Movies like Cursed Local Urban Legends: Hokkaido & Tohoku Edition (2011)
The best movies like Cursed Local Urban Legends: Hokkaido & Tohoku Edition (2011) are The Curse of Buckout Road (2017), Teke Teke 2 (2009) and Ju-on: The Curse (2000). If Cursed Local Urban Legends: Hokkaido & Tohoku Edition hooked you with its horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedOnibaba (1964)7.7/10 from 515 votes
- NewestThe Hazzard Files Part One (2024)Released 2024
- In JapaneseTeke Teke 2 (2009)Also in Japanese
The Curse of Buckout Road (2017)
A college class project on creation and destruction of modern myth, turns terrifying when a trio of young people come to realize the urban legends surrounding the famed Buckout Road may, in fact, be REAL.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTeke Teke 2 (2009)
The story of Teke Teke, the ghost woman with no legs, continues. Conflict arises between a group of high school classmates, and Teke Teke starts hunting them down one by one.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisJu-on: The Curse (2000)
When elementary school teacher Kobayashi investigates the absence of one of his young pupils from the classroom, he finds himself at the doorstep of an anonymous suburban house that harbours a horrible secret, and into which all who enter are doomed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTeke Teke (2009)
The upper torso of a female, claws her way around Japan searching for her lower half. The person's lower half was severed in a train accident in Hokkaido. Anyone that hears of this story will see Teke-Teke's upper half walking aimlessly around the countryside within three days.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTomie: Rebirth (2001)
Young art student Hideo paints an unnerving portrait of Tomie, who whispers that she loves him. Inexplicably, he reacts by stabbing her to death with a painting trowel. Two friends, Takumi and Shunichi, arrive on the scene and help him dispose of the body. To cheer him up, the boys take the unwitting murderer to the nearest bar for a party... but a mysterious girl named Tomie shows up, bearing a few odd physical resemblances to the dead girl in the ground.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHowling Village (2020)
After her brother goes missing, a young psychologist visits an infamous haunted and cursed location known as ‘Howling Village’ to investigate his disappearance and uncover her family’s dark history.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisOnibaba (1964)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMarebito (2004)
A fear-obsessed freelance cameraman investigates an urban legend involving mysterious spirits that haunt the subways of Tokyo.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGantz: Perfect Answer (2011)
Summoned by the black sphere, Kei and Masaru fight against extraterrestrials until Masaru grows tired of fighting and refuses to continue.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNightmare Detective (2007)
When a number of suicide victims slash themselves in their sleep, detective Keiko Kirishima is called to investigate.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGantz (2010)
After trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisImprint (2006)
An American journalist travels through 19th-century Japan to find the prostitute he fell in love with but instead learns of the physical and existential horror that befell her after he left.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisReincarnation (2005)
A Japanese actress begins having strange visions and experiences after landing a role in a horror film about a real-life murder spree that took place over forty years ago.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHouse of 1000 Corpses (2003)
Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJu-On: White Ghost (2009)
An apparitions of a young schoolgirl in a yellow rain hat, a family massacre, and a law student's suicide after he fails his bar exam are linked by the ominous recordings discovered on an audio cassette.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Grudge (2004)
An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisJu-on: The Grudge (2002)
When a social worker is sent to check on a traumatized elderly woman whose family have moved in at the site of a notorious murder case, she unwittingly unleashes a cycle of terror that transmits via its victims.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisParanormal Activity (2009)
After a young, middle-class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be demonic, but is certainly the most active in the middle of the night.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAngel Dust (1994)
Every Monday, a young woman is murdered in the subway, leading psychiatrist Setsuko Suma to investigate Dr. Rei Aku's deprogramming of former sect members.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIchi the Killer (2001)
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Ghost Station (2023)
Reporter Na-yeong and her partner investigate a series of mysterious deaths and a perplexing case where her source was allegedly already dead at the time of their interview. Together they end up confronting a terrifying truth.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Haunted House on Kirby Road (2016)
Six stoner best friends discover a viral video of a local teen who disappeared years ago from an alleged haunted house in their neighbourhood. Searching for one last adventure before graduating high school, the teens decide to investigate this local urban legend, only to discover this night could be their worst, and possible last, experience of their lives.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Recife Assombrado (2019)
The creepy stories and imaginaries from one of Brazil's most important cities.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Tahoe Joe (2022)
In 2022, filmmaker Dillon Brown set out with Green Beret and wilderness survival expert, Michael Rock, to document an attempt to find a missing person. What they found instead was a horror thought to be a myth.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995)
Annie, a young schoolteacher struggling to solve the brutal murder of her father, unwittingly summons the "Candyman" to New Orleans, where she learns the secret of his power, and discovers the link that connects them.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisUrban Legends: Final Cut (2000)
The making of a horror movie takes on a terrifying reality for students at the most prestigious film school in the country. At Alpine University, someone is determined to win the best film award at any cost - even if it means eliminating the competition. No one is safe and everyone is a suspect.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisUrban Legend (1998)
A college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to various urban legends.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUrban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005)
On a prom-night dare, a trio of high school friends chant an incantation, unleashing an evil spirit from the past with deadly consequences.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Hazzard Files Part One (2024)
Three professional paranormal investigators stumble upon a lost cemetery in the woods of the PNW and what they discover after spending some time investigating will shock you to the core. A fake phony doctor by the name of Linda Hazzard murdered victims of her starvation cure by starving them to death. Their souls have come alive in this documentary film to bridge the living with the dead.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Cursed Local Urban Legends: Hokkaido & Tohoku Edition?
The closest matches to Cursed Local Urban Legends: Hokkaido & Tohoku Edition are The Curse of Buckout Road (2017), Teke Teke 2 (2009) and Ju-on: The Curse (2000). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Cursed Local Urban Legends: Hokkaido & Tohoku Edition?
Start with The Curse of Buckout Road (2017), the closest match to Cursed Local Urban Legends: Hokkaido & Tohoku Edition.
What is the highest-rated movie like Cursed Local Urban Legends: Hokkaido & Tohoku Edition?
Onibaba (1964), rated 7.7/10 by 515 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Cursed Local Urban Legends: Hokkaido & Tohoku Edition?
The Hazzard Files Part One (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like Cursed Local Urban Legends: Hokkaido & Tohoku Edition?
Yes: Teke Teke 2 (2009), Ju-on: The Curse (2000) and Teke Teke (2009).
How are movies similar to Cursed Local Urban Legends: Hokkaido & Tohoku Edition chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Cursed Local Urban Legends: Hokkaido & Tohoku Edition, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.