Movies like Too Scared to Scream
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Too Scared to Scream (1984)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A killer of young women is loose in an exclusive apartment complex and a detective is out to stop him. The chief suspect is a Shakespeare-spouting doorman who lives with his invalid mother. Meanwhile, an undercover cop moves into the apartment house. This move is complicated by her relationship with the detective.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, scary, bloody, sexy, mind bending, serious, realistic, sexual, surprise ending ...
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, murder, brutality, psychopath, manipulation, law enforcement, female nudity, disability, dishonesty, criminal, investigation, suspense, isolation, woman with a gun, voyeurism, psycho, undercover, doorman, tenant, police chase, transvestism, mystery killer, apartment building, transsexual ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, manhattan, new york city
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, rough and realistic films with plots about murder, psychopath, serial killer, deadly, police investigation, killer and death mostly in Thriller, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Too Scared to Scream: 10 to Midnight (1983), The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976), Se7en (1995), The First Deadly Sin (1980), The Watcher (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Based on the real-life Richard Speck murders, amoral, nearly psychotic killer Warren Stacey (Gene Davis) is a serial killer who has murdered a number of women; he stabs them while they are naked to minimize leaving any physical evidence. Police ...
Style:
slasher, campy, suspenseful, sexy, neo noir ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
murder, serial killer, male nudity, revenge, vigilantism, vigilante, sex maniac, red light district, teenager, criminal, psychopath, murderer ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
los angeles, san francisco
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Texas Ranger hunts for a hooded serial killer terrorizing the residents of a small town, set in 1946 Arkansas. Loosely based on a true story.
Style:
scary, slasher, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, masked killer, stalking, psychopath, mystery killer, murder, unknown killer, police investigation, killer, maniac, vengeance, mind game ...
Time:
1940s, year 1946, post world war two
Place:
arkansas, texas, usa
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48%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. ...
Style:
suspenseful, surprise ending, disturbing, scary, neo noir ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, twists and turns, psychopath, police, psychology, insanity, police investigation, murder, suspense, killings, sin ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A serial killer is stalking New York. Inspector Edward X. Delaney is an NYPD detective, nearing retirement, who is trying to put together the pieces of the case. Are the victims somehow linked? What does the brutal method of death signify?
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, suspense, law enforcement, life is a bitch, police investigation, couple relations, mysterious villain, psychopath, murder investigation, evil man, violence ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Vietnam
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
FBI agent Joel Campbell, burnt-out and shell-shocked after years spent chasing serial killers, flees L.A. to begin a new life for himself in Chicago. But five months later, Joel's best laid plans are abruptly cut short when his new hometown ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, scary, rough, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, suspense, murder, fbi, psychopath, psychiatrist, obsession, chase, mind game, race against time, police investigation, killer ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago illinois, los angeles, usa, california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A crazed killer stalks college students who gave up their vacation to clean a deserted dormitory.
Style:
slasher, serious, scary, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, christmas, psychopath, college, stalking, supernatural, school, college life, law enforcement, frame up, who done it ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1981
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In Seoul, parts not matching of severed copses of three men are found in cars and bags left in public spaces...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, rough, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, police, investigation, murder, psychopath, mind game, dangerous attraction, detective inspector, reluctant partners, law enforcement, who done it, woman in danger ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
seoul, korea
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40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Jack Williams was the best friend of Vietnam veteran and detective Mike Hammer. When Jack is murdered, Mike makes it his business to solve the crime. He is helped by his secretary Velda, and partly helped, partly hindered by the Chief of Police, Pat ...
Style:
neo noir, perverse, sexy, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
femme fatale, private detective, serial killer, erotica, christmas, private investigator, woman with a gun, investigation, psychopath, murder, sex maniac, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A masked killer, wearing World War II U.S. Army fatigues, stalks a small New Jersey town bent on reliving a 35-year-old double murder by focusing on a group of college kids holding an annual Spring Dance.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, rough, bloody ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, college, obsession, soldier, small town, vengeance, youth, homecoming, masked villain, love affair, masked killer ...
Time:
1940s, year 1980, year 1944, year 1945, 20th century ...
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Police investigate apparent suicide of teen girl and uncover details of a teenage prostitution racket. They go on the hunt for a motorcycle riding killer.
Style:
slasher, sadistic, suspenseful, rough, erotic ...
Plot:
police, suspense, teenage girl, killer, mystery killer, sex, serial killer, psychopath, maniac, criminal, death, violence ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young opperata is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.
Style:
slasher, disturbing, scary, bloody, controversial ...
Plot:
serial killer, female nudity, psycho killer, suspense, obsession, macabre, nude girl, voyeur, nude, evil man, sadistic psychopath, cruelty ...
Time:
80s, year 1986
Place:
italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A serial killer brutally slays and dismembers several gay men in New York's S/M and leather districts. The young police officer Steve Burns is sent undercover onto the streets as decoy for the murderer. Working almost completely isolated from ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, controversial, sexy, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, gay, murder, police investigation, strong sexual content, psychopath, sex, investigation, gays and lesbians, violence, brutality, undercover ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
new york, canada, san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A young man who works at a nursing home uses the legendary Zodiac killer's M.O. to kill people who neglect their elderly relatives.
Style:
slasher, rough, disturbing, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, wannabe, murder, police detective, police investigation, mind game, psychopath, woman in danger, rivalry, master criminal, obsession, suspense ...
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
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38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A teenage boy begins to suspect that his wholesome, all-American dad is actually the serial killer terrorizing their small town.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, enigmatic, disturbing, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, father son relationship, church, suspense, dark past, double life, teenage boy, small town, serial murder, investigation, bad guys win, man kills a woman ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, stylized, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, murder mystery, journalism, suspense, maniac, paranoia, killings, police, uncover truth, mind game ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1969, year 1971 ...
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, sacramento california, oakland california
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, psychological
Plot:
serial killer, private detective, investigation, amateur detective, murder, psychopath, mind game, rivalry, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, who done it, police investigation ...
Place:
usa, new york, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A mysterious diver hiding in Amsterdam's canal system embarks on a rampage of gruesome murders, terrifying city officials and leaving few clues for the city's best detective, who doesn't suspect that both his new girlfriend and ...
Style:
slasher, scary, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, mystery killer, diving, murder, scuba diving, psychopath, investigation, mind game, track down, murder mystery, unknown killer, killer ...
Time:
80s
Place:
europe, netherlands, holland, amsterdam
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, loose in NYC, kills young women and takes their scalps as trophies. Will he find the perfect woman in photographer Anna, and end his killing spree?
Style:
slasher, disturbing, splatter, scary, controversial ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, violent, torture, murder, exploitation, violence, macabre, extreme violence, disturbed individual, weirdo, maniac, schizophrenic ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century, year 1979
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer. His victims are young and pretty women, which he rapes and murders. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his ...
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, neo noir, sexy ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, father daughter relationship, police investigation, kidnapping, manipulation, murder mystery, obsession, police detective, investigation, psychopath, woman in danger ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new orleans, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After years of treatment at a mental institution for the criminally insane, serial killer Norman Bates is finally released. Deciding to move back into his long-dead mother's infamous old house, he soon finds himself tormented by "her" ...
Style:
slasher, scary, psychological, bloody, splatter ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, insanity, murder, psycho, psychiatrist, mother daughter relationship, characters murdered one by one, suspense, female nudity, police station, waitress ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Veteran Boogey Man and Zodiac Killer director Ulli Lommel continues his long tradition of delivering tense thrills with this relentless look at the life of the elusive, Kansas-based serial killer known to authorities only as "B.T.K." ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, scary, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murderer, psychopath, police investigation, chase, investigation, mind game, life is a bitch, police detective, law enforcement, violence, serial murder ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The ...
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tense, suspenseful, psychological, surprise ending, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, suspense, psychopath, investigation, twists and turns, police investigation, race against time, mind game, policewoman, murder, paraplegic, forensics ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
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36%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A police detective investigates the apparent serial killing of several children which is linked to an institutionalized, autistic child.
Style:
scary, rough, serious, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, murder, missing person, investigation, mentally unstable, witnessing a crime, police investigation, woman in danger, police detective, reluctant partners, mind game ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true story of one of the most gruesome killers in American history. Now, years after inspiring "Psycho's" Norman Bates, "The Silence Of The Lambs'" Buffalo Bill and "The Texas Chainsaw ...
Style:
disturbing, slasher, serious, scary, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police investigation, violence spree, law enforcement, psychopath, stalking, mind game, killer, criminal, suspense, pig killer ...
Time:
50s
Place:
usa, wisconsin, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A female detective gets involved with a murder suspect in a series of serial killings.
Style:
erotic, sexy, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, erotica, prostitute, woman in danger, lap dance, female nudity, oral sex, femme fatale, murder, police investigation, dangerous attraction, sexual relations ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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36%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A psychologist falls for a world-class chess player suspected of odd murders linked to his game.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, scary, twist ending ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
chess, serial killer, investigation, murder, police investigation, sex scene, revenge, police, nude, suspense, protagonist as suspect, psychopath ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A series of interviews are conducted with convicted serial killer Ted Bundy in hopes of gaining insight into the Green River Killer who is terrorizing Seattle.
Style:
psychological, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, profiler, mind game, life is a bitch, track down, police detective, woman in danger, killer, murder, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, washington d.c., florida
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36%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
FBI trainee, Clarice Starling ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist turned homicidal cannibal. Starling needs clues to help her capture a serial killer. But her Faustian relationship ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, scary, tense, dark ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, murder, suspense, psychology, cannibalism, kidnapping, murder investigation, mind game, brutality, fbi ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, maryland, chicago illinois, memphis, baltimore ...
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In Torino, Celine, an American model, is abducted by a taxi driver while en route home to meet her sister Linda, visiting at her apartment. The next morning, Linda reports that Celine is missing - the sergeant in charge directs her to F.B.I. agent ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, slasher ...
Plot:
serial killer, suspense, police investigation, fear, inspector, rescue, mysterious character, maniac, murder, torture, psychopath, missing sister ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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, scary, suspenseful, bloody, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, suspense, masked killer, lake, serial murder, teenager, camp, crazy, macabre, demon ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1980, year 1984
Place:
new jersey
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35%
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