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Movies that feel likeLet the Right One In (2008)

When Oskar, a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli, they strike up a friendship. Initially reserved with each other, Oskar and Eli slowly form a close bond, but it soon becomes apparent that she is no ordinary young girl.

If you loved Let the Right One In, the closest films we have are Audition (2000), Raw (2017) and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007). All three share Let the Right One In'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 Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979).

πŸ… 98% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Tomas Alfredsondreadunsettlingcontemplative
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If Let the Right One In hit the spot, these will too

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Audition
2000 Β· dir. Takashi Miike
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.1horror Β· drama

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.

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Raw
2017 Β· dir. Julia Ducournau
πŸ… 92%β˜… 6.9horror Β· drama

Contemplative horror, and it commits to that

Stringent vegetarian Justine encounters a decadent, merciless, and dangerously seductive world during her first week at veterinary school. Desperate to fit in, she strays from her principles and eats raw meat for the first time. She soon experiences terrible and unexpected consequences as her true self begins to emerge.

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πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.3drama Β· horrorParamount+

Drama with a pulse of dread, in both cases

The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.

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Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979 Β· dir. Werner Herzog
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.3drama Β· horrorPrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: vampire

The difference: 29 years apart, and the 1970s show

A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar.

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Triangle
2009 Β· dir. Christopher Smith
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.9horrorPrime VideoPeacock

Common ground: murder

The difference: Trades the stillness of Let the Right One In for an angle of its own

When Jess sets sail on a yacht with a group of friends, she cannot shake the feeling that there is something wrong.

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The Eye
2002 Β· dir. Oxide Pang
πŸ… 63%β˜… 6.6horror

Both lean on unease more than on horror

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

A blind concert violinist gets a cornea transplant allowing her to see again. However, she gets more than she bargained for when she realizes her new eye can see ghosts. She sets out to find the origins of the cornea and discover the fate of its former host.

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The Strangers
2008 Β· dir. Bryan Bertino
πŸ… 50%β˜… 6.1horrorNetflixPeacock

Both keep coming back to the same thing: murder

After a 4 a.m. knock at the door and haunting voices, Kristen McKay and James Hoyt’s remote getaway becomes a psychological night of terror as three masked strangers invade. Now they must go far beyond what they thought themselves capable of if they hope to survive.

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The Amityville Horror
2005 Β· dir. Andrew Douglas
πŸ… 23%β˜… 5.9horrorPrime Video

Dread-soaked drama in both cases

George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Dutch colonial mansion nestled in the sleepy coastal town of Amityville, Long Island. However, their dream home is concealing a horrific past and soon each member of the Lutz family is plagued with increasingly strange and violent visions and impulses.

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Dead Silence
2007 Β· dir. James Wan
πŸ… 22%β˜… 6.2horror

Horror built on unease, twice over

Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named Billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist Mary Shaw. Destined to find out the truth, Jamie goes to the town of Raven's Fair, where Shaw used to perform and is buried. But Jamie is in for more than he expected.

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Halloween
2007 Β· dir. Rob Zombie
πŸ… 28%β˜… 6.1horrorPeacock

Both working the same horror territory

The early years of young Michael Myers and the events leading up to his fateful Halloween night murder rampage in the quiet town of Haddonfield, Illinois.

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Freddy vs. Jason
2003 Β· dir. Ronny Yu
πŸ… 41%β˜… 5.8horrorMax

Both play horror straight

Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.

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The Orphanage
2007 Β· dir. J. A. Bayona
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.4horror Β· drama Β· thriller

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

The difference: Sits closer to thriller than Let the Right One In does

A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.

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