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The Portal (2010)
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Investigators pursuing a bizarre hemorrhagic illness are lead to a strange black painting that they discover is a portal to another dimension.
Style:
tense, scary, serious, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
ghost, parallel world, investigation, uncover truth, supernatural, portal, violence, murder, suspense, air disaster, doctor, hospital, mental institution, suicide, bum, ghost child, painting, library, man in a wheelchair, wrestler, danger, gory, imaginary, shower, exploding head ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, scary and tense films with plots about danger, suspense, deadly, supernatural, murder, ghost and violence mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Portal: An American Ghost Story (2012), Haunting of the Mary Celeste (2020), The Crypt (2009), Fear Runs Silent (2000), Red Eye (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Paul, an unemployed writer, decides to rent and live in a house that's rumored to be haunted, he puts his life and his relationships in grave danger as he obsessively attempts to get the story that will finally make his career.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, atmospheric, scary
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, curses spells and rituals, writer's life, uncover truth, supernatural, fear, violence, afterlife, artists and showbiz, danger, deadly
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Rachel, a concerned researcher, and her team have set out to sea to prove that the disappearance of a family and crew from a merchant ship was for reasons having to do with the supernatural. Her theory that those on the Mary Celeste vanished into a ...
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suspenseful, disturbing, serious
Plot:
alternate timeline, uncover truth, missing person, disappearance, mother daughter relationship, time travel, investigation, suspense, little girl, child in peril, time warp, paranormal activity ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Six young criminals break into hidden catacombs underneath their town and attempt to steal jewelry buried from the "Great Depression" only to find inhabitants guarding the precious belongings. After being trapped in this dark maze of ...
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suspenseful, serious, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
ghost, suspense, confined, escapades, supernatural, catacomb, cemetery, crypt, deadly creature, struggle for survival, murder, violence ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
usa
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85%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When high school science teacher, Mr.Hill, convinces his student, Kerry Johnson, and a group of her friends to go on an overnight field trip, they find themselves face to face with the darkest side of terror. Not even their worst nightmares will ...
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, scary, serious, splatter
Audience:
teens
Plot:
forest, deadly creature, supernatural, youth, wilderness, teenage life, curses spells and rituals, murder, nightmare, suspense, monster, mountain ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Genre: Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When a new stewardess joins the night shift crew of the train, she find that some mystic events become occur during the train night run. As the film goes we see that the train has more hidden secrets that lead to a suspicion that it might be linked ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, scary, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
train, suspense, ghost, escape, journalism, survival, murder, uncover truth, violence, death, save the day, teenage life ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south korea, korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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622
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Stitch follows the story of grieving parents as they cope with the loss of their young daughter. At the height of their desperation, they turn to their best friends for healing advice, who lead them into the deep desert for a weekend ritual meant to ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, scary, tense, captivating
Plot:
ghost, family in danger, curses spells and rituals, rivalry, death, violence, suspense, family problems, losing-it hero, dealing with death, disfigurement, daughter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Lisa Templeton begins a new job as a cleaner at High Hopes Hospital, a mental institution in Amityville, Long Island. Initially delighted to get the job, Lisa soon realises that all is not as it seems. Intimidated by staff and the psychotic ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, scary, captivating, psychotronic
Plot:
mental institution, woman in danger, ghost, uncover truth, supernatural, graphic violence, twists and turns, hospital, haunted house, hiding place, danger, deadly
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
While celebrating with her friends in her new cheaply rented apartment (with balcony and view of the sea) on the thirteenth floor of a building, the young Sayaka unexpectedly jumps off the balcony committing suicide. Her mother goes insane and her ...
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, haunted house, suicide, uncover truth, investigation, losing-it hero, curses spells and rituals, grudge, urban legend, haunted, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Struggling filmmakers - Kennedy, Cory and James - finally catch the break they were looking for when they are hired to shoot a 'behind-the-scenes' documentary for a major studio production. But their dream job quickly turns into a ...
Style:
scary, serious, tense, suspenseful, psychotronic
Plot:
found footage, ghost, hospital, supernatural, escapades, artists and showbiz, doctor, filmmaker, medical, nude, graphic violence, confined ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In Las Vegas, the powerful three hundred year old vampire Sylvian hires Dr. van Helm to research a cure to survive in the sun. She uses three vampire women as guinea pigs to test the serum in the desert and a couple that is camping witnesses the ...
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, serious, scary
Plot:
vampire, survival, supernatural, murder, investigation, experiment, stripper, doctor, sex scene, scientist, suspense, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Old St. Leopold's Hospital has many urban legends surrounding it, but the residents of Bridgeport all agree on one thing: tortured souls roam its abandoned halls. The mystery proves too much for a pretty young student who decides to investigate ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
hospital, psychopath, ghost, college, violence, serial killer, suspense, city life, female nudity, supernatural horror, rape and revenge, rapist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
By taking her own life in the infamous Suicide Forest of Mount Fuji, a sexy American cover-girl supernaturally transforms into a demonic spirit to wreak a violent revenge, one by one, upon those who helped her ex-boyfriend leave her. .
Style:
serious, scary, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
ghost, vengeance, haunted by the past, supernatural, forest, urban legend, rivalry, murder, violence, suspense, survival, fashion model ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, mount fuji, asia, tokyo
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73%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A group of friends band together to hide the truth about a mutual friend's tragic death. They soon discover that an evil entity is in pursuit of them.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, murder, hidden truth, group of friends, suspense, violence, supernatural, shark, graphic violence, deadly creature, teenage life, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After being forced to visit a hypnotist, Martin receives news of his estranged mother's passing. He returns home for the funeral, and before long, people start dropping dead. The victims - brutally torn apart by what appears to be a predatory ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, scary
Plot:
murder, curses spells and rituals, estrangement, supernatural, mentally unstable, bigfoot, creature, demon, rivalry, showdown, human host, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
On the night of November 13th, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. took a high powered rifle and murdered his entire family as they slept. At his trial, DeFeo claimed that 'voices' in the house commanded him to kill. This is their story.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, captivating, serious, tense ...
Plot:
supernatural, murder, suspense, nightmare, hearing voices, mental patient, hallucination, taunting, demon, house, supernatural horror, deadly ...
Time:
year 1974, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Lizzie, a young woman with amnesia, slowly comes to realize that she may be responsible for the horrific murder of her parents. After returning to the family home, Lizzie had terrifying flashbacks to her childhood, and comes face to face with the ...
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating
Plot:
ghost, uncover truth, vengeance, nightmare, murder, haunted by the past, memory loss, haunted house, suspense, childhood trauma, unfulfillment, losing-it hero ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A group of girls trapped in an institution suffer the wrath of a serial killer on the loose. This campy thriller pays homage to Friday the 13th.
Style:
slasher, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, mentally unstable, mental institution, struggle for survival, murder, suspense, violence, violence spree, survival, woman in danger, strong violent content, lake ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A pirate radio station is granting callers their hearts' desires. But as some teenagers find out, be careful what you wish for.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, wish come true, youth, rivalry, curse, murder, suspense, group of friends, beauty, prank, teenage life, high school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tim and his team are the rising stars of the ghost hunting game. One thing they all like better than a good haunt is a great prank. When the team arrives at a new investigation, they cannot figure if the occurrences are part of some elaborate master ...
Style:
brutal, suspenseful, scary, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
supernatural, investigation, haunted house, ghost, paranormal activity, suspense, brutality, murder, death, insanity, transformation, found footage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
On her way to school, high school girl Nana sees a train accident. Then Nana and her friend Kanae start to come across various bizarre phenomena, including red fingerprints and a female spirit who 'lives' on the station platform. One day, ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, bleak, mind bending
Plot:
ghost, train, supernatural, missing person, friendship, past, violence, suspense, subway, post apocalypse, supernatural ability, hospital ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On a bitterly cold December night, a paranormal investigations team has set their sights on the bloody Hillcrest Sanatorium to answer the age old question: Is there life after death? With rumours of hauntings and local children gone missing, they ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
afterlife, suspense, found footage, ghost, mentally unstable, mental institution, supernatural, chaos and mayhem, hospital, violence, murder, paranormal investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Michelle wakes from an accident with no memory, then she has nightmares and people around her die.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating
Plot:
murder, religions or cults, nightmare, memory loss, investigation, supernatural, suspense, car accident, amnesia, blonde, female nudity, voyeurism ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Joe Slaader is a mysterious mountain man being held in the Ulster County Asylum after the brutal murder of his family. Edward Eischel, a young intern, sees something more than just an inbred monster in this new inmate, however. Instead, he sees him ...
Style:
serious, bleak, suspenseful, non-linear, psychological
Plot:
mental disorder, doctor, obsession, supernatural, mental institution, murder, ancient mystery, suspense, nightmare, hospital, ghost, mountain ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Kristof, an eccentric rich kid, tricks his high school friends into getting back together for a reunion of sorts, under the pretense of a funeral. The group of twenty-somethings is forced to spend the night in an old abandoned witches' prison. ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, tense, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
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Genre: Horror
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A writer retreats to a secluded suburban house to work on her new novel. But her attention is instead occupied by her archaeologist neighbor's newly discovered mummy and a ghostly presence in her house.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
mummy, good versus evil, vengeful ghost, investigation, ghost, supernatural, countryside, archaeologist, suspense, showdown, isolation, female writer ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Knock Knock is a horror film that combines fear with revenge, hate with justice and responsibility with sacrifice. The bible says an "Eye for an Eye." Rico was just a big fun loving son of a hard working neighborhood business man. The ...
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A clan of vampires has just moved into the neighborhood, and college student Tom accidentally discovers his new neighbors' secret. When the vampires find out that Tom knows, he must do whatever he can to survive. His two roommates, a horror fan ...
Style:
slasher, serious, scary, suspenseful
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
"Uncharted" is a story of a documentary film crew who crash on an island, when they were in hopes of finding a rare animal, a jaguar, that is believed to inhabit the jungle. Unfortunate circumstances arise when her charter plane goes down ...
Style:
slasher, scary, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, isolation, confined, suspense, island, violence, murder, redneck, found footage, escapades, captivity ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a child-stealing demon attaches itself to a little girl, her family is thrust into a battle against time in order to save the girl and send the demon back to hell.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, serious, tense
Plot:
ghost, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, race against time, saving a life, demon, death, violence, suspense, child in peril, girl, danger
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
752
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A ghost story taking place at a maximum security prison. A detective (Michael Paré ) is called to investigate a string of unexplained deaths as the prisoners fear for their lives.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
prison, ghost, suspense, murder, confined, rivalry, supernatural, investigation, police detective, violence, paranormal, escape ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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