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Movies that feel like Death Whisperer (2023)

If you loved Death Whisperer, the closest films we have are What We Become (2015), The Pool (2018) and La Llorona (2019). All three share Death Whisperer's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 11 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

When a remote village is plagued by a deadly curse, one brother must fight to save his family from a terrifying supernatural threat.

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What We Become
2015 · dir. Bo Mikkelsen
5.5horror · thriller

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

A family of four is quarantined in their home as a virulent strand of the flu spreads into town and they are forced to the extreme to escape alive.

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The Pool
2018 · dir. Ping Lumpraploeng
🍅 96%5.3thriller · horror

Tense horror in both cases

Left alone to clean up a 6-meter-deep deserted pool, Day falls asleep on an inflatable raft. When he wakes, the water level has sunk so low that he can't climb out on his own. Stuck in the pool, Day screams for help, but the only thing that hears him is a creature from a nearby crocodile farm.

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La Llorona
2019 · dir. Jayro Bustamante
🍅 96%6.6thriller · horror · drama

Both lean on dread more than on thriller

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Death Whisperer does

Accused of the genocide of Mayan people, retired general Enrique is trapped in his mansion by massive protests. Abandoned by his staff, the indignant old man and his family must face the devastating truth of his actions and the growing sense that a wrathful supernatural force is targeting them for his crimes.

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Ziam
2025 · dir. Kulp Kaljareuk
🍅 77%4.9horror · thriller · action

Horror built on unease, twice over

The difference: Sits closer to action than Death Whisperer does

In a fight for survival against a horrifying army of zombies, a former Muay Thai fighter must use skill, speed and grit to save his girlfriend.

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The Innkeepers
2012 · dir. Ti West
🍅 81%5.5horror · thriller

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

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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Hokum
2026 · dir. Damian McCarthy
7.3horror · thriller

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases

When novelist Ohm Bauman retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents' ashes, he is consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance forces him to confront dark corners of his past.

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Berberian Sound Studio
2012 · dir. Peter Strickland
🍅 85%6.2horror · drama · thriller

Unsettling thriller, and it commits to that

In the 1970s, a British sound technician is brought to Italy to work on the sound effects for a gruesome horror film. His nightmarish task slowly takes over his psyche, driving him to confront his own past.

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The Sadness
2021 · dir. Rob Jabbaz
🍅 88%6.5horror · thriller

Both work the same tension

A young couple is pushed to the limits of sanity as they attempt to be reunited amid the chaos of a pandemic outbreak. The streets erupt into violence and depravity, as those infected are driven to enact the most cruel and ghastly things imaginable.

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Lake Mungo
2009 · dir. Joel Anderson
🍅 92%6.2horror · thriller

Cut from the same horror cloth

After 16-year-old Alice Palmer drowns at a local dam, her family experiences a series of strange, inexplicable events centered in and around their home. Unsettled, the Palmers seek the help of a psychic and parapsychologist, who discovers that Alice led a secret, double life. At Lake Mungo, Alice's secret past emerges.

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The Girl Who Killed Her Parents
2021 · dir. Maurício Eça
5.9crime · drama · thriller

Thriller of the same temperament

Based on one of the most shocking and gruesome murder cases in Brazil, the film presents Daniel Cravinhos's point of view of the events that led to the death of Marísia and Manfred von Richthofen, his girlfriend’s parents.

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The Whole Truth
2021 · dir. Wisit Sasanatieng
5.2horror · mystery · thriller

Both play horror straight

When two siblings stumble on a strange hole in the wall of their grandparents' house, horrifying incidents reveal sinister secrets about their family.

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When Evil Lurks
2023 · dir. Demián Rugna
🍅 96%6.9horror · thriller

Both know what they want from thriller

When brothers Pedro and Jimi discover that a demonic infection has been festering in a nearby farmhouse, they attempt to evict the victim from their land. Failing to adhere to the proper rites of exorcism, their reckless actions inadvertently trigger an epidemic of possessions across their rural community.

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