feelsalike.com

Movies that feel like A Dark Song (2016)

If you loved A Dark Song, the closest films we have are Pinocchio: Unstrung (2026), The Sentinel (1977) and Scream (2022). All three share A Dark Song's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Darkroom, Netflix and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.

πŸ… 91% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Liam Gavindreadunsettlingdreamliketwistymelancholy

When is A Dark Song streaming? β†’

If A Dark Song hit the spot, these will too

Pinocchio: Unstrung poster
Pinocchio: Unstrung
2026 Β· dir. Rhys Frake-Waterfield
β˜… 5.8horror Β· fantasy Β· mystery

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

The difference: None of the melancholy that defines A Dark Song

Influenced by a sinister Cricket and created by Geppetto, Pinocchio launches a violent crusade to carve himself into a real boy like his brother James, one piece at a time.

Feels alike?
The Sentinel poster
The Sentinel
1977 Β· dir. Michael Winner
πŸ… 45%β˜… 6.3horror Β· mystery Β· fantasy

Both keep circling back to demon

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual exploits. Now an elite fashion model, she moves to a Brooklyn Heights apartment building where she encounters a number of bizarre, eccentric tenants and attempts to uncover the building's sinister secret.

Feels alike?
Scream poster
Scream
2022 Β· dir. Tyler Gillett
πŸ… 76%β˜… 6.3horror Β· mystery

The same mix in both: dream logic, then twists

Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.

Feels alike?
1408 poster
1408
2007 Β· dir. Mikael HΓ₯fstrΓΆm
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.8horror Β· mystery

The same preoccupation in both: grief

A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.

Feels alike?
Absentia poster
Absentia
2011 Β· dir. Mike Flanagan
πŸ… 87%β˜… 5.8horror Β· mystery

Melancholy horror in both cases

Tricia's husband has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her as the pressure mounts to finally declare him 'dead in absentia'. Tricia is reluctant, always holding out hope, but Callie is practical and wants her to move on. As Tricia sifts through the wreckage and tries to move on with her life, Callie finds herself drawn to an ominous tunnel near the house.

Feels alike?
Carnival of Souls poster
Carnival of Souls
1962 Β· dir. Herk Harvey
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7horror Β· mystery Β· fantasy

Fantasy built on dread, twice over

The difference: A 1960s film, from a different era of filmmaking

Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish man. As the visions begin to occur more frequently, Mary finds herself drawn to the deserted carnival on the outskirts of town. The strangely alluring carnival may hold the secret to her tragic past.

Feels alike?
Lights Out poster
Lights Out
2016 Β· dir. David F. Sandberg
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.3horror Β· mystery

Supernatural and ghost, at the center of both

Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.

Feels alike?
The Boy poster
The Boy
2016 Β· dir. William Brent Bell
πŸ… 31%β˜… 6horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Mansion is the engine of both

The difference: Leans thriller where A Dark Song does not

A young American woman takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, soon discovering that the family's eight-year-old son is a life-sized doll that comes with a list of strict rules.

Feels alike?
Hereditary poster
Hereditary
2018 Β· dir. Ari Aster
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.3horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Both built around ritual

Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.

Feels alike?
The Uninvited poster
The Uninvited
1944 Β· dir. Lewis Allen
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.2mystery Β· horror Β· fantasy

Unsettling mystery, and it commits to that

A pair of siblings from London purchase a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, only to discover that it actually carries a ghostly priceβ€”and soon they’re caught up in a bizarre romantic triangle from beyond the grave.

Feels alike?
It Follows poster
It Follows
2015 Β· dir. David Robert Mitchell
πŸ… 95%β˜… 6.8horror Β· mystery

Supernatural sits at the heart of each

A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.

Feels alike?
The Autopsy of Jane Doe poster
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
2016 · dir. André Øvredal
πŸ… 86%β˜… 6.8horror Β· mystery

Horror with a pulse of twists, in both cases

Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying secrets.

Feels alike?

In the mood for more dread?

all dread movies β†’

The best-reviewed films that share A Dark Song's defining feeling.