Movies like The Night They Knocked

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The Night They Knocked (2019)
 3.8
 2K
The Night They Knocked (2019)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: During their last weekend together, a group of friends staying at a reclusive mountain house have their fun suddenly interrupted by a knock at the door.
Style: psychological
Plot: clown, home invasion, supernatural, survival, mountain, violence, pregnancy, torture, murder, stalking, interracial relations, fear, darkness, smoking, blood, self sacrifice, group of friends, brother, night, masked man, cell phone, ex convict, dinner, killing spree, murder of a woman ...

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Most similar movies to The Night They Knocked

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, psychological, scary and suspenseful films with plots about murder, violence, fear, serial killer, blood, supernatural and psychopath mostly in Horror, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like The Night They Knocked: Fender Bender (2016), Victimized (2014), The Strangers (2008), You're Next (2011), The Blackout Experiment (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Fender Bender (2016)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In a small New Mexico town, a 17-year-old high school girl who just got her driver’s license gets into her first Fender Bender, innocently exchanging her personal information with an apologetic stranger. Later that stormy night, she is joined in ...
Style: slasher, suspense, psychological, bleak, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, home invasion, murder, psychopath, brutality, mercilessness, violence, maniac, terror, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage girl, stranger ...
Place: new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 4.9
 50
Victimized (2014)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Matt Miller has spent his entire life living in the shadows of his brother. He believes if his brother were to disappear then so would all his problems. So one deadly night Matt decides to take matters into his own hands.
Style: tense, bleak, suspenseful, psychological, scary ...
Plot: murder, revenge, violence, brother brother relationship, gay, family relations, strong violent content, escapades, characters in danger, violent, society, threat ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
 6.1
 142K
The Strangers (2008)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: After returning from a wedding reception, a couple staying in an isolated vacation house receive a knock on the door in the mid-hours of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. The couple ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: home invasion, survival, serial killer, murder, hostage, masked killer, blood, fear, violence, masked villain, brutality, night ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
 6.6
 109K
You're Next (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, rough, disturbing ...
Plot: home invasion, survival, gory, masked killer, murder, massacre, deathtrap, twists and turns, parents and children, trap, blood, plot twist ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: missouri, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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The Blackout Experiment (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Six strangers wake up in a room full of weapons. If they do not kill each other, someone they care about will die.
Style: bleak, psychotronic, tense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: survival, survival horror, female scientist, kidnapping, isolation, violence, brutality, doctor, cruelty, panic, videotaping, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
 5.3
 12K
The Final (2010)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A group of high school outcasts get revenge on the students that torment them.
Style: scary, tense, suspenseful, rough, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: revenge, torture, kidnapping, high school, deathtrap, bullying, social misfits, confined, misfit, society, murder, sadism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
 5.7
 14K
Intruders (2015)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Anna suffers from agoraphobia so crippling that when a trio of criminals break into her house, she cannot bring herself to flee. But what the intruders don't realize is that agoraphobia is not her only psychosis.
Style: twist ending, suspense, psychological, dark, intense ...
Plot: home invasion, agoraphobia, revenge, hidden room, murder, violence, brutality, obsession, female protagonist, trapped in a room, basement, intruder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
 5.7
 239K
The Purge (2013)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
Style: scary, suspense, tense, psychological, brutal ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: home invasion, survival, self defense, violence spree, danger, survival horror, family in danger, society, social decay, security system, dystopia, killing spree ...
Time: future, year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, near future ...
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Raccoon Valley (2018)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story: A plane bearing biohazardous material crashes into a town, and a deaf women has to navigate her way through the aftermath.
Style: psychotronic, bleak, scary, suspense, disturbing
Plot: survival, zombie, survival horror, biohazard, quarantine, virus, murder, apocalypse, undead, supernatural, survivor, graphic violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 2.7
 212
Blood Prism (2017)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: A successful art gallery coordinator, living a double life as a serial killer, preys on the hopeless as she attempts to find meaning behind the voices she hears. When she believes she is falling in love with a depressed comic book artist; she ...
Style: slasher, suspense, psychotronic, psychological, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, serial murder, guts, fear, chase, murder, blood, obsession, death, violence, revenge, female protagonist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 4.2
 3K
Hellions (2015)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A teen faces a night of terror when three malevolent trick-or-treaters come knocking at her door.
Style: suspense, bleak, absurd, brutal, psychological ...
Plot: halloween, survival horror, home invasion, evil child, demon, blood, pregnant teenager, teenager, saving a life, chase, monster, brutality ...
Place: ontario canada, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
He's Out There (2018)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: On vacation at a remote lake house, a mother and her two young daughters must fight for survival after falling into a terrifying and bizarre nightmare conceived by a psychopath.
Style: slasher, suspense, scary, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: home invasion, psychopath, mother daughter relationship, murder, family in danger, woods, daughter, mother, survival, woman in danger, brutality, forest ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Demented (1980)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A woman is gang-raped in a horse's stable, and even though the rapists are caught and imprisoned, she is harassed many moons later by ghastly visions of her tormentors, while her husband philanders and every little thing frightens her out of ...
Style: slasher, psychological, grindhouse, crying, independent film
Plot: rape, revenge, sexual assault, home invasion, rape victim, rape and revenge, badass female lead, trauma, serial killer, nudity, unfaithfulness, fondling ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
We Are Monsters (2015)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Emma is kidnapped and imprisoned by a trio of psychopaths.
Style: psychotronic, psychological, rough, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: rape, torture, abduction, revenge, murder, serial killer, vengeance, rape and revenge, survival, brutality, confined, woman in danger ...
Place: america
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
American Gothic (2017)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: A quiet couple. An isolated farmhouse. A pair of desperate fugitives. Everything breaks under pressure...
Style: psychotronic, scary, disturbing, psychological, suspense
Plot: psychopath, torture, home invasion, farm, danger, violence, murderer, psycho killer, dishonesty, death, husband wife relationship, supernatural ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Lady in a Cage (1964)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A woman trapped in a home elevator is terrorized by a group of vicious hoodlums.
Style: grindhouse, suspense, scary, tense, psychological ...
Plot: elevator, home invasion, isolation, hagsploitation, woman in jeopardy, violence, serial killer, kidnapping, murder, woman in danger, sociopath, brutality ...
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 6.2
 107K
Vacancy (2007)
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, psychological thriller, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, trapped, hotel, murder, hostage, survival horror, macabre, danger, estranged couple, masked killer, kidnapped, motel ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 6.2
 18K
Mother's Day (2010)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Crazed members of a sadistic family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new owners.
Style: disturbing, scary, suspenseful, psychotronic, serious ...
Plot: home invasion, hostage, kidnapping, rape and revenge, psychopath, sadistic horror, danger, mentally unstable, siblings relations, violence spree, manipulation, revenge ...
Time: year 2000, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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 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 ⇓
43%
 3.4
 312
Craig (2008)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: CRAIG is a lonely, somewhat awkward, young man trying to recover from losing his parents in a big fire. Besides a friend from childhood, in one go he looses everyone he cares about. The friend, Cliff, isn't of much use either. He has his own ...
Style: serious, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, vengeance, danger, mental illness, gory, split personality, obsession, rivalry, suburban life, suburbs ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 5.6
 13K
Dread (2009)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Three college students set out to document what other people dread most.
Style: disturbing, psychological, scary, tense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: fear, torture, violence, cruelty, held captive, college student, psychopath, mind game, childhood trauma, social relations, human nature, nightmare ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 2.7
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Clownface (2019)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A deranged serial killer known as "Clownface" terrorises the residents of a small town.
Style: slasher, tense, psychotronic, suspense, scary ...
Plot: killer clown, maniac, serial killer, survival, masked killer, small town, brutality, psychopath, serial murder, killing, clown, revenge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 5.6
 51K
Terrifier (2016)
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, suspenseful, suspense, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: killer clown, clown, maniac, halloween, evil clown, homicidal maniac, serial killer, psycho killer, sadism, macabre, brutality, murder ...
Time: year 2017
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Hush (2016)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.
Style: slasher, suspense, suspenseful, scary, dark ...
Audience: date night
Plot: serial killer, trapped, home invasion, survival, deaf, female protagonist, deafness, violence, masked killer, brutality, murder, murderer ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Echoes (2014)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young writer experiences visions during episodes of sleep paralysis, and she retreats with her boyfriend to an isolated house in the desert. As the visions worsen, she teeters on the edge of insanity as she uncovers a life-threatening secret.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, rough ...
Plot: sleeping, supernatural, deathtrap, manhunt, strong violent content, sadism, ghost, closeup of eyes, unfaithfulness, woman in jeopardy, wine, unfaithful husband ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, salt lake city utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Thompsons (2012)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: On the run with the law on their trail, America's most anguished vampire family heads to England to find an ancient vampire clan. What they find instead could tear their family, and their throats, apart forever.
Style: suspenseful, serious, scary, tense, suspense ...
Plot: vampire, supernatural, survival, family in danger, manhunt, dysfunctional family, on the run, family life, coming of age, incest, murder, rivalry ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, europe, mojave desert
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Dawn (2019)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Following the murder of her family at the hands of her father in the wake of World War I, a young woman is sent to live in a convent. However, the demons that plagued her father follow, reawakening the nightmares of her past.
Style: disturbing, suspense, bleak, scary, psychological
Plot: supernatural, nightmare, devil, demon, church, evil, violence, paranormal activity, loneliness, danger, a vision, exorcism ...
Place: minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.3
 72K
The Collector (2009)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
Style: slasher, scary, brutal, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, torture, psychopath, home invasion, trap, gory, maniac, macabre, massacre, sadistic horror, homicidal maniac, mystery killer ...
Time: year 2009, year 2000, 21st century
Place: usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Smiley Face Killers (2020)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: As a strange wave of mysterious drownings of male college students plagues the California coast, Jake struggles to keep his life together at school. Finding himself stalked by a hooded figure driving an unmarked van, Jake fears he may become the ...
Style: slasher, disturbing, psychotronic, mysterious, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, high school student, murder, true crime, murderer, psychopath, masked killer, pursuit, teenager, teenage life, stalking, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Just Before Dawn (1981)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Five campers arrive in the mountains to examine some property they have bought, but are warned by the forest ranger Roy McLean that a huge machete-wielding maniac has been terrorising the area. Ignoring the warnings, they set up camp, and start ...
Style: slasher, suspenseful, rough, atmospheric, scary ...
Plot: psychopath, group of friends, backwoods, inbreeding, two killers, serial killer, maniac, survival, murder, stalking, ranger, violence ...
Time: 80s, year 1980
Place: oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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