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

Wan's same-year haunting with the craft turned up
The difference: Case-file structure, standalone story

A family possessed and turned against itself
The difference: Gore-forward demon carnage

A family's grief tangled up with evidence of something impossible
The difference: Documentary hush — mood and sorrow instead of set-piece scares

Rules of the spirit world broken, and a family paying the price
The difference: Merciless and graphic — hope is not on the menu here

Evil with unfinished family business
The difference: Slasher, no spirit realm
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Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Wan tracing a present-day horror back to a buried town legend
The difference: A creakier early effort — mythology without the family stakes

Both keep coming back to the same thing: halloween

Horror built on tension, twice over


Supernatural pursuit that will not be bargained with
The difference: Raimi's gleeful curse-comedy

Something very wrong with the family elders
The difference: Found-footage, blackly funny
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