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Movies that feel like Poltergeist (2015)

If you loved Poltergeist, the closest films we have are The Amityville Horror (2005), Sinister 2 (2015) and Halloween (2007). All three share Poltergeist's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

A family's suburban home is invaded by angry spirits. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and take the youngest daughter, the family must come together to rescue her.

🍅 29% Rotten Tomatoes4.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Gil Kenandreadunsettling

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The Amityville Horror
2005 · dir. Andrew Douglas
🍅 23%5.9horror

Common ground: haunted house

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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Sinister 2
2015 · dir. Ciarán Foy
🍅 14%5.3horror

The same preoccupation in both: haunted house

A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.

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Halloween
2007 · dir. Rob Zombie
🍅 28%6.1horror

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

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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Poltergeist
1982 · dir. Tobe Hooper
🍅 89%7.3horror

Both are built on the same subject: poltergeist

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

The Freelings' suburban home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a portal to the 'other side'. With help, they must cross over to get their daughter back.

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Mama
2013 · dir. Andy Muschietti
🍅 63%6.2horror

Dread-soaked horror in both cases

Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them in at night.

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Pet Sematary
2019 · dir. Dennis Widmyer
🍅 58%5.7horror

Both lean on unease more than on horror

Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, move from Boston to Ludlow, in rural Maine, with their two young children. Hidden in the woods near the new family home, Ellie, their eldest daughter, discovers a mysterious cemetery where the pets of community members are buried.

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Terrifier 2
2022 · dir. Damien Leone
🍅 88%6horror

Horror built on dread, twice over

A year after the Miles County massacre, Art the Clown is resurrected by a sinister entity. Art returns home, where he must hunt down and destroy teenage Sienna and her younger brother Jonathan on Halloween. As the body count rises, the siblings fight to stay alive while uncovering the true nature of Art's evil intent.

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2003 · dir. Marcus Nispel
🍅 37%6.2horror

Both run unsettling where it counts

After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.

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[REC]³ Genesis
2012 · dir. Paco Plaza
🍅 45%5horror

Horror approached the same way

A pair of newlyweds must fight to survive when their wedding reception descends into chaos and carnage when their guests become infected by a virus that turns them into hungry zombies.

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Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest
2020 · dir. Svyatoslav Podgaevsky
4.7horror

The same horror instincts

A boy and his friends must save his infant sister from an evil witch who eats babies.

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Monster House
2006 · dir. Gil Kenan
🍅 75%6.7animation · comedy · family

The same hand behind both of them: Gil Kenan

The difference: Sits closer to animation than Poltergeist does

Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets.

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Ouija
2014 · dir. Stiles White
🍅 6%4.5horror

Both know what they want from horror

A group of friends must confront their most terrifying fears when they awaken the dark powers of an ancient spirit board.

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