Movies like The Boogey Man
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The Boogey Man (1980)
6K
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A young girl witnesses her brother murder a man through a reflection in a mirror. Twenty years later the mirror is shattered, freeing his evil spirit, which seeks revenge for his death.
Style:
slasher, scary, disturbing, atmospheric, rough, grindhouse, cult classic, psychotronic, silent, terrifying ...
Plot:
childhood trauma, nightmare, murder, vengeance, curse, psychiatrist, fear, danger, priest, letter, flashback, pitchfork, sexual attraction, mistreatment, abusive mother, haunted by the past, family in danger, ghost, family problems, mute or deaf, death, boogeyman, blood, spying, serial killer ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
new jersey
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Most similar movies to The Boogey Man
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, suspenseful, serious and slasher films with plots about danger, supernatural, murder, deadly, gory, blood and violence mostly in Horror, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Boogey Man: The Possession of Michael King (2014), It Chapter Two (2019), The Funhouse (1981), The Devonsville Terror (1983), Ju-on: The Grudge (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of documentary filmmaker Michael King (Shane Johnson), who doesn’t believe in God or the Devil. Following the sudden death of his wife, Michael decides to make his next film about the search for the existence of the ...
Style:
dark, demonic, scary, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
demonic possession, found footage, occult, paranormal activity, possession, supernatural, self destructing, demon, exorcism, skepticism, satanic ritual, loss of control ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
Because every 27 years evil revisits the town of Derry, Maine, it chapter two brings the chapters - who've long since gone their separate ways - back together as adults, nearly three decades after the events of the first film.
Style:
slasher, scary, spooky, epic, psychological horror ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
clown, killer clown, stephen king, evil clown, fear, asthma, group of friends, supernatural horror, villain, evil, carnival, panic ...
Time:
year 1989, year 2019, 80s, 2010s, year 2016
Place:
maine, los angeles, new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Rebellious teen Amy defies her parents by going to a trashy carnival that has pulled into town. In tow are her boyfriend, Buzz, and their friends Liz and Richie. Thinking it would be fun to spend the night in the campy "Funhouse" horror ...
Style:
suspense, bloody, scary, slasher, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
carnival, violence, halloween, murder, killer clown, amusement park, clown, serial killer, runaway, blood, teenager, danger ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 5th century, year 1975, 15th century
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Dr. Worley investigates a 300-year-old witch's curse in the New England town of Devonsville. Three liberated, assertive women move into town, which angers the bigoted, male-dominated town fathers. One of the women is a reincarnation of the ...
Style:
pastoral, independent film, scary, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
witch, supernatural, revenge, feminist, folk horror, witchcraft, occult, supernatural horror, paranormal, monster, exploitation, curse ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s, 17th century, 20th century
Place:
new england, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides.
Style:
scary, psychological, cult classic, atmospheric, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, ghost, afterlife, vengeance, investigation, social worker, panic, haunted by the past, halloween, family problems, woman in danger ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A commitment-shy New York fashion model moves into an old brownstone apartment, meets her weird neighbours and discovers she’s sitting on the gateway to Hell.
Style:
scary, creepy, gothic, suspense, satanic ...
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, ghost, devil, secret society, model, occult, investigation, supernatural horror, murder, hell, demon ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
usa, italy, new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
As a child, Donald was tormented by his mother who used fire as a punishment. Now a deranged adult, Donald stalks women at clubs, then takes them home where he kills them with a flamethrower.
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, scary, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, sadism, burned alive, abusive mother, obsession, loss of control, murder, burn victim, exploitation, child abuse, maniac, deeply disturbed person ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new jersey, new york
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Part two takes place in Hollywood, where survivor Lacey is staying with friends to recover from her trauma. Through long and extremely detailed flashbacks, Lacey tells the story about the murderous spirit in the little piece of mirror to befriended ...
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, terrifying, independent film, scary ...
Plot:
mirror, flashback, broken mirror, boogeyman, trauma, filmmaking, hollywood, actress, director, actor, evil man, car ...
Time:
year 2016, year 1983, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
54%
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9K
Genre: Crime, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Over 20 years after his death by a gunshot, Jimmy Bones comes back as a ghost to wreak revenge on those who killed him and to clean up his neighborhood.
Style:
scary, bloody, stylized, hood, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
blaxploitation, revenge, dog, vengeance, gory, brutality, supernatural, incest, sexual assault, hip hop, ghost, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s, 90s, 2000s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
George Lutz and his wife Kathleen, move into their Long Island dream house with their children only for their lives to be turned into a hellish nightmare. The legacy of a murder committed in the house gradually affects the family and a priest is ...
Style:
scary, cult classic, demonic, creepy, spooky ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, haunted, supernatural, supernatural horror, macabre, paranormal, murder, fear, possession, indian burial ground, demon ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1975, year 1974
Place:
long island, new jersey
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
home invasion, maniac, murder, family in danger, psychopath, insanity, mental illness, mother daughter relationship, serial killer, eccentricity, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 2016
Similarity:
43%
1K
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Strange killings occur at Ruby's drive-in theatre, sixteen years after the murder of her gangster boyfriend.
Style:
slasher, independent film, serious, mind bending, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
evil child, underground, exploitation, revenge, supernatural, ghost, gangster, murder, mother daughter incest, rivalry, danger, mute or deaf ...
Time:
1950s, 1930s, 50s, year 1951, year 1935
Place:
florida
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
In the sleepy suburbs of Miami, seemingly normal Egyptian immigrant Fuad Ramses (Mal Arnold) runs a successful catering business. He also murders young women and plans to use their body parts to revive the goddess Ishtar. The insane Ramses ...
Style:
slasher, disturbing, bloody, scary, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
serial killer, gory, macabre, human sacrifice, cannibalism, supernatural, violence, murder, visceral, psychopath, zombie, exploitation ...
Time:
60s, 80s
Place:
florida, usa, miami, egypt
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A family is terrorized by demonic forces after moving into a home that was the site of a grisly mass-murder.
Style:
scary, demonic, suspenseful, suspense, splatter ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural horror, supernatural, danger, death, murder, domestic disturbance, family in danger, paranormal activity, torture, brutality ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2000, 70s, 21st century
Place:
wisconsin, long island, usa, new york
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set fifteen years after the original film, The Exorcist III centers around the philosophical Lieutenant William F. Kinderman who is investigating a baffling series of murders around Georgetown that all contain the hallmarks of The Gemini, a deceased ...
Style:
demonic, frightening, satanic, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, violence, possession, exorcism, demon, blood, priest, investigation, murder, supernatural, police detective, decapitation ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century, year 1990, year 1998
Place:
virginia, washington d.c., usa, copenhagen, richmond virginia ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Anger stemming from being abused as a child drives an alcoholic's daughter to kill as an adult.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, serious, rough, terrifying ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, danger, obsession, ocean, haunted by the past, witch, dangerous attraction, supernatural, vengeance, rape and revenge, serial killer, dark secret ...
Time:
70s
Place:
california, malibu california
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In 1978, two rival groups at Camp Nightwing must band together to solve a terrifying mystery when horrors from their towns' history come alive.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, supernatural, murder, witch, lesbian, monster, woman in danger, alter ego, homicidal maniac, teenager, snake, clairvoyant ...
Time:
year 1978, 2020s, 70s, year 1994, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
44K
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Psychological horror about a lonely young woman traumatized by a difficult childhood, and her increasingly desperate attempts to connect with the people around her.
Style:
psychological, gothic, creepy, bloody, dark ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
serial killer, mental illness, imaginary friend, psychopath, female psychopath, childhood trauma, insanity, dangerous attraction, violence, dark humor, murder, doll ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two brothers team up to battle a creature under the bed, in what is being described as a "suburban nightmare" tale.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, mystical, scary, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
nightmare comes true, family in danger, supernatural, suburbs, creature, youth, brother brother relationship, nightmare, haunted by the past, dark past, mysticism, recurring nightmare ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
When Simon brings his twelve year-old son, Finn, to rural Vermont to help flip an old farmhouse, they encounter the malicious spirit of Lydia, a previous owner. And now with every repair they make - she's getting stronger.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, dark, atmospheric, suspense ...
Plot:
father son relationship, fear, supernatural, supernatural power, family in danger, supernatural horror, danger, curse, evil force, haunted by the past, teenager, house ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vermont, usa, new york
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An English family of six takes in a pregnant woman who disappears shortly after giving birth. They raise the baby girl as their own, but over the years the strange deaths of their children make them consider whether the little girl is more than she ...
Style:
bleak, scary, serious, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Plot:
babies and infants, demon, pregnancy, supernatural, danger, mentally unstable, family problems, family life, teenager, murder, evil child, demonic possession ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s
Place:
london
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
She survived a brutal massacre, but lost her life. What happens to the final girl once the credits have rolled? Five years ago, a masked killer brutally murdered a group of friends. Since then, Camryn, the lone survivor, has tried to make sense of ...
Style:
slasher, scary, psychotronic, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, troubled past, girl, brutality, violence, revenge, woman in danger, danger, maniac, murder, psychopath, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
At the prompting of his diplomat friend, Alex, writer Ted Fletcher takes his wife, Laura, and daughter, Amy, on an extended working holiday. Alex finds a house for them in Kyoto, Japan, and the Fletchers move in, laughing off rumors that the place ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, bleak, suspense, cult classic ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, love affair, murder, adultery, samurai, haunting, female nudity, family in danger, family problems, infidelity, afterlife ...
Time:
year 1982, 19th century, 1840s
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo, kyoto japan
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing ...
Style:
scary, dark, spooky, demonic, satanic ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
demon, devil, supernatural, religion, courtroom, exorcism, supernatural horror, demonic possession, priest, courtroom drama, life & death, evil force ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
illinois, usa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Germany
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
Lothar Schramm is a simple man with complex problems, yet he seems like such a nice guy. He works as a taxi driver and lives by himself where he is happy to answer his door to strangers and kill them outright. As with many shy loner types he has a ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, bloody, slasher, controversial ...
Plot:
serial killer, violence, maniac, psycho killer, necrophilia, psycho, prostitute, sexual torture, violent, sexual cruelty, perversity, nudity ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Poor Annie every time she falls asleep, her dreams are haunted by visions of a faceless man committing unspeakable crimes. Just like a kid afraid of the dark, the Boogeyman has made her afraid to close her eyes. Annie soon realizes her hideous ...
Style:
slasher, independent film, serious, scary, slasher horror
Plot:
boogeyman, serial killer, psychopath, danger, amateur detective, supernatural ability, ghost, criminal heroes, single parent, stalking, supernatural, cons and scams ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A slasher finds the hospital where a TV newswoman is recovering from his attack.
Style:
slasher, serious, disturbing, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
canuxploitation, medical, stalking, serial killer, danger, murder, woman in danger, journalism, investigation, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, violence ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
Place:
canada
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A historic Hollywood hotel houses a supernatural evil. It's been subdued for decades - but when renovations start, a series of murders take place. It's up to our heroine to solve the mystery.
Style:
slasher, disturbing, horrifying, suspense, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, supernatural, haunted by the past, hotel, neighbor, violence, old dark house, danger, gory, hollywood, teenage life ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
usa, los angeles, texas
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Local teens have long commemorated the death of 'Mary Hatchet' -- a girl who took an ax and killed her family in the 1970s -- with the aptly named Blood Night. But things never got truly bloody until Mary's ghost (Samantha Facchi) ...
Style:
slasher, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
urban legend, psychopath, legends and myths, gory, serial killer, survival, youth, vengeance, danger, teenage life, uncover truth, sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Newly released from a mental ward, Jessica hopes to return to life the way it was before her nervous breakdown. But when Jessica moves to a country house with her husband and a close friend, she finds a mysterious girl living in there who may or may ...
Style:
creepy, atmospheric, scary, slasher, cult classic ...
Plot:
vampire, lake, cemetery, haunted, hearse, zombie, ghost, musician, hearing voices, farmhouse, boat, mental illness ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
connecticut, new england, usa
Similarity:
37%
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