20 best movies like Out of the Dark (1988)


List of the best movies like Out of the Dark (1988): Silent Night, Cut, Hide And Go Shriek, Hellbent, Salvage, The Hand, Mother's Day, ABCs of Death 2, Tone-Deaf, Amusement.

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Markimdb: 5.2
Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, detective
CountryCanada, USA
Duration01:34

The police force of a remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus who is picking off citizens on Christmas Eve.

Markimdb: 4.3
Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, detective
CountryAustralia
Duration01:22

A group of film students set out to finish filming a movie that was never completed after its director was murdered. After they begin filming, they realize they're in for a bit of trouble, not unlike the late director...

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA

A group of teenagers spend the night in a furniture shop for a graduation party. When one of them talks her boyfriend into a game of hide-and-seek, a psycho killer starts hunting them down one by one.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA

On Halloween in West Hollywood, two guys making out in a park are interrupted by a serial killer. Later that night, a group of gay kids decide to visit to the site of the murders.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA

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...

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:44

Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrehorror, thriller, comedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

Three girls discover that two men are willing to do anything to impress Mother and what impresses Mother is watching her sons commit acts of rape and murder. Now these women are prisoners and lowered to pawns in the game of checkers between two dim wits and their Maniac Mommy and the question becomes, can any of them escape, alive?

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, comedy
CountryUSA, New Zealand, Canada, Israel, Japan, Nigeria
Duration02:05

Taking all that was great from the first installment, ABCs OF DEATH 2 aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genrehorror, thriller, comedy
CountryUSA
Duration02:05

A woman leaves for a quiet weekend in the country after losing her job and imploding her latest dysfunctional relationship. She rents a country house from an old-fashioned widower who’s struggling to hide his psychopathic tendencies. Soon, two generations collide with terrifying results.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrehorror, action, thriller, comedy, crime, detective
CountryUSA

While being interrogated by a police psychiatrist, the near-catatonic Tabitha tries to explain why she and two of her childhood friends are being hunted by a serial killer. The truth that's dying to come out weaves together three tragic secrets from their past. Two of the girls' boyfriends become unwitting targets in their deadly game.

Markimdb: 4.5
Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, detective
CountryUSA

A reality TV director copes with a spoiled celebutante and a show gone haywire when a masked killer starts bumping off the crew in this slasher-movie satire.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy, crime
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration01:43

A mentally unhinged factory worker must decide whether to listen to his talking cat and become a killer, or follow his dog's advice to keep striving for normalcy.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:22

Arkin escapes with his life from the vicious grips of "The Collector" during an entrapment party where he adds beautiful Elena to his "Collection." Instead of recovering from the trauma, Arkin is suddenly abducted from the hospital by mercenaries hired by Elena's wealthy father. Arkin is blackmailed to team up with the mercenaries and track down The Collector's booby trapped warehouse and save Elena.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
CountryUSA

When the body of a man is found completely destroyed in the swamps in Louisiana, the medical investigator Sam Rivers is assigned to investigate the murder. He travels with the biologist Mary Callahan to the location where the victim lived in a floating house and he meets his family and friends. They find that Chinese snake-heads genetically engineered that belong to a wealthy hunter are attacking and killing the locals. While the group fights to survive, the hunter Jeff arrives with his team to hunt the predators.

Markimdb: 4.6
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:35

After a freak, fatal accident, the soul Karl—aka The Address Book Killer—ends up trapped in the electrical grid. He targets Terry and her son for his next victims, turning home technology against them as deadly weapons.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrehorror, thriller, short
CountryUSA
Duration01:27

Far away from the site of a gruesome murder, a teenager named Jill Johnson arrives at a luxurious home for a baby-sitting job. With the children fast asleep, she settles in for what she expects to be an ordinary evening. Soon, the ringing of a phone and the frightening words of a sadistic caller turn Jill's routine experience into a night of terror.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryPoland, USA, United Kingdom
Duration01:41

Innocent lives hang on the whim of an elusive psychopathic murderer whose strange riddles and impossible timelines force three people into a mission to end the game before one or all of them die.

Markimdb: 3.4
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:35

    After learning of an urban legend in which a demented serial killer named SMILEY can be summoned through the Internet, mentally fragile Ashley must decide whether she is losing her mind or becoming Smiley's next victim.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA

    A naked teenage boy covered in blood appears at a remote sheriff's station one year after the brutal unsolved murder of a local girl. Now Sheriff Jack Shepherd, guilt ridden over the girl's murder, must confront his own demons as he desperately searches for the boy's true identity and possible victims. Little does Jack realize that he has started down a path that will bring him face to face with an unthinkable horror. Before sunrise the living will pay for the pain the dead have suffered.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA, Republic of Ireland
    Duration01:15

    When her husband John has a heart attack while out in a rowboat on the lake, Louise Haloran throws his body overboard and later tells the family that he has left on an urgent business trip. Her main concern is that she can only inherit a part of the family fortune if her husband is alive. The Halorans are a strange family, still grieving over the death of the youngest daughter Kathleen who drowned in a pond when she was just a child. They hold an annual ceremony of remembrance every year on the anniversary of her death. This year however, someone is wielding an ax intent on murder.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    In the Oregon mountains, a pair of hunters encounter a machete-wielding killer in an abandoned church. Meanwhile, five campers arrive to examine some property one of them has inherited but are warned by the forest ranger not to venture forth. Soon after they set up camp, they begin hearing strange noises, encounter a mysterious singing girl and start disappearing one by one.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryDenmark
    Duration01:47

    In order to finance his law studies, Martin starts as a night watchman in a mortuary. When the victims of a serial killer of prostitutes are deposited there, scary things begin to happen. Therefore and because of a strange bet with his fellow student Jens, the police begins to think he is the murderer. Police detective Wormer wants to help him but Martin is more and more suspected.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrehorror, thriller, comedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    Farmer Vincent kidnaps unsuspecting travelers and is burying them in his garden. Unfortunately for his victims, they are not dead. He feeds his victims to prepare them for his roadside stand. His motto is: It takes all kinds of critters...to make Farmer Vincent's fritters.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrehorror, thriller, comedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

    The next great psycho horror slasher has given a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo, all the while deconstructing the conventions and archetypes of the horror genre for them.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrehorror, comedy
    CountryUSA

    A New York taxi driver stalks a beautiful actress attending the Cannes Film Festival, which coincides with a series of violent killings of the lady's friends.

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genrehorror, comedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

    A few years ago, a mysterious serial-killer caused panic on Crippen High School. The killer was never caught. A movie company, Cosmic Pictures, has decided to make a feature movie about these events - on location, at the now abandoned school. Since members of cast and crew disappear without a trace, it seems as if history is repeating itself...

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrehorror, comedy
    CountryUSA

    Horror gets Super Sized when Horny The Clown, the demonic mascot of "Hella-Burger," starts slashing Orange County teenagers with his meat cleaver from Hell.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    After a seemingly innocent prank goes horribly wrong, a group of sorority sisters are stalked and murdered one by one in their sorority house while throwing a party to celebrate their graduation.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, comedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    Josh meets a young woman who shortly afterwards collapses and is rushed to hospital in an ambulance. He follows after her only to find that there is no record her being admitted, and he soon learns that her room mate also vanished after being picked up by the same ambulance. Convinced of a conspiracy, Josh proceeds to investigate, despite the discouragement of the police.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:05

    Barbara Hershey stars as Carla Moran, a hard-working single mother until the night she is raped in her bedroom by someone - or something - that she cannot see. Despite skeptical psychiatrists, she is repeatedly attacked in her car, in the bath, and in front of her children. Could this be a case of hysteria, a manifestation of childhood sexual trauma, or something even more horrific?

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA

    A crazed killer stalks college students who gave up their vacation to clean a deserted dormitory.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    A criminal psychologist loses his arm in a car crash, and becomes one of three patients to have their missing limbs replaced by those belonging to an executed serial killer. One of them dies violently, and disturbing occurrences start happening to the surviving two.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    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...

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration03:11

      Two full-length feature horror movies written by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez put together as a two-film feature. Including fake movie trailers in between both movies.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:33

      No one is safe when a killer, wielding the deadly contents of his toolbox, methodically stalks his prey.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA

      An artist slowly goes insane while struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings, and care for his two female roommates, which leads him taking to the streets of New York after dark and randomly killing derelicts with a power drill.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA

      During a New Year's Eve celebration, a punk-rock singer gets a phone call saying that when New Year's strikes in each time zone, someone will be murdered--and she will be the last one.

      Markimdb: 3.6
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA, Thailand, Austria
      Duration01:31

      A serial killer terrorizes a woman searching for the remains of her dead sister, trapping her in a web of horror and erotic intrigue.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrehorror, action, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:33

      A house wife just left her cop husband, when she picks up Justin McKay she'll wish she never did as she's plunged into a nightmare and the grip of a psychotic killer.

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA

      When a family of four rent a beautiful house for their summer vacation, the price seems too good to be true. Unbeknownst to them, the lascivious owner has set up a series of spy cams throughout the house, documenting their most intimate moments and live streaming them to the dark web.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, comedy
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:32

      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.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrehorror, action, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:20

      James Cray watched as his wife was killed by Fargo, a hit-and-run serial murderer. After severely injuring Fargo and going to prison for several years, James is now determined to avenge his wife's death. He drives across the country looking for Fargo's 1972 Cadillac Eldorado, which the now-disabled killer has turned into a rolling death trap. James' search is helped by a state traffic officer and a singer with her own agenda.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:26

      A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrethriller, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:54

      Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer. His victims are young and pretty women, which he rapes and murders. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened.

      Markimdb: 4.9
      Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      Trevor Blackburn is accused of murdering his girlfriend, Faith, in a brutal ritual. He's sentenced to live in an experimental rehabilitation community and falls into a coma. When he wakes up, he meets the mysterious Dr. Elk, who tortures Trevor in an attempt to learn the whereabouts of a powerful occult book. As other patients start to disappear, Trevor begins to wonder who and where he really is.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:38

      When young Poindexter "Fool" Williams breaks into the creepy, immense old home of his family's greedy and uncaring landlords, he uncovers a disturbing scenario underneath the stairs.

      Markimdb: 3.4
      Genrehorror, thriller, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      7 girls and 1 fab gay guy plan a getaway to a remote ranch for a week of gossip and grub. They start off where they always do, old rivalries in place, extreme vanity covering great insecurities, but with a true love for each other underneath the bickering, sniping and sassing. A number of drinks into night one and a dark secret is revealed. The house they rented is the site of a mass murder of teenage girls 15 years earlier. Blood still stains the floors under replacement carpets. The killer still runs free. The girls take it for what it seems - a fun story for a rainy night by a roaring fire. But after one of them disappears and is discovered dead, the story doesn't seem so fun anymore. 1 by 1, they die, killed by their own vanity. The fun-filled week turns into a race against death. Who will make it out alive?

      Markimdb: 4.2
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:29

      Follow three individuals who served on the jury for one of San Francisco's most high profile serial killer cases. Now someone, or something, is killing them off one by one.

      Markimdb: 3
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:21

      A scientist enlists the help of the US army to investigate the mysterious disappearance of her father, deep in the Belizean jungle. Caught in the crossfire between a brutal guerrilla army controlled by a mystical warlord, they are also confronted by an even bigger terror giant mutated wasps that are, for some reason, thirsty for blood.

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA

      Ten years after he brutally murdered two girls, a killer escapes from a mental institution and returns to his turf, the theme park attraction called Dark Ride. About to crash his path are a group of college kids on a road trip who stumble across the park.




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