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Movies that feel likeThe Invitation (2016)

Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.

If you loved The Invitation, the closest films we have are Speak No Evil (2024), The Innkeepers (2012) and Smile (2022). All three share The Invitation'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 The Borderlands (2014).

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If The Invitation hit the spot, these will too

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Speak No Evil
2024 Β· dir. James Watkins
πŸ… 83%β˜… 6.8horror Β· thrillerStarz

One thread runs through both: paranoia

The difference: Takes it somewhere less melancholy than The Invitation does

When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare.

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The Innkeepers
2012 Β· dir. Ti West
πŸ… 81%β˜… 5.5horror Β· thrillerPrime Video

Common ground: suicide

During the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay.

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Smile
2022 Β· dir. Parker Finn
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.5horror Β· mysteryParamount+

Both are built on the same subject: suicide

The difference: Leans harder into mystery than The Invitation does

After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.

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The Endless
2017 Β· dir. Aaron Moorhead
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.5science fiction Β· horror Β· thrillerPrime VideoPeacock

The same preoccupation in both: cult

The difference: Sits closer to science fiction than The Invitation does

Two brothers return to the cult they fled from years ago to discover that the group's beliefs may be more sane than they once thought.

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The Borderlands
2014 Β· dir. Elliot Goldner
πŸ… 83%β˜… 5.8horror

Dread-soaked where it counts, unsettling underneath

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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Hostel
2006 Β· dir. Eli Roth
πŸ… 60%β˜… 5.9horrorPeacock

Both keep coming back to the same thing: paranoia

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.

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The Pope's Exorcist
2023 Β· dir. Julius Avery
πŸ… 50%β˜… 6.1horror Β· thrillerPrime VideoHulu

One thread runs through both: conspiracy

Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, investigates a young boy's terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.

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As Above, So Below
2014 Β· dir. John Erick Dowdle
πŸ… 30%β˜… 6.3horror Β· thriller

The same mix in both: tension, then melancholy

When a team of explorers venture into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead.

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Antichrist
2009 Β· dir. Lars von Trier
πŸ… 53%β˜… 6.5drama Β· horror Β· thrillerRent or buy

Common ground: psychological thriller

A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.

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Wrong Turn
2003 Β· dir. Rob Schmidt
πŸ… 40%β˜… 6.1horror Β· thrillerPrime Video

Tense thriller in both cases

Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding.

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Midsommar
2019 Β· dir. Ari Aster
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.1horror Β· drama Β· mysteryPrime VideoMax

Different title, same corner of the shelf

Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.

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Underworld: Blood Wars
2016 Β· dir. Anna Foerster
πŸ… 21%β˜… 5.8fantasy Β· action Β· thrillerNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: conspiracy

Vampire death dealer Selene fends off brutal attacks from both the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her. With her only allies, David and his father Thomas, she must stop the eternal war between Lycans and Vampires, even if it means she has to make the ultimate sacrifice.

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