Movies like The Zombie Walks
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The Zombie Walks (1968)
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Original name: Im Banne des Unheimlichen
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A serial killer who calls himself "The Laughing Corpse" dresses up in a skeleton costume and kills his victims with a poison-filled scorpion-shaped ring.
Style:
detective, suspense, atmospheric, gothic, sinister, creepy, retro, classic horror, black and white, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, whodunit, investigation, macabre, masked villain, cat and mouse, poison, vengeance, manor, zombie, twists and turns, conspiracy, living dead, aristocracy, investigative journalism, killer, funeral, police investigation, dead brother, costume, mask, evil laugh
Time:
60s, 1960s
Place:
scotland yard
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Most similar movies to The Zombie Walks
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, atmospheric, suspense and tense films with plots about murder, serial killer, investigation, conspiracy, whodunit, moral ambiguity and murder investigation mostly in Crime, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Zombie Walks: The Indian Scarf (1963), The Squeaker (1963), The Puzzle of the Red Orchid (1962), Dead Eyes of London (1961), The Man with the Glass Eye (1969). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: West Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a wealthy man dies, his avaricious relatives look forward to inheriting all his money. However, he leaves a provision in his will that they all must spend a week together in his castle before they will be able to inherit anything. At the castle ...
Style:
suspense, tense, sinister, atmospheric, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lawyer, serial killer, whodunit, murder, castle, strangulation, isolation, greed, killer, inheritance, secrets, betrayal ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Scotland Yard investigates a series of murders where the victims have died by snake venom poisoning.
Style:
detective, suspense, grim, twisted, period piece ...
Plot:
conspiracy, murder, investigation, poisoning, whodunit, police procedural, underworld, master criminal, cat and mouse, urban, serial killer, cold case ...
Time:
60s
Place:
scotland yard, london
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Rival gangsters from Chicago move to London and attempt to extort money from rich Britons.
Style:
suspense, crime drama, tense, black and white, atmospheric ...
Plot:
extortion, organized crime, criminal, gangster, rivalry, gang war, criminal underworld, betrayal, cat and mouse, police investigation, moral ambiguity, violent ...
Time:
60s
Place:
london, chicago, scotland yard
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A disfigured killer with glazed-over white eyes is doing the dirty work so that an insurance agent-doctor can get the victims' insurance money.
Style:
detective, gothic, suspense, mind bending, scary ...
Plot:
blind man, serial killer, murder, nurse, blindness and impaired vision, danger, amateur detective, investigation, criminal heroes, dishonesty, clergy, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 1961, 20th century, 60s
Place:
london, united kingdom, britain, scotland yard, england
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A pool-hall is used as the front for a white slavery ring.
Style:
detective, dark, suspense, tension, atmospheric ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, white slavery, whodunit, suspect, group of criminals, theater, human trafficking, suspicion, underworld, poisoning ...
Time:
60s
Place:
scotland yard, london
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Scotland Yard must discover why people are being murdered by a monstrous dog at Blackwood Castle.
Style:
gothic, suspenseful, creepy, tense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
swamp, castle, hound dog, animal attack, murder investigation, isolation, old mansion, cat and mouse, police procedural, twists and turns, serial killer, conspiracy ...
Place:
scotland yard
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The sister of a famous, but as yet uncaught, criminal named The Hexer is murdered. Inspector Higgins of Scotland Yard believes that The Hexer will surface to take his revenge on his sister's killers, and plans to set a trap to finally capture ...
Style:
black and white, detective
Plot:
murder, disguise, mastermind, crime investigation, submarine, magic, twists and turns, conspiracy, brothel, inspector, clerk, airport ...
Place:
australia, london, britain, scotland yard, united kingdom ...
Similarity:
63%
620
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Denmark, France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A serial-killer is murdering the ladies of a night club. Detective Gray is seeking for the killer but can only find a lot of gangsters. And the killer is about to act again...
Style:
crime thriller, dark, detective, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
serial killer, conspiracy, murder investigation, nightclub, whodunit, female victim, suspicion, peril, urban, police procedural, stalking, gangster ...
Time:
60s
Place:
scotland yard
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A Chinese cult bent on taking over the world uses an idol called The Golden Reptile that they believe can give them the power to achieve their goal.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, detective, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
snake, idol, secret society, investigation, ritual, conspiracy, occult, murder, world domination, group of criminals, underworld, smuggling ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A strangler is loose on a British estate, and he not only strangles his victims but brands an "M" onto their foreheads before he decapitates them.
Style:
classic horror, suspense, gothic horror, black and white
Plot:
serial killer, murder, male female relationship, murder investigation, police detective, old dark house, underground, multiple murder, masked killer, dark secret, haunted by the past, castle ...
Place:
scotland yard, london
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Police try to track down a hooded serial killer who murders his victims with a combination of acid and poison gas
Style:
slasher, splatter, independent film, eurospy
Plot:
serial killer, mystery killer, unknown killer, twists and turns, conspiracy, monk, girls' boarding school, hired killer, girl man relationship, murder, crazy, man kills a woman ...
Place:
scotland yard
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
Country: West Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In this German detective thriller, swindlers using a false charity as a front send a hit man around London to murder wealthy people whose deaths can benefit the organization. This film is one of a very large number of German Scotland-Yard thrillers ...
Style:
detective, crime thriller, tense, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, police procedural, gang, urban, organized crime, insurance fraud, underworld, suspicion, evidence, drowning, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
60s
Place:
scotland yard, london
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible.
Style:
gothic, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, confession, murder, hanging, detective inspector, murder trial, fame, actress, police inspector, death sentence, diary ...
Time:
victorian era, 1880s, 19th century, 1870s
Place:
scotland yard, london
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A rich man bequeaths seven keys to seven of his friends, but only one will unlock the door to untold wealth.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, dark, thrilling, atmospheric ...
Plot:
locked door, kidnapping, crazy, secrets, locked room, inheritance, isolation, psychopath, treasure hunt, investigation, claustrophobia, torture chamber ...
Time:
60s
Place:
europe, scotland yard
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Scotland Yard is after a homicidal maniac called The Blue Hand, which is what he uses to kill his victims.
Style:
slasher, detective, grindhouse, serious, tense ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, snake, characters murdered one by one, mental disorder, twins, psychopath, stalker, twin brother, whodunit, violent content, siblings relations ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After an automobile accident, in which a man is unrecognizably burnt to a crisp, his wife's only able to confirm the corpse's identity by his talisman: a small, white spider. However, soon, there are more corpses walking around than at a ...
Style:
suspense, detective, tense, crime drama, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, murder mystery, investigation, mascot, insurance fraud, whodunit, symbolism, suspicion, motive, moral ambiguity, urban, conspiracy ...
Time:
60s
Place:
scotland yard
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Shortly after police discovers the murder of three friends, police inspector Wallander finds his friend and colleague Svedberg dead. First, it is believed that Svedberg killed himself but Wallander soon discovers links between Svedberg, the three ...
Style:
detective, dark, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
murder, police procedural, investigation, slow burn, mental illness, grief, suspicion, obsession, trauma, moral ambiguity, cold case, isolation ...
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Taking place almost entirely over the course of one stormy night, a woman is terrified when an accused murderer escapes from a mental hospital and seeks refuge in her home.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, noir, black and white, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
murder, hostage, insanity, mental illness, mental institution, escape, investigation, intruder, storm, single woman, false accusation, courtroom ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A hooded serial killer finds a novel way to murder his victims--he lashes them to death with a whip. The police try to track him down before any more murders occur.
Style:
psychotronic
Plot:
serial killer, twists and turns, death, police, revenge, murder, crime investigation, acid, monk, cousin cousin relationship, boarding school, pigeon ...
Place:
scotland yard
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A string of sex murders has been plaguing Florence for almost 15 years, in which a serial killer brutally murders couples who are sneaking "a quickie" in public areas. A writer who is doing research for a book about the crimes sets out to ...
Style:
crime drama, dark, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, investigation, violent, obsession, investigative journalism, whodunit, macabre, cold case, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, mystery killer ...
Time:
80s
Place:
italy, florence
Similarity:
29%
830
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 208 min.
Story:
Based on Boris Akunin's novel 'Azazel' (English title 'The Winter Queen') set in Moscow in 1876. The novel started a long series quite popular in Russia. In 'Azazel' a young police officer - Erast Fandorin - ...
Style:
tense, detective, suspense, humorous, surprise ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
whodunit, investigation, amateur sleuth, secret society, conspiracy, power struggle, intern, police investigation, terrorist plot, betrayal by friend, love and romance, literary ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s
Place:
russia, moscow russia, ottoman empire, britain
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
An innocent family's youngest brother is accused of local mass murders. Someone must step in to solve this mystery and stop this lunatic. Who will it be? Watch and find out!
Style:
tense, suspense, atmospheric, psychological, creepy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, suspicion, investigation, paranoia, falsely accused, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, small town, haunting, obsession, stalker, home invasion ...
Similarity:
28%
39K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The Spanish deep South, 1980. A series of brutal murders of adolescent girls in a remote and forgotten town bring together two disparate characters - both detectives in the homicide division - to investigate the cases. With deep divisions in their ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, detective, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, investigation, kidnapping, murder investigation, murder mystery, twists and turns, disappearance, partners against crime, murder, sexual abuse, carnival ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The millionaire Diego Verastegui has been murdered at his house, and somebody has taken a valuable briefcase from the safe-deposit box. Dimas -Verastegui's bodyguard- comes back to the house and finds three suspects: Carlos, the ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tension, psychological, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, multiple perspectives, puzzle, violence, truth, whodunit, twists and turns, flashback, deception, investigation, interrogation, crime scene ...
Place:
venezuela
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman is kidnapped and her identity is stolen by criminals attempting to collect her inheritance.
Plot:
conspiracy, serial killer, woman, fraud, police officer, police, female police officer, dead brother, murder, death, inheritance, reverend ...
Place:
scotland yard, london
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Horror
Country: West Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A group of hooded vigilantes hang wrong-doers with a subplot about another murderer. Surprise ending.
Style:
detective, dark, suspense, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, vigilante, hanging, conspiracy, vigilante justice, investigation, execution, female victim, police procedural, decapitation, violent, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
60s
Place:
scotland yard, london
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
For more than 10 years, Russian police forces have tried to stop the country’s smartest and most wanted serial killer. But even when he gets caught, nobody can prove his guilt. As the manhunt intensifies, the investigation grows increasingly ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, detective, dark, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, killing, crime investigation, murderer, killing spree, criminal justice, police investigation, serial murder, murder investigation, murder mystery, murder ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
eastern europe, russia
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A mysterious killer abducts girls off the street and covers them in wax.
Style:
suspense, tension, creepy, slasher, retro ...
Plot:
masked killer, wax museum, murder, abduction, serial killer, fear, museum, stalker, macabre, female protagonist, whodunit, investigation ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
An aristocratic vampire swears an oath to kill the enemies who killed his father. In order to terrify them even further, he warns each one when he is coming for them.
Style:
dark, atmospheric, gothic, sinister, suspenseful ...
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, revenge, buried alive, mysterious stranger, occult, macabre, prophecy, investigation, skepticism, superstition, black magic ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Olga discovers the unfinished diary of a notorious killer and becomes captivated by its dark secrets. As she delves deeper, she uncovers a mysterious connection between them, putting her life—and the lives of those around her—in grave danger.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspense, atmospheric, crime drama ...
Plot:
obsession, serial killer, danger, investigation, paranoia, cat and mouse, flashback, stalker, moral ambiguity, isolation, foreshadowing, betrayal ...
Similarity:
27%
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