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Plot Summary:
Policewoman Anna Mari is forced to play a dangerous game with the title serial killer. If she loses, she witnesses the maniac's tortured victims having their throats cut in explicit close-up detail via webcam. She teams up with British cop John Brennan to find out the identity of the murderer.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, psychological, rough, disturbing, suspense, detective, grindhouse, cult horror, scary
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Similar in 88%
Death Smiles on a Murderer (1973)
Plot Summary:
A man discovers an ancient Incan formula for raising the dead, and uses it for a series of revenge murders.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, slasher, scary, psychological, suspenseful, rough, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 88%
The French Sex Murders (1972)
Plot Summary:
The plot involves the murder of a prostitute in a Paris brothel (run by early 60's sex symbol Anita Ekberg). It's blamed on a jealous client, but the lead detective ("Bogey")suspects otherwise. And when the murders continue after the suspect's ironic-if-he-were-actually-guilty demise, his suspicions are confirmed.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany, France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, erotic, scary, atmospheric, sexy, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 78%
Bloody Murder 2: Closing Camp (2003)
Plot Summary:
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 murdered. Someone is hunting them through the pitch-black Forest and is determined to kill them all.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, slasher, suspense, independent film, teen horror, surprise ending, rough
Similar in 75%
Dario Argento's Phenomena (1985)
Plot Summary:
A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: surreal, scary, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, disturbing, grindhouse, atmospheric, psychological, creepy
Similar in 87%
Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971)
Plot Summary:
Inspector Tellini investigates serial crimes where victims are paralyzed while having their bellies ripped open with a sharp knife.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, slasher, psychotronic, erotic, suspense, detective, light, disturbing, creepy, perverse
Similar in 81%
Bloodstained Shadow (1978)
Plot Summary:
A murder mystery set on an island near Venice. A schoolgirl was murdered seven years ago, and the case was never solved; now, the murderer seems to be back.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: slasher, erotic, surprise ending, suspense, cult classic, scary, tense, atmospheric, rough, mind bending
Similar in 81%
A Blade in the Dark (1983)
Plot Summary:
A killer stalks a composer staying at a posh Tuscany villa while writing the score to a horror film which has an incriminating clue to the killer's identity.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, bloody, suspense, metafiction, creepy, cult classic, horror musical, serious, realistic
Similar in 83%
Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Plot Summary:
Inspector Sylvester is assigned to investigate the violent murder of a fashion house model Isabella, by a masked assailant. As the investigation proceeds all of the house’s various sins, including corruption, abortions, blackmail and drug addiction, begin to come to light. It turns out that Isabella had kept a diary detailing these vices, and now almost every employee becomes nervous.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, atmospheric, grindhouse, psychosexual thriller, suspense, gothic, psychotronic, erotic, neo noir
Similar in 80%
Autopsy (1975)
Plot Summary:
A pathology med student and a priest team up to investigate a wave of suicides blamed on sun spots and discover a number of them to be actual murders.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, slasher, cult classic, erotic, scary, psychological, tense, rough, mind bending
Similar in 90%
Trauma (1993)
Plot Summary:
An anorexic young woman escapes from a psychiatric clinic and meets a young man who wants to help. She is caught and returned to her parents, who are soon beheaded by a garrotting stranger making the rounds about town, apparently striking only when it rains. The orphaned young woman and her new lover launch their own investigation and are endangered when a link is discovered with the victims and a particular operation performed years before.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, suspense, disturbing, gothic
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Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972)
Plot Summary:
A woman, a survivor of a failed murder attempt by a person dubbed "The Half-Moon Killer" by the police, and her husband must find the connecting thread between herself, six other women, and the killer before the killer strikes at her again.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, atmospheric, realistic, serious, tense, disturbing, spooky, twisted, scary
Similar in 80%
A Bay of Blood (1971)
Plot Summary:
An elderly heiress is killed by her husband who wants control of her fortunes. What ensues is an all-out murder spree as relatives and friends attempt to reduce the inheritance playing field, complicated by some teenagers who decide to camp out in a dilapidated building on the estate.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, grindhouse, scary, suspenseful, bloody, gothic, psychological, creepy, cult classic
Similar in 86%
Watch Me When I Kill (1977)
Plot Summary:
A pharmacist is murdered, and a woman happens to see the culprit leave the scene. She soon finds herself being stalked by the killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: erotic, scary, rough, suspenseful, slasher, suspense, cult classic, tense, mind bending, serious
Similar in 83%
Giallo (2009)
Plot Summary:
In Torino, Celine, an American model, is abducted by a taxi driver while en route home to meet her sister Linda, visiting at her apartment. The next morning, Linda reports that Celine is missing - the sergeant in charge directs her to F.B.I. agent Inspector Enzo Avolfi. He's from the Special New York City Department investigating a serial-killer that kidnaps foreigners to destroy their beauty. When a Japanese woman is found at nearby a fountain, Enzo and Linda find that the girl is calling the abductor's skin is "Yellow" in color and Linda concludes that the guy might have jaundice. They go to the Policlinic di Torino to find the killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, slasher, detective, dark, scary, slasher horror
Similar in 89%
The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)
Plot Summary:
A reporter and a blind retired journalist try to solve a series of murders. The crimes are connected to experiments by a pharmaceutical company in secret research. The two end up becoming targets of the killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, grindhouse, rough, serious, cult classic, atmospheric, stylized
Similar in 83%
The New York Ripper (1982)
Plot Summary:
A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, grindhouse, detective, dark, suspenseful, scary, bloody, controversial, suspense
Similar in 82%
Do You Wanna Know a Secret? (2001)
Plot Summary:
As a night out on the town turns into a nightmare, six young college students must fight for their lives as a killer hunts them down.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, rough, serious, suspenseful, independent film, scary, realistic
Similar in 87%
Amsterdamned (1988)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious diver hiding in Amsterdam's canal system embarks on a rampage of gruesome murders, terrifying city officials and leaving few clues for the city's best detective, who doesn't suspect that both his new girlfriend and twelve-year-old daughter may be closer than he is to finding the killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, detective, cult classic, psychotronic, slasher horror, weird
Similar in 86%
The Nature of the Beast (1995)
Plot Summary:
Two men, both hiding a deadly secret, are on a murderous rampage through the desert.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, slasher, road movie, independent film
Similar in 77%
Salvage (2006)
Plot Summary:
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 all began--untouched and unharmed. But the hellish ordeal is far from over. The madman is back and he's ready for more blood.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, psychological, slasher, mind bending, disturbing, clever, suspense, mind blowing, rough
Similar in 88%
Deep Red (1975)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: psychological, gothic, disturbing, slasher, scary, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, grindhouse, tense
Similar in 77%
The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
Plot Summary:
A young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer through Italy when she herself becomes a victim of the brutal man's obsession.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, surreal, dark, disturbing, grindhouse, neo noir, stylized, suspense, creepy
Similar in 81%
The Toolbox Murders (1978)
Plot Summary:
No one is safe when a killer, wielding the deadly contents of his toolbox, methodically stalks his prey.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, disturbing, slasher, bloody, controversial, cult classic, terrifying, independent film, scary, psychological
Similar in 85%
The Bodies Presented Traces of Carnal Violence (1973)
Plot Summary:
A series of sex murders shock a college campus, and four beautiful young girlfriends head for the safety of an isolated country villa. But as they succumb to their own erotic desires, their weekend of pleasure becomes a vacation to dismember at the hands - and blade - of the lecherous maniac.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, grindhouse, scary, rough, suspenseful, psychological thriller, mind bending, sensual, erotic
Similar in 80%
Valentine (2001)
Plot Summary:
Five friends are stalked and murdered by a masked assailant while preparing for Valentine's Day.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, suspense, rough, surprise ending, bloody, teen, serious, psychological
Similar in 81%
Prom Night (1980)
Plot Summary:
This slasher movie follows a relentless killer who is out to avenge the death of a young girl who died after being bullied and teased by four of her classmates. Now high-school students, the guilt-ridden kids have kept their involvement a secret, but when they start being murdered, one by one, it's clear that someone knows the truth. Also coping with the past are members of the dead girl's family, most notably her prom-queen sister, Kim Hammond (Jamie Lee Curtis).
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, grindhouse, sexy, bloody, creepy, cult classic, teen, tense, serious
Similar in 86%
Friday the 13th (1980)
Plot Summary:
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 155000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, dark, bloody, grindhouse, cult classic, brutal, splatter
Similar in 76%
Shadow (1982)
Plot Summary:
An American writer in Rome is stalked by a serial killer bent on harassing him while killing all people associated with his work on his latest book.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological, dark, grindhouse, disturbing, creepy, bloody, surreal, erotic
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The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
Plot Summary:
In Italy, the American writer Sam Dalmas witnesses an attempt of murder of the owner of an art gallery, a couple of days before his foreseen return to the United States of America. He decides to stay with his girlfriend Julia and help the police in the investigation, while the serial killer stalks Julia and him.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, twist ending, slasher, grindhouse, tense, suspense, rough, erotic, surreal
Similar in 87%
Sleepless (2001)
Plot Summary:
An elderly and retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer whom has resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17-year hiatus.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspenseful, slasher, scary, psychological, rough, suspense, detective, bloody, disturbing