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Pin (1988)
 6.7
 3K
Pin
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: suspenseful, serious, scary, tense, atmospheric, disturbing, psychological, surprise ending
Plot: murder, mind game, obsession, siblings relations, mental illness, psychopath, dysfunctional family, birthday, police, blood, doctor, crimes, deadly, rivalry, family relations, car accident, talking in a car, window, climbing steps, blowing out candles on a birthday cake, parking a car, counting, speeding car, sexual euphemism, man in a wheelchair ...
Time: 80s
Place: canada

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, scary, suspenseful and psychological films with plots about deadly, psychopath, crimes, murder, serial killer, danger and blood mostly in Thriller and Horror genres. Some movies like Pin: The Stepfather (1987), Stepfather II (1989), Disturbed (1990), Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 (1987), The Dark Hours (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Stepfather (1987)
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The Stepfather
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 ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, scary, serious, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, dysfunctional family, obsession, psychopath, mysterious character, identity, psychiatrist, police investigation, chase, investigation, shower ...
Time: 80s
Place: new jersey, turkey
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Stepfather II (1989)
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 3K
Stepfather II
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, rough, serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, murder, violence, psychiatrist, gory, hospital, slasher, splatter, mental institution, domestic disturbance, parents and children, psychopath ...
Time: 80s
Place: portland oregon, california
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System:   75%
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Disturbed (1990)
 5.4
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Disturbed
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: serious, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, scary ...
Plot: ghost, hospital, losing-it hero, mental institution, mentally unstable, mysterious character, serial killer, investigation, mind game, vengeance, murder, obsession ...
Time: 80s
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System:   74%
    User:   64%
 
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Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 (1987)
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Silent Night, Deadly Night 2
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: rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, gory, ghost, hospital, mental institution, slasher, investigation, mind game, vengeance, decapitation, santa claus ...
Time: 80s
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System:   60%
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The Dark Hours (2005)
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The Dark Hours
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, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: psychopath, mental institution, mind game, gory, vengeance, obsession, doctors and patients, winter, hostage, basement, surrealism, blood ...
Time: contemporary
Place: canada
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Visiting Hours (1982)
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Visiting Hours
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, rough, realistic, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, hospital, slasher, stalking, gory, witnessing a crime, psycho, domestic disturbance, murder, psychopath, maniac, journalist ...
Time: 80s
Place: canada
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System:   56%
    User:   48%
 
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004)
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 11K
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Brigitte has escaped the confines of Bailey Downs but she's not alone. Another werewolf is tailing her closely and her sister's specter haunts her. An overdose of Monkshood - the poison that is keeping her transformation at bay - leads to ...
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, twists and turns, surprise ending ...
Audience: teens
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Time: contemporary
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Terror Train (1980)
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 8K
Terror Train
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A masked killer targets six college kids responsible for a prank gone wrong three years earlier and who are currently throwing a large New Year's Eve costume party aboard a moving train.
Style: suspenseful, scary, serious, rough, suspense ...
Audience: teens
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Night Warning (1982)
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Night Warning
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Rejected by her lover, the only man left in Cheryl's life is the orphaned nephew she has raised as her own son. She'll stop at nothing to keep Billy with her. When her plans misfire, she is swept up into an insane frenzy that means death ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, gothic, scary ...
Audience: teens
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Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   51%
    User:   52%
 
Christmas Evil (1980)
 5.3
 4K
Christmas Evil
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A toy factory worker, mentally scarred as a child upon learning Santa Claus is not real, suffers a nervous breakdown after being belittled at work, and embarks on a Yuletide killing spree.
Style: serious, suspenseful, dark humor, scary, talky ...
Plot: serial killer, gory, slasher, murder, psychopath, crimes, deadly, killing spree, ghost, investigation, mentally unstable, obsession ...
Time: 40s, 80s, 1940s, year 1980, year 1947
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System:   49%
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Dead Calm (1989)
 6.8
 33K
Dead Calm
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.
Style: suspenseful, psychological, scary, suspense, tense ...
Plot: isolation, kidnapping, serial killer, survival, murder, chase, ship, death, violence, obsession, twists & turns, woman in danger ...
Time: 80s
Place: australia, california, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   47%
    User:   38%
 
White of the Eye (1987)
 6.3
 2K
White of the Eye
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
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: serious, suspenseful, realistic, scary, atmospheric ...
Plot: amateur detective, protagonist as suspect, crime, serial killer, investigation, mystery, slasher, psychopath, murder, mind game, dangerous attraction, who done it ...
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    User:   48%
 
Crawlspace (1986)
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 3K
Crawlspace
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A man who runs an apartment house for women is the demented son of a Nazi surgeon who has the house equipped with secret passageways, hidden rooms and torture and murder devices.
Style: suspenseful, psychological, serious, rough, scary
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System:   46%
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Anguish (1987)
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Anguish
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: serious, atmospheric, surreal, suspenseful, scary ...
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Deep in the Woods (2000)
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 2K
Deep in the Woods
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: France
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Story: A group of artists, composed of the young actors Wilfried and Matthieu and the actresses Sophie, Mathilde and the dumb Jeanne, is hired by a millionaire, Axel de Fersen, to present a performance of Little Red Riding Hood in his isolated castle to ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, rough ...
Plot: deadly creature, gory, ghost, in the woods, serial killer, slasher, palaces castles and temples, supernatural ability, murder, mind game, wolf, forest ...
Time: 90s
Place: europe, france
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Don't Look in the Basement (1973)
 5.2
 3K
Don't Look in the Basement
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: scary, psychological, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hospital, gory, slasher, serial killer, mental illness, murder, insanity, blood, mentally unstable, splatter, violence, mental institution ...
Time: 70s
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Last Stop on the Night Train (1975)
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 2K
Last Stop on the Night Train
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A pair of psychotic hoodlums and an equally demented nymphomaniac woman terrorize two young girls on a train trip from Germany to Italy.
Style: serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: murder, train, vengeance, gory, crime, sexual abuse, woman in danger, psychopath, crimes, mental illness, sex, violence ...
Time: 70s
Place: germany, italy, europe
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The Incubus (1982)
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The Incubus
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In the small New England town of Galen, a young teenage boy claims he has dreams of young women being brutally raped and murdered. A doctor and the local sheriff discover that the boy's dreams are real and that a sinister occult might be behind ...
Style: serious, rough, sexual, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: gory, ghost, slasher, mysterious character, small town, serial killer, rape, demon, murder, supernatural ability, zombie, investigation ...
Time: 80s
Place: new england, europe, ireland, usa
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    User:   36%
 
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The Neighbor (1993)
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The Neighbor
Genre: Thriller, Horror
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 ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, scary, mind bending ...
Plot: domestic disturbance, pregnancy, crimes, danger, deadly, babies and infants, mind game, psychopath, obsession, dangerous attraction, murder, woman in danger ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
Place: usa, vermont
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    User:   47%
 
Black House (2007)
 6.3
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Black House
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, twists and turns, suspenseful, realistic, scary ...
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Heartstopper (2006)
 4.1
 1K
Heartstopper
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Two hospitalized young people discover that things can get even worse when the dilapidated institution is stranded by a severe storm and a maniac stalks the corridors butchering the patients and staff.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, scary
Plot: hospital, serial killer, gory, slasher, zombie, mind game, murder, violence spree, psychopath, who done it, crimes, danger ...
Time: contemporary, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Alone in the Dark (1982)
 6.1
 4K
Alone in the Dark
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: suspenseful, serious, realistic, scary, suspense ...
Plot: mental illness, murder, parents and children, gory, missing person, crimes, danger, slasher, deadly, blackout, siege, meat cleaver ...
Time: 80s
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Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971)
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Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.
Style: serious, suspenseful, dark humor, scary, atmospheric ...
Plot: kidnapping, estate, missing person, confined, crimes, deadly, orphan, mentally unstable, mind game, siblings relations, captivity, isolation ...
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Madhouse (2004)
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 6K
Madhouse
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: serious, suspenseful, scary, rough, psychological
Plot: ghost, gory, hospital, mental institution, mentally unstable, mystery, serial killer, slasher, investigation, mind game, psychiatry, murder ...
Time: contemporary
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The Baby (1973)
 6.1
 2K
The Baby
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A social worker who recently lost her husband investigates the strange Wadsworth family. The Wadsworths might not seem too unusual to hear about them at first - consisting of the mother, two grown daughters and the diaper-clad, bottle-sucking baby. ...
Style: serious, offbeat, sexual, realistic, scary ...
Plot: gory, babies and infants, mind game, parents and children, mental illness, haunted by the past, mystery, voyeurism, social worker, baby, woman in danger, danger ...
Time: 70s
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You're Next (2011)
 6.5
 76K
You're Next
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
Style: scary, suspenseful, dark humor, serious, twists and turns ...
Plot: gory, slasher, survival, murder, greed, violence, gore, serial killer, domestic disturbance, splatter, home invasion, death ...
Time: contemporary, 21st century
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The Last Horror Movie (2003)
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 4K
The Last Horror Movie
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.
Style: psychological, dark humor, suspenseful, scary, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, slasher, obsession, violence, cannibalism, murder, brutality, police investigation, splatter, violent, torture, reality tv ...
Time: contemporary
Place: london
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Dementia 13 (1963)
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 6K
Dementia 13
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 75 min.
Story: When her husband John has a heart attack while out in a rowboat on the lake, Louise Haloran throws his body overboard and later tells the family that he has left on an urgent business trip. Her main concern is that she can only inherit a part of the ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, psychological, scary, serious ...
Plot: slasher, serial killer, murder, supernatural, guilt, irish, police investigation, violent, violence, insanity, parents and children, palaces castles and temples ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 1960s
Place: ireland, europe
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The Mutilator
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
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