Movies like Blackout 2008
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Blackout (2008)
4K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Three people from different walks of life find themselves trapped inside a stalled elevator. What at first seems like an inconvenience rapidly escalates into a nightmare.
Style:
psychological, scary, thought provoking, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, corny
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
elevator, husband murders wife, asthma, serial killer, psychopath, murder, mind game, danger, isolation, haunted by the past, blackout, fight, confined, trapped in an elevator, supernatural, trap, claustrophobia, locked in a room, homeless man, trapped, scared, bad father, confined space, hospital, bus ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
boston
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Most similar movies to Blackout
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, serious, suspenseful and psychological films with plots about danger, deadly, murder, serial killer, blood, psychopath and death mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Blackout: The Cellar Door (2007), Breathing Room (2008), ATM (2012), Steel Trap (2007), My Little Eye (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Having developed an uncontrollable obsession with the beautiful young Rudy (Michelle Tomlinson), crazed serial killer Herman (James DuMont) kidnaps her and locks her in a cage in his basement. The only way for Rudy to survive this nightmare is to ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
missing person, serial killer, psychopath, woman in danger, survival, obsession, confined, isolation, captivity, danger, master criminal, rivalry ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Thrown naked into a desolate room with thirteen strangers, Tonya discovers that she is the final contestant in a deadly game. Restrained by lethal electronic collars, the players must utilize hints and tools from a box marked "pieces" to ...
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, suspenseful, rough, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
isolation, game, clue, murder, trapped, video surveillance, experiment, danger, rivalry, dishonesty, kidnapping, psychopath ...
Time:
year 2008
Similarity:
100%
27K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On a late night visit to an ATM, three co-workers end up in a desperate fight for their lives when they become trapped by an unknown man.
Style:
slasher, christmas horror, scary, tense, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
trapped, evil wins, stalking, escape attempt, psychopath, trap, masked killer, confinement indoors, unknown killer, captivity, death, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A who-is-it setting in the claustrophobic corridors of an abandoned and locked-off office building that has several guests invited to a party by their mysterious, unknown host. Only it is they who are the victims of their crimes. Suspense and ...
Style:
christmas horror, slasher, suspenseful, serious, scary ...
Plot:
psychopath, isolation, masked killer, game, murder, captivity, danger, serial killer, holiday horror, party, elevator, new year ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Five young people apply to live in an isolated house together for six months whilst their every move is filmed by numerous cameras.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
mind game, isolation, found footage, video surveillance, observation, danger, suspicion, winter, trapped, food, survival, trap ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
254K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway, but ...
Style:
psychological horror, scary, suspense, spooky, slasher ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
basement, secret passageway, locked in a room, fear, kidnapping, secret room, locked in, psychopath, rape, serial rapist, terror, serial killer ...
Time:
2020s, 80s
Place:
detroit, brooklyn new york city, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, Germany, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nine strangers wake up in a house with no recollection how they got there and no way out. The voice on the PA introduces them to a grisly game they must play. The prize is $5 million and their life.
Style:
scary, tense, suspenseful, twist ending, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
isolation, mind game, survival, deathtrap, murder, group of strangers, captivity, characters killed one by one, trapped, sole survivor, psychological torture, game of death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london
Similarity:
50%
505K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer abducts the morally wayward. Once captured, they must face impossible choices in a horrific game of survival. The victims must fight to win their lives back, or ...
Style:
scary, suspense, surprise ending, twist ending, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
torture, mind game, survival horror, serial killer, plot twist, gory, violent, trapped, fear, locked in a room, psychopath, macabre ...
Time:
year 2004, year 2000, 80s, 2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
50%
Movie in collections
175K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead. Now, upon the news of Detective Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm and Agent Perez, arrive in the terrified community to assist the veteran Detective Hoffman in sifting through ...
Style:
scary, twist ending, brutal, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
torture, game of death, trap, plot twist, deathtrap, mind game, gory, violent, killer, game, blood, master criminal ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
41%
124K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a car crash, a criminal psychologist (Halle Berry) comes to, only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she's been accused of murdering her husband -- but she has no memory ...
Style:
psychological, scary, suspenseful, psychological thriller, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
mental institution, serial killer, murder, mental illness, mind game, supernatural, insanity, investigation, psychiatrist, supernatural horror, rape, violence against women ...
Time:
year 2003, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
connecticut, new hampshire
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A remake of the 1959 film of the same name. A millionaire offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past.
Style:
scary, slasher, gothic, serious, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, supernatural horror, gory, mental institution, survival, danger, haunted by the past, murder, ghost, evil spirit, isolation ...
Time:
90s, 1930s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
40%
156K
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, psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
home invasion, survival, serial killer, masked killer, murder, hostage, brutality, blood, masked man, violence, masked villain, killer ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Claire Parker is going to die. At the hands of a sadistic and depraved killer, she will endure a terrifying, unimaginable brutal death--and it will all happen again. After being beaten, dragged, sliced, and stabbed, Claire awakens at work--where it ...
Style:
scary, slasher, mind bending, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
time loop, psychopath, serial killer, danger, destiny, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, dying repeatedly, murder, time travel, woman in danger, vengeance ...
Place:
ohio
Similarity:
40%
226K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detective scramble to locate ...
Style:
scary, brutal, twist ending, frightening, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
torture, serial killer, mind game, game of death, sadism, trap, violent, mutilation, gory, sadistic horror, killer, plot twist ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Young Penny goes on a retreat with her psychologist; the intention is to help her overcome her phobia, an intense fear of cars. Unexpected events find her in a nightmarish situation where her worst fears come true.
Style:
scary, slasher, serious, suspenseful, horrifying ...
Plot:
phobia, isolation, danger, on the road, kidnapping, family relations, psychopath, doctors and patients, trapped, survival, redneck, hitchhiker ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Whilst celebrating a graduation at a secluded vacation home, a group of college students find themselves targeted by a sadistic killer who forces them to play a deadly game of killing one another in order to survive.
Style:
scary, independent film, slasher, surprise ending, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, torture, murder, group of friends, mind game, psycho killer, trap, trapped, female nudity, game of death, friendship, confined ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jake, the sole survivor of The Grudge 2 massacre, is tortured by chilling visions of Kayako and Toshio that have led to his hospitalization. Jake's caretaker, Dr. Sullivan is determined to investigate his horrifying tales. She explores his ...
Style:
suspenseful, intense, stylized, surreal, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
supernatural, demonic possession, curse, murder, profanity, haunted house, runaway, investigation, serial killer, asthma, gory, family in danger ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, chicago, usa, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
39%
53K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Criminal on the run, Marion Crane takes refuge at the motel operated by Norman Bates - a troubled man whose victims encounter a grisly fate at the hands of his "mother." Marion soon becomes the next victim and her disappearance prompts ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, slasher, psychological, bleak ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
motel, psychopath, split personality, murder, hotel, psycho, murder of a nude woman, eccentric family, isolation, parents and children, serial killer, mental disorder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, arizona
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Every 40 seconds a person goes missing. In northern Idaho, a group of teenage girls attended a summer camp to help them connect with nature without technology. They were told it would be a summer of change. As the girls' houseboat is suddenly ...
Style:
scary, tense, realistic, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, danger, woods, camp, asthma, chase, serial killer, woman in danger, missing person, isolation, confined, on the run ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
idaho, usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Trevor Moorhouse returns! Coming to Placid Pines is difficult for Tracy, who's brother, Jason, was one of Trevor's victims near the end of the original. When Tracy's nightmares begin to come true as one by one the counselors are ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, serious, teen horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, masked killer, murder, psychopath, danger, violence spree, woman in danger, who done it, summer camp, haunted by the past, siblings relations, teenage life ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An idyllic small town is rocked when Aubrey Fleming (Lindsay Lohan), a bright and promising young woman, is abducted and tortured by a sadistic serial killer. When she manages to escape, the traumatized girl who regains consciousness in the hospital ...
Style:
scary, erotic, rough, suspenseful, perverse ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
stripper, serial killer, profanity, psychopath, twins, sadism, kidnapping, mistaken identity, amputation, supernatural, small town, twists and turns ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A teenage boy befriends an escapee from a mental institution who sees visions of horrible murders being committed.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, scary, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, mentally unstable, confined, danger, gory, haunted by the past, mental illness, mental institution, escaped mental patient, nypd, escape ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A literary agent moves into a penthouse apartment. Soon after the move, he receives crime scene photographs that seem to have taken place in his new apartment. Next he receives a series of stalker videotapes that document his every move.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, psychological, scary, tense ...
Plot:
danger, losing-it hero, home invasion, stalking, obsession, investigation, dangerous attraction, mentally unstable, dishonesty, vengeance, gory, serial killer ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
38%
Movie in collections
7K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A group of attractive young people (of course) awaken to find themselves prisoners in a mysterious house with no means of escape. They are each outfitted with new accouterments--electronic devices attached to the base of their skulls--and a ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, scary ...
Plot:
torture, trapped, sadism, brutality, psychopath, danger, survival, murder, mind game, captivity, isolation, gory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
47K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A musician witnesses the murder of a famous psychic, and then teams up with a fiesty reporter to find the killer while evading attempts on their lives by the unseen killer bent on keeping a dark secret buried.
Style:
suspense, gothic, psychological, scary, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, gory, murder, psychopath, manic, intrigue, murder mystery, female serial killer, danger, haunted by the past, amateur detective, darkness ...
Time:
70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe, canary islands, lebanon ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A group of young horror fans go searching for a film that mysteriously vanished years ago but instead find that the demented killer from the movie is real, and he's thrilled to meet fans who will die gruesomely for his art.
Style:
slasher, bloody, splatter, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, gory, masked killer, self mutilation, murder, corpse, torture, blood, filmmaking, deliberate cruelty, wilderness ...
Time:
year 2009, 80s
Similarity:
38%
31K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Five friends are stalked and murdered by a masked assailant while preparing for Valentine's Day.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, teen ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, valentine's day, revenge, murder, woman in danger, mystery killer, gory, masked killer, violence against women, danger, death of friend, school ...
Time:
year 2001, 80s
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Nine people are stuck in an elevator. One of them has a ticking bomb that can't be defused. The other eight will do anything to survive. There is no escape and no promise of rescue. As the tension in the elevator mounts the unthinkable soon ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
trapped, isolation, captivity, trapped in an elevator, confined, danger, confined space, escape room, survival, terrorism, greed, mind game ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
38%
39K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A female forensic psychiatrist discovers that all of one of her patient's multiple personalities are murder victims. She will have to find out what's happening before her time is finished.
Style:
scary, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, fairy tale ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
supernatural, supernatural horror, murder, psychiatrist, twists and turns, doctors and patients, split personality, voodoo, child in peril, witch doctor, demon, female psychiatrist ...
Time:
year 2000, 80s, 2000s, 1910s, 21st century
Place:
usa, canada
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Arkin escapes with his life from the vicious grips of "The Collector" during an entrapment party where he adds beautiful Elena to his "Collection." Instead of recovering from the trauma, Arkin is suddenly abducted from the ...
Style:
slasher, bloody, scary, splatter, brutal ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, gory, kidnapping, masked killer, trap, torture, massacre, sadistic horror, serial murder, survival, maniac, mysterious villain ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
37%
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