Movies like Thinner

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Thinner (1996)
 5.8
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Thinner (1996)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A fat Lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old gypsy man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the gypsy to lift the curse. Time is running out for the desperate lawyer as he draws closer to his own death, and grows ever thinner.
Style: suspense, scary, suspenseful, tense, psychological, bad ending, splatter, cult classic, slasher, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: stephen king, macabre, curse, death, supernatural, guilt, corruption, legal action, body horror, paranoia, revenge, redemption, husband murders wife, gory, gangster, vengeance, husband wife relationship, black magic, weight loss, magic, courtroom, mafia, lawyer, violence, murder ...
Time: 90s
Keyword: gangsters

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Most similar movies to Thinner

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, scary, suspense and slasher films with plots about supernatural, monster, murder, danger, fear, deadly and blood mostly in Horror, Fantasy and Mystery genres. Some movies like Thinner: Creepshow 2 (1987), The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988), Pumpkinhead (1988), Art of the Devil 2 (2005), Drag Me to Hell (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Creepshow 2 (1987)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: EC Comics-inspired weirdness returns with three tales. In the first, a wooden statue of a Native American comes to life...to exact vengeance on the murderer of his elderly owners. In the second, four teens are stranded on a raft on a lake with a ...
Style: anthology, scary, slasher, black comedy, horror comedy ...
Plot: hit and run, hitchhiker, stephen king, bullying, monster, lake, raft, murder, supernatural, scalping, man eating plant, swimming ...
Time: 80s
Place: maine, usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld of ...
Style: surreal, scary, creepy, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: voodoo, supernatural, zombie, hallucination, superstition, surrealism, black magic, buried alive, religion, anthropologist, gory, occult ...
Time: 80s, year 1978, year 1985, 70s
Place: haiti, caribbean, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.2
 27K
Pumpkinhead (1988)
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, scary, disturbing, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Plot: supernatural, demon, witch, vengeance, murder, pumpkin, revenge, monster, macabre, father son relationship, curse, creature ...
Time: 80s, year 1988
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Art of the Devil 2 (2005)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Thailand
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A group of high school friends reunite after two years when one of their fathers' committed suicide. They all spend the night at their friend's place. When darkness falls, strange things begin to happen to them one by one. It is as if ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, scary, suspenseful, terrifying ...
Plot: supernatural, murder, vengeance, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, strong violent content, black magic, guilt, violence, sadism, tortured to death, karma ...
Place: thailand, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.6
 216K
Drag Me to Hell (2009)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, demonic, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: demon, witch, ghost, supernatural, evil wins, evil, supernatural horror, macabre, curses spells and rituals, dark humor, exorcism, witchcraft ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, year 1969, 20th century, 60s ...
Place: los angeles, pasadena california
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100%
 4.9
 58K
Fantasy Island (2020)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A group of contest winners arrive at an island hotel to live out their dreams, only to find themselves trapped in nightmare scenarios.
Style: suspense, surprise ending, suspenseful, psychological, psychotronic ...
Plot: reality vs fantasy, supernatural, island, danger, jungle, survival, twists and turns, revenge, remote island, wish come true, heroes, hostage ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 53K
Creepshow (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Inspired by the E.C. comics of the 1950s, George A. Romero and Stephen King bring five tales of terror to the screen.
Style: anthology, dark comedy, suspenseful, grindhouse, scary ...
Plot: monster, death, murder, torture, gory, zombie, dark humor, transformation, brutality, voodoo, demon, life & death ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 19th century, 1830s, future
Place: pittsburgh
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67%
 5.8
 25K
Wishmaster (1997)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The Djinn having been released from his ancient prison seeks to capture the soul of the woman who discovered him, thereby opening a portal and freeing his fellow Djinn to take over the earth.
Style: scary, slasher, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: demon, supernatural, djinn, genie, devil, wish come true, violence, transformation, curses spells and rituals, good versus evil, monster, blood ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, california, persia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Night Flier (1997)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two investigative reporters for a tabloid magazine track down across country "The Night Flier", a serial killer who travels by private plane stalking victims in rural airports. One of the reporters, Richard Dees, begins to suspect that ...
Style: scary, splatter, suspense, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Plot: vampire, reporter, supernatural, monster, airplane, stephen king, professional rivalry, writers, macabre, murder, serial killer, zombie ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Pet Sematary II (1992)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The "sematary" is up to its old zombie-raising tricks again. This time, the protagonists are Jeff Matthews, whose mother died in a Hollywood stage accident, and Drew Gilbert, a boy coping with an abusive stepfather.
Style: scary, slasher, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: zombie, halloween, stephen king, supernatural, death in the family, burial, bully, small town, chase, gory, cemetery, back from the dead ...
Time: 90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place: maine, usa, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.5
 26K
Nightbreed (1990)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of monsters are hiding from humanity.
Style: scary, dark fantasy, gothic, slasher, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: serial killer, monster, murder, afterlife, escape, obsessive quest, heroic mission, social misfits, creature, creature feature, psychiatrist, supernatural ...
Time: 90s, 80s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.4
 31K
Silver Bullet (1985)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Netherlands Antilles
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The small city of Tarker's Mill is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears that this is the work of a maniac. During a search a mysterious, hairy creature is observed. This strange appearance is noticed once a month. ...
Style: scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, creepy, tense ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: werewolf, beast, transformation, supernatural, monster, small town, danger, murder, escapades, social relations, stephen king, macabre ...
Time: 80s, year 1976, 70s
Place: maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
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, surreal, suspense, bloody ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: serial killer, mental institution, murder, supernatural, nightmare, dream, dead teenager, sleep disorder, trapped, serial murder, nightmare on elm street, nightmare comes true ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1990
Place: los angeles, usa, ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
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, suspenseful, scary, suspense, black comedy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: witch, transformation, gargoyle, mummy, stephen king, murder, macabre, supernatural, hitman, held captive, child in peril, artist ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 4.4
 29K
The Grudge (2019)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After a young mother murders her family in her own house, a detective attempts to investigate the mysterious case, only to discover that the house is cursed by a vengeful ghost. Now targeted by the demonic spirits, the detective must do anything to ...
Style: scary, tense, harsh, suspense, bleak ...
Plot: haunted house, death, supernatural, ghost, terror, paranormal, disorder, violence, danger, adaptation, domestic disturbance, supernatural horror ...
Time: year 2006, year 2004, year 2005, 2020s
Place: japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud (2007)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, Romania, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: During a bitter family feud, Jodie Hatfield, and her boyfriend Ricky McCoy, decide to leave town to avoid being found out, but are soon caught in the act. Wanting vengeance, he seeks out the monster Pumpkinhead, and resurrects it seek revenge on the ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, scary, slasher, suspense ...
Plot: demon, supernatural, ritual, family feud, wedding, ghost, supernatural ability, tragic love, vigilantism, death in the family, monster, love ...
Time: year 1988
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.6
 83K
Cabin Fever (2002)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A group of five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrifying flesh-eating virus, which attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals.
Style: suspense, scary, disturbing, rough, splatter ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: virus, gory, infected, disease, body horror, plague, danger, fear, woods, survival, cabin in the woods, friendship ...
Time: year 2002, year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)
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, adult
Plot: serial killer, torture, comic book, nightmare on elm street, supernatural, vengeance, murder, gory, blood, psycho terror, child killer, serial teen killer ...
Time: 80s, year 1992, 1940s
Place: ohio, usa, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Skull: The Mask (2020)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The story of an ancient mask that possesses the human form to commit visceral sacrifices of vengeance for the incarnation of its God.
Style: slasher, suspense, scary, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: possession, revenge, vengeance, serial killer, masked killer, maniac, brutality, psychopath, murder, blood, violence, supernatural ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, sao paulo brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Amityville Horror (2005)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A family is terrorized by demonic forces after moving into a home that was the site of a grisly mass-murder.
Style: scary, demonic, suspenseful, suspense, creepy ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: haunted house, ghost, supernatural, supernatural horror, murder, danger, death, paranormal activity, domestic disturbance, family in danger, gory, paranormal ...
Time: year 2005, year 2000, 70s, 21st century
Place: wisconsin, long island, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 7.3
 382K
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: New York detective Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of mysterious deaths in which the victims are found beheaded. But the locals believe the culprit to be none other than the ghost of the legendary Headless Horseman.
Style: gothic, dark, scary, dark fantasy, atmospheric ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, family friendly
Plot: supernatural, witch, murder, ghost, investigation, supernatural horror, small town, magical, horseman, witchcraft, goth, legends and myths ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, 19th century, victorian era, year 1999 ...
Place: new york, madagascar, america, britain, new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (1999)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: During a failed art heist, the Djinn is once again liberated. This time, to complete the 1001 wishes that he needs before the final 3, he lets himself go to prison, where he starts his evil reign twisting the hopes of the prisoners. Meanwhile, the ...
Style: slasher, scary, independent film, psychological, retro ...
Plot: djinn, genie, monster, supernatural, prophecy, freak, body horror, folk horror, magical, american horror, occult, supernatural horror ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Tom Holland's Twisted Tales (2014)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Horror legend Tom Holland dares you to join him for nine nerve-shredding, totally Twisted Tales. Serving up a mind-bending assortment of the macabre, it’s an anthology fine-tuned to keep you on the edge of your seat. A new drug offers users a ...
Style: anthology, suspenseful, scary, psychotronic, suspense ...
Plot: vengeance, witch, vampire, magic, murderer, fear, satanism, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, paranormal, rescue, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Six college students take a wrong turn and find themselves lost in a strangely deserted rural town... only to discover that this deceptively quiet place hides a murderous cult of children controlled by evil forces. Yet even as bodies begin cropping ...
Style: slasher, classic horror, saga, pastoral, cult horror ...
Audience: teens
Plot: stephen king, creepy child, evil child, killer child, supernatural, religion, teenager, folk horror, murderer, bad kids, occult, creepy kid ...
Time: 90s
Place: nebraska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 5.0
 3K
Deep Dark (2015)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Hermann considers suicide until he finds a strange talking hole in the wall that has the power to fulfill his wildest dreams, or become his worst nightmare.
Style: scary, tense, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: supernatural, monster, desire, supernatural power, characters in danger, killings, death, evil, supernatural ability, society, rescue, peril ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 4.4
 2K
Dead Night (2017)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A caring mother loses her sanity, setting off a chain of events resulting in tragedy and murder. The story of Casey Pollack unfolds from two very different perspectives when one night in the woods culminates in absolute terror.
Style: scary, dark, bleak, enigmatic, psychological ...
Plot: backwoods, supernatural, terror, witchcraft, witch, paranoia, husband wife relationship, killing spree, danger, violence, wilderness, parents and children ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 5.3
 7K
Hideaway (1995)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Hatch Harrison, his wife, Lindsey, and their daughter, Regina, are enjoying a pleasant drive when a car crash leaves wife and daughter unharmed but kills Hatch. However, an ingenious doctor, Jonas Nyebern, manages to revive Hatch after two lifeless ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, afterlife, psychopath, psychic, suicide, satanism, secrets, supernatural ability, car accident, psychic link, demon, supernatural ...
Time: 90s, year 1995
Place: washington d.c., los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 8.1
 452K
The Exorcist (1973)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: 12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid to save her daughter, and ultimately turns to ...
Style: scary, suspense, satanic, demonic, psychological ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: religion, supernatural, demon, exorcism, devil, priest, macabre, possession, demonic possession, occult, exorcist, supernatural horror ...
Time: 70s, year 1973, 20th century
Place: persia, usa, washington d.c., asia, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Amityville Horror (1979)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: George Lutz and his wife Kathleen, move into their Long Island dream house with their children only for their lives to be turned into a hellish nightmare. The legacy of a murder committed in the house gradually affects the family and a priest is ...
Style: scary, demonic, suspenseful, grindhouse, creepy ...
Audience: date night
Plot: haunted house, ghost, supernatural, haunted, paranormal, murder, fear, possession, supernatural horror, macabre, indian burial ground, demon ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1974, year 1975
Place: long island
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 3.4
 672
Hellborn (2003)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: James Bishop is a young psychology resident, excited about his new job at St. Andrews Mental Hospital and the chance to help severely ill patients. The excitement changes to puzzlement, concern and finally terror as some of those patients ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense
Plot: serial killer, human experiment, devil worship, doctors and patients, mentally unstable, supernatural, mental illness, psychopath, power relations, supernatural ability, ghost, investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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