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Movies that feel like The Fog (1980)

If you loved The Fog, the closest films we have are Poltergeist (1982), Suspiria (1977) and Child's Play (1988). All three share The Fog's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Philo, YouTube TV and Fandor Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 76% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. John Carpenterdreadunsettling

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If The Fog hit the spot, these will too

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Poltergeist
1982 Β· dir. Tobe Hooper
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.3horror

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

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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Suspiria
1977 Β· dir. Dario Argento
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.3horror

Horror built on dread, twice over

An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.

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Child's Play
1988 Β· dir. Tom Holland
πŸ… 65%β˜… 6.7horror

Unsettling horror, and it commits to that

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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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974 Β· dir. Tobe Hooper
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.4horror

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases

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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The Wicker Man
1973 Β· dir. Robin Hardy
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.5horror

Both run unsettling where it counts

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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The Exorcist
1973 Β· dir. William Friedkin
πŸ… 78%β˜… 8.1horror

Both are horror through and through

When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.

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Final Destination
2000 Β· dir. James Wong
πŸ… 51%β˜… 6.7horror

The same horror instincts

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.

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The Haunting
1963 Β· dir. Robert Wise
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.4horror

Horror approached the same way

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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Saw II
2005 Β· dir. Darren Lynn Bousman
πŸ… 39%β˜… 6.6horror

Cut from the same horror cloth

The difference: 25 years apart, and the 2000s show

The chilling and relentless Jigsaw killer returns to terrorize the city once again. When a gruesome murder victim emerges with unmistakable traces of Jigsaw's sinister methods, Detective Eric Matthews is thrust into a high-stakes investigation. To his surprise, apprehending Jigsaw seems almost too easy, but what he doesn't realize is that being caught is merely another piece of Jigsaw's intricate puzzle.

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Triangle
2009 Β· dir. Christopher Smith
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.9horror

Ship is the engine of both

When Jess sets sail on a yacht with a group of friends, she cannot shake the feeling that there is something wrong.

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Onibaba
1964 · dir. Kaneto Shindō
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.8horror

Cut from the same horror cloth

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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The Conjuring 2
2016 Β· dir. James Wan
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.3horror

Both are horror through and through

Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.

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