Movies like The Unseen 1980

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The Unseen (1980)
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The Unseen (1980)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Freelance reporter Jennifer and her two friends, Karen and Vicki, accept an invitation for cheap room and board in a large farmhouse offered by a friendly, but shady, museum owner named Ernest Keller since all the motels in and around town are booked for a holiday parade fair Jennifer is covering. But unknown to the women, some unseen "thing" has been living in the basement of the house for over 20 years and is looked after by Keller and his shy sister Virginia, in which the "thing" soon gets out and begins harassing and killing the women one by one in various violent, but seemingly accidental, means.
Style: slasher, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, bloody, independent film, realistic, psychotronic, spooky ...
Plot: reporter, psychopath, museum, serial killer, murder, stalking, small town, captivity, woman in danger, journalism, isolation, estate, exploitation, porn, mental disorder, house, occult, feral man, basement, 666, erotic scene, twists and turns, gory, hotel, farm ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: california

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, slasher, suspenseful and scary films with plots about deadly, psychopath, danger, serial killer, murder, gory and stalking mostly in Horror, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like The Unseen: House of Wax (2005), Cupid (1997), San Franpsycho (2006), Fall Down Dead (2007), The Cellar Door (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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House of Wax (2005)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, suspense, twist ending ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, torture, group of friends, murder, violence, psycho killer, masked killer, survival, small town, homicidal maniac, gory ...
Time: year 2005, year 2000, 50s, 20th century, year 1974 ...
Place: usa, florida, louisiana, new york
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Cupid (1997)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A brother and sister with a past incestuous relationship have a current murderous relationship. He murders the women who reject him and she murders the women who get too close to him.
Style: independent film, psychological, serious, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot: serial killer, valentine's day, wedding, supernatural being, investigation, dangerous attraction, obsession, psychopath, love affair, murder, fall in love, mentally unstable ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 2.5
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San Franpsycho (2006)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Two detectives hunt a serial killer who is sending cryptic messages about his crimes to a local reporter.
Style: psychological, rough, suspenseful, scary, serious ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, gory, who done it, danger, psychopath, journalism, stalking, maniac, murderer, killer, clergy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Fall Down Dead (2007)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A metropolitan city is in the grip of fear when rolling blackouts bring out a serial killer dubbed The Picasso Killer. One night, in the middle of a blackout, seven strangers become trapped in an office building as the killer hunts for Christie ...
Style: suspenseful, christmas horror, bleak, tense, captivating ...
Plot: serial killer, danger, psychopath, stalking, suburbs, christmas, murder witness, xmas, isolation, murder, trapped, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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The Cellar Door (2007)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Having developed an uncontrollable obsession with the beautiful young Rudy (Michelle Tomlinson), crazed serial killer Herman (James DuMont) kidnaps her and locks her in a cage in his basement. The only way for Rudy to survive this nightmare is to ...
Style: slasher, suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, survival, confined, obsession, woman in danger, isolation, captivity, master criminal, danger, rivalry, gory ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Shiver (2012)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Wendy Alden, a young secretary in Portland lacking in self- confidence becomes victim of a savage killer who has claimed the lives of a number of other women. Somehow Wendy finds the resources of courage to fight back and escape.
Style: rough, suspenseful, scary, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, danger, obsession, murder, adaptation, police, nudity, sex scene, investigation, female nudity, psycho killer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 1.9
 318
Nightstalker (2009)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Richard Ramirez, dubbed "The Night Stalker" by the media, a serial killer who killed somewhere in the neighborhood of 16 souls during his reign of terror in Los Angeles back in the Eighties
Style: serious, scary, rough, realistic, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, danger, blasphemy, gang violence, devil worship, satanist, violence, true crime, killer, stalking, rivalry ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, los angeles, california
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25%
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Slink (2013)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: In the rural town of Wickenhaven, a psychotic tanning salon owner is responsible for the disappearances of many young, innocent girls, while his wife, an exotic purse designer, is willing to overlook his evil nature.
Style: scary, realistic, serious, rough, psychotronic ...
Plot: psychopath, danger, mentally unstable, couple relations, countryside, murder, serial killer, estate, domestic disturbance, cons and scams, nudity, evil ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Little Erin Merryweather (2003)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Once upon a time, death preyed upon a New England college campus. Rumors swirl that "if you see a flash of red, you're dead!" Local golden boy, Peter Bloom (David Morwick) investigates the grisly killings until the stakes grow higher ...
Style: suspense, slasher, scary, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: serial killer, college, investigation, mind game, amateur detective, danger, survival, journalism, stalking, youth, rivalry, psychopath ...
Place: new england, usa, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Knife Edge (2009)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A successful Wall Street trader returns to England with her new husband and five-year-old son, but their new start together turns into a nightmare when they move into a country house which contains a terrible secret.
Style: serious, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, spooky ...
Plot: serial killer, obsession, couples, psychopath, uncover truth, stalking, danger, mind game, gory, estate, haunted house, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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 3K
X-Ray (1981)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 89 min.
Story: While receiving a routine check-up, a beautiful woman is stalked by a maniac out to avenge a childhood Valentine's Day humiliation.
Style: slasher, suspenseful, serious, scary, rough ...
Plot: hospital, serial killer, murder, psychopath, valentine's day, stalking, physical exam, child murders a child, vengeance, blood, danger, decapitation ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 4.2
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Wreckage (2010)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Jared, Kate, Rick, and Jessica find themselves stranded in a wreckage yard after their car breaks down during a drag race. Meanwhile, the sheriff's office receives notice that a convict escaped from a local state prison. As the teenagers ...
Style: slasher, serious, scary, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, buddies, escaped prisoner, murder, isolation, confined, danger, car race, friends, ex soldier, irony, hillbilly ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.2
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Long Distance (2005)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When a young, lonely woman misdials a phone number by one digit, calling into a serial killing in progress, the killer latches onto her and involves her telephonically in a string of murders as he heads closer and closer to her home in Boston.
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, scary, slasher ...
Plot: serial killer, profiler, murder, psychopath, danger, stalking, phone terror, violent content, sexual content, profanity, killer, woman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.3
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Effects (1979)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Some crew members of a company shooting a horror film begin to suspect that the "killings" in the movie are real, and that they are actually making a "snuff" film.
Style: slasher, grindhouse, independent film, scary, serious ...
Plot: serial killer, exploitation, voyeurism, terror, director, murder, inspiration, drug use, cocaine, bar fight, psychopath, supernatural ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
No One Can Hear You (2001)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Families are dying and reporter Trish (Kelly McGillis) finds herself reporting on a serial killing spree. After her daughter Lisa's (Kate Elliott) best friends are killed, she fears that her family may be on the killers list. Sheriff Webster ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, serious, slasher, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, mind game, investigation, danger, law enforcement, murder, family life, teenage life, journalism, home invasion, media ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Dead in 3 Days 2 (2008)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Austria
Duration: 95 min.
Story: One year ago, Nina survived the attacks of a serial killer. She wants to flee from these memories but one call at night recalls all memories and she is again in the middle of a murder mystery.
Style: slasher, scary, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, survival, escapades, amateur detective, psychopath, danger, woman in danger, riddles and clues, snow, puzzle, murder, winter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Hitchhiker (2007)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Four young women driving across the desert to Las Vegas have their road trip turned upside-down when they pick up a handsome, seemingly-friendly hitchhiker. When their car breaks down near a roadside motel in the middle of nowhere, they find ...
Style: slasher, scary, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: psychopath, gory, on the road, mind game, confined, danger, woman in danger, isolation, desert, murder, driver, taxi ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, utah, nevada, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
New Year's Evil (1980)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: During a New Year's Eve celebration, a punk-rock singer gets a phone call saying that when New Year's strikes in each time zone, someone will be murdered--and she will be the last one.
Style: slasher, christmas horror, suspenseful, scary, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: new year's eve, holiday horror, serial killer, psychopath, murder, nightlife, mentally unstable, danger, investigation, showbiz, stalking, christmas ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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The Choke (2006)
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A band playing their final gig in a former meat packing factory find themselves being stalked by a psychopath
Style: slasher, suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: rock, survival, teenage life, gory, rave, danger, stalking, murder, rock and roll, serial killer, hard rock, psychopath ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Bates Haunting (2012)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: One year ago, Agnes Rickover attended opening night at the Bates Motel and Haunted Hayride to see her best friend Lily's dramatic debut. A horrific accident resulted in Agnes witnessing Lily's fiery death in a spectacle gone wrong. After a ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, slasher, suspense ...
Plot: hotel, murder, investigation, amateur detective, psychopath, haunted house, serial killer, danger, violence, haunting, haunted, best friend ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Crawlspace (1986)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A man who runs an apartment house for women is the demented son of a Nazi surgeon who has the house equipped with secret passageways, hidden rooms and torture and murder devices.
Style: slasher, psychological, suspenseful, scary, captivating ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, murder, hostage, obsession, danger, isolation, woman in danger, voyeur, student life, maniac, double life ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.0
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Don't Hang Up (1974)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A dutiful grand-daughter goes home to take care of her elderly grandmother. Once there, she finds herself trapped inside the house with a homicidal maniac.
Style: slasher, grindhouse, gothic horror, classic horror, independent film ...
Plot: murder, haunted, doll, exploitation, haunted house, maniac, granddaughter, grandmother, stalking, stalker, danger, domestic disturbance ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Intruder (1989)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The overnight stock crew of a local supermarket find themselves being stalked and slashed by a mysterious maniac.
Style: slasher, disturbing, bloody, retro, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, gory, violence, insanity, supermarket, murder, law enforcement, rivalry, stalking, danger, who done it ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Psycho Cop (1989)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Officer Joe Vickers would probably make a good policeman if it weren't for his two nasty habits. Firstly, he is a devoted satanist; secondly - he likes to kill people. When he meets a group of teenagers spending their vacation in a wood hut, he ...
Style: scary, slasher, suspenseful, suspense, rough ...
Plot: murder, psychopath, maniac, serial killer, survival, youth, danger, violence spree, violence, woods, woman with a gun, teenager ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 3.7
 805
Blood Sisters (1987)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: In 1974, a little boy tries to talk a little girl into getting naked for him, which she refuses and calls him a pervert. He then runs home, which happens to be a brothel where several (extremely unattractive) hookers and their johns roam around in ...
Style: slasher, independent film, slasher horror, serious, scary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: zombie, ghost, occult, sorority, exploitation, nudity, murder, haunted house, campus, lgbtq, teenager, prank ...
Time: 80s
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21%
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Blood Trails (2006)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The biker Anne has a violent one night stand with the supposed cop Chris after a minor infraction. Two days later, feeling guilty and traumatized, she decides to go hiking with her boyfriend Michael in the Whistler chain of mountains, a spot where ...
Style: slasher, suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: wilderness, dangerous attraction, mind game, isolation, teenage life, stalking, survival, danger, gory, murder, psychopath, obsession ...
Place: british columbia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 4.3
 254
Trail of Blood (2011)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: On a weekend camping trip deep in the forest, a young U.S. Marine enlistee named Jim and his friends stumble upon the murdered bodies of a vacationing couple. They're suddenly taken hostage by a deeply disturbed war veteran on a sadistic ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot: psychopath, danger, mentally unstable, partner, murder, woods, serial killer, manhunt, survival, violence, violence spree, woman in danger ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 2.9
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Deadly Weekend (2014)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Two young couples take one last trip to the country before moving to different cities. Unfortunately, when secrets come out and jealously takes a toll the weekend takes an unexpected and deadly turn for the worst.
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Plot: psychopath, woods, survival, isolation, confined, strong violent content, murder, danger, group of friends, trap, bondage, lesbian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 3.0
 755
Hayride 2 (2015)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The end of one journey only marks the beginning of another as Detective Loomis returns to uncover the truth behind the Legend of Pitchfork.
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot: strong violent content, psychopath, uncover truth, murder, violence spree, law enforcement, legend, death, danger, violence, chase, serial killer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 2.8
 337
Carl (2012)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A psychological horror/thriller depicting a backwoods family with a dark secret.
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic ...
Plot: psychopath, danger, captivity, gory, woman in danger, rivalry, confined, small town, good versus evil, survival, strong violent content, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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