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Movies that feel like The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)

If you loved The Human Centipede (First Sequence), the closest films we have are Halloween (2007), [REC]³ Genesis (2012) and Ouija (2014). All three share The Human Centipede (First Sequence)'s dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

During a stopover in Germany in the middle of a carefree road trip through Europe, two American girls find themselves alone at night when their car breaks down in the woods. Searching for help at a nearby villa, they are wooed into the clutches of a deranged retired surgeon, who has a very disturbed vision.

🍅 48% Rotten Tomatoes4.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Tom Sixdreadunsettling
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If The Human Centipede (First Sequence) hit the spot, these will too

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Halloween
2007 · dir. Rob Zombie
🍅 28%6.1horror

Common ground: sadism

The early years of young Michael Myers and the events leading up to his fateful Halloween night murder rampage in the quiet town of Haddonfield, Illinois.

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[REC]³ Genesis
2012 · dir. Paco Plaza
🍅 45%5horror

Both land dread and unease at once

A pair of newlyweds must fight to survive when their wedding reception descends into chaos and carnage when their guests become infected by a virus that turns them into hungry zombies.

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Ouija
2014 · dir. Stiles White
🍅 6%4.5horror

Horror built on dread, twice over

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

A group of friends must confront their most terrifying fears when they awaken the dark powers of an ancient spirit board.

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Poltergeist
2015 · dir. Gil Kenan
🍅 29%4.9horror

Unsettling horror, and it commits to that

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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Sinister 2
2015 · dir. Ciarán Foy
🍅 14%5.3horror

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases

A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.

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Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest
2020 · dir. Svyatoslav Podgaevsky
4.7horror

Both run unsettling where it counts

A boy and his friends must save his infant sister from an evil witch who eats babies.

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Dead Silence
2007 · dir. James Wan
🍅 22%6.1horror

Horror approached the same way

Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named Billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist Mary Shaw. Destined to find out the truth, Jamie goes to the town of Raven's Fair, where Shaw used to perform and is buried. But Jamie is in for more than he expected.

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The Amityville Horror
2005 · dir. Andrew Douglas
🍅 23%5.9horror

Horror of the same temperament

George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Dutch colonial mansion nestled in the sleepy coastal town of Amityville, Long Island. However, their dream home is concealing a horrific past and soon each member of the Lutz family is plagued with increasingly strange and violent visions and impulses.

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The Strangers
2008 · dir. Bryan Bertino
🍅 50%6.1horror

Both play horror straight

After a 4 a.m. knock at the door and haunting voices, Kristen McKay and James Hoyt’s remote getaway becomes a psychological night of terror as three masked strangers invade. Now they must go far beyond what they thought themselves capable of if they hope to survive.

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The Borderlands
2014 · dir. Elliot Goldner
🍅 83%5.8horror

Both working the same horror territory

Vatican investigators are sent to the British West Country to investigate paranormal activity, and they find the events are more disturbing than they first imagined.

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In the Tall Grass
2019 · dir. Vincenzo Natali
🍅 36%5.5horror

The same horror instincts

After hearing a child screaming for help from the green depths of a vast field of tall grass, Becky, a pregnant woman, and Cal, her brother, park their car near a mysterious abandoned church and enter the field, discovering that they are not alone and, for some reason, they are unable to escape a completely inextricable vegetable labyrinth.

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The Curse of La Llorona
2019 · dir. Michael Chaves
🍅 26%5.3horror

Cut from the same horror cloth

In 1970s Los Angeles, the legendary ghost La Llorona is stalking the night -- and the children. Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother, a social worker and her own kids are drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. Their only hope of surviving La Llorona's deadly wrath is a disillusioned priest who practices mysticism to keep evil at bay.

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