Movies like Stranger in Our House

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Stranger in Our House (1978)
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Stranger in Our House (1978)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A country family of five takes in cousin Julia, whose parents recently perished in a car crash. Julia extends her influence over the family and those around them, fooling all except for Rachel, the teenaged girl who knows her cousin is up to no good. This TV horror movie had the title "Stranger in Our House" when it was originally released by NBC on Halloween night in 1978. When released on VHS in the late 1980s, the title was changed to "Summer of Fear", which is the title of the Lois Duncan book on which it is based.
Style: surprise ending, suspense, satanic, spooky, slasher, scary, psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: witch, voodoo, occult, black magic, teenager, supernatural, summer, housekeeper, magic, demon, mysticism, obsession, witchcraft, car accident, female villain, possession, small community, supernatural horror, bad kids, family relations, animal attack, mirror, brother sister relationship, female protagonist, teenage protagonist ...
Time: 70s
Keyword: short shorts

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Most similar movies to Stranger in Our House

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, scary, serious and suspense films with plots about supernatural, danger, curses spells and rituals, demon, ghost, deadly and supernatural power mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Stranger in Our House: Dark Intruder (1965), I've Been Waiting for You (1998), Little Witches (1996), Incarnate (2016), The Last Exorcism Part II (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Dark Intruder (1965)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min.
Story: Police call in occult expert to help solve series of murders.
Style: lovecraft, psychotronic, action thriller, detective, grindhouse ...
Plot: occult, cosmic horror, supernatural, shoulder wound, body swap, fiance fiancee relationship, supernatural power, servant, physician, occult ritual, fiancee, disguise ...
Time: 1890s
Place: san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
I've Been Waiting for You (1998)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When a California teen with an interest in the occult moves to a New England town, she finds that the town teens believe she is a witch sent to seek revenge on the descendants of the people who originally killed another witch a hundred years ...
Style: slasher, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending
Audience: teens
Plot: witchcraft, curse, serial killer, revenge, teen angst, whodunit, murder, fortune teller, phone terror, psychopath, danger, mysterious character ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, new england, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Little Witches (1996)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Six misfit schoolgirls at an all-girl Catholic high school, left alone at the school for Easter week, get mixed up with the occult and witchcraft after an old Satanic temple is found underneath the church where they attend as well as an old book of ...
Style: suspenseful, semi serious, suspense, bleak, scary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: witch, demon, nun, occult, boarding school, black magic, human sacrifice, supernatural, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, escapades, girls' boarding school ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Incarnate (2016)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An exorcist comes up against an evil from his past when he uses his skills to enter the mind of a nine year old boy.
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, satanic, rough ...
Plot: demonic possession, possession, supernatural, exorcism, demon, exorcist, danger, possessed, scientist, imaginary, haunted by the past, supernatural ability ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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The Last Exorcism Part II (2013)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: As Nell Sweetzer tries to build a new life after the events of the first movie, the evil force that once possessed her returns with an even more horrific plan.
Style: demonic, scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: exorcism, supernatural, supernatural horror, found footage, evil, demonic possession, satan, demon, ghost, haunted by the past, curses spells and rituals, memory loss ...
Time: year 2013, year 2000, 21st century
Place: new orleans, usa
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51%
 5.0
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The Grudge 2 (2006)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In Tokyo, a young woman is exposed to the same mysterious curse that afflicted her sister. The supernatural force, which fills a person with rage before spreading to its next victim, brings together a group of previously unrelated people who attempt ...
Style: scary, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural horror, supernatural, haunted house, curse, murder, good versus evil, demon, serial killer, investigation, danger, twists and turns ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: chicago, japan, asia, usa, pasadena california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Deadly Blessing (1981)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After her husband dies of mysterious circumstances, a widow becomes increasingly paranoid of the neighboring religious community that may have diabolical plans for her.
Style: scary, slasher, suspenseful, serious, psychological ...
Plot: tractor, murder, psychopath, voyeur, occult, woman in danger, supernatural ability, danger, mind game, religion, supernatural horror, supernatural ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Evil Takes Root (2020)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A paranormal investigator arrives in a sleepy Midwest town to investigate the mysterious loss of his old lover and reconcile sins of the past. He discovers she fell victim to the Batibat, an ancient evil that followed her home from the Philippines.
Style: suspense, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic ...
Plot: supernatural, occult, coven, demon, evil, possession, witchcraft, family in danger, paranormal, danger, peril, paranormal investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Arriving in Gatlin, Nebraska, a news-reporter and his son get wind of a story about the youth in the town murdering their parents finds that a series of brutal murders are revealed to be worshipers of the corn-stalks and try to stop them before they ...
Style: slasher, cult classic, scary, classic horror, dark ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, children, stephen king, creepy child, killer child, cornfield, occult, evil child, reporter, investigation, gory, murder ...
Time: 90s
Place: nebraska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Isabelle (2018)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A young couple's dream of starting a family shatters as they descend into the depths of paranoia and must struggle to survive an evil presence that wants nothing more than their very own lives.
Style: scary, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: supernatural, afterlife, ghost, evil spirit, parents and children, danger, nightmare, demon, family in danger, curses spells and rituals, evil force, fear ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Long Time Dead (2002)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A group of British students embark on summoning spirits on a Ouija board after a night of clubbing. But someone breaks the link before they have finished and now a demon is trapped in their world and the only way to banish it, is for all the people ...
Style: slasher, scary, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: spirit, supernatural, seance, genie, curses spells and rituals, game, serial killer, youth, murder, supernatural power, danger, vengeance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Poltergeist III (1988)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Carol Anne has been sent to live with her Aunt and Uncle in an effort to hide her from the clutches of the ghostly Reverend Kane, but he tracks her down and terrorises her in her relatives' appartment in a tall glass building. Will he finally ...
Style: psychological, scary, splatter, classic horror, terrifying ...
Plot: supernatural, poltergeist, ghost, afterlife, beast, haunted house, mirror, haunted, demon, murder, violence, spirit ...
Time: 80s
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Children of the Corn (1984)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
Style: suspense, slasher, demonic, suspenseful, creepy ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: killer child, folk horror, children, blood, religion, creepy child, supernatural, small town, violence, murder, isolation, child murders an adult ...
Time: 80s
Place: nebraska, usa, iowa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Initiation of Sarah (1978)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A withdrawn young girl joins an unpopular sorority in college. It turns out she has psychic and telekinetic powers, and she uses them against a rival sorority.
Style: spooky, scary, serious, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: college, witch, psychic, telekinesis, revenge, psychic power, mind power, campus, mental disorder, magic, bullying, psychokinesis ...
Time: 70s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Two young Gatlin residents are orphaned after the younger brother kills their father. The terror of Gatlin goes urban when the two boys are placed in the custody of two foster parents in the city. The younger brother takes some corn seeds along for ...
Style: scary, slasher, cult classic, classic horror, dark ...
Plot: killer child, stephen king, supernatural, creepy child, telekinesis, religion, killer scarecrow, evil child, scarecrow, youth, vengeance, gory ...
Time: 90s
Place: chicago, nebraska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Legend of Bloody Mary (2008)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Ryan has been plagued with nightmares since the night his sister Amy went missing 8 years earlier after playing the game "Bloody Mary." Amy had stumbled onto a website on the Internet (www.marked4mary.com) about a witch called Bloody Mary ...
Style: suspense, scary, serious, slasher
Plot: supernatural, college, afterlife, ghost, monster, priest, danger, mentally unstable, curses spells and rituals, gory, clergy, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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 ⇓
36%
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5ive Girls (2006)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Five wayward teenage girls are sent to a reformatory and discover they possess unique powers to battle the ancient demon, Legion, which holds thrall over the sinister institution.
Style: suspenseful, bleak, tense, scary, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: demon, demonic possession, healing power, girls' boarding school, good versus evil, supernatural, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, rivalry, danger, youth, teachers and students ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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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 ⇓
35%
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The Doorway (2000)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Four young college students agree to fix up an abandoned home for rent, only to discover the demons within and an open doorway... to Hell.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, erotic ...
Plot: demon, afterlife, heroic mission, danger, supernatural ability, uncover truth, ghost, curses spells and rituals, good versus evil, rivalry, supernatural, obsessive quest ...
Time: 90s
Place: europe, new england, ireland, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Blackwater Valley Exorcism (2006)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Disturbed Isabelle is locked in a fierce battle with a vicious demon that's hell-bent on owning her soul
Style: demonic, suspense, suspenseful, scary, disturbing ...
Plot: demon, exorcism, afterlife, possessed girl, possession, reincarnation, ghost, demonic possession, battles, mentally unstable, supernatural ability, danger ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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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 ⇓
34%
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Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and knowledge of a Vatican investigator and a hypnotic research specialist free her from its grasp?
Style: demonic, scary, religious horror, splatter, surreal ...
Audience: adult
Plot: possession, demon, exorcism, priest, good versus evil, supernatural, psychic, surrealism, demonic possession, pact with the devil, exorcist, devil ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: africa, washington d.c., usa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 4.6
 4K
Grace (2014)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A unique horror film told from the first-person perspective of Grace - a naive, virginal college freshman trying to deal with campus culture and her outgoing roommate as an evil entity takes over her body and unleashes chaos.
Style: demonic, psychological, stylized, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: exorcism, demonic possession, possession, demon, teenage girl, supernatural, college, found footage, grandmother granddaughter relationship, danger, youth, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 2.9
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Detention (2010)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A group of high school students are sent to Detention. Abandoned and locked in, images of Ghosts appear as they attempt to escape, only to find themselves connected to a past horrific death and made responsible for it with their lives.
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, serious, exciting ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, danger, prank, youth, high school life, isolation, teenage life, high school, detention, stoner, juvenile delinquency ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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 ⇓
32%
The Brotherhood III: Young Demons (2002)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A group of devil-may-care teenagers discover they've mistakenly called upon the Prince of Darkness in this flashy horror story.
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, homoerotic, erotic ...
Plot: supernatural, imaginary, religions or cults, curses spells and rituals, legends and myths, good versus evil, supernatural ability, rivalry, escapades, youth, danger, gay ...
Time: middle ages, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Pray for Morning (2006)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Looking for a night of thrills, eight friends roam the abandoned Royal Crescent Hotel, where five students were murdered more than 20 years ago. When they discover a severed hand, they conjure up a evil spirit and unleash its bloody wrath. To ...
Style: suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, mind bending ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hotel, supernatural, ghost, survival, captivity, danger, gory, riddles and clues, murder, isolation, buddies, supernatural ability ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using her as the representative of the Devil on Earth.
Style: satanic, scary, serious, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: occult, ritual, satanism, afterlife, satanist, deal with the devil, demon, ghost, satanic cult, curses spells and rituals, danger, witch ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1976
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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