8 dark Hollywood thrillers featuring psychopathic killers 

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Sector 36 (Netflix)

Vikrant Massey’s violent psycho thriller based on Noida’s Nithari killings is gaining immense popularity for its dark themes and great performances. Here are similar bone-chilling movies: 

Seven (Netflix)

Starring Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman, this riveting crime thriller revolves around police detectives as they hunt an unusual killer, inspired by the eponymous deadly sins. 

American Psycho (Prime) 

This dark satire horror film features Christian Bale as a psychopathic investment banker who keeps his dark ego hidden. However, things take a spin with his uncontrollable bloodlust. 

Hannibal (JioCinema) 

The plot revolves around the cannibalistic killer Hannibal Lecter and his revenge-seeking victim Mason Verger as a chase of vengeance and rage takes over. 

Frenzy (Prime) 

This 1972 British thriller revolves around a cat-and-mouse chase between police and a psycho murderer unleashing the terror aby strangling women with a necktie 

The Silence of the Lambs (Prime) 

A spine-chilling psychological thriller that revolves around an FBI intern and a deadly cannibalistic killer as the former takes his interview.  

Zodiac (Prime) 

The plot revolves around a cartoonist who turns into an amateur detective to hunt down a brutal serial killer by investigating his bloody patterns.  

Saw (Prime)

The first installment in the horror franchise, this gripping movie revolves around a psychopathic Jigsaw killer who tests his victims with unusual methods weighing on life and death. 

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Netflix) 

Set in Texas, this slasher film revolves around the terror of the Leatherface killer who embarks on a killing spree after getting entangled with a group of youngsters.