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Premature Burial (1962)
5K
Original name: The Premature Burial
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
An artist grows distant from his new wife as an irrational horror of premature burial consumes him.
Style:
gothic horror, psychological, bleak, gothic, atmospheric, suspense, slasher, grindhouse, classic horror, independent film ...
Plot:
fear, edgar allan poe, obsession, tomb, haunted by the past, eccentric family, crumbling marriage, buried alive, wedding, mental illness, dog, monster, spider, cat, mental disorder, murder, sleeping, rat, living dead, nightmare, marriage, poison, sleep disorder, family relations, family problems ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s
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Most similar movies to Premature Burial
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, scary, suspense and psychological films with plots about supernatural, murder, death, macabre, twists and turns, blood and ghost mostly in Horror, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Premature Burial: The Masque of the Red Death (1964), Stonehearst Asylum (2014), The Orphanage (2007), The Vanishing (1993), The Tomb of Ligeia (1964). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Satan-worshiper Prince Prospero invites the local nobility to his castle for protection against an oncoming plague, the Red Death. He orders his guests to attend a masked ball and, amidst an atmosphere of debauchery and depravity, notices the entry ...
Style:
gothic, grindhouse, suspense, surreal, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, macabre, edgar allan poe, medieval, supernatural, revenge, life & death, plague, good versus evil, folk horror, brutality, masquerade ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, victorian era
Place:
italy, europe
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A Harvard Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, gothic, psychological thriller, atmospheric ...
Plot:
mental illness, mental institution, twists and turns, mental patient, insanity, plot twist, psychiatrist, edgar allan poe, madhouse, doctors and patients, doctor, macabre ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1890s, 1800s, year 1900
Place:
england, britain, usa, oxford university, tuscany ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico, France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
twist ending, scary, surprise ending, psychological, gothic ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, twists and turns, macabre, fear, haunted, death, missing child, tragic event, haunted by the past, imaginary friend ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, y2k, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A young woman (Sandra Bullock) mysteriously disappears, sending her boyfriend Jeff (Kiefer Sutherland) on a years-long quest to find her. Not even a new love (Nancy Travis) can keep him from his obsessive search. All the while, the calculating ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, suspense, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
missing person, obsession, kidnapping, kidnapped, psychopath, buried alive, spider, killer, slow burn, serial killer, hostage, missing girl ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle, washington state
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Story about a man haunted by the spirit of his dead wife and her effect on his second marriage.
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, grindhouse, surreal, suspense ...
Plot:
edgar allan poe, cemetery, black cat, supernatural, monster, cat, nobility, folk horror, ghost, macabre, obsession, stonehenge ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, victorian era
Place:
england
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Medina, the son of the most brutal torturer of the Spanish Inquisition, tells him she has died of a blood disease, but Francis finds this hard to ...
Style:
gothic horror, gothic, scary, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
spanish inquisition, castle, torture, murder, insanity, vengeance, investigation, inquisition, monster, macabre, gory, edgar allan poe ...
Time:
middle ages, 15th century, 16th century, medieval times, 14th century ...
Place:
europe, spain
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. 2) A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but ...
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, anthology, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, zombie, reincarnation, supernatural, vengeance, edgar allan poe, afterlife, ghost, monster, infidelity, experiment gone awry, family problems ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s, 20th century, 19th century
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Suspecting that people around him are turning into evil creatures, a troubled man questions whether to protect his only friend from an impending war, or from himself.
Style:
psychological, scary, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
mental illness, psychology, demon, insanity, supernatural, twists and turns, mental disorder, obsession, paranoia, friendship, illness, macabre ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A search for a winning lottery ticket in his dead father's grave causes Sardonicus' face to freeze in a horrible grimace, until he forces a doctor to treat his affliction--with even more grotesque results! The audience gets an opportunity ...
Style:
gothic, slasher, gothic horror, grindhouse, suspense ...
Plot:
disfigured, disfigured face, leech, castle, monster, doctor, lottery ticket, macabre, disfigurement, torture, baron, masked man ...
Time:
year 1961, 19th century, 20th century, 1880s
Place:
europe, london
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.
Style:
gothic, dark, creepy, scary, gothic horror ...
Plot:
haunted, supernatural, haunting, old mansion, macabre, children, hide and seek, ghost story, haunted house, schizophrenia, insanity, paranoid ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, year 1961, 1860s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A college professor wakes up to find his wife has not returned home, then struggles to understand her disappearance.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, tense, scary, mind twisting ...
Plot:
nightmare, insomnia, police, professor, uncover truth, obsession, hallucination, sleeping, murder, haunted by the past, missing person, teacher ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
23%
15K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help in this film loosely based on the Edgar Allen Poe poem.
Style:
gothic, humorous, gothic horror, cult classic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
castle, magic, magician, curses spells and rituals, good versus evil, monster, duel, transformation, revenge, dark humor, edgar allan poe, sorcerer ...
Time:
year 1963, 16th century
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A warlock burned at the stake comes back and takes over the body of his great grandson to take his revenge on the descendents of the villages that burned him.
Style:
gothic horror, gothic, lovecraft, serious, tense ...
Plot:
curse, afterlife, edgar allan poe, mansion, burned alive, haunted house, cosmic horror, ghost, murder, mutant, haunted, cthulhu ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century
Place:
new england, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Clint is an every day working man whose wife Joanna is having an affair with a doctor. They plot to kill him and get the insurance money. Only trouble the drug overdose they give him doesn't kill him. Lucky for Clint he's buried in a cheap ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
poison, poisoning, buried alive, love affair, revenge, betrayal, lethal injection, rottweiler, investigation, survival, extramarital affair, vengeance ...
Time:
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Place:
persia, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Kate Bowman (Jocelin Donahue) is an average social worker who is investigating in the mysterious deaths of people who died in their sleep. Shortly before their deaths, the victims all reported a supernatural force that appeared to them while they ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, suspense, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
nightmare, sleeping, supernatural, creature, ghost, social worker, sudden death, killing, vengeance, evil, deadly creature, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Laura's expecting. Her husband, Steven's a loving guy but has little time for her. Her mom lives thousands of miles away. Forced to give up on her dreams, she's always been a bit edgy. A C-section drives her over the edge, making her ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
family in danger, mentally unstable, pregnancy, danger, parents and children, nanny, family problems, suburbs, isolation, obsession, curses spells and rituals, supernatural ability ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Jacob and his niece Piper are forced to move back to their old home, they slowly uncover the truth that the town has an ancient evil lurking in its Forest.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
evil, uncle niece relationship, characters in danger, killing, supernatural ability, monster, supernatural power, death, murder, rescue, paranormal investigation, deadly creature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
67K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.
Style:
twist ending, psychological, psychological horror, dark, gothic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental institution, macabre, psychology, twists and turns, haunted, mental illness, hospital, ghost, insanity, transformation, murder, obsession ...
Time:
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Place:
massachusetts
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA
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:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, black and white ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, heart attack, family problems, danger, parents and children, macabre, haunted by the past, supernatural, violence, wedding, guilt ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Chilling and eerie, this supernatural tale of good versus evil coils around twin brothers living with their grandmother in a sleepy rural area during the summer of 1935. After his grandmother encourages Niles to develop what seem to be psychic ...
Style:
creepy, suspense, disturbing, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
macabre, evil child, creepy child, twins, coming of age, child, evil twin, psychology, supernatural, murder, creepy kid, children ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1935, year 1972
Place:
connecticut, holland, usa, europe, california ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
When Claire Spencer starts hearing ghostly voices and seeing spooky images, she wonders if an otherworldly spirit is trying to contact her. All the while, her husband tries to reassure her by telling her it's all in her head. But as Claire ...
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, sexy, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, couple relations, supernatural horror, woman in danger, danger, haunted by the past, infidelity, supernatural, couples, adultery, psychology ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
vermont, persia, usa, boston
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When her grandmother is brutally murdered, Regine, a fragile young woman must return to the countryside she has struggled to escape in order to engage with the family guilt she’s tried to shut out of her life - and to connect with the brother she ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, gothic horror, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, secret, murder investigation, death of grandmother, death, dysfunctional family, guilt, confronting the past, female protagonist, family problems, getting home, family relations ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Lieutenant Andre Duvalier has been accidentally separated from his regiment. He is wandering near the coast when he sees a young woman. He asks the road to Coldon, where he hopes to rejoin his regiment. But the woman doesn't answer, ...
Style:
gothic, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric ...
Audience:
horror for children
Plot:
castle, supernatural, murder, monster, nobility, twists and turns, baron, soldier, haunted by the past, ghost, obsession, danger ...
Time:
19th century, year 1963, 1800s, 80s
Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
1921 England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart (Hall) visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost.
Style:
gothic, scary, dark, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunted house, fear, boarding school, supernatural horror, afterlife, ghost child, death, macabre, writers, haunted by the past ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, year 2000, post world war one
Place:
england, europe, britain, seattle, london
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A newlywed painter and his wife move into his family's ancestral home and find themselves plagued by spirits of past residents.
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, classic horror, grindhouse, atmospheric ...
Plot:
ghost, witch, haunted, occult, young couple, painting, mansion, hanging, wedding, evil woman, female villain, newlywed ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Simon Ashby is a wealthy psychotic who is is coddled by his aunt in their palatial mansion outside of London. One day, Ashby's long lost brother mysteriously arrives at the house, but events prove that he is an impostor, sent by Keith Kossett, ...
Style:
classic horror, gothic horror, gothic, grindhouse, neo noir ...
Plot:
hagsploitation, mental disorder, murderer, cemetery, secret room, human monster, living dead, room, love story, paranormal, twists and turns, seduction ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
19%
34K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Every culture has one – the horrible monster fueling young children's nightmares. But for Tim, the Boogeyman still lives in his memories as a creature that devoured his father 16 years earlier. Is the Boogeyman real? Or did Tim make him up to ...
Style:
scary, christmas horror, suspense, creepy, psychological ...
Audience:
horror for children
Plot:
childhood, nightmare, boogeyman, death, fear, haunted by the past, hallucination, childhood trauma, thanksgiving, hometown, gory, ghost ...
Time:
year 2005
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A woman is haunted by recurring nightmares, which seem to be instigated by her late husband who supposedly was killed in a fire.
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, suspense, grindhouse, slasher ...
Plot:
nightmare, disfigurement, laboratory, murder, dream, recurring nightmare, blindness, wedding ceremony, inheritance, lawyer, mansion, face mask ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A couple loses their only child in an accident and subsequently unknowingly adopts an innocent looking little girl with paranormal powers that she uses to fulfill her twisted desires.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, psychotronic, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder, paranormal activity, adoption, paranormal phenomena, psychopath, evil, violence, good versus evil, hunting, mission, peril, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
520
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A soldier reunites with his wife to take in the attractions at their favorite Halloween spot. But when real terror follows them home, they must fight for their lives - or become the next attraction.
Style:
slasher, scary, psychotronic, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
halloween, supernatural, supernatural power, monster, killing, death, creature, rescue, vengeance, fear, good versus evil, supernatural ability ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
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