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Movies that feel likeTalk to Me (2023)

When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

If you loved Talk to Me, the closest films we have are The Borderlands (2014), The Eyes of My Mother (2016) and The Haunting (1963). All three share Talk to Me'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 Innkeepers (2012).

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The Borderlands
2014 · dir. Elliot Goldner
🍅 83%★ 5.8horror

Both are working the same pair: suicide, found footage

Vatican investigators are sent to the British West Country to investigate paranormal activity, and they find the events are more disturbing than they first imagined.

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The Eyes of My Mother
2016 · dir. Nicolas Pesce
🍅 78%★ 6.2drama · horror

The same preoccupation in both: death of mother

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Talk to Me does

A young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life.

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The Haunting
1963 · dir. Robert Wise
🍅 88%★ 7.4horror

One thread runs through both: suicide

The difference: 60 years apart, and the 1960s show

Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced to confront the nature of its horror…

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Julia's Eyes
2010 · dir. Guillem Morales
🍅 90%★ 6.7horror · thriller

Both land dread and unease at once

The difference: Sits closer to thriller than Talk to Me does

Julia, a woman suffering from a degenerative sight disease, finds her blind sister Sara hung in a basement. Despite all signs pointing to suicide, Julia decides to investigate what she intuitively feels is a murder case.

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The Innkeepers
2012 · dir. Ti West
🍅 81%★ 5.5horror · thrillerPrime Video

Both lean on melancholy more than on horror

During the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay.

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The Babadook
2014 · dir. Jennifer Kent
🍅 98%★ 6.8drama · horrorRent or buy

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases

A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.

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

Common ground: trauma

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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The Curse of La Llorona
2019 · dir. Michael Chaves
🍅 26%★ 5.3horrorMax

Horror built on unease, twice over

In 1970s Los Angeles, the legendary ghost La Llorona is stalking the night -- and the children. Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother, a social worker and her own kids are drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. Their only hope of surviving La Llorona's deadly wrath is a disillusioned priest who practices mysticism to keep evil at bay.

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As Above, So Below
2014 · dir. John Erick Dowdle
🍅 30%★ 6.3horror · thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: a woman at the center

When a team of explorers venture into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead.

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Pet Sematary
1989 · dir. Mary Lambert
🍅 55%★ 6.5horrorParamount+

Both are built on the same subject: grief

After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery.

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

Both work the same melancholy

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

Another one that scratches it

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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