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Sinister (2012)
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Sinister (2012)

True-crime writer Ellison Oswalt moves himself and his family into a house where a horrific crime took place earlier, but his family doesn't know. He begins researching the crime so that he can write a new book about it to help his flailing career. He uses some "snuff" film footage he finds in the h β€¦ouse to help him in his research, but he soon finds more than he bargained for. There is a figure in each of the films but who or what is it? As a result, his family start to suffer (as does he) and things take a turn for the worse. Will they survive? (Read More)

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Sinister 2 (2015)
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Sinister 2 (2015)

Following the events from the first film, a different family; a mother and her 2 sons move into a rural house that's marked for death. When the deputy from the first film learns that this family is next in line to fall to the demon Bhughul, he races before time to stop it and save them from the same β€¦ fate. (Read More)

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Insidious (2010)
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Insidious (2010)

A gripping story of a family in search of help for their son, Dalton, who fell into a coma after a mysterious incident in the attic. Little do they know that there is much more to this endless sleep than meets the eye as they explore the paranormal, and rediscover the past; the key to getting their  β€¦son back once and for all. (Read More)

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As Above, So Below (2014)
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As Above, So Below (2014)

Miles of twisting catacombs lie beneath the streets of Paris, the eternal home to countless souls. When a team of explorers ventures into the uncharted maze of bones, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead. A journey into madness and terror, As Above, So Below reaches de β€¦ep into the human psyche to reveal the personal demons that come back to haunt us all. (Read More)

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8mm (1999) is one of the best movies like Sinister (2012)
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8mm (1999)

A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, Welles relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into β€¦ obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town private eye. (Read More)

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1408 (2007)
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1408 (2007)

The cynical and skeptical writer Mike Enslin writes books evaluating supernatural phenomena in hotels, graveyards and other haunted places, usually debunking the mystery. While writing his latest book, he travels from Los Angeles to New York to spend one night in the Dolphin Hotel's posessed room 14 β€¦08, which is permanently unavailable for guests. The reluctant manager Mr. Gerald Olin objects to his request and offers an upgrade, expensive booze and finally relates the death of more than fifty guests over decades in the cursed room. However Mike threatens Mr. Olin, promising to sue the hotel, and is finally allowed to check into the room. Later in the night, he finds that guests of room 1408, once they have checked in, might never leave the room alive. (Read More)

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Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)
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Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)

In Japan, when the volunteer social assistant Rika Nishina is assigned to visit a family, she is cursed and chased by two revengeful fiends: Kayako, a woman brutally murdered by her husband and her son Toshio. Each person that lives in or visits the haunted house is murdered or disappears.

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Paranormal Activity (2007)
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Paranormal Activity (2007)

After a young, middle class couple moves into a suburban 'starter' tract house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be somehow demonic but is certainly most active in the middle of the night. Especially when they sleep. Or try to.

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The Autopsy Of Jane Doe (2016) is one of the best movies like Sinister (2012)
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The Autopsy Of Jane Doe (2016)

Cox and Hirsch play father and son coroners who receive a mysterious homicide victim with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to identify the beautiful young "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying secrets.

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V/h/s (2012)
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V/h/s (2012)

A POV, found footage horror film from the perspective of America's top genre filmmakers. A group of misfits are hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house in the countryside and acquire a rare tape. Upon searching the house, the guys are confronted with a dead body, a hub of old  β€¦televisions and an endless supply of cryptic footage, each video stranger than the last. (Read More)

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Suspiria (1977)
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Suspiria (1977)

Suzy Bannion travels to Germany to perfect her ballet skills. She arrives at the Tanz dance academy in the pouring rain and is refused admission after another woman is seen fleeing the school. She returns the next morning and this time is let in. She learns that the young woman she saw fleeing the p β€¦revious evening, Pat Hingle, has been found dead. Strange things soon begin to occur. Suzy becomes ill and is put on a special diet; the school becomes infested with maggots; odd sounds abound; and Daniel, the pianist, is killed by his own dog. A bit of research indicates that the ballet school was once a witches' coven - and as Suzy learns, still is. (Read More)

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Friday The 13th (1980)
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Friday The 13th (1980)

One summer at Camp Crystal Lake, a group of young counselors begin to get ready to lead campers. Unfortunately for the former, someone isn't happy about what's going on in the camp and enjoys playing kill the counselor. As bodies fall to the ground in the camp, no one is safe.

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Halloween (2007) is one of the best movies like Sinister (2012)
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Halloween (2007)

The residents of Haddonfield don't know it yet... but death is coming to their small sleepy town. Sixteen years ago, a ten year old boy called Michael Myers brutally kills his step father, his elder sister and her boyfriend. Sixteen years later, he escapes from the mental institution and makes his w β€¦ay back to his hometown intent on a murderous rampage pursued by Dr Sam Loomis who is Michael's doctor and the only one who knows Michael's true evil. Elsewhere a shy teenager by the name of Laurie Strode is babysitting on the night Michael comes home... is it pure coincidence that she and her friends are being stalked by him? (Read More)

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Cell (2016)
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Cell (2016)

When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodthirsty creatures, and a group of people in New England are among the survivors to deal with the ensuing chaos after.

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The Taking Of Deborah Logan (2014)
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The Taking Of Deborah Logan (2014)

What starts as a poignant medical documentary about Deborah Logan's descent into Alzheimer's disease and her daughter's struggles as caregiver degenerates into a maddening portrayal of dementia at its most frightening, as hair-raising events begin to plague the family and crew and an unspeakable mal β€¦evolence threatens to tear the very fabric of sanity from them all. (Read More)

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Scream 4 (2011)
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Scream 4 (2011)

Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey and Gale, who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill and her Aunt Kate. Unfortunately, Sidney's appearance also brings about the return of Gh β€¦ostface, putting Sidney, Gale, and Dewey, along with Jill, her friends, and the whole town of Woodsboro in danger. (Read More)

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The Purge (2013) is one of the best movies like Sinister (2012)
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The Purge (2013)

In an America wracked by crime and overcrowded prisons, the government has sanctioned an annual 12-hour period in which any and all criminal activity-including murder-becomes legal. The police can't be called. Hospitals suspend help. It's one night when the citizenry regulates itself without thought β€¦ of punishment. On this night plagued by violence and an epidemic of crime, one family wrestles with the decision of who they will become when a stranger comes knocking. When an intruder breaks into James Sandin's (Ethan Hawke) gated community during the yearly lockdown, he begins a sequence of events that threatens to tear a family apart. Now, it is up to James, his wife, Mary (Lena Headey), and their kids to make it through the night without turning into the monsters from whom they hide. (Read More)

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Critters (1986)
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Critters (1986)

A massive ball of furry creatures from another world eat their way through a small mid-western town followed by intergalactic bounty hunters opposed only by militant townspeople.

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Curse Of Chucky (2013)
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Curse Of Chucky (2013)

After the events of Seed of Chucky, Nica, a young woman forced to a wheelchair since birth, has to regroup her sister, Barb and her brother-in-law, Ian for a funeral after the death of her mother. While dealing with Barb, Ian, along with their 5-year-old daughter, Alice; Nica receives an odd package β€¦ - a creepy doll. After people start showing up dead, the fearless Nica soon suspects that the creepy doll is much more than just a doll. (Read More)

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30 Days Of Night (2007)
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30 Days Of Night (2007)

This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband- β€¦and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction. (Read More)

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Scream (1996) is one of the best movies like Sinister (2012)
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Scream (1996)

1 year after her mother's death, Sydney Prescott (Neve Campbell), and her friends started experiencing some strange phone calls. They later learned the calls were coming from a crazed serial killer, in a white faced mask and a large black robe, looking for revenge. His phone calls usually consist of β€¦ many questions, the main one being: Whats your favorite scary movie? Along with many scary movie trivia, ending with bloody pieces of innocent lives scattered around the small town of Woodsboro. (Read More)

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Gone Girl (2014)
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Gone Girl (2014)

On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark  β€¦question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? (Read More)

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Odd Thomas (2013)
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Odd Thomas (2013)

Small-town fry cook Odd Thomas ('Anton Yelchin' (qv)) is an ordinary guy with a paranormal secret: he sees dead people, everywhere. When a creepy stranger shows-up with an entourage of ghostly bodachs - predators who feed on pain and portend mass destruction - Odd knows that his town is in serious t β€¦rouble. Teaming up with his sweetheart Stormy ('Addison Timlin' (qv)) and the local sheriff ('Willem Dafoe' (qv)), Odd plunges into an epic battle of good vs evil to try to stop a disaster of apocalyptic proportions. Based on the best-selling thriller by Dean Koontz. (Read More)

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Prisoners (2013)
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Prisoners (2013)

How far would you go to protect your family? Keller Dover is facing every parent's worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their s β€¦treet. Heading the investigation, Detective Loki arrests its driver, Alex Jones, but a lack of evidence forces his release. As the police pursue multiple leads and pressure mounts, knowing his child's life is at stake the frantic Dover decides he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family? (Read More)

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Mirrors (2008)

In New York, the former NYPD detective Ben Carson is hired to work as night watch of the remains of the Mayflower Department Store that was partially destroyed by fire many years ago. Ben became alcoholic and was retired from the police force after killing a man in a shooting. His marriage was also  β€¦destroyed and now he is living in the apartment of his younger sister Angie. However he has not been drinking for three months and sees the employment as a chance to rebuild his life. When he goes to the rounds in his first night, he finds that the mirrors are impeccably clean and his colleague explains that the former night watch was obsessed with the mirrors. After a couple of nights, Ben sees weird images in the mirrors, but due to the lack of credibility of his past, his ex-wife Amy believes he has hallucinations as a side effect of his medication. When Angie is found brutally murdered in her bathtub, Ben discovers that there is an evil force in the mirror that is chasing him and jeopardizing his family. (Read More)

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Super 8 (2011)
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Super 8 (2011)

SPOILER: In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries  β€¦to uncover the truth - something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined. (Read More)

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Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
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Night Of The Living Dead (1968)

Barbra and Johnny visit their father's grave in a remote cemetery when they are suddenly set upon by zombies. Barbra manages to get away and takes refuge in what seems to be an abandoned farm house. She is soon joined by Ben who stopped at the house in need of gas. Beset by the walking dead all arou β€¦nd them Ben does his best to secure the doors and windows. The news reports are grim however with creatures returning to life everywhere. Barbra and Ben are surprised when they realize there are 5 people hiding out in the basement: Harry, Helen and Judy Cooper; and a young couple, Tom and Judy. Dissensions sets in almost immediately with Harry Cooper wanting to be in charge. As their situation deteriorates, their chances of surviving the night lessen minute by minute. (Read More)

Subgenre:
tragedy
Themes:
panicfeardeathmurder
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darknessnight
Locations:
pennsylvania
Characters:
terrorsheriffmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship
Story:
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Annabelle (2014)
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Annabelle (2014)

John Form has found the perfect gift for his expectant wife, Mia - a beautiful, rare vintage doll in a pure white wedding dress. But Mia's delight with Annabelle doesn't last long. On one horrific night, their home is invaded by members of a satanic cult, who violently attack the couple. Spilled blo β€¦od and terror are not all they leave behind. The cultists have conjured an entity so malevolent that nothing they did will compare to the sinister conduit to the damned that is now... Annabelle. (Read More)

Themes:
supernatural powerevilinvestigationghostdeathmurder
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darknessnight
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terrorhusband wife relationship
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It Follows (2014) is one of the best movies like Sinister (2012)
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It Follows (2014)

For nineteen-year-old Jay, Autumn should be about school, boys and week-ends out at the lake. But after a seemingly innocent sexual encounter, she finds herself plagued by strange visions and the inescapable sense that someone, something, is following her. Faced with this burden, Jay and her friends β€¦ must find a way to escape the horrors, that seem to be only a few steps behind. (Read More)

Subgenre:
supernatural horrorsupernatural
Themes:
supernatural powerpanicevilinvestigationfearghostdeathmurder
Locations:
swimming pool
Story:
grindhouse filmpooltied to a chairhousebedroombookwritten by directorblood splatterphotographviolenceblood

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The Mist (2007)
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The Mist (2007)

The Draytons - David, Steff and their son Billy - live in a small Maine town. One night a ferocious storm hits the area, damaging their house. The storm is accompanied by a strange mist. David and Billy and their neighbour Brent Norton go into town. There they discover that the mist contains some fr β€¦ightening creatures, creatures intent on killing humans. (Read More)

Subgenre:
tragedy
Themes:
supernatural powerpanicfearmurderdeath
Mood:
night
Locations:
small town
Characters:
father son relationship
Story:
single locationbloody body of childhanged mankillinghangingtreechild in perilhousepaintingblood splatterknifeblood

The Strangers (2008)
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The Strangers (2008)

After returning from a wedding reception, a couple staying in an isolated vacation house receive a knock on the door in the mid-hours of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. The couple find themselves in a violent struggle, in which they g β€¦o beyond what either of them thought capable in order to survive. (Read More)

Themes:
panicfearmurder
Mood:
night
Locations:
car fire
Characters:
terror
Story:
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Ouija (2014)
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Ouija (2014)

A girl is mysteriously killed after recording herself playing with an ancient Ouija Board, which leads to a close group of friends to investigate this board. They later find out that some things aren't meant to be played with, especially the 'other side'.

Subgenre:
supernatural
Themes:
supernatural powerevilinvestigationfearghostmurder
Locations:
swimming pool
Story:
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Ghost Ship (2002) is one of the best movies like Sinister (2012)
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Ghost Ship (2002)

After discovering a passenger ship missing since 1962 floating adrift on the Bering Sea, salvagers claim the vessel as their own. Once they begin towing the ghost ship towards harbor, a series of bizarre ocurrences happen and the group becomes trapped inside the ship, which they soon learn is inhabi β€¦ted by a demonic creature. (Read More)

Themes:
supernatural powerghostmurderdeath
Story:
hanged childfalling through the floorburned alivechild murderdeath of childdisappearancedrowningchild in perilmapthroat slittingmassacreblood splatterphotographcigarette smokingblood β€¦violence (See All)

The Exorcist (1973)
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The Exorcist (1973)

A visiting actress in Washington, D.C., notices dramatic and dangerous changes in the behavior and physical make-up of her 12-year-old daughter. Meanwhile, a young priest at nearby Georgetown University begins to doubt his faith while dealing with his mother's terminal sickness. And, book-ending the β€¦ story, a frail, elderly priest recognizes the necessity for a show-down with an old demonic enemy. (Read More)

Subgenre:
supernatural horrortragedy
Themes:
supernatural powerpanicevilfearmurderdeath
Mood:
darkness
Characters:
mother daughter relationshipmother son relationship
Story:
atticwhiskeyhometied to a bedoccultfirst partargumentman with glasseshousebedroombookblood splatterbloodviolence

V/h/s/2 (2013)
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V/h/s/2 (2013)

Subgenre:
found footage
Themes:
supernatural powerghostmurder
Locations:
swimming pool
Story:
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Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
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Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)

In part six of the Nightmare on Elm Street series, dream monster Freddy Krueger has finally killed all the children of his hometown, and seeks to escape its confines to hunt fresh prey. To this end, he recruits the aid of his (previously unmentioned) daughter. However, she discovers the demonic orig β€¦in of her father's powers and meets Dad head-on in a final showdown (originally presented in 3-D). (Read More)

Subgenre:
supernatural
Themes:
supernatural powerevilghostdeathmurder
Mood:
darkness
Locations:
small town
Characters:
terrorfather daughter relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
falling through the floorsleepwalkingkiller childburned alivechild murderkillingchild in perildrawingmapblood splatterknifebloodviolence

The Amityville Horror (2005) is one of the best movies like Sinister (2012)
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The Amityville Horror (2005)

In December 1975, George and Kathy Lutz along with their three children move into an elegant Long Island house. What they don't know is that the house was the site of a horrific mass murder a year before. They decide to keep the house and attempt to keep the horror in the past, but are now haunted b β€¦y a murderous presence. This is until, George starts to behave weirdly and their daughter, Chelsea starts to see people. What follows is 28 days of sheer, unbridled terror for the family with demonic visions of the dead. Based on the true story of George and Kathy Lutz, The Amityville Horror remains one of the most horrifying haunted house stories ever told - because it actually happened. (Read More)

Themes:
murder of familyghostmurderdeath
Characters:
terrormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship
Story:
hanged childmoving inaxe murderfamily dinnerchild murderoccultchild in perilhousethroat slittingblood splatterdogblood

The Crazies (2010)
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The Crazies (2010)

As a toxin begins to turn the residents of Ogden Marsh, Iowa into violent psychopaths, sheriff David Dutton tries to make sense of the situation while he, his wife, and two other unaffected townspeople band together in a fight for survival.

Themes:
murder of familydeathmurder
Locations:
swimming poolsmall town
Characters:
sheriffhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
hanged womandeputychild murdercoffeechild in periltied to a chairmassacrebound and gaggedblood splattercell phoneknifebloodviolence

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The Ring (2002)
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The Ring (2002)

Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers (including her niece). There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. If the legend is correct, Rachel will have to run against time to save her son's and her own  β€¦life. (Read More)

Subgenre:
supernatural horror
Themes:
supernatural powerinvestigationfearghostdeathmurder
Characters:
writermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship
Story:
tapekiller childdark secretfirst parttreedrawingcell phonephotographcigarette smokingblood

The Evil Dead (1981)
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The Evil Dead (1981)

Five college students take time off to spend a peaceful vacation in a remote cabin. A book and audio tape is discovered, and its evil is found to be powerful once the incantations are read out loud. The friends find themselves helpless to stop the evil as it takes them one by one, with only one surv β€¦ivor left with the evil dead and desperately tries to fight to live until morning. (Read More)

Subgenre:
supernatural horror
Themes:
supernatural powerevilghostmurderdeath
Story:
grindhouse filmtapeoccultfirst parttreesnakebookwritten by directorblood splatterviolenceblood

The Stepfather (2009) is one of the best movies like Sinister (2012)
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The Stepfather (2009)

Michael Harding returns home from military school to find his mother happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David. As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful hand. Is he really the man of her dreams or cou β€¦ld David be hiding a dark side? (Read More)

Themes:
murder of familymurder
Locations:
swimming pool
Characters:
mother son relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
duct tape over mouthfalling through the floorwebcambag over headfamily dinnerattichomepooldeath of childdrowningcell phoneknifeblood

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A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
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A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)

A new family moves into the house on Elm Street, and before long, the kids are again having nightmares about deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger. This time, Freddy attempts to possess a teenage boy to cause havoc in the real world, and can only be overcome if the boy's sweetheart can master her f β€¦ear. (Read More)

Subgenre:
supernatural horrorsupernatural
Themes:
supernatural powerpanicevilfearghostdeathmurder
Mood:
darkness
Locations:
swimming poolsmall town
Characters:
terrormother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship
Story:
grindhouse filmsleepwalkingmoving inburned alivechild in perilsnakehousemassacreblood splatterknifecigarette smokingbloodviolencedog

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011)
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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011)

This English-language adaptation of the Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson follows a disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist ('Daniel Craig (I)' (qv)), as he investigates the disappearance of a wealthy patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named L β€¦isbeth Salander ('Rooney Mara' (qv)). As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined. (Read More)

Themes:
investigationmurderdeath
Characters:
father daughter relationship
Story:
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Blair Witch (2016)
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Blair Witch (2016)

Near Burkittsville, in the Black Hills Forest, on the root of a lightning-struck tree, the couple of Lane and Talia find a DV tape sticking out of the ground. The content of the found tape is mostly footage of static, however, near the end, there is also an intriguing small part where someone is try β€¦ing to escape from something that is after him, screaming and running in an abandoned house. After accidentally stumbling across the uploaded footage, James, believing that this is his final chance to put an end once and for all in the unresolved mystery of his sister's Heather disappearance, some twenty years ago in the same woods, he assembles a team of friends in search of answers. Sooner or later, the team will go astray in the heart of a green maze that is riddled with the chilling legend of Elly Kedward, the Blair Witch who relentlessly keeps messing with their sanity, gradually taking them down, one by one. Eventually, James will find himself in the epicentre of the evil activity, trapped inside the very house where his sister disappeared, unaware of the fact that, once more, the witch will demand her sacrifice. (Read More)

Subgenre:
found footagesupernatural
Themes:
supernatural powerpanicevilfearghostdeathmurder
Locations:
small town
Story:
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The Amityville Horror (1979)

Based on a true story that was claimed by writer Jay Anson, The Amityville Horror is about a large house on the coast of Long Island where newlyweds George and Kathy Lutz and their three children move into the house that they hope will be their dream house which ends up in terror. Despite full discl β€¦osure by the real estate agent of the house's history, George and Kathy buy the house. George says, "Houses don't have memories," but they turn to their family priest Father Delaney who believes the house is haunted and performs an exorcism on the house. But the evil spirit in the house causes him to become blind and makes him very sick. With the help of another priest Father Bolen and a police detective, George and Kathy face the fears of the house, but not knowing the spirit is planning to possess George and then the children... (Read More)

Subgenre:
supernatural horror
Themes:
supernatural powermurder of familypanicevilfearghostmurder
Characters:
terrorwriterhusband wife relationship
Story:
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Night Watch (2004)
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Night Watch (2004)

Among normal humans live the "Others" possessing various supernatural powers. They are divided up into the forces of light and the forces of the dark, who signed a truce several centuries ago to end a devastating battle. Ever since, the forces of light govern the day while the night belongs to their β€¦ dark opponents. In modern day Moscow the dark Others actually roam the night as vampires while a "Night Watch" of light forces, among them Anton, the movie's protagonist, try to control them and limit their outrage. (Read More)

Subgenre:
supernatural
Themes:
supernatural powerpanicfeardeathmurder
Mood:
darknessnight
Locations:
swimming pool
Characters:
mother son relationshipfather son relationship
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Ringu (1998)
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Ringu (1998)

Reiko Asakawa is researching into a 'Cursed Video' interviewing teenagers about it. When her niece Tomoko dies of 'sudden heart failure' with an unnaturally horrified expression on her face, Reiko investigates. She finds out that some of Tomoko's friends, who had been on a holiday with Tomoko the we β€¦ek before, had died on exactly the same night at the exact same time in the exact same way. Reiko goes to the cabin where the teens had stayed and finds an 'unlabeled' video tape. Reiko watched the tape to discover to her horror it is in fact the 'cursed videotape'. Ex-Husband Ryuji helps Reiko solve the mystery, Reiko makes him a copy for further investigation. Things become more tense when their son Yoichi watches the tape saying Tomoko had told him to. Their discovery takes them to a volcanic island where they discover that the video has a connection to a psychic who died 30 years ago, and her child Sadako... (Read More)

Subgenre:
supernatural horror
Themes:
supernatural powerpanicinvestigationfearghostmurder
Mood:
darknessnight
Characters:
father daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship
Story:
multiple murdertapedark secretkillingfirst partchild in perilphotograph

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High Tension (2003)
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High Tension (2003)

Alexia travels with her friend Marie to spend a couple of days with her family in their farm in the country. They arrive late and they are welcomed by Alexia's father. Late in the night, a sadistic and sick killer breaks into the farmhouse, slaughters Alexia's family--including their dog--and kidnap β€¦s Alexia. Marie hides from the criminal and tries to help the hysterical and frightened Alexia, chase the maniac, and disclose his identity in the end. (Read More)

Themes:
evilfeardeathmurder
Mood:
darknessnight
Characters:
terrormother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship
Story:
grindhouse filmaxe murderchild murderkillingdeath of childhousethroat slittingmassacrebound and gaggedblood splatterknifephotographcigarette smokingdogblood β€¦violence (See All)

Friday The 13th: A New Beginning (1985) is one of the best movies like Sinister (2012)
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Friday The 13th: A New Beginning (1985)

Five years after killing the goalie hockey-masked killer Jason Voorhees, Tommy Jarvis has grown up in various mental hospitals unable to get over the nightmares about Jason's return. When Tommy is sent to a rural halfway house in New Jersey for mentally disturbed teenagers, a series of grisly murder β€¦s begin anew as another hockey-masked killer begins killing off all people at and around the residence. Has Jason returned from the dead to re-start his killing spree? Has Tommy decided to take over the reign of Jason, or has someone else? (Read More)

Themes:
evilfeardeathmurder
Mood:
darknessnight
Locations:
small town
Characters:
terrorsheriffmother son relationship
Story:
knife murdergrindhouse filmaxe murderkillingchild in perilhousethroat slittingmassacreblood splatterviolenceblood

Gothika (2003)
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Gothika (2003)

Dr. Miranda Grey is a psychiatrist who works in a penitentiary, in the mental institution sector. She is married with Dr. Douglas Grey, the chief of department where Dr. Pete Graham also works. Chloe Sava, a patient of Dr. Miranda formerly abused by her stepfather, claims that she is frequently rape β€¦d by the devil in her cell. After leaving the asylum in a stormy night, Dr. Miranda has a car accident, and when she wakes up, she is an inmate of the institution, being accused of an horrible crime and having no memory of the incident. (Read More)

Subgenre:
supernatural
Themes:
supernatural powermissing childpanicevilfearghostmurderdeath
Mood:
darknessnight
Locations:
swimming pool
Characters:
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