Movies like Altar

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Altar (2014)
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Altar (2014)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young family find themselves in serious danger when they move to an isolated haunted house in the Yorkshire Moors.
Style: scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller, demonic, esoteric, offbeat, surprise ending
Plot: ghost, haunted house, supernatural, murder, isolation, vengeance, danger, on the run, curses spells and rituals, supernatural power, occult, haunted, paranormal, afterlife, folklore, meme, mother, country house, teenage daughter, supernatural ability, couples, teenage life, performer's life, couple relations, cons and scams ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: england, london, yorkshire

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Most similar movies to Altar

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, serious, suspenseful and atmospheric films with plots about ghost, supernatural, danger, haunted house, haunted, deadly and curses spells and rituals mostly in Horror, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like Altar: Blood Curse (2006), The Wyvern Mystery (2000), The Secret of Crickley Hall (2012), Death at Love House (1976), Nails (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Blood Curse (2006)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Portugal
Duration: 97 min.
Story: An urban family inherits an old country house located in a small village. Upon their arrival they try to adapt to the new lifestyle, but they soon learn that the village is overshadowed by superstition and mysterious folklore. As they are plagued by ...
Style: suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, scary, suspense
Plot: ghost, supernatural, family problems, danger, family in crisis, clergy, curses spells and rituals, village, haunted house, husband wife relationship, hallucination, haunting ...
Time: 21st century
Place: portugal
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Wyvern Mystery (2000)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: After precipitating the death of a tenant with whom he has been feuding, Squire Fairfield brings the dead man's young daughter to live in Wyvern Manor. Alice grows up thinking the squire is her kind benefactor, and falls in love with one of his ...
Style: gothic, serious, atmospheric, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: orphan, family problems, ghost, uncover truth, supernatural, couple relations, danger, youth, supernatural ability, infection, secret, elopement ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Secret of Crickley Hall (2012)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story: A year after their son goes missing, a family moves to Crickley Hall. When supernatural events begin to take place, Eve feels the house is somehow connected to her lost son.
Style: atmospheric, scary, tense, emotional, slasher ...
Plot: haunted house, ghost, missing child, orphan, supernatural, child abuse, haunted by the past, family relations, couple relations, life is a bitch, parents and children, orphanage ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Death at Love House (1976)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Donna and Joel Gregory are staying at the estate of Lorna Love while researching a book about the long dead Hollywood goddess. Joel, who's father had a passionate affair with Lorna, becomes obsessed with her. His wife attemts to break the spell ...
Style: psychotronic, silent, serious, scary, gothic ...
Plot: hollywood, obsession, haunting, ghost, supernatural, interview, actress, artists and showbiz, obsessive quest, danger, mentally unstable, estate ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Nails (2017)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Paralyzed after a terrible accident, Dana struggles to regain her life and family when she encounters a malevolent ghost in her hospital room.
Style: suspense, bleak, psychological, rough, exciting ...
Audience: adult
Plot: ghost, hospital, recovery, car accident, female protagonist, husband wife relationship, paralysis, uncover truth, danger, supernatural, haunted house, murder ...
Place: ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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They Wait (2007)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Jason and his wife, Sarah, leave their adopted home of Shanghai and travel to Vancouver, British Columbia, for his uncle's funeral, staying with his Aunt Mei. Already disoriented, Jason and Sarah are unnerved when their son, Sam, begins seeing ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, captivating, serious, suspense ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, death in the family, murder, couples, life is a bitch, couple relations, supernatural ability, danger, haunted by the past, gory, parents and children ...
Place: vancouver, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Woman in Black (1989)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent by his firm to settle the estate. The lawyer finds the townspeople reluctant to talk about or go near the woman's dreary home and no one will explain or ...
Style: gothic, gothic horror, scary, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, afterlife, haunted house, mysterious character, uncover truth, murder, haunted by the past, who done it, danger, haunted, small town life ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s, edwardian era
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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The Sight (2000)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The American successful architect Michael Lewis travels to London with his partner and friend, the builder Jake, to refurbish an old hotel. Michael is having successive nightmares, and once in London, he realizes that twenty-one spirits are trying ...
Style: psychological, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: afterlife, serial killer, ghost, architect, supernatural, haunted by the past, supernatural ability, mind game, law enforcement, danger, investigation, murder ...
Time: 90s
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Ju-on: The Curse 2 (2000)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 76 min.
Story: On his request, the sensitive sister of a real estate agent visits a house he intends to put on sell, only to cross paths with its resident curse.
Style: scary, suspense, spooky, serious, mind bending ...
Plot: haunted house, ghost, danger, curses spells and rituals, monster, extreme, grudge, curse, family problems, family relations, supernatural, supernatural ability ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
An American Ghost Story (2012)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When Paul, an unemployed writer, decides to rent and live in a house that's rumored to be haunted, he puts his life and his relationships in grave danger as he obsessively attempts to get the story that will finally make his career.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric ...
Plot: ghost, haunted house, danger, uncover truth, curses spells and rituals, writer's life, supernatural, haunted, fear, afterlife, violence, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Episode 50 (2011)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Teaming up for the first time for a special episode of a supernatural reality TV show, two rival crews get more then they bargained for when they make physical contact with a ferocious spirit of terrifying power. They must band together before it ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, atmospheric
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, found footage, danger, survival, haunted house, haunted, witch, supernatural, violent content, media, deadly, indoor
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 4.0
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File 253 (2015)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Mexico
Duration: 79 min.
Story: In 2013 a psychiatric clinic which served for more than 50 years caring for patients in Mexico City was demolished. A few months before its demolition, four young men came to investigate the clinic, determined to discover the truth about rumors of ...
Style: psychotronic, scary, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot: found footage, paranormal, paranormal phenomena, mental institution, dark secret, supernatural, haunted by the past, psychopath, danger, haunted house, ghost, afterlife ...
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24%
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Restless Souls (2005)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young couple and their daughter move into a rambling old house. Soon, an increasingly alarming string of events and supernatural disturbances connects the house, and them, with a series of unsolved murders committed three years earlier. They are ...
Style: serious, scary, suspenseful, enigmatic, psychotronic
Plot: haunted house, ghost, supernatural, danger, couple relations, family relations, parent child relationship, research, supernatural power, couples, child murder, uncover truth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Haunt (2013)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An introverted teen sparks with his new neighbor, and together the couple begins to explore the haunted house that is family has unknowingly just purchased.
Style: scary, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, youth, parallel world, ghost, death, murder, haunted, teenager, afterlife, storytelling, new house ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
House of Bones (2010)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Psychic Heather Burton and a team of TV ghost hunters travel to investigate a haunted house surrounded by rumors of paranormal activity.
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, horrifying, terrifying ...
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, ghost, imaginary, danger, escapades, curses spells and rituals, survival, trapped, haunted, media, terror ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new orleans, louisiana
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24%
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Soulmate (2013)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A widow retreats to a remote cottage to recover from a suicide attempt, only to discover the place is haunted.
Style: atmospheric, serious, captivating, enigmatic, scary ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, suicide, isolation, mentally unstable, death in the family, countryside, death, danger, women, mental illness, dysfunctional relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Using a special camera that can see spirits, a family must protect their daughter from an evil entity with a sinister plan.
Style: suspense, demonic, entertaining, christmas horror, tense ...
Plot: found footage, demon, ghost, supernatural, christmas, couples, haunted house, curses spells and rituals, human host, monster, family in danger, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Haunting of Winchester House (2009)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A family moves in to look after the Winchester mansion for a few months, and soon find themselves terrorized by vengeful spirits. With the help of a paranormal investigator they'll unravel the mystery of the house.
Style: serious, tense, psychological, mockbuster, captivating ...
Plot: haunted house, ghost, danger, curse, estate, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, nightmare comes true, murder, haunted, haunting, phantom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Grave Encounters (2011)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A crew from a paranormal reality television show lock themselves in a haunted psychiatric hospital. They search for evidence of paranormal activity as they shoot what ends up becoming their final episode.
Style: scary, suspenseful, suspense, demonic, intense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: found footage, ghost, haunted house, supernatural, paranormal, mental institution, paranormal investigation, claustrophobia, abandoned hospital, paranormal investigator, maze, haunting ...
Time: 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place: canada
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22%
Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night (2010)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: This Japan production spins-off the story of the first Paranormal Activity film by having the ghost from the first film follow a student back to her homeland after a visit to San Diego where she is tragically injured during a car accident. Back home ...
Style: tense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: found footage, paranormal activity, ghost, supernatural, danger, curses spells and rituals, nightmare comes true, woman in danger, haunted house, disability, graphic violence, haunted ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
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22%
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Seventeen-year-old Jesse has been hearing terrifying sounds coming from his neighbor’s apartment, but when he turns on his camera and sets out to uncover their source, he encounters an ancient evil that won’t rest until it’s claimed his very ...
Style: scary, demonic, suspense, twist ending, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, danger, demon, ghost, haunted house, found footage, curses spells and rituals, murder, demonic possession, twists and turns, religions or cults, investigation ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Out of the Dark (2014)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Colombia, Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A couple and their daughter moves to Colombia to take over a family manufacturing plant, only to realize their new home is haunted.
Style: scary, suspenseful, dark, serious, inspirational ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: ghost, haunted house, supernatural, family in danger, family relations, family problems, danger, couples, parents and children, legends and myths, summer, meme ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south america, colombia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: It has been five years since the disappearance of Katie and Hunter, and a suburban family witness strange events in their neighborhood when a woman and a mysterious child move in.
Style: demonic, suspenseful, intense, serious, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, ghost, evil child, haunted house, found footage, supernatural horror, poltergeist, videotaping, demon, danger, twists and turns, haunted ...
Time: year 2012, year 2000, year 2006, year 2011, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A twisted new tale of terror begins for a teenage girl and her family, predating the haunting of the Lambert family in the earlier movies and revealing more mysteries of the otherworldly realm The Further.
Style: scary, suspense, atmospheric, demonic, intense ...
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, supernatural horror, ghost, demon, psychic, curses spells and rituals, family in danger, family problems, haunted, supernatural power, evil spirit ...
Time: year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Possession of David O'Reilly (2010)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A supernatural shockumentary about a demonic presence in a young couple's home in London.
Style: suspenseful, atmospheric, scary, psychological, tense ...
Plot: couples, supernatural, losing-it hero, deadly creature, found footage, nightmare comes true, couple relations, danger, possession, haunted house, supernatural power, death of protagonist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Wind of Fear (2007)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Claudia is a troubled teen confined in a very particular support center ruled with roughness by renowned psychiatrist Bernarda Alquicira. Coexisting with girls who have experienced similar trances, Claudia confronts horrible visions of Andrea, a ...
Style: psychological, tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: ghost, mentally unstable, isolation, confined, mental institution, supernatural, vengeance, uncover truth, danger, murder, death, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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7 Below (2012)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The story centers on a group of strangers trapped in a time warp house where a terrible event transpired exactly 100 years prior.
Style: suspenseful, scary, serious, rough, psychological
Plot: haunted house, haunted by the past, ghost, isolation, supernatural, danger, murder, confined, time warp, trapped in a building, paranormal, group sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Ju-on: The Curse (2000)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min.
Story: A teacher visits the house of one of his students after the boy goes missing, only to have a horrifying excuse for his absence from school.
Style: scary, disturbing, psychological, suspense, dark ...
Plot: curse, haunted house, supernatural, murder, afterlife, fear, brutality, grudge, investigation, danger, missing child, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 90s
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 4.1
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GhostWatcher (2002)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Laura Kove is an agoraphobic young woman whose world turns upside down when she discovers that the apartment she's locked herself into is haunted. Turning to the internet for help, she enlists the aid of Elizabeth Dean, a scam artist who passes ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, mind bending
Plot: uncover truth, supernatural, woman in danger, serial killer, impossible love, danger, ghost, isolation, curses spells and rituals, haunted house, haunted, best friend ...
Time: 21st century
Place: maryland
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 5.5
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The Unborn (2003)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Based on an urban legend that became the talk of the town in the year 2000. The story begins when Por wakes up in hospital, after being brutally beaten by a drug dealer, to find herself going to give birth. Frightened and confused, Por ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, suspense, surreal ...
Plot: ghost, afterlife, hospital, supernatural, memory loss, mentally unstable, woman in danger, family problems, supernatural ability, drug dealing, curses spells and rituals, dealing with death ...
Time: 21st century
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20%
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