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Movies that feel likeThe Changeling (1980)

After a tragic event happens, composer John Russell moves to Seattle to try to overcome it and build a new and peaceful life in a lonely big house that has been uninhabited for many years. But, soon after, the obscure history of such an old mansion and his own past begin to haunt him.

If you loved The Changeling, the closest films we have are Kill, Baby... Kill! (1966), The Fog (1980) and Onibaba (1964). All three share The Changeling'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 Dracula (1958).

🍅 85% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Peter Medakdreadunsettling
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If The Changeling hit the spot, these will too

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Kill, Baby... Kill!
1966 · dir. Mario Bava
★ 6.8horrorPrime Video

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

A 20th century European village is haunted by the ghost of a murderous little girl.

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The Fog
1980 · dir. John Carpenter
🍅 77%★ 6.8horrorPrime VideoPeacock

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

Strange things begin to occur as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.

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Onibaba
1964 · dir. Kaneto Shindō
🍅 90%★ 7.8horrorMax

Unsettling horror in both cases

While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a mysterious mask from a dead samurai.

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Dracula
1958 · dir. Terence Fisher
🍅 89%★ 7.2horror

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases

The difference: 22 years apart, and the 1950s show

After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker's fiancée. The only one who may be able to protect them is Dr. van Helsing, Harker's friend and fellow-student of vampires, who is determined to destroy Dracula, whatever the cost.

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Poltergeist
1982 · dir. Tobe Hooper
🍅 89%★ 7.3horrorMax

Common ground: medium

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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The Eye
2002 · dir. Oxide Pang
🍅 63%★ 6.6horror

The shared currency is unease

A blind concert violinist gets a cornea transplant allowing her to see again. However, she gets more than she bargained for when she realizes her new eye can see ghosts. She sets out to find the origins of the cornea and discover the fate of its former host.

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The Wicker Man
1973 · dir. Robin Hardy
🍅 92%★ 7.5horrorPrime Video

Cut from the same horror cloth

Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. The investigation is further complicated as Howie’s religious views clash with those of the island’s residents.

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Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979 · dir. Werner Herzog
🍅 93%★ 7.3drama · horrorPrime Video

Both play horror straight

The difference: Leans harder into drama than The Changeling does

A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar.

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Incantation
2022 · dir. Kevin Ko
🍅 79%★ 6.3horrorNetflix

Both are built on the same subject: tense

Inspired by the true story of a family who believed they were possessed by spirits. This film follows a woman who must protect her child from a curse.

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The Evil Dead
1983 · dir. Sam Raimi
🍅 85%★ 7.3horror

Horror in the same key

In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974 · dir. Tobe Hooper
🍅 85%★ 7.4horrorNetflixPrime Video

The same horror instincts

Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

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Child's Play
1988 · dir. Tom Holland
🍅 65%★ 6.7horrorPrime Video

Horror of the same temperament

After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her six-year-old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.

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