Movies like The Stepfather 1987
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The Stepfather (1987)
21K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, 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 grip on reality.
Style:
slasher, frightening, scary, bloody, suspense, suspenseful, cult classic, tense, psychological thriller, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, psychopath, maniac, serial killer, murder of family, male nudity, fake identity, stepfather, new identity, murderer, killer, mental illness, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, mental disorder, psycho killer, investigation, family relations, obsession, father, suburban life, teenager, police, psychiatrist, chase, blood ...
Time:
80s
Place:
turkey, seattle, new jersey
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, scary, slasher and suspenseful films with plots about serial killer, murder, deadly, violence, psychopath, blood and gory mostly in Thriller, Horror and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Stepfather: Cutting Class (1989), Orphan (2009), He Knows You're Alone (1980), The Dentist (1996), Slaughter High (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Michael Harding (Penn Badgley) returns home from military school to find his mother (Sela Ward) happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David (Dylan Walsh). As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious ...
Style:
scary, slasher, rough, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, stepfather, manic, couples, murder, twists and turns, family in danger, youth, sex scene, psychopath, home invasion, serial murder ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
oregon, usa, portland oregon, salt lake city utah, new jersey
Similarity:
67%
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%
276K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Germany, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A married couple with a rocky past adopt 9-year old, Esther to fill the void created by a recently-stillborn baby. However, Esther is not quite who she seems.
Style:
psychological, scary, twist ending, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
adoption, orphan, killer child, serial killer, evil child, female psychopath, fear, mysterious character, creepy child, children, parents and children, family in danger ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut, estonia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A reluctant bride to be is stalked by a serial killer who only kills brides and the people around them. While her friends get whacked one by one, a hard boiled renegade cop whose bride had been killed years before tries to hunt him down before it is ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, tense, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, wedding, danger, chase, insanity, stalking, law enforcement, woman in danger, police detective, police investigation, killing spree ...
Time:
70s, year 1980
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Dr. Feinstone has everything, a beautiful wife and a successful career in dentistry; but when he discovers his wife's affair, he realizes that behind every clean, white surface lies the stench of decay.
Style:
medical horror, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, rough ...
Plot:
psycho killer, medical, psychopath, voyeurism, dentist, voyeur, murder, infidelity, serial killer, graphic violence, adultery, victim ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, beverly hills
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eight different people are invited to their 10-year high school reunion at their now-closed down high school where a former student, disfigured from a prank gone wrong, is there to seek revenge.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, humiliation, revenge, violence spree, prank, bullying, group of friends, nerd, beer, killer clown, serial killer, vengeance ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
47K
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 thriller, suspense, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
isolation, ocean, ship, psychopath, sailing, serial killer, sex, violence, yacht, woman in danger, female nudity, sea ...
Time:
80s
Place:
australia, pacific ocean, new zealand, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A slasher finds the hospital where a TV newswoman is recovering from his attack.
Style:
slasher, serious, disturbing, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
canuxploitation, medical, stalking, serial killer, danger, murder, woman in danger, journalism, investigation, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, violence ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
Place:
canada
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: 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:
slasher, suspense, scary, suspenseful, twisted ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
stepfather, wedding, serial killer, murder, maniac, child in peril, hanged woman, murderer, stalker, father, dentist, psycho killer ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, washington state, washington d.c., portland oregon
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Having survived the stab wounds he sustained at the end of the previous film, the stepfather, escapes from the institution in Puget Sound, Washington he was placed in four years ago, seeking a reclusive back alley plastic surgeon to perform ...
Style:
slasher, dark, bloody, scary, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, stepfather, psychopath, murderer, maniac, wedding, holiday horror, passionate kiss, father, stalker, youth, murder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
37%
336K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In John Carpenter's horror classic, a psychotic murderer, institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, slasher horror, spooky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, psychopath, murder, holiday horror, babysitter, death, masked killer, killer, small town, psychiatrist, female nudity ...
Time:
year 1978, year 1963, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
illinois, chicago, north america, midwest, california
Similarity:
35%
102K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Geeky student Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind ...
Style:
scary, cult classic, creepy, suspense, classic horror ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
car, obsession, killer car, violence, classic car, vengeance, stephen king, objects come to life, evil spirit, macabre, murder, bullying ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 1957, year 1978, 1950s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, southern california, detroit
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of teenagers spends the night in a furniture store for a graduation party. A psycho killer starts to hunt them down and kill them off.
Style:
slasher, homoerotic, cult classic, bloody, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
store, serial killer, elevator, survival, hide and seek, teenager, high school, psychopath, gay, cross dressing, voyeur, erotica ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Presumed dead after a shoot-out with the Haddonfield police, Michael Myers is secretly nursed back to health -- and returns a year later to kill again and once more targets his young niece, Jamie. Jamie is now recovering in the local children's ...
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, classic horror, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, halloween, masked man, holiday horror, killer, supernatural, masked villain, massacre, monster, murder, pitchfork, kitten ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place:
illinois, chicago, usa
Similarity:
33%
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:
33%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An idyllic summer turns into a nightmare of unspeakable terror for yet another group of naive counselors. Ignoring Camp Crystal Lake's bloody legacy, one by one they fall victim to the maniacal Jason who stalks them at every turn.
Style:
slasher, scary, cult classic, grindhouse, classic horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, masked killer, summer camp, masked man, killing spree, camp, gory, friday the 13th, murder, psycho killer, sex, serial teen killer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The legend of that creepy masked-man, Michael Myers, comes to life once again in this fourth installment of the successful horror franchise. This time, it's Michael's niece, Jamie, who can't seem to escape her crazy uncle. With ...
Style:
slasher, sexy, scary, splatter, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, halloween, holiday horror, masked killer, masked villain, small town, teenager, murder, crime spree, blood, monster, supernatural ...
Time:
80s, year 1988
Place:
illinois, chicago
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In 1970, three children are born at the height of a total eclipse. Due to the sun and moon blocking Saturn, which controls emotions, they have become heartless killers ten years later, and are able to escape detection because of their youthful and ...
Style:
slasher, sexy, suspenseful, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
evil child, solar eclipse, child in peril, holiday horror, patricide, bare breasts, sociopath, creepy child, children, birthday, elementary school, creepy kid ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, year 1980, 70s, year 1970
Similarity:
32%
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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:
32%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A deeply disturbed photographer and Vietnam veteran, named Kirk Smith, terrorizes Los Angeles by going around strangling lingerie-clad young women in their homes while taunting Lindsay Gale, a young psychologist, by calling her on a radio call-in ...
Style:
slasher, crying, grindhouse, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, strangler, psychopath, woman strangled to death, female nudity, maniac, victim, obsession, exploitation, misogynist, stalking, murder ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s
Place:
los angeles, asia, vietnam, california
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
At a summer camp for youths, cocky pre-teen calls out the name of mass serial killer "Madman Marz". Suddenly, counselors are being maimed and slaughtered in various ways by the backwoodsman who has returned when his name was called.
Style:
scary, slasher, suspenseful, bloody, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, summer camp, killing spree, camp counselor, stalking, murder, danger, teenage life, male victim, male nudity, forest, exploitation ...
Time:
year 1980, 80s, year 1981
Place:
new york
Similarity:
31%
131K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A single mother gives her son a beloved doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.
Style:
scary, slasher, bloody, cult classic, frightening ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children, adult
Plot:
serial killer, doll, killer doll, psychopath, gory, evil doll, macabre, blood, murder, dark humor, voodoo, black magic ...
Time:
80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Six years ago, Michael Myers terrorized the town of Haddonfield, Illinois. He and his niece, Jamie Lloyd, have disappeared. Jamie was kidnapped by a bunch of evil druids who protect Michael Myers. And now, six years later, Jamie has escaped after ...
Style:
slasher, creepy, scary, saga, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, masked man, murder, masked killer, violent, supernatural, gory, torture, blood, hospital, violence ...
Time:
90s, year 1989, 20th century, year 1995, 80s
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Richard Ramirez, dubbed "The Night Stalker" by the media, a serial killer who killed somewhere in the neighborhood of 16 souls during his reign of terror in Los Angeles back in the Eighties
Style:
serious, scary, rough, realistic, slasher ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, danger, true crime, devil worship, blasphemy, violence, satanist, killing spree, killer, stalking, rivalry ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
Style:
slasher, scary, brutal, suspense, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, torture, home invasion, trap, psychopath, gory, maniac, macabre, massacre, sadistic horror, terror, psycho killer ...
Time:
year 2009, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Shy teenager Megan moves to a new town with her widowed mother and quickly becomes the most unpopular girl in high school. But when she starts to communicate with a mysterious mirror, her tormentors begin to meet with a horrifying series of ...
Style:
gothic, scary, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, black magic, goth girl, murder, female killer, murder of a nude woman, mirror, blood, nightmare, violence, bullying, danger ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 1930s, year 1939
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, 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:
slasher, psychological, disturbing, grindhouse, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
orphan, basketball, male nudity, athlete, cheerleader, caught having sex, attic, homosexual, serial killer, homosexuality, high school, hairy chested man ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, South Africa
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A group of teenage girls heading into the city hook up with a gang of drug-addled ne'er-do-wells and are brutally murdered. The killers find their way to the home of one of their victim's parents, where both father and mother exact a ...
Style:
scary, slasher, brutal, disturbing, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
rape, revenge, psychopath, torture, murder, kidnapping, serial killer, violence, vengeance, sexualized violence, rape and revenge, violence against women ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Ten years after he brutally murdered two girls, a killer escapes from a mental institution and returns to his turf, the theme park attraction called Dark Ride. About to crash his path are a group of college kids on a road trip who stumble across the ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, masked killer, violence, homicidal maniac, mental institution, amusement park, dead teenager, murderer, murder, youth, gory, serial killer ...
Time:
year 1989, year 2003, 80s, 90s, 2000s ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Five campers arrive in the mountains to examine some property they have bought, but are warned by the forest ranger Roy McLean that a huge machete-wielding maniac has been terrorising the area. Ignoring the warnings, they set up camp, and start ...
Style:
slasher, independent film, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, stalking, violence, backwoods, group of friends, murder, woods, fear, wilderness, mountain, machete ...
Time:
80s, year 1980
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
30%
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