Movies like The Witches 1966

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The Witches (1966)
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The Witches (1966)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Following a nervous breakdown, Gwen takes up the job of head teacher in the small village of Haddaby. There she can benefit from the tranquillity and peace, enabling her to recover fully. But under the facade of idyllic country life she slowly unearths the frightening reality of village life in which the inhabitants are followers of a menacing satanic cult with the power to inflict indiscriminate evil and death if crossed.
Style: gothic horror, satanic, gothic, slasher, grindhouse, classic horror, scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: witch, witchcraft, folk horror, supernatural, occult, black magic, hagsploitation, magic, conspiracy, voodoo, 666, exploitation, village, human sacrifice, school, investigation, youth, teachers and students, pets, village life, supernatural ability, journalism, escapades, danger, small town ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: africa, england, europe, united kingdom

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Most similar movies to The Witches

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, scary, suspenseful and psychotronic films with plots about supernatural, danger, curses spells and rituals, occult, deadly, supernatural ability and witch mostly in Horror, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Witches: The Devil Rides Out (1968), Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968), Cry of the Banshee (1970), The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971), Witchcraft (1964). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The powers of good are pitted against the forces of evil as the Duc de Richelieu wrestles with the charming but deadly Satanist, Mocata, for the soul of his friend. Mocata has the knowledge and the power to summon the forces of darkness and, as the ...
Style: gothic, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, dark ...
Plot: occult, black magic, supernatural, coven, folk horror, satanism, witch, zombie, serial killer, curses spells and rituals, psychopath, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s, year 1968, year 1929
Place: england, europe
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100%
Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When his brother disappears, Robert Manning pays a visit to the remote country house he was last heard from. While his host is outwardly welcoming - and his niece more demonstrably so - Manning detects a feeling of menace in the air with the legend ...
Style: lovecraft, suspenseful, scary, tense, serious ...
Plot: witchcraft, supernatural, virgin, sacrifice, folk horror, reincarnation, vengeance, femme fatale, danger, curses spells and rituals, occult, wizards and magicians ...
Time: 60s
Place: england, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Cry of the Banshee (1970)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In seventeenth century England Lord Whitman wages unending war on what he sees as the ever-present scourge of witchcraft, and many local villagers have suffered at his hands. But one victim uses her occult powers to curse his family, enlisting ...
Style: classic horror, grindhouse, satanic, gothic, scary ...
Plot: witchcraft, witch, folk horror, occult, tudors, murder, edgar allan poe, revenge, massacre, torture, rape, virus ...
Time: 16th century, 17th century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The accidental unearthing of Satan’s earthly remains causes the children of 17th-century English village to slowly convert into a coven of devil worshipers.
Style: satanic, slasher, gothic, gothic horror, grindhouse ...
Plot: folk horror, witchcraft, rape, occult, devil, human sacrifice, satanism, beast, teenage girl, village, murder, evil child ...
Time: 18th century, year 1971, victorian era, 17th century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Witchcraft (1964)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story: When her grave is disturbed by modern-day land developers, a 300-year-old witch is accidentally resurrected and terrorizes an English village.
Style: satanic, offbeat, atmospheric, gothic horror, gothic ...
Plot: witch, witchcraft, cemetery, occult, supernatural, magic, folk horror, coven, undead, dead, living dead, burned alive ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Terror (1978)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A witch's prophecy - while being burned at the stake- curse condemns a family to horrible deaths.
Style: slasher, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, silent ...
Plot: witch, supernatural, curse, occult, witchcraft, supernatural horror, black magic, undead, killer, macabre, serial killer, strip club ...
Time: middle ages
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Evil Heritage (1976)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A young girl is caught up in a devil cult run by her evil uncle and cousin. She can trust no one and even people she thought were dead comes back to haunt her.
Style: grindhouse, demonic, satanic, independent film, serious ...
Plot: occult, zombie, devil, witchcraft, folk horror, coven, witch, ghost, black magic, satanist, exploitation, extreme ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Burn, Witch, Burn (1962)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A skeptical college professor discovers that his wife has been practicing magic for years. Like the learned, rational fellow he is, he forces her to destroy all her magical charms and protective devices, and stop that foolishness. He isn't put ...
Style: gothic, classic horror, satanic, psychotronic, scary ...
Plot: witchcraft, giant bird, occult, bird attack, witch, supernatural, folk horror, rape accusation, pagan, witchery, magic, fire ...
Time: 60s
Place: cornwall
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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The Innocents (1961)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.
Style: gothic, black and white, scary, suspense, atmospheric ...
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, haunting, macabre, children, haunted, old mansion, ghost story, hide and seek, schizophrenia, insanity, paranoid ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, year 1961, 1890s
Place: england, britain, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Virgin Witch (1972)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Christine gets her big chance at modelling when she applies at Sybil Waite's agency. Together with Christine's sister Betty they go to a castle for the weekend for a photo shoot. Sybil has lured Christine to the castle for more than ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, satanic ...
Plot: witch, witchcraft, occult, lesbian incest, supernatural, coven, fashion, countryside, model, curses spells and rituals, danger, bare breasts ...
Time: 70s
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using her as the representative of the Devil on Earth.
Style: satanic, scary, serious, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: occult, ritual, satanism, afterlife, satanist, deal with the devil, demon, ghost, satanic cult, curses spells and rituals, danger, witch ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1976
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Devil's Hand (1961)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story: A man is haunted by visions of a beautiful woman. When he finally meets her, he winds up involved in a satanic cult.
Style: cult classic, satanic, grindhouse, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: voodoo, devil worship, human sacrifice, witchcraft, witch, magic, demon, macabre, coven, occult, satanic cult, satanism ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sir James Forbes arrives in a remote Cornish village to identify a mysterious plague afflicting the population. Local squire Charles, a disciple of Haitian witchcraft, is using the voodoo magic to resurrect the dead to work in his decrepit and ...
Style: gothic, gothic horror, slasher, classic horror, suspense ...
Plot: folk horror, monster, occult, supernatural, living dead, zombie, zombie attack, undead, cemetery, macabre, apocalypse, pagan ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: cornwall, haiti, caribbean, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Woman in Black (1989)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent by his firm to settle the estate. The lawyer finds the townspeople reluctant to talk about or go near the woman's dreary home and no one will explain or ...
Style: gothic, gothic horror, scary, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, afterlife, haunted house, mysterious character, uncover truth, murder, haunted by the past, who done it, danger, haunted, small town life ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s, edwardian era
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Touch of Satan (1971)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A murderous and decrepit old woman resides on a California walnut farm with her family. On a whim, a traveler named Jodie makes a brief side trip to the farm, where he meets and falls in love with Melissa, the proverbial farmer's daughter. ...
Style: grindhouse, independent film, scary, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: witch, farm, supernatural, witchcraft, freak, folk horror, satanist, rejuvenation, witch burning, wizards and magicians, curses spells and rituals, countryside ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Superstition (1982)
Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A witch put to death in 1692 swears vengeance on her persecutors and returns to the present day to punish their descendants.
Style: slasher, suspenseful, serious, scary, bleak ...
Plot: witch, witchcraft, curse, old dark house, investigation, vengeance, haunted by the past, haunted house, urban legend, danger, evil wins, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Baron Blood (1972)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy, West Germany, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young man, Peter, returns to Austria in search of his heritage. There he visits the castle of an ancestor, a sadistic Baron who was cursed to a violent death by a witch whom the Baron had burned at the stake. Peter reads aloud the incantation that ...
Style: gothic horror, gothic, suspense, scary, rough ...
Plot: afterlife, ghost, castle, supernatural, witch, fear, good versus evil, murder, hanging, curse, torture chamber, auction ...
Time: year 1972, 15th century, 70s
Place: austria, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Twins of Evil (1971)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: While dabbling in Satanism, Count Karstein resurrects Mircalla Karnstein who initiates him into vampirism. As a rash of deaths afflicts the village, Gustav the head of Puritan group leads his men to seek out and destroy the pestilence. One of his ...
Style: gothic horror, scary, suspenseful, stylized, serious ...
Plot: vampire, supernatural, sister sister relationship, twins, twin sister, puritan, orphan, satanism, dangerous attraction, castle, good versus evil, supernatural ability ...
Time: year 1971, 70s, 20th century, 17th century, 18th century ...
Place: central europe, europe, austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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The Brotherhood of Satan (1971)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A family is trapped in a desert town by a cult of senior-citizens who recruit the town's children to worship Satan.
Style: satanic, scary, psychotronic, grindhouse, serious ...
Plot: supernatural, witch, witchcraft, evil child, occult, folk horror, macabre, coven, black magic, ritual, pagan cult, devil worship ...
Time: year 1971, 20th century, 70s
Place: usa, new mexico, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Dunwich Horror (1970)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A university student is pursued by a man with a demonic secret.
Style: scary, surprise ending, satanic, atmospheric, gothic ...
Plot: occult, cosmic horror, good versus evil, cthulhu, supernatural power, professor, villain played by lead actor, grandfather grandson relationship, small town, library, human sacrifice, hypnosis ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Incubus (1966)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: On a strange island inhabited by demons and spirits, a man battles the forces of evil.
Style: atmospheric, satanic, cerebral, gothic horror, gothic ...
Plot: witch, demon, supernatural, folk horror, solar eclipse, lost soul, 666, unknown, pagan, fear, monster, witchcraft ...
Time: year 1966
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Whilst vacationing in the Carpathian Mountain, two couples stumble across the remains of Count Dracula's castle. The Count's trusted servant kills one of the men, suspending the body over the Count's ashes so that the blood drips from ...
Style: gothic horror, gothic, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric ...
Plot: vampire, supernatural, female vampire, dracula, monster, vengeance, zombie, blood, crucifix, good versus evil, stalking, supernatural ability ...
Time: year 1966, 1800s, 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Terror of the Living Dead (1973)
Genre: Horror
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Upon his uncle's death, Serge Chekov journeys to a spooky Scottish village for the reading of the will. But when he inherits the estate, Serge runs afoul of his uncle's jealous wife , his business partner , his maid and others. It's ...
Style: gothic horror, atmospheric, gothic, suspense, classic horror ...
Plot: zombie, living dead, occult, mad scientist, cemetery, satanism, 666, dracula, supernatural, autopsy, obsession, corpse ...
Time: 1800s, 19th century
Place: scotland, europe, central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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The Reptile (1966)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Harry and Valerie Spalding arrive in the remote Cornish village to an unwelcoming and suspicious population. Harry's brother dies suddenly, bitten by a lethal reptilian bite. They befriend a young woman Anna whose tyrannical father controls her ...
Style: gothic, gothic horror, natural horror, grindhouse, classic horror ...
Plot: folk horror, monster, creature feature, snake, reptiles, exploitation, prehistoric creature, snake people, female monster, macabre, pagan, dinosaur ...
Time: year 1966, 60s, victorian era
Place: cornwall
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Daughters of Satan (1972)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A man buys a painting depicting witches being burned at the stake, one of whom bears an uncanny resemblance to his wife.
Style: suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: witch, witchcraft, occult, supernatural, reincarnation, bare chested male, afterlife, curses spells and rituals, danger, ghost, supernatural ability, satanism ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: the philippines, manila philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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The Gorgon (1964)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In the early 20th century a village experienced a series of inexplicable murders. All the victims were young men who had been to stone. The perpetrator of these deaths was a being so repulsive that she transformed the onlooker using the power of her ...
Style: gothic horror, suspenseful, gothic, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: supernatural, greek mythology, danger, stalking, ghost, village life, legends and myths, village, turned to stone, monster, investigation, mythology ...
Time: 19th century, 1910s, 1900s, victorian era
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Land of the Minotaur (1976)
Genre: Horror
Country: Greece, UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A satanic cult kidnaps 3 young people and Priest Donald Pleasence and Costas Skouras must save them from the hands of this evil.
Style: cult classic, satanic, independent film, serious, scary ...
Plot: folk horror, sword and sorcery, sorcery, occult, satanic cult, tourist, demon, supernatural, coven, witchcraft, investigation, kidnapping ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place: greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Scars of Dracula (1970)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The Prince of Darkness casts his undead shadow once more over the cursed village of Kleinenberg when his ashes are splashed with bat's blood and Dracula is resurrected. And two innocent victims search for a missing loved one... loved to death ...
Style: gothic, gothic horror, rough, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: vampire, dracula, supernatural, castle, good versus evil, priest, village, monster, supernatural ability, dangerous attraction, curses spells and rituals, woman in danger ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Outcast (2010)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 98 min.
Story: It tells the tale of Petronella (a Scottish/Romany girl) and Fergal (her mysterious Irish traveller boyfriend). As their doomed relationship plays out, a Beast stalks the estate, killing locals, working its way towards our protagonists. Meanwhile ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, suspense
Plot: beast, werewolf, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, witch, deadly creature, fall in love, life is a bitch, supernatural ability, good versus evil, teenage love, wizards and magicians ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, scotland, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Walking the Dead (2010)
Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: His latest offering from serial horror movie director, Melanie Ansley is sure to send a chill down your spine. Charles, a western reporter, is exiled to a small village in south china where he discovers the most extraordinary story... He finds a ...
Style: serious, scary, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: supernatural, survival, escapades, small town life, danger, zombie, village life, social relations, small town, village, journalism, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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