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Movies that feel like The House That Screamed (1969)
Southern France, 19th century. Teresa, a young girl, arrives at an isolated female boarding school that is tyrannically mastered by Mrs. Fourneau, the strict headmistress, whose protective shadow haunts Luis, her weak son.
If you loved The House That Screamed, the closest films we have are Long Weekend (1979), Coma (1978) and Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968). All three share The House That Screamed'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 Next of Kin (1982).
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If The House That Screamed hit the spot, these will too
Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath
Both land twists and tension at once
Dread-soaked horror in both cases
Easier on the tension than The House That Screamed
Mystery built on unease, twice over
Horror with a pulse of tension, in both cases
Both lean on dread more than on mystery
Sits closer to drama than The House That Screamed does
Unsettling thriller, and it commits to that
Twisty horror, and it commits to that
Trades the tension of The House That Screamed for an angle of its own
Mystery in the same key
Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases
Horror approached the same way
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The best-reviewed films that share The House That Screamed’s defining feeling.
