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Dead Places (2021)
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Dead Places (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: An author who has dedicated his career to solving paranormal cases, returns home to South Africa to investigate the biggest mystery of his life: His sister's death in a water canal 20 years ago.
Style: scary, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
Plot: death, exorcism, death of sister, ghost, supernatural, supernatural power, paranormal investigator, demon, revenge, violence, hunting, youth, paranormal phenomena, murder, killings, friends, paranormal, rescue, chase, supernatural ability, evil, fear, escapades, vengeance, mission ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south africa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, psychotronic, bleak and scary films and TV series with plots about paranormal, evil, death, violence, curses spells and rituals, paranormal investigation and rescue mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Dead Places: Munafik 2 (2018), Dark Stories (2019), Etheria (2020), Demon Inside (2013), Palace of the Damned (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Munafik 2 (2018)
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: suspense, bleak, scary, suspenseful, psychotronic
Plot: exorcism, woman, ghost, supernatural power, mission, supernatural, hunting, peril, good versus evil, evil, revenge, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: malaysia
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Dark Stories (2019)
Genre: Horror
Country: France
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Story: What if Demons, the Living Dead, Evil Dolls, Djinn and other Extra-terrestrial creatures came to haunt our apartments, houses, cafes, museums and other places of daily life? What would we do? How would we react? DARK STORIES tells five tales of ...
Style: anthology, psychotronic, bleak, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: monster, ghost, exorcism, zombie, supernatural power, supernatural, characters in danger, deadly creature, curses spells and rituals, youth, killings, hunting ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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100%
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Etheria (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story: From post-apocalyptic westerns to demented comedies to terrifying horror and gore, ETHERIA serves up the perfect blend of mind-bending and panic-inducing excitement from the best emerging women genre directors in the world. Each episode showcases a ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, bleak, action packed, dark comedy ...
Plot: supernatural, supernatural power, vengeance, monster, paranormal, creature, evil, obsessive quest, rescue, exorcism, demon, loss ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.8
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Demon Inside (2013)
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: psychotronic, suspense, bleak, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural power, supernatural, murder, revenge, hunting, death, characters in danger, killings, supernatural ability, deadly creature, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Palace of the Damned (2013)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, China
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Following in the footsteps of her late fiancée, who drowned under mysterious circumstances, Rebecca (played by Katie Savoy) and her film crew are in China making a documentary about the Chinese Ghost Festival. There, she learns of a story about a ...
Style: psychotronic, scary, bleak, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, mission, exorcism, paranormal investigation, supernatural power, characters in danger, ghost story, curses spells and rituals, paranormal phenomena, vengeance, haunted house, evil ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Hellcome Home (2019)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A family moves into an old house, unaware of its diabolic, bloody history. The film features two separate stories from different time periods: the Villareal family from the present time, and the Domingo family who lived in the same house back in the ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, bleak, disturbing, psychotronic ...
Plot: evil, house, family relations, supernatural power, ghost, haunted house, peril, friendship, paranormal investigation, exorcism, loss, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Anjaan: Special Crimes Unit (2018)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
TV show
Story: Two police officers, ASP Aditi Sharma the believer and ACP Vikrant Singhal the skeptic, investigate strange unsolved cases, while unnatural forces impede their efforts.
Style: suspense, bleak, psychotronic, tense, scary ...
Plot: police, supernatural, ghost, supernatural power, partner, youth, partners against crime, escapades, chase, friends, obsessive quest, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Kafr Delhap (2017)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A doctor travels to a damned hamlet, where there are no newborns, with many cases of girls and men possessed by Jinn, all of whom say that there is a woman who speaks to them and that she wants to take revenge on the whole hamlet.
Style: scary, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak, psychotronic ...
Plot: girl, supernatural power, revenge, supernatural, ghost, violence, mission, hunting, paranormal phenomena, demon, peril, evil ...
Time: 21st century
Place: egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Fun Size Horror: Volume Two (2015)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: A collection of gut-twisting and nerve-shredding tales, all Frankstein’d together to form a feature-length monster of the best and bloodiest in short-film horror.
Style: anthology, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: supernatural power, murder, supernatural, heroes, escapades, monster, paranormal, society, youth, paranormal investigation, ghost, good versus evil ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Psych-Hunter (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: China
TV show
Story: Jiang Shuo is in the business of buying haunted houses and selling them. He crosses paths with Qin Yi Heng, a psychologist searching for his father, and Yuan Mu Qing who is the daughter of a warlord. Together, they partner up to fight against ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, bleak, psychotronic, scary ...
Plot: ghost, haunted house, supernatural power, youth, paranormal phenomena, rescue, revenge, obsessive quest, deadly creature, friends, evil, exorcism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Anjaan: Rural Myths (2018)
Genre: Horror
Country: India
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Story: Spine-chilling stories of malevolent spirits unfold in villages, jungles and haunted buildings across India.
Style: suspense, psychotronic, tense, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: djinn, witch, werewolf, supernatural, ghost, fear, death, revenge, murder, chase, vengeance, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Along Came the Devil 2 (2019)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After receiving an unsettling voicemail, Jordan (Wiggins) returns home, looking for answers, only to find her estranged father and even more questions. A demonic force has attached itself to the town and no one is safe. The only one who seems to ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, psychotronic
Plot: demon, curses spells and rituals, escapades, supernatural ability, killings, characters in danger, heroes, family relations, deadly creature, obsessive quest, paranormal investigation, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Lockdown Hauntings (2021)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: With the streets now empty, it isn’t just nature that is taking advantage of this unprecedented global disaster. Spirits are freer than ever before and the spirit of a notorious serial killer, AKA ‘The Locksmith’, is back from the dead and he ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, bleak, psychotronic, disturbing ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, serial killer, supernatural power, paranormal, peril, mission, death, supernatural ability, rescue, society, spirit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Halfworlds (2015)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, Thailand
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In the bustling streets and back alleys of Jakarta, a parallel world of bloodthirsty creatures from Indonesian mythology has lived alongside humans for generations. Taking on the appearance of humans themselves, the true identity of these ...
Style: psychotronic, bleak, disturbing, scary, suspense ...
Plot: parallel world, evil, death, supernatural ability, characters in danger, chase, revenge, mission, creature, supernatural, monster, fear ...
Time: 21st century
Place: indonesia
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Night Drive (2010)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Against the tranquil backdrop of a game reserve, South African thriller Night Drive tracks a group of tourists left stranded during a night-time game drive after their vehicle breaks down. As a series of terrifying events unfolds, the tourists ...
Style: slasher, scary, bleak, psychotronic, suspenseful ...
Plot: poacher, mystery killer, exploitation, masked killer, demon, murder, mission, monster, friends, paranormal, supernatural, death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south africa, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Evil Things (2017)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Revealing the horrifying stories of people who barely survived terrifying paranormal activity caused by possessed or cursed objects. Each twister mystery exposes the sinister secrets hiding within the most innocent items.
Style: bleak, suspenseful, scary, suspense, psychotronic ...
Plot: paranormal, ghost, supernatural power, supernatural, vengeance, revenge, violence, chase, murder, fear, exorcism, rescue ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The House That Never Dies II (2017)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A cultural relic restorer discovers the skeletons of babies while working in an old mansion. The bloody events of the past drags everyone working on the project into a dark abyss.
Style: suspenseful, psychotronic, suspense, scary, bleak
Plot: mansion, haunted house, ghost, supernatural power, supernatural, fear, death, demon, hunting, violence, revenge, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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The Invited (2010)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young married couple who are pregnant with their first child moves into their turn-of-the-century home where they discover that a great evil has resided there for nearly a century, unleashed by a previous occupant.
Style: disturbing, suspense, bleak, scary, psychotronic ...
Plot: couples, evil, ghost, fear, escapades, paranormal investigation, killings, spirit, supernatural ability, revenge, victim, exorcism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Urban Myths (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A group of high school seniors embark on a spring break camping trip to investigate the myths they had been researching and learning from their History teacher. During their trip, they stumble on an old haunted Indian Burial ground and get more than ...
Style: psychotronic, suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot: paranormal, paranormal phenomena, mythology, revenge, violence, chase, ghost, demon, curses spells and rituals, peril, vengeance, deadly creature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Djinn (2013)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: United Arab Emirates
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Desperate to put the traumatic loss of their infant child behind them, newlywed couple Khalid and Salama return to their home in the United Arab Emirates. Unknown to the couple, their new luxury apartment block, Al Hamra, was built on the site of an ...
Style: scary, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, psychotronic ...
Plot: djinn, supernatural, characters in danger, demon, peril, family relations, youth, obsessive quest, fear, supernatural ability, paranormal, good versus evil ...
Time: 21st century
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Ghost Rituals (2014)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Malaysia
Duration: 82 min.
Story: After incurring debts from his failed business venture in China, Zong Hua (Cheung) returns to Malaysia after a decade's hiatus. The demoralised Zong Hua faces problems finding a job and tries hard to get used to things at home, including his ...
Style: suspenseful, bleak, scary, suspense, psychotronic
Plot: family relations, evil spirit, ghost, vengeful ghost, curses spells and rituals, peril, spirit, fear, evil, hunting, deadly creature, mission ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong
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Kamini (2019)
Genre: Horror
Country: India
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Men in a village are disappearing in the darkness of the night. Is it the work of a mystical enchantress, or is there some other mystery?
Style: suspense, psychotronic, scary, bleak
Plot: village, killings, witch, chase, curses spells and rituals, society, youth, murder, hunting, fear, victim, evil ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
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28%
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Hungry Ghosts (2020)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: When a tomb in Vietnam is accidentally opened on the eve of the Hungry Ghost Festival, a vengeful spirit is unleashed, bringing the dead with him. As these spirits wreak havoc across the Vietnamese-Australian community in Melbourne, reclaiming lost ...
Style: bleak, suspenseful, scary, disturbing, psychotronic ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural power, supernatural, deadly creature, friends, curses spells and rituals, vengeance, fear, friendship, paranormal phenomena, rescue, haunted house ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Haunted School: The Curse of the Word Spirit (2014)
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ayano, Miyu, Yuri and Mei are high school students. They learn about a fatal gas accident which occurred at a school in the past. The girls then experience unusual occurrences like hearing breathing from closed classrooms and seeing a person's ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, bleak ...
Plot: school, murder, supernatural, ghost, supernatural power, demon, friends, exorcism, loss, hunting, escapades, paranormal investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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Deadhouse Dark (2020)
Genre: Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story: In six interconnected short tales of terror, a woman receives a ‘mystery box’ from the dark web. Each item within will gradually reveal a dark and troubling truth.
Style: suspense, anthology, disturbing, scary, psychotronic ...
Plot: vengeance, rescue, violence, victim, cursed object, evil, chase, deadly creature, curse, characters in danger, supernatural power, peril ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, oceania
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GH5 (2017)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After the sudden loss of his fiancee Emma, Matt becomes obsessed with finding life after death. For seven years, Matt and his younger brother Michael visited over one hundred Ghost House cases in the U.S.- every one of them turning into a ...
Style: psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, tense, scary ...
Plot: paranormal phenomena, paranormal, ghost, young adult, murder, death, chase, violence, deadly creature, vengeance, demon, peril ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Rope Curse 2 (2020)
Genre: Horror
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Jia-min, who was born sensitive to the paranormal, tries to summon "Yi-A-Gu" with two streamers. Huo-ge helps Jia-min subdue the spirit when the situation goes out of hand. Huo-ge possesses supernatural powers but lost his will to exorcise ...
Style: psychotronic, scary, suspenseful, suspense, bleak ...
Plot: exorcism, society, violence, killings, characters in danger, escapades, curses spells and rituals, youth, paranormal investigation, peril, fear, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: taiwan
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Queen of Spades (2021)
Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: According to legend, an ominous entity known as the Queen of Spades can be summoned by performing an ancient ritual. Four teenagers summon the Queen of Spades, but they could never imagine the horrors that await them.
Style: suspense, bleak, scary, psychotronic, suspenseful ...
Plot: supernatural, supernatural power, ghost, evil spirit, supernatural ability, paranormal, peril, hunting, paranormal investigation, victim, characters in danger, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Hollow Creek (2016)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Trying to find inspiration for his next horror novel, Blake retreats to the Appalachian Mountains with his mistress, Angelica. Upon arrival they learn about the case of several missing boys in the area. When Angelica follows a lead to one of the ...
Style: tense, bleak, scary, psychotronic, suspense ...
Plot: writers, missing person, curses spells and rituals, obsessive quest, supernatural ability, characters in danger, heroes, escapades, deadly creature, killings, supernatural, mission ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Know Fear (2021)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: After discovering an ancient book of the occult, a family activates a dangerous ritual forcing each of them to communicate with and fight a demonic force in their own unique way: to see it, hear it or speak to it.
Style: bleak, scary, suspense, psychotronic, disturbing
Plot: supernatural, demon, supernatural power, characters in danger, heroes, obsessive quest, curses spells and rituals, deadly creature, killings, supernatural ability, family relations, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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