Movies like The House of Snails
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The House of Snails (2021)
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Original name: La casa del caracol
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A writer secludes himself in the mountains and falls in lust with local Berta. After realizing the oddities of the rural community the author starts to question the lines between reality and fiction.
Style:
captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological thriller, surprise ending
Plot:
curse, forbidden love, community, investigation, writers, murder, urban legend, murder investigation, runaway, tragic love, love affair, society, male female relationship, secret, dark secret, small village, religion, dog, monster, village, children, forest, female nudity, myth, cemetery ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
Place:
spain
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Most similar movies to The House of Snails
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, disturbing, captivating and suspenseful films with plots about murder, investigation, supernatural, blood, curse, secret and revenge mostly in Thriller, Horror and Drama genres. Some movies like The House of Snails: Saint Dracula (2012), Neverknock (2017), Devil's Tree: Rooted Evil (2018), The Inhabitant (2022), Looks Can Kill (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: United Arab Emirates
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
He is the vicious leech of the myths and, at present, the tragic lead of a love story.
Style:
sexy, suspense, serious, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
forbidden love, tragic love, revenge, lust, nun, vatican, desire, murder, love, saint, vampire, trap ...
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95%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In 1986, three teens were brutally murdered after knocking on the door of 59 Oakwood Lane. The killer was never found. Over the next forty years, rumors turned to legend, and while few will admit to believing the stories, kids are still warned never ...
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, disturbing, captivating, slasher ...
Plot:
halloween, fear, legend, evil power, supernatural, urban legend, missing person, haunted house, creature, teenager, superstition, small town ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, The Devils Tree follows Samantha, a college student studying journalism, who needs to finish her thesis with one last breaking news story. Along with her friend Rob, Samantha stumbles across a news article about an old tree ...
Style:
demonic, tense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
evil spirit, tree, murder, curse, cursed, demon, paranormal phenomena, urban legend, legend, danger, demonic possession, seance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Like any other teenage girl, Tara is just surviving high school — yet her father and mother seem strangely distant. Amidst a nearby spree of gruesome ax murders, Tara has sightings of terrifying entities, forcing her to question her own sanity and ...
Style:
bleak, disturbing, scary, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
curse, urban legend, demonic possession, teenager, a vision, possessed, supernatural power, murder, obsession, possessed human, supernatural horror, supernatural ...
Similarity:
77%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A group of models is killed off, one by one, and everyone is a suspect.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot:
suspicion of murder, murder investigation, women, fashion model, fashion industry, murder, suspicion, empire fashion, model, investigation, murder suspect, serial killer ...
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Kathryn, a struggling actress and unfulfilled housewife, becomes involved with her new gardener, Ben. As he gives her the attention and sensitivity she craves, they start to fall for each other. But Ben is not what he seems.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
bored housewife, gardener, love interest, tragic love, relationship problems, secret, love affair, social problems, male female relationship, relationships, life is a bitch, fall in love ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Secret video files just discovered on an FBI server prove that the government has been hiding unexplained disappearances and a dangerous presence in the Pacific Northwest wilderness.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
legend, forest, found footage, college student, evil, survival, murder, danger, group of friends, violence, death, monster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington state
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Eight horror-loving friends fight for their lives when a killer clown who seems to know the grim secret they share begins to pick them off, one by one.
Style:
slasher, psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
killer clown, killer, clown, masked killer, secret, murder, killing, friends, threat, zombie survival, characters murdered one by one, teenage boy ...
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An unworldly and closed-minded American travels to a small village in exotic Chiapas, Mexico; at the behest of his estranged mother when his half-sister disappears during a local epidemic of kidnappings attributed to the legendary J-ok'el, the ...
Style:
scary, bleak, disturbing, suspenseful, southern gothic ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, legend, village, supernatural being, curse, supernatural horror, small village, curses spells and rituals, missing child, supernatural power, child murderess ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Marta used to be a recognized and successful psychic, but after a dramatic experience, she loses faith in her gift and develops agoraphobia. She couldn't see the devilish side of her rapper, Mario, and now, Marta is afraid that Mario will stalk ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychotronic, scary, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
supernatural, revenge, supernatural power, ghost, murder, killing, rescue, violence, curses spells and rituals, paranormal investigation, mission, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Cordelia ia a troubled, damaged soul who is only just recovering after some unnamed trauma; she is an actor rehearsing a play and comes to stay in a creepy London mansion flat occupied by her twin sister Caroline and Caroline’s boyfriend Matt. ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
basement, relationship problems, couple relations, neighbor, male female relationship, girl next door, neighbor neighbor relationship, psychological trauma, twin sister, problem, secret, romantic relationship ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young girl is drawn back to the village where her father went on a killing spree fifteen years earlier to the day of this solar eclipse. At first, it seems disturbingly quiet. Then all hell breaks loose...
Style:
tense, suspense, sinister, disturbing, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
evil, demon, dark secret, serial killer, eclipse, solar eclipse, village, small town, isolation, trauma, violent, survival ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A married man has a brief affair, then goes back to his wife and children. His jilted mistress, believing that if he had no more family he'd come back to her, sets fire to his house, hoping to kill them. The man, unsuccessfully trying to rescue ...
Style:
dark, suspense, tension, intense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
arson, revenge, infidelity, vengeance, betrayal, jealousy, crimes of passion, obsession, love triangle, psychological trauma, attempted murder, family tragedy ...
Time:
60s
Place:
spain
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Thale (17) has just moved with her parents to a small town after her mother has a new job in the local police. After a student is killed brutally at a party Thale attends, she becomes a key witness.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, scary, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
werewolf, small town, family relations, chase, creature, hunting, murder investigation, who done it, uncover truth, evidence, investigation, evil ...
Place:
europe, normandy
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The year 1829. Nikolay Gogol, a young Third Section clerk, is desperate: his own books seem shallow and mediocre, so he keeps buying entire print runs just to burn them all. He is suffering from violent epileptic seizures and struggles to keep on ...
Style:
captivating, mystical, exciting, enigmatic, disturbing ...
Plot:
intrigue, mysticism, medieval, murder, witch, dream, murder investigation, dark secret, paranormal phenomena, secrets, secret, supernatural ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Violinist Danielle Turner returns to her hometown for her final show of the tour. While home she sets out to repair her relationship with her sister, Heidi, but Danielle’s dream boyfriend, James the Conductor of the Orchestra, has a dangerous and ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, forbidden love, love affair, kidnapping, sisters, love interest, family problems, tragic love, relationship problems, sister sister relationship, relationships, romantic obsession ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
53%
208
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Driven to investigate the mysterious disappearance of his father, New York psychologist Ed Hunter travels to a remote village in the West of Ireland and finds a community that has been living in fear for centuries. He meets a mysterious girl who ...
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, psychological thriller, melancholic ...
Plot:
ghost, family curse, folk horror, supernatural, cursed, secret, life is a bitch, curse, buried alive, dark secret, investigation, murder mystery ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A group of friends decide to spend a weekend together at a country house, but an unexpected accident forces them to stop at a strange and remote estate. In this abandoned and eerie place, a rare antique camera is discovered. Slowly the camera ...
Style:
scary, suspense, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, danger, youth, photograph, brutality, mysticism, cursed object, blood, death, isolation, fatalism, supernatural ...
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, Argentina, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A group of young amateurs participants in chats begin a risky game, attracted by the mysterious personality of a surfer. In one of these adventures, one of them dies. Then begins a nightmare of suspicion between them.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, enigmatic, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
psychotic, murder, secret, struggle for survival, murderer, uncover truth, secret identity, murder mystery, paranoia, nightmare, mysterious stranger, mistrust ...
Similarity:
46%
993
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Marcos Vela is a prestigious gastronomic journalist who accepts the request of an independent publisher to write an article on the recent emergence of the Clandestine Restaurants.
Style:
scary, disturbing, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
cannibalism, cannibal, strong violent content, survival, secret movement, danger, gory, murder, restaurant, secret place, undercover, secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Supermodels compete for a coveted centerfold spread as a merciless killer stalks the glamorous women. Meanwhile, two detectives attempt to unravel the mystery before the body count mounts.
Style:
sexy, captivating, disturbing, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, model, woman with a gun, murder investigation, investigation, supermodel, sleuth, murder mystery, partners against crime, women, crime investigation, murder ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Italy, today. Mark Draveni, 19, disgustingly wealthy, is the charismatic leader of a teenager brotherhood, the Demons. The Demons are bloodthirsty and lethal, albeit quite outlandish. Among them there's a martial arts master (Berserk), a hip ...
Style:
teen, suspenseful, psychological, dark, noir ...
Plot:
obsession, gang, seduction, stalking, violence, youth, curse, blood, school, betrayal, anti hero, urban legend ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
44%
994
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand, Austria
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A serial killer terrorizes a woman searching for the remains of her dead sister, trapping her in a web of horror and erotic intrigue.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, serious, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, murder, investigation, danger, woman in danger, forbidden love, disorder, chases and races, decapitation, society, true crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bangkok thailand, thailand
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In Tokyo, a young woman is exposed to the same mysterious curse that afflicted her sister. The supernatural force, which fills a person with rage before spreading to its next victim, brings together a group of previously unrelated people who attempt ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, curse, good versus evil, supernatural horror, demon, investigation, serial killer, danger, twists and turns, scared, hospital ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, japan, usa, asia, illinois ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
As Alyssa and Karla try to escape from the church home that holds them captive, Karla is slaughtered by a vicious, semi-human creature. After Detective Kimball tracks down Alyssa at a rowdy biker bar, she tells Kimball that women inmates disappear ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, detective, captivating, scary ...
Plot:
werewolf, monster, priest, vanished man, mysterious disappearance, mission, investigation, police detective, disappearance, blood, lycanthropy, poker ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Katherine Morrissey, a former Christian missionary, lost her faith after the tragic deaths of her family. Now she applies her expertise to debunking religious phenomena. When a series of biblical plagues overrun a small town, Katherine arrives to ...
Style:
scary, demonic, suspense, religious horror, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
disaster, swamp, apocalypse, supernatural, small town, religion, danger, save the world, occult, sacrifice, devil, satanic cult ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, usa, egypt
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The young female CEO of a new ridesharing app must stop a serial killer who's using the app to lure victims into his car.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, female protagonist, murder, investigation, crime investigation, amateur sleuth, uncover truth, crime solving, murder investigation, workplace, murderer, private investigation ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Massena, New York, 1998. A decade of terror comes to a close with the capture of Elizabeth Caulfield, a woman who kidnapped five young girls and pretended they were her own. Only one girl, Christina Bowden, managed to get away with her life, the ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
murder mystery, serial murder, prison escape, serial killer, homicidal maniac, maniac, killing spree, female assassin, vengeance, killing, struggle for survival, female sociopath ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Set in a Tex-Mex border town, Not Forgotten is a classic psychological thriller about Jack and Amaya Bishop, a couple who must come to terms with their tortured pasts in order to save their kidnapped daughter. It is a tale taut with intrigue and ...
Style:
scary, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
abduction, parents and children, investigation, uncover truth, danger, missing child, twists and turns, family problems, family relations, secret place, couple relations, supernatural ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, austin texas, texas, mexico city
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
An equestrian discovers her family's estate harbors an unfathomable secret.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, entertaining
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, estate, family problems, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, relationship problems, love interest, family life, family secret, family conflict, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Similarity:
37%
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