Movies like In the Mouth of Madness
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In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
88K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
With the disappearance of hack horror writer Sutter Cane, all Hell is breaking loose...literally! Author Cane, it seems, has a knack for description that really brings his evil creepy-crawlies to life. Insurance investigator John Trent is sent to investigate Cane's mysterious vanishing act and ends up in the sleepy little East Coast town of Hobb's End.
Style:
surreal, psychological, atmospheric, gothic, lovecraft, neo noir, scary, creepy, dark, frightening ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
small town, insanity, supernatural horror, book, paranoia, ghost town, investigation, hallucination, gory, novelist, writers, american horror, monster, supernatural, church, insurance investigator, visceral, brutality, fear, mind game, halloween, abandoned city, supernatural power, nightmare, psychiatric patient ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, distant future, 1990s
Place:
new england, new hampshire, manhattan new york city, england, europe, new york
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Most similar movies to In the Mouth of Madness
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, weird, suspense and scary films with plots about supernatural, storytelling, death, supernatural horror, macabre, blood and insanity mostly in Horror, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like In the Mouth of Madness: The Void (2016), Prince of Darkness (1987), Angel Heart (1987), Jacob's Ladder (1990), Videodrome (1983). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
47K
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, spooky, satanic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
body horror, hospital, cosmic horror, another dimension, monster, macabre, violence, blood, small town, isolation, insanity, mutation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
92%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A research team finds a mysterious cylinder in a deserted church. If opened, it could mean the end of the world.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, dark, slasher, atmospheric ...
Plot:
demon, cosmic horror, satan, devil, supernatural horror, black magic, church, supernatural, priest, occult, research, obsession ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 20th century, 90s, year 1999
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
91%
103K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The down-and-out private detective Harry Angel is ordered, by a mysterious man named Louis Cyphre, to go on a mission to find a missing person. His routine failure soon leads to a bloody spar with himself as Harry Angel goes on a supernatural ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, sexy, satanic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
private detective, investigation, twists and turns, satan, devil, voodoo, amnesia, satanic ritual, incest, supernatural, occult ritual, sex scene ...
Time:
year 1987, 50s, 20th century, year 1918, year 1942 ...
Place:
new orleans, southern usa, new york, louisiana, usa ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A traumatized Vietnam war veteran finds out that his post-war life isn't what he believes it to be when he's attacked by horned creatures in the subway and his dead son comes to visit him...
Style:
twist ending, disturbing, surreal, scary, surprise ending ...
Plot:
nightmare, paranoia, delusion, memory, hallucination, twists and turns, haunted by the past, conspiracy, plot twist, dealing with death, soldier, macabre ...
Time:
year 1990, 90s, 20th century, year 1971, 70s
Place:
new york, vietnam, usa, asia, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
73%
Movie in collections
112K
Genre: Drama, 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, disturbing, psychedelic, cult classic, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
body horror, surrealism, cyberpunk, television, virtual reality, mind control, hallucination, insanity, dystopia, satire, mind game, brainwashing ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 20th century
Place:
pittsburgh, malaysia, toronto ontario canada, usa, canada ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
After a group of teens from a small Midwestern town begin to mysteriously disappear, the locals believe it is the work of an urban legend known as The Empty Man. As a retired cop investigates and struggles to make sense of the stories, he discovers ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, suspenseful, lovecraft ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
occult, investigation, suicide, cosmic horror, supernatural, supernatural horror, death, hospital, grief, danger, demonic possession, evil spirit ...
Time:
2020s, 90s, 2010s, year 2019, 20th century ...
Place:
missouri, himalaya
Similarity:
100%
170K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico, France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.
Style:
twist ending, scary, surprise ending, psychological, gothic ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, twists and turns, macabre, fear, haunted, death, missing child, tragic event, haunted by the past, imaginary friend ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, y2k, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
100%
213K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the year 2047 a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the long lost starship "Event Horizon". The ship disappeared mysteriously 7 years before on its maiden voyage and with its return comes even more mystery as the ...
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, scary, lovecraft, spooky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space travel, outer space, spaceship, cosmic horror, space station, trapped in space, insanity, space and aliens, violence, supernatural, hallucination, nightmare ...
Time:
future, 2040s, 90s, year 1997, 21st century
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Spain, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
An all-expenses-paid international search for a rare copy of the book, 'The Nine Gates of the Shadow Kingdom' brings an unscrupulous book dealer deep into a world of murder, double-dealing and satanic worship.
Style:
gothic, satanic, dark, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
occult, devil, supernatural, collector, investigation, obsession, satanic ritual, curses spells and rituals, chase, danger, secret society, book ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, europe, france, portugal, spain ...
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, ...
Style:
surreal, dark, atmospheric, psychedelic, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, incest, investigation, surrealism, small town life, murder, rape, double life, small town, mental illness, sexual abuse, teenage girl ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, near future, 20th century, year 1988 ...
Place:
washington state, canada, philadelphia, portland oregon
Similarity:
80%
169K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgangers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
Style:
surreal, neo noir, mind bending, atmospheric, confusing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, murder, insanity, doppelganger, nightmare, sex scene, time loop, parallel universe, graphic violence, transformation, hallucination, promiscuous woman ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1997, near future
Place:
los angeles, persia, north america
Similarity:
100%
124K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.
Style:
psychological, surreal, mind bending, enigmatic, tricky ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, psychology, mental institution, time loop, amnesia, supernatural, hallucination, destiny, memory loss, disorder, haunted by the past, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 90s, 20th century, year 1992 ...
Place:
vermont, iraq
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and ...
Style:
surreal, controversial, demonic, mind bending, creepy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, occult, insanity, obsession, body horror, cosmic horror, possession, supernatural power, private detective, supernatural horror, berlin wall, sex ...
Time:
year 1981, 80s, 20th century, year 1980
Place:
germany, west berlin west germany, berlin germany, europe, west germany ...
Similarity:
67%
520K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people it kills.
Style:
scary, suspense, cult classic, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience:
manly, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, isolation, survival, creature, body horror, alien, fear, paranoia, snow, ufo, suspicion, supernatural ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, 20th century
Place:
antarctica, antarctic, south pole
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps but soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they ...
Style:
gothic, psychological, dark, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
therapist, cure, patient, capitalism, health, slut, capitalist, nubile girl, sauna, hospital, spa, lust ...
Time:
year 2016, future, year 2017, 2010s
Place:
swiss alps, switzerland, alps, america, germany ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The angel Gabriel comes to Earth to collect a soul which will end the stalemated war in Heaven, and only a former priest and a little girl can stop him.
Style:
dark, atmospheric, serious, satanic, tense ...
Plot:
devil, good versus evil, prophecy, angel, afterlife, supernatural, god, religion, vicious, christianity, religions or cults, heaven ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, arizona, california
Similarity:
100%
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, scary, neo noir, homoerotic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, private detective, occult, fanatic, faked death, magic, investigation, desert, resurrection, tough guy, telekinesis, demon ...
Time:
90s, 80s, year 1982
Place:
los angeles, mojave desert, new york, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, confusing ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, plot twist, investigation, mental illness, insanity, psychology, memory, paranoia, mental institution, schizophrenia, psychiatrist, mental patient ...
Time:
1950s, year 2010, year 1954, 1940s, year 1945 ...
Place:
iran, persia, america, boston
Similarity:
57%
Movie in collections
260K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, France, Japan, USA
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, creepy, surreal, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, monster, demon, supernatural horror, survival, insanity, torture, macabre, ghost town, good versus evil, revenge, mysterious place ...
Time:
year 2006, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
west virginia, virginia, america, usa, canada
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A young couple moves into an infamous New York apartment building to start a family. Things become frightening as Rosemary begins to suspect her unborn baby isn't safe around their strange neighbors.
Style:
psychological, classic horror, surreal, psychological horror, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
satanic cult, devil, pregnancy, paranoia, satanism, satanic ritual, witchcraft, secret society, supernatural horror, coven, occult, antichrist ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1965, year 1966, year 1968 ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, persia, eastern europe, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Anna returns home after spending time in a psychiatric facility following her mother's tragic death and discovers that her mother's former nurse, Rachel, has moved into their house and become engaged to her father. Soon after she learns ...
Style:
twist ending, scary, surprise ending, psychological thriller, psychological horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, mental illness, ghost, family problems, supernatural horror, woman in danger, parents and children, uncover truth, family in danger, secret relationship, siblings relations, mistrust ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, year 2000, year 1986, 80s ...
Place:
maine, new england
Similarity:
100%
99K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the child, and so Emily ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, frightening ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
supernatural, evil child, demon, supernatural horror, social worker, creepy child, child abuse, macabre, twists and turns, uncover truth, mysterious character, mental institution ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
oregon, usa
Similarity:
100%
364K
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, atmospheric, twist ending, frightening ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, demon, fear, afterlife, nightmare, paranormal activity, boy, psychic, danger, evil spirit, supernatural horror ...
Time:
year 2010, 2000s, year 2000, year 2011, 2010s ...
Place:
america, usa
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
424K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, scary, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult, horror for children
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, afterlife, plot twist, isolation, supernatural horror, nightmare, mansion, mysterious character, spiritualism, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2001, 1940s, year 1945, year 2000, 20th century ...
Place:
persia, america, europe, english channel, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller about an eight year old boy named Cole Sear who believes he can see into the world of the dead. A child psychologist named Malcolm Crowe comes to Cole to help him deal with his problem, learning that he really can see ghosts ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, horror for children, teen drama
Plot:
twists and turns, afterlife, supernatural, psychology, ghost, plot twist, death, psychiatrist, psychic, life & death, supernatural horror, psychologist ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, future
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, persia, philadelphia
Similarity:
100%
1.2M
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Style:
psychological, suspense, scary, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
isolation, hotel, insanity, supernatural, psychopath, stephen king, ghost, snow, imaginary friend, danger, evil, haunting ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 80s, 1920s, 70s
Place:
colorado, denver colorado, persia, usa, miami ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.
Style:
gothic, dark, creepy, scary, gothic horror ...
Plot:
haunted, supernatural, haunting, old mansion, macabre, children, hide and seek, ghost story, haunted house, schizophrenia, insanity, paranoid ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, year 1961, 1860s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
Similarity:
100%
10K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a small town in Japan, Kirie comes upon her boyfriend's father silently videotaping a snail. Later, the mans obsession with spirals becomes more and more bizarre, ending in his suicide in a washing machine which turn his body into a spiral. ...
Style:
dark fantasy, creepy, surreal, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, curse, obsession, small town, surrealism, darkness, insanity, transformation, body horror, mental disorder, danger, curses spells and rituals ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
410K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
New York detective Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of mysterious deaths in which the victims are found beheaded. But the locals believe the culprit to be none other than the ghost of the legendary Headless Horseman.
Style:
gothic, dark, scary, atmospheric, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick, teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, witch, ghost, murder, investigation, supernatural horror, magical, witchcraft, small town, horseman, goth, legends and myths ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 19th century, 90s, year 1999 ...
Place:
new york, new york state, britain, america, madagascar
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A mysterious global blackout yields countless populations to simply vanish, leaving only their clothes and possessions behind. A small handful of survivors band together in a dimly-lit tavern on 7th Street, struggling to combat the apocalyptic ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, suspense, harsh, intense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, disappearance, vestiges of humanity, group of strangers, supernatural, darkness, survival, hospital, danger, chaos, death ...
Time:
year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
67%
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