Movies like The Buddhist Spell

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The Buddhist Spell (1993)
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The Buddhist Spell (1993)
Original name: 菩提幽魂
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Fantasy period piece. Some magic tree spirit lady and a young monk fight some bat-head guy.
Style: asian horror
Plot: love, ghost, rape, demon, revenge, violence, murder, monk, buddhism, blood, self sacrifice, buddhist, tree, female ghost, possession, woods, forest, young, statue, wood carving

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Most similar movies to The Buddhist Spell

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, scary, suspenseful and psychotronic films with plots about ghost, murder, revenge, violence, supernatural, demon and death mostly in Horror, Fantasy and Drama genres. Some movies like The Buddhist Spell: Spirit of the Glass (2004), Ghost of the Mirror (1974), Devil's Vendetta (1991), Lover at Large (1991), Lace Crater (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Spirit of the Glass (2004)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Philippines
Story: At her family's remote ancestral home, Kelly, her boyfriend, Choppy, and a group of their pals fight boredom by dabbling in a supernatural game called Spirit of the Glass, despite the warnings of a weary caretaker. But once unleashed, the ...
Plot: ouija board, group, ouija, male female relationship, murder, vacation, ghost, love, haunted house, old dark house, evil spirit, tree ...
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Ghost of the Mirror (1974)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A scholar falls in love with a beautiful girl, who may or may not be a ghost.
Plot: peace, girl, waterfall, slave, monk, dragon, magic, mansion, mirror, ghost, young
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Devil's Vendetta (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Cher Kei was waiting for 500 years for the reason she hope a evil girl (Choi Yi) would growth. Her thought was combining the evil power of Choi Yi and her together. Thus she can govern the world of human being. But the master Bai Mei wanted to ...
Style: weird
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Lover at Large (1991)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Lover at Large is a Hong Kong Romance
Plot: ghost, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, tragic love, struggling actor, mother daughter relationship, suicide attempt, reincarnation, forced marriage, mother, daughter, love, suicide ...
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Lace Crater (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Opting to sleep in the allegedly-haunted guest house while spending a weekend in the Hamptons with friends, Ruth, a lonely young woman in her mid-twenties who's had too much to drink, strikes up a conversation that leads to a sexual encounter ...
Style: mumblecore, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, suspense, scary ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Operation Pink Squad II (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A police sting takes place in a haunted apartment building. The sting goes bad when a female ghost crashes the party. Lots of chase scenes involving floating heads and headless bodies.. and, oh yes.... toy helicopters. And then it gets weird...A ...
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Place: asia
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The Haunted Hotel (2021)
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Duration: 95 min.
Story: A compendium of eight ghost stories, all set within an abandoned hotel in Suffolk.
Style: anthology, humorous, psychotronic, suspense, bleak ...
Plot: ghost, haunted, hotel, supernatural ability, good versus evil, deadly creature, exorcism, murder, characters in danger, loss, revenge, evil ...
Time: 21st century
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9 Ways to Hell (2022)
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Story: A multi-award winning Horror Compilation inspired by Dante's Inferno. 9 diverse filmmakers deliver a twisted, micro-budget mix of blood and violence, comedy and carnage, demonic creatures and real world terrors, social commentary and WTF ...
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Genre: Horror, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
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Country: UK, Romania, USA
Duration: 95 min.
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Duration: 85 min.
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Lost Creek (2016)
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Duration: 89 min.
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Style: tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, sexy ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 92 min.
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Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
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Duration: 81 min.
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Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
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Duration: 89 min.
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 125 min.
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Style: tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: ghost, robbery, revenge, heist gone wrong, murder, murderer, disposing of a dead body, murder mystery, reanimated corpse, secret, haunting, violence ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A haunted theatre, filled with the vengeful spirits of a tragically-trapped performance troupe murdered in a fire 13 years ago, waits for the once-grand palatial playhouse to re-open with a new show - and bring in new victims.
Style: suspense, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, scary ...
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Place: shanghai, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Duration: 95 min.
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Style: scary, psychological, unusual plot structure, suspense, contemplative ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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