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Movies that feel likeThe Black Phone (2022)

Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.

If you loved The Black Phone, the closest films we have are The Sadness (2021), Green Room (2016) and Sinister (2012). All three share The Black Phone'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 Kill List (2011).

🍅 81% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Scott Derricksondreadunsettlingtensedreamlikegritty
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The Sadness
2021 · dir. Rob Jabbaz
🍅 88%★ 6.5horror · thrillerRent or buy

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

The difference: Easier on the dream logic than The Black Phone

A young couple is pushed to the limits of sanity as they attempt to be reunited amid the chaos of a pandemic outbreak. The streets erupt into violence and depravity, as those infected are driven to enact the most cruel and ghastly things imaginable.

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Green Room
2016 · dir. Jeremy Saulnier
🍅 90%★ 7horror · crime · thrillerNetflix

The same mix in both: tension, then grit

The difference: Leans harder into crime than The Black Phone does

Members of a punk rock band and a tough young woman are forced to fight for survival after witnessing an act of violence at a skinhead bar.

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Sinister
2012 · dir. Scott Derrickson
🍅 64%★ 6.8horror · thriller · mysteryHuluPeacock

Both are Scott Derrickson's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Sits closer to mystery than The Black Phone does

True-crime writer Ellison Oswalt is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths of a family, he vows to solve the mystery. He moves his own family into the victims' home and gets to work. However, when old film footage and other clues hint at the presence of a supernatural force, Ellison learns that living in the house may be fatal.

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Split
2017 · dir. M. Night Shyamalan
🍅 79%★ 7.3horror · thrillerNetflix

The same two preoccupations: child abuse, and kidnapping

Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him — as well as everyone around him — as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.

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Evil Dead Rise
2023 · dir. Lee Cronin
🍅 85%★ 6.5horror · thrillerMax

Common ground in both: brothers and sisters and supernatural

A reunion between two estranged sisters gets cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.

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The House That Jack Built
2018 · dir. Lars von Trier
🍅 59%★ 6.8drama · horror · crimeRent or buy

Dread-soaked horror in both cases

Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.

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The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005 · dir. Scott Derrickson
🍅 20%★ 6.7crime · drama · horror

Scott Derrickson working the same nerve twice

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

When a young girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants to believe what Father Moore says is true.

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Death Note
2017 · dir. Adam Wingard
🍅 36%★ 4.5crime · fantasy · horrorNetflix

Common ground: supernatural

Light Turner finds a supernatural notebook and uses it to mete out death, attracting the attention of a detective, a demon and a girl in his class.

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Truth or Dare
2018 · dir. Jeff Wadlow
🍅 16%★ 5.3thriller · horrorMax

Dreamlike thriller, and it commits to that

A harmless game of "Truth or Dare" among friends turns deadly when someone—or something—begins to punish those who tell a lie—or refuse the dare.

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When Evil Lurks
2023 · dir. Demián Rugna
🍅 96%★ 6.9horror · thrillerRent or buy

One thread runs through both: small town life

When brothers Pedro and Jimi discover that a demonic infection has been festering in a nearby farmhouse, they attempt to evict the victim from their land. Failing to adhere to the proper rites of exorcism, their reckless actions inadvertently trigger an epidemic of possessions across their rural community.

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The Hills Have Eyes
2006 · dir. Alexandre Aja
🍅 51%★ 6.4horror · thrillerPrime Video

Horror with a pulse of unease, in both cases

Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon realizes the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a blood-thirsty mutant family...and they are the prey.

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Kill List
2011 · dir. Ben Wheatley
🍅 79%★ 6.3horror · thriller · crimeRent or buy

Thriller built on tension, twice over

Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.

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