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Rawhead Rex (1986)
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland, Soviet Union, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Ireland will never be the same after Rawhead Rex, a particularly nasty demon, is released from his underground prison by an unwitting farmer. The film follows Rex's cross country rampage, while a man struggles to stop it.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, bleak, demonic, atmospheric, cult horror, classic horror, surprise ending, funny, slasher ...
Plot:
supernatural, curse, monster, scarecrow, mind control, demon, folk horror, legend, loss of son, danger, deadly creature, parents and children, small town, curses spells and rituals, violence, creature feature, gory, blood, forest, pregnancy, vacation, cemetery, church, paganism, satanism ...
Time:
80s, year 2016
Place:
ireland, europe, american
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Most similar movies to Rawhead Rex
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, scary, serious and suspense films with plots about supernatural, danger, deadly, murder, gory, demon and monster mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Rawhead Rex: Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000), The Witch (2015), Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1993), The Guardian (1990), Howl (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Young adults become fascinated by the events of the three missing filmmakers in Maryland, so they decide to go into the same woods and find out what really happened.
Style:
bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, supernatural ability, witch, curses spells and rituals, surveillance, gory, danger, human sacrifice, lesbian, found footage, occult, magic ...
Time:
90s, y2k, 2000s
Place:
boston, maryland, usa
Similarity:
100%
348K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In 1630s New England, William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life with five children, homesteading on the edge of an impassable wilderness, exiled from their settlement when William defies the local church. When their newborn son vanishes and ...
Style:
dark, atmospheric, disturbing, scary, satanic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
witch, supernatural, folk horror, curses spells and rituals, witchcraft, religion, wilderness, black magic, paganism, family bonds, isolation, sacrifice ...
Time:
17th century, 2010s, year 2015, year 2016, 19th century
Place:
new england, america, new hampshire, usa, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Thrill-seeking teenagers resurrect a demon from his grave and a bloody rampage for revenge begins.
Style:
suspenseful, slasher, teen horror, serious, scary ...
Plot:
supernatural being, demon, supernatural, revenge, reincarnation, monster, teenager, sex scene, curse, exploitation, mayor, judge ...
Time:
90s, year 1988
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The idyllic lives of Phil and Kate seem complete when they select the winsome young Camilla as a live-in nanny for their newborn child. But the lovely young Camilla s not what she appears to be.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, scary, creepy, erotic ...
Plot:
witch, death, human sacrifice, babies and infants, macabre, gory, mysterious character, folk horror, sacrifice, danger, hidden identity, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, southern california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When passengers on a train are attacked by a creature, they must band together in order to survive until morning.
Style:
suspense, tense, lovecraft, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Plot:
werewolf, trapped, train, deadly creature, forest, violence, brutality, full moon, train conductor, murder, transformation, betrayal ...
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Defense attorney Jennifer Garrick acquires a Pinocchio puppet from a condemned serial killer. Her pre-teen daughter, Zoe, mistakes the puppet as a birthday present and grows attached to her new friend. Suddenly, accidents begin to happen to those ...
Style:
bleak, rough, serious, slasher, suspenseful ...
Plot:
evil doll, puppet, doll, sex scene, pinocchio, nudity, vengeance, mental illness, serial killer, supernatural, danger, killer doll ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
16K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Film archivist David and his wife are perfectly happy or so he believes. When a looming secret shatters their marriage at the same time as a turn-of-the-century film reel he is studying reveals their house to be the site of a 1902 multiple-murder, ...
Style:
suspense, creepy, suspenseful, surreal, spooky ...
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, ghost, haunted, murder, investigation, obsession, protagonist as suspect, male nudity, hot and sexy, husband wife relationship, xmas ...
Time:
2010s, 1900s, 21st century
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two young couples backpacking through Ireland discover that one of Ireland's most famous legends is a terrifying reality.
Style:
slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dark humor, deadly creature, leprechaun, vacation, gory, danger, st. patrick's day, death, holiday horror, chase, gold, blood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are preparing for the resurrection of their leader Nix, a powerful magician who was killed 13 years earlier.
Style:
dark, scary, neo noir, homoerotic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, private detective, occult, fanatic, faked death, magic, investigation, desert, resurrection, tough guy, telekinesis, demon ...
Time:
90s, 80s, year 1982
Place:
los angeles, mojave desert, new york, usa, california
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A man conjures up a gigantic vengeance demon called Pumpkinhead to destroy the teenagers who accidentally killed his son.
Style:
slasher, atmospheric, scary, melancholic, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, demon, witch, vengeance, macabre, murder, revenge, creature, father son relationship, death in the family, supernatural ability, dealing with death ...
Time:
80s, year 1988
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, 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:
slasher, scary, rough, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
demon, murder, curse, female nudity, rape, serial killer, small town, amateur detective, nightmare, mysterious character, teenage life, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Place:
new england, usa, ireland, europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A vengeful spirit has taken the form of the Tooth Fairy to exact vengeance on the town that lynched her 150 years earlier. Her only opposition is the only child, now grown up, who has survived her before.
Style:
suspense, scary, dark, demonic, creepy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, child in peril, supernatural horror, lighthouse, childhood trauma, ghost, revenge, boy, darkness, small town, haunted by the past, danger ...
Time:
y2k, year 2003
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Doctor Channard is sent a new patient, a girl warning of the terrible creatures that have destroyed her family, Cenobites who offer the most intense sensations of pleasure and pain. But Channard has been searching for the doorway to Hell for years, ...
Style:
bloody, frightening, medical horror, slasher, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
demon, hell, gory, hellraiser, cursed object, violent, monster, maze, body horror, doctor, puzzle, psychiatric hospital ...
Time:
80s, year 1988
Place:
england, europe, tokyo
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The photographer Leon lives with his girlfriend and waitress Maya waiting for a chance to get in the photo business. When Maya contacts their friend Jurgis, he schedules a meeting for Leon with the successful owner of arts gallery Susan Hoff; she ...
Style:
bloody, splatter, suspense, slasher, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, photographer, gory, psychopath, violence, violent, train, twists and turns, butcher, blood, subway, torture ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
new york, america
Similarity:
30%
109K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Style:
scary, slasher, bloody, frightening, creepy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
urban legend, serial killer, revenge, urban decay, belief, folklore, supernatural, macabre, investigation, ghost, legend, accused of murder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
When a sheriff arrests a writer, a family, a couple, and a hitchiker and throws them in a jail cell in the deserted town of Desperation, they must fight for their lives.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, demonic, suspense ...
Plot:
stephen king, small town, sheriff, curses spells and rituals, survival, mine, murder, supernatural, mysterious character, danger, family in danger, gory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, salt lake city utah, vietnam, nevada
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In London, after investigating crack addicted junkies for an article in her newspaper, Amy Klein watches a bizarre videotape where an underground group of youngsters in Bucharest apparently becoming zombies. Amy finds Marla dead with a puzzle cube ...
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, rough, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
hallucination, hellraiser, suicide, supernatural, sex horror, lesbianism, female journalist, good versus evil, uncover truth, heroes, riddles and clues, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, romania, london, england, bucharest
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A family moves to a small town in California where they plan on starting a new life while running a long-abandoned funeral home. The locals fear the place, which is suspected to be on haunted ground
Style:
lovecraft, slasher, suspenseful, atmospheric, dark ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
family in danger, funeral home, murder, small town, mysterious character, supernatural, family problems, starting over, curses spells and rituals, afterlife, gay, zombie ...
Place:
california, usa, texas
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In the late nineteenth century, brutal land baron Seamus Laurent slaughters a Roma clan, unleashing a curse on his family and village. In the days that follow, the townspeople are plagued by nightmares, Seamus’s son Edward goes missing, and a boy ...
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, disturbing ...
Plot:
werewolf, creature, gypsy, cursed, supernatural, folk horror, scarecrow, curse, revenge from beyond the grave, violence, paranormal phenomena, monster ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, 2020s
Place:
france, rome italy
Similarity:
29%
66K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A diplomatic couple adopts the son of the devil without knowing it. A remake of the classic horror film of the same name from 1976.
Style:
scary, suspense, atmospheric, harsh, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
demon, devil, antichrist, killer child, murder, evil child, devil worship, 666, prophecy, parents and children, black magic, supernatural horror ...
Time:
year 2006, year 2000, 20th century, 2000s, 2010s ...
Place:
england, london, rome italy, europe, new york ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Kirsty Cotten is now all grown up and married. Her memory of the events that took place back at her parent's home and the mental institution have dimmed, but she is still traumatized. A fatal car crash kills Kirsty. Now, her husband finds ...
Style:
scary, slasher, lovecraft, suspense, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, hellraiser, amnesia, car accident, temptation, body horror, hallucination, monster, cosmic horror, car crash, plastic bag over head, sex horror ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses appear to be coming back to life and living normally as locals in the small town.
Style:
frightening, slasher, surprise ending, detective, grindhouse ...
Plot:
small town, murder, violence, zombie, mortician, supernatural, murder investigation, sheriff, mysterious death, reanimation, black magic, insanity ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
new england
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jason Voorhees, the living, breathing essence of evil, is back for one fierce, final fling! Tracked down and blown to bits by a special FBI task force, everyone now assumes that he's finally dead. But everybody assumes wrong. Jason has been ...
Style:
slasher, sexy, scary, surprise ending, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, gory, friday the 13th, violent, murder, murder of a nude woman, masked man, masked killer, police officer, male victim, blood, sex ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2003
Place:
new jersey, ohio
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In this meta horror film, a demonic entity uses the fictional character of Freddy Krueger to enter the real world and torment "Elm Street" heroine Heather Langenkamp and her family.
Style:
slasher, scary, sexy, bloody, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural horror, supernatural, nightmare on elm street, filmmaking, blood, serial killer, hospital, sleeping, insomnia, psychopath, alternate reality, death ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
ohio, los angeles, california, new jersey
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Restless spirits stir this Hollow's Eve, beckoning Ian Cranston, the last blood relative of Ichabod Crane, back to Sleepy Hollow. Thundering hooves unleash a wave of bone-chilling screams as the ghost of the Headless Horseman rides again! Ian ...
Style:
gothic horror, teen horror, suspenseful, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
curse, headless horseman, ghost, halloween, curses spells and rituals, uncover truth, gory, legends and myths, danger, investigation, supernatural, mysterious character ...
Similarity:
28%
123K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Dr. Louis Creed's family moves into the country house of their dreams and discover a pet cemetery at the back of their property. The cursed burial ground deep in the woods brings the dead back to life -- with "minor" problems. At ...
Style:
scary, tense, frightening, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
zombie, macabre, stephen king, indian burial ground, supernatural horror, grave robbing, killer child, cemetery, back from the dead, death, creepy child, ghost ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
maine, usa, chicago, new england
Similarity:
28%
108K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named Billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist Mary Shaw. Destined to find ...
Style:
scary, twist ending, gothic, dark, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
ghost, doll, ventriloquist, macabre, small town, clown, investigation, supernatural horror, puppet, supernatural, plot twist, danger ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
People are being killed by someone or something using superhuman strength. A clever DA Assistant is sent to investigate. Is this just a way to commit the perfect murder or will the legend of the Jersey Devil prove to be true?
Style:
suspenseful, scary, rough, serious
Plot:
demon, supernatural, deadly creature, danger, law enforcement, gory, devil, brutality, rescue, cryptozoology, folklore, urban legend ...
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
Style:
creepy, slasher, demonic, cult horror, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
violence, folk horror, killer child, small town, religion, creepy child, stephen king, children, blood, murder, devil, isolation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
nebraska, usa, iowa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The Candyman moves on to New Orleans and starts his horrific murders once more. This time, his intended victim is a school teacher. Her father was killed by the Candyman, and brother wrongly accused of the murders.
Style:
slasher, creepy, bloody, scary, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
killer, serial killer, supernatural, urban legend, ghost, blood, violence, murder, candyman, mardi gras, vengeance, gory ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new orleans, usa, southern usa, louisiana
Similarity:
28%
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