Movies like Darkest Hour 2005
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Darkest Hour (2005)
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Several years ago, a sleepy Pacific Northwest town was terrorized by a skull-faced maniac with a thirst for blood. It seemed no man, woman or child was safe from the North Bend Reaper, a crafty serial killer who became infamous for stealing patches of clothing from his bloodied victims. Despite a massive manhunt, the Reaper was never found. Fast forward to the present - a group of actors try to cash in on the town's notoriety by hosting an interactive murder mystery party based on the unsolved killings. After isolating their guests at an abandoned summer camp, they come to the terrifying conclusion that someone in their midst is killing them off one by one. Has someone chosen to continue the North Bend Reaper's bloody legacy? Or has the Reaper himself come back for one last dance with death?
Style:
slasher, suspense, tense, psychological horror, slasher horror
Plot:
serial killer, isolation, masked killer, small town, whodunit, stalking, claustrophobia, urban legend, panic, cat and mouse, paranoia, mistrust, survival, revenge, investigation, actor, erotica, killer, female nudity, death, murder, camp, summer camp, grim reaper, woman on top ...
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Most similar movies to Darkest Hour
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out slasher, suspense, tense and psychological horror films with plots about cat and mouse, survival, isolation, serial killer, gore, revenge and murder mostly in Horror, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like Darkest Hour: Scream 7 (2026), Meathook (2024), Peepers (1999), The Slayer (2017), School Killer (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the quiet town where Sidney Prescott has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target. Determined to protect her family, Sidney must face the horrors of her past to ...
Style:
slasher, slasher horror, suspense, suspenseful, tension ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
95%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two years after the horrific massacre of her friends by an infamous killer, recluse Jordyn grapples with her past. When a string of similar murders occurs, Jordyn must to face her fears head-on with the help of a true-crime pod-caster.
Style:
slasher, detective, psychological horror, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, suspense, slasher, tense, grim ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, boarding house, violence, blood, fear, claustrophobia, paranoia, obscurity, stalking, isolation, whodunit ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Short, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
Story:
Camp counselors slip prey to the vicious killer lurking in the without help camp grounds.
Style:
slasher, teen horror, tense, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
fear, murder, camp, killer, summer camp, isolation, blood, teenager, violence, young adult, survival, panic ...
Place:
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Similarity:
71%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Six teenagers decide to spend the night at an old abandoned school where 27 years ago a horrible massacre occurred. The kids run afoul of the vicious crazed security guard who committed the brutal killings.
Style:
slasher, tense, suspenseful, thrilling, suspense ...
Plot:
abandoned building, murder, teenager, school, axe murder, night, blood, threat, survival, fear, massacre, psychopath ...
Similarity:
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236
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
Courtney and her influencer friends are making a horror movie based on an urban legend. Faced with an early start time the next day, the group decides to spend the night in a creepy, old house. But when someone puts on the costume and begins ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Third and final chapter in "The Strangers" trilogy. Plot TBA.
Style:
slasher, tense, tension, suspense, psychological horror ...
Plot:
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63%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark, tension, suspense, slasher, grim ...
Plot:
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
slasher, tense, suspense, psychological horror
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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58%
241
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A couple invites some friends to spend a weekend together in an isolated cabin surrounded by woods and fields. But... there's a killer lurking around.... And... someone is monitoring him.
Style:
slasher, tense, suspense, psychological thriller, cult horror
Plot:
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Similarity:
57%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Spain, USA, Slovakia, Canada, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When The Strangers learn that one of their victims, Maya, is still alive, they return to finish what they’ve started.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological horror, slasher horror, slasher
Audience:
adult
Plot:
home invasion, pursuit, stalking, cat and mouse, claustrophobia, revenge, masked killer, moral ambiguity, hospital, ambulance, whodunit
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57%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Detective Gary discovers that his wife is having an affair. Despondent, he drinks and discusses his problem with friend Dan, a police detective. When someone in a copper mask begins slaughtering people connected to Gary's life, Dan begins ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
54%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
50%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Rotary, Pennsylvania was a nice place to live, until yesterday. A killer appeared without warning. He is on a murder spree, killing whoever he can.
Style:
slasher, suspense, tension, tense, dark ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
50%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
A group of actors are rehearsing a supposedly cursed play- When the body count rises the actors must ask themselves, is the curse real or is there a murderer among them?
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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169
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, tension, suspense, psychological horror ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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160
Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
slasher, dark, tense, suspense, psychological horror ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
47%
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Story:
Will any of the former school pals survive? Will anything remain of them after Peter Rabid and his insane sister Bedelia lure them to a secluded country home and start killing them one by one? A sinister cult is controlling the killers.
Style:
slasher, suspense, dark, tense, psychological horror ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Style:
slasher, psychological horror, psychological thriller, suspense, tension ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
46%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
slasher, creepy, suspense, dark, tension ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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45%
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Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
slasher, dark, tense, suspense, psychological horror ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, tense, slasher, sinister, psychological horror ...
Plot:
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Place:
michigan
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10K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
As the Keenans try to bring their family closer together, they unwittingly enter themselves into a game of life or death. With four deranged killers patrolling the halls of their hotel and competing for the most creative kills, the odds are ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An invitation for a reunion between seven friends on a remote island cottage turns deadly, when they begin dying one-by-one. As the remaining survivors cling to their lives and try to escape, they suspect the killer is one of them.
Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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