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Movies Like Insidious
Insidious starts like a haunted-house story, then widens as the Lambert family learns their son’s coma isn’t a medical mystery and the danger isn’t confined to the house. Supernatural horror with mediums, possessed children and a spirit world reaching into ordinary rooms waits below.
Matched to Insidious (2011), rated 4/5 by the HorroRated team. Our own picks come first, then the closest matches by director, subgenre and mood.
Why it fits
- Our pick if you liked Insidious
- Also from James Wan
- Cosmic Horror
- Haunted House
Streaming on AMC+, Tubi
The Lambert family's haunting continues into a new location and the investigation into its history expands.
PickThe Conjuring
2013 · MovieWhy it fits
- Also from James Wan
- Haunted House
- Ghost Story
Streaming on HBO Max
Ed and Lorraine Warren are called to examine a Rhode Island farmhouse and find the family has been living with something for years.
PickIt
2017 · MovieWhy it fits
- Haunted House
- Ghost Story
- Demons
Streaming on HBO Max
Bill Denbrough and the Losers Club spend a summer in 1989 Derry, Maine confronting Pennywise, a shape-shifting entity that has been working the town for centuries.
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
2018 · MovieWhy it fits
- Haunted House
- Ghost Story
- Family Horror
Streaming on Netflix
Lewis Barnavelt moves in with his eccentric uncle Jonathan after his parents die and finds a house full of magic, secrets, and a clock hidden in the walls.
Poltergeist
1982 · MovieWhy it fits
- Haunted House
- Ghost Story
- Family Horror
Streaming on HBO Max
Strange things are happening in the Freeling house. Then the youngest daughter disappears into the walls.
PickScary Stories to Tell in the Dark
2019 · MovieWhy it fits
- Haunted House
- Ghost Story
- Supernatural
Streaming on Peacock
Stella and her friends find Sarah Bellows's book of horror stories. The creatures from the illustrations start manifesting.
PickHellraiser (1987)
1987 · MovieWhy it fits
- Cosmic Horror
- Demons
- Supernatural
Streaming on Prime Video, Tubi
Frank Cotton solves an ancient puzzle box and gets more than he bargained for. When his brother's family moves into his old house, a single drop of blood gives Frank a way back.
PickHereditary
2018 · MovieWhy it fits
- Demons
- Family Horror
- Supernatural
Streaming on Prime Video, HBO Max, Hulu
Annie's mother has just died, and the grief in the Graham household turns out to be the least of what's coming for this family. Something has been arranged for them long before anyone realized it.
The Houses October Built
2014 · MovieWhy it fits
- Haunted House
- Ghost Story
- Supernatural
Streaming on AMC+, Tubi
A group of friends tours a series of extreme haunted attractions during Halloween and documents the experience on camera.
Sinister 2
2015 · MovieWhy it fits
- Haunted House
- Ghost Story
- Supernatural
Streaming on Peacock
A mother hiding her children from an abusive father in a rural church finds her sons making contact with ghost children connected to the Bughuul mythology.