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Grotesque (2009)
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Original name: グロテスク
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
An unnamed doctor has always had everything he's ever wanted, but that has only made him develop more extreme and depraved needs. He kidnaps a young couple in the prime of their life together and forces them into a game of torment that slowly extinguishes their hopes for survival.
Style:
disturbing, brutal, sexy, horrifying, slasher, rough, splatter, bloody, extreme horror, disgusting ...
Plot:
torture, sadism, captivity, kidnapping, violence, sexual abuse, gory, psychopath, brutality, violent death, held captive, transgression, perversion, sexualized violence, pain, violent, sexual perversion, sexual torture, hardcore, extreme, chainsaw, captive, cruelty, body horror, sadistic horror ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
japan, asia
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Country: Serbia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 88 min.
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Style:
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young Argentinian reporter is writing an article about snuff films - which depict real torture, rape and murder of people. But seeking the films and those behind them might backfire. She herself is in danger of becoming one of the suffering.
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Plot:
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Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 94 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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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new york state, pennsylvania, new york
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80%
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Country: France, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An upper-middle-class couple's life is destroyed when their only child is kidnapped and killed. Obsessed with revenge, the couple seizes an opportunity to kidnap the killer.
Style:
disturbing, sadistic, tense, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Horror
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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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: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: UK
Duration: 91 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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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Story:
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Story:
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teens, adult
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Time:
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Duration: 71 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 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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Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
The gruesome tapestry of psychological manifestations of a nineteen year old bulimic runaway stripper-turned prostitute as she descends into a hellish pit of satanic nightmares and hallucinations.
Style:
disturbing, independent film, bloody, psychological, controversial ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detective scramble to locate ...
Style:
scary, brutal, twist ending, frightening, bloody ...
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teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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