Movies like The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
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The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
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Original name: L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo
Genre: Drama, 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 the investigation, while the serial killer stalks Julia and him.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, slasher, grindhouse, creepy, suspense, rough, twist ending, surreal, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder mystery, maniac, police detective, investigation, female psychopath, psychopath, voyeurism, attempted murder, amateur detective, murder, killer, cat, ornithologist, damsel in distress, police interrogation, amateur sleuth, mysterious stranger, male victim, american in italy, mysterious character, mystery killer, danger, female killer, femme fatale ...
Time:
70s, year 1970, 60s, 20th century, 1960s
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe, american
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Most similar movies to The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, slasher, suspenseful and grindhouse films with plots about serial killer, violence, blood, murder, murderer, maniac and death mostly in Mystery, Thriller and Horror genres. Some movies like The Bird with the Crystal Plumage: Terror at the Opera (1987), Tenebrae (1982), The New York Ripper (1982), Don't Torture a Duckling (1972), Play Motel (1979). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, creepy, suspense, visually stunning, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, psycho killer, nude girl, female nudity, torture, voyeur, obsession, nudity, bare breasts, nude, evil man, masked villain ...
Time:
80s, year 1986
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 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, erotica, strangulation, interracial lesbian sex, voyeur, strangled to death, murder, voyeurism, male nudity, bisexual, threesome ...
Time:
20th century, year 2016, 70s, year 1972
Place:
italy, europe, southern italy, rome italy
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: 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, creepy, dark, scary, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, killer, lesbian, dog attack, gory, writers, blood, murder mystery, investigation, obsession, female nudity, voyeurism ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
rome italy, italy, rhode island, new york, new york state ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.
Style:
disturbing, slasher, grindhouse, dark, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, nudity, sex, jack the ripper, erotica, brutality, violence against women, female victim, sex worker, sexual cruelty, sex scene, killer ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A reporter and a promiscuous young woman try to solve a series of child killings in a remote southern Italian town that's rife with superstition and distrust of outsiders.
Style:
psychological, slasher, scary, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
murder, sexual attraction, sex, amateur detective, serial killer, loss of virginity, lynch mob, voyeurism, brutality, death, pervert, evil priest ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
southern italy, europe, italy, milan italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The motel has a special room designed for sexual activities. It also has a habit of photographing sex act engines and extorting the parties concerned. One day a mysterious killer with black gloves up and the situation is changing.
Style:
suspense, sexy, erotic, psychotronic, bleak ...
Plot:
voyeur, erotica, hotel, sex maniac, voyeurism, murder, motel, murder witness, investigation, violence, death, fear ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
100%
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, suspense, classic horror, cult classic, teen horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, maniac, camp, gory, summer camp, revenge, psycho killer, teenager, disturbed individual, summer, blood ...
Time:
1950s, 80s, year 2016, 70s, 20th century ...
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
erotic, slasher, sexual, grindhouse, controversial ...
Plot:
lust, erotica, lesbian sex, model, voyeur, sexual fantasy, serial killer, female serial killer, sexuality, unwanted pregnancy, licking, lesbian couple ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy, europe, milan italy
Similarity:
100%
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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, perverse, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
horror for children
Plot:
serial killer, blind man, murder, voyeurism, woman strangled to death, investigation, stalking, twists and turns, chase, gory, amateur detective, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, year 1971, 70s
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe, turin italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A sorority house is terrorized by a stranger who makes frightening phone calls and then murders the sorority sisters during Christmas break.
Style:
christmas horror, slasher, sexy, suspense, creepy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
christmas, serial killer, holiday horror, telephone call, holiday, killer, violence, sorority, murder, mental illness, serial murder, maniac ...
Time:
70s, near future, year 1974, 20th century, 80s
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
This slasher movie follows a relentless killer who is out to avenge the death of a young girl who died after being bullied and teased by four of her classmates. Now high-school students, the guilt-ridden kids have kept their involvement a secret, ...
Style:
slasher, sexy, perverse, teen, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
serial killer, high school, teenager, revenge, prom, masked killer, high school prom, masked man, chase, stalking, teenage sex, murder ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1980, year 2016, 20th century ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, 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, psycho sexual, psychosexual thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, characters murdered one by one, killer, model, fashion, masked killer, whodunit, hardcore, sexploitation, fashion model, strangulation, macabre ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
europe, italy, rome italy
Similarity:
100%
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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:
suspense, gothic, psychological, scary, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, gory, murder, psychopath, manic, intrigue, murder mystery, female serial killer, danger, haunted by the past, amateur detective, darkness ...
Time:
70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe, canary islands, lebanon ...
Similarity:
50%
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:
master criminal, serial killer, dangerous attraction, gambling, homicidal maniac, murder, vengeance, woman in danger, police investigation, law enforcement, rivalry, murderer ...
Place:
rome italy, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives have ever ...
Style:
disturbing, mockumentary, sadistic, slasher, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, serial killer, murder, psychopath, torture, macabre, violence, psycho killer, maniac, psycho, sadism, captive ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
usa, new york state, pennsylvania, new york
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:
100%
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:
sexy, neo noir, erotic, slasher horror, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder mystery, serial killer, psychopath, voyeurism, female nudity, murder, voyeur, infidelity, blonde, psycho killer, sexual content, sexual desire ...
Time:
year 1980, 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
50%
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, erotic, slasher, psychotronic, sexual ...
Plot:
female nudity, tarantula, serial killer, lesbianism, dysfunctional marriage, woman in jeopardy, sadistic psychopath, serial murder, whodunit, psychopath, obsession, maniac ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
After several coeds are murdered at a college, a professor (Fabio Testi) who is involved with a student becomes a suspect, along with several other male and female teachers.
Style:
slasher, detective, grindhouse, suspense, cult classic ...
Plot:
serial killer, voyeurism, brutality, obsession, sexual obsession, unwanted pregnancy, psycho killer, nude bathing, murder of a nude woman, sexualized violence, murder, extramarital affair ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, london, scotland yard
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer through Italy when she herself becomes a victim of the brutal man's obsession.
Style:
surreal, psychological, suspenseful, dark, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, memory loss, sadistic psychopath, art, murder, killer, psycho killer, surrealism, obsession, vengeance, rape, violent ...
Time:
90s
Place:
rome italy, europe, italy, florence
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
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, erotic, slasher horror, twisted ...
Plot:
sexy girls, police inspector, serial killer, manipulation, stalking, murder, italian police, macabre, killer, obsession, widow, island ...
Time:
70s
Place:
greece, europe, london, england, athens greece ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young girl and her mother run a hotel during the war. When the mother dies, the girl finds herself at the mercy of her sex-crazed guests. Soon enough, a cloaked figure starts killing off everyone that tries to harm her.
Style:
gothic, expressionism, grindhouse, controversial, dark ...
Plot:
female nudity, sexual assault, rape, rape and revenge, serial killer as protagonist, sexual abuse, nervous breakdown, serial killer, world war two, murderer, bare breasts, corruption ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
100%
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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%
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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:
perverse, creepy, erotic, slasher, mind bending ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, eye, serial killer, female serial killer, psychotic, female psychopath, musician, obsession, murder, voyeurism, male homosexuality, gay ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s
Place:
rome italy, europe, italy, germany
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A tourist witnesses a murder and finds herself caught up in a series of bloody killings.
Style:
grindhouse, erotic, slasher, suspense, gothic ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, cat, desire, mysticism, tourist, marijuana, mind game, danger, hospital, psychopath ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 20th century
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe
Similarity:
32%
33K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.
Style:
surreal, creepy, scary, slasher horror, perverse ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
supernatural, chimpanzee, telepathy, psychic power, teenage girl, serial killer, killer, mysticism, insect, female psychopath, investigation, violent woman ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
europe, switzerland, zurich switzerland, alps, munich germany
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A killer stalks a composer staying at a posh Tuscany villa while writing the score to a horror film which has an incriminating clue to the killer's identity.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, horror musical, metafiction ...
Plot:
voyeurism, nudity, female killer, voyeur, female nudity, serial killer, stalker, psychopath, transvestism, obsession, gory, murder ...
Time:
80s
Place:
tuscany
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman with psychic powers has a vision of a murder that took place in a house owned by her husband.
Style:
creepy, grindhouse, classic horror, gothic horror, surprise ending ...
Plot:
murder mystery, premonition, nightmare, folk horror, whodunit, psychic, supernatural, investigation, murder, macabre, psychic power, killer ...
Time:
70s, year 1959
Place:
italy, europe, usa, virginia, england ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 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, psychopath, female nudity, rape, sex, serial killer, maniac, murder victim, biker ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 81 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 ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, slasher, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, lovers, voyeurism, mystery killer, perversion, reckless driving, threatening telephone call, extramarital affair, serial murder, female friendship, obsession, murder ...
Time:
20th century, year 2016, 70s, year 1971
Place:
europe, spain, austria, turin italy, sicily ...
Similarity:
30%
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