Movies like Urban Ghost Story
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Urban Ghost Story (1998)
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
After a car accident, Lizzie lies dead on the roadside - slowly she is taken into the light - but is pulled back to earth when she is revived by the doctors. Lizzie feels sure that during the 184 seconds that she lay dead, something latched on to her and came back into her world. The nightmares and visions that follow only crystallize her belief that she should have died in the crash... Then the disturbances start, at first merely tappings and bad smells - but soon the activity escalates. Lizzie seems to be the focus, but according to others, she's just playing games for attention. Only when Kate, her mother, is confronted with inexplicable events does she face the possibility that they may be the victims of a poltergeist infestation
Style:
scary, atmospheric, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, british horror
Plot:
ghost, poltergeist, supernatural horror, road accident, supernatural, family relations, parents and children, supernatural ability, journalism, haunted house, family problems, city life, cons and scams, mother daughter relationship, girl, car accident, exploitation, near death experience, apartment building, suspense, chase, danger, urban, deadly, flat ...
Time:
90s
Place:
scotland, glasgow scotland, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, scary and psychological films with plots about danger, ghost, supernatural, deadly, suspense, haunted house and supernatural ability mostly in Horror, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Urban Ghost Story: They're Watching Us (2002), Secrets in the Walls (2010), The Disappeared (2008), Out of the Dark (2014), Dark Mirror (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 104 min.
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Duration: 96 min.
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
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Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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