Movies like Nightmare
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Nightmare (1981)
4K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A drug-treated schizophrenic plagued by horrible nightmares escapes from the hospital and goes on a killing spree.
Style:
slasher, disturbing, scary, bloody, gothic, controversial, psychological, bleak, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, rough sex, weirdo, exploitation, murder, mental disorder, home invasion, psycho killer, teenager, ghost, killer, murderer, misfit, freak, nightmare, psychopath, stalking, psycho, stalker, child abuse, serial murder, sleazy, prank, youth, bondage ...
Time:
80s, year 1980
Place:
florida, usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Most similar movies to Nightmare
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out slasher, bloody, cult film and suspenseful films with plots about serial killer, maniac, psychopath, gore, killer, murder and psycho killer mostly in Horror, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Nightmare: Maniac (1980), Eyes of a Stranger (1981), Murder-Set-Pieces (2004), Anthropophagus (1980), Blood Rage (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, loose in NYC, kills young women and takes their scalps as trophies. Will he find the perfect woman in photographer Anna, and end his killing spree?
Style:
slasher, disturbing, splatter, scary, controversial ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, violent, torture, murder, exploitation, violence, macabre, extreme violence, disturbed individual, weirdo, maniac, schizophrenic ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century, year 1979
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
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100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A TV newswoman (Lauren Tewes) catches a pervert (John DiSanti) watching her sister (Jennifer Jason Leigh) who cannot see, hear or speak.
Style:
bloody, slasher, sadistic, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
pervert, serial killer, stalking, sex maniac, sexual predator, reporter, elevator, murder, deaf, stalker, woman in danger, news anchor ...
Time:
80s
Place:
miami, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Set against Sin City, Las Vegas, "Murder-Set-Pieces" tells the story of a fashion photographer whose vocation is murder - a voyeuristic nightmare of blood, sex and brutality.
Style:
disturbing, sexy, controversial, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
rape and murder, serial killer, strong sexual content, psychopath, sexual abuse, murder, rape, violence spree, haunted by the past, nazism, psycho killer, psycho ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A group of tourists become stranded on an uninhabited island where they are stalked by an insane, violent, and grotesque killer that slaughtered the town's former residents.
Style:
slasher, disturbing, scary, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, cannibal, stranded, cannibalism, zombie, survival, confined, isolation, mysterious character, supernatural, on the run, ocean ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
europe, greece, athens greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In 1974, Terry commits a murder and pins it on his twin brother, Todd. Ten years later, Todd escapes from a mental institution on the same day as Terry’s murderous instincts resurface.
Style:
slasher, bloody, perverse, sadistic, cult film ...
Plot:
thanksgiving, serial killer, machete, evil twin, teenager, exploitation, murder, killer, twins, neighbor, framed for murder, murderer ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
As a child, Ed was cleaning his father's hunting rifles for as part of a surprise birthday treat for his old man when one firearm accidentally discharges fatally striking his own mother in the back. His father, Jack Sr came home, saw his wife ...
Style:
disturbing, slasher, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenager, serial killer, murder, psychopath, beach house, stalking, vengeance, massacre, buddies, mentally unstable, youth, skinny dipping ...
Time:
80s
Place:
north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Rebellious teen Amy defies her parents by going to a trashy carnival that has pulled into town. In tow are her boyfriend, Buzz, and their friends Liz and Richie. Thinking it would be fun to spend the night in the campy "Funhouse" horror ...
Style:
scary, slasher, atmospheric, bloody, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
carnival, suspense, murder, halloween, monster, clown, brutality, macabre, serial killer, runaway, violence, teenager ...
Time:
80s, 5th century, 70s, year 1975, 15th century
Place:
usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A group of friends and their girlfriends head out for what is expected to be a vacation of hiking, camping and a good time, but when a backwoods mama finds them on her turf, it becomes anything but a vacation.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, rough, serious, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
fugitives, murder, psychopath, camping, stalking, backwoods, serial killer, youth, camp, insanity, suspense, rage ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
southern california, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young rich orphan loses his fiancée to voodoo doll mischief on the part of his housekeeper who is jealous of his attentions. He digs his girlfriend up, cleans her out, stuffs her, and puts her in bed at the mansion. Following this, he tries out ...
Style:
slasher, disturbing, psychological, bloody, controversial ...
Plot:
serial killer, necrophilia, zombie, exploitation, exhumation, anthropophagus, cannibal, supernatural, obsession, murder, wedding, violent ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
europe, southern italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
At a summer camp for youths, cocky pre-teen calls out the name of mass serial killer "Madman Marz". Suddenly, counselors are being maimed and slaughtered in various ways by the backwoodsman who has returned when his name was called.
Style:
scary, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, summer camp, camp counselor, stalking, murder, teenage life, forest, exploitation, killer, camp, death, killing spree ...
Time:
year 1980, 80s, year 1981
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A man has been driven insane by church-sanctioned scientific experimentation which also causes him to be nearly impossible to kill. He is pursued to America by a priest where he embarks upon a killing spree while the priest tries to hunt him down ...
Style:
slasher, bloody, controversial, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, monster, zombie, beast, cannibal, murder, psycho killer, living dead, violent, killer, suspense, sadism ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A deranged killer lives in the basement of an old mansion and pops out occasionally to commit grisly murders that include be-headings.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, bloody, psychotronic, gothic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, ghost, suspense, serial killer, vengeance, monster, violent, insanity, cult, psychopath, house ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two brothers intercept 911 calls in their Father's beat up old Ambulance to exact revenge on a group of careless teen drivers.
Style:
brutal, slasher, disturbing, sadistic, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, ambulance, masked killer, maniac, characters killed one by one, murder, brother brother relationship, torture, wilderness, two killers, sadism, child abuse ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Micheal's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois; meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, splatter, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
halloween, murder, serial killer, murderer, hospital, insanity, suspense, serial murder, death, brutality, rage, macabre ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A reluctant bride to be is stalked by a serial killer who only kills brides and the people around them. While her friends get whacked one by one, a hard boiled renegade cop whose bride had been killed years before tries to hunt him down before it is ...
Style:
slasher, tense, scary, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, suspense, wedding, psychopath, chase, insanity, stalking, law enforcement, police detective, woman in danger, police investigation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Movies similar to Martyrs
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a small college in North Carolina, only a select few students are left to take mid terms. But, when a killer strikes, it could be everyone's final exam.
Style:
slasher, bloody, serious, psychotronic, sadistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
college, serial killer, prank, psychopath, school, murder, chase, fear, exploitation, graphic violence, teachers and students, teenage life ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1980
Place:
north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Five friends visiting their grandfather's house in the country are hunted and terrorized by a chain-saw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, controversial, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, massacre, cannibalism, murder, macabre, chainsaw, masked killer, psychopath, chainsaw murder, slaughterhouse, cult, suspense ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
As a child, Donald was tormented by his mother who used fire as a punishment. Now a deranged adult, Donald stalks women at clubs, then takes them home where he kills them with a flamethrower.
Style:
disturbing, slasher, scary, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, sadism, abusive mother, obsession, murder, exploitation, psychopath, disco, child abuse, burn victim, psychological trauma, stalking ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new jersey, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, bloody ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, family in danger, mental institution, home invasion, mental illness, insanity, escaped mental patient, psychopath, revenge, maniac, blackout ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An ophthalmologist's assistant with an unhealthy interest in human eyeballs goes on a killing spree to collect eyeballs for his overbearing mother's collection. Reality soon takes a bizarre turn, both for the characters and the audience.
Style:
slasher, surreal, scary, atmospheric, bloody ...
Plot:
serial killer, hypnosis, surrealism, suspense, psycho killer, teenager, spirituality, mental disorder, survival, cult, macabre, bus ...
Time:
80s
Place:
europe, america, spain, los angeles, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
In the sleepy suburbs of Miami, seemingly normal Egyptian immigrant Fuad Ramses (Mal Arnold) runs a successful catering business. He also murders young women and plans to use their body parts to revive the goddess Ishtar. The insane Ramses ...
Style:
slasher, disturbing, scary, atmospheric, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, supernatural, violence, murder, zombie, exploitation, violent, brutality, cult, visceral, macabre, psychopath ...
Time:
60s, 80s
Place:
egypt, florida, usa, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A psychopath escapes from a mental institution and starts a murder spree, which ends in the pursuing of a young handicapped girl, who once got a blood transfusion from him.
Style:
slasher, bloody, cult film, psycho film
Plot:
serial killer, murderer, exploitation, mental institution, murder, paranormal, escaped mental patient, stalker, evil man, axe murderer, characters killed one by one, disturbed individual ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
supernatural, nightmare, murder, serial killer, suspense, fear, teenager, nightmare comes true, high school, sleep deprivation, macabre, monster ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
canada, ohio, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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184K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.
Style:
slasher, scary, rough, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
torture, survival, psychopath, sadistic horror, captivity, dismemberment, torment, strong violent content, surgery, travel, revenge, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
amsterdam, europe, slovakia, iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Slightly disturbed and painfully shy Angela Baker is sent away to summer camp with her cousin. Not long after Angela's arrival, things start to go horribly wrong for anyone with sinister or less than honorable intentions.
Style:
slasher, scary, disturbing, surprise ending, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, summer camp, youth, murder, twists and turns, rivalry, teenage life, mental illness, violence, brutality, bullying ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A deranged undertaker kills various people to keep as his friends in his seedy funeral home.
Style:
slasher, perverse, surprise ending, psychotronic
Plot:
serial killer, necrophilia, killer, exploitation, psychotic, slaughtered, funeral, strangulation, murder, female nudity, assassin, massacre ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Ten years after he brutally murdered two girls, a killer escapes from a mental institution and returns to his turf, the theme park attraction called Dark Ride. About to crash his path are a group of college kids on a road trip who stumble across the ...
Style:
slasher, scary, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, amusement park, mental institution, homicidal maniac, murder, masked killer, serial killer, youth, violence, on the road, psycho killer, escaped mental patient ...
Time:
year 1989, year 2003, year 1990
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Based on true events
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, rough, scary, brutal ...
Plot:
brutality, psychopath, sadism, torture, murder, stalking, wilderness, friendship, maniac, castration, death, survival ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her ...
Style:
slasher, scary, splatter, bloody, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, hospital, halloween, murder, masked villain, male nudity, monster, stalking, tv news, sadistic psychopath, paramedic, injection ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
midwest, usa, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After the Crystal Lake Massacres, Jason is pronounced dead and taken to the hospital morgue, where he is mysteriously revived, allowing his diabolical killing spree to continue at the camp where the gruesome slaughtering began. But this time, in ...
Style:
slasher, scary, splatter, bloody, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, morgue, serial teen killer, forest, camp, torture, death, massacre, teenager, summer camp, friday the thirteenth ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, future
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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