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Movies that feel likeHousebound (2014)

When Kylie Bucknell is sentenced to home detention, she's forced to come to terms with her unsociable behaviour, her blabbering mother and a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about the new living arrangement.

If you loved Housebound, the closest films we have are Better Watch Out (2017), Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight (2020) and Send Help (2026). All three share Housebound'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 Pool (2018).

πŸ… 95% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Gerard Johnstonedreadunsettlingwittyplayfultense
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If Housebound hit the spot, these will too

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Better Watch Out
2017 Β· dir. Chris Peckover
πŸ… 89%β˜… 6.5horror Β· thriller Β· comedyPrime VideoPeacock

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

On a quiet suburban street tucked within a 'safe neighborhood', a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from strangers breaking into the house, only to discover that this is far from a normal home invasion.

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Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight
2020 Β· dir. Bartosz M. Kowalski
πŸ… 67%β˜… 4.9comedy Β· horrorNetflix

One thread runs through both: basement

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Addicted to technology, a group of teens attends a rehabilitation camp in the forest, but a sinister force there intends to take them offline forever.

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Send Help
2026 Β· dir. Sam Raimi
πŸ… 92%β˜… 6.7horror Β· thriller Β· comedyHulu

Both land wit and play at once

Two colleagues become stranded on a deserted island, the only survivors of a plane crash. On the island, they must overcome past grievances and work together to survive, but ultimately, it's a battle of wills and wits to make it out alive.

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Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
2010 Β· dir. Eli Craig
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· horror

The same preoccupation in both: campy

The difference: Takes it somewhere less tense than Housebound does

Two hillbillies are suspected of being killers by a group of paranoid college kids camping near the duo's West Virginian cabin. As the body count climbs, so does the fear and confusion as the college kids try to seek revenge against the pair.

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Lake Mungo
2009 Β· dir. Joel Anderson
πŸ… 92%β˜… 6.2horror Β· thriller

Horror built on tension, twice over

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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Piranha 3D
2010 Β· dir. Alexandre Aja
πŸ… 76%β˜… 5.5comedy Β· horrorParamount+

Dread-soaked comedy in both cases

Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, an earthquake opens an underwater chasm, releasing an enormous swarm of ancient Piranha that have been dormant for thousands of years, now with a taste for human flesh. This year, there's something more to worry about than the usual hangovers and complaints from locals, a new type of terror is about to be cut loose on Lake Victoria.

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The Golden Glove
2019 Β· dir. Fatih Akin
πŸ… 54%β˜… 6.7crime Β· thriller Β· horror

Unsettling thriller, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Housebound does

A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.

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What We Become
2015 Β· dir. Bo Mikkelsen
β˜… 5.5horror Β· thriller

Horror with a pulse of tension, in both cases

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 Lost Boys
1987 Β· dir. Joel Schumacher
πŸ… 75%β˜… 7.2horror Β· comedy Β· thriller

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

The difference: Made in the 1980s, in a different era of the craft

When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him.

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Bubba Ho-tep
2002 Β· dir. Don Coscarelli
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.9comedy Β· horror Β· thriller

Playful thriller in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to mystery than Housebound does

The "true" story of what really became of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death," then missed his chance to switch back. He must team up with JFK and fight an ancient Egyptian mummy for the souls of their fellow residents.

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The Pool
2018 Β· dir. Ping Lumpraploeng
πŸ… 96%β˜… 5.2thriller Β· horror

Horror built on dread, twice over

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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The Bar
2017 · dir. Álex de la Iglesia
πŸ… 100%β˜… 6.3horror Β· thriller Β· comedy

Unsettling comedy in both cases

In downtown Madrid, a series of mysterious gunshots trap a motley assortment of people in a decrepit bar.

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