20 best movies like Pin (1988)

List of the best movies like Pin (1988): The Lodge, Resurrection, Anamorph, Gothika, An American Haunting, Wander, The Tall Man, The Hand, Whiteout, Highwaymen.

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Markimdb: 6
Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA

When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryCanada, USA
Duration01:48

A seasoned police detective and his partner have just uncovered a string of unusual murders that lead them to a serial killer, who believes that he is the descendant of Judas.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrehorror, thriller, crime
CountryUSA

A psychological thriller based on the concept of anamorphosis, a painting technique that manipulates the laws of perspective to create two competing images on a single canvas.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA, France, Canada, Spain
Duration01:38

After a car crash, a criminal psychologist (Halle Berry) comes to, only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she's been accused of murdering her husband -- but she has no memory of committing the crime. As she tries to regain her memory and convince her co-workers of her innocence, a vengeful spirit uses her as an earthly pawn, which further convinces everyone of her guilt.

Markimdb: 5
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, Romania, USA
Duration01:23

Based on the true events of the only case in US History where a spirit caused the death of a man.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genrethriller
CountryCanada, USA

After getting hired to probe a suspicious death in the small town of Wander, a mentally unstable private investigator becomes convinced the case is linked to the same 'conspiracy cover up' that caused the death of his daughter.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryCanada, France
Duration01:46

When her child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts children.

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: 5.5
Genrehorror, action, thriller, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Canada, France, Turkey
Duration01:41

    The only U.S. Marshal assigned to Antarctica, Carrie Stetko will soon leave the harsh environment behind for good – in three days, the sun will set and the Amundsen-Scott Research Station will shut down for the long winter. When a body is discovered out on the open ice, Carrie's investigation into the continent's first homicide plunges her deep into a mystery that may cost her her own life.

    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: 6.9
    Genrehorror, thriller, crime, detective
    CountryItaly, Spain, Austria

    When socialite and heiress Julie Wardh begins receiving blackmail letters attributed to a mysterious serial killer, she suspects her cruel and sadistic former lover Jean is behind them. With her husband Neil frequently out of town, she falls into the arms of her friend's cousin George, and as the unknown assassin begins to make his move, she fears that one of the three men in her life may be the killer.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:30

    A BBC adaptation of the Victorian "penny dreadful" tale of 18th century "demon barber" Sweeney Todd, of Fleet Street, who cuts the throats of unsuspecting clients in his London shop.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:21

    A psychological thriller from the writer of the original "Twilight Zone!" In a showdown of man vs. machine, Martin plunges into a chaotic nightmare trying to save his mind from the megalomaniacal corporation!

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryGermany

    In Germany, as graduate student Katie Armstrong researches cannibal killer Oliver Hagen for her thesis, she becomes obsessed with her subject and ultimately plunges into a lifestyle similar to Hagen's and the thousands of people like him.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:45

    A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

      A thriller centered on an institutionalized young woman who becomes terrorized by a ghost.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:50

      Geeky student Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind the wheel of his exotic beauty. Arnie's girlfriend Leigh and best friend Dennis reach out to him, only to be met by a Fury like no other.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France
      Duration01:34

      Two young English women go on a cycling tour of the French countryside. When one of them goes missing, the other begins to search for her. But who can she trust?

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
      Duration02:34

      A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrethriller, crime, detective
      CountryCanada
      Duration01:25

      When Cassie's father finds himself vulnerable and bedridden, she believes she has the perfect revenge for her mother's death.

      Markimdb: 4.1
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:23

      Seven friends from Sacramento, California head out on a documented road trip to Las Vegas. Their trip takes a very unexpected turn for the worse when their back tires mysteriously blow out. A couple miles down the road, they find a little gas station Diner/Motel, run by the most friendly, polite and "helpful" people. It appears that their problems are solved, but boy are they wrong! When convinced by "The Helpers" to stay overnight, the friends all wake up in their rooms to a new kind of gruesome and bloody terror!

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrehorror, action, thriller, crime, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:35

      Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.

      Markimdb: 3.3
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:24

      When remorseless killer James Bennett escapes from lockdown in a mental hospital, an FBI agent and a U.S. Marshal track the madman to his hometown, where he plans to slay a group of graduate students studying his case. But to catch their prey, the officers must plumb the mysteries of psychology, Greek mythology and more.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrehorror, thriller, crime, detective
      CountryItaly
      Duration01:41

      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.

      Markimdb: 4.5
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA

      Inspired by true events, The Devils Tree follows Samantha, a college student studying journalism, who needs to finish her thesis with one last breaking news story. Along with her friend Rob, Samantha stumbles across a news article about an old tree in a local park where many horrible acts occurred. The locals have given the tree the name Devils Tree because of its urban legends of mass murders, satanic rituals, and paranormal activity. She decides this is the perfect story to finish her thesis on. As Sam digs deeper into the realm of the tree, she begins to uncover the truth about these urban legends. Struggling with her own demons of her past, Samantha is confronted with a the true demon of the tree and now must expose the truth in hopes to set it free. In the end, Samantha founds the real reason why evil is so rooted at The Devils Tree.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrethriller, detective
      CountryCanada, New Zealand, United Kingdom
      Duration01:32

      Sara Novak is an introverted college student with a few skeletons in her closet. Shying away from classmates, she prefers to spend time with Vern, an older comic store owner who shares her passion for mind games and riddles. But when the riddles she solves lead to the deaths of those around her, she realizes the riddles are more than a simple game.....

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA
      Duration01:53

      The down-and-out private detective Harry Angel is ordered, by a mysterious man named Louis Cyphre, to go on a mission to find a missing person. His routine failure soon leads to a bloody spar with himself as Harry Angel goes on a supernatural journey into his own soul.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryItaly
      Duration02:00

      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.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:29

      After witnessing a horrific and traumatic event, Julia Lund, a graduate student in psychology, gradually comes to the realization that everything which scared her as a child could be real. And what's worse, it might be coming back to get her..

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:48

      Chilling and eerie, this supernatural tale of good versus evil coils around twin brothers living with their grandmother in a sleepy rural area during the summer of 1935. After his grandmother encourages Niles to develop what seem to be psychic gifts, Niles starts to suspect that his twin may be involved in recent fatal accidents.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:43

      Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryCanada
      Duration01:27

      A high school girl and her bullying peers are terrorized by an escaped psychotic killer who is more than meets the eye. The Night Daddy Came Home! Tormented at high school, Emily Hanson’s only escape is drawing graphic sketches depicting a crazed masked killer on a bloody rampage. Except the deranged maniac is her father who snapped eight years ago and is now locked away in a mental institution where Emily’s bullying classmates taunt she should be too. On the anniversary of his massacre, the In Crowd throw a party while Emily babysits her mute little brother. Little does she know she’s in for a night of unrelenting terror and madness, forced to confront her demons once and for all.

      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: 3.4
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:19

      When a disgraced architect awakens from a coma, he is confronted by an agent of evil with a proposition; kill five people to reconcile his life's misdeeds and live, or decline the offer and die. As he proceeds with his grim assignment and begins collecting the fifth and final soul, he learns that his pact may have eternally horrifying consequences…

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada

      Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laconic police psychologist Cal Jamison is reluctantly drawn into a series of grisly, ritualistic murders involving the immolation of two youths.

      Markimdb: 4.5
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA

      When children start disappearing, a rebellious teen under house arrest starts to suspect that a legendary evil, a boogeyman known as the Cucuy, might be responsible.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryCanada
      Duration01:26

      A young couple find themselves in an unnerving situation with a mysterious stalker.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, crime
      CountryBelgium, France
      Duration01:33

      Michel, a murderous womanizer, meets introverted Gloria online and treats her to a whirlwind one-night-stand. Offering herself as an accomplice in his seductive crimes, the unhinged lovers embark on a deadly odyssey amplified by wild sex, unbridled jealousy, and passionate forays into the dark arts. This smart and gory shocker breathes new life into the lovesick horror genre to serve up a chilling tale of white-hot desperation and terrifying devotion.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryCanada
      Duration01:45

      Bruno Hamel is a thirty eight year old surgeon. He lives in Drummondville with his wife Sylvie, and their eight year-old daughter Jasmine. Like many happy people, he is leading an uneventful life until a beautiful fall afternoon, when his daughter is raped and murdered. From then on, the world of the Hamel family collapses. When the murderer is arrested, a terrible project germinates in Bruno's darkened mind. He plans to capture the "monster" and make him pay for his crime. The day the murderer appears in Court, Hamel, who had prepared his plan in great detail, kidnaps the monster and later sends the police a brief message stating that the rapist and murderer of his daughter was going to be tortured for 7 days and then executed. Once this task accomplished, he will then give himself up.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA

      When a leopard escapes during a publicity stunt, it triggers a series of murders.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom

      On the run with the law on their trail, America's most anguished vampire family heads to England to find an ancient vampire clan. What they find instead could tear their family, and their throats, apart forever.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryRomania

      An aspiring Romanian filmmaker obsessed with Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway goes to shocking extremes to convince Anne to star in his upcoming film.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:36

      After her husband dies of mysterious circumstances, a widow becomes increasingly paranoid of the neighboring religious community that may have diabolical plans for her.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
      CountryCanada, France
      Duration01:37

      A teenager is stuck in a time loop that is not quite the same each time. She must uncover the truth but her actions have consequences for herself and others.

      Markimdb: 4.5
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA

      After Jake Tilton is given a mystical "monkey's paw" talisman that grants its possessor three wishes, he finds his world turned upside down after his first two wishes result in his malevolent coworker, Tony Cobb, being resurrected from the dead. When Cobb pressures Jake into using the final wish to reunite Cobb with his son, his intimidation quickly escalates into relentless murder - forcing Jake to outwit his psychotic friend and save his remaining loved ones.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryJapan

      Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, prompting Minami to conduct a search. While looking, he finds a mysterious isolated hotel where he decides to take a rest. Not only are the front desk clerks a bit strange, but even the ambiance feels unusual. Minami soon realizes he may have gotten more than he bargained for.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryCanada

      Dr. Samantha Goodman is a beautiful, young psychiatrist. Burnt out, she drives to the family’s winter cottage to spend time with her husband and sister. A relaxing weekend is jarringly interrupted when a terrifying and unexpected guest arrives. What follows is an extraordinary night of terror and evil mind games where escape is not an option.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration02:00

      In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrehorror, action, thriller, crime
      CountryIndonesia, Japan

      Mr. Nomura is an eerily handsome, sharply dressed, sociopathic serial killer who preys on the women of Tokyo. In Jakarta, a world-weary journalist named Bayu finds himself unexpectedly falling into vigilantism after brutally killing two sadistic robbers. When each posts videos of their violent sprees online, the pair find one another on the Internet and begin a toxic and competitive duel. While Bayu clings to the hope that he can resume a normal life, Nomura continues to spill blood without remorse. Killing, advises Nomura, is something everyone ought to consider.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama
      CountryCanada, USA
      Duration01:40

      Desperate for companionship, the repressed Willard befriends a group of rats that inhabit his late father's deteriorating mansion. In these furry creatures, Willard finds temporary refuge from daily abuse at the hands of his bedridden mother and his father's old partner, Frank. Soon it becomes clear that the brood of rodents is ready and willing to exact a vicious, deadly revenge on anyone who dares to bully their sensitive new master.




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