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Movies that feel like The Crazies (2010)

If you loved The Crazies, the closest films we have are Paranormal Activity 2 (2010), Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) and Final Destination 5 (2011). All three share The Crazies' twisty and dread feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

Four friends find themselves trapped in their small hometown after they discover their friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane.

πŸ… 72% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Breck Eisnertwistydreadunsettlingkinetic

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Paranormal Activity 2
2010 Β· dir. Tod Williams
πŸ… 58%β˜… 5.7horror Β· mystery

Twisty where it counts, dread-soaked underneath

The difference: Not nearly as kinetic as The Crazies

Just as Daniel and Kristi welcome a newborn baby into their home, a demonic presence begins terrorizing them, tearing apart their perfect world and turning it into an inescapable nightmare.

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Paranormal Activity 3
2011 Β· dir. Henry Joost
πŸ… 68%β˜… 5.8horror Β· mystery

Unsettling mystery, and it commits to that

In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home.

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Final Destination 5
2011 Β· dir. Steven Quale
πŸ… 64%β˜… 5.9horror Β· mystery

Horror with a pulse of twists, in both cases

Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one man’s premonition saves a group of coworkers from a terrifying suspension bridge collapse. But this group of unsuspecting souls was never supposed to survive, and, in a terrifying race against time, the ill-fated group frantically tries to discover a way to escape Death’s sinister agenda.

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Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
2018 Β· dir. Jung Bum-shik
πŸ… 92%β˜… 6.5horror Β· mystery

Action built on dread, twice over

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 Medium
2021 Β· dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun
πŸ… 83%β˜… 6.5horror Β· mystery

Both lean on unease more than on mystery

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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Suspiria
2018 Β· dir. Luca Guadagnino
πŸ… 65%β˜… 6.7horror Β· mystery Β· drama

Twisty horror in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to drama than The Crazies does

A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.

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The Wailing
2016 Β· dir. Na Hong-jin
πŸ… 99%β˜… 7.4horror Β· mystery

Dread-soaked action, and it commits to that

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

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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The Empty Man
2020 Β· dir. David Prior
πŸ… 73%β˜… 6.2horror Β· mystery

A 2020s answer to the same itch

On the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity.

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The Lodge
2020 Β· dir. Severin Fiala
πŸ… 75%β˜… 6horror Β· mystery

The same horror instincts

When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

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Black Christmas
2019 Β· dir. Sophia Takal
πŸ… 41%β˜… 3.5horror Β· mystery

Both play mystery straight

A group of sorority pledges are stalked by a stranger during their Christmas break. That is until the young women discover that the killer is part of an underground campus conspiracy.

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The Little Stranger
2018 Β· dir. Lenny Abrahamson
πŸ… 64%β˜… 5.5mystery Β· horror

Horror in the same key

In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house is now in decline. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life?

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Poltergeist
2015 Β· dir. Gil Kenan
πŸ… 29%β˜… 4.9horror

The horror is handled with the same confidence

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.

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