20 movies like The Pit and the Pendulum, ordered by similarity : The Signal(2007), The Strangers(2008), Martyrs(2015), A Quiet Place(2018), Alive(2019), The Golem(2018), Hostel Part II(2007), Butcher Boys(2013), The Skeleton Key(2005), St. Agatha(2018), Satanic Panic(2019), Witches in the Woods(2019) ...
Horror
USA|Italy
1991
97 Minutes
Lance Henriksen Rona De Ricci Jonathan Fuller Jeffrey Combs Tom Towles Stephen Lee Frances Bay Oliver Reed
woman monk inquisitor man chilling dark disturbing frightening shocking tense spain dungeon spanish inquisition accusations witchcraft torture escape 15th century
Horror film set in 1492 Toledo, Spain, depicting the cruel deeds of a monk named Torquemada, Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition.
Horror
USA
2007
101 Minutes
A.J. Bowen Dan Bush Anessa Ramsey Justin Welborn Scott Poythress Sahr Ngaujah Cheri Christian Christopher Thomas Matt Stenton Suehyla El-Attar
lover woman man husband murderer maniac bleak frightening intense creepy shocking disturbing apartment science fiction lovers affair manipulation fear murder escape
A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2008
85 Minutes
Liv Tyler Scott Speedman Gemma Ward Kip Weeks Laura Margolis Glenn Howerton Alex Fisher Peter Clayton-Luce
masked torturer woman man stranger friend couple creepy dark disturbing frightening tense vacation home torture mystery isolation home invasion intruders violence escape quest
A young couple staying in an isolated vacation home are terrorized by three unknown assailants.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2015
86 Minutes
Troian Bellisario Michael Goetz Bailey Noble Kate Burton Caitlin Carmichael Melissa Tracy Romy Rosemont Toby Huss Elyse Cole Ever Prishkulnik Blake Robbins
young woman old man old woman mysterious man murderer frightening tense suspenseful secret location house basement torture chamber capture murder torture escape revenge violence escape revenge
A woman and her childhood friend seek out revenge on those who victimized and abused them.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2018
90 Minutes
Emily Blunt John Krasinski Millicent Simmonds Noah Jupe Cade Woodward Leon Russom Rhoda Pell Evangelina Cavoli
man woman child monster alien son bleak dark eerie intense frightening farmhouse woods abandoned town house basement silo monsters survival a cappella
In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Canada
2019
91 Minutes
Thomas Cocquerel Camille Stopps Angus Macfadyen Chantal Perron Gerrick Winston Zoe Marlett Lisa Moreau
caretaker man woman patient doctor chilling creepy dark disturbing engaging gory frightening abandoned building sanitarium horror escape mystery 2010s
A severely injured man and woman awake in an abandoned sanitarium only to discover that a sadistic caretaker holds the keys to their freedom and the horrific answers as to their real identity.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Israel
2018
95 Minutes
Hani Furstenberg Yoav Paz Ishai Golan Brynie Furstenberg Adi Kvetner Lenny Ravich Alex Tritenko
young woman invader sick person creature jewish woman jewish man bleak brooding uneasy tense dark village farm woods house mysticism judaism protection village life illness
During an outbreak of a deadly plague, a mystical woman must save her tight-knit Jewish community from foreign invaders, but the entity she conjures to protect them is a far greater evil.
Horror
USA|Czech Republic
2007
94 Minutes
Lauren German Roger Bart Heather Matarazzo Bijou Phillips Richard Burgi Vera Jordanova Milan Knazko Stanislav Ianevski Jay Hernandez Ruggero Deodato Edwige Fenech
college student beautiful woman hotel desk clerk businessman best friend street urchin gory frightening dark kitchen rome hostel train village spa murder entertainment deception torture blood sport
Three American college students studying abroad are lured to a Slovakian hostel, and discover the grim reality behind it.
Horror
USA
2013
93 Minutes
Ali Faulkner Justin Meeks Edwin Neal Marilyn Burns Derek Lee Nixon Sonny Carl Davis John Dugan Johnny Walter Greg Kelly
cannibal friend woman man brutal shocking intense creepy disturbing dark united states restaurant cannibalism fear horror survival escape escape mystery rescue
A gut-wrenching, non-stop roller coaster ride through the hellish underbelly of inner-city America. A birthday celebration at an upscale restaurant sets in motion events that bring Sissy, ... See full summary »
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Germany
2005
104 Minutes
Kate Hudson Gena Rowlands John Hurt Peter Sarsgaard Joy Bryant Maxine Barnett Tom Uskali Jen Apgar Forrest Landis Jamie Lee Redmon Ronald McCall
wife old man husband elderly woman nurse mysterious woman tense creepy dark hospice mansion new orleans secret cult ghosts supernatural haunting voodoo discovery escape
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2018
90 Minutes
Sabrina Kern Carolyn Hennesy Courtney Halverson Trin Miller Seth Michaels Hannah Fierman Lindsay Seim Shaun Fletcher Maximus Murrah
pregnant woman nun chilling dark eerie creepy frightening shocking gory convent small town georgia horror manipulation survival escape pursuit fall 1950s
In the 1950s in small-town Georgia, a pregnant young woman named Agatha seeks refuge in a convent.
Comedy, Horror
USA
2019
88 Minutes
Hayley Griffith Ruby Modine Jerry O'Connell Rebecca Romijn Jordan Ladd Whitney Moore Arden Myrin Michael Polish Jeff Daniel Phillips A.J. Bowen
pizza delivery woman satanist cult leader cult member daughter husband demon amusing brash brutal campy dark disturbing frightening gory intense madcap melodramatic tense thrilling
A pizza delivery girl at the end of her financial rope has to fight for her life - and her tips - when her last order of the night turns out to be high society Satanists in need of a virgin sacrifice.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Canada
2019
90 Minutes
Craig Arnold Hannah Kasulka Alexander De Jordy Corbin Bleu Sasha Clements Humberly González David Lafontaine Kyle Mac
student friend snowboarder brooding chilling creepy dark disturbing frightening gripping intense suspenseful tense thrilling mountain forest united states snowboarding adventure lost
Jill, a tenacious UMass freshman, abandons her studies for an off-the-grid snowboarding trip. When their SUV mysteriously becomes lost, temperatures fall and the group dynamic unravels as a virtual and then literal witch hunt begins.
Horror, Crime, Drama
2019
115 Minutes
Jonas Dassler Margarete Tiesel Adam Bousdoukos Marc Hosemann Katja Studt Martina Eitner-Acheampong Tristan Göbel Philipp Baltus Victoria Trauttmansdorff Hark Bohm
man serial killer murderer murder victim monster woman engaging shocking gripping suspenseful brutal thrilling germany hamburg, germany investigation serial murders fear murder danger suspicion
Action, Comedy, Horror, Western
USA|UK
2015
132 Minutes
Kurt Russell Patrick Wilson Richard Jenkins Matthew Fox Lili Simmons Evan Jonigkeit Kathryn Morris Sid Haig David Arquette Fred Melamed Sean Young
sheriff doctor cannibal outlaw husband lawman chilling gory gritty frightening shocking tense old west frontier cave hill town american west kidnapping horror
In the dying days of the old west, an elderly sheriff and his posse set out to rescue their town's doctor from cannibalistic cave dwellers.
Horror
1961
80 Minutes
Vincent Price John Kerr Barbara Steele Luana Anders Anthony Carbone Patrick Westwood Lynn Bernay Mary Menzies
husband sister widower brother doctor ghost dark tense frightful spain castle torture chamber dungeon death spanish inquisition iron maiden infidelity torture conspiracy mystery
A plot to drive a man insane backfires when the intended victim adopts his late father's sadistic persona.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK
2016
86 Minutes
Emile Hirsch Brian Cox Ophelia Lovibond Michael McElhatton Olwen Catherine Kelly Jane Perry Parker Sawyers Mary Duddy
dead person police lieutenant detective doctor morgue employee coroner corpse witch dark creepy engaging disturbing frightening thrilling morgue crime scene supernatural phenomenon parent/child relationship witchcraft dark secrets
A father and son, both coroners, are pulled into a complex mystery while attempting to identify the body of a young woman, who was apparently harboring dark secrets.
Horror
UK
2016
86 Minutes
Antonia Thomas Jonathan Hyde Lucy Chappell Eileen Davies Georgie Smith Luke Norris
mother father young girl baby estranged father grandmother demon brooding chilling creepy dark disturbing frightening intense melodramatic shocking tense thrilling suspenseful united kingdom
A young couple's lives are turned upside down when the birth of their first child is accompanied by terrifying entities that threaten their newly-formed family.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
1999
87 Minutes
Eduardo Sánchez Heather Donahue Michael C. Williams Josh Leonard Bob Griffith Jim King Sandra Sanchez Ed Swanson Patricia DeCou
student documentarian fisherman interviewee waitress witch creative frightening disturbing tense small town woods camp documentary filmmaking witchcraft lost folklore child murder investigation escape
Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Sweden
2019
145 Minutes
Florence Pugh Jack Reynor William Jackson Harper Will Poulter Vilhelm Blomgren Isabelle Grill Gunnel Fred Archie Madekwe Ellora Torchia Anna Åström Liv Mjönes
young woman young man couple villager cult member disturbing brooding raw chilling sweden village festival local customs cult human sacrifice family tragedy escape mystery fall sacrifice
A couple travels to Eastern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Horror
USA
2017
90 Minutes
Fiona Dourif Jennifer Tilly Alex Vincent Elisabeth Rosen Michael Therriault Zak Santiago Grace Lynn Kung Summer H. Howell Ali Tataryn Allison Dawn Doiron Adam Hurtig
doll killer woman supernatural being doctor victim chilling creepy dark disturbing frightening gory asylum doctor's office solitary confinement hospital bedroom strange happenings murder terror
Chucky returns to terrorize his human victim, Nica. Meanwhile, the killer doll has some scores to settle with his old enemies, with the help of his former wife.