Movies like The Witch 1966
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The Witch (1966)
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Original name: La strega in amore
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A historian goes to a castle library to translate some ancient erotic literature. While there he discovers what he believes to be supernatural forces at work.
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, psychological horror, creepy, ambiguous ending, allegory, period piece ...
Plot:
witch, witch burning, witchcraft, seduction, sexual tension, curses spells and rituals, eroticism, castle, supernatural, forbidden love, occult, library, european, haunting, madness, slow burn, jealousy, isolation, decadence, supernatural romance, paranormal investigation, mansion, folk horror, love triangle, fencing ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
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Most similar movies to The Witch
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, suspenseful, gothic and creepy films with plots about supernatural, occult, folk horror, witch, witchcraft, supernatural power and isolation mostly in Horror, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Witch: Night of the Devils (1972), The Long Hair of Death (1964), An Angel for Satan (1966), The Witches' Mountain (1973), Beyond the Door (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Night of the Devils is an Italian vampire thriller with a remarkably good pedigree. The script is based on The Wurdalak, a short story by A.K. Tolstoy. The central character is the patriarch of a wealthy family who fears that he will show up one day ...
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, suspense, gothic horror, scary ...
Plot:
vampire, witch, supernatural, zombie, folk horror, forest, torture, witchcraft, violent content, woods, nudity, escapades ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Up until this point, young Sayuri Nanjo has had to live most of her life in a nun-run boarding school for orphans and away from her parents. That's all about to change when her real father mysteriously comes to get her and finally bring her ...
Style:
suspense, creepy, atmospheric, psychological horror, classic horror ...
Plot:
nightmare, monster, snake woman, supernatural, macabre, haunted house, catholic orphanage, female protagonist, family secret, witch, orphan, dream ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In a 15th-century feudal village, a woman is accused of witchcraft and put to death. Her beautiful older daughter knows the real reason for the execution lies in the lord's sexual desire for her mother. After confronting the lord on the matter, ...
Style:
gothic horror, gothic, classic horror, grindhouse, suspense ...
Plot:
witch, execution, revenge from beyond the grave, witch burning, ghost, evil woman, curses spells and rituals, folk horror, medieval, female villain, revenge, supernatural ...
Time:
15th century
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
At the end of the 19th century, in a little Italian village by a lake an old statue is recovered. Soon a series of crimes start and the superstitious people of the village believe that the statue carries an ancient malediction
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, suspense, sexy, psychotronic ...
Plot:
ghost, chess, mishap, lake, village, folk horror, curses spells and rituals, curse, witchcraft, supernatural power, secret passageway, house fire ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
77%
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Genre: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A young couple traveling thorugh the Pyrenees stays overnight at an ancient Spanish castle, only to discover that it is the headquarters for a coven of witches.
Style:
satanic, suspense, atmospheric, gothic, period piece ...
Plot:
witch, supernatural, occult, photographer, coven, isolation, macabre, folk horror, young couple, black magic, mountain, superstition ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young university student "Lillian" (Fani) returns to her family's country villa near a lake where years earlier had mother drowned. She is supposedly researching a local legend, a witch called Kira and strange symbol associated with ...
Style:
suspenseful, creepy, atmospheric, psychological horror, suspense thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
haunting, incest, paranormal, mysterious past, investigation, witch, female protagonist, isolation, occult, supernatural, witchcraft, symbolism ...
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jessica Barrett, wife and mother of two young children, begins to show signs of demonic possession while pregnant with her third child. As she seeks help from her husband and doctor, a mysterious man approaches her and seems to have some answers.
Style:
demonic, satanic, suspense, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
demonic possession, exorcism, demon, antichrist, levitation, possession, supernatural power, ritual, pregnancy, occult, supernatural, killer child ...
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent by his firm to settle the estate. The lawyer finds the townspeople reluctant to talk about or go near the woman's dreary home and no one will explain or ...
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, scary, creepy, terrifying ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, afterlife, mysterious character, uncover truth, haunted house, danger, who done it, haunted by the past, murder, haunted, small town life ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, edwardian era
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Italy, West Germany, Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Lisa is a tourist in an ancient city. When she gets lost, she finds an old mansion in which to shelter. Soon she is sucked into a vortex of deception, debauchery and evil presided over by housekeeper Leandre.
Style:
gothic horror, gothic, sexy, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
tourist, supernatural, witchcraft, destiny, murder, haunted by the past, black magic, woman in danger, countryside, vacation, surrealism, witch ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
italy, spain
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
From horror master Chuck Russell, a cursed Witchboard awakens dark forces, dragging a young couple into a deadly game of possession, deception, and supernatural terror in New Orleans.
Style:
suspense, creepy, demonic, tension, southern gothic ...
Plot:
witchcraft, occult, supernatural, haunted, paranormal, fear, possession, cursed object, ouija, voodoo, seance, deception ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
new orleans
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A documentary filmmaker's research on a town's mysterious benefactor unearths an unexplained evil while staying at a local resort.
Style:
creepy, tense, suspense, enigmatic, disturbing ...
Plot:
supernatural, evil, secret, secret identity, undercover, investigation, isolation, unsettling, paranormal investigation, female protagonist, occult, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
58%
245
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A hideously ugly witch casts spells on her victims which turns their insides into snakes and worms.
Style:
disturbing, sinister, creepy, grim, psychological horror ...
Plot:
body horror, occult, witch, supernatural, evil, witchcraft, body transformation, transformation, folk horror, graphic violence, visceral, macabre ...
Similarity:
55%
883
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Mexico
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
In 2013 a psychiatric clinic which served for more than 50 years caring for patients in Mexico City was demolished. A few months before its demolition, four young men came to investigate the clinic, determined to discover the truth about rumors of ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychotronic, suspenseful, scary, serious ...
Plot:
found footage, ghost, supernatural, isolation, paranormal, paranormal investigation, paranormal phenomena, dark secret, mental institution, afterlife, psychopath, haunted by the past ...
Place:
mexico city
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Set in 1965 New England, a troubled girl encounters mysterious happenings in the woods surrounding an isolated girls school that she was sent to by her estranged parents.
Style:
gothic, dark, tense, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
witch, boarding school, missing person, forest, gory, supernatural, isolation, danger, school, bullying, occult, police ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, year 1965, 60s, 80s
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Italy, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Craig moves with his daughter, Jennifer, into a new home after the death of his wife. It’s not long before the pair discover the house is haunted by a dark presence that wants to take over the child. One day Jennifer disappears and Craig must face ...
Style:
suspense, detective, serious, bleak, captivating ...
Plot:
supernatural, daughter, haunted house, traumatized man, supernatural being, supernatural power, girl, psychological trauma, childhood trauma, supernatural horror, family drama, missing child ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Czech television production of Dracula that is very faithful to Bram Stoker's novel.
Style:
gothic horror, dark, atmospheric, suspenseful, creepy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dracula, vampire, castle, supernatural, haunting, macabre, literary, isolation, tragic villain, slow burn, female vampire, aristocrat ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
transylvania
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A beautiful model is possessed by her dead mother, an Indonesian female ghost, which takes revenge on the people who exposed her.
Style:
dark, creepy, mystical, suspenseful, melancholic ...
Plot:
ghost, revenge, possession, supernatural, female ghost, black magic, macabre, family tragedy, occult, grief, ritual, shaman ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A psychic researcher and his assistants investigate a series of murders of beautiful young women.
Style:
gothic horror, classic horror, psychotronic, twist ending, independent film ...
Plot:
satanism, swamp, witch, serial killer, occult, folk horror, supernatural, witchcraft, topless woman, warlock, sorcerer, investigation ...
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Satomi is a research student who travels to northern Japan seeking reported olden Christian relics. On the island of Hokkaido and in a village, odd deeds are occurring. As such, she bands together with another researcher and locals to uncover the ...
Style:
atmospheric, dark, psychological, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, paranormal, occult, unsettling, folk horror, macabre, isolation, investigation, haunting, island, possession, slow burn ...
Place:
hokkaido
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A young woman learns that one of her ancestors had been burned at the stake as a witch. She decides to revenge her on the descendants of the people who had her killed.
Style:
gothic horror, suspenseful, psychological horror, cult horror, independent film ...
Plot:
revenge, retribution, female vigilante, witch hunt, witchcraft, supernatural, occult, flashback, obsession, small town, folk horror, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A group of cold case investigators stay at the Carmichael Manor, site of the grisly and unsolved murders of the Carmichael family back in the eighties. After four nights, the group was never heard from again. What is discovered on their footage is ...
Style:
psychological horror, creepy, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
found footage, investigation, murder mystery, house, haunted house, secret, mysticism, private investigation, abandoned house, macabre, paranormal investigation, supernatural ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Three filmmakers receive an unsettling postcard from an estranged friend living in a secluded commune. The filmmakers take their cameras into the wilderness of Montana to document the mysterious inner workings of the group. On their disconcerting ...
Style:
creepy, psychological horror, atmospheric, dread, tense ...
Plot:
found footage, commune, isolated community, hidden truth, investigation, wilderness, paranoia, isolation, secret society, obsession, conspiracy, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
montana
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
When Claire returns to her hometown, she discovers her former home riddled with terrifying witchcraft, the town in the grip of fear, decay, and madness.
Style:
suspense, demonic, supernatural thriller, mystical, captivating ...
Plot:
witch, supernatural, superstition, paranormal activity, survival horror, demonic possession, spirit, folk horror, ghost, witchcraft, haunted, supernatural horror ...
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
Style:
suspense, scary, independent film, dark, psychological ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
witch, found footage, folk horror, urban legend, supernatural, fear, survival, lost in the woods, supernatural horror, panic, forest, wilderness ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century, year 1999
Place:
maryland, usa, north america
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Several old college friends converge at a mansion, ostensibly for a pleasant reunion. Larry Dann, the most easygoing of the bunch, comes to the conclusion that all is not well in the old dark house. For one thing, he's run across several people ...
Style:
sinister, creepy, gothic, suspense, supernatural thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, mansion, doll, high school friend, haunted, paranormal, old friend, slow burn, secrets, memory ...
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The eerie and deserted ghost town of Silent Hill draws a young mother desperate to find a cure for her only child's illness. Unable to accept the doctor's diagnosis that her daughter should be permanently institutionalized for psychiatric ...
Style:
scary, dark, creepy, surreal, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, monster, demon, supernatural horror, survival, insanity, torture, macabre, ghost town, good versus evil, revenge, mysterious place ...
Time:
year 2006, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
west virginia, virginia, america, usa, canada
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Stefano, a young journalist, buys a used typewriter and notices that some text is still readable on the ribbon. He manages to reconstruct the story of a scientist, Paolo Zeder, who, in the 1950s, discovered that some types of terrain have the power ...
Style:
gothic, lovecraft, suspense, surreal, gothic horror ...
Plot:
supernatural, undead, writers, archaeologist, reanimation, secret, discovery, black magic, zombie attack, macabre, folk horror, supernatural horror ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
It has been five years since the disappearance of Katie and Hunter, and a suburban family witness strange events in their neighborhood when a woman and a mysterious child move in.
Style:
demonic, suspenseful, teen, creepy, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, evil child, supernatural horror, found footage, videotaping, profanity, paranormal activity, demon, poltergeist, danger, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2000, year 2011, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An attorney arrives at a castle to settle the estate of its recently deceased owner. The owner's wife and daughter reveal that he was someone who was able to summon the souls of ancient plague victims and, in fact, his spirit was roaming the ...
Style:
gothic horror, gothic, classic horror, grindhouse, suspense ...
Plot:
zombie, lawyer, plague, grave, occult, revenge, edgar allan poe, bubonic plague, voice over narration, widow, dead woman, black magic ...
Time:
medieval times
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After a long journey, a traveller and his wife arrive at the Usher mansion. Upon arriving, however, they discover that the mansion's sibling inhabitants, Roderick and Madeline Usher, have been afflicted with a mysterious malady: Roderick's ...
Style:
creepy, gothic, atmospheric, psychological horror, tragic ending ...
Plot:
edgar allan poe, supernatural, mansion, haunted house, madness, occult, family tragedy, haunting, isolation, psychological torment, devil worship, superstition ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s
Place:
england
Similarity:
38%
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