Movies like Alone in the Dark 1982
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Alone in the Dark (1982)
7K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, bloody, cult classic, grindhouse, creepy, classic horror ...
Plot:
maniac, home invasion, murder, serial killer, family in danger, mental institution, psychopath, mental illness, insanity, escaped mental patient, blackout, mother daughter relationship, revenge, family relations, siege, hostage, violence, house, mental patient, psychiatrist, father daughter relationship, fear, religious fanatic, brother sister relationship, night ...
Time:
80s, year 2016
Keyword:
creep, see through
Most similar movies to Alone in the Dark
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out slasher, serious, suspenseful and scary films with plots about psychopath, murder, gore, serial killer, violence, maniac and blood mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Alone in the Dark: Halloween (1978), The Forest (1982), The Collector (2009), Dark Ride (2006), Friday the 13th Part III (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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305K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In John Carpenter's horror classic, a psychotic murderer, institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, suspense, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, psychopath, murder, masked killer, holiday horror, small town, psychiatrist, babysitter, violence, violent, babysitting ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place:
illinois, chicago, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Presumed dead after a shoot-out with the Haddonfield police, Michael Myers is secretly nursed back to health -- and returns a year later to kill again and once more targets his young niece, Jamie. Jamie is now recovering in the local children's ...
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, classic horror, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, halloween, supernatural, masked villain, monster, holiday horror, murder, massacre, hospital, gory, obsession, kitten ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
illinois, chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A cannibal hermit living in the woods preys on campers and hikers for his food supply.
Style:
suspense, slasher, sadistic, rough, grindhouse ...
Plot:
cannibal, cannibalism, murder, woods, psychopath, redneck, terror, violence, serial killer, survival, sadism, stalking ...
Place:
california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The legend of that creepy masked-man, Michael Myers, comes to life once again in this fourth installment of the successful horror franchise. This time, it's Michael's niece, Jamie, who can't seem to escape her crazy uncle. With ...
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, splatter, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, halloween, masked killer, murder, masked villain, small town, blood, teenager, holiday horror, escaped mental patient, monster, supernatural ...
Time:
80s, year 1988
Place:
illinois, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Six years ago, Michael Myers terrorized the town of Haddonfield, Illinois. He and his niece, Jamie Lloyd, have disappeared. Jamie was kidnapped by a bunch of evil druids who protect Michael Myers. And now, six years later, Jamie has escaped after ...
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, creepy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, masked killer, psychopath, murder, supernatural, gory, torture, blood, holiday horror, monster, death ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Films like The Hills Have Eyes
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 ⇓
42%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Ten years after he brutally murdered two girls, a killer escapes from a mental institution and returns to his turf, the theme park attraction called Dark Ride. About to crash his path are a group of college kids on a road trip who stumble across the ...
Style:
slasher, scary, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, mental institution, homicidal maniac, amusement park, murder, masked killer, serial killer, youth, gory, blood, violence, on the road ...
Time:
year 2003, year 1989, year 1990
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An idyllic summer turns into a nightmare of unspeakable terror for yet another group of naive counselors. Ignoring Camp Crystal Lake's bloody legacy, one by one they fall victim to the maniacal Jason who stalks them at every turn.
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, camp, masked killer, summer camp, gory, murder, friday the 13th, killing spree, woods, psychopath, nudity, blood ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After the Crystal Lake Massacres, Jason is pronounced dead and taken to the hospital morgue, where he is mysteriously revived, allowing his diabolical killing spree to continue at the camp where the gruesome slaughtering began. But this time, in ...
Style:
slasher, scary, splatter, grindhouse, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, manly
Plot:
serial killer, gory, friday the 13th, murder, serial teen killer, camp, summer camp, torture, death, teenager, masked killer, monster ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
101K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, bloody, splatter ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, hospital, halloween, murder, holiday horror, psycho killer, masked killer, masked villain, male nudity, american horror, monster, stalking ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
illinois, chicago, midwest, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Films like House of Wax
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
At a summer camp for youths, cocky pre-teen calls out the name of mass serial killer "Madman Marz". Suddenly, counselors are being maimed and slaughtered in various ways by the backwoodsman who has returned when his name was called.
Style:
scary, slasher, suspenseful, bloody, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, summer camp, camp counselor, stalking, murder, danger, teenage life, forest, exploitation, woods, maniac, camp ...
Time:
year 1980, 80s, year 1981
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Homicidal maniac Jason returns from the grave to cause more bloody mayhem. Young Tommy may have escaped from Crystal Lake, but he’s still haunted by the gruesome events that happened there. When gory murders start happening at the secluded halfway ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, bloody, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, gory, friday the 13th, murder, teenager, serial teen killer, mental illness, torture, hospital, nudity, killer, masked killer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack.
Style:
scary, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, dark ...
Plot:
cannibalism, desert, gory, blood, cannibal, rape, serial killer, dog, murder, violence, disturbed individual, rape and revenge ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, southern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Alex (David Hess) is a darkly sinister thug driving around New York City at night when he spots a young woman (Karoline Mardeck) driving alongside him. He follows the woman to a nearby park where he cuts her off, gets out of his car, and runs into ...
Style:
slasher, disturbing, grindhouse, sexual, surprise ending ...
Plot:
rape and revenge, rape, violence, violence against women, revenge, exploitation, gory, extreme, serial killer, cruelty, sexual assault, sexploitation ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new jersey, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A psychopath escapes from a mental institution and starts a murder spree, which ends in the pursuing of a young handicapped girl, who once got a blood transfusion from him.
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, bloody, independent film, psychological thriller
Plot:
serial killer, maniac, exploitation, murderer, mental institution, murder, paranormal, escaped mental patient, stalker, blood, insane, criminally insane ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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The Strangers similar movies
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A reluctant bride to be is stalked by a serial killer who only kills brides and the people around them. While her friends get whacked one by one, a hard boiled renegade cop whose bride had been killed years before tries to hunt him down before it is ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, scary, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, danger, chase, wedding, psychopath, insanity, stalking, law enforcement, woman in danger, police detective, police investigation ...
Time:
70s, year 1980
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
As a child, Ed was cleaning his father's hunting rifles for as part of a surprise birthday treat for his old man when one firearm accidentally discharges fatally striking his own mother in the back. His father, Jack Sr came home, saw his wife ...
Style:
disturbing, slasher, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, teenager, murder, psychopath, beach house, maniac, gory, stalking, vengeance, massacre, buddies, danger ...
Time:
80s
Place:
north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Determined to finish off the infamous killer Jason Voorhees once and for all, Tommy Jarvis and a friend exhume Jason’s corpse in order to cremate him. Things go awry when Jason is instead resurrected, sparking a new chain of ruthlessly brutal ...
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, suspenseful, classic horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gory, monster, friday the 13th, summer camp, supernatural, masked killer, woods, camp, serial killer, murder, blood, maniac ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
107K
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 ⇓
37%
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 ⇓
37%
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Films like Split
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, it seems Jason Voorhees and his demented mother are in the past. Paul opens up a new camp close to the infamous site, ignoring warnings to stay away, and a sexually-charged group of ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, bloody, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, murder, masked killer, gory, crazy, psycho killer, lake, maniac, serial murder, blood, friday the 13th ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1980, year 1984
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young girl who possesses the power of telekinesis accidentally causes her father's death after a family dispute at Crystal Lake. Years later, when a doctor tries to exploit her abilities, her power becomes a hellish curse, and she unwittingly ...
Style:
scary, slasher, bloody, classic horror, splatter ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, telekinesis, gory, murder, supernatural, friday the 13th, camp, nudity, summer camp, psychic power, psionic power, monster ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
11K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The overnight stock crew of a local supermarket find themselves being stalked and slashed by a mysterious maniac.
Style:
slasher, disturbing, bloody, retro, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, gory, violence, insanity, supermarket, murder, law enforcement, rivalry, stalking, danger, who done it ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
3K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
While receiving a routine check-up, a beautiful woman is stalked by a maniac out to avenge a childhood Valentine's Day humiliation.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, serious, scary, rough ...
Plot:
hospital, serial killer, murder, psychopath, valentine's day, stalking, physical exam, child murders a child, vengeance, blood, danger, decapitation ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An ophthalmologist's assistant with an unhealthy interest in human eyeballs goes on a killing spree to collect eyeballs for his overbearing mother's collection. Reality soon takes a bizarre turn, both for the characters and the audience.
Style:
slasher, psychological thriller, surreal, mind twisting, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, two killers, hypnosis, terror, surrealism, eye, blood, psycho killer, spirituality, survival, teenager, mental disorder ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
los angeles, california, southern california, america, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Films like Hush
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Two decades after surviving a massacre on October 31, 1978, former baby sitter Laurie Strode finds herself hunted by persistent knife-wielder Michael Myers. Laurie now lives in Northern California under an assumed name, where she works as the ...
Style:
slasher, scary, teen, creepy, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, monster, school, high school, holiday horror, masked killer, faked death, serial teen killer, halloween party, van, killer ...
Time:
90s, y2k, 20th century, year 1998
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Mari and Phyllis go to the "big city" to see their favorite band BloodLust. Along the way they meet up with newly escaped convict Krug and his gang.
Style:
disturbing, slasher, scary, grindhouse, sadistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rape, serial killer, gory, rape and revenge, youth, revenge, psychopath, life is a bitch, payback, violent, vengeance, kidnapping ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
While on a class observation trip at a local mental hospital, young psychology major, Abby Jones has a chilling encounter with high-risk patient, Harmon. She returns home for an evening of normal study with her two roommates unaware of the darkness ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, scary, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental institution, psychopath, obsession, woman in danger, isolation, violence spree, serial killer, murder, night, escape, danger, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
40K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
As he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface.
Style:
disturbing, slasher, scary, sadistic, psychological ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, obsession, insanity, mental illness, maniac, murder, sadism, loneliness, mannequin, torture, violence spree, brutality ...
Time:
80s, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Dr. Feinstone has everything, a beautiful wife and a successful career in dentistry; but when he discovers his wife's affair, he realizes that behind every clean, white surface lies the stench of decay.
Style:
psychological, medical horror, suspenseful, rough, disturbing ...
Plot:
medical, violence against women, murder, psycho killer, sadistic psychopath, dentist, infidelity, serial killer, voyeur, voyeurism, mentally unstable, psychopath ...
Time:
90s
Place:
beverly hills, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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