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Movies that feel like[REC] (2007)

A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.

If you loved [REC], the closest films we have are The Devil's Advocate (1997), The Wailing (2016) and Saint Maud (2020). All three share [REC]'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 The Medium (2021).

🍅 90% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Jaume Balagueródreadunsettlingtwistyobsessive
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: [REC]² (2009) · [REC]³ Genesis (2012) · [REC]⁴ Apocalypse (2014)

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The Devil's Advocate
1997 · dir. Taylor Hackford
🍅 65%★ 7.5horror · drama · mystery

Common ground: obsession

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.

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The Wailing
2016 · dir. Na Hong-jin
🍅 99%★ 7.4horror · mystery

Both are built on the same subject: zombie

The difference: Easier on the obsession than [REC]

A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.

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Saint Maud
2020 · dir. Rose Glass
🍅 92%★ 6.6horror · mystery · thrillerPrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: obsession

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than [REC] does

Having recently found God, self-effacing young nurse Maud arrives at a plush home to care for Amanda, a hedonistic dancer left frail from a chronic illness. When a chance encounter with a former colleague throws up hints of a dark past, it becomes clear there is more to sweet Maud than meets the eye.

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Possession
1981 · dir. Andrzej Żuławski
🍅 87%★ 7.2horrorRent or buy

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

The difference: 26 years apart, and the 1980s show

A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.

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Paranormal Activity
2009 · dir. Oren Peli
🍅 82%★ 6.3horror · mysteryParamount+Peacock

One thread runs through both: found footage

After a young, middle-class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be demonic, but is certainly the most active in the middle of the night.

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Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
2018 · dir. Jung Bum-shik
🍅 92%★ 6.5horror · mysteryPrime Video

Both keep coming back to the same thing: found footage

The crew of a horror web series travels to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast, but they encounter much more than expected as they move deeper inside the nightmarish old building.

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The Ninth Gate
1999 · dir. Roman Polanski
🍅 44%★ 6.7mystery · thriller · horror

Both land twists and obsession at once

A rare book dealer finds himself at the heart of a string of paranormal events when he is hired to find the last two copies of a text, The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows, capable of summoning the Devil.

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The Nameless
1999 · dir. Jaume Balagueró
🍅 20%★ 5.8thriller · mystery · horror

The same hand behind both of them: Jaume Balagueró

The mutilated body of a six year old girl is found in a water hole. The girl is identified as the missing daughter of Claudia. However, only two peices of evidence could be used to identify her; a bracelet with her name on it near the crime scene, and the fact that her right leg was three inches longer than her left. All other methods of identification were removed from her body. Five years later Claudia, now addicted to tranquilizers, receives a phone call from someone claiming to be her daughter, asking for her mother to come find her before 'they' kill her. Other mysterious clues show up, further indicating that Claudia's daughter is indeed still alive, and very much in danger. Claudia, a run-down ex-cop, and a parapsychology reporter put together the clues to discover Angela's whereabouts

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Final Destination 3
2006 · dir. James Wong
🍅 44%★ 5.9horror · mysteryMax

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases

High school senior Wendy's premonition of a deadly rollercoaster ride saves her life and a lucky few, but not from death itself — which seeks out those who escaped their fate.

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The Medium
2021 · dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun
🍅 83%★ 6.5horror · mysteryRent or buy

Mystery built on unease, twice over

A shaman's family learn that their goddess is supposedly controlling one of them. However, their lives take a frightening turn when they realise the goddess has nothing to do with the possession.

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The Autopsy of Jane Doe
2016 · dir. André Øvredal
🍅 86%★ 6.8horror · mysteryParamount+

Twisty horror, and it commits to that

Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying secrets.

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The Ring
2002 · dir. Gore Verbinski
🍅 72%★ 7.1horror · mysteryNetflixParamount+

Both lean on dread more than on mystery

Journalist Rachel Keller investigates a strange videotape that may be behind the untimely deaths of four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring in order to save herself and her son.

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