Movies like Don't Be Afraid of the Dark 1973

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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973)
 6.5
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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, gothic, demonic, slasher, gothic horror, horror comedy ...
Plot: haunted house, ghost, creature, inheritance, evil wins, dark past, supernatural, supernatural ability, danger, curses spells and rituals, old dark house, haunted, monster, macabre, little creatures, magical creature, house, fear, unknown, suburban life, supernatural horror, evil fairy, demon, mansion, basement ...
Time: 70s
Place: 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 suspenseful, scary, serious and suspense films with plots about supernatural, ghost, danger, haunted house, haunted, supernatural horror and haunting mostly in Horror, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like Don't Be Afraid of the Dark: The Haunting (1999), Burnt Offerings (1976), The Grudge (2004), Paranormal Activity 3 (2011), Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ⇓
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 ⇓
28%
Burnt Offerings (1976)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A couple and their 12-year-old son move into a giant house for the summer. Things start acting strange almost immediately. It seems that every time some gets hurt on the grounds the beat-up house seems to repair itself.
Style: scary, psychological, suspenseful, gothic, suspense ...
Plot: supernatural, afterlife, psychosis, macabre, old dark house, obsession, old woman, murder, possession, ghost, estate, haunted ...
Time: year 1976, 20th century, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 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 ⇓
28%
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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 ⇓
27%
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 ⇓
26%
 6.1
 101K
Dead Silence (2007)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named Billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist Mary Shaw. Destined to find ...
Style: scary, twist ending, gothic, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: ghost, doll, supernatural, macabre, murder, ventriloquist, small town, clown, investigation, urban legend, danger, uncover truth ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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 ⇓
26%
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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 ⇓
26%
 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 ⇓
25%
Haunting of Winchester House (2009)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A family moves in to look after the Winchester mansion for a few months, and soon find themselves terrorized by vengeful spirits. With the help of a paranormal investigator they'll unravel the mystery of the house.
Style: serious, tense, psychological, mockbuster, captivating ...
Plot: haunted house, ghost, danger, curse, estate, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, nightmare comes true, murder, haunted, haunting, phantom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 5.4
 174K
Annabelle (2014)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, ghost, evil doll, supernatural horror, demonic possession, doll, death, toys, self sacrifice, curses spells and rituals, paranormal activity ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 2000, year 2014, 2010s ...
Place: usa, california, santa monica california, pasadena california
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
House of Bones (2010)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Psychic Heather Burton and a team of TV ghost hunters travel to investigate a haunted house surrounded by rumors of paranormal activity.
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, horrifying, terrifying ...
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, ghost, imaginary, danger, escapades, curses spells and rituals, survival, trapped, haunted, media, terror ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new orleans, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 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 ⇓
24%
 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 ⇓
24%
The St. Francisville Experiment (2000)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: According to local legend, the ghosts of tortured slaves still haunt New Orleans' Lalaurie House. For The St. Francisville Experiment, a paranormal researcher, a self-proclaimed psychic, a Louisiana historian, and a filmmaker were given digital ...
Style: scary, suspense, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot: afterlife, found footage, ghost, haunted house, supernatural, danger, gory, cons and scams, paranormal, mansion, experiment, haunted ...
Time: 90s
Place: louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 4.4
 4K
The Pact II (2014)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The sequel is set just weeks after Annie Barlow's deadly confrontation with the Judas Killer. In this elevated sequel, we meet June, a woman whose carefully constructed life is beginning to unravel due to lucid nightmares so awful they disturb ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense, serious ...
Plot: serial killer, ghost, supernatural, haunted by the past, woman in danger, danger, violence, woman, haunted, haunted house, home invasion, deadly ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A remake of the 1959 film of the same name. A millionaire offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past.
Style: scary, suspenseful, slasher, rough, serious ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, ghost, gory, evil spirit, survival, mental institution, supernatural horror, danger, murder, haunted by the past, isolation ...
Time: 90s, 1930s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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The Woman in Black (1989)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent by his firm to settle the estate. The lawyer finds the townspeople reluctant to talk about or go near the woman's dreary home and no one will explain or ...
Style: gothic, gothic horror, scary, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, afterlife, haunted house, mysterious character, uncover truth, murder, haunted by the past, who done it, danger, haunted, small town life ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s, edwardian era
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 4.8
 14K
They (2002)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After witnessing a horrific and traumatic event, Julia Lund, a graduate student in psychology, gradually comes to the realization that everything which scared her as a child could be real. And what's worse, it might be coming back to get her..
Style: scary, suspenseful, psychological, twist ending, suspense ...
Plot: supernatural, supernatural horror, demon, nightmare, suicide, haunted by the past, mind game, danger, supernatural ability, fear, psychology, child in peril ...
Time: year 2002
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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 ⇓
22%
 4.7
 3K
Dark House (2014)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A young man sets out on a trip that takes him to an abandoned mansion that holds the origins of his dark family legacy.
Style: suspenseful, scary, serious, demonic, cult horror ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, ghost, haunted house, danger, on the road, escapades, estate, twists and turns, survival, gladiator, demon, freak ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Using a special camera that can see spirits, a family must protect their daughter from an evil entity with a sinister plan.
Style: suspense, demonic, entertaining, christmas horror, tense ...
Plot: found footage, demon, ghost, supernatural, christmas, couples, haunted house, curses spells and rituals, human host, monster, family in danger, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Episode 50 (2011)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Teaming up for the first time for a special episode of a supernatural reality TV show, two rival crews get more then they bargained for when they make physical contact with a ferocious spirit of terrifying power. They must band together before it ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, atmospheric
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, found footage, danger, survival, haunted house, haunted, witch, supernatural, violent content, media, deadly, indoor
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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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 ⇓
21%
The Baby's Room (2006)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 77 min.
Story: In Spain, the sports journalist Juan has a perfect life with his wife Sonia: they have just had a baby and moved to an old house that needs to be repaired in a fancy neighborhood. When Juan's sister and her husband visit the couple, they give ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, suspense, gothic ...
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, paranormal, family in danger, old dark house, family problems, obsession, supernatural horror, parallel world, missing child, mind game, haunted ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iberian peninsula, europe, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 4.6
 20K
The Grudge 3 (2009)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Jake, the sole survivor of The Grudge 2 massacre, is tortured by chilling visions of Kayako and Toshio that have led to his hospitalization. Jake's caretaker, Dr. Sullivan is determined to investigate his horrifying tales. She explores his ...
Style: slasher, suspense, suspenseful, intense, stylized ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, curse, demonic possession, haunted house, murder, runaway, serial killer, investigation, profanity, curses spells and rituals, haunted by the past ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, chicago, asia, usa, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 5.3
 16K
Demonic (2015)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A police officer and a psychologist investigate the deaths of five people who were killed while trying to summon ghosts.
Style: scary, demonic, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: haunted house, possession, supernatural, ghost, demon, teenager, video surveillance, investigation, missing person, characters killed one by one, found footage, characters murdered one by one ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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 ⇓
20%
 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 ⇓
20%
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