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Movies that feel like Dead Silence (2007)

If you loved Dead Silence, the closest films we have are Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013), The Conjuring 2 (2016) and Insidious (2011). All three share Dead Silence's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named Billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist Mary Shaw. Destined to find out the truth, Jamie goes to the town of Raven's Fair, where Shaw used to perform and is buried. But Jamie is in for more than he expected.

πŸ… 22% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.1 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. James Wandreadunsettling
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Insidious: Chapter 2
2013 Β· dir. James Wan
πŸ… 38%β˜… 6.6horror Β· thriller

The same hand behind both of them: James Wan

The difference: Sits closer to thriller than Dead Silence does

The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

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The Conjuring 2
2016 Β· dir. James Wan
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.3horror

Both are James Wan's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.

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Insidious
2011 Β· dir. James Wan
πŸ… 66%β˜… 6.8horror Β· thriller

Both are built on the same subject: supernatural

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.

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Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016 Β· dir. Mike Flanagan
πŸ… 82%β˜… 6.2horror

Common ground: supernatural

In 1967 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their sΓ©ance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by the merciless spirit, this small family confronts unthinkable fears to save her and send her possessor back to the other side.

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Ring
1998 Β· dir. Hideo Nakata
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.2horror Β· thriller

The same two preoccupations: urban legend, and curse

A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.

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Terrifier 2
2022 Β· dir. Damien Leone
πŸ… 88%β˜… 6horror

Both keep coming back to the same thing: clown

A year after the Miles County massacre, Art the Clown is resurrected by a sinister entity. Art returns home, where he must hunt down and destroy teenage Sienna and her younger brother Jonathan on Halloween. As the body count rises, the siblings fight to stay alive while uncovering the true nature of Art's evil intent.

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Veronica
2017 Β· dir. Paco Plaza
πŸ… 86%β˜… 6.2horror

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

In 1991 Madrid, after holding a sΓ©ance at school, a teen girl minding her younger siblings at home suspects an evil force has entered their apartment.

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Incantation
2022 Β· dir. Kevin Ko
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.2horror

The same preoccupation in both: curse

Inspired by the true story of a family who believed they were possessed by spirits. This film follows a woman who must protect her child from a curse.

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Ouija
2014 Β· dir. Stiles White
πŸ… 6%β˜… 4.5horror

Horror built on dread, twice over

A group of friends must confront their most terrifying fears when they awaken the dark powers of an ancient spirit board.

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Sinister 2
2015 Β· dir. CiarΓ‘n Foy
πŸ… 14%β˜… 5.3horror

Horror with a pulse of unease, in both cases

A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.

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Halloween
2007 Β· dir. Rob Zombie
πŸ… 28%β˜… 6.1horror

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

The early years of young Michael Myers and the events leading up to his fateful Halloween night murder rampage in the quiet town of Haddonfield, Illinois.

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Terrifier
2018 Β· dir. Damien Leone
πŸ… 63%β˜… 5.5horror

One thread runs through both: clown

A maniacal clown named Art terrorizes three young women on Halloween night and everyone else who stands in his way.

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