Movies and TvShows featuring "mystery-killer" theme.
CSI: NY follows a team of forensic investigators who solve crimes in New York City using scientific evidence. The show explores various crimes and mysteries, delving into the personal lives of the investigators and the challenges they face.
Castle is a crime drama TV show about a successful mystery novelist, Richard Castle, who teams up with a no-nonsense NYPD detective, Kate Beckett, to solve various murder cases in New York City. Through their unconventional partnership, they solve mysteries while also developing a deep bond and friendship.
The Mentalist follows Patrick Jane, a former psychic medium, who uses his keen power of observation to help the California Bureau of Investigation solve complex cases. After losing his wife and child to a serial killer known as Red John, Jane joins the law enforcement agency to track down the elusive murderer while dealing with his own haunted past.
Scream: The TV Series is a mystery thriller that follows a group of teenagers as they become targets of a serial killer with a mask, unleashing a wave of terror in their small town. The show explores themes of deception, diversity, and the dark secrets that lie beneath the surface of their seemingly calm lives.
To exact vengeance, a young woman infiltrates the household of an influential family as a housemaid to expose their dirty secrets. However, love will get in the way of her revenge plot.
Morgan is a single mom with an exceptional mind, whose unconventional knack for solving crimes leads to an unusual and unstoppable partnership with a by-the-book seasoned detective.
Harper's Island follows a group of family and friends who travel to an island for a destination wedding. As they celebrate, secrets from the past are revealed and they become the targets of a serial killer. The group must uncover the identity of the killer before they all become victims.
A Favorita is a Brazilian soap opera that follows the story of two rivals, as one seeks revenge against the other for a wrongful conviction. The plot is filled with twist and turns, showcasing themes of homosexuality, mental illness, and psychopathy. The strong female leads and the mystery killer add layers of suspense and intrigue to the narrative.
After being declared dead in absentia, former FBI agent Emily Byrne returns home six years later to find her life has changed and her husband has remarried. As she tries to reconnect with her family, Emily also becomes involved in a new case involving a serial killer who may have a connection to her own disappearance. Alongside her former partner Nick Durand and a team of determined detectives, Emily must uncover the truth behind her absence and bring the killer to justice.
In the next installment, the survivors of the Ghostface killings leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter in New York City. One year after the Woodsboro killings orchestrated by Richie Kirsch and Amber Freeman, Blackmore University professor Laura Crane is murdered by her student Jason Carvey wearing a Ghostface costume. Sam and Tara now live in New York City, with Tara attending Blackmore University alongside fellow survivors Chad and Mindy Meeks-Martin, their roommate Quinn Bailey, Mindy's girlfriend Anika Kayoko, and Chad's roommate Ethan Landry. Tara is in a relationship with Chad, which Quinn keeps interrupting. Sam is seeing a therapist and is taking medications to suppress her hallucinations. Sam's father was a serial killer and last year she found out that her boyfriend Richie was also a serial killer. Sam is ostracized in public because of an online conspiracy theory that she was the true mastermind of the latest killings. Sam stopped Richie by stabbing him 22 times and slashing his throat. Sam is secretly dating Danny. As news of Jason and Greg's murders is reported on TV, they also talk about Ghostface masks found in their closets. Sam wants to leave town immediately, but Tara is done running. She wont let one incident define the rest of her life. Ghostface attacks the sisters and leaves behind a Ghostface mask worn in the 2011 Woodsboro killings. At the NYPD police station, the sisters meet Quinn's detective father, Wayne Bailey, FBI special agent Kirby Reed, a survivor of the 2011 killings, and reporter Gale Weathers, who tells them she spoke to Sidney Prescott and that she has gone into hiding to protect her family. Sam and Tara are angry with Gale as she wrote a book about what happened, even though she promised she would not. Gale called Sam unstable and a born killer. Sam's therapist Christopher Stone is murdered by Ghostface, who steals Sam's file and leaves behind a mask worn in the Hollywood killings. Wayne suspects that Sam killed her therapist since she had admitted to liking killing Richie and that was also in his session notes, which are now stolen. Mindy theorizes that the killer is following the rules of film franchises, specifically the rule that anyone can die while the franchise will still continue. Ghostface attacks the group in the sisters' apartment, murdering Anika and seemingly killing Quinn. Sam's boyfriend Danny helps the others escape and Ghostface leaves behind a mask worn in the Windsor College killings. Gale takes the group to an abandoned theater she found while investigating, which has been set up as a shrine to the Ghostface killers, featuring many items of evidence related to previous massacres now displayed like film props. Ghostface calls Gale at her apartment and torments her about the death of Dewey Riley before killing her boyfriend Brooks and attacking her. Sam and Tara arrive just in time to stop Ghostface from killing Gale, who is taken to the hospital. The group agrees to meet Kirby at the theater to trap Ghostface. Wayne tells the group to take public transport to avoid the killer from taking another shot at them. But it is Halloween, and many people are wearing Ghostface masks as the news of the killings is trending on social media. Mindy is stabbed by Ghostface on the train. Sam refuses to let Danny inside the theatre as she does not trust him. At the theater, Sam sees a hallucination of her father, original Ghostface killer Billy Loomis. Billy asks Sam to take a knife and to kill the killers. Wayne calls Sam and says that Kirby was fired by the FBI 2 months ago for being mentally unstable. Taking his knife from the original murders, she realizes they have been locked inside. Two Ghostfaces appear and attack Chad. They manage to stab Tara who was with Chad. As Chad tries to fight them, he is stabbed by both multiple times. Wayne and Kirby both arrive with guns drawn. Wayne attempts to lend credence toward Kirby being the killer, only to shoot her, revealing himself as a third Ghostface and the mastermind; his accomplices are his children, revealed to be Ethan and a still-alive Quinn, who faked her death to ease suspicion. The trio reveal that they are Richie's family who want to avenge his death. They were responsible for defaming Sam online and plan to frame her for their killing spree. Sam and Tara gain the upper hand and fight off the Bailey family, with Tara stabbing Ethan and Sam killing Quinn, while briefly knocking Wayne unconscious. Sam then dons her father's Ghostface costume, taunts Wayne with a phone call using the voice changer, and viciously stabs him to death. Ethan resurfaces, but Kirby smashes the television set that killed Stu Macher over his head, killing him. Sam agrees to let Tara live her life more independently and Tara agrees to go to therapy. As Mindy, Chad, and Kirby are taken to the hospital, Sam stares at her father's Ghostface mask before discarding it and following Tara and Danny into the city.
ERASED is a TV show about a schoolteacher named Satoru who possesses the power to go back in time and prevent tragedies from happening. When his mother is murdered and he is framed for the crime, Satoru travels back 18 years to his childhood to try to prevent a series of child murders from happening, including the abduction and murder of one of his classmates. As he tries to change the past and find the true killer, he uncovers dark secrets and must confront his own traumatic childhood.
A youth named Diego (David Chocarro) was released from prison, 20 years after being incarcerated. He was unjustly accused of a school massacre. Soon after his release, he finds himself entangled in a series of conspiracies and intrigues. With the help of his psychiatrist, Antonia(Maritza Rodriguez), he begins to uncover the mysteries surrounding the massacre.
Profiler is a crime drama TV show that follows the story of a forensic psychologist named Samantha Waters, who works as an FBI profiler. She uses her expertise in psychology to help solve complex criminal cases by analyzing the behavior and motives of killers. With a focus on profiling and investigative techniques, the show delves into the dark and twisted minds of criminals. Samantha's personal life also becomes entangled in the cases she investigates, adding a layer of depth to the series. Combining elements of mystery, thriller, and drama, Profiler keeps viewers on the edge of their seats with its intense and gripping storytelling.
In 'Saw' (2004), two strangers, Adam and Dr. Gordon, wake up in a dirty bathroom chained to the walls. They find out that they are pawns in a game set up by a notorious serial killer known as Jigsaw. The killer gives them instructions through audio tapes, forcing them to make life-or-death decisions. As they try to escape, they uncover the killer's motive and the truth behind their abduction. With time running out, they must find a way to survive and outsmart the sadistic killer.
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game. The killer torments his victims by forcing them to answer movie trivia in exchange for their lives. As the body count rises, the girl must uncover the identity of the killer before she becomes his next victim. With twists, suspense, and a reveal of the killer's motives, the movie keeps audiences on the edge of their seats.
While Sidney and her friends visit the Hollywood set of Stab 3, the third film based on the Woodsboro murders, another Ghostface killer rises to terrorize them.
Erased (2017) is a live-action adaptation of a popular manga and anime series. It follows Satoru Fujinuma, a struggling manga artist who has the ability to go back in time a few minutes before a tragedy occurs. When his mother is murdered, Satoru travels back in time to his childhood to solve the mystery and prevent the series of events that leads to her death.
Two years after the first series of murders, as Sidney acclimates to college life, someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings. Sidney and her friends must uncover the truth behind this masked killer and survive the bloody rampage, all while facing their haunted past.
Spiral: From the Book of Saw is a crime horror movie that follows a detective and his rookie partner as they become entangled in a twisted game orchestrated by a sadistic serial killer. As the body count rises, they must uncover the killer's identity and put an end to the horrifying game before it's too late.