Movies like The Masque of the Red Death
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The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Satan-worshiper Prince Prospero invites the local nobility to his castle for protection against an oncoming plague, the Red Death. He orders his guests to attend a masked ball and, amidst an atmosphere of debauchery and depravity, notices the entry of a hooded stranger dressed all in red. Believing the figure to be his master, Satan, Prospero is horrified at the revelation of his true identity.
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, surreal, suspenseful, scary, serious, disturbing, stylized, slasher, psychological ...
Plot:
supernatural, murder, medieval, revenge, macabre, suspense, plague, good versus evil, life & death, brutality, demon, sacrifice, transformation, tragic villain, satanism, escapades, psychopath, destiny, monster, cult, village, infection, deadly virus, death, apocalypse ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
italy, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, weird, atmospheric and suspenseful films with plots about macabre, suspense, brutality, supernatural, demon, gory and catastrophe mostly in Horror, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Masque of the Red Death: The Devil Rides Out (1968), The Sentinel (1977), The Hunger (1983), The Innocents (1961), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The powers of good are pitted against the forces of evil as the Duc de Richelieu wrestles with the charming but deadly Satanist, Mocata, for the soul of his friend. Mocata has the knowledge and the power to summon the forces of darkness and, as the ...
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black magic, occult, supernatural, suspense, coven, zombie, serial killer, satanism, curses spells and rituals, psychopath, rivalry, cult ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s, 1930s, year 1929, 80s
Place:
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A commitment-shy New York fashion model moves into an old brownstone apartment, meets her weird neighbours and discovers she’s sitting on the gateway to Hell.
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Place:
usa, italy, new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Miriam and John are an elegant couple with a dark secret: they are vampires. Feeding on human blood, Miriam has lived for over 2000 years. She gave her lover the gift of eternal life and together they hunt. But John begins aging rapidly, he seeks ...
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sexy, gothic, scary, dark, erotic ...
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vampire, goth, lesbian, lesbian sex, femme fatale, lgbt, erotica, lgbtq, female vampire, cult, obsession, gay ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
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100%
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.
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Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, suspense, children, old mansion, hide and seek, insanity, macabre, mental disorder, evil child, nanny, haunted ...
Time:
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Place:
england, europe, london
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Famous organist Anton Phibes is horribly disfigured in an automobile accident while rushing to the side of his sick wife and presumed to be dead. Once Phibes learns that his wife died on the operating table, he is convinced the doctors are ...
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Plot:
revenge, serial killer, camp, murder, curse, doctor, disfigurement, monster, cult, obsession, tragic hero, master villain ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Medina, the son of the most brutal torturer of the Spanish Inquisition, tells him she has died of a blood disease, but Francis finds this hard to ...
Style:
gothic horror, gothic, scary, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
spanish inquisition, suspense, insanity, investigation, vengeance, castle, monster, conspiracy, religions or cults, hidden identity, dishonesty, haunted by the past ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
England is torn in civil strife as the Royalists battle the Parliamentary Party for control. This conflict distracts people from rational thought and allows unscrupulous men to gain local power by exploiting village superstitions. One of these men ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help in this film loosely based on the Edgar Allen Poe poem.
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Place:
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51%
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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