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Citadel (2012)
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Citadel (2012)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Citadel tells the story of widower and single father Tommy Cowley, a man inflicted with chronic agoraphobia since the day his wife was attacked. He was unable to protect her. He lives in Edenstown, the council estate from hell. Here he finds himself terrorized by a gang of syringe wielding feral children, who are intent on taking his baby daughter. With the help of a kind Nurse and a renegade Priest, Tommy learns the nightmarish truth surrounding these hooded children. He also learns that to be free of his fears, he must finally face the demons of his past and enter the one place he fears the most - The abandoned Tower block known as the Citadel
Style: scary, tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, psychological, philosophical, political, grindhouse, hood ...
Audience: toddlers
Plot: agoraphobia, murder, child in peril, survival, killer child, parents and children, danger, haunted by the past, fear, evil child, zombie, home invasion, creepy kid, gang, hoodie, ghost, distopia, ghetto, psychopath, macabre, wrestling, occult, isolation, demonic possession, mind game ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century, contemporary
Place: britain, ireland, seattle
Keyword: attack, gangsters, british horror, flat

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The Disappointments Room (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A mother and her young son release unimaginable horrors from the attic of their rural dream home.
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Plot: ghost, supernatural, child in peril, family in danger, parents and children, estate, parent child relationship, isolation, family problems, danger, mind game, haunted house ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Grace (2009)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In the wake of a horrific car accident that kills her husband, Michael, expectant mother Madeline Matheson discovers that her daughter, Grace, has died in the womb. Ignoring her doctor's warnings that the fetus must be removed from her body, a ...
Style: psychological, suspense, scary, suspenseful, disturbing ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Relative Fear (1994)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Linda and Peter Pratman's son Adam is autistic, but they still love him and hope that he'll at least start talking some day. However he's teased and abused by the kids of the neighborhood and his grandpa . When several people around ...
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Plot: murder, killer child, suspicion, psychopath, therapist, boy, mischievous children, social misfits, danger, family life, investigation, serial killer ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
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Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Vinyan (2008)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, UK, Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A couple leaves the civilized world behind and descends into a living nightmare in this chilling horror thriller. Six months after losing her only child in the Southeast Asia tsunami, Jeanne (Emmanuelle Beart, Mission: Impossible) is convinced she ...
Style: suspense, psychological, rough, serious, disturbing ...
Plot: stranded, missing child, missing person, husband wife relationship, survival, isolation, danger, orphan, couple relations, jungle, feral child, island ...
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The Daisy Chain (2008)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A grieving couple move to a remote Irish village in the wake of their baby daughter's death. They soon take in an orphaned autistic girl, only to become involved in a series of strange occurrences.
Style: suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: evil child, supernatural, orphan, couples, family in danger, adoption, starting over, mentally challenged, danger, couple relations, family relations, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Other (1972)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
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Style: suspense, disturbing, creepy, atmospheric, psychological ...
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Plot: evil child, creepy child, twins, macabre, coming of age, child, supernatural, psychology, murder, evil twin, creepy kid, danger ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1972
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
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Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Home Movie (2008)
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Duration: 77 min.
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Duration: 87 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
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77%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Style: disturbing, scary, suspenseful, serious, slasher ...
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28 Days Later (2002)
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Duration: 113 min.
Story: Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Style: suspense, psychological, slasher, suspenseful, scary ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Whisper (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Convicted felon Max Truemont (played by Josh Holloway) is hired to execute a kidnapping of the son of one of the richest women in the state. Along with his fiancée Roxanne (played by Sarah Wayne Callies), Max joins two other strangers who were also ...
Style: scary, serious, bleak, suspenseful, christmas horror ...
Plot: evil child, kidnapping, winter, hostage, mind control, snow, murder, isolation, crime gone awry, confined, danger, criminal heroes ...
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Place: maine, new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A screenwriter who travels to an abandoned house to finish a script on time, but a series of strange events lead her to a psychological breakdown.
Style: scary, bleak, psychological, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, mental breakdown, mentally unstable, danger, isolation, haunted by the past, woman in danger, mind game, confined, writer's life, uncover truth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Dead of Night (1974)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A young soldier who was thought to be killed in the line of duty in Vietnam returns home shortly thereafter, much to the confusion of his family. Upon his return, he exhibits strange, withdrawn behavior and begins wandering the streets at night.
Style: psychotronic, slasher, grindhouse, scary, independent film ...
Plot: vampire, undead, vietnam war, hitchhiker, zombie, military, canuxploitation, supernatural, soldier, gory, homecoming, paranormal ...
Time: 70s
Place: vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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 1K
The Tomb (2007)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Based on a story by the master of outrageous horror, H.P. Lovecraft, this bloodcurdling film introduces the "Puppetmaster." Imprisoning a group of people in a living hell of darkness and death the Puppetmaster controls the fate of each ...
Style: lovecraft, serious, scary, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, danger, rivalry, supernatural, confined, escapades, survival, ancient mystery, woman in danger, gory, cons and scams ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
House at the End of the Street (2012)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A mother and daughter move to a new town and find themselves living next door to a house where a young girl murdered her parents. When the daughter befriends the surviving son, she learns the story is far from over.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, slasher, twist ending, serious ...
Audience: teens
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Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Sometimes They Come Back (1991)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Based on a short story by Stephen King, a man and his family return to his home town, but he is then harassed by teenagers that died when he was a kid.
Style: slasher, suspense, atmospheric, satanic, serious ...
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Time: 90s
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67%
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