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10 Best Movies Like The Frighteners

If you loved The Frighteners, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Deranged

Deranged

1974★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Frighteners for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A man living in rural Wisconsin takes care of his bed-ridden mother, who is very domineering and teaches him that all women are evil. After she dies, he misses her, and a year late...

#2
Longlegs

Longlegs

2024★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Frighteners for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer. As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker d...

#3
Dead & Buried

Dead & Buried

1981★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Frighteners for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses appear to be coming back to life and living normally as locals in the small to...

#4
A Haunted House 2

A Haunted House 2

2014★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Frighteners for fans of Horror & Comedy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After exorcising the demons of his ex, Malcolm starts afresh with his new girlfriend and her two children. After moving into their dream home, Malcolm is once again plagued by biza...

#5
The Haunting in Connecticut

The Haunting in Connecticut

2009★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Frighteners for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral par...

#6
Sinister 2

Sinister 2

2015★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Frighteners for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

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

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