Best movies like Carrie
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Plot Summary:
A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White, a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother, who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 147000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, rough, slasher, teen, scary, psychological, bloody, splatter, intense
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Similar in 89%
Spontaneous (2020)
Plot Summary:
When students in their high school begin inexplicably exploding (literally), seniors Mara and Dylan struggle to survive in a world where each moment may be their last.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: rough, tense, brutal, suspenseful, scary, light, splatter, tragic ending, independent film, black comedy
Similar in 84%
Forget Me Not (2009)
Plot Summary:
It's graduation weekend, and Sandy Channing, the popular class president of her small-town high school, should be enjoying the time of her life. But when her friends start disappearing, Sandy discovers they have unwittingly awakened the vengeful spirit of a girl they wronged long ago. Fighting for her sanity, Sandy must unlock a dark secret from her own past before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, rough, mind twisting, suspense, dark, mind bending, creepy
Similar in 76%
Ruby (1977)
Plot Summary:
Strange killings occur at Ruby's drive-in theatre, sixteen years after the murder of her gangster boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, scary, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
Similar in 89%
Deadly Friend (1986)
Plot Summary:
Paul is a new kid in town with a robot named "BB". He befriends Samantha and the three of them have a lot of good times together. That is, until Samantha's abusive father throws her down some stairs and kills her. In an effort to save her life, Paul implants BB's computer brain into Samantha's human brain.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: cult classic, surprise ending, splatter, funny, cult horror, slasher, suspenseful, gothic, black comedy, teen horror
Similar in 82%
Firestarter (1984)
Plot Summary:
As youths, Andy McGee (David Keith) and his future wife, Vicky (Heather Locklear), participated in secret experiments, allowing themselves to be subjected to mysterious medical tests. Years later, the couple's daughter, Charlie (Drew Barrymore), begins to exhibit the ability of setting fires solely with her mind. This volatile talent makes the youngster extremely dangerous and soon she becomes a target for the enigmatic agency known as "The Shop.".
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, rough, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, stylized, cult classic, retro, mind bending
Similar in 80%
Massacre at Central High (1976)
Plot Summary:
Maimed by bullies at a California high school, a new student (Derrel Maury) engineers acts of revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, perverse, cult classic, cult horror, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 82%
The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)
Plot Summary:
After the suicide of her only friend, Rachel has never felt more on the outside. The one person who reached out to her, Jessie, also happens to be part of the popular crowd that lives to torment outsiders like her. But Rachel has something else that separates her from the rest, a secret amazing ability to move things with her mind. Sue Snell, the only survivor of Carrie White's rampage twenty-two years ago, may hold the key to helping Rachel come to terms with her awesome, but unwanted power. But as Rachel slowly learns to trust, a terrible trap is being laid for her. And making her angry could prove to be fatal.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, cult classic, teen, suspense, splatter, erotic, brutal, classic horror, serious
Similar in 83%
Carrie (2002)
Plot Summary:
Carrie White is a lonely and painfully shy teenage girl with telekinetic powers who is slowly pushed to the edge of insanity by frequent bullying from both classmates at her school, and her own religious, but abusive, mother.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: bleak, scary, suspenseful, rough, suspense, teen horror, psychological, slasher, creepy, cult classic
Similar in 89%
Tamara (2005)
Plot Summary:
Tamara, an unattractive girl who is picked on by her peers, returns after her death as a sexy seductress to enact revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, bleak, teen horror, suspense, sexy, brutal, satanic, serious
Similar in 86%
The Haunting of Molly Hartley (2008)
Plot Summary:
When teenage Molly Hartley moves to a new town, she's haunted by terrifying visions that may have to do with dark secrets from her past. Something evil lurks just beneath the lush surfaces of her private-school world, and it holds the rights to her very soul. On the eve of her 18th birthday, Molly is about to discover the truth of just who or what she is destined to become.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, bleak, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, serious, suspense, scary, slasher, scenic
Similar in 79%
Wish Upon (2017)
Plot Summary:
A teenage girl discovers a box with magical powers, but those powers comes with a deadly price.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, rough, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, bleak, psychological, psychological thriller, inspirational
Similar in 79%
Mirror Mirror (1990)
Plot Summary:
Shy teenager Megan moves to a new town with her widowed mother and quickly becomes the most unpopular girl in high school. But when she starts to communicate with a mysterious mirror, her tormentors begin to meet with a horrifying series of 'accidents'. Is the mirror a reflection of Megan's own inner demons... or has she unwittingly opened the doorway of the damned?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, suspense, gothic, tense, retro, slasher, demonic, independent film, rough
Similar in 89%
The Loved Ones (2009)
Plot Summary:
Lola Stone asked Brent Mitchell to the prom, but Brent said no, and now he's screwed. What happens when Lola doesn't get what she wants? She enlists Daddy's help to throw a prom of her own, where she is queen and Brent is king -- whether he likes it or not. THE LOVED ONES is what happens when puppy love goes horribly, violently wrong. Brent should have said yes.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, bleak, intense, disturbing, dark comedy, dark, splatter, creepy, rough
Similar in 84%
The Final (2010)
Plot Summary:
A group of high school outcasts get revenge on the students that torment them.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspenseful, rough, psychological, serious, realistic, slasher, depressing, entertaining
Similar in 76%
Carrie (1976)
Plot Summary:
Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 203000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, gothic, intense, scary, suspense, dark, disturbing, atmospheric, creepy
Similar in 85%
The Roommate (2011)
Plot Summary:
When Sara, a young design student from Iowa, arrives for college in Los Angeles, she is eager to fit in and get to know the big city. Her wealthy roommate, Rebecca, is more than eager to take Sara under her wing and show her the ropes. The two become close, but when Sara begins to branch out and make more friends on campus, Rebecca becomes resentful. Alarmed, Sara moves in with her new boyfriend, causing Rebecca's behavior to take a violent turn.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological thriller, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, intense, harsh, serious, teen, dark
Similar in 88%
The Craft (1996)
Plot Summary:
A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 105000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, teen, dark, satanic, suspenseful, light, suspense, psychological, atmospheric
Similar in 85%
Doctor Sleep (2019)
Plot Summary:
A traumatized, alcoholic Dan Torrance meets Abra, a kid who also has the ability to "shine." He tries to protect her from the True Knot, a cult whose goal is to feed off people like them in order to remain immortal.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 214000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min
Plot tags: disturbing, dark fantasy, enigmatic, suspense, twist ending, gothic, surprise ending, psychological, scary, psychological thriller
Similar in 89%
Brightburn (2019)
Plot Summary:
What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: disturbing, slasher, suspenseful, scary, funny, bloody, dark, splatter, smart, cult classic
Similar in 78%
Gerald's Game (2017)
Plot Summary:
When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 124000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, psychological thriller, psychological horror, disturbing, scary, slasher, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Similar in 78%
Children of the Corn (1984)
Plot Summary:
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, slasher, atmospheric, suspenseful, demonic, creepy, rough, classic horror, psychological
Similar in 78%
Chronicle (2012)
Plot Summary:
Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 261000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: bad ending, psychological, entertaining, suspense, stylized, intense, suspenseful, clever, mockumentary, dark
Similar in 80%
Suspiria (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young ballet dancer travels to a prestigious dance academy in Europe, only to discover it is a front for something far more sinister and supernatural amidst a series of increasingly grisly murders.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 89000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 152 min
Plot tags: suspense, dark, suspenseful, surprise ending, scary, psychological, twisted, slasher, surreal, psychological horror
Similar in 89%
Final Destination 3 (2006)
Plot Summary:
A student's premonition of a deadly rollercoaster ride saves her life and a lucky few, but not from death itself – which seeks out those who escaped their fate.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 152000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, bloody, slasher, suspenseful, splatter, intense, teen, brutal, teen horror
Similar in 83%
Look Away (2018)
Plot Summary:
A timid and reclusive 18-year-old high school student is alienated by her parents and ruthlessly rejected by her peers. Desperate and isolated, she confides in her own reflection — and in the mirror she finds her imagined evil twin, someone who supports her, encourages her and knows all her secret desires. When the “girls” trade places, repressed sexuality and a ferocious violence erupt with a dangerous sense of freedom.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, bleak, mystical, psychological thriller, captivating, disturbing, brutal, scary, dark
Similar in 81%
Evil Dead (2013)
Plot Summary:
Evil Dead, the fourth installment of the Evil Dead franchise, serving as both a reboot and as a loose continuation of the series, features Mia, a young woman struggling with sobriety, heads to a remote cabin with a group of friends where the discovery of a Book of the Dead unwittingly summon up dormant demons which possess the youngsters one by one.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 194000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, New Zealand, Australia
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, bloody, suspenseful, slasher, disturbing, splatter, creepy, demonic, atmospheric, rough
Similar in 82%
Halloween (1978)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 302000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic, grindhouse, slasher horror, psychological thriller, creepy, dark
Similar in 76%
Excision (2012)
Plot Summary:
Alienated teen Pauline struggles with the pressures of fitting into high school, pleasing her mother and a burning desire to lose her virginity. With a grotesque curiosity for the darker side of life, Pauline is considered a social outcast by everyone around her. Enticed by flesh, she retreats into her own fantasies and hopes to become a great surgeon - that is, if she doesn't go insane first.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, surreal, scary, tense, dark comedy, erotic, funny, slasher, controversial
Similar in 85%
Final Destination (2000)
Plot Summary:
After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 274000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, slasher, tense, bloody, creepy, splatter, teen, entertaining
Similar in 80%
Jennifer's Body (2009)
Plot Summary:
A newly possessed cheerleader turns into a killer who specializes in offing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 148000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sexy, dark comedy, scary, teen horror, slasher, black comedy, teen, horror comedy, cult classic, satirical