Movies like Dark Woods
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Dark Woods (2003)
6K
Original name: Villmark
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Lithuania, Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The crew of the TV show "Real TV" with controlling boss Gunnar on the front line will soon begin production of a reality show for which participants are selected to survive in the wilderness. Gunnar has gathered a production team of four people: The friends Lasse and Per , the Swedish girl Elin and the new girl Sara. To test his new employees, Gunnar takes them to a log cabin where he used to spend summers as a kid. The cabin is located far away from civilisation, hidden in the dark, mysterious woods. The team has to make it through a weekend, finding food that nature has to offer, and neither cellular phones nor cigarettes are allowed. When Lasse and Per find a dead body in a lake near the cottage, the group is being tested. Gunnar is suggesting that they should continue the weekend without mentioning anything to Sara and Elin about what they found. But soon the team experiences some escalating incidents which lead to paranoia, accusations and mistrust.
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, rough, disturbing, splatter, creepy, cult classic, cult horror, serious ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
woods, wilderness, gory, psychopath, tv crew, supernatural, isolation, danger, deadly creature, twists and turns, witch, holiday horror, haunting, redneck, travel, ghost, killer, magician, darkness, blood, supernatural power, backwoods, cabin in the woods, wizard, nordic ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
europe
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Most similar movies to Dark Woods
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, scary and suspense films with plots about danger, deadly, survival, supernatural, gory, isolation and woods mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Dark Woods: Dead End (2003), Abandoned Mine (2012), Cold Prey III (2010), Cold Prey (2006), The Strangers (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Christmas Eve. On his way to his in-laws with his family, Frank Harrington decides to try a shortcut, for the first time in 20 years. It turns out to be the biggest mistake of his life.
Style:
suspense, christmas horror, twist ending, clever, disturbing ...
Plot:
ghost, time loop, fear, forest, supernatural horror, wrong place wrong time, road trip, danger, supernatural, lost in the woods, gory, cabin in the woods ...
Time:
year 2003
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Five school friends seek adventure on Halloween night in an abandoned, haunted mine, only to find to their horror that the ghostly rumors may be true as they fight for survival.
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, ghost, paranormal activity, supernatural, sacrifice, survival, danger, adventurer, confined, youth, trapped, afterlife ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Takes place in the '80s where a group of teenagers go to visit an abandoned hotel, only to find themselves hunted by a psychotic killer through the Norwegian woods.
Style:
slasher, scary, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, killer, psychopath, friends, profanity, winter, woods, cruelty, hotel, danger, escapades, buddies ...
Time:
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21K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Eirik and his girlfriend, Jannicke, join newly coupled Mikael and Ingunn, along with single wisecracker Morten, on a snowboarding excursion to a remote mountainous region in Norway. When Morten breaks his leg, however, and requires medical ...
Style:
slasher, brutal, scary, creepy, perverse ...
Plot:
hotel, psychopath, group of friends, mountain, characters killed one by one, manic, snowboarding, sole survivor, female fighter, abandoned hotel, characters murdered one by one, photograph ...
Time:
year 2006, year 2016, 2000s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
156K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After returning from a wedding reception, a couple staying in an isolated vacation house receive a knock on the door in the mid-hours of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. The couple ...
Style:
slasher, scary, psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
home invasion, survival, serial killer, masked killer, murder, hostage, brutality, blood, masked man, violence, masked villain, killer ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or why she's covered in her ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, intense, tense, lovecraft ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cave, sole survivor, survival, deadly creature, survival horror, supernatural, creature, monster, claustrophobia, gory, missing person, expedition ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Several teenagers in a small-town in Colorado concoct a July 4th prank based on a frightening legend that goes awry when their friend ends up accidentally killed; however, the teens agree to keep their involvement a secret from the authorities, who ...
Style:
slasher, scary, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
prank, serial killer, urban legend, supernatural, rock concert, small town, psychopath, deadly creature, danger, vengeance, who done it, stalking ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006
Place:
colorado, nevada, utah, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Driving back to Norway, Lina and Martin reach a roadblock where a policeman tells them to take a detour deep into the Swedish forest. But soon one creepy incident after another leaves them stranded in the dark woods and everything seems much too ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, scary, slasher ...
Plot:
woods, blood, stranded, danger, isolation, deathtrap, escapades, holiday horror, video surveillance, survival, redneck, crazy family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
59%
Movie in collections
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Stranded after a car accident, a medical school student and her friends try to find shelter - only to cross paths with a deranged killer.
Style:
slasher, suspense, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, demonic possession, experiment gone awry, supernatural, survival, confined, psychopath, escapades, danger, gory, murder, isolation ...
Similarity:
52%
429
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
On a Saturday morning, Frances jolts awake from a frightening dream. That afternoon, while on a road trip with four friends, a bizarre chain of events leads her to a secluded house where a little girl lives with a man she refers to only as, ...
Style:
scary, serious, slasher, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
child in peril, mysterious character, woman in danger, isolation, confined, gory, danger, woods, abuse, isolated house, female protagonist, mature ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A weekend boating party turns into a nightmare for a group of young Londoners when they stumble upon a terrifying secret hidden in the reeds.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, scary, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
curse, boat, supernatural, danger, deadly creature, psychopath, curses spells and rituals, gory, time loop, redneck, travel, time travel ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a group of young campers wander into the backwoods of upstate New York to see if Cappy's Cabin--a place they think exists only in urban legend--is real, they find themselves in a twisted game of predator and prey as night begins to fall. ...
Style:
slasher, serious, rough, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, supernatural, psychopath, survival, danger, isolation, forest, revenge, decapitation, camping, killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The screenplay centers on characters Brendan Young and Darryl Jennings who take a trip to the Lake Arrowhead with a group of college friends to celebrate Young's girlfriend's birthday. One-by-one the coeds begin disappearing until a ...
Style:
slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
supernatural, survival, danger, confined, captivity, gory, isolation, black, serial killer, scared, blaxploitation, woods ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Painful memories arise when Kai Koss inherits his dead mother's house and goes back to his childhood home after 19 years.
Style:
psychological, scary, serious, mind bending, suspenseful ...
Plot:
house, dead mother, life is a bitch, homecoming, mental illness, haunted by the past, death in the family, parents and children, family relations, family problems, woods, gory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of friends on vacation decide to venture onto a trail high up in the mountains that has been closed for repairs. The climb proves more perilous than planned, especially as they soon realize that they are not alone. The adventure turns into a ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, slasher, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
survival, mountain, serial murder, forest, climbing, danger, disappearance, survival horror, stalking, friends, escapades, isolation ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
46%
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
45%
Genre: Horror
Country: Norway
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Its the summer of 1974. Four friends have planned a recreational weekend hiking and camping in the forest. At a remote truck stop they pick up an anxious hitchhiker who only after a short ride demands they stop the vehicle. She is clearly frightened ...
Style:
scary, slasher, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gory, chase, survival, friends, manhunt, danger, escapades, woods, violent, expedition, redneck, backwoods ...
Time:
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Place:
europe
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Janey arrives at a silent retreat in the middle of the woods for rehabilitation, only to discover that the men who run it aren't afraid to show her what lurks beyond the trees.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, slasher, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
brainwashing, isolation, creature, danger, woman in danger, rehabilitation, power relations, rebelliousness, twists and turns, rebellion, ghost, monster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When plans for a weekend vacation hit a dead end, a group of close-knit friends find themselves stranded in unfamiliar territory, pursued by a menacing predator. Holed up in an isolated cabin, tensions mount as long-buried secrets are revealed. As ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, serious, rough, dark drama ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
monster, creature feature, closeted homosexual, creature, survival, danger, friends, supernatural, deadly creature, isolation, animal attack, woods ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Part of a "special" late-nite television program...Four friends on their way to a wedding find themselves marooned on a mysterious farm. Creatures of the night awaken and the undead rise, as a night of relentless horror...Begins!
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, serious, mumblecore ...
Plot:
zombie, road trip, survival, isolation, gory, deadly creature, supernatural, danger, on the road, redneck, killer bat, zombie attack ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Sweden
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Five young field-biologists are sent to northern Sweden to investigate effects of a large forest fire. However, what was thought to be some weeks of camping and easy work soon turns into a nightmare as they find the remains of a mysterious creature ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, scary, exciting, disturbing
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, danger, deadly creature, supernatural, woods, wilderness, isolation, monster, backwoods, confined, strange behavior, body snatcher ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
42%
6K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Norwegian folklore turns out to be real when Leo and Elvis encounter a girl called Thale in a basement. A regular cleaning job turns into a struggle for survival, while they're trying to figure out what or who Thale is. Could Thale be a ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, rough, fairy tale, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
deadly creature, supernatural, creature, folklore, folk horror, legends and myths, wrong place wrong time, danger, confined, gory, isolation, secret place ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In late summer of 2011, five young friends on a road trip went missing after being attacked by nomadic cannibals in a huge RV. Video was recorded by the victims & recovered by police as evidence in their still-unsolved murders.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, rough, bleak, independent film ...
Plot:
found footage, murder, on the road, survival, isolation, confined, buddies, danger, wilderness, friendship, cannibalism, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Sophie is a troubled young girl, haunted by the abuse she suffered as a child and harbouring a deep fascination with the unexplained. In the hope of satiating her obsession with the latter, she instigates a trip to the Welsh countryside with four ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
evil priest, confined, rescue, danger, captivity, isolation, werewolf, eye, supernatural, woods, survival, group of friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Two young couples take one last trip to the country before moving to different cities. Unfortunately, when secrets come out and jealously takes a toll the weekend takes an unexpected and deadly turn for the worst.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
psychopath, strong violent content, woods, survival, isolation, confined, murder, group of friends, danger, trap, female nudity, torture ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Six friends enter the strange town of Old Mines for a weekend float trip. They quickly realize that the town is not friendly to strangers, and they are pressured to leave by the police. When the friends decide to continue their float trip anyway, ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
backwoods, small town, psychopath, survival, serial killer, gory, family in danger, wilderness, isolation, escapades, supernatural, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Young adults become fascinated by the events of the three missing filmmakers in Maryland, so they decide to go into the same woods and find out what really happened.
Style:
bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, supernatural ability, witch, curses spells and rituals, surveillance, gory, danger, human sacrifice, lesbian, found footage, occult, magic ...
Time:
90s, y2k, 2000s
Place:
boston, maryland, usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In 1998, thirty four unidentified bodies were found in shallow graves in a remote Siberian forest. After subsequent investigations, no official explanation by the Russian authorities was ever offered about the circumstances of the deaths.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
found footage, ghost, supernatural, investigation, confined, uncover truth, isolation, danger, woods, haunted house, afterlife, haunted ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A teenage boy discovers the perpetrators of several brutal kidnappings in his home town.
Style:
scary, suspense, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
kidnapping, survival, danger, violent content, woods, psychopath, teenager, graphic violence, death, serial killer, hicksploitation, found footage ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Set in the modern day mid-west, the film focuses on a young couple trying to establish a new life. They become stranded in a very isolated vineyard. They are forced to face secrets from their own pasts and the malicous intents of the vineyard's ...
Style:
psychological, serious, scary, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
wrong place wrong time, starting over, danger, haunted by the past, isolation, gory, countryside, family in danger, torture, catholic, demon, violent ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
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