Movies like The Sadist
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The Sadist (1963)
3K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Three people driving into Los Angeles for a Dodgers game have car trouble and pull off into an old wrecking yard where they are held at bay by a bloodthirsty psycho and his crazy girlfriend.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, psychotronic, suspense, slasher, black and white, cult classic, classic horror, scary, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, junkyard, car trouble, rattlesnake, death of friend, exploitation, erotica, snake, teacher, macabre, mental disorder, murder, hippie, misfit, sociopath, juvenile delinquent, sadism, juvenile delinquency, conservatism, car, hysteria, woman with a gun, fugitive, outlaw ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, contemporary
Place:
los angeles, california, arizona
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Most similar movies to The Sadist
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, serious, suspenseful and slasher films with plots about serial killer, psychopath, deadly, danger, murder, violence and blood mostly in Thriller, Horror and Crime genres. Some movies like The Sadist: The Haunting of Sharon Tate (2019), Nightstalker (2009), Vacancy (2007), The Cellar Door (2007), Borderline Cult (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Pregnant with director Roman Polanski's child and awaiting his return from Europe, 26-year-old Hollywood actress Sharon Tate becomes plagued by visions of her imminent death.
Style:
psychotronic, disturbing, contemplative, suspenseful, historical drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, pregnant woman, exploitation, killer, actress, mass murder, fame, actor, celebrity, husband wife relationship, hollywood, charles manson ...
Time:
60s, year 1969
Similarity:
100%
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, slasher ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, danger, true crime, devil worship, blasphemy, violence, satanist, killing spree, killer, stalking, rivalry ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, psychological thriller, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, trapped, murder, hotel, survival horror, hostage, danger, voyeurism, kidnapped, estranged couple, motel, macabre ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa
Similarity:
47%
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:
missing person, serial killer, psychopath, woman in danger, survival, obsession, confined, isolation, captivity, danger, master criminal, rivalry ...
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Three serial killers team up at the US/Mexican border town of Juarez and go on a killing spree.
Style:
scary, serious, rough, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, murder, law enforcement, danger, gory, confined, life is a bitch, tough heroes, woman in danger, brutality, psycho killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Three years after Steve Peterson's wife, Nina, was murdered in front of their 11 year old daughter Julie, she and his new girlfriend Sharon Martin are kidnapped by the same killer, the psychotic Artie Taggart. Imprisoning them in a bunker below ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, detective, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
psychopath, kidnapping, violence, kidnapper, hostage, investigation, tv reporter, psycho killer, rape victim, race against time, serial killer, ghost ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Place:
grand central station manhattan new york city, new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
2K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
A group of three criminals on the run from the law, go about terrorizing the local townsfolk of a small community, before descending on an isolated farm which is home to a young girl named Lisa and her paralyzed grandfather. After being sexually ...
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, disturbing, controversial, terrifying ...
Plot:
rape and revenge, revenge, paralysis, exploitation, serial killer, killer, hell, woman with a gun, massacre, freak, home invasion, occult ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
42%
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, neo noir, suspense ...
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, woman in danger, heroine, manipulation, revenge, fear, showdown, death of boyfriend, framed for murder, violence, arrest ...
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A reluctant bride to be is stalked by a serial killer who only kills brides and the people around them. While her friends get whacked one by one, a hard boiled renegade cop whose bride had been killed years before tries to hunt him down before it is ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, tense, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, wedding, danger, chase, insanity, stalking, law enforcement, woman in danger, police detective, police investigation, killing spree ...
Time:
70s, year 1980
Place:
new york
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Every 40 seconds a person goes missing. In northern Idaho, a group of teenage girls attended a summer camp to help them connect with nature without technology. They were told it would be a summer of change. As the girls' houseboat is suddenly ...
Style:
scary, tense, realistic, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, danger, woods, camp, asthma, chase, serial killer, woman in danger, missing person, isolation, confined, on the run ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
idaho, usa
Similarity:
35%
13K
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, retro, slasher horror, bloody, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, supermarket, gory, insanity, murder, rivalry, stalking, danger, law enforcement, woman in danger, who done it, blood ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Three psychotic murderers escape from a mental institution and stalk women in Los Angeles.
Style:
suspense, grindhouse, independent film, rough, exciting ...
Plot:
murder, exploitation, mental disorder, motorcycle chase, escaped mental patient, motorcycle cop, producer, chase, danger, confined, chases and races, psychopath ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
34%
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:
suspenseful, rough, scary, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, danger, obsession, murder, nudity, investigation, sex scene, female nudity, adaptation, police, psycho killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portland oregon
Similarity:
34%
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:
psychopath, serial killer, voyeur, murder, hostage, danger, obsession, woman in danger, isolation, student life, maniac, double life ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, South Africa
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A group of teenage girls heading into the city hook up with a gang of drug-addled ne'er-do-wells and are brutally murdered. The killers find their way to the home of one of their victim's parents, where both father and mother exact a ...
Style:
scary, slasher, brutal, disturbing, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
rape, revenge, psychopath, torture, murder, kidnapping, serial killer, violence, vengeance, sexualized violence, rape and revenge, violence against women ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
Two couples (Robert Reed, June Kenney, Joan Lora, and Eugene Persson) are on a boating trip when they come across an uncharted island. The four investigate and find themselves in the clutches of Dr. Albert Balleau (Wilton Graff), whose hobby is ...
Style:
scary, realistic, serious, rough, atmospheric ...
Plot:
tropical island, psychopath, hunting, exploitation, murder, mind game, survival, isolation, confined, danger, twists and turns, captivity ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Similarity:
32%
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, serious, rough, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
psychopath, murder, danger, mentally unstable, partner, woods, serial killer, manhunt, survival, violence, gory, hostage ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Stranded backpackers in remote Australia fall prey to a murderous bushman who offers to fix their car, then takes them captive
Style:
slasher, bloody, scary, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, maniac, torture, sadistic horror, psycho killer, macabre, killer, outback, massacre, gory, sadistic killer ...
Time:
year 2005, year 1999, 21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia, oceania, texas
Similarity:
31%
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2K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Emily and her friend Angelica go to a rave in the woods, and when they arrive, they meet a stranger called Swan that promises some Exstasy for the girls. They follow him to a cabin into the forest where they meet the sadistic gang leaded by the ...
Style:
realistic, slasher, suspenseful, serious, sexual ...
Plot:
rape victim, psychopath, rape, sexual sadism, exploitation, violence, woods, sexual abuse, sadism, rape and revenge, anal rape, psychotic ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
california
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
Style:
slasher, scary, brutal, suspense, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, torture, home invasion, trap, psychopath, gory, maniac, macabre, massacre, sadistic horror, terror, psycho killer ...
Time:
year 2009, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a group of hikers take off for a weekend of fun and adventure in remote mountain region, they unwittingly stumble across the Staunton family - for whom the hill is named - and find themselves at the mercy of a depraved, diabolical brood that ...
Style:
slasher, scary, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
danger, wilderness, gory, escapades, strong violent content, backwoods, redneck, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, cruelty, torture, exploitation, serial killer ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
virginia, usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A group of friends is torn apart when they become part of two human hunter's sick game. The men give them ten minutes to hide, and then the real hunt begins.
Style:
slasher, disturbing, bleak, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival horror, murder, survival, psychopath, maniac, killing, captivity, homicidal maniac, race against time, insanity, revenge, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Four college pledges are forced to spend the night in a deserted old mansion where they get killed off one by one by the monstrous surviving members of a family massacre years earlier for trespassing on their living grounds.
Style:
scary, slasher, suspenseful, rough, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, halloween, serial killer, brutality, gory, monster, survival, decapitation, psycho killer, blood, student life, stalking ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A sheriff and his son who are tracking down a group of bank robbers on their way to Mexico, only to discover that they are being stalked by a far more deadly enemy — The Reeker.
Style:
scary, tense, slasher, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
desert, psychopath, death, burned alive, supernatural, murder, fugitives, good versus evil, supernatural ability, survival, ghost, danger ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
29%
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, on the road, gory, confined, danger, mind game, woman in danger, isolation, desert, murder, driver, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, utah, las vegas, nevada
Similarity:
29%
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:
christmas horror, suspenseful, bleak, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, stalking, violence, danger, psychopath, suburbs, christmas, murder witness, xmas, isolation, murder, trapped ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Mari and Phyllis go to the "big city" to see their favorite band BloodLust. Along the way they meet up with newly escaped convict Krug and his gang.
Style:
disturbing, slasher, bleak, creepy, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rape, gory, revenge, psychopath, rape and revenge, youth, vigilante, violent, sex, exploitation, psycho killer, payback ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, connecticut
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
One year after running away from home, Nicole and Jesse are still missing. When Jesse's brother, Tom, returns home from active duty, he sets out with his friends Marilyn and Jared to locate the lost couple. Their search leads them to the ...
Style:
slasher, scary, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, gas station, kidnapping, psychopath, danger, strong violent content, escapades, on the road, religious fanatic, gory, survival, twins ...
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
29%
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:
buddies, serial killer, escaped prisoner, murder, isolation, confined, danger, car race, friends, ex soldier, irony, hillbilly ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
339
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A psychological horror/thriller depicting a backwoods family with a dark secret.
Style:
serious, rough, scary, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
psychopath, danger, captivity, gory, woman in danger, confined, strong violent content, good versus evil, survival, small town, rivalry, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
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