Psycho killer movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant psycho killer movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, psychological, slasher, scary, disturbing and tense films and TV shows about / with psycho killer, suspense, serial killer, psychopath, murder, blood, violence, killer, death and murderer plots mostly in Horror, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as psycho killer: High Tension (2003), The Collector (2009), Wolf Creek (2005), Leatherface (2017), The Torturer (2005), Cargo 200 (2007), The Black Phone (2021), Mindhunters (2004), Basic Instinct (1992), Bad Samaritan (2018).
Best films
List of psycho killer movies
Genre: Horror
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Alexia travels with her friend Marie to spend a couple of days with her family in their farm in the country. They arrive late and they are welcomed by Alexia's father. Late in the night, a sadistic and sick killer breaks into the farmhouse, ...
Style:
scary, slasher, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
serial killer, macabre, home invasion, psycho killer, torture, sadistic horror, insanity, kidnapping, suspense, killing spree, split personality, disturbed individual ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, south of france
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Genre: Action, 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, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, torture, psychopath, home invasion, massacre, suspense, trap, deathtrap, homicidal maniac, sadistic horror, macabre, maniac ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, detroit
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Stranded backpackers in remote Australia fall prey to a murderous bushman who offers to fix their car, then takes them captive
Style:
slasher, scary, disturbing, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
torture, suspense, macabre, serial killer, psychopath, sadistic horror, psycho killer, massacre, sadistic killer, survival, road trip, outback ...
Time:
year 1999, 21st century
Place:
australia, texas, sydney australia, oceania
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young nurse is kidnapped by a group of violent teens who escape from a mental hospital and take her on the road trip from hell. Pursued by an equally deranged lawman out for revenge, one of the teens is destined for tragedy and horrors that will ...
Style:
slasher, psychotronic, bleak, brutal, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, chainsaw, chainsaw murder, panic, psycho killer, kidnapping, psychopath, violence, fear, countryside, face mask, mutilation ...
Time:
year 1965, year 1955, 50s
Place:
texas, southern usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The gorgeous young actress Ginette auditions for the lead role in the first long feature film of the controversial artist Alex Sherba and she's almost immediately submitted to a long series of harassing questions and indecent proposals. Alex ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
psycho killer, sadistic horror, psychopath, confined, dangerous attraction, missing person, woman in danger, murder investigation, violent, actress, bondage, drowning ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young woman is taken hostage by a police officer and subsequently abused by the lawman gone mad.
Style:
bleak, rough, psychological, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
kidnapping, sexual abuse, sadism, rape victim, murder, sexual perversion, life is a bitch, psychopath, perversion, sadistic psychopath, teenage rape, psycho killer ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 90s, 20th century
Place:
afghanistan, ussr, russia
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, suspenseful, scary, slasher ...
Plot:
child abduction, psycho killer, locked in a basement, kidnapping, murder, homicidal maniac, basement, suspense, serial child killer, masked killer, murderer, escape attempt ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place:
colorado, denver colorado
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, UK, Finland, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, scary, twist ending, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, twists and turns, investigation, mind game, survival, island, profiler, fbi, murder, suspense, trap, psycho killer ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, psychological, neo noir ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, obsession, sex, manipulation, serial killer, seduction, murder, dangerous attraction, sexual tension, dying during sex, strong sexual content, hot and sexy ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A thieve makes a disturbing discovery in the house where he breaks in. Later, when he returns to the same house with his partner in crime, things are not longer how he expected.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, exciting, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, home invasion, suspense, investigation, violence, sadist, captive, sadism, obsession, psycho killer, murder ...
Place:
portland oregon, oregon
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Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Rusty Nail is back on the road again looking to punish injustice at every turn - and this time it's with a group of hotheaded street racers on their way to the Road Rally 1000. As they drive through a desolate shortcut on the way to the race, ...
Style:
slasher, scary, surprise ending, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
evil wins, truck driver, truck, psychopath, serial killer, sadistic horror, psycho killer, road rage, murder, graphic violence, highway, torture ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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122K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go head to head in an epic game of cat-and-mouse.
Style:
exciting, tense, sad, captivating, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
investigation, psychopath, lgbt, psycho killer, female protagonist, woman with a gun, female assassin, killings, peril, odd couple, obsession, strong female character ...
Time:
future
Place:
london, europe
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, gothic, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, suspense, torture, small town, group of friends, violence, murder, masked killer, psycho killer, ghost town, survival ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 70s, year 1974, 80s ...
Place:
usa, florida, paris france, louisiana, new york
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The complicated relationship that formed between the FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier and serial killer Ted Bundy during Bundy's final years on death row.
Style:
psychological, captivating, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
serial killer, psycho killer, death row, confession, murderer, killer, couple relations, charm, male female relationship, relationship problems, criminal, suspense ...
Time:
80s
Place:
florida
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A family's road trip takes a dangerous turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park to stay with some relatives and find it mysteriously deserted. Under the cover of darkness, three masked psychopaths pay them a visit to test the ...
Style:
slasher, tense, scary, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
home invasion, serial killer, psycho, psychopath, suspense, unknown killer, psycho killer, masked killer, mutilation, murderer, gory violence, disturbed individual ...
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18K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A homicide detective teams up with a criminal profiler to catch a serial killer whose crimes are inspired by the children's game, Hangman.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological, twist ending, surprise ending
Plot:
serial killer, psycho killer, game of death, homicide detective, suspense, clue, police partner, violence, revenge, forensics, police investigation, murder ...
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7K
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story:
A psychopath’s ruthless serial murders have left the entire nation gripped with fear and chaos. A honest and justice-seeking rookie police officer and a veteran detective with tragic past, face against the killer. After the encounter with the ...
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological thriller
Plot:
psycho killer, murder, investigation, serial killer, psychopath, serial murder, murder mystery, murder investigation, police officer, homicide detective, criminal, killings ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In Montreal, the unemployed fashion designer Sophie Malaterre is shown a website, switch.com, where it is possible to switch houses with a stranger for vacation. Sophie seeks an apartment in Paris nearby the Eiffel Tower that belongs to Bénédicte ...
Style:
serious, mind bending, exciting, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
psycho killer, woman in danger, mistaken identity, chase, murder, investigation, on the run, police investigation, false accusation, cons and scams, graphic violence, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Germany, Bulgaria
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A group of people find themselves trapped in the backwoods of West Virginia, fighting for their lives against a group of vicious and horribly disfigured inbred cannibals.
Style:
slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cannibal, hillbilly, supernatural, forest, psycho killer, mutant, psychopath, chase, survival, sheriff, suspense, survival horror ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
west virginia, usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A seemingly innocent man is abducted by a notorious L.A. serial killer, who forces his victims to switch roles with him so that he can enact his own capture, torture and murder.
Style:
brutal, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, dark ...
Plot:
serial killer, killer clown, execution, held captive, torture, homicidal maniac, psycho killer, kidnapping, maniac, suspense, kidnapped, missing person ...
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In the town of Cutter, most people keep to themselves. But when John comes home to find his girlfriend missing, he sneaks into his neighbor's house, finding his girlfriend and several other kidnapped people tied up in the basement. When the ...
Style:
slasher, scary, entertaining, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
voyeurism, trapped, police corruption, psycho killer, secret, dark secret, kidnapping, violence, serial killer, home invasion, killings, masked killer ...
Place:
mississippi
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young man who escaped the clutches of a murderous hitch-hiker is subsequently stalked, framed for the hitcher's crimes, and has his life made into hell by the same man he escaped.
Style:
road movie, psychological, slasher, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, hitchhiker, desert, psychopath, insanity, macabre, chase, stalking, paranoia, car chase, psycho killer, suspense ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, california, usa
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The film centers on Dr. Marcus, a renowned psychiatrist who has selected 6 severe mentally ill and dangerous patients from the Spring Valley Mental Hospital to interview as part of research for his new book. As Dr. Marcus interviews each patient, ...
Style:
psychological, brutal, enigmatic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
mental patient, corpse, serial killer, psychiatrist, doctor, police, vampire, hallucination, death, ghost, witch, demon ...
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561K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
Style:
scary, slasher, epic, exciting, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
monster, killer clown, evil clown, fear, small town, clown, suspense, supernatural horror, child, villain, missing person, death of brother ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s, year 1988
Place:
maine
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Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After setting her serial killer boyfriend on fire, a paranoid delusional woman gets a job at an all-night gas station. The isolation triggers her anxiety and hallucinations, with devastatingly gory results.
Style:
slasher, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
serial killer, fire, murder, hallucination, violence, psycho killer, mental illness, paranoid, revenge, immolation, punishment, paranoia ...
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286K
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
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Slightly disturbed and painfully shy Angela Baker is sent away to summer camp with her cousin. Not long after Angela's arrival, things start to go horribly wrong for anyone with sinister or less than honorable intentions.
Style:
slasher, scary, disturbing, surprise ending, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, summer camp, youth, murder, twists and turns, rivalry, teenage life, mental illness, violence, brutality, bullying ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Özge Dogruol, a young Vienna based taxi driver of Turkish origin. She witnesses an extremely brutal murder. The offender seems to be a crazed serial killer and he is convinced that Özge has seen him. A life-and-death struggle ensues.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, exciting ...
Plot:
female vigilante, serial killer, religious fundamentalist, anti heroine, religious intolerance, police detective, heroine, psychopath, psycho killer, male female partnership, religious fanatic, strong female lead ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vienna, germany
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Two deranged friends bring along another guy to go on a random murder rampage. They kidnapped lesbian lovers, couples and they torture them in any way that the viewer can imagine. Your worst fears will come true in this shocking account of a killing ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, realistic, scary, tense ...
Plot:
found footage, strong violent content, violence spree, violence, serial killer, kidnapping, life is a bitch, strong sexual content, brother sister sex, violent, friends, torture ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
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39K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A maniacal clown named Art, terrorizes three young women on Halloween night and everyone else who stands in his way.
Style:
slasher, scary, disturbing, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
killer clown, halloween, evil clown, clown, maniac, macabre, sadism, brutality, homicidal maniac, serial killer, dismemberment, murder ...
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