Movies like The Piper
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The Piper (2015)
2K
Original name: 손님
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Shortly after the Korean war, a father and a son are wandering through the country and make a stop in a remote village, where strange and dangerous happenings occur.
Style:
rough, bleak, suspenseful, scary, brutal, entertaining, psychological horror, weird
Plot:
killer clown, musician, superstition, father son relationship, single father, revenge, runaway, one against many, death of son, supernatural, killer animal, korean war, cat, fire, shaman, boy, sick child, refugee, violin, widow, stranger, cooking, tuberculosis, remote village, omen ...
Place:
korea, south korea
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Most similar movies to The Piper
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, suspenseful, suspense and bleak films with plots about supernatural, ghost, murder, death, haunted house, danger and revenge mostly in Horror, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Piper: The Vigil (2019), Hellbreeder (2004), Guimoon: The Lightless Door (2021), Driftwood (2006), Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
11K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community finds himself opposite a malevolent entity.
Style:
suspenseful, brutal, bleak, rough, scary ...
Plot:
monster, death of brother, occult, supernatural power, death, humiliation, dark past, danger, good versus evil, bigotry, xenophobia, torment ...
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Five years ago Alice saw her son murdered; now every day is consumed with the need to find his killer. In the sleepy town of Ludlow, the arrival of the mysterious stranger Alice suspects to be the killer of her son coincides with a renewed spate of ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, enigmatic, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
killer clown, serial killer, small town, amateur detective, supernatural, social relations, insanity, child murder, uncover truth, clown, amusement park, murder of son ...
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In 1990, at a secluded community center, the custodian murders all the guest lodgers and kills himself. Ever since, on every Old Year's Night, paranormal events begin to take place within the building. Eventually, the center is shut down and ...
Style:
bleak, scary, psychotronic, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
ghost, spirit, child abuse, ritual, abandoned building, ghost story, crime scene, exorcism, murder victim, murder, evidence, shaman ...
Time:
year 1996, year 1998, 2000s, year 2002, 90s ...
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
61%
905
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Riddled with guilt over the loss of his rock star older brother, 16 year old David Forrester (Ricky Ullman) becomes obsessed with death, leading his misguided parents to send him to Driftwood, an "Attitude Adjustment Camp for Troubled ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, rough, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
survival, supernatural, youth, uncover truth, obsession, ghost, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, dealing with death, wrestler, gay, superhero ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The Ghost Club, an ancient organization of ghost explorers that included Charles Dickens and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle continue there brand in a prime time ghost show.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, supernatural power, paranormal, murder, fear, chase, evil, exorcism, deadly creature, paranormal phenomena, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A twisted new tale of terror begins for a teenage girl and her family, predating the haunting of the Lambert family in the earlier movies and revealing more mysteries of the otherworldly realm The Further.
Style:
scary, demonic, suspense, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, ghost, supernatural horror, demon, curses spells and rituals, family in danger, family problems, supernatural power, seance, possession, imaginary ...
Time:
2010s, year 2000, year 2007, 80s, 70s ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
To put their demons to rest once and for all, Josh Lambert and a college-aged Dalton Lambert must go deeper into The Further than ever before, facing their family's dark past and a host of new and more horrifying terrors that lurk behind the ...
Style:
psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspenseful, dark ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
demonic possession, supernatural, demon, supernatural being, paranormal activity, monster, paranormal phenomena, paranormal, fear, supernatural ability, supernatural power, haunting ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her.
Style:
scary, demonic, atmospheric, suspenseful, satanic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, twins, afterlife, possession, demonic possession, supernatural horror, brutality, insect, death, masked killer, ghost, woman in danger ...
Time:
year 2009, year 2000
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
It all began so innocently for two children growing up in the deepest countryside, their imaginations set ablaze by a book on local myths and legends. Berenice convinces her younger brother Brian that she is the reincarnation of a witch with the ...
Style:
christmas horror, scary, suspenseful, slasher, suspense ...
Plot:
curses spells and rituals, danger, siblings relations, christmas, supernatural, legends and myths, insanity, murder, dysfunctional family, xmas, serial killer, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A group of four amateur adventurers who specialize in exploring remote and forsaken places pay a visit to Shookum Hills, a town in the remote Appalachian Mountains which was abandoned decades ago due to a mysterious coal mine fire.
Style:
tense, scary, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, suspense ...
Plot:
supernatural, creature, deadly creature, violence, creature feature, monster, friendship, friends, danger, rescue, evil, peril ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Ustaz Adam has to help a friend whose village is corrupted by a group of misguided religionists lead by a sinister sorcerer. To make matter worse, Adam himself is also being mysteriously haunted by evil apparitions that keeps disturbing him from ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, suspense, psychotronic, scary
Plot:
exorcism, woman, supernatural power, ghost, killing, supernatural ability, paranormal, paranormal investigation, paranormal phenomena, rescue, revenge, evil ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
malaysia
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When 13-year-old So-Jin disappears, her elder sister Hee-Jin returns to the apartment of their religious-maniac mother. Tae-Hwan, a cop, who reluctantly has to take the case seriously is confronted with more and more suicides that are difficult to ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense, scary ...
Plot:
supernatural, missing person, mysterious death, ghost, police investigation, danger, life turned upside down, family problems, death in the family, suicide, mother daughter relationship, exorcism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia, south korea
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, South Korea, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Enticed by a promise of inheritance, a young woman returns to the village of her birth. Unbeknownst to her, the villagers hide a sinister plan -- one that may require her very own death.
Style:
sexy, disturbing, suspense, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
curse, black magic, folk horror, village, passionate sex, ritual sacrifice, cursed, remote location, sex, hometown, runaway, terror ...
Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Camila is a young member of an elite police unit. During an operation in a dangerous area, she turns up in the middle of a ritual, in which their members burnt themselves to death. She suffers severe burns all over her body and goes into a coma. In ...
Style:
disturbing, sinister, suspenseful, scary, bleak ...
Plot:
supernatural, investigation, police detective, ritual, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, curses spells and rituals, ghost, satanic cult, occult ritual, death, fear, monster ...
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Five months following the murders, Christopher Robin tries returning to his regular life while dealing with his PTSD. Deep within the 100-Acre-Wood, a destructive rage grows as Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Owl, and Tigger find their home and their lives ...
Style:
slasher, independent film, slasher horror, scary, bleak ...
Plot:
killing spree, winnie the pooh, chainsaw, blood, bloody violence, piglet, murder, massacre, bloodbath, gory, psycho killer, killer animal ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Members of a movie a production team are threatened by a vengeful entity.
Style:
psychotronic, unusual plot structure, bleak, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
found footage, resurrection, death, blood, supernatural power, revenge, killing, fear, murder, hunting, supernatural, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
malaysia
Similarity:
39%
364K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, twist ending, frightening ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, demon, fear, afterlife, nightmare, paranormal activity, boy, psychic, danger, evil spirit, supernatural horror ...
Time:
year 2010, 2000s, year 2000, year 2011, 2010s ...
Place:
america, usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When four women move into an old house left by one woman's aunt, strange things begin to happen. Bizarre voices, visions of ghosts, and mysterious noises lead them to discover the darkest powers of evil and a horror and agony beyond terror.
Style:
scary, atmospheric, captivating, bleak, gothic horror ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural horror, supernatural, best friend, danger, estate, terror, inheritance, female ghost, occult, aunt, haunted house ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A father's quiet retreat to the woods with his two children turns into a fight for survival.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, christmas horror, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
supernatural, winter, ghost, parents and children, family in danger, isolation, forces of nature, woods, xmas, christmas, redneck, widower ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A soldier returns home from the Iraq war only to be haunted by visions of the dead.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, bleak, psychological horror ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, murder, mental illness, supernatural romance, family in danger, uncover truth, supernatural ability, haunted by the past, family problems, life is a bitch, burn victim ...
Place:
middle east, iraq
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
It tells the story of a newlywed couple who buy their dream home: a fancy mansion on the lake, but it doesn't compare to the mind-altering surprises they discover inside.
Style:
psychotronic, bleak, scary, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
ghost, murder, death, supernatural, supernatural power, torment, dead, haunted house, supernatural horror, house
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A group of paranormal investigators enter the abandoned home of paedophile and serial killer John Gacy, hoping to find evidence of paranormal activity. Upon entering the house they set-up cameras throughout the abandoned house while going room to ...
Style:
mockumentary, serious, rough, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
found footage, ghost, serial killer, supernatural, haunted house, investigation, danger, paranormal activity, killer clown, frame up, murder, darkness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
During an all-night, drug-fueled party at an abandoned asylum known for the horrific treatment of its patients, a group of ordinary teens decide to experiment with the occult, mysteriously leading to a violent possession. In an effort to find help, ...
Style:
slasher, rough, bleak, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
exorcism, possession, demon, ghost, abandoned hospital, murder, revenge, party, friendship, secret, characters killed one by one, trapped ...
Place:
rhode island
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A social worker dealing with the disappearance of two children fears for her own family after beginning the investigation.
Style:
scary, suspense, demonic, spooky, rough ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
single mother, female ghost, supernatural, exorcism, widow, supernatural horror, urban legend, ghost, terror, cursed, folklore, priest ...
Time:
70s, year 1973
Place:
los angeles, mexico
Similarity:
33%
13K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A lone drifter suffering from partial memory loss accepts a job to look after a psychologically troubled woman in an abandoned house on an isolated island.
Style:
suspense, scary, disturbing, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
island, schizophrenia, memory loss, evil spirit, captivity, suicide, basement, supernatural horror, memory, secret, murder, runaway ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Woo Yeong-min retired from the police force after trying to save his partner and causing his death. After a series of mysterious deaths in the shopping mall in which his uncle has allowed him to work as a security guard prior to its reopening, he ...
Style:
disturbing, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, shopping mall, haunted house, murder, investigation, haunted by the past, riddles and clues, danger, loss of partner, murder mystery, doppelganger ...
Place:
seoul, asia, korea
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When Ana Rue transfers to a prestigious new acting school, she encounters a malevolent spirit after participating in a viral challenge.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, dark, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, supernatural, ghost, revenge, clue, dark secret, twists and turns, social relations, secret, evil spirit, violence, dark past ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An unstable mental patient goes on an overnight rampage to terrorize an ex-rock star and his friends, only to discover she is linked to him in mysterious ways.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, bleak, exciting, suspense ...
Plot:
musician, killer, torture, fight, insanity, rock star, kidnapping, revenge, murder, jealousy, basement, death ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
10K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The story is about how around a pizza delivery boy lands in a mysterious circumstance and how it works a dramatic change in his life. A very different thriller which will make you sweat.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
supernatural, twists and turns, workplace, ghost, disorder, dishonesty, evil force, life turned upside down, fear, murder, hindu, murder mystery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, india
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young man sets out on a trip that takes him to an abandoned mansion that holds the origins of his dark family legacy.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, serious, demonic, brutal ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, on the road, danger, escapades, twists and turns, estate, gladiator, survival, demon, freak, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
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