Movies like The Stay Awake

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The Stay Awake (1988)
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The Stay Awake (1988)
Genre: Horror
Country: South Africa
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The ghost of a serial killer, executed for murdering students at a Catholic girls' school, returns to the school to take revenge on the current student body.
Style: slasher, scary, serious, crying, psychotronic, slasher horror, low-budget
Audience: teens
Plot: crucifix, teacher, possession, demon, fire, voyeurism, execution, gymnasium, school, murder, gym, chapel, schoolgirl, stalker, sexploitation, catholic school, woman in jeopardy, superpower, vampire, serial killer, ghost, psychopath, investigation, supernatural, obsession ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: south africa
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Most similar movies to The Stay Awake

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, serious, slasher and suspenseful films with plots about deadly, murder, supernatural, danger, rivalry, gory and serial killer mostly in Horror and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Stay Awake: Girls School Screamers (1985), Blood Descendants (2007), 976-Evil II (1991), The Ripper (1985), The Horror Show (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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8: A South African Horror Story (2019)
Genre: Horror
Country: South Africa
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An old man, fated to collect souls for eternity, seeks atonement after trading his daughter's soul.
Style: scary, serious, slasher
Plot: supernatural, demon, woman in danger, schoolgirl, danger, murder, curses spells and rituals, folk horror, obsession, gory, monster, possession ...
Place: south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Girls School Screamers (1985)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Seven college girls spend the weekend at an elegant estate which begins as a fun filled adventure but ends in a nightmare of gut-wrenching terror.
Style: slasher, independent film, scary, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, exploitation, ouija board, murder, college, ghost, psychopath, teenage life, who done it, gory, reincarnation, school ...
Time: year 1986, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Blood Descendants (2007)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A hundred years after being brutally murdered by the justice-seeking citizens of a small town, a supernatural killer fulfills his promise to return from the grave and seek vengeance against the descendents of the people who slaughtered him.
Style: slasher, serious, suspenseful, scary, bleak ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, ghost, supernatural, danger, vengeance, murder, curses spells and rituals, obsessive quest, supernatural ability, deadly creature, small town ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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976-Evil II (1991)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After being bestowed with demonic powers following a phone call to Hell, a psychotic teacher begins a rampage of death and destruction in a small town, forcing a teen and her boyfriend to fight him off so that they can get away.
Style: slasher, dark, independent film, surprise ending, scary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: zombie, telephone call, satanism, strip club, teacher, evil computer, cell phone, supernatural being, car chase, pandemic, club, woman with a gun ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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The Ripper (1985)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An old antique ring turns a college professor into a homicidal maniac when he puts it on. The ring originaly belonged to Jack the Ripper, and the Ripper's spirit possesses whoever wears it.
Style: slasher, bloody, independent film, scary, serious ...
Plot: jack the ripper, serial killer, teacher, stalking, demon, possession, supernatural power, supernatural, college, murder, college professor, mentally unstable ...
Time: 80s
Place: london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Horror Show (1989)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Detective Lucas McCarthy finally apprehends "Meat Cleaver Max" and watches the electric chair execution from the audience. But killing Max Jenke only elevated him to another level of reality. Now Lucas' family is under attack, his ...
Style: slasher, detective, retro, creepy, cult classic ...
Plot: serial killer, female nudity, supernatural, execution, supernatural horror, monster, haunted house, paranormal, dead, electric chair, bare breasts, psychopath ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
The Slaughterhouse Massacre (2005)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Follow the story of several attractive teenagers as they try to have a fun time in a slaughter house after dark...
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, scary, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, college, psychopath, murder, gory, uncover truth, youth, ghost, teenage life, supernatural, mind game, rivalry ...
Place: texas, dallas texas
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59%
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Dead Mary (2007)
Genre: Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: During a fun-filled getaway at a remote lake, teenager Kim (Dominique Swain) and her friends unwittingly unleash a murderous spirit when they make the mistake of playing the game 'Dead Mary' in this horror story. The body count rises as ...
Style: scary, slasher, suspense, suspenseful, bleak ...
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57%
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Headhunter (1988)
Genre: Horror
Country: South Africa
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A Miami cop finds out his wife has a female lover, and he begins to have an affair with his female partner. Meanwhile, a voodoo demon from Africa arrives among Miami's Nigerian community and begins decapitating some people and possessing ...
Style: slasher, detective, independent film, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: decapitation, demon, possession, demonic possession, serial killer, eye, monster, murder, lesbian relationship, love affair, partners against crime, amateur detective ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: nigeria, south africa, florida, africa, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Witchouse II: Blood Coven (2000)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 77 min.
Story: When an old house in a small town is razed to make way for a shopping mall, the crew unearths four unmarked graves. A professor from a nearby university is asked to find out who the bodies are, but when she and her students arrive in town and begin ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, scary, atmospheric, suspense ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, small town, murder, demon, danger, escapades, rivalry, vengeance, curses spells and rituals, shopping mall, investigation ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Amityville: It's About Time (1992)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When an old clock arrives at home as a gift, strange things begin to happen. The family that proudly assigned a privileged place to the clock in the living room, is unaware that this thing is a link to an old and evil house...
Style: scary, bloody, intense, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, haunted house, gory, family in danger, curses spells and rituals, demonic possession, murder, parents and children, danger, supernatural ability, haunted ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
The Black Cat (1981)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An American photographer (Mimsy Farmer) and a Scotland Yard inspector (David Warbeck) suspect a man's (Patrick Magee) cat of murder.
Style: gothic, demonic, slasher, psychological, serious ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, murder, village, mind game, mysterious character, uncover truth, supernatural ability, danger, dangerous animal, edgar allan poe, animal life ...
Time: year 2016, 80s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Hellgate (1989)
Genre: Horror
Country: South Africa
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A motorcycle gang kidnaps a young woman, Josie, from a diner and brutally kills her. Many years later, the girl's father finds a magic crystal that can bring the life back to dead objects. He uses it to re-animate his daughter. He lets her ...
Style: slasher, horror comedy, scary, serious, psychotronic ...
Plot: zombie, ghost town, supernatural, ghost, small town, strangulation, waitress, female nudity, characters killed one by one, sex scene, murder, motorcycle gang ...
Time: 80s, 1950s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Legend of Bloody Jack (2007)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: The legend of Jack The Ripper comes to real when one of his descendants revive him.
Style: slasher, scary, serious, rough
Plot: gory, supernatural, forest, decapitation, murder, psychopath, serial killer, danger, imaginary, city life, curses spells and rituals, legends and myths ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Severed (2002)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A ritualistic serial killer is beheading victims all over a city, and those surrounding the case are pulled into his world as they try and stop him.
Style: slasher, serious, suspenseful, scary, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, danger, psychopath, supernatural, rivalry, who done it, police detective, master criminal, police investigation, private detective, bounty hunter ...
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Knock Knock (2007)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Knock Knock is a horror film that combines fear with revenge, hate with justice and responsibility with sacrifice. The bible says an "Eye for an Eye." Rico was just a big fun loving son of a hard working neighborhood business man. The ...
Style: slasher, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: teens
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Time: 21st century
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Forever Evil (1987)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The sole survivor of a backwoods massacre investigates the incident with the help of a photographer and a police officer. Soon, it becomes clear that they're up against nothing less than an ancient god!
Style: detective, lovecraft, slasher, independent film, scary ...
Plot: zombie, monster, college, serial killer, ghost, dead, fortune teller, demon, psychic, tarot card, teenager, religious cult ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Boogey Man (1980)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A young girl witnesses her brother murder a man through a reflection in a mirror. Twenty years later the mirror is shattered, freeing his evil spirit, which seeks revenge for his death.
Style: slasher, suspenseful, scary, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Plot: supernatural, murder, vengeance, childhood trauma, psychiatrist, fear, danger, nightmare, curse, family in danger, haunted by the past, abusive mother ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Long Time Dead (2002)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A group of British students embark on summoning spirits on a Ouija board after a night of clubbing. But someone breaks the link before they have finished and now a demon is trapped in their world and the only way to banish it, is for all the people ...
Style: slasher, scary, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: spirit, supernatural, seance, genie, curses spells and rituals, game, serial killer, youth, murder, supernatural power, danger, vengeance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Scars of Dracula (1970)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The Prince of Darkness casts his undead shadow once more over the cursed village of Kleinenberg when his ashes are splashed with bat's blood and Dracula is resurrected. And two innocent victims search for a missing loved one... loved to death ...
Style: gothic, gothic horror, rough, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: vampire, dracula, supernatural, castle, good versus evil, priest, village, monster, supernatural ability, dangerous attraction, curses spells and rituals, woman in danger ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Savage Christmas (2013)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Mitch decides to take his virgin girl friend Sarah away for Christmas, her friends tag along. What was suppose to be a weekend of fun, turned into a Christmas they will never forget. A group of filmmakers bring back a demon from the beyond, who ...
Style: christmas horror, slasher, psychotronic, suspense, scary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: christmas, demon, supernatural power, blood, death, monster, supernatural, xmas, obsession, youth, friends, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Wishcraft (2002)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Life is about to change for Brett Bumpers, Martin Van Buren High School's resident brain. Socially inept and head over heels in love with Samantha the school beauty. Brett receives a mysterious package, a talisman, and the power to make three ...
Style: slasher, serious, scary, suspenseful, teen horror ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, supernatural, dead teenager, murder, supernatural ability, teenage life, wish come true, fall in love, youth, masked killer, gory, characters killed one by one ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Tomie: Rebirth (2001)
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Young art student Hideo paints an unnerving portrait of Tomie, who whispers that she loves him. Inexplicably, he reacts by stabbing her to death with a painting trowel. Two friends, Takumi and Shunichi, arrive on the scene and help him dispose of ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Plot: murder, afterlife, supernatural, ghost, investigation, vengeance, law enforcement, danger, mind game, gory, reincarnation, insanity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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The Amityville Curse (1990)
Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Five people spend the night in an abandoned house, the Amityville haunted house, and soon find themselves terrorized by assorted ghosts, venomous insects and ghostly apparitions.
Style: scary, dark, independent film, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: haunted house, haunted, supernatural, death, zombie, suburban life, possession, exorcism, suicide, nudity, violent content, danger ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 4.4
 1K
Psycho Cop (1989)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Officer Joe Vickers would probably make a good policeman if it weren't for his two nasty habits. Firstly, he is a devoted satanist; secondly - he likes to kill people. When he meets a group of teenagers spending their vacation in a wood hut, he ...
Style: scary, slasher, suspenseful, suspense, rough ...
Plot: murder, psychopath, maniac, serial killer, survival, youth, danger, violence spree, violence, woods, woman with a gun, teenager ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Killer Workout (1987)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Two years ago, a young woman named Valerie was burned after entering a tanning salon. Now, her twin sister, Rhonda runs a local gym where all of a sudden, people are being murdered.
Style: slasher, sexy, surreal, bloody, independent film ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, workout, camp, killer, female exploitation, teenager, woman with a gun, stalker, gym, nudity, police investigation ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.5
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Halloween II (1981)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, bloody, splatter ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, hospital, halloween, murder, holiday horror, psycho killer, masked killer, masked villain, male nudity, american horror, monster, stalking ...
Time: year 1978, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place: illinois, chicago, midwest, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 4.0
 710
Shriek (1998)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Clark (Tanya Dempsey), a young Mathematics major at University, thinks she's found the best deal for student housing: a group of squatters who live in an abandoned hospital secretly. The quirky residents let her into their community provided ...
Style: slasher, scary, queer horror, independent film, serious ...
Plot: monster, hospital, lesbian, college, beauty, psychopath, danger, supernatural, deadly creature, escapades, rivalry, supernatural ability ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Horror Rises from the Tomb (1973)
Genre: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In Medieval France a warlock is be-headed and his wife tortured and executed. Hundreds of years later an isolated group of people discover his head buried on their property. Soon it comes back to life, possessing people and using them to commit ...
Style: gothic horror, gothic, classic horror, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: zombie, witch, ghost, supernatural, murder, knight, underground, virus, kingdom, dead, death, revenge ...
Time: middle ages, 15th century, 70s
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 4.7
 6K
Devour (2005)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Friends become increasingly addicted to a video game that has an evil agenda.
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, psychological, satanic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, murder, youth, occult, psychopath, nightmare, obsession, supernatural ability, high school, teenage life, gory, tattoo ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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