
Movies that feel likeInsidious (2011)
If you loved Insidious, the closest films we have are The Conjuring (2013), Orphan (2009) and Evil Dead Rise (2023). All three share Insidious' 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).
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If Insidious hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) · Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015) · Insidious: The Last Key (2018)

Wan's other haunted family — same dread engine, more polish
The difference: Case-file framing, period warmth

The family unit invaded from within
The difference: Human threat, twist-driven

A family besieged by demonic possession
The difference: Gore-forward, apartment-bound

A family unraveling a haunting that turns out to be about their own grief
The difference: Faux-documentary stillness — unease accumulates, jump scares never come

Evil returning for a family that never healed
The difference: Slasher, no astral plane

A curse escalating with gleeful cruelty
The difference: Raimi carnival tone

Wan's earlier stab at supernatural menace with its own creepy mythology
The difference: A creaky puppet gimmick — atmosphere without the emotional anchor

The same preoccupation in both: halloween
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair
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Possession spreading like sickness, with rules that punish every mistake
The difference: Vastly crueler — graphic, nihilistic, and nobody is safe

Both lean on tension more than on horror

Thriller with a pulse of dread, in both cases
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