Best movies like Fade to Black
Last updated March 2024
Looking for movies like Fade to Black? Share your expertise to guide others find tv series and films you've viewed already that might suit them too. Aid in growing the cohort of people putting forward videos to one another. We welcome your contribution!
Plot Summary:
Marilyn Monroe obsessed serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: detective
Best tv shows and movies like Fade to Black (1993):
Similar in 88%
Love & Murder (1990)
Plot Summary:
A photographer who lives in an apartment building takes sneak photos of women in their apartments. One day he accidentally photographs a murder, and the killer goes after him.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, independent film
Similar in 81%
Bloody Angels (1998)
Plot Summary:
A few months after a girl with developmental disabilities is murdered in the remote village Høtten, the two young men who most townsfolk think killed her go missing. A police detective is sent to investigate and finds this very challenging.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 506
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: detective
Similar in 82%
The Coroner (1999)
Plot Summary:
Emma is just trying to be a good lawyer but she has the distinct feeling she's being watched. Soon after this feeling hits her, someone actually kidnaps her. Stuck in a basement she is tortured but eventually escapes. But her nightmare has only begun because when she leads the police back to the madman's house, they know who it is. It's the local coroner. Now with him getting expert treatment from the cops, she must fight back on her own and hopefully submit him to the same pain he did to her. But just as you don't bullshit a bullshitter, don't play games with a serial killer. This one loves games and he'll checkmate you if you aren't careful.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 511
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
Similar in 82%
Haunting Desires (2004)
Plot Summary:
A young driver is found dead in his car with telltale puncture wounds on his neck, and a shrewd reporter Jill Conner (Beverly Lynne) believes the death was the result of foul play. Jill's research into the murder leads her to a private club that specializes in fulfilling sexual desires. Though tempted to take advantage of this juicy opportunity, Jill has to make sure she doesn't end up as another victim of a dangerous underworld.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: detective, sexploitation film
Similar in 85%
The Last Resort (2009)
Plot Summary:
They were looking for the ultimate getaway, they planned for the perfect paradise vacation; what they’re about to get is a trip no one is prepared for. When a group of five girlfriends heads for the tropics, they relax, hit the beach and step out for a night of partying. All is fun and games, until someone gets hurt. Robbed by their tour guide and left for dead, the girls take shelter in an old ab.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: independent film
Similar in 82%
The Remnant (2001)
Plot Summary:
Two grim murders in a rural town seem like a run-of-the-mill killing spree, until a local prosecutor discovers a mysterious connection that leads the cops to the prime suspect -- a criminal who died 30 years before. But how can a killer continue his bloodletting from the grave? Directed by Rick Jordan, this entertaining and otherworldly fright fest stars Jeff Marlow, Rick Jordan, Joe Estevez, Roxzane T. Mims and Teresa Castracane.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: independent film
Similar in 75%
The Dead Don't Die (1975)
Plot Summary:
In the 1930s, a sailor trying to prove that his brother was wrongly executed for murder finds himself becoming drawn in the occult world.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 370
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: detective, neo noir, psychotronic, weird
Similar in 79%
Feral (2006)
Plot Summary:
In this terrifying tale, a young couple goes on a desperate search for their daughter who's disappeared without a trace into the nearby woods -- the same woods that have recently claimed and released the mutilated bodies of several animals. Their frantic hunt leads them to a horrific creature, and their attempt to shoot it accidentally leaves their neighbor dead. As the body count rises, the couple's nightmare reaches a shocking conclusion.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, wild
Similar in 85%
Death of the Jackal (1984)
Plot Summary:
A psycho-killer is on the loose targeting only young women. Grisly deaths pile up, one after another. The real problem is not finding out who he is, but instead, how to stop him.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, detective, splatter, slasher horror
Similar in 81%
Apt (2006)
Plot Summary:
Se-jin, a lonely department store employee, moves into a high-rise apartment building. One day she notices that the lights in the windows of the building opposite all start to mysteriously flicker at exactly 9:56pm. She begins to suspect that these occurrences are somehow linked to a series of suspicious deaths in the neighbourhood.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, enigmatic, bleak, suspenseful
Similar in 84%
Girl at the Window (2022)
Plot Summary:
A troubled teenage girl who’s struggling to cope with the accidental death of her father suspects that the mysterious killer stalking her hometown is not only her neighbour but her mother’s new romantic interest.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 909
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher horror
Similar in 81%
A Deadly View (2018)
Plot Summary:
Restricted to bed rest for the remainder of her pregnancy, Rachel sees things in a different light with her neighbor Sandy. Is Rachel going stir crazy with increasing paranoia or is her unborn child what Sandy truly desires?.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 416
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 88%
Night Trap (1993)
Plot Summary:
A New Orleans cop tries to track down and stop a vicious and demonic killer whom has sold his soul to the devil for invulnerability and immortality.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, neo noir, independent film, cult film, cult movie cast
Similar in 85%
Evil Never Dies (2003)
Plot Summary:
After his wife is brutally murdered, a policeman transfers to patrol duty at a college, only to discover that the now-executed murderder may be brought back to life as part of a professor's experiment.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 466
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, scary, mystical
Similar in 87%
The Black Room (1982)
Plot Summary:
A room gets put up for rent following the mysterious murder of its previous tenant. When an apartment-hunting man sees the deal the brother and sister landlords are offering, he immediately puts down the first month's rent and starts spending his days there, even though he has a home to spend his nights at with his wife. When he comes home, he tells his wife about the fantasies he has of having sex with various women each day in his new apartment. His wife goes along with it for a while, but when she discovers that her husband's stories are much more than just fantasies, she starts to do some investigating.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, sexy, gothic horror, grindhouse, classic horror, independent film, scary, mind bending, serious, realistic
Similar in 81%
The Ultimate Degenerate (1969)
Plot Summary:
Man drugs, photographs & tortures women he meets by personal ads.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: erotic, surprise ending, independent film, grindhouse, weird
Similar in 83%
Sweet Kill (1972)
Plot Summary:
Horror and suspense in the story of a psychotic maniac who literally "loves" women to death.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 435
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, erotic, psychotronic, independent film, detective, cult film
Similar in 77%
Special Effects (1984)
Plot Summary:
Reality and illusion collide in this thriller about a megalomaniacal movie director who murders a young would-be actress, then sets about making a feature about the deed, casting the dead woman's clueless husband as the patsy, and finding a dead ringer to play the part of the dead actress.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective, independent film
Similar in 84%
The Sculptress (2000)
Plot Summary:
A young artist follows her passion to study at one of the finest art institutes in San Francisco.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, mysterious, independent film, scary, realistic, demonic, crying
Similar in 81%
Death Game (1977)
Plot Summary:
A businessman—whose family is away on his birthday—invites two young women into his house who got lost on their way to a party. The next morning, after the woman have outstayed his hospitality and patience, he decides to drop them off at a bus stop and returns back home.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, grindhouse, slasher, controversial, sensual, creepy, psychotronic, surprise ending, independent film, intense
Similar in 83%
Descendant (2003)
Plot Summary:
As Ann Hedgerow - an indirect descendant of Edgar Allen Poe - begins to explore her family's past, she meets novelist Ethan Poe. Ethan, also a distant descendant of Poe, is tormented by visions of his famous ancestor. When Ann and Ethan begin a romance, the dark - and deadly - secrets of Poe's legacy emerge... will Poe's stories inspire a real-life horror-tragedy?.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 481
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, sexy, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, independent film
Similar in 83%
Final Examination (2003)
Plot Summary:
A burned out L.A. detective moves to Hawaii, where he stumbles upon a murder at a college sorority reunion.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 906
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, slasher, exciting, touching, sexy, detective, erotic
Similar in 77%
Watchful Eye (2002)
Plot Summary:
Malibu detective Shannon (Renee Rea) goes undercover in a group house to discover who murdered one of the women living there. Shannon gets caught up in the sex and parties, not knowing that her every action is being secretly broadcast on satellite TV. When she learns of the broadcast, she puts the clues together and figures out that the men living in the house have sex with all the women for all the world to see. And that's when her life becomes slated for cancellation.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, suspense, erotic, detective, realistic, sexual, sexy
Similar in 87%
Nocturna (2015)
Plot Summary:
Two New Orleans detectives become embroiled in a centuries-long feud between two secretive factions of vampires while investigating a runaway child's case. Torn between their everyday lives and the dangerous lure of immortality, the detectives must race to destroy the evil Moldero clan.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 436
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, detective
Similar in 85%
Rough Draft (1998)
Plot Summary:
A struggling freelance writer, while investigating the transvestite night life, stumbles across a serial killer in action. The two then strike up a bizarre partnership to document the killer's motives and handiwork as a possessed detective struggling with his own personal demons tries to solve the crimes.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 849
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, psychological, tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
Similar in 82%
The Landlady (1998)
Plot Summary:
Melanie decides that one of her tenants would be perfect as her husband and decides to eliminate everyone who might interfere in her plans.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 710
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, serious, realistic, scary, slasher, independent film, detective, tension, suspense
Similar in 83%
No One Can Hear You (2001)
Plot Summary:
Families are dying and reporter Trish (Kelly McGillis) finds herself reporting on a serial killing spree. After her daughter Lisa's (Kate Elliott) best friends are killed, she fears that her family may be on the killers list. Sheriff Webster (Barry Corbin) is not listening to her concerns, which leads Trish to wonder is he or his deputy might be involved. Then Lisa, her boyfriend Ben and her sister Amy receive threats.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 390
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, slasher, suspense, independent film, tense, realistic
Similar in 84%
Choke (2020)
Plot Summary:
The lines between reality and fiction, and good and bad blur when both a nihilistic detective and a serial killer's affairs with a mysterious girl overlap.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, detective, psychological thriller, psychological horror
Similar in 87%
He Knows You're Alone (1980)
Plot Summary:
A reluctant bride to be is stalked by a serial killer who only kills brides and the people around them. While her friends get whacked one by one, a hard boiled renegade cop whose bride had been killed years before tries to hunt him down before it is too late. Meanwhile, the bride has to figure out if it is all in her imagination or not, aided by her ex-boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, scary, tense, suspenseful, rough, serious, psychological thriller, disturbing, bloody
Similar in 80%
The Dentist (1996)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Feinstone has everything, a beautiful wife and a successful career in dentistry; but when he discovers his wife's affair, he realizes that behind every clean, white surface lies the stench of decay.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, medical horror, suspenseful, rough, disturbing, slasher, classic horror, suspense, bloody, dark