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The Possession (2012)
 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, creepy, satanic, splatter, intense, spooky ...
Audience: teens
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, paranormal activity, obsession, artifact, possessed girl, hospital, possession, family drama, demon, family relations, zombie, haunted house, great ending, death ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century, contemporary
Place: america, middle east, usa, seattle
Keyword: jewish, poster, challenge

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Most similar movies to The Possession

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, demonic, suspense and suspenseful films with plots about supernatural, danger, ghost, haunting, supernatural horror, paranormal and blood mostly in Horror, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Possession: Insidious (2010), The Conjuring (2013), The Last Exorcism (2010), Drag Me to Hell (2009), Case 39 (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 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 ⇓
89%
 7.5
 551K
The Conjuring (2013)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
Style: scary, dark, atmospheric, suspenseful, frightening ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, ghost, exorcism, witch, paranormal investigation, fear, possession, psychic, paranormal, haunting, supernatural horror ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 70s, year 2000, 20th century ...
Place: rhode island, new england, connecticut, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
The Last Exorcism (2010)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After years of performing “exorcisms” and taking believers’ money, Reverend Marcus travels to rural Louisiana with a film crew so he can dispel what he believes is the myth of demonic possession. The dynamic reverend is certain that this will ...
Style: demonic, scary, suspense, dark, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: exorcism, religion, found footage, ghost, supernatural, demon, satanic cult, supernatural horror, fraud, evil spirit, possession, insanity ...
Time: year 2010, year 2000, 21st century
Place: somalia, usa, southern usa, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 216K
Drag Me to Hell (2009)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, demonic, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: demon, witch, ghost, supernatural, evil wins, evil, supernatural horror, macabre, curses spells and rituals, dark humor, exorcism, witchcraft ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, year 1969, 20th century, 60s ...
Place: los angeles, pasadena california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.2
 93K
Case 39 (2009)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the child, and so Emily ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, psychological, gloomy, serious ...
Plot: supernatural, evil child, demon, social worker, supernatural horror, twists and turns, child abuse, creepy child, uncover truth, mental institution, mysterious character, murder ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: oregon, 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 ⇓
83%
 8.1
 452K
The Exorcist (1973)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: 12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid to save her daughter, and ultimately turns to ...
Style: scary, suspense, satanic, demonic, psychological ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: religion, supernatural, demon, exorcism, devil, priest, macabre, possession, demonic possession, occult, exorcist, supernatural horror ...
Time: 70s, year 1973, 20th century
Place: persia, usa, washington d.c., asia, 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 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
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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%
 4.5
 57K
Ouija (2014)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A group of friends must confront their most terrifying fears when they awaken the dark powers of an ancient spirit board.
Style: spooky, demonic, scary, splatter, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, supernatural, supernatural horror, ouija board, curses spells and rituals, spiritualism, haunted house, ghost child, board game, monster, brutality, medium ...
Time: year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 139K
Oculus (2013)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.
Style: scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, frightening, suspense ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, mirror, supernatural horror, danger, siblings relations, paranormal activity, ghost, insanity, brother sister relationship, demon, hallucination ...
Time: year 2013, year 2000, 2010s, year 2002, 2000s ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In 1965 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by the merciless spirit, this small ...
Style: scary, suspense, psychological, dark, demonic ...
Plot: macabre, supernatural, possession, occult, ghost, demon, supernatural horror, ouija board, spiritualism, teenager, witchcraft, survival ...
Time: year 2016, 60s, year 1967
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.6
 391K
The Others (2001)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA, France, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in ...
Style: twist ending, surprise ending, scary, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: ghost, haunted house, supernatural, afterlife, nightmare, twists and turns, mansion, supernatural horror, mysterious character, haunting, spiritualism, macabre ...
Time: year 2001, 1940s, year 2000, year 1945, 20th century ...
Place: persia, america, europe, english channel, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.4
 26K
Jessabelle (2014)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young woman recuperating at her father's run-down home after a tragic accident soon encounters a terrifying presence with a connection to her long-deceased mother.
Style: scary, psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: haunted house, ghost, supernatural, voodoo, danger, curses spells and rituals, macabre, psychology, spirit, nightmare, disability, insanity ...
Time: year 2014, year 2000, 2010s, year 1988, 21st century
Place: louisiana, usa
⇓ 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 ⇓
67%
 4.8
 45K
The Forest (2016)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Set in the Aokigahara Forest, a real-life place in Japan where people go to end their lives. Against this backdrop, a young American woman comes in search of her twin sister, who has mysteriously disappeared.
Style: scary, suspenseful, enigmatic, dark, psychological ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: ghost, supernatural, suicide, twists and turns, missing person, sisters, haunted house, hallucination, woods, mental illness, forest, storytelling ...
Time: year 2016, 21st century
Place: japan, mount fuji, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Possession of Hannah Grace (2018)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When a cop who is just out of rehab takes the graveyard shift in a city hospital morgue, she faces a series of bizarre, violent events caused by an evil entity in one of the corpses.
Style: mystical, scary, suspense, demonic, bleak ...
Audience: adult
Plot: morgue, demonic possession, exorcism, corpse, demon, supernatural, hospital, fear, police officer, terror, priest, paranormal ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Paranormal Activity (2007)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: scary, suspense, suspenseful, dark, demonic ...
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, paranormal activity, fear, ghost, macabre, panic, videotaping, demon, found footage, demonic possession, evil force ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place: america, san diego california, usa, los angeles, california
⇓ 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 ⇓
64%
 6.8
 293K
1408 (2007)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
Style: scary, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, ghost, hotel, fear, stephen king, isolation, survival, trapped, evil, insanity, writers ...
Time: year 2007, y2k, 15th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, los angeles, usa, manhattan new york city, new york state ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: It has been five years since the disappearance of Katie and Hunter, and a suburban family witness strange events in their neighborhood when a woman and a mysterious child move in.
Style: demonic, suspenseful, intense, serious, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, ghost, evil child, haunted house, found footage, supernatural horror, poltergeist, videotaping, demon, danger, twists and turns, haunted ...
Time: year 2012, year 2000, year 2006, year 2011, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ 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 ⇓
100%
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The Possession of Michael King (2014)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The film tells the story of documentary filmmaker Michael King (Shane Johnson), who doesn’t believe in God or the Devil. Following the sudden death of his wife, Michael decides to make his next film about the search for the existence of the ...
Style: demonic, dark, scary, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: demonic possession, occult, found footage, supernatural, demon, possession, satanic ritual, self destructing, cemetery, curses spells and rituals, danger, dealing with death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ...
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, child in peril, creature, supernatural horror, monster, deadly creature, parents and children, danger, little girl, old dark house, teeth ...
Time: year 2000, 21st century
Place: rhode island, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In 1988, evil begins to terrorize young sisters Katie and Kristi for the first time when an invisible entity resides in their home.
Style: suspense, tense, demonic, suspenseful, mockumentary ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: paranormal activity, macabre, supernatural, found footage, ghost, haunted house, haunting, child in peril, witch, monster, demon, supernatural horror ...
Time: 80s, year 2011, 2010s, year 2000, year 1988 ...
Place: usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 5.7
 24K
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%
Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Parapsychologist Elise Rainier and her team travel to Five Keys, N.M., to investigate a man's claim of a haunting. Terror soon strikes when Rainier realizes that the house he lives in was her family's old home.
Style: scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, demonic ...
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, ghost, spirit, medium, haunted, psychic, father daughter relationship, supernatural horror, kidnapped girl, evil spirit, demon ...
Time: year 1953, year 2010, 1950s
⇓ similarity ⇓
15%
 5.4
 5K
Head Count (2018)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: During a weekend getaway to Joshua Tree, a group of teenagers find themselves under mental and physical assault from a supernatural entity that mimics their appearances as it completes an ancient ritual.
Style: twist ending, scary, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: creature, brother brother relationship, supernatural, curse, demon, weekend getaway, monster, transformation, survival, isolation, danger, mutation ...
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.9
 150K
The Grudge (2004)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story: American nurse, Karen Davis moves to Tokyo and encounters a vengeful supernatural spirit known as The Grudge that often possesses its victims. When a series of horrifying and mysterious deaths occur – with the spirit passing its curse onto each ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, psychological, creepy, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, haunted house, supernatural, curse, gory, murder, imaginary, paranormal activity, medical, suicide, haunted, vengeance ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: japan, tokyo, asia, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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