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Maniac (2012)
39K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
As he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface.
Style:
slasher, disturbing, scary, sadistic, rough, psychological, suspenseful, splatter, bloody, dark ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
serial killer, insanity, obsession, mental illness, murder, extreme violence, sadism, loneliness, torture, violence spree, brutality, psychopath, maniac, violence, depression, mannequin, psychological trauma, violent, homicidal maniac, childhood trauma, fear, hallucination, disturbed childhood, dangerous attraction, online dating ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 70s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Most similar movies to Maniac
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out slasher, suspenseful, scary and bloody films with plots about serial killer, death, murder, psychopath, blood, gore and violence mostly in Horror, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Maniac: Split (2016), Terrifier (2016), I Spit on Your Grave (2010), Creep (2014), He Knows You're Alone (1980). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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19K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, loose in NYC, kills young women and takes their scalps as trophies. Will he find the perfect woman in photographer Anna, and end his killing spree?
Style:
slasher, disturbing, splatter, scary, controversial ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, violent, torture, murder, exploitation, violence, macabre, extreme violence, disturbed individual, weirdo, maniac, schizophrenic ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century, year 1979
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
511K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, intense, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental illness, kidnapping, suspense, murder, dissociative identity disorder, split personality, insanity, psychopath, serial killer, psycho, schizophrenia, paranoia ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
pennsylvania, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
39K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A maniacal clown named Art, terrorizes three young women on Halloween night and everyone else who stands in his way.
Style:
slasher, scary, disturbing, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
killer clown, halloween, evil clown, clown, maniac, macabre, sadism, brutality, homicidal maniac, serial killer, dismemberment, murder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A remake of the 1979 controversial cult classic, I Spit on Your Grave retells the horrific tale of writer Jennifer Hills who takes a retreat from the city to a charming cabin in the woods to start on her next book. But Jennifer's presence in ...
Style:
brutal, disturbing, scary, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
vengeance, rape and revenge, torture, rape, violence, serial killer, sexual abuse, revenge, rape revenge, brutality, woman in danger, rapist ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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59K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: “$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated.” Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote mountain town where he meets ...
Style:
disturbing, scary, suspenseful, slasher, intense ...
Plot:
found footage, psychopath, murder, stalker, obsession, serial killer, stalking, hugging, suspense, mental illness, torture, insanity ...
Time:
year 2012
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A reluctant bride to be is stalked by a serial killer who only kills brides and the people around them. While her friends get whacked one by one, a hard boiled renegade cop whose bride had been killed years before tries to hunt him down before it is ...
Style:
slasher, tense, scary, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, suspense, wedding, psychopath, chase, insanity, stalking, law enforcement, police detective, woman in danger, police investigation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
88K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Eden Lake is a relentlessly tense and immaculately paced horror-thriller about modern youth gone wild. When a young couple goes to a remote wooded lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is shattered by an aggressive group of local kids. ...
Style:
disturbing, scary, slasher, brutal, bad ending ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
survival, torture, suspense, forest, fear, youth, camping, chase, gang, murder, strong violent content, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A group of teenage girls heading into the city hook up with a gang of drug-addled ne'er-do-wells and are brutally murdered. The killers find their way to the home of one of their victim's parents, where both father and mother exact a ...
Style:
slasher, scary, disturbing, brutal, rough ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
rape, torture, vengeance, rape and revenge, kidnapping, psychopath, violence, serial killer, murder, woman in danger, violence against women, sadism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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35K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Angela, a corporate climber, gets stuck working late on Christmas Eve and finds herself the target of an unhinged security guard. With no help in sight, the woman must overcome physical and psychological challenges to survive.
Style:
scary, psychological, slasher, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
obsession, psychopath, survival, woman in danger, kidnapping, stalker, escape attempt, confinement indoors, hostage, stalking, suspense, torment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surreal, stylized, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, insanity, dark humor, satire, greed, sociopath, materialism, psycho, violence, killings, yuppie ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, canada, manhattan new york city, yale university, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: Denmark, France, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Tunisia
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
A depiction of a serial killer's 12 years' worth of murders and how it shaped his prime intelligence.
Style:
scary, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, murder, suspense, cruelty, sadism, kidnapping, psychopath as protagonist, sadistic psychopath, extreme violence, animal cruelty, obsessive compulsive disorder ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Horror, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A British couple on a break on a small Greek Island, spreading terror beyond anything the Islanders could have ever imagined. Only stopping every once in a while to shag anything that moves, be it a man, woman or an animal. But will they go ...
Style:
disturbing, slasher, serious, suspenseful, bloody ...
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, rapist, island, incestuous sex, sexual abuse, anal rape, sadism, obsession, mentally unstable, violence spree, couples ...
Time:
70s
Place:
greece, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
103K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, trapped, hotel, murder, survival horror, estranged couple, macabre, motel, voyeurism, surveillance, survival, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An aspiring writer is repeatedly gang-raped, humiliated, and left for dead by four men whom she systematically hunts down to seek revenge.
Style:
rough, disturbing, psychological, controversial, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rape, vengeance, rape and revenge, revenge, brutality, sexual abuse, cruelty, sex, psychopath, sadism, suspense, justice ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, germany, england, europe, connecticut ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
286K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In John Carpenter's horror classic, a psychotic murderer, institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, psychopath, murder, masked killer, suspense, small town, psychiatrist, violence, violent, high school, evil ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 80s, year 1963, 20th century ...
Place:
california, illinois, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Terrifier related movies
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An ophthalmologist's assistant with an unhealthy interest in human eyeballs goes on a killing spree to collect eyeballs for his overbearing mother's collection. Reality soon takes a bizarre turn, both for the characters and the audience.
Style:
slasher, surreal, scary, atmospheric, bloody ...
Plot:
serial killer, hypnosis, surrealism, suspense, psycho killer, teenager, spirituality, mental disorder, survival, cult, macabre, bus ...
Time:
80s
Place:
europe, america, spain, los angeles, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A serial killer uses a horror video rental to lure his next victim. What begins as a teen slasher transforms into a disturbing journey through the mind of Max Parry, a mild mannered wedding photographer with a taste for human flesh.
Style:
slasher, psychological, suspenseful, scary, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, found footage, psychopath, murder, obsession, dark humor, insanity, mind game, woman in danger, split personality, vengeance, investigation ...
Place:
london
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives have ever ...
Style:
rough, disturbing, sadistic, slasher, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, serial killer, torture, macabre, murder, psychopath, maniac, investigation, violence, sadism, torment, suffering ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, new york state, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Mari and Phyllis go to the "big city" to see their favorite band BloodLust. Along the way they meet up with newly escaped convict Krug and his gang.
Style:
disturbing, slasher, scary, controversial, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rape, serial killer, rape and revenge, youth, revenge, psychopath, life is a bitch, violent, vengeance, kidnapping, murder, police investigation ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, it seems Jason Voorhees and his demented mother are in the past. Paul opens up a new camp close to the infamous site, ignoring warnings to stay away, and a sexually-charged group of ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, bloody, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, suspense, masked killer, lake, serial murder, teenager, camp, crazy, macabre, demon ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1980, year 1984
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, bloody, dark ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, camp, suspense, maniac, summer, murder, revenge, monster, disturbed individual, forest, brutality, fear ...
Time:
80s, 50s, 70s, 20th century, year 1958
Place:
new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Determined to finish off the infamous killer Jason Voorhees once and for all, Tommy Jarvis and a friend exhume Jason’s corpse in order to cremate him. Things go awry when Jason is instead resurrected, sparking a new chain of ruthlessly brutal ...
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, suspenseful, controversial ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, zombie, monster, masked killer, supernatural, camp, summer camp, murder, serial teen killer, torture, massacre, villain ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, usa, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Two decades after surviving a massacre on October 31, 1978, former baby sitter Laurie Strode finds herself hunted by persistent knife-wielder Michael Myers. Laurie now lives in Northern California under an assumed name, where she works as the ...
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, intense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, monster, school, high school, masked killer, serial teen killer, killer, death, writers, suspense, murder ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century, year 1998
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Six years ago, Michael Myers terrorized the town of Haddonfield, Illinois. He and his niece, Jamie Lloyd, have disappeared. Jamie was kidnapped by a bunch of evil druids who protect Michael Myers. And now, six years later, Jamie has escaped after ...
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, supernatural, murder, masked killer, psychopath, torture, death, violent, writers, monster, hospital ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1989
Place:
illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Norman Bates is still running his little motel, and he has kept the dressed skeleton he calls mother. One of his guests is a young girl who has left the convent where she lived. To get some help he employs a young man. One day a nosey journalist ...
Style:
slasher, bloody, sexy, campy, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, psycho, murder, mental illness, suspense, hotel, characters murdered one by one, accidental death, insanity, depression, twists and turns, nude ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Henry has wandered into a small town looking for work and a place to stay. He gets a job delivering and cleaning porto-potties and moves in with a co-worker until he gets his feet off of the ground. Henry and his new friend soon start to kill.
Style:
slasher, disturbing, scary, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, serial killer, police investigation, killer, violence, brutality, greed, vengeance, culture clash, relationships, violent, obsession ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
california, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer through Italy when she herself becomes a victim of the brutal man's obsession.
Style:
surreal, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, dark ...
Plot:
serial killer, art, hallucination, murder, surrealism, policewoman, vengeance, obsession, memory loss, mental illness, rape, sexual abuse ...
Time:
90s
Place:
rome italy, europe, italy, florence
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack.
Style:
scary, slasher, tense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
cannibalism, desert, rape, serial killer, stranded, murder, dog, violence, torture, vengeance, cannibal, brutality ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, southern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Micheal's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois; meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, splatter, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
halloween, murder, serial killer, murderer, hospital, insanity, suspense, serial murder, death, brutality, rage, macabre ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Fictional drama based on actual events, about two teenage girls who encounter an Internet predator.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, controversial, queer horror, twisted ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, internet, deathtrap, teenage girl, rape, psychopath, teenage life, missing person, murder, psycho, youth, party girl ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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