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Movies that feel likeAs Above, So Below (2014)

When a team of explorers venture into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead.

If you loved As Above, So Below, the closest films we have are Julia's Eyes (2010), The Innkeepers (2012) and The Borderlands (2014). All three share As Above, So Below's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Endless (2017).

πŸ… 30% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.3 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. John Erick Dowdledreadunsettlingtensemelancholy
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If As Above, So Below hit the spot, these will too

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Julia's Eyes
2010 Β· dir. Guillem Morales
πŸ… 90%β˜… 6.7horror Β· thriller

Both land dread and unease at once

The difference: Reviewed even better

Julia, a woman suffering from a degenerative sight disease, finds her blind sister Sara hung in a basement. Despite all signs pointing to suicide, Julia decides to investigate what she intuitively feels is a murder case.

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The Innkeepers
2012 Β· dir. Ti West
πŸ… 81%β˜… 5.5horror Β· thrillerPrime Video

The same mix in both: tension, then melancholy

During the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay.

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The Borderlands
2014 Β· dir. Elliot Goldner
πŸ… 83%β˜… 5.8horror

Common ground: found footage

The difference: Takes it somewhere less tense than As Above, So Below does

Vatican investigators are sent to the British West Country to investigate paranormal activity, and they find the events are more disturbing than they first imagined.

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Planet Terror
2007 Β· dir. Robert Rodriguez
πŸ… 76%β˜… 7horror Β· action Β· thriller

Both are built on the same subject: grief

The difference: Leans harder into action than As Above, So Below does

Two doctors find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by sores. Among the wounded is Cherry Darling, a dancer whose leg was ripped from her body. As the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors, Cherry and her ex-boyfriend El Wray lead a team of accidental warriors into the night.

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Talk to Me
2023 Β· dir. Danny Philippou
β˜… 7.1horrorMax

The same preoccupation in both: a woman at the center

When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

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The Endless
2017 Β· dir. Aaron Moorhead
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.5science fiction Β· horror Β· thrillerPrime VideoPeacock

Horror built on dread, twice over

The difference: Sits closer to science fiction than As Above, So Below does

Two brothers return to the cult they fled from years ago to discover that the group's beliefs may be more sane than they once thought.

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Wrong Turn
2003 Β· dir. Rob Schmidt
πŸ… 40%β˜… 6.1horror Β· thrillerPrime Video

One thread runs through both: grief

Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding.

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Antichrist
2009 Β· dir. Lars von Trier
πŸ… 53%β˜… 6.5drama Β· horror Β· thrillerRent or buy

Unsettling thriller in both cases

A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.

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Devil
2010 Β· dir. John Erick Dowdle
πŸ… 49%β˜… 6.3horror Β· mystery Β· thrillerPrime Video

The same hand behind both of them: John Erick Dowdle

A group of people are trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, and one of them is the Devil.

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

Tense horror, and it commits to that

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.

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Saw V
2008 Β· dir. David Hackl
πŸ… 13%β˜… 5.8horror Β· thriller Β· crime

Thriller with a pulse of melancholy, in both cases

Following Jigsaw's grisly demise, Detective Mark Hoffman is commended as a hero, but Agent Strahm is suspicious, and delves into Hoffman's past. Meanwhile, another group of people are put through a series of gruesome tests.

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Creep
2014 Β· dir. Patrick Brice
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.3horror Β· thrillerNetflixPrime Video

Both keep coming back to the same thing: found footage

Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: "$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated." Low on cash and full of naivetΓ©, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote mountain town where he meets Josef, his cinematic subject for the day. Josef is sincere and the project seems heartfelt, so Aaron begins to film. But as the day goes on, it becomes clear that Josef is not who he says, and his intentions are not at all pure.

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