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Movies that feel likeDrag Me to Hell (2009)

After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. Her only hope seems to lie in a psychic who claims he can help her lift the curse and keep her soul from being dragged straight to hell.

If you loved Drag Me to Hell, the closest films we have are Evil Dead Rise (2023), When Evil Lurks (2023) and [REC]² (2009). All three share Drag Me to Hell'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 Lake Mungo (2009).

🍅 92% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Sam Raimidreadunsettlingtense
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Evil Dead Rise
2023 · dir. Lee Cronin
🍅 85%★ 6.5horror · thrillerMax

Common ground in both: gore and evil

A reunion between two estranged sisters gets cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.

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When Evil Lurks
2023 · dir. Demián Rugna
🍅 96%★ 6.9horror · thrillerRent or buy

One thread runs through both: gore

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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[REC]²
2009 · dir. Jaume Balagueró
🍅 67%★ 6.5thriller · horror

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

The action continues from [REC], with the medical officer and a SWAT team outfitted with video cameras are sent into the sealed off apartment to control the situation.

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

Tense horror, and it commits to that

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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Ring
1998 · dir. Hideo Nakata
🍅 98%★ 7.2horror · thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: 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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Creep
2014 · dir. Patrick Brice
🍅 91%★ 6.3horror · thrillerNetflixPrime Video

Thriller built on dread, twice over

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 naiveté, 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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30 Days of Night
2007 · dir. David Slade
🍅 51%★ 6.6horror · thriller

Horror with a pulse of unease, in both cases

This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.

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Saw VI
2009 · dir. Kevin Greutert
🍅 39%★ 6.1horror · thriller

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood.

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Insidious: Chapter 2
2013 · dir. James Wan
🍅 38%★ 6.6horror · thriller

Dread-soaked horror in both cases

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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Friday the 13th
2009 · dir. Marcus Nispel
🍅 26%★ 5.5horror · thrillerMax

Thriller with a pulse of unease, in both cases

A group of young adults visit a boarded up campsite named Crystal Lake where they soon encounter the mysterious Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions.

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Orphan
2009 · dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
🍅 59%★ 7horror · thrillerMax

Both work the same tension

After losing their baby, a married couple adopt 9-year old Esther, who may not be as innocent as she seems.

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The Evil Dead
1983 · dir. Sam Raimi
🍅 85%★ 7.3horror

Sam Raimi directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Easier on the tension than Drag Me to Hell

In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.

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