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Mother of Tears (2007)
12K
Original name: La terza madre
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An ancient urn is found in a cemetery outside Rome. Once opened, it triggers a series of violent incidents: robberies, rapes and murders increase dramatically, while several mysterious, evil-looking young women coming from all over the world are gathering in the city. All these events are caused by the return of Mater Lacrimarum, the last of three powerful witches who have been spreading terror and death for centuries. Alone against an army of psychos and demons, Sarah Mandy, an art student who seems to have supernatural abilities of her own, is the only person left to prevent the Mother of Tears from destroying Rome.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, stylized, suspense, gothic, lovecraft, psychological, satanic, dark ...
Plot:
black magic, curse, demonic possession, satanic cult, spell, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, dark secret, occult, good versus evil, evil witch, chaos, vengeance, danger, supernatural ability, guts, dark past, sex crime, apocalypse, ghost, supernatural horror, gory, witch, priest, pagan ...
Time:
year 2007, year 2000, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
rome italy, europe
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Most similar movies to Mother of Tears
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, scary and serious films with plots about murder, blood, supernatural, gory, danger, brutality and death mostly in Horror, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Mother of Tears: Demons (1985), The Craft (1996), Carrie (2013), The Guardian (1990), The Omen (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
demonic, scary, satanic, perverse, suspense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
demon, zombie, plague, body horror, gory, death, demonic possession, supernatural, panic, survival horror, danger, chaos ...
Time:
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Place:
west germany, europe, berlin germany, germany, italy ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White, a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother, who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.
Style:
suspense, teen, suspenseful, rough, slasher ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, suspenseful, scary, creepy, erotic ...
Plot:
witch, death, human sacrifice, babies and infants, macabre, gory, mysterious character, folk horror, sacrifice, danger, hidden identity, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A diplomatic couple adopts the son of the devil without knowing it. A remake of the classic horror film of the same name from 1976.
Style:
scary, suspense, atmospheric, harsh, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
demon, devil, antichrist, killer child, murder, evil child, devil worship, 666, prophecy, parents and children, black magic, supernatural horror ...
Time:
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Place:
england, london, rome italy, europe, new york ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
splatter, disturbing, atmospheric, surreal, gothic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, creepy, scary, gothic, dark ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
witch, murder, boarding school, coven, black magic, gory, supernatural, ballet school, witchery, spell, killer, darkness ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe, italy, west germany
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100%
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:
100%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An anorexic young woman escapes from a psychiatric clinic and meets a young man who wants to help. She is caught and returned to her parents, who are soon beheaded by a garrotting stranger making the rounds about town, apparently striking only when ...
Style:
psychological, slasher, serious, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 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:
100%
47K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 127 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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100%
211K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, New Zealand, Australia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Evil Dead, the fourth installment of the Evil Dead franchise, serving as both a reboot and as a loose continuation of the series, features Mia, a young woman struggling with sobriety, heads to a remote cabin with a group of friends where the ...
Style:
bloody, scary, demonic, creepy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
scary, dark, spooky, demonic, satanic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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106K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary, Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donoghue) reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rome, Michael meets an unorthodox priest, Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), who introduces him to the darker side of his faith, ...
Style:
scary, atmospheric, satanic, disturbing, demonic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Italy, Pakistan, USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Country: USA
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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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153K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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27K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 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:
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
creepy, slasher, demonic, cult horror, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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100%
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
gothic, slasher, detective, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
italy, europe, turin italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
bloody, frightening, medical horror, slasher, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, europe, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
31K
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: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When Maggie's sister Jenna saddles her with an autistic newborn named Cody she touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed for. But six years later Jenna suddenly re-enters her life and, with her mysterious new ...
Style:
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teens, girls' night
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100%
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
scary, creepy, homoerotic, cult classic, terrifying ...
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Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
slasher, creepy, scary, saga, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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chicago, illinois, usa
Similarity:
100%
144K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, Poland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
Style:
disturbing, sexy, dark, psychological, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
insanity, depression, cruelty, guilt, controversy, fear, violence, woods, female nudity, nudity, black magic, male nudity ...
Time:
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Similarity:
100%
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