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Movies that feel like Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)

If you loved Insidious: Chapter 3, the closest films we have are Evil Dead Rise (2023), The Innkeepers (2012) and The Invisible Man (2020). All three share Insidious: Chapter 3's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 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.

A prequel set before the haunting of the Lambert family that reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help a teenage girl who has been targeted by a dangerous supernatural entity.

🍅 56% Rotten Tomatoes6.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Leigh Whannelldreadunsettlingtense
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Insidious (2011) · Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) · Insidious: The Last Key (2018) · Insidious: Out of the Further (2026)

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

Both are working the same pair: supernatural, demon

The difference: Reviewed even better

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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The Innkeepers
2012 · dir. Ti West
🍅 81%5.5horror · thriller

The same preoccupation in both: supernatural

During the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay.

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The Invisible Man
2020 · dir. Leigh Whannell
7.1thriller · science fiction · horror

The same hand behind both of them: Leigh Whannell

The difference: Sits closer to science fiction than Insidious: Chapter 3 does

When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

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

Common ground: horror

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

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

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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[REC]⁴ Apocalypse
2014 · dir. Jaume Balagueró
🍅 65%5.3thriller · horror

Horror with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Ángela Vidal, the young television reporter who entered the building with the firemen, manages to make it out alive. But what the soldiers don't know is that she carries the seed of the strange infection. She is to be taken to a provisional quarantine facility, a high-security installation where she will have to stay in isolation for several days. An old oil tanker, miles off shore and surrounded by water on all sides, has been especially equipped for the quarantine.

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

One thread runs through both: demon

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

Thriller built on dread, twice over

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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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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[REC]²
2009 · dir. Paco Plaza
🍅 67%6.5thriller · horror

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

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

Dread-soaked horror in both cases

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

Thriller built on unease, 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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