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Living Hell (2000)
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Original name: 生き地獄
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Family is the source of all evil, in this aspiring horror film which traces its descent from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre gore and the atmospheric Hammer films. Chiyo, an old woman and her granddaughter, Yuki, are the sole survivors of a horrendous crime which wipes out an entire family. They find solace under the roof of far-removed relatives. The family's son, confined to a wheelchair, has a terrible premonition when the two women arrive, which will be verified in the most horrifying way. Because, when the house is empty, the boy is made to suffer sadistic games at the women mercy, which become more and more violent making his life a living hell... Written by Leo Urbina
Style:
psychological, rough, disturbing, suspense, controversial, extreme horror, scary, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, family relations, premonition, supernatural, family in danger, serial killer, isolation, family problems, disability, domestic disturbance, gory, journalism, violence spree, sadism, insanity, extreme, asian prostitute, danger, mind game, mute or deaf, siblings relations, violence, journalist, death, torture ...
Time:
90s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, scary and rough films with plots about deadly, danger, gory, murder, gore, serial killer and blood mostly in Horror genres. Some movies like Living Hell: Tomie: Rebirth (2001), Slaughtered (2010), Cradle of Fear (2001), Seed (2006), Family Demons (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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95%
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Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Horror
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After surviving the electric chair, convicted serial killer Max Seed is buried alive. He digs himself out of the grave and goes on a killing spree. Taking revenge on the men who put him there and random unfortunates alike.
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
86%
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Genre: Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When an abused teenage girl murders her alcoholic mother, the mother's vengeful spirit returns to haunt her. Even in death, the mother is hell bent on denying her daughter her freedom.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, bleak, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
australia
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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85%
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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84%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Based on true events
Style:
slasher, scary, brutal, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychopath, brutality, murder, sadism, maniac, torture, castration, wilderness, stalking, friendship, nudity, gory ...
Time:
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Similarity:
83%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Similarity:
82%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
82%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
81%
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Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
slasher, suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, danger, mental institution, murder, gory, manhunt, female fighter, violence, thunderstorm, female fight, kidnapping ...
Time:
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Similarity:
81%
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, controversial, psychological, heavy, terrifying ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violent, game of death, extreme, eye, torture, survival, sexual abuse, exploitation, violence, transgender, unsettling, sex scene ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Set in Las Vegas, the film centers on a man who attends his best friend's bachelor party, unaware of an insidious agenda that plays into hunting humans.
Style:
brutal, bloody, splatter, slasher, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
torture, kidnapping, violence, sadism, sadistic violence, gory, serial killer, murder, violent, death, revenge, life & death ...
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa
Similarity:
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