Movies like The Sentinel 1977
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The Sentinel (1977)
14K
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, sexy, psychological, suspenseful, slasher, surreal ...
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, ghost, devil, secret society, model, occult, investigation, supernatural horror, murder, demon, hell, woman in danger, suicide, danger, photograph, religion, haunted, clergy, fashion model, fashion, police detective, violence, neighbor, blood ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
usa, italy, new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
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Most similar movies to The Sentinel
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, atmospheric, suspense and gothic films with plots about danger, supernatural, demon, blood, gory, macabre and death mostly in Horror, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like The Sentinel: The Exorcist (1973), The House of the Devil (2009), Dario Argento's Suspiria (1977), Alucarda (1977), The Omen (1976). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
495K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid to save her daughter, and ultimately turns to ...
Style:
scary, suspense, demonic, classic horror, psychological horror ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
religion, demon, exorcism, priest, supernatural, devil, demonic possession, possession, occult, supernatural horror, exorcist, crisis of faith ...
Time:
70s, year 1973, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., persia, iraq, usa, new york ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the 1980s, college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret.
Style:
creepy, spooky, suspenseful, frightening, gothic ...
Plot:
ritual, satanic cult, supernatural, female protagonist, macabre, satanic ritual, haunted house, devil, sacrifice, lunar eclipse, female college student, religious cult ...
Time:
80s, year 2009, year 2000, y2k, 20th century ...
Place:
new jersey, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
From the moment she arrives in Freiberg, Germany, to attend the prestigious Tans Academy, American ballet-dancer Suzy Bannion senses that something horribly evil lurks within the walls of the age-old institution.
Style:
suspense, creepy, scary, gothic, dark ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
witch, murder, boarding school, coven, black magic, gory, supernatural, ballet school, witchery, spell, killer, darkness ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe, italy, west germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A young girl's arrival at a convent after the death of her parents marks the beginning of a series of events that unleash an evil presence on the girl and her mysterious new friend, an enigmatic figure known as Alucarda. Demonic possession, ...
Style:
satanic, gothic horror, suspenseful, scary, serious ...
Plot:
convent, nunsploitation, female monster, hysteria, curses spells and rituals, occult, telekinesis, religious fanaticism, erotica, evil nun, male nudity, nun ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, 1800s, year 1865
Similarity:
100%
145K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil. A classic horror film with Gregory Peck from ...
Style:
suspenseful, satanic, bleak, classic horror, scary ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
devil, evil child, satan, prophecy, religion, priest, demonic possession, boy, demon, antichrist, evil wins, macabre ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place:
london, rome italy, persia, britain, england ...
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:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Two horror segments based on Edgar Allan Poe stories set in and around the city of Pittsburgh. "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" concerns a cheating wife who is trying to scam her dying husband out of millions by having her ...
Style:
anthology, gothic, creepy, cult classic, scary ...
Plot:
blood, zombie, spirit, macabre, greed, ghost, murder, older woman younger man relationship, female criminal, inquisition, supernatural, gory ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 90s
Place:
america, pittsburgh, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Nobody believes teenager Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) when he discovers that his suave new neighbor, Jerry Dandrige (Chris Sarandon), is a vampire. So when the bloodsucker starts stalking Charley, he turns to has-been actor Peter Vincent ...
Style:
scary, cult classic, horror comedy, dark comedy, teen horror ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
vampire, blood, supernatural horror, supernatural, monster, transformation, bloodsucker, vampire hunter, teenager, teenage protagonist, dracula, werewolf ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
iowa, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 95 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:
sexy, scary, serious, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
occult, ritual, satanism, deal with the devil, satanic cult, ghost, satanist, curses spells and rituals, demon, evil priest, folk horror, female nudity ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1976
Place:
big ben london, bavaria, tower bridge london, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Pinhead is trapped in a sculpture and fortunately for him the sculpture is bought by a young playboy who owns his own night club. Pinhead busies himself escaping by getting the playboy to lure victims to his presence so he can use their blood. Once ...
Style:
slasher, scary, sexy, splatter, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
demon, nightclub, supernatural, hellraiser, vietnam war, reporter, gory, body horror, church, murder of a policewoman, terminator, violence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 95 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, satanic, creepy, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
folk horror, coven, black magic, occult, supernatural, satanism, curses spells and rituals, witch, serial killer, zombie, psychopath, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s, year 1968, year 1929, 1930s ...
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.
Style:
scary, gothic, cult classic, creepy, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
werewolf, serial killer, transformation, psychiatrist, macabre, shapeshifting, creature feature, group therapy, outdoor sex, murder, supernatural, lost in the woods ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
This visually arresting chiller concerns a group of runaway teens that escape from a drug rehab and encounter demonic forces in a rural farmhouse.
Style:
disturbing, surreal, psychedelic, religious horror, suspense ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, ghost, violence spree, life is a bitch, supernatural, danger, gang, isolation, rehabilitation, drug abuse, farm, zombie ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A university student is pursued by a man with a demonic secret.
Style:
surprise ending, scary, lovecraft, cult classic, creepy ...
Plot:
occult, folk horror, good versus evil, cosmic horror, cthulhu, professor, female nudity, supernatural power, villain played by lead actor, grandfather grandson relationship, small town, library ...
Similarity:
100%
26K
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A young man returns from Rome to his sister's satanic New York apartment house.
Style:
dark, slasher, atmospheric, cult classic, scary ...
Plot:
death, amateur detective, witch, haunted house, gory, supernatural, violent, murder, serial killer, eclipse, danger, riddles and clues ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
italy, rome italy, new york
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A young couple moves into an infamous New York apartment building to start a family. Things become frightening as Rosemary begins to suspect her unborn baby isn't safe around their strange neighbors.
Style:
psychological, classic horror, surreal, psychological horror, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
satanic cult, devil, pregnancy, paranoia, satanism, satanic ritual, witchcraft, secret society, supernatural horror, coven, occult, antichrist ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1965, year 1966, year 1968 ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, persia, eastern europe, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A man staying at a secluded historical mansion, finds his life being haunted by the presence of a spectre.
Style:
suspense, gothic, creepy, spooky, atmospheric ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, isolated house, macabre, haunted, mansion, musician, supernatural, senator, death of wife, revenge, murder ...
Time:
year 1980, victorian era, 20th century, 70s, 1900s ...
Place:
seattle, usa, new york, washington d.c., washington state ...
Similarity:
83%
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%
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where after a series of supernatural 'accidents', she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, gothic, surreal, atmospheric ...
Plot:
violent, supernatural horror, blindness, gory, darkness, ghost, afterlife, hell, zombie attack, murder, haunted house, surrealism ...
Time:
80s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
louisiana, italy, usa, new orleans
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish ...
Style:
atmospheric, cult classic, dark, gothic, creepy ...
Plot:
carnival, afterlife, female protagonist, ghost, supernatural, car accident, surrealism, nervous breakdown, american horror, boarding house, spirit, coffee ...
Time:
year 1962
Place:
salt lake city utah, utah, usa, kansas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Arthur and his two children, Kathy and Bobby, inherit his Uncle Cyrus's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to 12 ghosts. When the family, accompanied by Bobby's Nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped ...
Style:
scary, splatter, suspense, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
date night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, gory, supernatural horror, ghost child, confined, machine, inheritance, blood, family in danger, danger ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Dr. Markway, doing research to prove the existence of ghosts, investigates Hill House, a large, eerie mansion with a lurid history of violent death and insanity.
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, suspense, scary, creepy ...
Audience:
horror for children
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, disappearance, supernatural horror, insanity, haunted, research, hearing voices, lesbian, poltergeist, obsession, mansion ...
Time:
19th century, 1940s, 1870s, 20th century, year 1963 ...
Place:
boston, new england, usa, massachusetts
Similarity:
50%
77K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A young woman with no strong religious beliefs, Frankie Paige begins having strange and violent experiences, showing signs of the wounds that Jesus received when crucified. When the Vatican gets word of Frankie's situation, a high-ranking ...
Style:
suspenseful, satanic, biblical, psychological, controversial ...
Plot:
religion, supernatural, conspiracy, priest, possession, miraculous event, vatican, investigation, catholic, church, mission from god, destiny ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
brazil, usa, pittsburgh, new york, rome italy
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Satan-worshiper Prince Prospero invites the local nobility to his castle for protection against an oncoming plague, the Red Death. He orders his guests to attend a masked ball and, amidst an atmosphere of debauchery and depravity, notices the entry ...
Style:
gothic, grindhouse, suspense, surreal, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, macabre, edgar allan poe, medieval, supernatural, revenge, life & death, plague, good versus evil, folk horror, brutality, masquerade ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, victorian era
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld of ...
Style:
sexy, creepy, surreal, suspense, mysterious ...
Plot:
voodoo, superstition, black magic, zombie, anthropologist, hallucination, nightmare, surrealism, buried alive, torture, supernatural, religion ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 1978, year 1985
Place:
haiti, boston, caribbean
Similarity:
100%
26K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building are being infected by a strain of parasites that turn them into mindless, sex-crazed fiends out to infect others by the slightest sexual contact.
Style:
sexual, disturbing, grindhouse, suspense, erotic ...
Plot:
exploitation, parasite, sex maniac, rape, sex, insanity, body horror, gory, zombie, evil wins, lust, puffy nipples ...
Time:
70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place:
canada, montreal
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Five friends visiting their grandfather's house in the country are hunted and terrorized by a chain-saw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals.
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, scary, suspenseful, controversial ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, massacre, cannibalism, chainsaw, masked killer, murder, homicidal maniac, psychopath, danger, macabre, killer, maniac ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1974, year 1973
Place:
texas, midwest, austin texas, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
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:
22%
Genre: Horror
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Lutz family have managed to flee their home with their lives intact, but before them, another family lived in this house and were caught up in the original evil who weren't so lucky...
Style:
demonic, frightening, scary, suspense, splatter ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, incest, dysfunctional family, possession, demonic possession, demon, supernatural, occult, female nudity, sex, brother sister kiss, poltergeist ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
new york state, new york
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A couple is terrorized in their new house haunted by the vengeful ghost of the woman's former husband who possesses her young son.
Style:
atmospheric, mind bending, suspenseful, serious, gothic ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, losing-it hero, death of husband, supernatural, doctor patient relationship, vengeance, mysterious character, danger, parents and children, haunted by the past, family relations ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
20%
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