Movies like Bad Dreams
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Bad Dreams (1988)
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Unity Field, a "free love" cult from the '70s, is mostly remembered for its notorious mass suicide led by Harris, its charismatic leader. While all members are supposed to burn in a fire together, young Cynthia is spared by chance. Years later, the nightmare of Unity Field remains buried in her mind. But when those around Cynthia start killing themselves, and she begins having visions of Harris, she may be forced to confront the past -- before it confronts her.
Style:
slasher, scary, rough, suspenseful, bloody, atmospheric, psychological, surprise ending, unusual plot structure, surreal ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hospital, cult, macabre, supernatural, suicide, cult leader, afterlife, insanity, sole survivor, psychopath, mind game, woman in danger, serial killer, teenager, nightmare, zombie, ghost, mental illness, mental institution, psychiatrist, sport, catastrophe, monster, killer, demon ...
Time:
80s, 70s
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Most similar movies to Bad Dreams
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out slasher, suspenseful, bloody and splatter films with plots about gory, murder, dialogue, suspense, blood, brutality and catastrophe mostly in Horror, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Bad Dreams: Child's Play (1988), The Fog (1980), Don't Look in the Basement (1973), Strangeland (1998), Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A single mother gives her son a beloved doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, bloody, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, supernatural, murder, evil doll, suspense, monster, evil, youth, doll, voodoo, cult, psychopath ...
Time:
80s
Place:
chicago illinois
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100%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Strange things begin to occurs as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses ...
Style:
scary, slasher, atmospheric, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, lighthouse, ship, small town, revenge, monster, chase, murder, sword, fog, supernatural horror, supernatural ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century, year 1979
Place:
california, usa, northern california
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100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young psychiatric nurse goes to work at a lonesome asylum following a murder. There, she experiences varying degrees of torment from the patients.
Style:
scary, slasher, psychological, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental illness, murder, mental institution, hospital, patient, doctors and patients, isolation, obsession, mind game, losing-it hero, mad scientist, doctors ...
Time:
70s, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Grace Rhodes, who is studying to be a doctor, returns to her hometown as a strange illness is afflicting the local children. The symptoms include a high fever and spasms, but even weirder is what happens the next day: All those with the illness ...
Style:
slasher, scary, unusual plot structure, pastoral, dark ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, killer child, teenager, murder, supernatural, chase, preacher, dreams, suspense, violence, destiny, death ...
Time:
90s
Place:
nebraska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A pierced and tattooed sadist, Captain Howdy, trolls the Internet for naive teens, luring them to his home to torture and defile them. When Howdy kidnaps and tortures the daughter of police Detective Mike Gage, he is caught. Deemed insane, he is ...
Style:
psychological, rough, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, goth, torture, kidnapping, vengeance, psychopath, bondage, police detective, mental institution, maniac, computers and web, woman in danger ...
Time:
90s, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two young Gatlin residents are orphaned after the younger brother kills their father. The terror of Gatlin goes urban when the two boys are placed in the custody of two foster parents in the city. The younger brother takes some corn seeds along for ...
Style:
scary, slasher, humorous, unusual plot structure, dark ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
killer child, scarecrow, supernatural, demon, cult, religion, killer scarecrow, youth, vengeance, creepy child, zombie, violence ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
chicago illinois, nebraska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, supernatural, murder, masked killer, psychopath, torture, death, violent, writers, monster, hospital ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1989
Place:
illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Doctor Channard is sent a new patient, a girl warning of the terrible creatures that have destroyed her family, Cenobites who offer the most intense sensations of pleasure and pain. But Channard has been searching for the doorway to Hell for years, ...
Style:
slasher, gothic, scary, splatter, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
demon, supernatural, monster, hell, torture, maze, mental institution, violent, doctor, puzzle, violence, macabre ...
Time:
80s
Place:
europe, england, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A serial killer uses a horror video rental to lure his next victim. What begins as a teen slasher transforms into a disturbing journey through the mind of Max Parry, a mild mannered wedding photographer with a taste for human flesh.
Style:
slasher, psychological, suspenseful, scary, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, found footage, psychopath, murder, obsession, dark humor, insanity, mind game, woman in danger, split personality, vengeance, investigation ...
Place:
london
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eight years have passed since the events of the second film. Chucky has been resurrected once again and seeks revenge on Andy, his former owner, who is now a teenager enrolled in military school.
Style:
slasher, scary, splatter, bloody, controversial ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
serial killer, killer doll, evil doll, doll, supernatural, afterlife, ghost, monster, toy comes to life, murder, vengeance, youth ...
Time:
90s, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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The Hills Have Eyes similar movies
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.
Style:
psychological, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, suspense, obsession, vengeance, brutality, midlife crisis, hallucination, family in danger, rivalry, christmas, psychology ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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, splatter, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, supernatural, camp, disturbed individual, monster, massacre, torture, psychiatrist, summer camp, friday the thirteenth, villain ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey
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31%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
Style:
scary, slasher, atmospheric, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
cult, killer child, children, suspense, religion, supernatural, small town, violence, murder, isolation, good versus evil, brutality ...
Time:
80s
Place:
nebraska, usa, iowa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Carrying on the Prom Night tradition, this film begins back at Hamilton High School on Prom Night in 1957. As a young couple are enjoying a romantic moment together in the back seat of a car, they are interrupted by Father Jonas, a priest who ...
Style:
slasher, scary, sexy, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, high school, murder, sex, psychopath, captivity, teenage life, youth, stalking, suspense, casual sex, priest ...
Time:
80s, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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, controversial ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, zombie, monster, masked killer, supernatural, camp, summer camp, murder, serial teen killer, torture, massacre, villain ...
Time:
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Place:
new jersey, usa, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Wrong Turn related movies
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Medical student Paula Henning wins a place at an exclusive Heidelberg medical school. When the body of a young man she met on the train turns up on her dissection table, she begins to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death, ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, scary, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, medical school, murder, university, amateur detective, woman in danger, teenage life, medical, suspense, death, secret society, professor ...
Time:
90s
Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When Andy's mother is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, the young boy is placed in foster care, and Chucky, determined to claim Andy's soul, is not far behind.
Style:
slasher, scary, splatter, bloody, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
killer doll, evil doll, doll, serial killer, supernatural, monster, foster home, murder, villain, halloween, puppet, chase ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
midwest, chicago illinois
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29%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A female psychologist wants to understand the minds of a confessed serial killer who spent the last five years in a mental hospital because of his state.
Style:
psychological, scary, suspenseful, twist ending, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, mental institution, murder, psychologist, suspense, psychopath, investigation, mind game, mysterious character, haunted by the past, doctors and patients, macabre ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new zealand, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The Candyman moves on to New Orleans and starts his horrific murders once more. This time, his intended victim is a school teacher. Her father was killed by the Candyman, and brother wrongly accused of the murders.
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, atmospheric, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, supernatural, ghost, murder, violence, killer, urban legend, vengeance, monster, curse, runaway, sexualized violence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new orleans, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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, bloody, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, morgue, serial teen killer, forest, camp, torture, death, massacre, teenager, summer camp, friday the thirteenth ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, future
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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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, atmospheric, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, psychopath, murder, masked killer, suspense, small town, psychiatrist, violence, violent, high school, evil ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 80s, year 1963, 20th century ...
Place:
california, illinois, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Arriving in Gatlin, Nebraska, a news-reporter and his son get wind of a story about the youth in the town murdering their parents finds that a series of brutal murders are revealed to be worshipers of the corn-stalks and try to stop them before they ...
Style:
slasher, scary, unusual plot structure, surreal, pastoral ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, children, killer child, demon, teenager, cult, reporter, investigation, small town, murder, creepy child, religion ...
Time:
90s
Place:
nebraska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Twenty years ago in the sleepy mining town of Valentine Bluffs, a fatal mining disaster occurred on Valentine's Day while some of the crew was decorating for a party. The sole survivor of the accident killed the remaining crewmembers and warned ...
Style:
slasher, scary, splatter, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, revenge, valentine's day, miner, masked killer, killing spree, youth, murder, love triangle, sadistic psychopath, violence, brutality ...
Time:
80s, year 1960, year 1980
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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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, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, halloween, teenager, masked killer, murder, masked villain, small town, escaped mental patient, suspense, supernatural, torture, monster ...
Time:
80s, year 1988
Place:
illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Farmer Vincent kidnaps unsuspecting travellers and is burying them in his garden. Unfortunately for his victims, they are not dead. He feeds his victims to prepare them for his roadside stand. His motto is: It takes all kinds of critters...to make ...
Style:
scary, slasher, campy, surprise ending, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cannibalism, cannibal, murder, serial killer, cult, psychopath, violence, trap, farmer, misfit, meat, meat industry ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
texas, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Amanda's deathbed request to her son, John, was for him to destroy all the lab notes etc. from her last experiment. She also blurts out he had a brother. At the funeral John meets Melissa, who claims to be his mothers biggest fan. Together with ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, intense, dark, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mutant, monster, suspense, genetics, laboratory, mad scientist, murder, death, creature, secrets, transformation, experiment gone awry ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Four college pledges are forced to spend the night in a deserted old mansion where they get killed off one by one by the monstrous surviving members of a family massacre years earlier for trespassing on their living grounds.
Style:
scary, slasher, suspenseful, bloody, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, college, serial killer, monster, halloween, survival, ghost, brutality, psycho killer, teenager, student life, decapitation ...
Time:
80s
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27%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Kimberly has a violent premonition of a highway pileup she blocks the freeway, keeping a few others meant to die, safe...Or are they? The survivors mysteriously start dying and it's up to Kimberly to stop it before she's next.
Style:
scary, tense, suspenseful, slasher, splatter ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, destiny, a vision, supernatural, death, creativity, suspense, cheating death, road trip, macabre, haunted by the past, teenager ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After the passing of her mother, a young woman in a wheelchair since birth, is forced to deal with her sister, brother-in-law, niece and their nanny as they say their goodbyes to mother. When people start turning up dead, Nica discovers the culprit ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
killer doll, serial killer, doll, evil doll, disability, vengeance, child in peril, murder, family relations, escape, toy comes to life, puppet ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, year 1988, year 2013
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Chrissie and her friends set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. Along the way, bikers harass the foursome and cause an accident that throws Chrissie from the vehicle. The lawman who arrives on the scene kills ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, splatter, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, torture, cannibalism, murder, cruelty, violence, sadism, kidnapping, cannibal, massacre, monster ...
Time:
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Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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