Movies like Something Sinister
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Something Sinister (2014)
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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, tense, psychological horror, psychological, creepy, psychological thriller, gothic, psychotronic
Plot:
supernatural, paranormal phenomena, murder, evil spirit, danger, survivor, uncover truth, pursuit, violence, fear, claustrophobia, isolation, haunted house, abuse, trauma, ghost, loneliness, family secret, paranoia, slow burn, creepy child, religion, paranormal, supernatural power, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Most similar movies to Something Sinister
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, tense and creepy films with plots about supernatural, ghost, paranormal, paranormal phenomena, fear, isolation and haunted house mostly in Horror and Thriller genres. Some movies like Something Sinister: An American Ghost Story (2012), Fear House (2008), The Dead Girl in Apartment 03 (2022), The Haunting of Julia Fields (2023), Raised by Wolves (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Paul, an unemployed writer, decides to rent and live in a house that's rumored to be haunted, he puts his life and his relationships in grave danger as he obsessively attempts to get the story that will finally make his career.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, independent film, atmospheric ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, uncover truth, curses spells and rituals, danger, writer's life, haunted, fear, afterlife, macabre, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When a group of friends and colleagues tracks reclusive writer Samantha Ballard (Aleece Jones) to her remote desert house, their reluctant hostess informs them that they'll die if they try to escape. After her ex-husband disastrously tests ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
curse, paranormal activity, fear, isolation, death, danger, survival, pursuit, violence, house, supernatural, ghost ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
76%
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:
63%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A young woman from a small town moves out on her own for the first time only to realize something sinister lurking inside her new home.
Style:
psychological horror, atmospheric, creepy, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
haunted house, macabre, isolation, slow burn, claustrophobia, loneliness, paranoia, female protagonist, supernatural, young woman, intimate, mental disorder ...
Similarity:
62%
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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:
60%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The terrifying tale of Amityville is back. When a young man encounters a weekend of horrors after taking a house sitting job from a spooky old woman.
Style:
psychotronic, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, scary ...
Plot:
poltergeist, ghost, supernatural power, paranormal, deadly creature, peril, chase, vengeance, demon, danger, violence, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
59%
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:
55%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After escaping the clutches of an abusive relationship, Katie reluctantly returns to the foster home she grew up in. Little does she know, her foster mother Marge is harboring a sinister secret dating back a decade. Now, Katie finds herself caught ...
Style:
scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, deadly creature, murder, supernatural ability, death, violence, chase, curses spells and rituals, fear, evil, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Screenwriter John Davies has grown tired of living in London and moves to an old manor house in a sleepy West Wales village to get out of the rat race. At first he enjoys himself, embracing the quieter pace of life and starting a relationship with ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, scary
Plot:
paranormal activity, haunted house, screenwriter, danger, struggle for survival, supernatural, pursuit, fear, ghost story, evil spirit, afterlife, atmosphere ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Joan Huntar, a real estate developer, buys an old summer camp. However, the property has a dark history of supernatural worship and human sacrifice. A celebration weekend turns deadly when construction uncovers the mythical Stonehenge of America. ...
Style:
psychotronic, bleak, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
peril, demon, paranormal phenomena, paranormal, danger, spirit, supernatural ability, deadly creature, heroes, friends, society, rescue ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A group of crime scene cleaners struggle to escape a murder house after becoming trapped by an ancient Nordic demon that is hell-bent on driving them insane.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, bleak ...
Plot:
exorcism, murder, supernatural, demon, peril, paranormal, paranormal phenomena, supernatural power, danger, deadly creature, chase, fear ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
48%
135
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A young Nurse is assigned to look after a patient in a remote location in the English countryside. As the night continues she finds herself terrorized by an unseen force that is connected with her patient.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, suspense, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
fear, supernatural, supernatural being, night, nurse, supernatural power, countryside, patient, female protagonist, monster, isolation, paranormal ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Andre, recovering from a recent accident, agrees to help his friend Robert by taking over a house sitting job at a creepy home nestled in the hills above Los Angeles. As night comes, the house reveals its insidious nature as Andre begins hearing ...
Style:
suspense, creepy, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
isolation, haunted house, supernatural, house, found footage, evil spirit, paranormal, panic, paranormal activity, mysticism, single, loneliness ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Sarah Logan decides to dabble in EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena) using a tape recorder to record the voices of the dead from haunted locations. After visiting an old satanic church, she returns home to find threatening voices on the recorder.
Style:
suspense, creepy, psychological horror, supernatural thriller, independent film ...
Plot:
ghost, haunting, supernatural, family in danger, paranormal investigation, haunted house, demonic possession, occult, female protagonist, paranoia, religious conflict, isolation ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Playing with a Ouija board is dangerous, and college student Rebecca Clarkson is now documenting the proof, as day by day a demon takes possession of her while a webcam audience watch the horrific event.
Style:
psychotronic, psychological, scary, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, characters in danger, violence, peril, paranormal, demon, paranormal phenomena, supernatural power, fear, rescue, supernatural ability, evil ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A director and her friends renting a haunted house to capture paranormal events in order to prove it and become popular.
Style:
bleak, scary, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
found footage, haunted house, demon, possession, violence, fear, danger, murder, supernatural, peril, exorcism, paranormal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a television psychic begins to get real results, the cast and crew of the show find themselves trapped by vengeful spirits.
Style:
suspenseful, mind bending, scary, serious, creepy ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, paranormal, rivalry, good versus evil, paranormal phenomena, supernatural power, seance, fear, guilt, possession, occult ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
Emily Wolf is the host of a travel show documenting supposed haunted locations around the country. The destination of her next episode happens to be in rural Florida, where her and her cinematographer's old college friends live. Wanting to mix ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, tense, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
found footage, paranormal investigation, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, deadly creature, paranormal, ghost, exorcism, murder, evil, peril, haunted house ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida
Similarity:
44%
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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:
44%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A prisoner in her own home, a captive in her own body. Assaulted and trapped with no one to hear her cries for help... and knowing no one will believe her if they do. This is the terrifying reality Alaina finds herself in when she moves in to the ...
Style:
scary, psychological, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, trapped, assault, paranormal, violence, supernatural, murder, peril, supernatural ability, youth, supernatural power ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
44%
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, bleak, enigmatic, rough, psychological horror ...
Plot:
ghost, investigation, paranormal, terror, uncover truth, haunting, supernatural, priest, haunted by the past, husband wife relationship, death of sister, grief ...
Similarity:
43%
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:
42%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Horror - Six innocent campers are outward bound for an idyllic adventure in the backwoods of Oregon. On the way, they stumble upon a creepy gas station attendant who harbors a grisly secret -- the kind of secret that will cost some of the teens ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, suspenseful, scary, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, danger, murder, legends and myths, gory, backwoods, supernatural horror, isolation, fear, killer, death ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
40%
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957
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A mentally ill woman with a severe personalty disorder develops a strange relationship with her dolls. She becomes victim to insomnia and even self-mutilation leaving her son to unfold the strange truth about Anne's illness.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
supernatural, doll, evil spirit, paranormal activity, mental disorder, uncover truth, mental illness, danger, demonic possession, demon, curses spells and rituals, self mutilation ...
Similarity:
40%
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:
39%
169
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A family rents their home to unsuspecting tourists to satiate the monster that lives in its very walls.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
monster, survival horror, family in danger, peril, danger, killing, violence, vengeance, supernatural power, rescue, chase, creature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A film crew working on an Unsolved Mysteries-type-show in the mid-90s gets more than they bargained for when they arrive to film at an abandoned house only to find out it may not be abandoned after all.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, mystical, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, paranormal, unsolved mystery, house, paranormal phenomena, paranormal activity, supernatural horror, mysticism, paranormal investigator, found footage, unsettling ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A group of millennials experimenting with a spiritually guided app successfully connect to the other-world and are ultimately guided to The Preston Castle. This ominous, historic site of murder and torture is connected to each of them in ways ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, dark, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, castle, haunted castle, haunted, paranormal, danger, fantasy world, escapades, youth, murder, disorder ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Four friends leave Seattle for a weekend in a remote, rain-soaked corner of Washington State's rustic Skagit Valley. The foreboding October landscape begins to warp their minds, plunging each of them into alternate realities where they must ...
Style:
psychological, scary, disturbing, psychotronic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
friend, friends, friendship, paranormal, danger, psychosis, paranormal phenomena, rescue, violence, demon, supernatural, psychological torture ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington state, seattle
Similarity:
37%
125
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The buried secrets of a small town are revealed when a paranormal investigator and a skeptic join forces to discover the truth behind a missing girl and the infamous Dr. Byler, portrayed by Eric Roberts. Beliefs are tested when unexplained ...
Style:
creepy, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
haunted house, paranormal investigation, vengeful ghost, paranormal phenomena, supernatural, paranormal, mysticism, paranormal activity, disappearance, paranormal investigator, supernatural horror, mysterious disappearance ...
Place:
pennsylvania
Similarity:
37%
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