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Movies that feel likeLights Out (2016)

Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.

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).

🍅 74% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. David F. Sandbergdreadunsettlingtwistymelancholy
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If Lights Out hit the spot, these will too

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The Lodge
2020 · dir. Severin Fiala
🍅 75%★ 6horror · mystery

Both are built on the same subject: suicide

When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

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The Ritual
2017 · dir. David Bruckner
🍅 74%★ 6.4horror · mysteryNetflix

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.

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Smile 2
2024 · dir. Parker Finn
🍅 86%★ 6.7horror · mysteryNetflixPrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: suicide

About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.

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Absentia
2011 · dir. Mike Flanagan
🍅 87%★ 5.8horror · mystery

Both land twists and melancholy at once

Tricia's husband has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her as the pressure mounts to finally declare him 'dead in absentia'. Tricia is reluctant, always holding out hope, but Callie is practical and wants her to move on. As Tricia sifts through the wreckage and tries to move on with her life, Callie finds herself drawn to an ominous tunnel near the house.

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A Dark Song
2016 · dir. Liam Gavin
🍅 91%★ 6.2horror · fantasy · mystery

The same two preoccupations: supernatural, and ghost

The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than Lights Out does

A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.

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1408
2007 · dir. Mikael Håfström
🍅 80%★ 6.8horror · mystery

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.

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Jigsaw
2017 · dir. Michael Spierig
🍅 32%★ 5.7horror · mystery

Both lean on unease more than on mystery

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Law enforcement finds itself chasing the ghost of a man dead for over a decade, embroiled in a diabolical new game that's only just begun.

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Alone
2007 · dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun
★ 6.4horror · mystery · drama

Common ground: ghost

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Lights Out does

When Pim and Ploy, twins conjoined at the stomach, are separated, the operation leaves Pim the surviving sister, haunted by Ploy's vengeful ghost.

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The Boy
2016 · dir. William Brent Bell
🍅 31%★ 6horror · mystery · thriller

Horror with a pulse of twists, in both cases

A young American woman takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, soon discovering that the family's eight-year-old son is a life-sized doll that comes with a list of strict rules.

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Paranormal Activity 3
2011 · dir. Henry Joost
🍅 68%★ 5.8horror · mysteryParamount+Peacock

Common ground in both: brothers and sisters and paranormal phenomena

The difference: Easier on the melancholy than Lights Out

In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home.

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Annabelle: Creation
2017 · dir. David F. Sandberg
🍅 71%★ 6.5horrorMax

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

Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the doll maker's possessed creation—Annabelle.

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Unfriended
2014 · dir. Levan Gabriadze
🍅 62%★ 5.6horror · mysteryNetflix

Melancholy mystery in both cases

While video chatting one night, six high school friends receive a Skype message from a classmate who killed herself exactly one year ago. At first they think it's a prank, but when the girl starts revealing the friends' darkest secrets, they realize they are dealing with something out of this world, something that wants them dead.

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