Movies like Ax 'Em

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Ax 'Em (1992)
 1.3
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Ax 'Em (1992)
Original name: The Weekend It Lives
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story: A weekend retreat at a remote cabin in the woods for a group of childhood pals turns into a terrifying fight for survival, as a former friend whose family was killed years earlier comes along looking for revenge.
Style: slasher, independent film, funny, spooky, teen horror, scary, rough, serious, realistic, slasher horror
Plot: zombie, serial killer, woods, jack the ripper, dead, blaxploitation, revenge, violence, murder, homicidal maniac, university, african american, blood, group of friends, serial murder, joke, corpse, characters killed one by one, machete, college student, wound, repeated scene, falling down, university student, all black cast ...
Time: 90s, year 1990
Place: baltimore
Keyword: challenge

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Most similar movies to Ax 'Em

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out slasher, suspenseful, scary and serious films with plots about serial killer, murder, psychopath, deadly, gory, gore and blood mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Ax 'Em: Do You Wanna Know a Secret? (2001), The Dorm That Dripped Blood (1982), Valentine (2001), Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981), Friday the 13th (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Do You Wanna Know a Secret? (2001)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: As a night out on the town turns into a nightmare, six young college students must fight for their lives as a killer hunts them down.
Style: slasher, suspense, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, stalking, danger, youth, vengeance, gory, woman in danger, mystery killer, dark secret, murder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
The Dorm That Dripped Blood (1982)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A crazed killer stalks college students who gave up their vacation to clean a deserted dormitory.
Style: christmas horror, slasher, serious, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, murder, college, christmas, psychopath, stalking, supernatural, college life, gory, school, law enforcement, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1981
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 4.9
 30K
Valentine (2001)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Five friends are stalked and murdered by a masked assailant while preparing for Valentine's Day.
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: serial killer, valentine's day, psychopath, murder, revenge, gory, woman in danger, mystery killer, violence against women, danger, school, masked killer ...
Time: year 2001, 80s
Place: san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, it seems Jason Voorhees and his demented mother are in the past. Paul opens up a new camp close to the infamous site, ignoring warnings to stay away, and a sexually-charged group of ...
Style: slasher, suspense, bloody, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, murder, masked killer, gory, crazy, psycho killer, lake, maniac, serial murder, blood, friday the 13th ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1980, year 1984
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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 5.5
 116K
Friday the 13th (2009)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Ignoring the warnings of the locals, a group of teenage camp counselors takes on the job of reopening Camp Crystal Lake — on Friday the 13th no less, and raise the ire of Jason Voorhees, a masked, homicidal maniac.
Style: slasher, scary, bloody, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: date night, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: psychopath, gory, masked killer, group of friends, woods, camp, brutality, maniac, danger, massacre, death, murder ...
Time: year 2009, 80s, 2000s
Place: texas, usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
 4.6
 3K
Dead Tone (2007)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: As another semester draws to a close at the University of Dreyskill, a simple game dreamt to help students avoid studying becomes a bloody battle for survival in this stalk-and-slash frightener from filmmaking duo Brian Hooks and Deon Taylor.
Style: slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, teen horror ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, gory, psychopath, murder, youth, rivalry, mind game, survival, investigation, death, gay friend, confined ...
Place: usa, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Ice Cream Man (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Poor Gregory, after being released from the Wishing Well Sanatorium, all he wants to do is make the children happy. So Gregory reopens the old ice cream factory, and all the unappreciative brats are reprocessed into the flavor of the day.
Style: slasher, cult horror, horror comedy, bloody, spooky ...
Plot: serial killer, mental illness, psychopath, villain, slasher spoof, clown, killings, imaginary friend, exploitation, preteen, creature, pandemic ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Splatter University (1984)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A sociology instructor finds her new teaching duties at a private college interrupted by the presence of a killer.
Style: slasher, scary, enigmatic, rough, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, college, murder, university, teacher, youth, friendship, killer, violence, mental patient, school, tragic event ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: xian
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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 5.2
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Silent Night (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The police force of a remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus who is picking off citizens on Christmas Eve.
Style: slasher, rough, christmas horror, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, holiday horror, psychopath, murder, christmas, small town, law enforcement, gory, xmas, killer, killer santa claus, winter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Somebody Help Me (2007)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The screenplay centers on characters Brendan Young and Darryl Jennings who take a trip to the Lake Arrowhead with a group of college friends to celebrate Young's girlfriend's birthday. One-by-one the coeds begin disappearing until a ...
Style: slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: supernatural, survival, confined, danger, gory, captivity, isolation, black, serial killer, blaxploitation, scared, best friend ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
 6.3
 157K
Scream (2022)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.
Style: slasher, suspense, slasher horror, scary, psychotronic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: masked killer, serial killer, characters killed one by one, homicidal maniac, mystery killer, sister sister relationship, psychopath, whodunit, murder mystery, killing spree, gory violence, threatening telephone call ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 5.2
 15K
Cherry Falls (1999)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Cherry Falls is a quiet little town - until the night that a serial killer begins preying on its youth. After a third teen is found slain, the killer's modus operandi emerges: the victims were all virgins. Sheriff Marken is concerned for the ...
Style: slasher, suspenseful, serious, rough, scary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, high school, teenager, murder, virgin, revenge, father daughter relationship, secret, gang rape, small town, psychopath, sheriff ...
Time: year 2000, 90s
Place: usa, virginia, west virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 5.6
 33K
Hatchet (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When a group of tourists on a New Orleans haunted swamp tour find themselves stranded in the wilderness, their evening of fun and spooks turns into a horrific nightmare.
Style: slasher, scary, horror comedy, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: swamp, gory, serial killer, supernatural, survival horror, urban legend, survival, backwoods, murder, tour guide, blood, danger ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
You Might Be the Killer (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Counselors are being killed off at summer camp, and Sam (Fran Kranz) is stuck in the middle of it. Instead of contacting the cops, he calls his friend and slasher-film expert (Alyson Hannigan) to discuss his options.
Style: horror comedy, slasher, suspense, psychological, dark comedy ...
Plot: masked killer, serial killer, survival, mystery killer, curse, murder, friendship, dark humor, characters killed one by one, trap, homicidal maniac, murderer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Bloody Murder 2: Closing Camp (2003)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Trevor Moorhouse returns! Coming to Placid Pines is difficult for Tracy, who's brother, Jason, was one of Trevor's victims near the end of the original. When Tracy's nightmares begin to come true as one by one the counselors are ...
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, slasher, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, murder, violence spree, danger, woman in danger, who done it, summer camp, youth, rivalry, haunted by the past, siblings relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 5.4
 41K
Turistas (2006)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A group of young backpackers' vacation turns sour when a bus accident leaves them marooned in a remote Brazilian rural area that holds an ominous secret.
Style: slasher, scary, rough, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: jungle, survival, torture, gory, murder, youth, strong violent content, transplant, violence, brutality, chase, group of friends ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: brazil, south america, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 5.0
 4K
The Shortcut (2009)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When Derek (AnDrew Seeley) moves to a new town and discovers a shortcut through the woods to his high school, he learns about a crazy old man who lives near its path: Legend has it that he abducted a group of teenagers years ago. Ignoring the ...
Style: suspense, scary, suspenseful, psychological, slasher ...
Audience: teens
Plot: youth, urban legend, woods, chase, danger, murder, friendship, missing person, trespassing, high school, child in peril, serial killer ...
Time: 1940s, year 1955, year 1953, year 1946, year 1945 ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Never Hike Alone (2017)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 54 min.
Story: A hiker's survival skills is put to the test when he stumbles upon the remains of an old abandoned camp and discovers its long dark secrets.
Style: slasher, suspenseful, suspense, rough, spooky ...
Plot: homicidal maniac, serial killer, psychopath, masked man, murder, danger, running, survival horror, murderer, summer camp, violence, fight ...
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Homicidal maniac Jason returns from the grave to cause more bloody mayhem. Young Tommy may have escaped from Crystal Lake, but he’s still haunted by the gruesome events that happened there. When gory murders start happening at the secluded halfway ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, bloody, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: serial killer, gory, friday the 13th, murder, teenager, serial teen killer, mental illness, torture, hospital, nudity, killer, masked killer ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new jersey, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
My Soul to Take (2010)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A serial killer returns to his hometown to stalk seven children who share the same birthday as the date he was allegedly put to rest.
Style: slasher, scary, psychological thriller, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: urban legend, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, murder, psychopath, haunted by the past, serial killer, danger, small town, gory, nightmare comes true, youth ...
Time: 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 2.5
 860
Dreamcatcher (2021)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The film centers on two estranged sisters who, along with their friends, become entrenched in a 48 hour whirlwind of violence after a traumatic experience at an underground music festival.
Style: slasher, dark, talky, surprise ending, scary ...
Plot: masked killer, characters killed one by one, maniac, violence, serial killer, murder, psychopath, friendship, death, graphic violence, youth, brutality ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Nobody Gets Out Alive (2012)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: A group of college students escape their troubled lives but only to find themselves fighting for their lives from a revenge seeking mad man.
Style: slasher, suspenseful, serious, rough, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, youth, danger, woods, survival, strong violent content, rivalry, vengeance, friendship, mind game, teenager, camp ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 5.1
 11K
Reeker (2005)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Strangers trapped at an eerie travel oasis in the desert must unravel the mystery behind their visions of dying people while they are preyed upon by a decaying creature.
Style: suspense, scary, rough, suspenseful, slasher ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, survival, psychopath, youth, confined, danger, gory, murder, characters killed one by one, heaven and hell, monster, terror ...
Time: year 2005
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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The People Under the Stairs (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When young Poindexter "Fool" Williams breaks into the creepy, immense old home of his family's greedy and uncaring landlords, he uncovers a disturbing scenario underneath the stairs.
Style: slasher, suspenseful, black comedy, surreal, disturbing ...
Plot: child abuse, serial killer, home invasion, kidnapping, cannibalism, disturbed individual, rottweiler, murder, incest, cannibal, child in peril, guard dog ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A remake of the 1959 film of the same name. A millionaire offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past.
Style: scary, suspenseful, slasher, rough, serious ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, ghost, gory, evil spirit, survival, mental institution, supernatural horror, danger, murder, haunted by the past, isolation ...
Time: 90s, 1930s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 4.4
 4K
Cut (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A group of film students set out to finish filming a movie that was never completed after its director was murdered. After they begin filming, they realize they're in for a bit of trouble, not unlike the late director...
Style: slasher, serious, rough, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: murder, filmmaking, survival, supernatural power, movie business, isolation, serial killer, deadly creature, supernatural, vengeance, danger, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 90s, year 1988
Place: australia, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 5.3
 6K
Mother's Day (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Three girls discover that two men are willing to do anything to impress Mother and what impresses Mother is watching her sons commit acts of rape and murder. Now these women are prisoners and lowered to pawns in the game of checkers between two dim ...
Style: slasher, grindhouse, disturbing, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: woods, murder, serial killer, redneck, psychopath, rape, backwoods, rape and revenge, kidnapping, revenge, survival, mentally unstable ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
My Bloody Valentine (2009)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Ten years ago, a tragedy changed the town of Harmony forever. Tom Hanniger, an inexperienced coal miner, caused an accident in the tunnels that trapped and killed five men and sent the only survivor, Harry Warden, into a permanent coma. But Harry ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, bloody, intense ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: miner, serial killer, mine, gory, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, psychopath, strong violent content, valentine's day, mining town, masked killer, small town, blood ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Ice Cream Truck (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Mary moves back to her suburban hometown to find that the suburbs are scarier in more ways than she ever remembered.
Style: slasher, horror comedy, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: serial killer, extramarital affair, infidelity, neighborhood, drug, gory, murder, psychopath, rivalry, mental illness, destiny, hot and sexy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Don't Go in the Woods (1981)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Four backpackers decide to take a hike in the mountains of Utah. But within the woods lurks a killer. But who...or what...is it? The lazy local sheriff blames bears. But the escalating body count seems to point to a human killer. Ignoring the ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, bleak, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, danger, murder, survival, stalking, on the run, isolation, wilderness, mental illness, backwoods, exploitation ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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