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The Shadow Within (2007)
390
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Little Maurice Dumont lives with his mother in a village in the mountains. His twin brother Jacques died at birth. But Maurice told that he could speak with Jacques. The doctor, Dr. Prevost and her husband, who teaches at the local school, are of the opinion that his mother's strict upbringing is not good for Maurice. One day, they discover strange injuries on him. At the same time some women of the village plan to use Maurice's ability to communicate with the dead to contact their dead relatives. But this is not a good idea ...
Style:
suspense
Plot:
ghost, youth, demonic possession, paranormal phenomena, abusive mother, dead brother, miscarriage, children, winter, snow, female nudity, death, boy, parents, ghost story, seance, funeral, supernatural power, possession, mother child relationship, haunting, chase, pursuit, institution, young ...
Time:
90s
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Most similar movies to The Shadow Within
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, scary, psychotronic and suspenseful films with plots about ghost, supernatural, supernatural power, exorcism, murder, death and paranormal phenomena mostly in Horror, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like The Shadow Within: Haunted (2017), House at the End of the Drive (2014), Sickhouse (2016), The 100 Candles Game (2020), Seance: The Summoning (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
652
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An aspiring writer pays a visit to his sister to look after her house while she is out of town, but what he finds there is more terrifying than any of the stories he writes.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, psychotronic ...
Plot:
paranormal, mission, poltergeist, exorcism, demon, ghost, supernatural power, supernatural, murder, rescue, revenge, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When David King purchases a house in the hills far above the angst of Los Angeles, he gets much more than he bargained for when strange and unexplainable occurrences in and around the house begin to take control of his daily life
Style:
scary, bleak, suspenseful, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
paranormal, ghost, ghost story, paranormal phenomena, demon, peril, serial murder, exorcism, supernatural, friendship, supernatural power, rescue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
77%
274
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
A group of teenagers film a live documentary on the Sickhouse legend to millions around the world. Stealth launched on Snapchat and experienced by millions, Sickhouse is a "made for mobile" horror thriller.
Style:
scary, disturbing, suspenseful, gothic horror, suspense ...
Plot:
found footage, teenager, spirit, mysticism, supernatural horror, possession, investigation, paranormal phenomena, supernatural, psychic, riddles and clues, filmmaking ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A group of friends must confront their fears in a terrifying game. They must sit by the other players in a circle made of a hundred candles, take one of them and tell a horror story. As stories are told and candles blown out, strange events will ...
Style:
anthology, psychotronic, bleak, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
curse, ghost, youth, fear, demon, characters in danger, exorcism, victim, loss, violence, peril, seance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After a loudmouth college punk singer accuses an amateur medium of being a fake, four college students break into the city morgue and video themselves holding a seance. When the kids summon a demon by mistake, they have to find a way to drive the ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
seance, morgue, ouija board, ghost, danger, supernatural, human host, friendship, ouija, demonic possession, death, profanity ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A married couple loses their children while on a family trip near some caves in Tijuana. The kids eventually reappear without explanation, but it becomes clear that they are not who they used to be, that something terrifying has changed them.
Style:
scary, serious, tense, frightening, demonic ...
Plot:
demonic possession, family problems, danger, parents and children, siblings relations, gory, supernatural, supernatural power, murder, occult, evil child, strong sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico, tijuana mexico
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Lucas devotes his life to church work after a tragedy. When an exorcism case gets out of control, he has to figure out who is under the Devil's influence.
Style:
psychotronic, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
possession, exorcism, ghost, paranormal, supernatural power, supernatural, killing, murder, death, paranormal investigation, curses spells and rituals, deadly creature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
50%
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, psychotronic, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
possession, occult, coven, supernatural, demon, evil, family in danger, witchcraft, supernatural ability, paranormal investigation, murder, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young married couple who are pregnant with their first child moves into their turn-of-the-century home where they discover that a great evil has resided there for nearly a century, unleashed by a previous occupant.
Style:
suspense, bleak, scary, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
couples, evil, ghost, killing, deadly creature, youth, ghost story, revenge, vengeance, supernatural ability, murder, paranormal investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A team of parapsychologists sets out to investigate a series of anomalous phenomena taking place in a newly occupied apartment. Telephone calls with no caller, mysterious shadows, extraordinary light emissions, flying objects, and exploding light ...
Style:
scary, serious, bleak, demonic, mockumentary ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, found footage, demonic possession, family in danger, levitation, supernatural, father daughter relationship, doctor, haunted, mental illness, apartment building ...
Time:
year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Jin-Myung is a psychiatrist and exorcist. With his assistant, Ji-Kwang, they attempt an exorcism on Geum-Joo. She suffers from a bizarre phenomenon. They then face a powerful existence within Geum-Joo. Extreme horror arises out of her.
Style:
dark, scary, psychotronic, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
paranormal phenomena, exorcism, exorcist, demonic possession, cave, psychiatrist, supernatural, supernatural power, demon, ghost, paranormal, killing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, jeju island
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Anya and Daniel just moved to their new house in Bandung. Daniel brings home a doll from his workplace. Anya, who is a dollmaker, welcomes the doll happily to their house. They later learned that the doll belonged to a little girl named Uci, who ...
Style:
scary, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, bleak ...
Plot:
doll, possession, ghost, girl, evil doll, violence, murder, supernatural, supernatural power, paranormal, curses spells and rituals, characters in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
44%
423
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Taiwan, Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Han and Hao are about to get married soon when Hao picks up a strange red envelope on the street and then all hell breaks loose with a vengeful supernatural bride wreaking havoc on his life.
Style:
psychotronic, scary, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, supernatural power, wedding, supernatural ability, violence, paranormal phenomena, peril, vengeance, characters in danger, paranormal investigation, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
taiwan
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A story about a video of a group of people going hiking and a mysterious little girl in a red dress following them.
Style:
suspense, psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
ghost, urban legend, guilt, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, missing person, supernatural power, supernatural, paranormal, paranormal phenomena, paranormal investigation, deadly creature, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
taiwan
Similarity:
43%
211
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Soon after a mysterious-ritual ceremony has been performed in a house, there are several chilling and inexplicable events happening which allegedly relate to haunting-spirit possession influencing house members into violence.
Style:
scary, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
house, ghost, supernatural power, supernatural, family relations, evil spirit, killing, rescue, exorcism, paranormal phenomena, violence, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A cultural relic restorer discovers the skeletons of babies while working in an old mansion. The bloody events of the past drags everyone working on the project into a dark abyss.
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, bleak, suspenseful, scary
Plot:
mission, mansion, supernatural, haunted house, supernatural power, ghost, killing, loss, ghost hunter, murder, victim, paranormal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Malaysia, Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Troublesome Night series director Yip Wai Ying returns to the horror genre in the 2018 scarefest The Cursed. Surgeon Jia'er (Annie Liu, Hungry Ghost Ritual), who grew up in an orphanage, is surprised to one day receive news of a grandmother ...
Style:
scary, psychotronic, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural power, supernatural, killing, characters in danger, paranormal phenomena, family relations, revenge, deadly creature, society, vengeance, obsessive quest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
malaysia
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Thrill seeking friends return to the place of the most terrifying killer.
Style:
scary, psychotronic, disturbing, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
curse, serial killer, evil spirit, paranormal, haunted house, revenge, supernatural, supernatural power, monster, demonic possession, killer, ghost ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A group of teenagers will now step foot on this island to capture paranormal encounters on tape. On the island, the teenagers are thrilled as they explore. However, their excitement is short-lived. They realize something ominous is creeping up on ...
Style:
suspense, scary, bleak, psychotronic, disturbing ...
Plot:
ghost, paranormal phenomena, supernatural, ghost hunter, vengeance, victim, mission, heroes, friendship, rescue, youth, supernatural ability ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
40%
406
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A filmmaker goes to check out a haunted house in Ooty to seek inspiration for a horror film, not realising that the place has a connection with his past.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, bleak, disturbing, psychotronic ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, supernatural power, haunted house, paranormal investigation, deadly creature, heroes, curses spells and rituals, supernatural ability, society, characters in danger, obsessive quest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After receiving an unsettling voicemail, Jordan (Wiggins) returns home, looking for answers, only to find her estranged father and even more questions. A demonic force has attached itself to the town and no one is safe. The only one who seems to ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, scary, psychotronic, suspense
Plot:
demon, paranormal, mission, vengeance, revenge, good versus evil, death, paranormal phenomena, ghost story, rescue, haunted house, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, China
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Following in the footsteps of her late fiancée, who drowned under mysterious circumstances, Rebecca (played by Katie Savoy) and her film crew are in China making a documentary about the Chinese Ghost Festival. There, she learns of a story about a ...
Style:
psychotronic, bleak, suspense, scary, disturbing ...
Plot:
supernatural, violence, ghost, killing, mission, society, curses spells and rituals, ghost story, rescue, chase, evil, hunting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A librarian founds a copy of the fabled Necronomicon, only unleash hell on earth.
Style:
lovecraft, suspenseful, suspense, unusual plot structure, psychotronic ...
Plot:
supernatural being, occult, supernatural, librarian, death, violence, peril, vengeance, supernatural ability, demon, victim, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of a traumatic event, a suburban husband and father buys a cutting edge home security system, only to find that it slowly destroys that which he most wants to protect.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, captivating, gothic horror
Plot:
con artists, exorcism, hidden door, children, storytelling, haunting, evil spirit, possession, pretense, demonic possession, threat, secret room ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After a family moves into an old Victorian home, they discover a chest in the attic containing antiques tainted by a malevolent spirit. As the antiques slowly possess each family member, the spirit grows stronger, hellbent on kidnapping the children.
Style:
suspense, bleak, scary, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
ghost, doll, danger, widower, haunted house, missing girl, attic, killer child, dark secret, supernatural, youth, egg ...
Time:
1800s, 19th century
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Inspired by a real serial killer: A disgraced detective on the trail of a serial killer and a group of student filmmakers cross paths at a Halloween fright farm in the dead of winter.
Style:
slasher, psychotronic, suspense, disturbing, scary ...
Plot:
haunted house, murder, serial killer, psychopath, paranormal, ghost, violent, rescue, exorcism, death, supernatural, paranormal phenomena ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When his mother commits suicide, Tom Redding discovers he has a long lost sister that cannot move or talk. Together they travel to their dead mother's isolated home, where Tom hopes to document her illness, only to be driven to the brink of ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, bleak, scary, suspenseful
Plot:
paranormal, haunted house, catatonic state, ghost, supernatural power, supernatural, killing, supernatural ability, family relations, characters in danger, deadly creature, curses spells and rituals ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A girl is possessed and kills her own twin sister.
Style:
bleak, suspense, disturbing, scary, psychotronic ...
Plot:
twins, twin sister, murder, ghost, demon, supernatural power, supernatural, killing, hunting, paranormal phenomena, mission, paranormal investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
332
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
An American family celebrates their 28-year-old daughter's pregnancy. The celebration is interrupted when a Satanic cult leader, Henrik Brandr, unexpectedly visits their ranch. Henrik offers to pay the family a large sum for ownership of their ...
Style:
bleak, scary, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
devil worship, survival, cult leader, curses spells and rituals, supernatural power, good versus evil, supernatural, deadly creature, obsessive quest, hunting, evil, victim ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A group of friends move into a vacation home with a sinister past in Fall River, Massachusetts. Suspicious of the home's owner, Taryn feels a strong connection to the house and finds herself at the center of one of the most deadly poltergeists ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, psychotronic, suspense, bleak
Plot:
poltergeist, haunted house, food, haunting, pursuit, chase, killing, violence, supernatural power, fear, peril, exorcism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
36%
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