Movies like When Michael Calls
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When Michael Calls (1972)
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Helen keeps on receiving phone calls from a child, who claims being her nephew Michael - but Michael died 15 years ago! In these calls he scolds on acquaintances, who then die in suspicious accidents. Soon Helen has to fear to be the next victim.
Style:
psychotronic
Plot:
serial killer, suspense, cell phone, lawyer, police officer, dead man, halloween, mother, hypnosis, boy, father, psychiatrist, bee, animal attack, farm, fog, father daughter relationship, parent child relationship, happy ending, mother daughter relationship, sheriff, serial murder, daughter, mute, corpse ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, suspenseful, slasher and psychotronic films with plots about serial killer, suspense, murder, violence, psychopath, death and chase mostly in Horror, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like When Michael Calls: American Gothic (2017), Long Distance (2005), Hunt Her, Kill Her (2022), Evil Deeds (2019), The Darkness (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Far away from the site of a gruesome murder, a teenager named Jill Johnson arrives at a luxurious home for a baby-sitting job. With the children fast asleep, she settles in for what she expects to be an ordinary evening. Soon, the ringing of a phone ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, tense, slasher, intense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, suspense, high school, home invasion, stalking, murder, babysitting, husband wife relationship, teenager, survival, psychopath, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, colorado
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95%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A quiet couple. An isolated farmhouse. A pair of desperate fugitives. Everything breaks under pressure...
Style:
psychotronic, scary, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
psychopath, torture, farm, home invasion, violence, dishonesty, death, husband wife relationship, suspense, murderer, psycho killer, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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80%
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:
serious, suspenseful, scary, slasher, realistic
Plot:
serial killer, profiler, suspense, psychopath, murder, stalking, phone terror, graphic violence, sexual content, deadly, danger, telephone ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A desperate young mother, Karen, takes a job as the night shift janitor at a large furniture factory. She is told that she is the only one working at this time. But, after seeing a strange vehicle idling in the parking lot and finding a door to the ...
Plot:
killing in self defense, delivery, sick child, first day on the job, factory worker, revenge motive, bloody violence, masked villain, new job, weapons, teeth, locked door ...
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78%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A Thief encounters a strange old Hermit who tells him tales of Evil Deeds - including a Detective's search for a escaped mental patient, a tale of young lady and her new beau who arrange to have her abusive father killed and the body disposed ...
Style:
scary, psychotronic, slasher, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, zombie, revenge, alien technology, mental patient, brutality, psychopath, woman in danger, violence, murder, supernatural, violent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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Films like The Black Phone
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A family returns from a Grand Canyon vacation with a supernatural presence in tow.
Style:
bleak, rough, suspenseful, scary, spooky
Plot:
demon, animal attack, supernatural horror, haunted house, self sacrifice, ghost, supernatural, husband wife relationship, portal, son, marital strife, suspense ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In John Carpenter's horror classic, a psychotic murderer, institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, psychopath, murder, masked killer, suspense, small town, psychiatrist, violence, violent, high school, evil ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 80s, year 1963, 20th century ...
Place:
california, illinois, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
230
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Two brothers live alone in a shack in the woods, trying to overcome their abusive past. But when a girl is killed nearby, fearing retribution from the townspeople, they cover up her death, kidnap the only witness and embark on a murderous journey.
Plot:
suspense, serial killer, sheriff, house, bloodbath, death, murder, brother brother relationship, grandmother, terror, corpse, skeleton ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
An annual Halloween fear competition between a fraternity and sorority goes awry when drugs, alcohol and the old battle of the sexes are mixed together. What is on the line? The losers must do anything the winners ask for one night. The bros won ...
Style:
slasher, scary, psychotronic, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
halloween, fraternity, sorority, found footage, halloween party, college, murder, violence, psychopath, suspense, brutality, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
399
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When twin girls are found dead in their family’s barn, reality star turned TV-reporter Meredith Phillips and her de-facto camera crew are dispatched to rural Wisconsin to investigate the gruesome deaths. In their relentless drive to break the ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspenseful, scary, bleak, psychological
Plot:
found footage, serial killer, murder, murder investigation, suspense, evidence, family relations, victim, vengeance, murder mystery, violence, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Films like Countdown
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A deeply disturbed photographer and Vietnam veteran, named Kirk Smith, terrorizes Los Angeles by going around strangling lingerie-clad young women in their homes while taunting Lindsay Gale, a young psychologist, by calling her on a radio call-in ...
Style:
slasher, disturbing, psychological, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, obsession, stalking, murder, photographer, mind game, life is a bitch, mentally unstable, riddles and clues, woman in danger, female nudity ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles, vietnam, asia, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A family moves into a new home in an isolated area, and soon realizes that someone--or something--doesn't want them there.
Style:
surprise ending, psychotronic
Plot:
suspense, mouse, sculptor, robbery, dead man, intruder, german shepherd, police officer, car, sheriff, dog, secretary ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The paths of a desperate man and an imprisoned young woman cross unexpectedly in the den of a mysterious killer.
Style:
slasher, captivating, psychological, enigmatic
Plot:
serial killer, teenage girl, abduction, locked room, drugged, captivity, captive, mansion, corpse, employer employee relationship, delivery, suspense ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A sadistic serial killer terrorizes a couple driving on a rural highway in Texas while killing numerous people and framing them for his killings.
Style:
slasher, scary, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, on the road, hitchhiker, mind game, woman in danger, suspense, survival, vengeance, police investigation, law enforcement, murder ...
Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Four years after the traumatic events of Halloween in 2018, the nightmare ends as Laurie Strode comes face to face with Michael Myers, once and for all.
Style:
slasher, bloody, bleak, sinister, tense ...
Plot:
halloween, killing spree, serial killer, domineering mother, locked in a room, junkyard, radio dj, homicidal maniac, loss of son, final battle, homeless man, boogeyman ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On vacation at a remote lake house, a mother and her two young daughters must fight for survival after falling into a terrifying and bizarre nightmare conceived by a psychopath.
Style:
scary, slasher, suspenseful, psychological, dark ...
Plot:
home invasion, murder, suspense, survival, psychopath, mother daughter relationship, family in danger, forest, mother, woman in danger, brutality, game ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A crisis helpline assistant attracts the attention of a serial killer who delights in feeding her cryptic, nursery-rhyme style riddles when planning his next murder!
Style:
slasher, scary
Plot:
serial killer, cell phone, lesbian, woman in danger, rage, murder, obsession, sexual harassment, phone terror, female protagonist, maniac, stalker ...
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57%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
David has lost his girlfriend and his mind. Capps Crossing is his only refuge. When six hikers make the mistake of choosing Capps Crossing to spend the weekend, David will stop at nothing to make sure they never come back.
Style:
slasher, psychotronic, disturbing, bleak, scary ...
Plot:
murder, camping, serial killer, hiking, violence, death, fight, psychopath, fear, suspense, woman in danger, killing spree ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
On Halloween night in New Salem, Radio DJs Chilly Billy and Paul tell a twisted anthology of terrifying local myths. Residents of the small-town experience horrifying paranormal encounters that lead them to a grim end.
Style:
scary, bleak, disturbing, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
halloween, clown, creature, radio, monster, evil clown, suspense, woman in danger, characters killed one by one, who done it, maniac, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
268
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The crew of a local horror movie showcase, used to broadcasting creepy stories of heinous killers, finds themselves trapped with a real killer among them.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, scary, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, killer, found footage, filmmaking, masked killer, violent, killing spree, murder, characters killed one by one, revenge, obsession, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Presumed dead after a shoot-out with the Haddonfield police, Michael Myers is secretly nursed back to health -- and returns a year later to kill again and once more targets his young niece, Jamie. Jamie is now recovering in the local children's ...
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, surprise ending, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, supernatural, masked villain, monster, murder, massacre, hospital, obsession, kitten, macabre, psychopath ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A movie featuring four stories. First is about a psychotic killer clown stalking a young woman. In the second a scream queen gets more than she bargained for when she is interviewed by a TV talk show hostess. The third is a nature run amok tale and ...
Style:
scary, psychotronic, suspenseful, disturbing, dark fairy tale ...
Plot:
killer clown, murder, fbi, evil clown, clown, suspense, halloween, obsession, serial killer, brutality, psychopath, maniac ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
In rural farm country, a comic book obsessed serial killer clashes with a straight edge purist over a young boy's fate.
Style:
psychological, tense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
serial killer, boy, murder, friendship, fear, youth, homicidal maniac, chase, woman in danger, serial murder, suspense, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When she takes a job babysitting a young boy (Kai Caster) for a night at his family's remote farmhouse, sweet college co-ed Angie Albright (Sarah Thompson) becomes the target of a scar-covered creep making mysterious phone calls and prowling ...
Style:
scary, slasher, bloody, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, chase, stalking, mind game, rivalry, psychopath, police officer killed, roommate, small town, evil child, threat, supernatural ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
327
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
'Apology' stars Lesley Anne Warren (with a Stefanie Powers hairdo) as a Manhattan-based sculptor/performance artist. To enhance her latest project, Warren invites the participation of anonymous phone callers, whose voices she records. One ...
Style:
neo noir
Plot:
serial killer, mind game, stalker, female artist, love interest, sex scene, police detective, female protagonist, sadist, psycho killer, woman in danger, suspense ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Films like Haunt
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
It's Halloween day in 1989 and college student Jackie Blue wants to enjoy a quiet birthday in the midst of a chaotic semester at school. Her friend Amber has other ideas and persuades Jackie to come to the annual Halloween party on campus after ...
Style:
psychotronic
Plot:
halloween, spider, pumpkin, cult, mask, halloween costume, trick or treating, costume
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A seventeen year old girl forms a co-dependent relationship with an artificial intelligence on her phone and goes on a murderous rampage.
Style:
futuristic, psychotronic, slasher, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, boyfriend, suspense, vengeance, murder, mother daughter relationship, violence, revenge, girl, young woman, psychopath, obsession ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Six best friends find themselves at the wrong place at the wrong time. They fight for their lives against a serial killer who has more in store for them than death.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychotronic, disturbing, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school student, suspense, serial killer, characters killed one by one, maniac, friendship, psychopath, violence, brutality, teenager, death, violent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Once upon a time ... Angie, an aging star reluctantly goes on one last shoot for a seedy Producer, on location, in an enchanting old cabin deep in the shadowy forest. While on the shoot the cast and crew encounter Henry, and his little sweet sister ...
Style:
slasher, psychotronic, scary, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
cabin in the woods, murder, evil child, forest, boy, killer, revenge, brutality, disguise, death, suspense, psychopath ...
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A troubled teen is torn between a girl who loves him and a mysterious stranger who pushes him to kill.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, bleak, slasher ...
Plot:
murder, stalking, death, serial killer, matricide, psychopath, violence, revenge, violent, maniac, brutality, masked killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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