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Root of Darkness (2016)
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Sweden
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
When out on vacaion, history buff Erland finds remains of an ancient evil which he soon has to fight.
Style:
suspense, scary, bleak, psychotronic
Plot:
knight, monster, cabin in the woods, married couple, artifact, supernatural power, cursed object, forest, supernatural, violence, hunting, death, murder, rescue, family relations, chase, curse, supernatural ability, evil, fear, mission, victim, cursed, loss, peril ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
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Most similar movies to Root of Darkness
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychotronic, suspense, bleak and scary films with plots about rescue, chase, characters in danger, supernatural, victim, death and evil mostly in Horror, Fantasy and Thriller genres. Some movies like Root of Darkness: Night Mistress (2023), Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017), Twilight Online (2014), Feed the Light (2014), Unlucky Charms (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A woman becomes six different monsters in one to take revenge on her enemies.
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, bleak, scary
Plot:
monster, revenge, supernatural power, good versus evil, killing, supernatural ability, deadly creature, fear, peril, curses spells and rituals, murder, evil ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
On the verge of an apocalyptic global event, a clan of vampires lures a crowd of humans into a glamorous hotel in order to turn it into their own private blood farm. A rival family of vamps crashes the party and sparks a violent uprising, hoping to ...
Style:
psychotronic, captivating, suspense, bleak, scary ...
Plot:
supernatural, vampire bite, vampire vs vampire, killing, escapades, deadly creature, curses spells and rituals, hunting, revenge, fear, loss, monster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tokyo, romania
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A thriller based on two real incidents: the 2003 Tuen Mun Road traffic accident that claimed 21 lives and the 2013 Yau Oi Estate suicide, where the female victim dressed in red leapt to her death on the day of the Chinese Ghost Festival.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, bleak, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
mission, supernatural power, supernatural, murder, ghost, killing, evil, curses spells and rituals, deadly creature, monster, good versus evil, peril ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Sweden
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Sara takes a job as a cleaner to find her missing daughter and strikes an uneasy alliance with the sinister janitor. They venture with a small group into the abyss underneath Malmö and the heart of darkness.
Style:
lovecraft, suspense, suspenseful, scary, bleak ...
Plot:
basement, gas mask, demon, supernatural power, supernatural, killing, monster, revenge, death, paranormal, fear, mission ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Five beautiful girls vie for a chance to become the spokesmodel for diva DeeDee DeVille's new high-end line of lingerie. The claws come out when the competition gets fierce, but when they begin to disappear one by one, they soon find that they ...
Style:
bleak, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
monster, killing, chase, friends, paranormal phenomena, death, supernatural, heroes, loss, violence, ghost, creature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
68%
549
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Morocco, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Four childhood friends are reunited when one of them surfaces after twenty years, forcing them to confront a creature straight out of a spine-chilling Moroccan legend.
Style:
suspense, contemplative, scary, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
creature, supernatural, supernatural power, killing, peril, legend, victim, chase, rescue, vengeance, youth, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
morocco
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
An evil entity is set free just as a group of scavenger hunters is about to enter the area.
Style:
psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
blood, evil, supernatural, supernatural power, killing, victim, violence, friends, mission, murder, society, supernatural ability ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Horror
Country: China, Thailand, Malaysia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Young couple enter a wrong hotel when they travel to Malaysia and horrible things occur.
Style:
bleak, scary, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
hotel, couples, monster, killing, mission, curses spells and rituals, deadly creature, death, vengeance, youth, hunting, loss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
malaysia
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When a Halloween prank goes wrong, it unleashes a creature that will hunt each of the participants down and kill them, unless they can figure out how to transfer the curse to someone else.
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, scary, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
curse, supernatural, murder, supernatural power, paranormal investigation, exorcism, chase, characters in danger, good versus evil, fear, peril, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Horror
Country: Costa Rica
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Surprised by an unexpected witness, robbers murder a woman who curses them. Little do they know of her connection with a treacherous sect indeed. Their chosen location to hide the loot turns out to be an adventure lodge where the owners are offered ...
Style:
scary, bleak, suspenseful, psychotronic, disturbing ...
Plot:
mascot, black magic, revenge, killing, supernatural ability, characters in danger, family relations, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, society, cursed, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
costa rica
Similarity:
56%
49
Genre: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young woman who is haunted by memories of her childhood, slowly tries to put the pieces of her past together, but in doing so, she awakens a horror she had long since forgotten.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, scary, bleak, psychotronic ...
Plot:
monster, murder, death, boogeyman, legend, showdown, supernatural power, supernatural, peril, supernatural ability, loss, victim ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
Humanity is on the verge of extinction by a deadly virus. When the virus infects a race of vampires, a new race is born. A band of humans and the remaining vampires join forces to protect the one thing that may save them all...the blood of a child.
Style:
suspense, bleak, psychotronic, tense, scary ...
Plot:
supernatural power, vampire, supernatural, killing, creature, obsessive quest, revenge, vampire hunter, loss, monster, death, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Two witches use a Ouija board to resurrect their friend after she dies in a tragic accident.
Style:
scary, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, bleak ...
Plot:
coven, witch, witchcraft, curses spells and rituals, killing, victim, danger, murder, supernatural power, supernatural, rescue, peril ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Horror
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After his father commits suicide, Rendy, his wife Laura (Kelly Brook) and his two children return to Indonesia to look after his ailing mother. Rendy is shocked to find his mother mysteriously unable to speak, lying in bed in a trance. After his ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, bleak, psychotronic ...
Plot:
rescue, obsession, murder, killing, supernatural power, family relations, peril, possessed, creature, evil, fear, mission ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Horror
Country: China, Malaysia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Seven young people see a car accident on the way to a friend's wedding, and they do not try to rescue the wounded. Their car breaks down soon after and horrible things occur one after another.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, bleak, psychotronic, suspense
Plot:
ghost, rescue, demon, paranormal investigation, mission, society, fear, victim, good versus evil, loss, chase, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The vampires roam the streets, and the vampire hunters must hunt down and destroy the Day Walker.
Style:
scary, captivating, psychotronic, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
vampire, hunting, killing, vengeance, revenge, rivalry, corpse, peril, society, characters in danger, evil, team ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Horror
Country: UK, Italy, Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After the tragic death of his wife and child, famed American author Joseph Crone travels from the United States to Barcelona, Spain, to reunite with his estranged brother Samuel and dying father, Richard. However, fate has a different plan for ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, tense, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
ghost, violence, supernatural, paranormal investigation, rescue, revenge, supernatural power, evil, demon, peril, exorcism, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Horror
Country: Panama
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A "Diablo Rojo" bus driver, his helper, a priest, and two policemen fall victim to a mysterious spell and end up lost somewhere in the Chiriqui jungle, where they will have to survive the creatures that inhabit the roads, with the old bus ...
Style:
scary, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
supernatural power, murder, supernatural, friends, heroes, supernatural ability, mission, peril, hunting, violence, revenge, good versus evil ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
panama
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Returning to their family’s cabin in the dark, Wisconsin woods to scatter the ashes of their father, a troubled young man and his brash sister are terrorized by signs that an ancient, Native-American spirit, awakened by a ritual murder, has marked ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, bleak, scary, psychotronic
Plot:
evil spirit, mission, supernatural power, supernatural, killing, chase, youth, violence, death, exorcism, paranormal investigation, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Brimstone Incorporated features three ghoulish tales of terror and a wraparound, the latter centering around a law firm that serves as the gateway to Hell. Stories include Mama's Boy, First Date and Skunk Weed,
Style:
suspense, psychotronic, bleak, scary, suspenseful
Plot:
monster, killing, violence, paranormal phenomena, ghost, evil, heroes, curses spells and rituals, supernatural power, mission, paranormal, characters in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Horror
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The happiness of Lita and her husband, Rama, do not last long because Lita is often terrorized by creepy female creatures. Rama brings Mr. Adam to clean their house from the ghost disturbance. Mr. Adam explaines that this terror does not come from ...
Style:
bleak, scary, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural power, ghost, supernatural, killing, vengeance, deadly creature, victim, mission, violence, supernatural ability, loss, fear ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Kakame, the evil mud through which a frustrated artist filled his revenge spirit, returns to the charge in this direct continuation of Vampire Clay.
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, scary, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
monster, killing, deadly creature, characters in danger, supernatural ability, heroes, creature, violence, chase, evil, rescue, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The Pilliga Yowie, - or 'Jingra' - has haunted the Australian outback for centuries, stalking a remote part of New South Wales, where men seldom dare tread, content to keep to itself... until now. Blokish truck driver Jay and his cameraman ...
Style:
psychotronic, disturbing, humorous, scary, bleak ...
Plot:
found footage, bigfoot, sasquatch, monster, mythical creature, australian outback, supernatural power, forest, creature feature, victim, evil, hunting ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
45%
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243
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A motorcycle accident in the city will be the precursor to a series of bizarre phenomena being revealed consecutively. Meanwhile, a girl named Yoko possesses a second sight which allows her to see strange things invisible to others.
Style:
psychotronic, bleak, suspense, disturbing, scary
Plot:
ghost, demon, exorcism, rescue, hunting, death, loss, supernatural, murder, paranormal phenomena, fear, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Brazil
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
During the slavery period in Brazil, a sugar cane farm was the stage for the darkest kinds of horrors. Years later, the place's cruel past is still stained in its walls, even if unnoticed, until a series of strange events starts happening and ...
Style:
bleak, scary, suspense, psychotronic, anthology
Plot:
supernatural, supernatural power, killing, deadly creature, characters in danger, curses spells and rituals, supernatural ability, murder, victim, hunting, loss, peril ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Four travelers innocently decide to rest in a wooded area off an old freeway. Unbeknown to them, they are at an old abandoned and haunted cemetery.
Style:
suspense, psychotronic, scary, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
ghost, possessed human, legend, witch, cemetery, victim, characters in danger, heroes, demon, paranormal investigation, paranormal, fear ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Jimmy Tupper is a no one, he's nothing. He spends his days working at a Starbucks in Suburban Maryland and spends his nights drinking and playing Rock Band. His friends see him as the resident stoner and waste of space. One night they decide to ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, scary, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
found footage, monster, killing, heroes, curses spells and rituals, deadly creature, characters in danger, friends, obsessive quest, supernatural ability, vengeance, good versus evil ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
42%
273
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Tormented and bullied people can access a special website, run by a Hell Girl who will enable them to take revenge on their torturers. The price for such a service is only that the person must join their torturer in damnation.
Style:
anime, suspense, psychotronic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
revenge, japanese girl, deal with the devil, killing, demon, vengeance, monster, peril, ghost, paranormal investigation, violence, supernatural ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In "Haunted Pillow," TVB starlet Fala Chen is still obsessed with her lover (Gordon Lam) after their breakup and invariably suffers from insomnia. She gets hold of a Chinese herbal pillow that eventually helps her fall asleep again but it ...
Style:
anthology, scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural power, hunting, supernatural, murder, killing, violence, paranormal investigation, deadly creature, exorcism, youth, characters in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Horror
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Hoping to make a viral video by streaming a mysterious rope ritual, a couple falls into a deadly curse instead that turns their lives upside down.
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
curse, supernatural, supernatural power, ghost, killing, demon, vengeance, supernatural ability, deadly creature, mission, paranormal investigation, characters in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
taiwan
Similarity:
41%
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