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Movies that feel likeThe Fog (1980)

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.

If you loved The Fog, the closest films we have are The Changeling (1980), Halloween (1978) and The Wicker Man (1973). All three share The Fog'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 Onibaba (1964).

🍅 77% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. John Carpenterdreadunsettling
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If The Fog hit the spot, these will too

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The Changeling
1980 · dir. Peter Medak
🍅 85%★ 7.1horror

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

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.

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Halloween
1978 · dir. John Carpenter
🍅 97%★ 7.7horror · thriller

Both are John Carpenter's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than The Fog does

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.

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

Dread-soaked horror in both cases

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

Both are built on the same subject: halloween

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

The same two preoccupations: small town life, and ship

The difference: Sits closer to drama than The Fog 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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Kill, Baby... Kill!
1966 · dir. Mario Bava
★ 6.8horrorPrime Video

Horror built on unease, twice over

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

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

One thread runs through both: halloween

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

Both lean on dread more than on horror

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

The shared currency is unease

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

Horror approached the same way

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

The same horror instincts

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

Cut from the same horror cloth

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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