Movies like Penny Dreadful 2006
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Penny Dreadful (2006)
7K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Young Penny goes on a retreat with her psychologist; the intention is to help her overcome her phobia, an intense fear of cars. Unexpected events find her in a nightmarish situation where her worst fears come true.
Style:
scary, slasher, serious, suspenseful, horrifying, dark, suspense, independent film, crying, creepy ...
Plot:
phobia, isolation, danger, kidnapping, on the road, psychopath, family relations, doctors and patients, trapped, survival, redneck, mountain, hitchhiker, serial killer, storm, terror, ghost, porn, winter, illness, medical, driver, taxi, mental illness, manipulation ...
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to Penny Dreadful
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspense, scary and suspenseful films with plots about danger, deadly, murder, serial killer, blood, survival and psychopath mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Penny Dreadful: Evil Things (2009), Psycho (1998), Curve (2015), Joy Ride (2001), Gothika (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
It's Miriam's 21st Birthday. As a birthday gift, Miriam's aunt Gail has decided to lend Miriam her beautiful country house for an entire weekend. Aunt Gail's country house is amazing. It's a four bedroom house surrounded by ...
Style:
serious, slasher, scary, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, woods, stalking, missing person, danger, violence, murder, group of friends, trap, loss of control, fear, mysterious death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
53K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Criminal on the run, Marion Crane takes refuge at the motel operated by Norman Bates - a troubled man whose victims encounter a grisly fate at the hands of his "mother." Marion soon becomes the next victim and her disappearance prompts ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, slasher, psychological, bleak ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
motel, psychopath, split personality, murder, hotel, psycho, murder of a nude woman, eccentric family, isolation, parents and children, serial killer, mental disorder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, arizona
Similarity:
100%
14K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young woman becomes trapped in her car after a hitchhiker causes her to have an automobile accident.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological horror, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
trapped, maniac, locked in a room, car, psychopath, car breakdown, hitchhiker, survival, trap, on the road, fear, serial killer ...
Similarity:
41%
81K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, psychological, suspenseful, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult, teen drama
Plot:
kidnapping, truck driver, truck, prank, twists and turns, paranoia, psychopath, brother brother relationship, torture, brutality, road trip, trap ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, north america, colorado, salt lake city utah, nebraska ...
Similarity:
58%
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124K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a car crash, a criminal psychologist (Halle Berry) comes to, only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she's been accused of murdering her husband -- but she has no memory ...
Style:
psychological, scary, suspenseful, psychological thriller, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
mental institution, serial killer, murder, mental illness, mind game, supernatural, insanity, investigation, psychiatrist, supernatural horror, rape, violence against women ...
Time:
year 2003, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
connecticut, new hampshire
Similarity:
57%
156K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After returning from a wedding reception, a couple staying in an isolated vacation house receive a knock on the door in the mid-hours of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. The couple ...
Style:
slasher, scary, psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
home invasion, survival, serial killer, masked killer, murder, hostage, brutality, blood, masked man, violence, masked villain, killer ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A group of young horror fans go searching for a film that mysteriously vanished years ago but instead find that the demented killer from the movie is real, and he's thrilled to meet fans who will die gruesomely for his art.
Style:
slasher, bloody, splatter, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, gory, masked killer, self mutilation, murder, corpse, torture, blood, filmmaking, deliberate cruelty, wilderness ...
Time:
year 2009, 80s
Similarity:
53%
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:
52%
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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:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, serious, teen horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, masked killer, murder, psychopath, danger, violence spree, woman in danger, who done it, summer camp, haunted by the past, siblings relations, teenage life ...
Similarity:
51%
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, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
psychopath, gory, masked killer, death, group of friends, brutality, massacre, danger, revenge, maniac, camp, videotaped sex ...
Time:
year 2009, 80s, 2000s
Place:
texas, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Luxembourg
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After a family visit, stressed businesswoman Senga Wilson (Madeleine Stowe) is driving with her rebellious daughter, Nat (Mischa Barton), down an ominous highway in the middle of the night. After they pick up a weird teenage hitchhiker (Bijou ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
nightmare, road trip, accident victim, parents and children, psychopath, teenage life, gory, family relations, disorder, supernatural, danger, violence spree ...
Similarity:
50%
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:
49%
505K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer abducts the morally wayward. Once captured, they must face impossible choices in a horrific game of survival. The victims must fight to win their lives back, or ...
Style:
scary, suspense, surprise ending, twist ending, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
torture, mind game, survival horror, serial killer, plot twist, gory, violent, trapped, fear, locked in a room, psychopath, macabre ...
Time:
year 2004, year 2000, 80s, 2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
49%
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:
49%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.
Style:
slasher, suspense, classic horror, cult classic, teen horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, maniac, camp, gory, summer camp, revenge, psycho killer, teenager, disturbed individual, summer, blood ...
Time:
1950s, 80s, year 2016, 70s, 20th century ...
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
49%
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, bloody, grindhouse, suspenseful, brutal ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, masked killer, murder, psycho killer, gory, maniac, friday the 13th, masked man, serial murder, stalking, blood, murder of a nude woman ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1980, year 1984
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In late summer of 2011, five young friends on a road trip went missing after being attacked by nomadic cannibals in a huge RV. Video was recorded by the victims & recovered by police as evidence in their still-unsolved murders.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, rough, bleak, independent film ...
Plot:
found footage, murder, on the road, survival, isolation, confined, buddies, danger, wilderness, friendship, cannibalism, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
49%
42K
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, medical horror, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
jungle, torture, survival, gory, youth, violence, murder, strong violent content, chase, transplant, brutality, female nudity ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
brazil, south america, latin america, rio de janeiro, argentina
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three young men become terrorized in a high-speed car chase with a mysterious pursuant.
Style:
serious, psychological, scary, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
car chase, mind game, friendship, escapades, danger, chase, survival, murder, rivalry, killer car, redneck, car ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Kelly, a young woman, has been plagued by nightmares of a burning man her entire life. Upon entering college, she pledges a sorority that forces them to perform an initiation night prank. With several of her friends, she breaks into a store and ...
Style:
slasher, sexy, scary, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, ritual, campus, sorority, murder, female protagonist, nightmare, prank, female nudity, secret, mental institution, danger ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
48%
11K
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, suspenseful, rough, perverse ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, survival, danger, youth, confined, psychopath, gory, dead teenager, heaven and hell, murder, characters killed one by one, desert ...
Time:
year 2005
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Beautiful Mandy Lane isn't a party girl but, when classmate Chloe invites the Texas high school student to a bash in the countryside, she reluctantly accepts. After hitching a ride with a vaguely scary older man, the teens arrive at their ...
Style:
slasher, bloody, teen, cult classic, scary ...
Audience:
date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, serial killer, youth, teenage life, psychopath, teenager, mystery killer, friends, murder, gory, teenage sexuality, dead teenager ...
Time:
20th century, year 2006, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
Similarity:
48%
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:
48%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
New Years Eve, 2004- Kevin Healy(Santos) and Tiffany Matthews(McCoy) head out to celebrate the New Year and a new beginning in their 7-year relationship. In the midst of the celebration the young couple decide to mark the occasion by experimenting ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, serious, dark, scary ...
Plot:
danger, stalking, isolation, confined, friendship, wilderness, snow, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, winter, survival, blood, new year ...
Similarity:
48%
47K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A thriller centered on an institutionalized young woman who becomes terrorized by a ghost.
Style:
scary, psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
mental institution, psychiatric ward, supernatural, ghost, brutality, dissociative identity disorder, split personality, haunted, mental illness, doctors and patients, murder, hospital ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2010, 2010s, 60s, 80s ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A haunted doll teaches one little girl why children shouldn't play with undead things.
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, bleak, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
evil doll, doll, supernatural, puppet, scary doll, murder, terror, possession, danger, family relations, parents and children, trauma ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Three people from different walks of life find themselves trapped inside a stalled elevator. What at first seems like an inconvenience rapidly escalates into a nightmare.
Style:
psychological, scary, thought provoking, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
elevator, husband murders wife, asthma, serial killer, psychopath, murder, mind game, danger, haunted by the past, isolation, blackout, fight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Whilst celebrating a graduation at a secluded vacation home, a group of college students find themselves targeted by a sadistic killer who forces them to play a deadly game of killing one another in order to survive.
Style:
scary, independent film, slasher, surprise ending, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, torture, murder, group of friends, mind game, psycho killer, trap, trapped, female nudity, game of death, friendship, confined ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
47%
226K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detective scramble to locate ...
Style:
scary, brutal, twist ending, frightening, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
torture, serial killer, mind game, game of death, sadism, trap, violent, mutilation, gory, sadistic horror, killer, plot twist ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
47%
144K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, group of friends, torture, murder, violence, small town, gory, brutality, ghost town, wax museum, masked man ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2000, 2000s, 50s, 20th century ...
Place:
usa, florida, louisiana, new york, paris france
Similarity:
47%
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