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Encounters (2014)
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
November 18th 2011 a small Danish film crew disappeared in the woods of northern Sweden without a trace. One year later, their footage was leaked by a hacker group now known as Pandoras. This is the crew's unsettling and disturbing footage.
Style:
bleak, suspense, suspenseful, light, spooky, road movie, psychotronic, dark
Plot:
disappearance, found footage, danger, peril, unconsciousness, risk, cruelty, confusion, evil alien, alien invasion, fight, abduction, forest, escape, violence, female nudity, kidnapping, death, murder, running, computer, male nudity, underground, tragedy, radio ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out mockumentary, dark, scary and suspense films with plots about camera, found footage, darkness, fear, evil, looking at the camera and talking to the camera mostly in Horror, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like Encounters: Alien Valley (2012), Phoenix Forgotten (2017), Evil Things (2009), Host (2020), The Dark Tapes (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
The story of a reality T.V. crew of paranormal researchers who journey to Colorado's San Luis Valley in order to investigate the unexplained phenomena of cattle mutilations. Over the course of their three day investigation they find much more ...
Style:
psychotronic, dark, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
found footage, alien, survival horror, fear, danger, friend, death, murder, violence, investigation, group of friends, obscurity ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a mysterious blackout, a son goes out to investigate and captures footage of actual aliens. When the aliens follow he and his brothers back to their home all hell breaks lose.
Style:
mockumentary, christmas horror, weird, fake documentary
Plot:
alien abduction, found footage, ufo, thanksgiving, holiday horror, alien invasion, abduction, lake, alien, flying saucer, terror, monster ...
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100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
20 years after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful expedition.
Style:
disturbing, dark, suspense, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
found footage, ufo, alien abduction, fear, alien, dark secret, desperation, missing person, friendship, food, investigation, danger ...
Time:
90s, year 2017, year 1997
Place:
arizona, phoenix arizona
Similarity:
100%
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%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min.
Story:
Six friends hire a medium to hold a séance via Zoom during lockdown — but they get far more than they bargained for as things quickly go wrong. When an evil spirit starts invading their homes, they begin to realize they might not survive the ...
Style:
suspense, scary, enigmatic, atmospheric, dark ...
Plot:
evil, found footage, fear, ghost, internet, evil spirit, paranormal activity, seance, friend, supernatural horror, supernatural, psychic ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A genre-defying mixture of horror, sci-fi, myth, mystery and thrills told as four interlocking tales in one intelligent anthology. Ghosts, spirits, creatures, demons and more from the paranormal world collide with rational curiosity.
Style:
dark, anthology, suspense, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
found footage, paranormal, ghost, paranormal activity, evil force, panic, experiment, danger, brutality, peril, demon, food ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s
Similarity:
41%
554
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two men went searching for ghosts, but they found themselves instead...
Style:
dark, light, scary, bleak, mockumentary ...
Plot:
found footage, time travel, investigation, danger, time traveler, alternate reality, weapons, back in time, dog, panic, murder, violence ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
S.P.I is entering its third season as the most watched Paranormal Hunting program with its Halloween premiere. The team is investigating a haunted garage/basement on secluded property and prepping to create some soaring ratings with scary content. ...
Style:
dark, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
found footage, fear, danger, group of friends, paranormal, evil being, paranormal phenomena, killing, blood, murder, violence, investigation ...
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36%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
A group of students decide to base their media assignment on a local railway museum myth. However, when they trespass the premises after hours, they soon learn that some myths are more than stories.
Style:
dark, psychotronic, disturbing, scary, bleak ...
Plot:
found footage, paranormal, evil spirit, museum, ghost, paranormal phenomena, killing, friend, murder, evil force, evil, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany, Brazil
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A local reporter and her assembled TV crew go into a school haunted by a horrific past. The team spends the night locked inside the building, capturing any and everything they find.
Style:
dark, psychotronic, bleak, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
found footage, supernatural, paranormal, paranormal phenomena, secret, reporter, investigation, evil spirit, danger, dark secret, supernatural power, fear ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Brody, his girlfriend Kerry and their friend Leo go hiking in Dartmoor's Wistman's Woods, so named because of its legendary haunted past. That night jealousies, sexual tensions and strained relationships come to a head turning what should ...
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, road movie, mockumentary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, legend, night, camping, danger, death, panic, survival, supernatural, woods, legends and myths, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Horror
Country: Peru
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
THE RING goes ‘found footage’ Peruvian in a terrific example of the continually igniting South American new horror wave. A group of media students embark on a documentary project covering ‘Reaction Videos’ - filming people watching intense ...
Style:
dark, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, crying ...
Plot:
found footage, danger, supernatural power, dark secret, tragic event, death, creature, killing, evil, curse, ghost, scared ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Five years after an unexplained malfunction causes the death of 15 tour-goers and staff on the opening night of a Halloween haunted house tour, a documentary crew travels back to the scene of the tragedy to find out what really happened.
Style:
dark, spooky, mockumentary, scary, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, haunted house, halloween, dark secret, supernatural, mysterious death, abandoned hotel, basement, hanging, investigation, tragic event, night ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 51 min.
Story:
A film maker travels to explore an abandoned secluded youth home "Pohjola Manor" located in Northern Finland surrounded by ghost stories.
Style:
dark, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, mockumentary ...
Plot:
found footage, dark secret, investigation, danger, evil, abandoned building, revelation, mysterious man, mystery killer, secret, night, violence ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Story:
The contents of a memory card are presented in the exact order in which they were found. Beginning with a simple camping trip and ending in a bloodbath years later, the mystery of these video clips have never been solved.
Style:
dark, psychotronic, bleak, scary, independent film ...
Plot:
found footage, missing person, supernatural power, fear, violence, ghost, supernatural, danger, evil, darkness, camping, friend ...
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Two skeptic researchers investigate a mother's claim that an unknown presence may be trying to communicate with her 7-year-old daughter.
Style:
dark, tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
found footage, haunted house, evil, paranormal phenomena, investigation, danger, paranormal activity, ghost, fear, girl, house, supernatural ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A local news crew become horribly involved with a doomsday cult.
Style:
dark, mockumentary, suspense, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
found footage, forest, danger, evil, fear, murder, violence, investigation, blood, panic, death, apocalypse ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Ryan is making a documentary on his friend, Brett, about camping for the first time. However, once they begin camping, they discover that there is a mysterious figure that is hunting them.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, serious, suspense, mockumentary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, woods, fear, danger, missing person, supernatural, survival, camping, forest, alien abduction, hysteria, panic ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
After 20 years of living in Washington, D.C., Mark Klein seeks much-needed solace by moving to the remote wilds of West Virginia. To ease his loneliness, he sends regular video updates to members of his OCD-support group back in the city. But Mark ...
Style:
mockumentary, disturbing, dark, scary, tense ...
Plot:
found footage, woods, mysterious event, house, computer, travel, witch, support group, rural area, photograph, mysterious noise, death ...
Place:
west virginia
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Twelve severed feet in running shoes found on the shores of Western Canada have baffled Police. A videotape is leaked anonymously from the authorities. This paranormal thriller may solve the mystery of the severed feet.
Style:
dark, disturbing, scary
Plot:
found footage, mystery killer, darkness, investigation, risk, panic, escape attempt, running, student, violence, twists and turns, obscurity ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Twenty-three year old, Thomas Finley was arrested for the murder of his nineteen-year old sister, Samantha, as well as the murder of fifty-two year old, Edgar Lauren, a Professor and paranormal investigator.In the early morning hours, Police were ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, scary, dark ...
Plot:
found footage, ghost, paranormal, supernatural, paranormal phenomena, evil, paranormal activity, supernatural power, murder, psychic, woman in danger, supernatural horror ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A group of paranormal investigators sojourned to the Chicago walk-up where deranged drifter Richard Speck systematically slew eight student nurses back in ’66, looking for restless spirits. Their unfortunate success gets shockingly documented in ...
Style:
mockumentary, dark, scary, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
found footage, ghost, paranormal activity, violence, investigation, murder, evil, research, corpse, darkness, blood, fear ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Chile
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A student travels with her boyfriend to Chiloé, remote Patagonia island in southern Chile, to investigate the link that exists between the high number of sexual related crimes and the myths 'n' legends that surround this mysterious place.
Style:
dark, surprise ending, scary, psychotronic, disturbing ...
Plot:
legend, found footage, evil, student, psychopath, danger, investigation, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, murder, girlfriend, forest, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chile, south america
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A young woman studying the habits of webcam chat users from the apparent safety of her apartment witnesses a brutal murder online and is quickly immersed in a nightmare in which she and her loved ones are targeted for the same grisly fate as the ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, cyber ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
internet, murder, found footage, panic, violence, danger, abduction, cyberspace, laptop, hacker, sex, hacking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
160
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Laura and Marta share a nice apartment. Laura, the youngest one, began to document their life in the house with her camera. Marta undergoes the continual jokes of the friend. One day Laura, poking too much her nose in the privacy of Marta, discovers ...
Style:
captivating, scary, suspense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
found footage, fear, friendship, anxiety, secret, rage, anger, prank, roommate, book, occult, strange behavior ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
25%
757
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Mexico
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A newlywed couple disappeared in 1974, their 8mm tapes reveal one of the most horrifying events in Mexican history.
Style:
psychological thriller, mockumentary, spooky, lovecraft
Plot:
found footage, haunting, evil, possession, newlywed, mysterious event, couples, missing person, threat, alien, night, panic ...
Time:
70s, year 1974
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A vacationing family encounters an alien threat in this pulse-pounding thriller based on the real-life Brown Mountain Lights phenomenon in North Carolina.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, mockumentary, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
alien abduction, found footage, alien, extraterrestrial, alien encounter, ufo, space and aliens, abduction, mountain, escapades, danger, wilderness ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Quintanilla family was found dead in their country side house. Police reported the existence of 37 hours of recorded evidence. The family traveled to their old farm house, where they investigated about the Legend of the Girl in the Garraf woods. ...
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, serious, creepy ...
Plot:
found footage, supernatural, amateur detective, danger, murder, family vacation, country house, investigation, urban legend, ghost, haunted by the past, holiday horror ...
Time:
year 2000, 21st century
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In 2010 “Skinwalker Ranch” gained media attention after experiencing a wide range of unexplained phenomena. Reports ranged from UFO sightings to livestock mutilation, but maybe most notable was the disappearance of ranch owner Hoyt Miller’s ...
Style:
scary, tense, suspenseful, serious, mockumentary ...
Plot:
ufo, mysterious disappearance, deadly creature, missing person, found footage, farm, ghost child, investigation, danger, paranormal phenomena, alien monster, food ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, utah
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On August 16, 2013, the Supreme Court mandated the CIA to declassify files that had been kept secret for the past 75 years. Visual records of documented paranormal events were released to the public. The following incident took place in Gracefield, ...
Style:
dark, disturbing, enigmatic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
alien abduction, alien, group of friends, ufo, fear, eye, nightmare, meteorite, night, life, husband wife relationship, love ...
Place:
quebec
Similarity:
23%
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