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Shocker (1989)
19K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
After being sent to the electric chair, a serial killer uses electricity to come back from the dead and carry out his vengeance on the football player who turned him in to the police.
Style:
cult classic, slasher, sadistic, suspense, splatter, suspenseful, horror comedy, grindhouse, scary, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, killer, malice, vengeance, police investigation, gory, electric chair, possessed girl, shapeshifter, obsession, evil, reincarnation, blood, danger, chase, father son relationship, supernatural, murder, fear, revenge, murderer, death, execution, american horror, psycho ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, year 2016
Place:
california
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Most similar movies to Shocker
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out slasher, scary, suspenseful and splatter films with plots about violence, murder, serial killer, gore, blood, death and deadly mostly in Horror, Thriller and Comedy genres. Some movies like Shocker: Bride of Chucky (1998), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Office Killer (1997), New Nightmare (1994), House of Wax (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Dream demon Freddy Krueger is resurrected from his apparent demise, and rapidly tracks down and kills the remainder of the Elm Street kids. However, Kristen, who can draw others into her dreams, wills her special ability to her friend Alice. Alice ...
Style:
slasher, scary, spooky, surreal, classic horror ...
Audience:
date night, teen fantasy, teens, adult
Plot:
nightmare on elm street, supernatural, body horror, high school, cheerleader, asthma, serial killer, murder, characters murdered one by one, teenage girl, male victim, haunted house ...
Time:
80s, 90s, year 1991
Place:
ohio, usa, midwest
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Chucky hooks up with another murderous doll, the bridal gown-clad Tiffany, for a Route 66 murder spree with their unwitting hosts.
Style:
scary, horror comedy, slasher, black comedy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
evil doll, dark humor, doll, supernatural, wedding, goth, serial killer, gory, murder, couples, female serial killer, road trip ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 80s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young girl who possesses the power of telekinesis accidentally causes her father's death after a family dispute at Crystal Lake. Years later, when a doctor tries to exploit her abilities, her power becomes a hellish curse, and she unwittingly ...
Style:
scary, slasher, bloody, classic horror, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
telekinesis, sex horror, psychic power, gory, friday the 13th, murder, supernatural, serial killer, nudity, murder of a nude woman, masked man, serial teen killer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger (Robert Englund), who was ...
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, classic horror, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
murder, supernatural, supernatural horror, nightmare, fear, dream, serial killer, gory, sleep deprivation, teenager, nightmare comes true, high school ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
ohio, usa, canada
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When Dorine Douglas' job as proofreader for Constant Consumer magazine is turned into an at-home position during a downsizing, she doesn't know how to cope. But after accidentally killing one of her co-workers, she discovers that murder ...
Style:
psychological, independent film, black comedy, cynical, semi serious ...
Plot:
asthma, asthmatic, workplace, office, psychopath, vengeance, manipulation, serial killer, mentally unstable woman, violent woman, female killer, workplace romance ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, virginia, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Alice, having survived the previous installment of the Nightmare series, finds the deadly dreams of Freddy Krueger starting once again. This time, the taunting murderer is striking through the sleeping mind of Alice's unborn child. His ...
Style:
slasher, scary, grindhouse, bloody, classic horror ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, adult
Plot:
nightmare on elm street, comic book, serial teen killer, psycho terror, fetus, nightmare, serial killer, sexualized violence, pregnancy, supernatural, vengeance, gory ...
Time:
80s, 1940s, 90s, year 1992
Place:
ohio, usa, midwest
Similarity:
100%
144K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, group of friends, torture, murder, violence, small town, gory, brutality, ghost town, wax museum, masked man ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2000, 2000s, 50s, 20th century ...
Place:
usa, florida, louisiana, new york, paris france
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Little Billy witnesses his parents being brutally murdered by Santa. Years later, when he has to fill in for an absent in-store Santa Claus, his childhood trauma materializes once again.
Style:
christmas horror, slasher, grindhouse, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, christmas, sex scene, serial killer as protagonist, santa claus, holiday, corporal punishment, murder, xmas, caught having sex, mother superior, winter ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 1984, year 1974, year 1971
Place:
salt lake city utah, utah
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Determined to finish off the infamous killer Jason Voorhees once and for all, Tommy Jarvis and a friend exhume Jason’s corpse in order to cremate him. Things go awry when Jason is instead resurrected, sparking a new chain of ruthlessly brutal ...
Style:
slasher, classic horror, bloody, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friday the 13th, woods, monster, summer camp, gory, masked man, maniac, camping, masked killer, supernatural, camp, murder ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, america, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
High school student Paula Carson's affections are being sought after by two of her classmates: Dwight, the "bad boy", and Brian, a disturbed young man who has just been released from a mental hospital where he was committed following ...
Style:
slasher, horror comedy, detective, slasher horror, spoof ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cheerleading, cheerleader, male objectification, high school, serial killer, high school student, psychopath, murder, teenager, survival, nudity, woman in jeopardy ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Anton is a cheerful but exceedingly non-ambitious 17-year-old stoner who lives to stay buzzed, watch TV, and moon over Molly, the beautiful girl who lives next door. However, it turns out that the old cliché about idle hands being the devil's ...
Style:
humorous, slasher, scary, suspense, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
halloween, supernatural, stoner, high school, dark humor, macabre, ghost, youth, murder, phone sex, drug use, strangulation ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
utah
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In 1957, Evan Rendell flees after his father is lynched for killing multiple patients in his effort to find a replacement heart for his ailing wife. After 35 years, Evan escapes from a mental institution and returns to town for revenge, killing off ...
Style:
medical horror, slasher, black comedy, cult classic, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
medical, sadistic psychopath, violence, brutality, serial killer, small town, mental institution, doctor, murder, mind game, blood, investigation ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 1950s, year 1957, 80s
Place:
portland oregon
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In medical school of an elite university, campus starts sown with corpses. The police have no clue who is responsible for the carnage. Nobody suspected Barbara, a beautiful young innocent looking whose only concern seems to be the fashion. However, ...
Style:
slasher, sexy, scary, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
female assassin, serial killer, amateur detective, dying repeatedly, murder, psychopath, sex addict, danger, obsession, violence spree, teachers and students, gory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Cole stays up past his bedtime, he discovers that his hot babysitter is part of a Satanic cult that will stop at nothing to keep him quiet.
Style:
horror comedy, suspense, sexy, dark comedy, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
teenager, babysitter, blood, satanic cult, bully, dark humor, teenage girl, book, accidental suicide, child in peril, sacrifice, corpse ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Romania
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Chucky and Tiffany are resurrected by their innocent son, Glen, and hit Hollywood, where a movie depicting the killer dolls' murder spree is underway.
Style:
slasher, christmas horror, dark comedy, black comedy, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
killer doll, murder, evil doll, gory, urban legend, female villain, objects come to life, serial killer, supernatural, escape, doll, pregnancy ...
Time:
year 2004, 90s, year 1998, 2000s, 80s
Place:
england, usa, europe, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When young Poindexter "Fool" Williams breaks into the creepy, immense old home of his family's greedy and uncaring landlords, he uncovers a disturbing scenario underneath the stairs.
Style:
horror comedy, cult classic, slasher, suspenseful, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
child abuse, cannibalism, home invasion, murder, manic, guard dog, child in peril, kidnapped, disturbed individual, rottweiler, psychopath, murderous pair ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The first segment features an animated mummy stalking selected student victims; the second tale tells the story of a "cat from hell" who cannot be killed and leaves a trail of victims behind it; the third story is about a man who witnesses ...
Style:
anthology, scary, suspenseful, black comedy, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
witch, transformation, stephen king, hitman, mummy, gargoyle, macabre, child in peril, revenge, murder, witchery, supernatural ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites that ...
Style:
cult classic, cult horror, grindhouse, horror comedy, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien, violence, zombie, dark humor, police, supernatural, parasite, fraternity, macabre, monster, gory, survival ...
Time:
80s, 50s, 20th century, year 1986, year 1959 ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
It's been many years since Freddy Krueger's first victim, Nancy, came face-to-face with Freddy and his sadistic, evil ways. Now, Nancy's all grown up; she's put her frightening nightmares behind her and is helping teens cope with ...
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, surreal, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen fantasy, kids, adult
Plot:
serial killer, mental institution, supernatural horror, nightmare, killer, dead teenager, dream, supernatural, group of teenagers, trapped, maniac, serial murder ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1990, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, ohio
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After a hard day of volleyball at the beach, a teen whose parents are away decides to have a slumber party with her girlfriends. Their boyfriends predictably show up to scare them, but a stranger from the beach is also seen lurking around the house. ...
Style:
bloody, slasher, dark, retro, funny ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, massacre, high school, murder, dead teenager, gory, nudity, death, chase, violence, killer, murderer ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Angela Baker, a psychotic transsexual, escapes from a mental hospital and surfaces at a summer camp as a counselor who lectures her teenage charges on proper moral behavior. Those teens who break her strict rules -- from the camp chatterbox or a ...
Style:
slasher, scary, slasher horror, bloody, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
summer camp, serial killer, camp, teenager, gory, rivalry, decapitation, tragic villain, blonde, murder, camping, camp counselor ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A woman leaves for a quiet weekend in the country after losing her job and imploding her latest dysfunctional relationship. She rents a country house from an old-fashioned widower who’s struggling to hide his psychopathic tendencies. Soon, two ...
Style:
sadistic, suspenseful, bleak, rough, slasher ...
Plot:
millennial, political satire, dementia, piano, psychopath, murder, violence, disturbed individual, socially awkward, secret past, torture victim, nightmare ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Drama students decide to pay tribute to their favorite horror star by stealing his body from his crypt for a farewell party. They fail to realize their violation of the tomb has triggered powerful black magic, and Conrad hasn't taken his final ...
Style:
slasher, horror comedy, grindhouse, retro, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, exploitation, survival, cemetery, teenager, spiritualist, paranormal, dead, living dead, cannibal, mental disorder, undead ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Evil dream-demon Freddy Krueger devises a plan to manipulate the unstoppable Jason Vorhees into hacking up the teenagers of Elm Street in an effort to make people remember the name Freddy Krueger, thus freeing him from limbo.
Style:
slasher, scary, brutal, bloody, sadistic ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, adult
Plot:
serial killer, blood, violence, masked man, gory, monster, two killers, nightmare on elm street, brutality, murder, serial teen killer, danger ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, year 1973, year 1957, 80s ...
Place:
ohio, new jersey, midwest
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Poor Gregory, after being released from the Wishing Well Sanatorium, all he wants to do is make the children happy. So Gregory reopens the old ice cream factory, and all the unappreciative brats are reprocessed into the flavor of the day.
Style:
slasher, horror comedy, cult horror, detective, black comedy ...
Plot:
childhood trauma, serial killer, mental illness, psychopath, villain, clown, nurse, flashback, cockroach, insanity, boy, violence ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
36%
14K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A frustrated Boston detective searches for the maniac responsible for mutilating a number of university coeds.
Style:
slasher, disturbing, suspense, grindhouse, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, gory, chainsaw, exploitation, danger, stalking, sexual repression, blood, male nudity, trauma, dismemberment ...
Time:
80s, 1940s, year 1942, year 1982
Place:
boston, usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Eric Binford watches a lot of movies. He is the truest definition of a film geek. One day, his sanity takes a turn for the worse and he begins acting out his favorite scenes from the movies. In doing so, he manages to involve his enemies and the ...
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, horror comedy, suspense ...
Plot:
obsession, loner, psychopath, nerd, blonde, serial killer, insanity, paraplegic, murder, mentally unstable, fan culture, danger ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a small college in North Carolina, only a select few students are left to take mid terms. But, when a killer strikes, it could be everyone's final exam.
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, psychological thriller, bloody, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
college, psychopath, serial killer, campus, prank, high school life, youth, bare chested male, male victim, dead teenager, school, murder ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1980
Place:
north carolina
Similarity:
36%
33K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Roger Cobb is a author who has just separated from his wife. He moves into a new house and tries to work on a novel based on his experiences in the Vietnam War. Strange things start happening around him; little things at first, but as they become ...
Style:
horror comedy, creepy, scary, black comedy, slasher ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, haunted, vietnam war, zombie, husband murders wife, monster, supernatural, novelist, happy ending, missing person, corpse ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vietnam, asia
Similarity:
100%
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