Movies like Pin
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Pin (1988)
4K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A doctor has a lifelike, anatomically-correct medical dummy, with muscles and organs visible through its clear skin, named Pin (after Pinocchio). Via ventriloquism, Pin explains bodily functions in a way kids can relate to. When the over-strict doctor and his wife are killed in a car crash, his son (Leon) transfers his alter-ego into Pin, whom he always believed was alive. He starts using Pin as an excuse to over-protect his sister (Ursula) from admirers and deflect unwanted intrusions, even to the extent of committing murder.
Style:
psychological, scary, tense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, twists and turns, surprise ending
Plot:
mental illness, murder, mind game, police, doll, birthday, doctor, dysfunctional family, blood, car accident, ventriloquism, crimes, obsession, psychopath, family relations, deadly, siblings relations, rivalry, possessiveness, delusion, student, blonde, female nudity, running, telephone ...
Time:
80s
Place:
canada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, scary and psychological films with plots about murder, deadly, crimes, psychopath, serial killer, danger and mind game mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Pin: The Stepfather (1987), The Dark Hours (2005), Don't Look in the Basement (1973), Stepfather II (1989), White of the Eye (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A seemingly mild mannered man -- who has just murdered his entire family -- quickly adopts a new identity and leaves town. After building a new relationship with a widow and her teenage daughter, he struggles to hide his true identity and maintain a ...
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suspenseful, tense, scary, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
murder, psychopath, serial killer, family relations, maniac, investigation, real estate agent, shower, murder of family, teenager, widow, stepfather ...
Time:
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Place:
turkey, new jersey
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Dr. Samantha Goodman is a beautiful, young psychiatrist. Burnt out, she drives to the family’s winter cottage to spend time with her husband and sister. A relaxing weekend is jarringly interrupted when a terrifying and unexpected guest arrives. ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, scary ...
Plot:
psychopath, hostage, psychiatrist, surrealism, obsession, doctors and patients, vengeance, mind game, crimes, deadly, game, blood ...
Time:
contemporary, 2000s
Place:
canada
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78%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young psychiatric nurse goes to work at a lonesome asylum following a murder. There, she experiences varying degrees of torment from the patients.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, scary, rough, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental institution, mental illness, murder, danger, patient, isolation, obsession, doctors and patients, mystery, mind game, losing-it hero, psychopath ...
Time:
70s, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
"Stepfather" Jerry Blake escapes an insane asylum and winds up in another town, this time impersonating a marriage counselor. With a future wife and new stepson who love him, Blake eliminates anyone who stands in his way to building the ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, mental institution, stepfather, maniac, wedding, dentist, violence, deadly, crimes, domestic disturbance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
washington state, washington d.c., california, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Evidence of mutilated housewives points to a sound expert (David Keith) living unhappily with his wife (Cathy Moriarty) in Arizona.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, atmospheric, scary, serious ...
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, investigation, murder, police investigation, dangerous attraction, woman in danger, dishonesty, mind game, law enforcement, deadly, slasher ...
Time:
80s, quarry
Place:
arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
10 years ago the perverse Dr. Russell couldn't resist the beauty of a young patient in his mental clinic and raped her one night. When she plunged herself from the roof shortly after, he described it as consequence of her heavy depressions. Now ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, scary ...
Plot:
murder, mental institution, couples, psychopath, mysterious character, mentally unstable, life is a bitch, investigation, supernatural, deadly, vengeance, doctors and patients ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After being traumatized by his brother Billy's murderous rampage years earlier, Ricky Caldwell has become a serial killer himself and is now living in a mental hospital. Relating his story to a psychiatrist, Ricky recounts the details of their ...
Style:
serious, tense, scary, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Asylum is a taut psychological thriller about a deranged fearsome killer running lose in an abandoned high security Asylum. Pitting the county psychiatrist Dr. Maggie Belham against the psychotic maniac, Dr Belham is trapped in a maze of corridors, ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, serious, scary
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, mental institution, survival, mind game, danger, slasher, mental illness, murder, master criminal, law enforcement, investigation ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A slasher finds the hospital where a TV newswoman is recovering from his attack.
Style:
serious, disturbing, rough, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
stalking, hospital, serial killer, slasher, psychopath, danger, murder, maniac, woman in danger, journalism, investigation, crimes ...
Time:
80s
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young psychiatric intern unearths secrets about the mental health facility in which he works.
Style:
scary, serious, psychological, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
psychiatry, mentally unstable, mental institution, mind game, murder, intern, ghost, investigation, supernatural, mental illness, danger, deadly ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Rachel is a criminology student hoping to land a position as a teacher's assistant for professor Robert Starkman. She's sure this position will pave the way to an FBI career, and she's willing to do anything to obtain it -- including ...
Style:
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Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, college, obsession, fbi, slasher, student life, rivalry, mind game, blind ambition, competition, deadly ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In 1970, three children are born at the height of a total eclipse. Due to the sun and moon blocking Saturn, which controls emotions, they have become heartless killers ten years later, and are able to escape detection because of their youthful and ...
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Time:
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67%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Jun-oh, an insurance claims agent, faces off with a client who he suspects of committing murders with the intention of collecting insurance premiums.
Style:
serious, scary, mind bending, bleak, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Canada, Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a car crash, a criminal psychologist (Halle Berry) comes to, only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she's been accused of murdering her husband -- but she has no memory ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When remorseless killer James Bennett escapes from lockdown in a mental hospital, an FBI agent and a U.S. Marshal track the madman to his hometown, where he plans to slay a group of graduate students studying his case. But to catch their prey, the ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A serial killer uses a horror video rental to lure his next victim. What begins as a teen slasher transforms into a disturbing journey through the mind of Max Parry, a mild mannered wedding photographer with a taste for human flesh.
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Audience:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Geeky student Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind ...
Style:
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Audience:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After the passing of her mother, a young woman in a wheelchair since birth, is forced to deal with her sister, brother-in-law, niece and their nanny as they say their goodbyes to mother. When people start turning up dead, Nica discovers the culprit ...
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three young men become terrorized in a high-speed car chase with a mysterious pursuant.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, serious, scary, tense
Plot:
car chase, friendship, mind game, escapades, danger, chase, murder, survival, crimes, rivalry, deadly, mountain ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An Australian couple take a sailing trip in the Pacific to forget about a terrible accident. While on the open sea, in dead calm, they come across a ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young couple, Mary and John, awaiting a baby is in search for a house when they decide to buy that lovely old villa they found by coincidence. What they both do not know is that Myron, the owner of that villa and their new neigbour, is a dangerous ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
north dakota, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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