Movies like Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)
 5.5
 50K
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Mexico
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.
Style: gothic, suspenseful, suspense, dark, scary, dark fantasy, intense, creepy, stylized, demonic ...
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, child in peril, creature, supernatural horror, monster, deadly creature, parents and children, danger, little girl, old dark house, teeth, hearing voices, mansion, haunted, haunting, fear, coming of age, murder, hospital, blood, ghost, batman, children, youth ...
Time: year 2000, 80s, 70s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: rhode island, usa
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Most similar movies to Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, suspense, suspenseful and spooky films with plots about supernatural, danger, haunted, ghost, supernatural horror, haunted house and supernatural power mostly in Horror, Thriller and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Don't Be Afraid of the Dark: The Hole (2009), The Woman in Black (2012), Mama (2013), The Gate (1987), Intruders (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 5.7
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The Hole (2009)
Genre: Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After moving into a new neighbourhood, brothers Dane & Lucas and their neighbour Julie discover a bottomless hole in the basement of their home. They find that once the hole is exposed, evil is unleashed. With strange shadows lurking around ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, stylized, scary ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: basement, good versus evil, little brother, youth, danger, supernatural, nightmare comes true, small town, young heroes, coming of age, escapades, family in danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Woman in Black (2012)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA, Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease ...
Style: gothic, gothic horror, atmospheric, scary, suspense ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: ghost, haunted house, estate, isolation, supernatural, afterlife, curses spells and rituals, haunting, vengeance, blood, haunted, tragic event ...
Time: victorian era, 1910s, year 2012, edwardian era, 1900s ...
Place: england, britain, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.2
 190K
Mama (2013)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, Spain, Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that ...
Style: scary, suspense, gothic, frightening, dark ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, supernatural, supernatural horror, children, haunted house, mother daughter relationship, afterlife, macabre, adoption, danger, revenge, redemption ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: A young couple inherits an old mansion inhabited by small demon-like creatures who are determined to make the wife one of their own.
Style: scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: haunted house, ghost, creature, inheritance, evil wins, dark past, danger, supernatural ability, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, old dark house, haunted ...
Time: 70s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.0
 19K
The Gate (1987)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Three young children accidentally release a horde of nasty, pint-sized demons from a hole in a suburban backyard. What follows is a classic battle between good and evil as the three kids struggle to overcome a nightmarish hell that is literally ...
Style: scary, slasher, satanic, suspense, splatter ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: demon, monster, supernatural, zombie, boy, occult, coming of age, child protagonist, suburbs, suburban life, child in peril, creature ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.4
 21K
Intruders (2011)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Though no one can see him, Hollow Face lurks in the corners, desperately desiring love but only knowing how to spread fear and hate. He creeps into the life of John Farrow after Farrow’s beloved 13-year-old daughter Mia is assaulted in their home. ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, psychological horror ...
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, father daughter relationship, protective parent, psychologist, family relations, nightmare comes true, parents and children, nobody believes, evil force, family in danger, supernatural horror ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, london, spain, europe, madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
 178K
Poltergeist (1982)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken ...
Style: scary, suspense, psychological, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: poltergeist, haunted house, ghost, supernatural, psychic, haunted, suburban life, haunting, paranormal, nightmare, child in peril, children ...
Time: 80s, year 1982, 20th century
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2014)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: 40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, awakening the house's darkest inhabitant.
Style: scary, gothic, suspense, twist ending, suspenseful ...
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, ghost, world war two, supernatural horror, child in peril, haunting, afterlife, death of child, death, haunted, ghost story ...
Time: 1940s, year 2000, 20th century, year 1941, year 1940
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A twisted new tale of terror begins for a teenage girl and her family, predating the haunting of the Lambert family in the earlier movies and revealing more mysteries of the otherworldly realm The Further.
Style: scary, suspense, atmospheric, demonic, intense ...
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, supernatural horror, ghost, demon, psychic, curses spells and rituals, family in danger, family problems, haunted, supernatural power, evil spirit ...
Time: year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred, but the owner's ...
Style: scary, intense, demonic, gothic, creepy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: haunted house, ghost, occult, paranormal phenomena, evil force, haunting, seance, curses spells and rituals, funeral home, reverend, hallucination, cancer patient ...
Time: year 2009, year 2000, 80s, year 1987, 21st century
Place: connecticut, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Thir13en Ghosts (2001)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Arthur and his two children, Kathy and Bobby, inherit his Uncle Cyrus's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to 12 ghosts. When the family, accompanied by Bobby's Nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped ...
Style: scary, creepy, splatter, suspense, gothic ...
Audience: teens, date night, boys' night
Plot: ghost, haunted house, supernatural, supernatural horror, gory, confined, blood, halloween, apocalypse, monster, family in danger, danger ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 337K
Insidious (2010)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.
Style: scary, suspenseful, twist ending, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, macabre, nightmare, fear, ghost, afterlife, demon, evil spirit, nightmare comes true, paranormal activity, psychic ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, year 2011, year 2000, 2000s ...
Place: america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 5.7
 18K
The Hallow (2015)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A family who moved into a remote mill house in Ireland finds themselves in a fight for survival with demonic creatures living in the woods.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, creepy, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot: folk horror, supernatural, creature, monster, forest, woods, legend, survival horror, transformation, survival, family in danger, folklore ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.
Style: scary, demonic, suspenseful, suspense, creepy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, paranormal activity, supernatural horror, fear, ghost, demon, nightmare comes true, child in peril, possession, macabre, psychic ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, year 1986, 80s ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Amityville Horror (2005)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A family is terrorized by demonic forces after moving into a home that was the site of a grisly mass-murder.
Style: scary, demonic, suspenseful, suspense, creepy ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: haunted house, ghost, supernatural, supernatural horror, murder, danger, death, paranormal activity, domestic disturbance, family in danger, gory, paranormal ...
Time: year 2005, year 2000, 70s, 21st century
Place: wisconsin, long island, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 278K
Sinister (2012)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.
Style: scary, suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, ghost, fear, supernatural horror, murder, danger, occult, investigation, evil force, paranormal activity, writer's life ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, year 2000, 60s, year 1966 ...
Place: pennsylvania, usa, sacramento california, missouri, st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Mortuary Collection (2019)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: In the phantasmagorical town of Raven's End, a misguided young girl takes refuge in a decrepit old mortuary. The eccentric undertaker chronicles the strange history of the town through a series of twisted tales, each more terrifying than the ...
Style: anthology, surprise ending, enigmatic, stylized, dark ...
Plot: mortician, funeral home, mysterious death, dark secret, supernatural, memories, young woman, babysitting, killings, blonde, dark humor, morgue ...
Time: 60s, 70s, 80s, 1950s, 50s
Place: astoria oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.0
 36K
6 Souls (2010)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A female forensic psychiatrist discovers that all of one of her patient's multiple personalities are murder victims. She will have to find out what's happening before her time is finished.
Style: scary, psychological, suspenseful, fairy tale, atmospheric ...
Audience: date night
Plot: supernatural, psychiatrist, murder, supernatural horror, doctors and patients, split personality, female psychiatrist, twists and turns, mental illness, witch doctor, voodoo, demon ...
Time: year 2000, 80s, 2000s, 1910s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 4.9
 61K
Poltergeist (2015)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Legendary filmmaker Sam Raimi and director Gil Kenan reimagine and contemporize the classic tale about a family whose suburban home is invaded by angry spirits. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and take the youngest daughter, ...
Style: scary, psychological, intense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: ghost, supernatural, poltergeist, macabre, supernatural horror, paranormal, haunted house, family relations, brutality, monster, paranormal phenomena, child in peril ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
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100%
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Sequel to the 2009 mezzo-mezzo supernatural horror purporting to be based on a true story in which a cancer-afflicted teen starts seeing things in the new Victorian house he and his family moved into.
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, scary, demonic ...
Plot: ghost, haunted house, supernatural, murderer, dead man, curses spells and rituals, new house, family in danger, danger, parents and children, haunted, doll ...
Time: 90s, year 2000, year 1993, 21st century
Place: georgia, usa, atlanta georgia
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100%
 5.9
 63K
The Possession (2012)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A young girl buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the collectible lives a malicious ancient spirit. The girl's father teams with his ex-wife to find a way to end the curse upon their child.
Style: scary, suspense, demonic, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot: exorcism, supernatural, supernatural horror, evil force, family in danger, curse, father daughter relationship, danger, ghost, curses spells and rituals, demonic possession, parents and children ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place: middle east, america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Finland, Norway, France, Sweden
Duration: 84 min.
Story: It's the eve of Christmas in northern Finland and an "archeological" dig has just unearthed the real Santa Claus. But this particular Santa isn't the one you want coming to town. When all the local children begin mysteriously ...
Style: christmas horror, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: christmas, holiday, ancient mystery, snow, winter, beast, hidden truth, young heroes, legends and myths, expedition, holiday horror, xmas ...
Time: year 2010, future, 21st century
Place: finland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.0
 80K
The Haunting (1999)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Dr. David Marrow invites Nell Vance, and Theo and Luke Sanderson to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate guests discover that Marrow is far more interested in the sinister mansion itself – ...
Style: gothic, suspense, psychological, demonic, scary ...
Audience: adult
Plot: haunted house, ghost, supernatural, evil, psychology, survival, insomnia, danger, domestic disturbance, destiny, vengeance, haunted ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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The Haunting of Helena (2012)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story: After a divorce, Sophia moves to the south of Italy with her daughter, Helena. Their new home, an apartment within an austere building of the fascist age, is a chance for them to start a new life. But inside an old storage room hides a mysterious ...
Style: scary, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, haunted, parents and children, child in peril, danger, family relations, supernatural horror, survival horror, evil spirit, supernatural being, paranormal ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: italy
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50%
 5.0
 33K
Darkness Falls (2003)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A vengeful spirit has taken the form of the Tooth Fairy to exact vengeance on the town that lynched her 150 years earlier. Her only opposition is the only child, now grown up, who has survived her before.
Style: scary, dark, suspense, demonic, suspenseful ...
Plot: supernatural, lighthouse, child in peril, ghost, supernatural horror, small town, danger, haunted by the past, legends and myths, darkness, boy, monster ...
Time: y2k, year 2003
Place: las vegas, usa
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21%
 5.9
 19K
Haunter (2013)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A teenager is stuck in a time loop that is not quite the same each time. She must uncover the truth but her actions have consequences for herself and others.
Style: suspenseful, scary, suspense, dark, enigmatic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, time loop, afterlife, haunted house, supernatural, rescue, trapped, youth, murder, coming of age, uncover truth, house ...
Time: 2010s, year 1983, year 1985, year 1953, 80s ...
Place: usa, ontario canada, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.2
 84K
Krampus (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A horror comedy based on the ancient legend about a pagan creature who punishes children on Christmas.
Style: christmas horror, scary, dark fantasy, disturbing, stylized ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, christmas, monster, demon, beast, holiday, creature, legends and myths, folklore, danger, krampus, dark humor ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, florida, canada, normandy, hawaii ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 46K
Byzantium (2012)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Two mysterious women seek refuge in a run-down coastal resort. Clara meets lonely Noel, who provides shelter in his deserted guesthouse, Byzantium. Schoolgirl Eleanor befriends Frank and tells him their lethal secret. They were born 200 years ago ...
Style: gothic, dark, dark fantasy, serious, bleak ...
Plot: vampire, prostitution, supernatural, fall in love, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, immortality, dangerous attraction, supernatural romance, female vampire, murder, deadly creature ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.2
 27K
Pumpkinhead (1988)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A man conjures up a gigantic vengeance demon called Pumpkinhead to destroy the teenagers who accidentally killed his son.
Style: slasher, scary, disturbing, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Plot: supernatural, demon, witch, vengeance, murder, pumpkin, revenge, monster, macabre, father son relationship, curse, creature ...
Time: 80s, year 1988
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 4.8
 2K
Dark House (2009)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A troupe of actors hired for a haunted house attraction soon find that they are working in a true house of horror.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, scary, serious, slasher ...
Audience: teens
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, haunted by the past, danger, gory, ghost, isolation, fear, murder, psychotherapy, supernatural being, trapped in a building ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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