Movies like Demons 2017
If you like "Demons" you are looking for suspenseful, rough and enigmatic movies about / with ghost, investigation, paranormal, terror, supernatural, priest and husband wife relationship themes of Horror genre shot in USA.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps:
1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below).
2. Look for them in the presented list.
Demons (2017)
3K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Celebrated fiction writer and former priest, Colin Hampstead, and his wife, Kayleigh, are tormented by the ghost of her late sister, as the details of her grisly death are slowly uncovered.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, enigmatic, bleak, atmospheric, psychological horror, creepy, psychological thriller, tense, gothic ...
Plot:
ghost, investigation, paranormal, terror, supernatural, priest, husband wife relationship, haunted by the past, uncover truth, haunting, death of sister, grief, revenge, family secret, nightmare, loss, dark past, possession, trauma, obsession, occult, claustrophobia, haunted house, revelation, slow burn ...
Time:
contemporary
Movie in categories
Most similar movies to Demons
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out creepy, psychological horror, tense and suspenseful films with plots about isolation, supernatural, ghost, slow burn, investigation, paranormal and occult mostly in Horror and Thriller genres. Some movies like Demons: Traumatika (2024), Oracle (2023), Darkness Binds (2021), The Blackwell Ghost 8 (2024), Fawn (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Mikey's night terrors become reality when his mother begins showing signs of demonic possession. What he's about to experience will haunt him for the rest of his life and claim countless lives across generations.
Style:
psychological horror, disturbing, dark, tense, creepy ...
Plot:
trauma, possession, supernatural, demon, fear, mother son relationship, terror, nightmare, haunting, occult, paranormal, family secret ...
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young woman accepts a job on a property with a traumatic history. Upon her arrival, she soon realizes that the nightmares of her childhood are connected to the evil in the house.
Style:
tense, psychological horror, suspenseful, captivating, mystical ...
Plot:
childhood trauma, female protagonist, paranormal, evil, haunted house, mysticism, paranormal phenomena, tragic past, confronting the past, supernatural horror, trauma, nightmare ...
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Story:
Forced to return to her childhood home in the midst of a personal tragedy, Kara discovers that while secrets can lie buried, they're never forgotten.
Style:
sinister, dark, tense, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
family secret, supernatural, dark past, getting home, grief, haunted house, female protagonist, claustrophobia, homecoming, family drama, small town, cold ...
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
A filmmaker continues his quest to uncover the truth behind a series of unsolved murders from years ago. This is the 8th installment of "The Blackwell Ghost" series.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, creepy ...
Plot:
investigation, paranormal phenomena, ghost, found footage, murder investigation, paranormal, crime solving, crime investigation, sleuth, murder, murder mystery, homicide detective ...
Similarity:
81%
Movie in collections
49
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
An evil supernatural presence terrorizes the locals of a small town.
Style:
creepy, sinister, dark, demonic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
supernatural, small town, found footage, paranormal, unsettling, haunting, isolation, possession, ghost, occult, nightmare, confrontation ...
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When a group of high school kids look into the 20 year old mystery surrounding the death of a teenage girl in their hometown, they unintentionally release the evil responsible.
Style:
suspenseful, demonic, teen horror, atmospheric, creepy ...
Plot:
small town, cold case, paranormal, dark past, supernatural, danger, teenager, investigation, high school, resurrection, ghost, urban legend ...
Place:
midwest
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
An anxious shut-in unwittingly moves into a haunted apartment and hires a mysterious stranger to perform an exorcism which takes a horrific turn.
Style:
tense, psychological horror, dark, mystical, psychological ...
Plot:
occult, exorcism, haunted house, supernatural, ghost, paranormal, haunting, problem, haunted, paranormal activity, ghost hunter, paranormal phenomena ...
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A newlywed couple arrives at the house of the husband's late wife, where the flowers have been maintained to the dead woman's memory. Soon, eerie events lead the new wife, to believe she is losing her mind.
Style:
psychological horror, suspenseful, tense, psychological, mystic ...
Plot:
haunted house, relationships, mentally unstable, supernatural horror, mental disorder, mysticism, husband wife relationship, family relations, supernatural, paranormal activity, ghost, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
78%
Movie in collections
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After a near-death experience, Vanessa Shepherd faces nightmares in Abaddon. As mysterious deaths occur around her, she discovers her connection to the Abaddon Hotel, Carmichael Manor, and decades of unexplained murders.
Style:
psychological horror, tense, creepy, sinister, disturbing ...
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, dark past, nightmare, ghost, family secret, near death experience, night, possession, family curse, macabre, investigation ...
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Shortly after discovering the dead body of her roommate, a young woman becomes embroiled in supernatural shenanigans.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, mystical, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
supernatural, paranormal activity, haunting, supernatural horror, paranormal, murder, mysticism, neighbor, paranormal phenomena, female protagonist, survival horror, murder mystery ...
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Amelia's claustrophobic life with Aunt Helen is disrupted when her past tries to push through to her present.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological horror, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
supernatural, murder, paranormal phenomena, uncover truth, survivor, evil spirit, danger, pursuit, violence, fear, trauma, claustrophobia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
63%
439
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A murdered woman seeks revenge, possesses her husband's new wife.
Style:
suspense, supernatural thriller, sinister, creepy, atmospheric ...
Plot:
possession, haunted house, ghost, revenge, supernatural, murder, macabre, afterlife, female protagonist, family secret, marriage, occult ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
When a group of friends come across an abandoned house in the barren desert, what follows is a terrifying tale of evil possession causing the friends to slowly turn against each other.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, rough, scary, dark ...
Plot:
haunted house, desert, found footage, supernatural, friends, survival, possession, abandoned house, death, danger, fear, isolation ...
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young boy is possessed by the spirit of an Indian medicine man and begins to terrorize the local population.
Style:
creepy, dark, tense, suspenseful, psychological horror ...
Plot:
possession, ghost, haunting, supernatural, occult, terror, small town, exorcism, paranormal, folk horror, superstition, cultural conflict ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Story:
When a young man falls for a seductive but mentally unstable fortune-teller, he begins to suspect her family is hiding a diabolical secret.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, creepy, psychological horror, dark ...
Plot:
family secret, occult, fortune teller, supernatural, toxic relationship, dangerous attraction, suspicion, seduction, paranoia, manipulation, obsession, macabre ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Horror
Country: Chile
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After the tragic death of her eldest son, Blanca and her family travel to the coast of Chile. Weird things happen in the new house, Blanca thinks that it is her son trying to communicate with them, but the truth is much worse. An evil spirit with a ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, scary, suspense, psychological horror ...
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, ghost, haunting, blood, family in danger, evil spirit, parents and children, demonic possession, grief, revenge, family drama ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Nearly murdered as a child by her mother, a woman (Katrina Law) returns to the house where her mom went mad.
Style:
suspense, psychological, atmospheric, disturbing, creepy ...
Plot:
childhood trauma, haunted house, supernatural, ghost, murder, mad woman, haunted by the past, darkness, tragic past, panic, mansion, trapped ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young mother who's crushed by guilt and shame after the disappearance of her young son five years previously, is offered a bizarre opportunity to learn the truth and set things right. Is she willing to pay the terrifying price for a chance to ...
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological horror, suspense, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ritual, grief, missing child, loss, motherhood, guilt, secret, disappearance, drug, drug abuse, mysterious disappearance, problem ...
Similarity:
52%
Movie in collections
683
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Kelby Unger is a young man from a dysfunctional family that lives with his girlfriend Amelia Gates and has sleeping problems with dreadful nightmares. When he proposes Amelia, he coincidently receives a phone call from the warden of the prison of ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, suspenseful, serious, scary ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, parents and children, gory, youth, homecoming, serial killer, social relations, small town life, small town, family drama, family conflict, traumatic memory ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After discovering his blood-soaked daughter dead in the bathtub, David Bryson attends a self-help group to help save him from his ghostly nightmares. But when a group of mysterious cult-like women offer to help him resurrect his daughter. ...
Style:
dark, disturbing, psychological horror, supernatural thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
grief, soul, supernatural, moral dilemma, haunted, trauma, nightmare, resurrection, paranormal, guilt, occult, ghost ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A Supernatural thriller that weaves a tale of darkness and suspense. The past will never stay hidden.
Style:
suspense, supernatural thriller, dark, terrifying, atmospheric ...
Plot:
supernatural, countryside, haunted house, paranormal, haunting, secrets, inheritance, ghost, isolation, family secret, desperation, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
While investigating a child abuse case, Claire discovers that the family is being tormented by a supernatural entity. In order to save the family, she must confront her own fears and use her emerging clairvoyance to stop the malevolent force.
Style:
psychological horror, supernatural thriller, creepy, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, child abuse, haunted house, grief, clairvoyance, female protagonist, trauma, family drama, paranormal investigation, macabre, nightmare, family secret ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Bo Young moves into the mansion of the previously wealthy grandmother, Wang, as a caregiver with a dangerous intention. Mother Kim, the only blood relative of Wang who hired Bo Young, sets conditions such as 'Do not bring anyone, especially ...
Style:
sinister, suspenseful, psychological horror, creepy, mysterious ...
Plot:
lake, haunted house, supernatural, paranormal, mansion, paranormal phenomena, fear, macabre, old mansion, supernatural horror, ghost, threat ...
Similarity:
51%
Movie in collections
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In this shot-on-video tale of terror, a woman named Jessica is murdered, and after three months, her husband Dan and his brother John are still dealing with the loss. However, as they try to become accustomed to the notion that Jessica isn't ...
Style:
creepy, psychological horror, tense, melancholic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
haunting, ghost, murder, supernatural, apparition, grief, mourning, obsession, revenge, claustrophobia, madness, slow burn ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
Story:
Scott Wills returns to his childhood home with his wife and daughter. He has inherited the house from his mother, who left him in the care of relatives just before disappearing from his life. While renovating the house, Scott gets a small splinter ...
Style:
psychological horror, creepy, atmospheric, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
family secret, getting home, body horror, trauma, nightmare, slow burn, legacy, inheritance, claustrophobia, paranoia, isolation, infection ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Story:
While filming their podcast, paranormal investigators Mila and Roxy are terrorized by demonic forces after trying to make contact with the victims of sadistic serial killer.
Style:
suspenseful, creepy, mystical, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
paranormal, paranormal investigation, supernatural horror, ghost hunter, investigation, ghost, mysticism, evil spirit, paranormal activity, paranormal phenomena, vengeful ghost, paranormal investigator ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Within the city limits of Devilin lies a home the towns folk call "Hell House". A house that was once the home of a family accused of mass murder. A family known as the Reapers.
Style:
slasher horror, thrilling, suspenseful, tense, psychological horror ...
Plot:
haunted house, psycho killer, serial murder, murder, killing, mass murder, murderer, paranormal, abandoned house, urban legend, haunting, macabre ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Story:
On Halloween a couple, both of which are clairvoyants, drive to a cemetery. They go for fun to pick up vibrations from the tombstones of the deceased. As they pick up vibrations they have visions of how the person died. Each vibration and vision ...
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, mystical, mystic ...
Plot:
halloween, cemetery, supernatural, paranormal, clairvoyance, paranormal activity, supernatural horror, supernatural power, paranormal phenomena, mysticism, supernatural ability, ghost ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
As some friends prepare a birthday party in a warehouse, Kay and best friend Noah find a Ouija board in a storage room. They try to contact the spirits of the dead, and strange things begin to happen.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot:
ghost, paranormal, supernatural, portal, ouija board, ouija, spirit, paranormal phenomena, party, supernatural power, fear, possession ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A recently widowed writer rents a haunted house in which to write his latest novel and is soon beset by the various ghosts in the house bent on claiming him as their next victim.
Style:
suspense, tension, dark, supernatural thriller, creepy ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, macabre, supernatural, haunting, fear, old mansion, paranormal, terror, spirit, alone, isolation ...
Similarity:
47%
Related movie lists
