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Purgatory Road (2017)
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Purgatory Road (2017)
Genre: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Helpless to stop a thief from stealing his father’s modest nest egg, Travis grows up blaming himself for his parents’ suicide. Becoming a priest who operates a highway confessional with his ambivalent brother, Michael, he offers sage advice to chosen sinners while raining death on unrepentant thieves. Into the world of this antagonistic duo comes Mary Francis, a deranged young woman with psychopathic tendencies who kills a thief who threatens to expose the decidedly un-holy siblings. Filled with gratitude, Travis invites the woman into their sacred world which begins a chain of carnage-laced events that threaten to destroy the brothers’ bloody, decades-long partnership.
Style: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, controversial, religious horror
Plot: serial killer, revenge, religion, murderer, murder, brother brother relationship, psychopath, priest, salvation, sin, psycho killer, sacrifice, redemption, catholicism, confession, vengeance, maniac, violence, youth, death, criminal, homicidal maniac, brutality, chase, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: southern usa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, suspense, suspenseful and psychotronic films with plots about murder, revenge, psychopath, homicidal maniac, maniac, violence and death mostly in Horror, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Purgatory Road: Joel (2018), Man Hunting (2010), K-Shop (2016), Bleeding Hearts (2015), Who's Watching Oliver (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Joel (2018)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The shocking story of Joel Rifkin, a troubled young man whose hidden fantasies of power and control combined with his obsessive dedication to prostitutes led him to embark on one of the New York area’s most notorious murder sprees, claiming ...
Style: bleak, scary, tense, suspense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: serial killer, true crime, prostitute, murder, homicidal maniac, murderer, sex maniac, prostitution, psycho killer, murder victim, psychopath, brutality ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york
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Man Hunting (2010)
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 67 min.
Story: A young girl is kidnapped by a mysterious figure, and then taken to a cabin in the forest. The kidnapper, his face hidden under a hood, then pushes the girl to escape. He catches up, however, after a few hours fixes her up before letting her escape ...
Style: disturbing, bleak, psychotronic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: teenage girl, manhunt, japanese schoolgirl, brutality, violence, trap, psycho killer, maniac, murder, vengeance, death, female victim ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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K-Shop (2016)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: After his father is killed in an altercation with drunken thugs, Salah's world is plunged into darkness. Forced into running the family kebab shop alone, Salah struggles to manage the increasingly rowdy night life and when a fight with an angry ...
Style: suspenseful, bleak, scary, psychotronic, suspense
Plot: cannibalism, revenge, cannibal, human flesh, stalking, violence, vigilante, murder, vengeance, sadistic psychopath, psycho killer, homicidal maniac ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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Bleeding Hearts (2015)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Captured Hearts, an insane serial killer/horror film, is a heart-jumping, heart-crushing - truly demented - roller coaster ride of mystery, violence, sex and gore. With a raging, climatic twist, all hearts end up in one place. And it's not ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, slasher, scary, psychotronic ...
Plot: female nudity, mystery killer, brutality, serial killer, misandrist, misandry, violence, revenge, murderer, disguise, killing spree, sadistic psychopath ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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100%
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Who's Watching Oliver (2017)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The story of a mentally unstable loner lost in a life forced upon him. By night Oliver aimlessly wanders the streets and bars on what can only be described as a truly shocking and humiliating killing spree. His only savior and possible way out of a ...
Style: bleak, psychotronic, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: rape, serial killer, murder, emotional abuse, violence, sex maniac, sadistic psychopath, killing spree, mental illness, mother son incest, psychological abuse, dead body ...
Time: 21st century
Place: thailand
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Eye Without a Face (2021)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Agoraphobic young man Henry, living with a Youtuber and struggling actor Eric, hacks the webcams of young women, and suspects that one of them is a serial killer.
Style: bleak, scary, slasher, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, stalker, psycho killer, murder, actor, female assassin, death, violent, escapades, violence, young woman, maniac ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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My Master Satan: 3 Tales of Drug Fueled Violence (2015)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story: My Master Satan: 3 Tales of Drug Fueled Violence is an anthology horror film that features three tales that revolve around serial killer/druggie Alister (Dakota Bailey) & his equally demented serial killer friends Woody, Charlie and Bubba ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: satan, master, murder, psychopath, victim, criminal, psycho killer, killing spree, cold blooded killer, chase, violence, violent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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52%
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Creed (2010)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Style: scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: rape and murder, serial killer, violent, true crime, torture, strong violent content, mystery killer, escapades, murderer, killing spree, sex maniac, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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52%
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Virgin Cheerleaders in Chains (2018)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A bumbling young film crew, shooting a low-budget horror movie in an abandoned orphanage, discovers that a family of sadistic killers has rewritten their script.
Style: psychotronic, bleak, suspenseful, contemplative, suspense ...
Plot: murder, killing spree, homicidal maniac, psychopath, psycho killer, maniac, serial killer, serial murder, filmmaking, violence, sadistic killer, violent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Kill That Bitch (2014)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story: A methodical killer is systematically slaughtering a group of women who are connected and bound by the same dark secret.
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak, psychotronic ...
Plot: revenge, werewolf, murderer, death, fear, torture, killer, stalker, victim, forest, murder, sadistic killer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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47%
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Innocent Curse (2017)
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A suburban town is faced with a series of bizarre incidents in which children disappear and three days later an adult in their life dies. A mysterious "child whisperer" phantom appears before journalist Shunya, who is investigating the ...
Style: scary, psychotronic, bleak, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: missing child, small village, revenge, psycho killer, chase, kidnapping, murder victim, society, psychopath, mystery killer, crime spree, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
The Yearly Harvest (2020)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A young journalist named Jin Maddison has traced the origin of many Christmas traditions to a remote town in the Midwest called Selah. Years ago another famous journalist died in an accident there while investigating the same story. Jin travels to ...
Style: christmas horror, suspense, bleak, psychotronic, scary ...
Plot: christmas, serial killer, missing child, children, murder investigation, woman in danger, xmas, criminal, brutality, manhunt, sadistic psychopath, homicidal maniac ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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43%
Ms. Cannibal Holocaust (2012)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min.
Story: The remaining tenants of a rundown poverty-row apartment building, one day away from demolition, suddenly find themselves under siege by a cannibal cult that has been terrorizing the city and their preacher like female leader known only as "The ...
Style: scary, psychotronic, suspense, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot: cannibal, cannibalism, revenge, obsession, rape, rape and revenge, evil woman, villainess, violence, chase, maniac, sadistic psychopath ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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42%
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Joker Game (2012)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story: All seniors at a high school stay together at a camp, including student Chinatsu. On their first day, the home room teacher announces that all the students must play the card game "Old Maid". In order to reverse the declining academic ...
Style: psychotronic, scary, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: school, japanese schoolgirl, cold blooded murder, maniac, crime spree, psycho killer, homicidal maniac, manhunt, murder investigation, death, sadistic killer, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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42%
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Tomato Man (2010)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: In a small quite city in Indiana Lora comes up missing. Someone starts stalking women in the city in an attempt to calm his desires for the local news anchor Ann Marie. What starts as stalking soon becomes kidnapping which leads to the news ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Slumber Party Slaughter (2012)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: On a secretive outing to a bizarre strip club, Tom Kingsford, (Tom Sizemore) is unaware that his life is about to take a dramatic turn. Club owner and real estate mogul, William O'Toole (Ryan O'Neal) is a sadistic voyeur whose desire for ...
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Head Cases: Serial Killers in the Delaware Valley (2013)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
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Style: scary, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot: found footage, masked killer, serial killer, murderer, killing spree, serial murder, obsession, revenge, death, psychopath, brutality, maniac ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa
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The Ladies of the House (2014)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A reluctant birthday celebration starts out innocently enough but quickly turns into three men’s desperate fight for survival.
Style: scary, suspenseful, bleak, psychotronic, suspense ...
Plot: strong female presence, sadistic killer, manhunt, violence, chase, revenge, criminal, kidnapping, sadistic psychopath, torture, female victim, murder victim ...
Time: 21st century
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41%
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Hole (2010)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Ed Kunkle is a convicted felon tormented by his own demons. Eve Adams is a single woman trying to cope with a tragic loss. Bodie Jameson is the detective looking for answers. All 3 lives intertwine with horrific consequences when their fears come ...
Style: suspenseful, slasher, psychotronic, scary, bleak ...
Plot: serial killer, true crime, psycho, violence, violent, homicidal maniac, threat, revenge, vengeance, obsession, murder, serial murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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My Dead Ones (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Davi is a shy film student who hides a dark past. When visiting his neighbor Maria, a forgotten instinct comes to light and he commits his first murder. The next morning, to Davi’s surprise, Maria reappears in his apartment and begins to influence ...
Style: bleak, unusual plot structure, suspense, psychotronic, scary ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
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Day of a Thousand Screams (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story: TV reporter Natasha McGrath is sent to a remote area. Along with her small crew and a couple of campers, they encounter a man who watches, taunts and kills them one by one: repeatedly.
Style: suspense, bleak, suspenseful, scary, disturbing ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Halloween Awakening: The Legacy of Michael Myers (2012)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
Story: Michael Myers stalks a group of party-goers who break into Smith's Grove Sanitarium on Halloween night.
Style: psychotronic, scary, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: halloween, masked killer, murder, revenge, society, homicidal maniac, vengeance, youth, violence, disguise, characters in danger, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A forest fire and rock-slide trap five bickering college friends in a small Alaskan ghost town with a horrifying history. When they seek refuge inside the torched ruins of Blackburn Asylum they must fight to survive as the angry inhabitants ...
Style: slasher, tense, scary, disturbing, bleak ...
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Style: psychotronic, scary, bleak, disturbing, suspense ...
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Heavy Makeup (2015)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
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Style: psychotronic, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, suspense ...
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Thrill Kill (2016)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Three seemingly normal teenagers commit a heinous murder for the sheer excitement of the act & their master ploy slowly crumbles to pieces... Thrill Kill is a dark, suspenseful tale which explores the cynical relationship between three lost ...
Style: bleak, suspenseful, scary, slasher, psychotronic ...
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Place: usa
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Struggling with a horrific past, Claire Rhodes must confront a stalker turned murderer of her youth in order to win her life - but will her own demons help the killer exact his vengeance?
Style: slasher, bleak, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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37%
The Dead of Night (2021)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Alone and isolated at the family ranch, Tommy and his sister June suddenly find themselves being terrorized and hunted by a pair of nomadic killers.
Style: disturbing, bleak, scary, psychotronic, slasher ...
Plot: sister, murder, violence, youth, escapades, chase, family relations, maniac, psychopath, masked killer, threat, young woman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Penance (2024)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Blood drenched terror grips the beautiful city of San Diego as mutilated bodies begin to surface. Lead Homicide Detective Mason "Nostradamus" Brannigan believes it to be the signature of methodical killer Dante: The Inferno Killer who ...
Style: slasher, disturbing, psychotronic, bleak, suspense ...
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Sacrament (2014)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
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