supernatural, deadly creature ...
Similarity:
19%
339
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A psychological horror/thriller depicting a backwoods family with a dark secret.
Style:
serious, rough, scary, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
psychopath, danger, captivity, gory, woman in danger, confined, strong violent content, good versus evil, survival, small town, rivalry, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, South Africa
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A group of teenage girls heading into the city hook up with a gang of drug-addled ne'er-do-wells and are brutally murdered. The killers find their way to the home of one of their victim's parents, where both father and mother exact a ...
Style:
scary, slasher, brutal, disturbing, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
rape, revenge, psychopath, torture, murder, kidnapping, serial killer, violence, vengeance, sexualized violence, rape and revenge, violence against women ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Once upon a time, death preyed upon a New England college campus. Rumors swirl that "if you see a flash of red, you're dead!" Local golden boy, Peter Bloom (David Morwick) investigates the grisly killings until the stakes grow higher ...
Style:
suspense, slasher, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, college, mind game, amateur detective, investigation, rivalry, survival, journalism, stalking, youth, danger, psychopath ...
Place:
new england, usa, massachusetts
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Emily and her friend Angelica go to a rave in the woods, and when they arrive, they meet a stranger called Swan that promises some Exstasy for the girls. They follow him to a cabin into the forest where they meet the sadistic gang leaded by the ...
Style:
realistic, slasher, suspenseful, serious, sexual ...
Plot:
rape victim, psychopath, rape, sexual sadism, exploitation, violence, woods, sexual abuse, sadism, rape and revenge, anal rape, psychotic ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
california
Similarity:
19%
409
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman steals her abusive boyfriend's drug money for her three teenage daughters to seek better lives for themselves and a bloody pursuit ensues.
Style:
slasher, fairy tale, psychotronic, suspense, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, psycho killer, murder, sociopath, villain played by lead actor, crazy, murder of wife, human monster, grudge, killing spree, violence, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Wendy Alden, a young secretary in Portland lacking in self- confidence becomes victim of a savage killer who has claimed the lives of a number of other women. Somehow Wendy finds the resources of courage to fight back and escape.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, scary, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, danger, obsession, murder, nudity, investigation, sex scene, female nudity, adaptation, police, psycho killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portland oregon
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When a bus-load of women's college soccer players get stranded on their way to a bikini car-wash fundraiser, they decide to set-up shop in front of an abandoned gas station on the edge of town. Little do they know the place is the ...
Style:
slasher, sexy, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
gas station, psychopath, danger, stalking, murder, nudity, survival, violence, female nudity, student athlete, serial killer, gory ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Six captive office workers are literally chained to their desks by a demented, escaped serial killer; former regional manager Thomas Reddmann (Redd). He assigns his 'human resources' the impossible task of proving his innocence or ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, captivity, confined, held captive, workplace, psychopath, danger, boss and employee, obnoxious boss, workplace situations, gory, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, oceania
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
On a weekend camping trip deep in the forest, a young U.S. Marine enlistee named Jim and his friends stumble upon the murdered bodies of a vacationing couple. They're suddenly taken hostage by a deeply disturbed war veteran on a sadistic ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
psychopath, murder, danger, mentally unstable, partner, woods, serial killer, manhunt, survival, violence, gory, hostage ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
While on a class observation trip at a local mental hospital, young psychology major, Abby Jones has a chilling encounter with high-risk patient, Harmon. She returns home for an evening of normal study with her two roommates unaware of the darkness ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, scary, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental institution, psychopath, convict, woman in danger, obsession, violence spree, isolation, serial killer, murder, night, evil wins, female detective ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
5 beautiful girls win a contest to star in a new reality show. Spend a night in a haunted house, and the first one to make contact with a ghost will win. But the house is really haunted by a killer who intends that none of them will win.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, survival, danger, ghost, woman in danger, rivalry, stalking, confined, haunted house, murder, violence, contests and competitions ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
7K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
This new Train tells the tale of an American wrestling team who board a train that just so happens to be used as a supermarket for organ harvesters.
Style:
slasher, sexy, scary, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
survival, gory, train, serial killer, transplant, characters murdered one by one, trapped, psychopath, youth, danger, black market, railway ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
One year after running away from home, Nicole and Jesse are still missing. When Jesse's brother, Tom, returns home from active duty, he sets out with his friends Marilyn and Jared to locate the lost couple. Their search leads them to the ...
Style:
slasher, scary, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, gas station, kidnapping, psychopath, danger, strong violent content, escapades, on the road, religious fanatic, gory, survival, twins ...
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two couples spend a weekend in the country, only to cross paths with a brutal serial killer. As the body count rises, suspicion spirals into paranoia, climaxing in a terrifying battle for survival.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, serious, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, survival, danger, isolation, countryside, couples, murder, fear, violence, travel, violent, psychopath ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Asylum is a taut psychological thriller about a deranged fearsome killer running lose in an abandoned high security Asylum. Pitting the county psychiatrist Dr. Maggie Belham against the psychotic maniac, Dr Belham is trapped in a maze of corridors, ...
Style:
slasher, psychological, suspenseful, serious, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, survival, danger, mental illness, murder, law enforcement, mentally unstable, investigation, master criminal, gory, doctors and patients ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A remake of the 1979 controversial cult classic, I Spit on Your Grave retells the horrific tale of writer Jennifer Hills who takes a retreat from the city to a charming cabin in the woods to start on her next book. But Jennifer's presence in ...
Style:
disturbing, brutal, scary, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
vengeance, rape and revenge, torture, violence, rape, revenge, rapist, sexual abuse, serial killer, danger, female vigilante, woman in danger ...
Time:
year 2010, year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Two young couples take one last trip to the country before moving to different cities. Unfortunately, when secrets come out and jealously takes a toll the weekend takes an unexpected and deadly turn for the worst.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
psychopath, strong violent content, woods, survival, isolation, confined, murder, group of friends, danger, trap, female nudity, torture ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
802
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When remorseless killer James Bennett escapes from lockdown in a mental hospital, an FBI agent and a U.S. Marshal track the madman to his hometown, where he plans to slay a group of graduate students studying his case. But to catch their prey, the ...
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, mind game, murder, danger, riddles and clues, rivalry, youth, student life, passion, desire, sexual attraction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two friends Dennis and Joe join the military together. While on a routine mission, the two are quickly surrounded by enemy fire. When Joe stands up in the line of fire to run, Dennis pushes him out of the way and takes a bullet in the throat. Dennis ...
Style:
slasher, psychotronic, psychological, scary, tense ...
Plot:
exploitation, rape, stripper, serial killer, sexual favor, revenge, obsession, military, violent, murder, chase, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
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