Movies like Summer of Fear

If you like "Summer of Fear" you are looking for movies about / with witch, occult, 666, photographer, summer, past and vacation themes of Drama, Horror and Mystery genre shot in USA.
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Summer of Fear (1996)
 5.3
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Summer of Fear (1996)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The presence of a malicious stranger threatens to destroy the peace and harmony of a vacationing executive's family life.
Plot: witch, occult, 666, photographer, summer, past, vacation, house, suicide, family relations, father son relationship, stranger, assault, secret, flashback, small community, deeply disturbed person, long lost son, cycling, vacation gone wrong, stalker, child sexual abuse, bikini, coast, riding a bicycle

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Most similar movies to Summer of Fear

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, disturbing, suspenseful and psychological films with plots about supernatural, occult, secret, family relations, ghost, house and terror mostly in Thriller, Horror and Mystery genres. Some movies like Summer of Fear: A House on the Bayou (2021), Fever Dream (2021), So Cold the River (2022), The Chinese Room (1968), The Rental (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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A House on the Bayou (2021)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In an effort to reconnect and mend their relationship, a troubled couple and their preteen daughter seek an idyllic getaway to a remote mansion in rural Louisiana. But when unexpected visitors arrive, their facade of family unity starts to unravel, ...
Style: suspense, tense, psychological, disturbing, serious ...
Plot: vacation, mysterious stranger, husband wife relationship, unfaithful husband, family in danger, uninvited guest, family relations, isolation, hitman, neighbor, supernatural, house ...
Place: louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 5.4
 2K
Fever Dream (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Peru, Chile, Spain, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A woman named Amanda lies stricken, far from home. A young boy named David questions her, trying to make her remember. She's not his mother, he's not her son. As her time is running out, he helps her unravel a powerful, haunting story of ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, cerebral, suspense
Plot: dream, secret, parents and children, relationship problems, lifestyle, social problems, teenager, broken heart, relationships, self discovery, family relations, couple relations ...
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
So Cold the River (2022)
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: suspense, disturbing, tense, enigmatic
Plot: evil, secret, secret identity, undercover, supernatural
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
The Chinese Room (1968)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story: It was based on a novel by Vivien Connell.
Style: independent film
Plot: room, house, doctor, sleepwalking, murder mystery, drug use, murder, mental illness, suicide
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Movie in collections
 5.7
 38K
The Rental (2020)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Two couples on an oceanside getaway grow suspicious that the host of their seemingly perfect rental house may be spying on them. Before long, what should have been a celebratory weekend trip turns into something far more sinister.
Style: slasher, scary, psychological, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: evil wins, vacation, hidden camera, brother brother relationship, drug use, murder, brother, murder disguised as accident, home invasion, vacation gone wrong, bad guy wins, locked door ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 6.4
 413
Fear No Evil (1969)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A psychiatrist specializing in the occult becomes involved in the case of a man who is possessed by a spirit in an antique mirror. The man's fiance discovers that the mirror is able to bring back her former boyfriend, who had been killed in a ...
Style: psychotronic, spooky, crime thriller, suspense
Plot: occult, ghost, black magic, witch, 666, parapsychology, mirror, spirit, back from the dead, antique
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 3.4
 417
Inheritance (2017)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Ryan mysteriously inherits a house from his biological father, a man he thought long dead, he and his pregnant fiancé travel to the property with high hopes for the future. But curiosity about his deceased father leads Ryan to uncover a dark ...
Style: captivating, bleak, suspenseful, dramatic
Plot: inheritance, house, father, traumatic past, secret past, mysterious past, biological father, past, dead father, dark past
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
 4.3
 3K
The Visitor (2022)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After a series of tragedies including the death of his father-in-law, Robert and his wife Maia leave their home in London to move back to her childhood home. But when Robert discovers an old portrait in the attic of a man who is his spitting image, ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, tense, enigmatic, thrilling ...
Plot: occult, visitor, portrait, evil cult, brother sister incest, secret, undercover, puzzle, family secret, secret identity, sect, unhappy ending ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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The Devil's Child (1997)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A woman's mother makes a last-minute deal with the Devil to save her daughter's life, not realizing that her daughter's life is her stake. The daughter lives but with no chance of children. 20 years later, she mysteriously becomes ...
Plot: 666, priest, baby, occult, catholic, pregnancy, childbirth, babies and infants, religious, heaven, supernatural horror, evil child ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
 5.8
 11K
Pyewacket (2017)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A frustrated, angry teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to evoke a witch to kill her mother.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, scary, post-horror, demonic ...
Plot: occult, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, black magic, ritual, witch, devil worship, witchcraft, curse, folk horror, murder, woods ...
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 3.2
 375
Implanted (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When your memory lies, how do you find the truth?
Style: surprise ending
Plot: medical, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love, car accident, suicide, flashback, father son relationship, hospital, death, brother sister relationship, memory, dream ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 5.6
 6K
Always Shine (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: On a trip to Big Sur, two friends, both actresses, try to reconnect with one another. Once alone, the women's suppressed jealousies and deep-seated resentments begin to rise, causing them to lose their grasp on not only the true nature of their ...
Style: psychological, suspense, disturbing, psychological thriller, mumblecore ...
Plot: vacation, best friend, jealousy, friendship, unsettling, breakup, female protagonist, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, actress, women, vacation gone wrong, house ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Night of the Devils (1972)
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, gothic horror, suspense, serious ...
Plot: vampire, witch, supernatural, zombie, folk horror, witchcraft, forest, violent content, woods, nudity, imaginary, escapades ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 6.0
 57K
The Lodge (2019)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Two siblings spend the night alone with their new stepmother. Stuck in a remote mountain cabin, the trio are terrorised by a supernatural force.
Style: suspense, scary, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience: adult
Plot: stepmother, winter, suicide, cult leader, snow, murder, mass suicide, nudity, religious cult, vacation gone wrong, female nudity, destiny ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, 21st century
Place: massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 5.8
 20K
The Wretched (2019)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A rebellious teenage boy embarks on a gutsy crusade to stop the terrifying evil he suspects has possessed his neighbor in this bone-chilling occult thriller.
Style: dark, suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: witch, neighbor, teenage boy, supernatural, creature, witchcraft, terror, supernatural power, possession, teenage protagonist, missing child, teenager ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 5.3
 19K
Aftermath (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Desperate to save their marriage, a young couple takes a deal to move into their dream home, but disturbing events reveal the house's troubled history.
Style: suspense, mystical, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Plot: supernatural, infidelity, husband wife relationship, intruder, house, family relations, paranormal phenomena, secret, paranormal, mysticism, family problems, paranormal activity ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
The Last Thing Mary Saw (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Winter, 1843. A young woman is under investigation following the mysterious death of her family's matriarch. Her recollection of the events sheds new light on the ageless forces behind the tragedy.
Style: suspense, dark, enigmatic, suspense thriller, captivating ...
Plot: farmhouse, witch, supernatural, punishment, death of grandmother, vow of silence, death, lesbian, graphic violence, life is a bitch, revenge, uncover truth ...
Time: 1800s, 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
An American Haunting (2005)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, Romania, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Based on the true events of the only case in US History where a spirit caused the death of a man.
Style: scary, suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: ghost, haunted by the past, rape, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, curse, sexual abuse, death, chase, redemption, supernatural horror, witch ...
Time: 19th century, year 2006, year 2005, ancient times, year 2000 ...
Place: tennessee, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Leave the World Behind (2023)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices—and two strangers appear at their door.
Style: psychological thriller, sinister
Plot: vacation gone wrong, crisis, apocalypse, blackout, terror, chaos, vacation, deer, urban, end of the world, anxiety, collapse ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 5.7
 3K
Midsummer (2003)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 94 min.
Story: It is the last day of school for Christian and his younger sister Sophie. They are heading to a party at his friend Trina. High school graduation is just around the corner and after the freedom and future. But behind the idyllic facade lurks tragedy ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, realistic, semi serious, crying ...
Audience: teens
Plot: youth, ghost, nightmare, secret, suicide, teenage life, danger, woods, student, vacation gone wrong, guilt, haunting ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 5.2
 7K
The Damned (2013)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After suffering the recent loss of his wife, David Reynolds decides to take his family on a cathartic trip to her home village in Columbia. While en route, they get into a car accident and seek refuge in a secluded inn. While there they find a ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, psychological, scary, spooky ...
Plot: supernatural, possession, confined, parents and children, danger, curse, exorcism, murder, travel, punishment, trip, ghost ...
Time: 21st century
Place: colombia, south america
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Where Are the Children? (1986)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Thriller about the kidnapping of two children and the investigation that follows, based on the book by Mary Higgins Clark.
Style: mind bending, realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller
Plot: child abduction, kidnapping, family relations, missing person, false accusation, family problems, injustice, couples, remarry, wrongfully committed, parents and children, computers and web ...
Time: year 1986, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.1
 396K
Midsommar (2019)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Sweden
Duration: 148 min.
Story: A young couple travels to Sweden to visit their friend’s rural hometown and attend its mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly descends into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Style: disturbing, psychedelic, brutal, enigmatic, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: paganism, ritual, religious cult, folk horror, community, nervous breakdown, pagan, rite, isolated community, burned alive, female protagonist, hallucinogenic drug ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, 21st century
Place: new york, europe, scandinavia, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Movie in collections
 6.0
 102K
The Rite (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary, Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donoghue) reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rome, Michael meets an unorthodox priest, Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), who introduces him to the darker side of his faith, ...
Style: scary, suspense, disturbing, atmospheric, demonic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, exorcism, church, supernatural horror, clergy, demonic possession, good versus evil, vatican, curses spells and rituals, supernatural ability, teachers and students, catholic ...
Time: year 2011, year 2000, 21st century
Place: italy, europe, rome italy, xian
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 5.8
 41K
Eli (2019)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A boy named Eli with a rare autoimmune disorder is confined to a special experimental clinic for his treatment. He soon begins experiencing supernatural forces, turning the supposedly safe facility into a haunted prison for him and his fellow ...
Style: twist ending, suspense, bleak, rough, scary ...
Plot: antichrist, evil child, allergy, evil wins, child protagonist, macabre, treatment, disease, demon, danger, ghost, quarantine ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In 1965 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by the merciless spirit, this small ...
Style: scary, suspense, psychological, dark, demonic ...
Plot: macabre, supernatural, possession, occult, ghost, demon, supernatural horror, ouija board, spiritualism, teenager, witchcraft, survival ...
Time: year 2016, 60s, year 1967
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 6.8
 7K
The Other (1972)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Chilling and eerie, this supernatural tale of good versus evil coils around twin brothers living with their grandmother in a sleepy rural area during the summer of 1935. After his grandmother encourages Niles to develop what seem to be psychic ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, creepy, atmospheric, psychological ...
Audience: adult
Plot: evil child, creepy child, twins, macabre, coming of age, child, supernatural, psychology, murder, evil twin, creepy kid, danger ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1972
Place: usa, europe, holland, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Cruise Into Terror (1978)
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An Egyptian sarcophagus that is cargo on a pleasure cruise ship has a secret - it contains the son of Satan, and its effects start to make the ship's passengers behave strangely.
Style: psychotronic
Plot: ghost ship, ship, underwater, 666, shipwreck, occult, sunken treasure, ghost, vacation, good versus evil, priest, supernatural power ...
Place: egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 5.9
 36K
Cam (2018)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A young camgirl discovers that she’s inexplicably been replaced on her site with an exact replica of herself.
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: sex work, suicide, sex worker, stolen identity, doppelganger, erotica, social media, ambition, shame, terror, rivalry, young girl ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 5.0
 2K
Ants (1977)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A lakeside resort comes under attack by a seemingly infinite hoard of flesh-eating ants.
Style: psychotronic, natural horror, suspense, slasher, serious ...
Plot: ant, disaster, insect, killer animal, creature feature, investigation, hotel, animal attack, villain, tiny, 666, occult ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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