Movies like Blade of the Ripper

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Blade of the Ripper (1971)
 6.9
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Blade of the Ripper (1971)
Original name: Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Newly married to an older man, Julie returns to Vienna, where a razor wielding slasher is killing women. Jean, her cruel and sadistic former lover, immediately contacts her, certain that only he can satisfy her strange vice. But she rejects him. She also meets George, the handsome cousin of her friend Carol; both are newly rich, thanks to an uncle's death. Julie's husband Neil is away frequently, so George pours on the charm. Meanwhile, it seems that the slasher is now focused on Julie. Bodies pile up, other murders are barely avoided, and George invites her to go away with him. Can it end happily?
Style: slasher, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, erotic, sexual, grindhouse, psychological, suspense, sensual ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, mystery killer, obsession, murder, love triangle, danger, woman in danger, lovers, twists and turns, love and romance, couples, love affair, who done it, femme fatale, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, power relations, female friendship, reckless driving, threatening telephone call, rivalry, erotica, killer, stalker, adultery ...
Time: 20th century, year 2016, 70s, year 1971
Place: europe, austria, spain, sicily, vienna, turin italy, sicily italy
Keyword: italian horror, ice cube

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Most similar movies to Blade of the Ripper

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, slasher, suspenseful and serious films with plots about murder, serial killer, female nudity, danger, deadly, violence and psychopath mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Horror genres. Some movies like Blade of the Ripper: The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972), Strip Nude for Your Killer (1975), Opera (1987), Blood and Black Lace (1964), Bloodstained Shadow (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Bodies Presented Traces of Carnal Violence (1973)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A series of sex murders shock a college campus, and four beautiful young girlfriends head for the safety of an isolated country villa. But as they succumb to their own erotic desires, their weekend of pleasure becomes a vacation to dismember at the ...
Style: slasher, suspense, grindhouse, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, mental illness, murder, strangulation, psychopath, home invasion, investigation, countryside, swamp, serial murder, interracial lesbian sex, voyeur ...
Time: 20th century, year 2016, 70s, year 1972
Place: italy, rome italy, southern italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Beautiful young model Jennifer Lansbury and her goofy friend Marilyn Ricci move into a swanky high-rise apartment after the previous tenant gets brutally murdered. Pretty soon Jennifer is being stalked by the mysterious killer. Probable suspects ...
Style: slasher, rough, serious, realistic, scary ...
Plot: elevator, serial killer, sexual perversion, architect, lesbianism, female nudity, voyeurism, stalking, murder, investigation, twists and turns, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Strip Nude for Your Killer (1975)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When a fashion model dies during an abortion, a series of murders begins, starting with her doctor. The next victims are connected to the modeling agency where she worked, Albatross, run by a hard edged and jealous bi-sexual, Gisella, married to a ...
Style: slasher, erotic, suspense, disturbing, sensual ...
Plot: lust, serial killer, lesbian sex, sexual fantasy, erotica, fashion model, female serial killer, voyeur, licking, model, voyeurism, murderer ...
Time: 70s
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.9
 19K
Opera (1987)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A young opperata is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.
Style: slasher, disturbing, suspense, scary, bloody ...
Plot: serial killer, psycho killer, female nudity, voyeur, obsession, nudity, bare breasts, nude, nude girl, sadistic psychopath, cruelty, masked villain ...
Time: 80s, year 1986
Place: europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Inspector Sylvester is assigned to investigate the violent murder of a fashion house model Isabella, by a masked assailant. As the investigation proceeds all of the house’s various sins, including corruption, abortions, blackmail and drug ...
Style: slasher, scary, atmospheric, grindhouse, psychosexual thriller ...
Plot: serial killer, killer, model, fashion, whodunit, masked killer, fashion model, strangulation, macabre, murderer, female nudity, erotica ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: italy, europe, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The Case of the Scorpion's Tail begins with the mysterious death of a millionaire and spirals into the murder of his suddenly rich wife, which draws the attention of a dogged investigator, who follows a trail of blood to the bitter end.
Style: slasher, suspense, suspense thriller, cult classic, poliziottesco ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, manipulation, macabre, killer, obsession, blackmail, millionaire, hotel, paranoia, sexy girls, whodunit ...
Time: 70s
Place: greece, europe, london, england, tokyo ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Bloodstained Shadow (1978)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A murder mystery set on an island near Venice. A schoolgirl was murdered seven years ago, and the case was never solved; now, the murderer seems to be back.
Style: slasher, erotic, surprise ending, suspense, cult classic ...
Plot: serial killer, folk horror, macabre, whodunit, murder, danger, nobility, voyeur, peasant, couples, psychopath, sexual relations ...
Time: 70s, 60s, victorian era
Place: italy, venice, europe, turin italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Card Player (2003)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Policewoman Anna Mari is forced to play a dangerous game with the title serial killer. If she loses, she witnesses the maniac's tortured victims having their throats cut in explicit close-up detail via webcam. She teams up with British cop John ...
Style: slasher, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, investigation, psychopath, master criminal, dangerous attraction, murder, vengeance, woman in danger, homicidal maniac, gambling, police investigation, law enforcement ...
Place: rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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My Dear Killer (1972)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Following the mysterious decapitation of an insurance investigator, Police Inspector Peretti is put onto the case, but all the clues lead to an unsolved case of kidnapping and murder.
Style: erotic, slasher, suspense, cult classic, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, kidnapping, children, danger, murder, trap, police, redhead girl, pedophile, bare breasts, whodunit, police detective ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
All the Colors of the Dark (1972)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Jane lives in London with her boyfriend Richard. Her mother was murdered when she was young, she recently lost a baby in a car crash and she's plagued by nightmares of a knife-wielding man. Richard thinks that the cure is vitamins, while ...
Style: gothic, sadistic, scary, disturbing, slasher ...
Plot: occult, murder, obsession, erotica, mind game, investigation, mysterious character, woman in danger, danger, psychopath, haunted by the past, pregnancy ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place: europe, england, united kingdom, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In Italy, the American writer Sam Dalmas witnesses an attempt of murder of the owner of an art gallery, a couple of days before his foreseen return to the United States of America. He decides to stay with his girlfriend Julia and help the police in ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, slasher, grindhouse, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, voyeurism, female psychopath, maniac, attempted murder, murder, psychopath, murder mystery, police detective, female killer, danger ...
Time: 70s, year 1970, 60s, 20th century
Place: rome italy, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Killer Must Strike Again (1975)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The Killer Must Kill Again (Italian: L'assassino è costretto ad uccidere ancora) is a 1975 giallo film directed by Luigi Cozzi. Allmovie called the film "too erratic for the general horror audience" but "offers just enough ...
Style: grindhouse, gothic horror, cult classic, classic horror, terrifying ...
Plot: serial killer, killer, psychopath, maniac, unfaithfulness, bad guy, villain, murderer, adultery, infidelity, murder, dead wife ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Fifth Cord (1971)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Luigi Bazzoni (Le Orme) directed this outstanding giallo thriller starring Franco Nero as a hard-drinking newspaperman who gets involved in a string of brutal murders.
Style: slasher, grindhouse, suspense, erotic, scary ...
Plot: reporter, nymphomania, investigation, new year, murder, drug addiction, lgbt, macabre, organized crime, killer, virus, sexual obsession ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: italy, europe, new york, australia, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.5
 13K
A Bay of Blood (1971)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story: An elderly heiress is killed by her husband who wants control of her fortunes. What ensues is an all-out murder spree as relatives and friends attempt to reduce the inheritance playing field, complicated by some teenagers who decide to camp out in a ...
Style: slasher, disturbing, grindhouse, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, gory, inheritance, squid, violence, obsession, fear, psychopath, blood, strangulation, insanity ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Inspector Tellini investigates serial crimes where victims are paralyzed while having their bellies ripped open with a sharp knife.
Style: grindhouse, slasher, psychotronic, erotic, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, tarantula, female nudity, lesbianism, dysfunctional marriage, whodunit, obsession, maniac, killer, murderer, escape, lust ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
Place: europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A reporter and a blind retired journalist try to solve a series of murders. The crimes are connected to experiments by a pharmaceutical company in secret research. The two end up becoming targets of the killer.
Style: slasher, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Plot: serial killer, blind man, murder, macabre, investigation, chase, gory, obsession, voyeurism, stalking, twists and turns, mind game ...
Time: 20th century, year 1971, 70s
Place: italy, europe, turin italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Police investigate apparent suicide of teen girl and uncover details of a teenage prostitution racket. They go on the hunt for a motorcycle riding killer.
Style: suspense, slasher, poliziottesco, sadistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: teenage girl, police, killer, mystery killer, sex, serial killer, maniac, psychopath, murder victim, biker, violence, death ...
Time: 70s
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A woman, a survivor of a failed murder attempt by a person dubbed "The Half-Moon Killer" by the police, and her husband must find the connecting thread between herself, six other women, and the killer before the killer strikes at her again.
Style: slasher, suspense, realistic, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, dead prostitute, murder of a prostitute, police, psychopath, prostitute, woman in danger, police investigation, amateur detective, law enforcement, danger ...
Time: 70s
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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 7.5
 42K
Deep Red (1975)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A musician witnesses the murder of a famous psychic, and then teams up with a fiesty reporter to find the killer while evading attempts on their lives by the unseen killer bent on keeping a dark secret buried.
Style: psychological, gothic, disturbing, slasher, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, gory, murder mystery, psychopath, visceral, supernatural, danger, female psychopath, mental illness, intrigue, manic, haunted by the past ...
Time: 70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: italy, europe, rome italy, australia, lebanon ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.0
 13K
Pieces (1982)
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, suspense, scary, disturbing, grindhouse ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, gory, chainsaw, college, psychopath, danger, exploitation, stalking, sexual repression, male nudity, investigation ...
Time: 80s, 1940s, year 1982, year 1942
Place: boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Death Walks on High Heels (1971)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, UK, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Exotic dancer Nicole finds herself terrorized by a black-clad assailant determined on procuring her murdered father's stolen gems. Fleeing Paris in hopes of evading her knife-wielding pursuer, Nicole arrives in England only to discover that ...
Style: slasher, suspense, surprise ending, cult classic, erotic ...
Plot: female spy, whodunit, serial killer, erotica, stripper, killer, jewel thief, exploitation, plot twist, death, revenge, murder ...
Place: paris france, london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Oliviero is a burned-out writer, living at his estate near Venice, his dead mother dominating his imagination. He is also a degenerate: sleeps with his maid and his ex-student, hosts Bacchanalia for local hippies, and humiliates his wife Irina in ...
Style: slasher, scary, surprise ending, suspense, grindhouse ...
Plot: voyeurism, serial killer, lesbianism, extramarital affair, adultery, bare breasts, edgar allan poe, writers, whodunit, murder, sexy girls, psychopath ...
Time: year 2016, 70s
Place: venice, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his persecutor and tries to get him to talk but in the ensuing struggle he accidentally stabs him. He ...
Style: slasher, mind bending, grindhouse, creepy, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, female serial killer, closeted homosexual, murder, obsession, female psychopath, psychotic, macabre, murder mystery, gay, musician, killer ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
Place: europe, rome italy, italy, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (1970)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A repressed young wife's traumatic sexual assault triggers a depraved obsession with her attacker.
Style: slasher, suspenseful, suspense, grindhouse, erotic ...
Plot: whodunit, lesbian sex, love and romance, dangerous attraction, infidelity, erotica, photograph, blackmail, plot twist, macabre, female psychopath, murder ...
Time: 60s
Place: europe, madrid, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
5 Dolls for an August Moon (1970)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A group of friends get together in a remote Mediterranean island for a weekend of relaxation. Soon they start turning up dead one by one. The group gets together to determine the identity of the killer amongst them.
Style: slasher, grindhouse, erotic, creepy, cult classic ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, voyeur, killer, exploitation, maniac, business, desert island, macabre, murderer, lost soul, old dark house ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.6
 31K
Psycho II (1983)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: After years of treatment at a mental institution for the criminally insane, serial killer Norman Bates is finally released. Deciding to move back into his long-dead mother's infamous old house, he soon finds himself tormented by "her" ...
Style: slasher, scary, psychological, suspense, splatter ...
Plot: psychopath, serial killer, insanity, murder, mother daughter relationship, characters murdered one by one, psychiatrist, psycho, mental illness, employer employee relationship, female nudity, police station ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 7.0
 27K
Shadow (1982)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An American writer in Rome is stalked by a serial killer bent on harassing him while killing all people associated with his work on his latest book.
Style: slasher, scary, psychological, dark, grindhouse ...
Plot: serial killer, gory, lesbian, dog attack, female nudity, obsession, investigation, blood, writers, plot twist, murderer, misogynist ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: rome italy, europe, italy, new york, rhode island ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Too Scared to Scream (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A killer of young women is loose in an exclusive apartment complex and a detective is out to stop him. The chief suspect is a Shakespeare-spouting doorman who lives with his invalid mother. Meanwhile, an undercover cop moves into the apartment ...
Style: slasher, suspenseful, scary, psychological thriller, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, police detective, murder, danger, brutality, psychopath, manipulation, law enforcement, female nudity, disability, dishonesty, criminal ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.4
 156K
Friday the 13th (1980)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, dark ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, camp, maniac, gory, murder, revenge, disturbed individual, summer, summer camp, psychopath, blood, friday the 13th ...
Time: 80s, 1950s, year 2016, 70s, 20th century ...
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Dressed to Kill (1980)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A mysterious, tall, blonde woman, wearing sunglasses murders one of a psychiatrist's patients, and now she's after the prostitute who witnessed it.
Style: neo noir, sexy, erotic, suspense, scary ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, voyeurism, psychopath, female nudity, voyeur, infidelity, murder, dysfunctional marriage, art gallery, blonde, adultery, prostitution ...
Time: year 1980, 20th century, 70s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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