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The Unholy (2021)
 5.1
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The Unholy (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Alice, a young hearing-impaired girl who, after a supposed visitation from the Virgin Mary, is inexplicably able to hear, speak and heal the sick. As word spreads and people from near and far flock to witness her miracles, a disgraced journalist hoping to revive his career visits the small New England town to investigate. When terrifying events begin to happen all around, he starts to question if these phenomena are the works of the Virgin Mary or something much more sinister.
Style: suspense, scary, suspenseful, mysterious, captivating, dark, splatter, grindhouse, spooky, horrifying ...
Plot: mysticism, church, virgin mary, supernatural, religion, witch, macabre, journalist, investigation, miraculous event, press conference, young girl, terror, healing, priest, evil spirit, supernatural power, private investigation, uncover truth, monster, psychopath, monk, house, faith, christianity ...
Time: 2020s
Place: boston

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Most similar movies to The Unholy

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, suspense, suspenseful and demonic films with plots about supernatural, demon, supernatural horror, demonic possession, paranormal, terror and supernatural power mostly in Horror, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Unholy: Possessed (2000), The Ring (2002), The Skeleton Key (2005), The Possession (2012), The Crucifixion (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Possessed (2000)
Genre: Horror, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: An 11 year old boy starts throwing temper tantrums, vomiting on and attacking people, and swearing uncontrollably. Furniture begins to move on its own when he is around, and he doesn't remember any of it. After giving up on the protestants, ...
Style: demonic, scary, suspenseful, suspense, bleak ...
Plot: exorcism, demon, supernatural, demonic possession, family relations, parents and children, clergy, priest, church, curses spells and rituals, uncover truth, boy ...
Place: missouri, st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.1
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The Ring (2002)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: It sounded like just another urban legend: A videotape filled with nightmarish images, leading to a phone call foretelling the viewer's death in exactly seven days. As a newspaper reporter, Rachel Keller was naturally skeptical of the story, ...
Style: scary, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, gloomy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, ghost, race against time, investigation, life is a bitch, death, supernatural horror, twists and turns, curse, macabre, journalist, female protagonist ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: seattle, astoria oregon, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Skeleton Key (2005)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
Style: twist ending, surprise ending, suspense, suspenseful, gothic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: plot twist, occult, ghost, supernatural, twists and turns, voodoo, witchcraft, macabre, supernatural horror, ritual, rite, black magic ...
Time: year 2005, year 2000, 2000s, 20th century, 1920s
Place: new orleans, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Living Dark: The Story of Ted the Caver (2013)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Two brothers, reunited for their father's funeral, stumble upon the entrance to a nearby cave. Here, they are slowly forced to confront the true, nightmarish cause of their father's death. Based on the popular Ted the Caver internet legend.
Style: dark, scary, unusual plot structure, bleak, contemplative ...
Plot: cave, survival horror, brother brother relationship, loss of father, brother, funeral, darkness, urban legend, nightmare, uncle nephew relationship, mysticism, travel ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 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 ...
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 ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place: middle east, america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Crucifixion (2017)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When a priest is jailed for the murder of a nun on whom he was performing an exorcism, an investigative journalist strives to determine whether he in fact murdered a mentally ill person, or if he lost the battle with a demonic presence.
Style: satanic, captivating, suspenseful, demonic, horrifying ...
Plot: demonic possession, exorcism, nun, demon, priest, investigation, journalist, prison, exorcist, possession, supernatural power, death ...
Place: romania
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 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 ⇓
48%
 5.3
 169K
The Nun (2018)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together they uncover the order’s unholy secret. Risking ...
Style: scary, demonic, suspense, bleak, surprise ending ...
Audience: adult
Plot: exorcism, supernatural, ghost, supernatural horror, nun, paranormal, demon, evil nun, priest, murder, nightmare, suicide ...
Time: 2010s, year 1952, 1950s, 20th century
Place: romania, rome italy, xian
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Movie in collections
 7.9
 31K
The Exorcist (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Follow the lives of two very different priests tackling one family’s case of terrifying demonic possession.
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, scary, exciting, spooky ...
Plot: demonic possession, supernatural, priest, exorcist, possessed woman, exorcism, possession, catholic priest, macabre, danger, religion, paranormal ...
Time: 2010s
Place: chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 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 ⇓
46%
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 ⇓
46%
 5.3
 19K
Aftermath (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Desperate to save their marriage, a young couple takes a deal to move into their dream home, but disturbing events reveal the house's troubled history.
Style: suspense, mystical, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Plot: supernatural, infidelity, husband wife relationship, intruder, house, family relations, paranormal phenomena, secret, paranormal, mysticism, family problems, paranormal activity ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 7.3
 59K
Archive 81 (2022)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: An archivist takes a job restoring damaged videotapes and gets pulled into the vortex of a mystery involving the missing director and a demonic cult.
Style: mystical, mysterious, tense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: investigation, supernatural horror, found footage, supernatural, cosmic horror, mysticism, occult, terror, apartment building, time travel, dark secret, paranormal phenomena ...
Time: future, 2020s, year 1994, 90s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 3.9
 2K
Agnes (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Rumors of demonic possession at a religious convent prompts a church investigation into the strange goings-on among its nuns. A disaffected priest and his neophyte are confronted with temptation, bloodshed and a crisis of faith.
Style: suspense, tense, scary, bleak, psychotronic
Plot: nun, religion, supernatural, priest, rumor, faith, church, investigation, supernatural power, demon, demonic possession, mission ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 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 ⇓
46%
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A chilling story of terror, murder and unknown evil that shocked even experienced real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. One of the most sensational cases from their files, it starts with a fight for the soul of a young boy, then ...
Style: scary, demonic, dark, suspense, spooky ...
Audience: teens
Plot: exorcism, paranormal investigation, supernatural, demon, psychic, paranormal phenomena, supernatural horror, paranormal activity, demonic possession, murder, ghost, terror ...
Time: 2020s, 80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place: usa, connecticut, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 7.3
 298K
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
Style: scary, dark, suspenseful, atmospheric, creepy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, ghost, demonic possession, paranormal investigation, demon, single mother, supernatural horror, psychic, fear, child in peril, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 70s, year 2016, 2010s, year 1976, year 1977 ...
Place: england, peru, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The Exorcist III (1990)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Set fifteen years after the original film, The Exorcist III centers around the philosophical Lieutenant William F. Kinderman who is investigating a baffling series of murders around Georgetown that all contain the hallmarks of The Gemini, a deceased ...
Style: demonic, scary, suspenseful, religious horror, splatter ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, demon, possession, supernatural, demonic possession, macabre, exorcist, priest, investigation, murder, violence, hospital ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1998
Place: washington d.c., virginia, usa, india, copenhagen
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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The Visitation (2006)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In Antioch, the former Father Travis Jordan lost his faith on God three years ago when his beloved wife was murdered and the criminals never found. Suddenly, miracles happen in the little town: the son of the newcomer and veterinary Morgan Elliot ...
Style: psychological, atmospheric, disturbing, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: faith, small town, church, supernatural, murder, miraculous event, investigation, mysterious character, healing power, supernatural ability, haunted by the past, religions or cults ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 6.8
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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 ⇓
46%
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 ⇓
46%
 6.2
 72K
Stigmata (1999)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A young woman with no strong religious beliefs, Frankie Paige begins having strange and violent experiences, showing signs of the wounds that Jesus received when crucified. When the Vatican gets word of Frankie's situation, a high-ranking ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, satanic, biblical, psychological ...
Plot: religion, miraculous event, priest, supernatural, demon, vatican, investigation, conspiracy, mission from god, destiny, danger, occult ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: usa, pittsburgh, new york, brazil, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Welcome to Mercy (2018)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: When a single mother begins to experience symptoms of the stigmata, she seeks the help of a local priest and nun to help her understand what is seen and unseen.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, bleak, scary, spooky ...
Plot: priest, daughter, isolation, catholic, obsession, supernatural, haunted by the past, monastery, getting home, supernatural horror, shark, mythology ...
Place: latvia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Devil (2010)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A group of people trapped in a elevator realizes that the devil is among them.
Style: scary, surprise ending, psychological, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Plot: devil, supernatural, elevator, group of strangers, police investigation, supernatural horror, confined, trap, stranded, isolation, investigation, trapped in an elevator ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, year 2000, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 6.8
 8K
Damien (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: After discovering his origins, Damien Thorn must cope with life as the Anti-Christ.
Style: serious, suspense, suspenseful, controversial, horrifying ...
Plot: religion, antichrist, catholicism, devil, supernatural, evil, destiny, mysticism, secret, bible prophecy, satanism, religious ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Annabelle: Creation (2017)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the dollmaker's possessed creation, Annabelle.
Style: scary, spooky, psychological, suspense, psychotronic ...
Plot: ghost, evil doll, supernatural horror, supernatural, doll, nun, demonic possession, orphan, demon, haunted house, spirit, evil spirit ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, year 1955, 1950s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Prey for the Devil (2022)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Sister Ann is a restless 25-year-old who devoutly believes that performing exorcisms is her calling. But she is at odds with the institution's traditions: nuns are not allowed to perform exorcisms, only priests. With the support of a mentor, a ...
Style: disturbing, scary, tense, suspense, surprise ending ...
Plot: exorcism, good versus evil, demonic possession, exorcist, nun, curse, evil, female protagonist, supernatural, possession, catholic school, danger ...
Time: 2020s
Place: usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 5.8
 10K
The Vigil (2019)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community finds himself opposite a malevolent entity.
Style: suspenseful, brutal, bleak, rough, scary ...
Plot: monster, ghost, death of brother, occult, supernatural power, death, danger, brutality, dark past, humiliation, good versus evil, society ...
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 5.5
 13K
V/H/S/94 (2021)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A mysterious VHS tape leads a police S.W.A.T. team to the discovery of a sinister cult whose collection of pre-recorded material reveals a nightmarish conspiracy.
Style: anthology, suspense, enigmatic, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: found footage, occult, supernatural, evil, monster, creature, conspiracy, body horror, undercover, puzzle, mysticism, evil spirit ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 7.5
 130K
The Omen (1976)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil. A classic horror film with Gregory Peck from ...
Style: suspenseful, bleak, satanic, psychological, scary ...
Audience: adult
Plot: devil, evil child, prophecy, satan, supernatural, macabre, priest, murder, demon, demonic possession, gory, religion ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place: london, persia, britain, rome italy, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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