Movies like The Dead Talk Back

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The Dead Talk Back (1994)
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The Dead Talk Back (1994)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story: A psychic researcher attempts to solve a murder by using a radio that enables him to speak with the dead.
Style: grindhouse, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film, detective
Plot: musician, police officer, police, escape, investigation, religion, psychic, death, murder, occult, laboratory, radio, religious fanatic, child, interrogation, boarding house, cigarette smoking, newspaper, diner, dinner, running from police, confession, police investigation, suspect, police detective ...
Keyword: german

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Most similar movies to The Dead Talk Back

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, suspense, suspenseful and serious films with plots about murder, death, investigation, serial killer, police, violence and police investigation mostly in Mystery, Crime and Horror genres. Some movies like The Dead Talk Back: My Killer (2016), I Recorded a Murder! (2016), Malignant (2021), Night Visions (1990), Suspect Zero (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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My Killer (2016)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young detective in the Northern Russian region of Yakutia is dealing with a seemingly simple murder case. The investigation becomes a dangerous journey into the world of illegal mining and gold trafficking in which life has no value.
Style: suspense, psychological, serious, tense, detective
Plot: murder, twins, twin sister, murder investigation, police, corpse, police detective, evidence, who done it, law enforcement, bodies, murderer ...
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
I Recorded a Murder! (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A filmmaker who is trying to finish his short film records a murder by accident that everyone believes was a suicide. He and the witness of the crime will seek the truth but the murderer is on to their plan and is one step ahead of them.
Style: cult classic, suspense, dark, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: murder, student, maniac, death, teenager, dead, filmmaker, stalker, chase, police officer, murder investigation, videotaping ...
Place: chicago, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 6.2
 108K
Malignant (2021)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, China
Duration: 111 min.
Story: When cancer patient Alan Gates discovers that his tumor is actually a mysterious parasite that gives him otherworldly powers, he begins a battle against an army buried beneath society's skin. The movie is based on james wans comic of the same ...
Style: scary, slasher, suspense, dark, tense ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: serial killer, one against many, body horror, monster, murder, violence, woman in jeopardy, imaginary friend, kidnapping, supernatural power, sister sister relationship, supernatural ...
Time: year 1993, year 1985, year 1994, 2020s, year 1992 ...
Place: seattle, usa, washington state
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
 4.7
 517
Night Visions (1990)
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: splatter, detective
Plot: serial killer, psychic power, police investigation, telekinesis, police detective, police, prostitute, sniper, darkroom, dissociative identity disorder, partner, murder ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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 5.8
 21K
Suspect Zero (2004)
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, tense, suspenseful, detective, tricky ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, investigation, police investigation, profiler, justice, mental illness, obsession, brutality, fbi, plot twist, murder mystery ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s
Place: new mexico, usa, albuquerque new mexico, arizona, dallas texas ...
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71%
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 20K
Maniac Cop (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In New York, people are slain and strangled to death brutally on the open street. All witnesses agree that the murderer was in a cop's uniform. Soon the police searches and finds a suspect in its own ranks: Jack Forrest, turned in by his own ...
Style: slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: serial killer, murder, police investigation, police, violence, false accusation, police corruption, vengeance, unlikely criminals, danger, couple relations, stalking ...
Time: 80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 5.9
 1K
Retribution (1987)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A Manic depressive artist survives a suicidal fall only to be possessed by a murdered gangster, who uses the artist to seek vengeance on those that ended his life.
Style: slasher, cult classic, atmospheric, psychotronic, independent film ...
Plot: nightmare, supernatural, psychiatry, serial killer, american horror, psychic, revenge, terror, supernatural being, apartment building, investigation, city ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
God Told Me To (1976)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to."
Style: suspenseful, enigmatic, rough, grindhouse, slasher ...
Plot: occult, police investigation, alien, murder, macabre, life & death, introspection, mysterious character, supernatural, psychopath, law enforcement, serial killer ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Drive In Massacre (1976)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Two police detectives try to catch a serial killer who is stalking a rural California drive-in theater, randomly killing people with a sword.
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, realistic, slasher ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, murder, police detective, police investigation, law enforcement, murder investigation, gory, danger, stalking, police chase, violence ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 7.5
 22K
The Cure (1997)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing of the crime. Detective Takabe and psychologist ...
Style: psychological, scary, tense, enigmatic, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, serial killer, investigation, amnesia, hypnosis, monkey, hallucination, interrogation, murder mystery, mind control, stranger, psychosis ...
Time: 90s, year 1997
Place: japan, tokyo, asia, okinawa japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
The Criminal Who Stole a Crime (1969)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Poland
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Retired police captain tells a reporter about his latest action - carried on their own investigation into the mysterious death of the girl. Captain MO, Gray, conducts her own investigation into the death of Eve Salm, called Princess. She was a ...
Style: neo noir
Plot: police investigation, murder, police inspector, criminal, prosecution, crime investigation, detective inspector, investigative reporter, voice over narration, girl, job, death ...
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Murder Death Koreatown (2020)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: The bizarre found footage from an investigation into a true crime murder. An unemployed man's curiosity about his neighbor's murder warps into a conspiratorial obsession.
Style: mockumentary, psychological, suspense, scary, psychotronic ...
Plot: found footage, true crime, conspiracy theory, mental illness, driven mad, parapsychology, murder, cruelty, vengeance, murderer, investigation, uncover truth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire (1971)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, West Germany, Switzerland, Ireland
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In Dublin, a young woman is brutally murdered in her home by a maniac that throws acid in her face and then slits her throat with a razor. Her mangled body is later discovered in the boot of a limousine owned by the Swiss Ambassador Sobiesky. The ...
Style: psychotronic, grindhouse, creepy, cult classic, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, lgbt, house, face, disfigured, disfigured face, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, affair, trauma, mistress, car trunk, ex cop ...
Place: ireland, switzerland, dublin ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Jack's Back (1988)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A young doctor is suspected when a series of Jack the Ripper copycat killings is committed. However, when the doctor himself is murdered, his identical twin brother claims to have seen visions of the true killer.
Style: slasher, detective, sexy, scary, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, jack the ripper, murder of a prostitute, prostitute, doppelganger, serial murder, evil twin, lookalikes, whodunit, erotica, teenager, name calling ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
The New York Butcher (2016)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: For rookie cop Linda Blair and serial killer Clive Barker, the biggest challenge they'll both face, is looking in the mirror.
Style: suspense, rough, psychological, tense, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, survival, psychopath, secret past, investigation, murder, revenge, pursuit, police, escape, heroine, haunted by the past ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Musical, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Two middle-aged women move to Hollywood, California after their sons are convicted of a notorious murder and open a dance school for children eager to tap their way to stardom.
Style: slasher, suspense, grindhouse, queer horror, detective ...
Plot: murder, hagsploitation, hollywood, father daughter relationship, death, macabre, danger, woman in danger, psychopath, dance school, lesbian, memory loss ...
Time: year 1971, 1930s
Place: iowa, los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: US TV version of the classic Sherlock Holmes story
Style: detective, psychotronic
Plot: private detective, curse, family curse, sherlock holmes, plan, investigator, danger, dog, estate, murder, ghost, disguise ...
Time: 1800s, victorian era, 19th century
Place: england, scotland yard, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Where Is the Third King? (1967)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Poland
Duration: 79 min.
Story: A classic criminal story set between Poland and South America.
Plot: multiple suspects, investigation, police, stolen painting, murder, photography, card playing, night, suspect, murderer, painting, museum ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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The Night Strangler (1973)
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, slasher, serious ...
Plot: murder, serial killer, supernatural, occult, reporter, politics, investigative reporter, stalking, woman in danger, who done it, danger, chases and races ...
Time: 70s
Place: seattle, usa, las vegas, washington state, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Hitch Hike to Hell (1977)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Howard is mild-mannered and slightly simple-minded, with a habit of picking up teenage hitchhikers while driving his delivery routes. Sometimes the girls admit to being runaways, and if they claim to hate their mothers it drives Howard into a ...
Style: slasher, detective, independent film
Plot: serial killer, rape and murder, murder, van, rape, exploitation, taxi, 666, occult, driver, hitchhiker, woman in jeopardy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Like Minds (2006)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.
Style: suspense, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, murder, danger, mysterious character, youth, teenage life, psychopath, doctors and patients, police investigation, boarding school life, train ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
The Last Fashion Show (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Style: contemplative, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: murder investigation, murder, model, law enforcer, vengeance, police detective, youth, murder mystery, investigation, police investigation, revenge, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Frankenstein (2004)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Two hundred years after Mary Shelley's novel the brilliant but mad Doctor has sustained his creature and himself over two centuries through genetic experimentation. In present-day America Detective O'Connor is investigating a series of ...
Style: serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, frankenstein, investigation, monster, mad scientist, experiment gone awry, psychopath, reincarnation, danger, deadly creature, supernatural, obsession ...
Time: 19th century, 21st century
Place: louisiana, new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Curse of the Black Widow (1977)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Tony Franciosa plays a detective who's on the trail of a murderer whose mutilated and predominantly male victims are found encased in silken cocoons...
Style: detective, suspense, psychotronic
Plot: spider, monster, occult, twins, arachnophobia, evil twin, 666, murder, spider bite, supernatural power, murderer, curse ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Furnace (2007)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A ghost story taking place at a maximum security prison. A detective (Michael Paré ) is called to investigate a string of unexplained deaths as the prisoners fear for their lives.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: prison, ghost, murder, danger, rivalry, confined, supernatural, investigation, police detective, violence, paranormal, law enforcer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The Pale Blue Eye (2022)
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: detective, gothic horror, period piece, thrilling, tense ...
Plot: murder mystery, winter, edgar allan poe, murder, investigation, occult, hanged man, military academy, uncover truth, crime solving, murder investigation, who done it ...
Time: 19th century, 1830s, 2020s
Place: america, persia
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Nothing But the Night (1973)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Already three trustees of the Van Traylen fund have died during the last months, looking like suicides. However after a mysterious accident of a bus with the last three trustees and 30 orphan kids in it, police colonel Bingham starts investigating. ...
Style: gothic horror, classic horror, terrifying, detective, independent film ...
Plot: folk horror, murder, supernatural, evil child, mad scientist, hypnosis, darkness, island, bus, orphan, investigation, suicide ...
Time: 70s
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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I'm a Killer (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Inspired by true events from the 1970s, the story revolves around a young detective who becomes the head of a police unit focused on catching a rampant serial killer of women, nicknamed 'The Silesian Vampire'.
Style: realistic, suspense, suspenseful, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, police, investigation, husband wife relationship, trial, false accusation, murder suspect, lie, police detective, suspicion, dead body ...
Time: 70s
Place: poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Dario Argento's Phenomena (1985)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.
Style: surreal, scary, suspenseful, suspense, slasher ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, supernatural, murder, investigation, psychopath, female psychopath, chimpanzee, boarding school, telepathy, malice, psychic power, mysticism ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: switzerland, europe, alps, munich germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Terror in the Night (1964)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story: A troubled teen with an undeserved criminal past is the suspect when young women start turning up around town dead and marked up with lipstick.
Style: grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Plot: serial killer, juvenile delinquent, strangler, murder, rock, psychopath, youth, protagonist as suspect, chase, high school, riddles and clues, teenage life ...
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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