Movies like Brainscan
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Brainscan (1994)
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A lonely teenage horror-movie fan discovers a mysterious computer game that uses hypnosis to custom-tailor the game into the most terrifying experience imaginable. When he emerges from the hypnotic trance he is horrified to find evidence that the brutal murder depicted in the game actually happened -- and he's the killer.
Style:
scary, disturbing, slasher, suspenseful, rough, surprise ending, twist ending, campy, erotic, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, virtual reality, computer, macabre, teenager, video game, mentor, transformation, experiment gone awry, technology gone awry, hypnosis, technophobia, serial killer, cyberpunk, technology, suspense, internet, death, androids and robots, coming of age, voyeurism, computer game, zombie, catastrophe, end of the world ...
Time:
80s, 90s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, cult film, suspenseful and weird films with plots about dialogue, catastrophe, violence, supernatural, suspense, deadly and brutality mostly in Horror, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres. Some movies like Brainscan: Ghost in the Machine (1993), Disturbing Behavior (1998), From Beyond (1986), Carnosaur (1993), Body Snatchers (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Karl, a technician in a computer shop, is also the "Address Book Killer," who obtains the names of his victims from stolen address books. Terry and her son Josh come into the store to price software, and a salesman uses Terry's ...
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Australia, USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Steve Clark is a newcomer in the town of Cradle Bay, and he quickly realizes that there's something odd about his high school classmates. The clique known as the "Blue Ribbons" are the eerie embodiment of academic excellence and clean ...
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Time:
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100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After being driven to extinction, great bloodthirsty dinosaurs come back to life with the assistance of a demented genetic scientist. She plans to replace the human race with a super-race of dinosaurs who will not pollute the planet.
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boys' night, teens
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100%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. After arriving at the base, his teenage daughter Marti befriends Jean ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
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A collection of short stories. In one a woman who leaves her house late at night to drive to the store while a killer is loose encounters some problems. In the second an arcade whiz kid's obsession with a game leads to deadly consequences. In ...
Style:
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Time:
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36%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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34%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. A courageous policeman, a photo journalist and his girlfriend, and a nutty bum, who seems to know a lot about the creatures, ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Story:
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teens, boys' night
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Story:
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100%
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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