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Sacrifice (2016)
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Sacrifice is the story of consultant surgeon, Tora Hamilton, who moves with her husband, Duncan, to the remote Shetland Islands, 100 miles off the north-east coast of Scotland. Deep in the peat soil around her new home, Tora discovers the body of a young woman with rune marks carved into her skin and a gaping hole where her heart once beat. Ignoring warnings to leave well alone, Tora uncovers terrifying links to a legend that might never have been confined to the pages of the story-books.
Style:
suspense, scary, demonic, enigmatic, dark, novela
Plot:
amateur sleuth, secret society, folk horror, pregnancy, island, father in law daughter in law relationship, investigation, dead body, murder, husband wife relationship, police, legend, secret, miscarriage, wanting a baby, sacrifice, serial killer, occult, hospital, father in law, epidemic, supernatural, pandemic, mythical creature, paranormal ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
scotland
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Most similar movies to Sacrifice
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, suspenseful, scary and psychological films with plots about murder, supernatural, investigation, blood, death, occult and police investigation mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Horror genres. Some movies like Sacrifice: The Wicker Man (1973), The Wicker Man (2006), False Positive (2021), Gothika (2003), The Invisible Guardian (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, are the rituals that take place there.
Style:
creepy, dark, cult horror, twist ending, psychotronic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
folk horror, religion, paganism, occult, disappearance, ritual, human sacrifice, female nudity, temptation, sacrifice, investigation, conspiracy ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
scotland, fictional island, europe, united kingdom, scottish highlands
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Canada, Germany, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.
Style:
psychological, scary, cult classic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
religions or cults, isolation, island, investigation, evil wins, commune, bee, matriarchy, missing child, secret place, chase, betrayal ...
Time:
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Place:
fictional island, california
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100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After months of trying and failing to get pregnant, Lucy and Adrian finally find their dream fertility doctor in the illustrious Dr. Hindle. But after becoming pregnant with a healthy baby girl, Lucy begins to notice something sinister through ...
Style:
medical horror, suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
unwanted pregnancy, medicine, evidence, secret, doctor, pregnant woman, fertility, pregnancy, relationship problems, evil doctor, dark secret, supernatural ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
manhattan new york city
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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:
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Place:
connecticut, new hampshire
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Germany
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
When the naked body of a teenage girl is found on the banks of the River Baztán, it is quickly linked to a similar murder one month before. Soon, rumours are flying in the nearby village of Elizondo. Is this the work of a ritualistic killer or is ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, saga ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder investigation, investigation, murder, policewoman, supernatural, forest, resentment, river, schizophrenia, hate, murderer ...
Place:
basque country
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When strange, supernatural murders suddenly become the talk a peaceful town, two detectives must solve a deadly game, but will the myth of this game reveal secrets too close to home.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, paranormal, killing spree, game, killing, paranormal phenomena, murder, paranormal activity, death, murder investigation, crime investigation ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
West Point, New York, 1830. When a cadet at the burgeoning military academy is found hanged with his heart cut out, the top brass summons former New York City constable Augustus Landor to investigate. While attempting to solve this grisly mystery, ...
Style:
gothic horror, detective, period piece, costume drama, gothic ...
Plot:
murder mystery, winter, edgar allan poe, occult, murder, investigation, renaissance, academy, veteran, secret, violence, army ...
Time:
1830s, 19th century, 2020s
Place:
west point, persia, america
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When Maggie's sister Jenna saddles her with an autistic newborn named Cody she touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed for. But six years later Jenna suddenly re-enters her life and, with her mysterious new ...
Style:
demonic, satanic, christmas horror, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
good versus evil, supernatural, demon, murder, kidnapping, chase, evil child, prophecy, satanic cult, satanism, religious, religions or cults ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, year 1999
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, vermont
Similarity:
50%
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194K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
John Form has found the perfect gift for his expectant wife, Mia - a beautiful, rare vintage doll in a pure white wedding dress. But Mia's delight with Annabelle doesn't last long. On one horrific night, their home is invaded by members of ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, frightening, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, haunted house, supernatural horror, doll, evil doll, demonic possession, death, curses spells and rituals, murder, self sacrifice, suicide ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 2010s, year 2000, year 2014 ...
Place:
california, usa, santa monica california, pasadena california
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Sweden, Norway, China
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman.
Style:
serious, surprise ending, detective, suspense, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, snowman, snow, clue, investigation, police investigation, police detective, winter, blood, missing woman, kidnapping ...
Time:
year 1989, year 2017, 2000s, year 1945, 2010s ...
Place:
oslo norway
Similarity:
43%
19K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
For centuries, a secret Order of priests has existed within the Church. A renegade priest, Father Alex Bernier, is sent to Rome to investigate the mysterious death of one of the Order's most revered members. Following a series of strangely ...
Style:
suspense, gothic, atmospheric, twist ending, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
religions or cults, vatican, murder, supernatural, religion, uncover truth, secret organization, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, sin, church, conspiracy theory ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, jerusalem, europe, paris france, italy ...
Similarity:
43%
171K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, suspense, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, jack the ripper, freemason, conspiracy, graphic violence, a vision, police investigation, murder of a prostitute, violent, prostitution, who done it, life is a bitch ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1880s, year 2001, 1800s ...
Place:
england, london, britain, ireland, europe ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Three people in Tokyo take a surreal voyage of self-discovery through memory and nightmares. "O" intends suicide while talking on a cell-phone with a stranger he meets on line who plans a simultaneous suicide. Events take a horrifying ...
Style:
psychological, rough, atmospheric, suspenseful, perverse ...
Plot:
nightmare, serial killer, surrealism, suicide, supernatural, police investigation, supernatural ability, rivalry, danger, murder, psychopath, gory ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Margot, a documentary filmmaker, heads to a secluded Amish community in the hopes of learning about her long-lost mother and extended family. Following a string of strange occurrences and discoveries, she comes to realize this community may not be ...
Style:
scary, suspense, stylized, psychotronic, tense ...
Plot:
paranormal, paranormal activity, found footage, paranormal phenomena, supernatural, ghost, pagan cult, amish, folk horror, supernatural being, exorcism, mission ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
demonic, mystic, scary, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
found footage, pregnancy, supernatural, illness, babies and infants, body horror, pregnant woman, hospital, demon, paranormal, clergy, killer child ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laconic police psychologist Cal Jamison (Martin Sheen) is reluctantly drawn into a series of grisly, ritualistic murders involving the immolation of two ...
Style:
scary, atmospheric, psychological, satanic, bloody ...
Plot:
voodoo, ritual, supernatural, satanic cult, child in peril, brutality, violent, religion, murder, female nudity, animal sacrifice, folk horror ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa, minneapolis minnesota, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
42%
141K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.
Style:
suspense, demonic, satanic, psychological, spooky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
forest, lost in the woods, creature, supernatural, paganism, guilt, hiking, ritual, folk horror, murder, supernatural horror, sacrifice ...
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A chilling story of terror, murder and unknown evil that shocked even experienced real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. One of the most sensational cases from their files, it starts with a fight for the soul of a young boy, then ...
Style:
scary, dark, demonic, spooky, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
exorcism, ghost, demon, paranormal phenomena, paranormal investigation, supernatural, psychic, terror, possession, demonic possession, supernatural horror, paranormal activity ...
Time:
year 1981, 80s, 2020s, 20th century
Place:
usa, connecticut, massachusetts
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Cold Moon takes place in tiny Babylon, Fla., where the granddaughter of Clark’s character is murdered by a mysterious assailant, her body sunk into the black waters of the Styx River — the river where her parents disappeared from their boat a ...
Style:
dark, enigmatic, disturbing, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
nightmare, vengeance, memory, sheriff, parent child relationship, murder, secret, banker, corpse, ghost, river, moon ...
Place:
florida
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three students filming a horror movie stumble upon something much worse, and their only hope for survival is two detectives who find the camera that was left behind.
Style:
slasher, suspense, disturbing, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
supernatural, investigation, violence, partners against crime, deadly creature, danger, peril, youth, police investigation, rescue, uncover truth, characters in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A killer is on the loose, and an FBI agent sifts through clues and learns that the bloodthirsty felon's victims of choice are other serial killers.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tricky, detective, stylized ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murder mystery, vigilantism, psychic, police investigation, psychic power, mental illness, fbi, profiler, vigilante, obsession ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s
Place:
new mexico, usa, arizona, dallas texas, oklahoma ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Stubborn detective Tom Mackey, assigned to a Los Angeles murder case involving a couple of serial killings, gets increasingly frustrated with the dead end leads he's following and the lack of appreciation he gets from his chief, police captain ...
Style:
detective, psychological, suspense, tension, dark ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychic power, police investigation, supernatural, investigation, police procedural, cat and mouse, crime scene, urban, police detective, telekinesis, obsession ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When her best friend vanishes during a girls' trip to Croatia, Beth races to figure out what happened. But each clue yields another unsettling deception.
Style:
psychological, tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
murder mystery, disappearance, murder, weekend, girlfriend, mysterious disappearance, victim, murder investigation, accused of murder, woman, vacation gone wrong, investigation ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
croatia, london
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An American artist’s obsession with a disturbing urban legend leads her to an investigation of the story’s origins at the crumbling estate of a reclusive painter in Ireland.
Style:
gothic, demonic, psychological, suspense, scary ...
Plot:
supernatural, painting, investigation, urban legend, painter, supernatural power, priest, ghost, uncover truth, secret, isolation, danger ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A man of the cloth finds his faith challenged both by the death of one of his closest relatives and the aftermath of the crime in this thriller. When a man is murdered under mysterious circumstances, his brother, a Catholic priest (Richard Grieco), ...
Style:
tense, bleak, mind bending, scary, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, art, priest, investigation, obsession, hidden identity, law enforcement, clergy, murder, monastery, painter ...
Time:
90s
Place:
puerto rico, latin america
Similarity:
42%
543
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
When a mysterious groupie joins legendary cursed band, "The Dark Knights", a series of unexplained murders derails their comeback tour.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
sex, psychopath, music band, curses spells and rituals, police, murder, brutality, psycho, femme fatale, musician, serial killer, bad girl ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
After being run out of Las Vegas, Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he is on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every 21 years, for the past century, a ...
Style:
scary, cult horror, spooky, serious, slasher ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, supernatural, occult, amateur detective, reporter, strangler, eternal youth, politics, investigative reporter, stalking, who done it ...
Time:
70s
Place:
seattle, las vegas, usa, washington state, washington d.c.
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
While treating a policewoman for smoking, hypnotherapist Michael Strother has a telepathic vision of a young girl floating beneath the surface of a stream. The escaped victim of a ritualistic serial killer, the girl has become mute, and Michael is ...
Style:
psychological, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
hypnosis, serial killer, amateur detective, occult, telepathy, insomnia, mind game, police investigation, psychopath, supernatural ability, murder, woman in danger ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
scotland yard, london, europe, england
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After years of performing “exorcisms” and taking believers’ money, Reverend Marcus travels to rural Louisiana with a film crew so he can dispel what he believes is the myth of demonic possession. The dynamic reverend is certain that this will ...
Style:
dark, disturbing, demonic, suspenseful, satanic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
exorcism, ghost, religion, found footage, supernatural, demon, evil spirit, satanic cult, supernatural horror, cursed, curses spells and rituals, paranormal activity ...
Time:
year 2010, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
somalia, usa, southern usa, louisiana, new orleans ...
Similarity:
42%
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:
42%
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