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The Bloody Judge (1970)
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The Bloody Judge (1970)
Original name: Il trono di fuoco
Genre: Biography, Horror
Country: Italy, West Germany, Spain, Liechtenstein
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Horror icon Christopher Lee, who worked with Jess Franco on several occasions, plays Lord George Jeffreys, the infamous and merciless judge and Lord Chancellor in England torn by strife between the reigning King James II and William of Orange. Convincend of doing what's necessary, the cruel judge mercilessly persecutes 'traitors', who sympathize with the King's opponent William of Orange, as well as 'witches', who are accused of being in league with the devil...
Style: rough, serious, suspenseful, grindhouse, bleak, disturbing, gothic, suspense, gothic horror, period piece ...
Plot: exploitation, judge, witchcraft, torture, executioner, false accusation, courtroom drama, dishonesty, female nudity, attempted rape, prison, life is a bitch, prison life, danger, tragic hero, righting the wronged, witch, monster, folk horror, macabre, occult, violent, rape, witch hunt, bare breasts ...
Time: 17th century, 1600s
Place: england, europe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychotronic, serious, suspenseful and scary films with plots about danger, deadly, supernatural, occult, macabre, curses spells and rituals and rivalry mostly in Horror, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like The Bloody Judge: Cry of the Banshee (1970), Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968), Count Dracula (1970), The Oblong Box (1969), To the Devil a Daughter (1976). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Cry of the Banshee (1970)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In seventeenth century England Lord Whitman wages unending war on what he sees as the ever-present scourge of witchcraft, and many local villagers have suffered at his hands. But one victim uses her occult powers to curse his family, enlisting ...
Style: classic horror, grindhouse, satanic, gothic, scary ...
Plot: witchcraft, witch, folk horror, occult, tudors, murder, edgar allan poe, revenge, massacre, torture, rape, virus ...
Time: 16th century, 17th century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When his brother disappears, Robert Manning pays a visit to the remote country house he was last heard from. While his host is outwardly welcoming - and his niece more demonstrably so - Manning detects a feeling of menace in the air with the legend ...
Style: lovecraft, suspenseful, scary, tense, serious ...
Plot: witchcraft, supernatural, virgin, sacrifice, folk horror, reincarnation, vengeance, femme fatale, danger, curses spells and rituals, occult, wizards and magicians ...
Time: 60s
Place: england, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Count Dracula (1970)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Spain, West Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Jess Franco's version of the Bram Stoker classic has Count Dracula as an old man who grows younger whenever he dines on the blood of young maidens.
Style: gothic horror, gothic, grindhouse, classic horror, cult classic ...
Plot: dracula, vampire, supernatural, female vampire, monster, occult, living dead, frankenstein, paranormal, goth, sexy female vampire, 666 ...
Time: 19th century
Place: europe, transylvania, romania, england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
The Oblong Box (1969)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Aristocrat Julian Markham keeps his disfigured brother, Sir Edward, locked in a tower of his house. Occasionaly Sir Edward escapes and causes havoc around the town.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, serious, classic horror, scary ...
Plot: curse, danger, obsession, vengeance, edgar allan poe, supernatural, zombie, serial killer, brother brother relationship, monster, murderer, disfigurement ...
Time: 19th century, year 1969, 1860s, year 1865, victorian era
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using her as the representative of the Devil on Earth.
Style: satanic, scary, serious, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: occult, ritual, satanism, afterlife, satanist, deal with the devil, demon, ghost, satanic cult, curses spells and rituals, danger, witch ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1976
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Scars of Dracula (1970)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The Prince of Darkness casts his undead shadow once more over the cursed village of Kleinenberg when his ashes are splashed with bat's blood and Dracula is resurrected. And two innocent victims search for a missing loved one... loved to death ...
Style: gothic, gothic horror, rough, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: vampire, dracula, supernatural, castle, good versus evil, priest, village, monster, supernatural ability, dangerous attraction, curses spells and rituals, woman in danger ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The powers of good are pitted against the forces of evil as the Duc de Richelieu wrestles with the charming but deadly Satanist, Mocata, for the soul of his friend. Mocata has the knowledge and the power to summon the forces of darkness and, as the ...
Style: gothic, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, dark ...
Plot: occult, black magic, supernatural, coven, folk horror, satanism, witch, zombie, serial killer, curses spells and rituals, psychopath, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s, year 1968, year 1929
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
The Conqueror Worm (1968)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: England is torn in civil strife as the Royalists battle the Parliamentary Party for control. This conflict distracts people from rational thought and allows unscrupulous men to gain local power by exploiting village superstitions. One of these men ...
Style: suspenseful, bleak, disturbing, gothic, rough ...
Plot: witch, folk horror, inquisition, torture, rape, murder, witch hunt, vengeance, burned alive, violence, exploitation, macabre ...
Time: 17th century, year 1968
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Baron Blood (1972)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy, West Germany, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young man, Peter, returns to Austria in search of his heritage. There he visits the castle of an ancestor, a sadistic Baron who was cursed to a violent death by a witch whom the Baron had burned at the stake. Peter reads aloud the incantation that ...
Style: gothic horror, gothic, suspense, scary, rough ...
Plot: afterlife, ghost, castle, supernatural, witch, fear, good versus evil, murder, hanging, curse, torture chamber, auction ...
Time: year 1972, 15th century, 70s
Place: austria, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Whilst vacationing in the Carpathian Mountain, two couples stumble across the remains of Count Dracula's castle. The Count's trusted servant kills one of the men, suspending the body over the Count's ashes so that the blood drips from ...
Style: gothic horror, gothic, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric ...
Plot: vampire, supernatural, female vampire, dracula, monster, vengeance, zombie, blood, crucifix, good versus evil, stalking, supernatural ability ...
Time: year 1966, 1800s, 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Daughters of Satan (1972)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A man buys a painting depicting witches being burned at the stake, one of whom bears an uncanny resemblance to his wife.
Style: suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: witch, witchcraft, occult, supernatural, reincarnation, bare chested male, afterlife, curses spells and rituals, danger, ghost, supernatural ability, satanism ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: the philippines, manila philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Crypt of the Vampire (1964)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Count Karnstein sends for a doctor to help his sick daughter Laura. Her nurse believes she is possessed by the spirit of a dead ancestor;Carmilla. A young woman becomes intrigued by the mysterious deaths surrounding Laura after a carriage accident ...
Style: gothic horror, gothic, suspense, classic horror, cult classic ...
Plot: witch, castle, female vampire, vampire, family curse, crypt, witchcraft, supernatural power, curse, monster, folk horror, death of cousin ...
Time: 17th century, 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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99 Women (1969)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: UK, Italy, West Germany, Spain
Duration: 70 min.
Story: Jesus Franco's campy women's prison film is worthwhile for genre devotees primarily due to an outstanding cast. Mercedes McCambridge is unintentionally hilarious as sadistic lesbian warden Thelma Diaz, spitting tacky dialogue with ...
Style: erotic, grindhouse, psychotronic, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: women in prison, lesbian sex, sexploitation, erotica, prison, escape, rape, women's prison, female nudity, big breasts, bare breasts, sex ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
The Devil's Wedding Night (1973)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The 1800s: scholarly Karl Schiller believes he's found the ring of the Nibelungen, which holds great power. It's at Castle Dracula. His twin, Franz, a gambler, asks if vampires frighten Karl; Karl shows him an Egyptian amulet, which may ...
Style: gothic horror, suspense, suspenseful, scary, bleak ...
Plot: vampire, femme fatale, dangerous attraction, supernatural, master and servant, murder, woman in danger, virgin, wedding, occult, macabre, folk horror ...
Time: 70s, 19th century
Place: europe, transylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The accidental unearthing of Satan’s earthly remains causes the children of 17th-century English village to slowly convert into a coven of devil worshipers.
Style: satanic, slasher, gothic, gothic horror, grindhouse ...
Plot: folk horror, witchcraft, rape, occult, devil, human sacrifice, satanism, beast, teenage girl, village, murder, evil child ...
Time: 18th century, year 1971, victorian era, 17th century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The police and British security forces call in Professor Van Helsing to help them investigate Satanic ritual which has been occurring in a large country house, and which has been attended by a government minister, an eminent scientist and secret ...
Style: gothic, sexy, classic horror, cult classic, scary ...
Plot: dracula, vampire, supernatural, monster, zombie, occult, satanist, macabre, epidemic, gory, medieval, death ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1974
Place: london, england, europe, united kingdom, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Terror (1978)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A witch's prophecy - while being burned at the stake- curse condemns a family to horrible deaths.
Style: slasher, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, silent ...
Plot: witch, supernatural, curse, occult, witchcraft, supernatural horror, black magic, undead, killer, macabre, serial killer, strip club ...
Time: middle ages
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (1967)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: West Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story: In the Olden Tymes, Count Regula is drawn and quartered for killing twelve virgins in his dungeon torture chamber. Thirty-five years later, he comes back to seek revenge on the daughter of his intended thirteenth victim and the son of his prosecutor ...
Style: gothic, gothic horror, psychotronic, suspense, grindhouse ...
Plot: torture device, snake, edgar allan poe, supernatural, vengeance, macabre, 666, monster, witch, haunted house, german history, zombie ...
Time: year 1967
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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The Gorgon (1964)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In the early 20th century a village experienced a series of inexplicable murders. All the victims were young men who had been to stone. The perpetrator of these deaths was a being so repulsive that she transformed the onlooker using the power of her ...
Style: gothic horror, suspenseful, gothic, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: supernatural, greek mythology, danger, stalking, ghost, village life, legends and myths, village, turned to stone, monster, investigation, mythology ...
Time: 19th century, 1910s, 1900s, victorian era
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Werewolf Woman (1976)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A woman has dreams that she is a werewolf so she goes out and finds men. She proceeds to have sex with them and then rip their throats out with her teeth. She eventually falls in love but then she is raped and her lover is murdered so she goes out ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, scary, grindhouse, captivating ...
Plot: werewolf, rape, rape and revenge, supernatural, murder, deadly creature, female werewolf, transformation, fall in love, reincarnation, rivalry, monster ...
Time: 70s, year 1968
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Creeping Flesh (1973)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A scientist comes to believe that evil is a disease of the blood and that the flesh of a skeleton he has brought back from New Guinea contains it in a pure form. Convinced that his wife, a Folies Bergere dancer who went insane, manifested this evil ...
Style: gothic, gothic horror, classic horror, suspense, cult classic ...
Plot: skeleton, monster, creature, mad scientist, reincarnation, murder, laboratory, corpse, scientist, 666, insane asylum, body horror ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 19th century, 1800s
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman (1971)
Genre: Horror
Country: Spain, West Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Elvira is travelling through the French countryside with her friend Genevieve, searching for the lost tomb of a medieval murderess and possible vampire, Countess Wandessa. They find a likely site in the castle of Waldemar Daninsky, who invites the ...
Style: gothic, gothic horror, suspenseful, serious, sexy ...
Plot: werewolf, vampire, deadly creature, supernatural, sexy female vampire, resurrection, supernatural ability, woman in danger, reincarnation, curses spells and rituals, afterlife, wizards and magicians ...
Time: 70s, 15th century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Horror Rises from the Tomb (1973)
Genre: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In Medieval France a warlock is be-headed and his wife tortured and executed. Hundreds of years later an isolated group of people discover his head buried on their property. Soon it comes back to life, possessing people and using them to commit ...
Style: gothic horror, gothic, classic horror, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: zombie, witch, ghost, supernatural, murder, knight, underground, virus, kingdom, dead, death, revenge ...
Time: middle ages, 15th century, 70s
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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I, Monster (1971)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Christopher Lee stars in this Amicus production of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” where the names have been changed to Dr. Marlowe and Mr. Blake. Lee as Dr. Marlowe experiments with intravenous drugs that are suppose to release inner ...
Style: grindhouse, gothic horror, classic horror, gothic, medical horror ...
Plot: mad scientist, jekyll and hyde, split personality, doctor, monster, mad doctor, murder, friendship, disorder, battles, private detective, supernatural ...
Time: 19th century, year 1971, victorian era
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Night of the Seagulls (1975)
Genre: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The Knight Templars return in this fourth installment of the Blind Dead seris. On this outing, the Templars haunt a fishing village, where they rise seven nights every seven years to claim their sacrificial offerings in return for the safety of the ...
Style: atmospheric, classic horror, epic, suspense, gothic horror ...
Plot: zombie, undead, supernatural, medieval, supernatural horror, knight, monster, octopus, exploitation, macabre, kingdom, folk horror ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Awful Dr. Orlof (1962)
Genre: Horror
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Dr. Orlof, a former prison doctor, abducts beautiful women from nightclubs and tries to use their skin to repair his daughter's fire-scarred face. He is assisted by Morpho, a deformed monstrosity who delights in biting his victims. Orlof had ...
Style: psychotronic, suspense, gothic, gothic horror, medical horror ...
Plot: surgery, plastic surgery, macabre, monster, fetish, feral man, face, medical, father, murder, mad scientist, transplant ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 1910s
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Terror of the Living Dead (1973)
Genre: Horror
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Upon his uncle's death, Serge Chekov journeys to a spooky Scottish village for the reading of the will. But when he inherits the estate, Serge runs afoul of his uncle's jealous wife , his business partner , his maid and others. It's ...
Style: gothic horror, atmospheric, gothic, suspense, classic horror ...
Plot: zombie, living dead, occult, mad scientist, cemetery, satanism, 666, dracula, supernatural, autopsy, obsession, corpse ...
Time: 1800s, 19th century
Place: scotland, europe, central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973)
Genre: Horror
Country: Belgium, France, Italy, Liechtenstein
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A girl arrives from London to visit her estranged relatives in a remote castle for the reading of her father's will. After a while she discovers that they are all in fact dead and her decision to live with them turns into a nightmare. Unable to ...
Style: sexy, cult classic, perverse, sensual, twisted ...
Audience: adult
Plot: zombie, erotica, satanic ritual, sex horror, female vampire, blood, castle, supernatural, surrealism, living dead, exploitation, porn ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Set in London in the early 1970's, supposedly for teen thrills, Johnny organises a black magic ceremony in a desolate churchyard. The culmination of the ritual, however, is the rejuvenation of Dracula from shrivelled remains. Johnny, ...
Style: gothic, classic horror, gothic horror, psychotronic, satanic ...
Plot: dracula, supernatural, monster, vampire, undead, occult, living dead, resurrection, hippie, police, macabre, 666 ...
Time: year 1972, 20th century, 70s, victorian era, 19th century ...
Place: europe, london, england, united kingdom, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Vengeance of the Zombies (1973)
Genre: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An Indian mystic uses magical chants to raise women from the dead, then sends them out to perform revenge killings for him.
Style: atmospheric, scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: devil worship, zombie, murder, investigation, revenge, morgue, curses spells and rituals, danger, supernatural, wizards and magicians, escapades, vampire ...
Time: 70s
Place: england, london, europe, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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