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The Nun (2005)
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Original name: La monja
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A group of catholic school girls are victimized by a sadistic and jealous nun, "Sister Ursula". The girls drown the nun in a pool of "holy" water. Eighteen years later circumstances arise in which the nuns spirit is released to take her revenge. She possesses the body of Eva, the daughter of one of her killers. In order for the Sister Ursula to be properly laid to rest Eva herself must be killed.
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, bleak, rough, slasher, serious
Plot:
ritual murder, ghost, evil nun, supernatural, boarding school, curses spells and rituals, curse, vengeance, gory, supernatural ability, danger, haunted by the past, religions or cults, nun, teenage life, violence, split personality, priest, convent school, school, youth, profanity, rivalry, violent content, revenge ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
barcelona, spain, europe, barcelona spain
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, suspenseful, serious and suspense films with plots about supernatural, deadly, ghost, danger, curses spells and rituals, murder and gory mostly in Horror, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like The Nun: Inheritance (2004), Grave Halloween (2013), Cubbyhouse (2001), The Convent (2000), Scary Hair (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, tokyo
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100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Following a messy divorce, Lynn Graham moves back home to Australia with her three American-born children in tow. Buying an old house on the same street as her sister seems like a good idea, but its low price reflects a unpleasant history of murder ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
australia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A group of college students break into an abandoned convent and become possessed by demonic spirits.
Style:
scary, stylized, suspenseful, demonic, slasher ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When Chi-Hyon takes home her young sister, Su Hyon, a terminal cancer patient, so that she can help her enjoy her remaining time on earth, she buys her a wig to mask the effects of chemotherapy -- not realizing that the wig is, in fact, demonic. ...
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, horrifying, bleak ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, curse, life is a bitch, mentally unstable, danger, family problems, teenage life, terminal illness, religions or cults, gory, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
By taking her own life in the infamous Suicide Forest of Mount Fuji, a sexy American cover-girl supernaturally transforms into a demonic spirit to wreak a violent revenge, one by one, upon those who helped her ex-boyfriend leave her. .
Style:
serious, scary, tense, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, mount fuji, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, scary, mockbuster, wild
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Based on a story by the master of outrageous horror, H.P. Lovecraft, this bloodcurdling film introduces the "Puppetmaster." Imprisoning a group of people in a living hell of darkness and death the Puppetmaster controls the fate of each ...
Style:
lovecraft, serious, scary, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Siena is able to see signs that people will die. The sign appeared on Brama, someone she loves. Siena tries hard to prevent Brama's death.
Style:
scary, psychotronic, suspense, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
32%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
middle ages, 21st century
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Psychology student Danielle inadvertently wakes a evil spirit while renting a century old Victorian house. In setting out to prove his existence, Danielle inadvertently frees and becomes a puppet of the spirit of serial killer Edgar Crowe. ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
32%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
supernatural, curse, curses spells and rituals, danger, small town, human host, showdown, evil, murder, ghost, paranormal, possession ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Tyler is a surfer who constantly searches for good surfing spots. When he's traveling through Mexico, he finds one of the best places he has ever seen. He invites his brother Colin to join him and his friends in surfing the wild Mexican waves. ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, scary, slasher ...
Plot:
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Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
31%
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
30%
12K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Tamara, an unattractive girl who is picked on by her peers, returns after her death as a sexy seductress to enact revenge.
Style:
slasher, scary, teen horror, satanic, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
revenge, obsession, afterlife, witchcraft, gory, high school, curses spells and rituals, spell, mind control, seduction, youth, frame up ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
illinois
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
slasher, psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
torture chamber, abusive husband, vengeance, revenge, poison, obsession, family problems, crime gone awry, betrayal, uncover truth, supernatural, gory ...
Similarity:
30%
343
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
slasher, suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
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30%
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Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, suspense, surprise ending
Plot:
ghost child, nightmare, curse, ghost, supernatural, riddles and clues, danger, gory, isolation, family life, captivity, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
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Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, scary, slasher, serious
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
indiana
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Under the border leading into Mexico, within a labyrinth of caves, a deadly presence haunts all who enter. For four friends on an expedition, the caverns become an underground graveyard as the tortured ghosts prey upon them, one by one.
Style:
slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
ghost, cave, hostage, supernatural, deadly creature, friendship, danger, survival, gory, violence, teenager, tunnel ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eighteen-year-old Kristel survived a car accident in which her father dies. Tormented by nocturnal visions she begins to care for her father's investigation of serial killers - especially Andries MartÃns, a killer of children.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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595
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
ghost, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, missing child, reincarnation, haunted by the past, supernatural ability, investigation, imaginary, danger, mentally unstable, legends and myths ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Gunnar and Sonja are a married couple that had it all, money,love and a beautful daughter. But after the death of there daughter their world falls apart. To make things worse Gunnar is in the middle of a trial, being charged with illegal sales and ...
Style:
suspense, psychotronic, scary, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunted by the past, mission, marriage, supernatural power, killing, escapades, society, good versus evil, paranormal investigation, loss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A group of women afflicted with a horrible disease (which forces them to cannibalism) try to support one another.
Style:
scary, rough, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A young woman visits the mysterious property she has inherited. While hoping to learn more about the deaths of her mother and sister, she is haunted by ghosts and so must uncover the truth behind the curse of the house, or become the next victim…
Style:
suspense, psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, haunted house, murder, exorcism, violence, demon, paranormal phenomena, danger, paranormal investigation, chase, peril ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
29%
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