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Movies that feel like Heretic (2024)

If you loved Heretic, the closest films we have are Countdown (2019), When Evil Lurks (2023) and Hokum (2026). All three share Heretic's tense and dread feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 11 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.

Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed, becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse.

🍅 89% Rotten Tomatoes7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Scott Becktensedreadunsettling

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If Heretic hit the spot, these will too

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Countdown
2019 · dir. Justin Dec
🍅 26%5.4horror · thriller

One thread runs through both: religion

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

A young nurse downloads an app that tells her she only has three days to live. With time ticking away and a mysterious figure haunting her, she must find a way to save her life before time runs out.

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

The same mix in both: tension, then dread

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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Hokum
2026 · dir. Damian McCarthy
🍅 90%7.3horror · thriller

Thriller built on unease, twice over

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

Tense horror in both cases

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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Death Whisperer
2023 · dir. Taweewat Wantha
5.8horror · thriller

Thriller with a pulse of dread, in both cases

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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Don't Breathe
2016 · dir. Fede Álvarez
🍅 88%7.1horror · thriller · crime

Two things both keep coming back to: held captive and trapped in a house

The difference: Sits closer to crime than Heretic does

A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.

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Don't Breathe 2
2021 · dir. Rodo Sayagues
6thriller · horror

Unsettling horror, and it commits to that

The Blind Man has been hiding out for several years in an isolated cabin and has taken in and raised a young girl orphaned from a devastating house fire. Their quiet life together is shattered when a group of criminals kidnap the girl, forcing the Blind Man to leave his safe haven to save her.

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Evil Dead Rise
2023 · dir. Lee Cronin
🍅 85%6.5horror · thriller

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

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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Halloween Kills
2021 · dir. David Gordon Green
🍅 38%5.5horror · thriller

Horror built on dread, twice over

Michael manages to free himself from Laurie Strode's trap to resume his ritual bloodbath. As she fights for her life from injuries from their last encounter, she inspires her daughter Karen, her granddaughter Allyson, and all of Haddonfield to rise up against the unstoppable monster.

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Creep
2014 · dir. Patrick Brice
🍅 91%6.3horror · thriller

The shared currency is unease

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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Julia's Eyes
2010 · dir. Guillem Morales
🍅 90%6.7horror · thriller

Both know what they want from thriller

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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47 Meters Down
2017 · dir. Johannes Roberts
🍅 53%5.6horror · thriller

The same horror instincts

Two sisters on Mexican vacation are trapped in a shark observation cage at the bottom of the ocean, with oxygen running low and great whites circling nearby, they have less than an hour of air left to figure out how to get to the surface.

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