
Movies that feel likeLights Out (2016)
If you loved Lights Out, the closest films we have are The Lodge (2020), The Ritual (2017) and Smile 2 (2024). All three share Lights Out'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 Absentia (2011).
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If Lights Out hit the spot, these will too

Both are built on the same subject: suicide

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

The same preoccupation in both: suicide


The same two preoccupations: supernatural, and ghost
The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than Lights Out does

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

Both lean on unease more than on mystery
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Common ground: ghost
The difference: Sits closer to drama than Lights Out does

Horror with a pulse of twists, in both cases

Common ground in both: brothers and sisters and paranormal phenomena
The difference: Easier on the melancholy than Lights Out

The same hand behind both of them: David F. Sandberg

Melancholy mystery in both cases
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