Movies like Dark Tales of Japan - Special Edition: 10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really Happened (2005)
The best movies like Dark Tales of Japan - Special Edition: 10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really Happened (2005) are Saint Catherine (2024), The Asphyx (1972) and The Boogeyman (2023). If Dark Tales of Japan - Special Edition: 10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really Happened hooked you with its horror, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedGhostland (2018)7.4/10 from 2,789 votes
- NewestOther Mommy (2026)Released 2026
- In JapaneseNever After Dark (2026)Also in Japanese
Saint Catherine (2024)
An orphaned girl is rescued from a satanic ritual and taken to Saint Catherine Institute for homeless youth. There she will learn new skills while facing demons that stalk her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Asphyx (1972)
Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curious and frightening question...What is the mysterious apparition found in the photographs of his dying subjects?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Boogeyman (2023)
Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves plagued by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before it’s too late.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTwo Witches (2023)
A matriarchal witch passes on her sinister inheritance to her grand-daughter, triggering the most horrific curses.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAnd Now the Screaming Starts! (1973)
In the late 18th century, two newlyweds move into the stately mansion of the Fengriffen family. The young bride is victim of terrifying visions and apparitions, threatening her very sanity. A London psychiatrist comes to her help and uncovers the terrible secret that haunts the estate.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Accursed (2021)
Hana spends twenty years suppressing a maleficent curse that was placed upon her bloodline, only to have a family member knowingly release it forcing her to kill or to be killed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNever After Dark (2026)
A traveling psychic who helps lost souls cross over encounters a powerful entity at a remote house. While investigating its origins, she uncovers dark secrets and faces a deadly threat from an unexpected source.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Evil (1978)
Shortly after moving into a dark, brooding mansion, a psychologist and his co-workers are terrorized by a horrible evil being.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisOther Mommy (2026)
Young Bela forms a relationship with a sinister entity in her home that looks uncannily like her own mother, drawing her into a terrifying and increasingly dark world.
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 thisThe Boy Behind the Door (2020)
Bobby tries to save himself and his best friend when they are kidnapped on their way home from school.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGhostland (2018)
A mother of two inherits a home from her aunt. On the first night in the new home she is confronted with murderous intruders and fights for her daughters’ lives. Sixteen years later the daughters reunite at the house, and that is when things get strange...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like this825 Forest Road (2025)
After a family tragedy, Chuck Wilson hopes to start a new life in Ashland Falls with his wife Maria and little sister Elizabeth, but he quickly discovers that the town has a dark history of being haunted by a ghostly woman who drives residents to suicide.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Fair Haired Child (2006)
A creepy couple kidnaps a teenage outcast and locks her in their basement with their seemingly kindhearted adolescent son - who harbors a terrifying secret involving the forces of evil.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisundertone (2026)
The host of a popular paranormal podcast becomes haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously sent her way.
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 thisRing 2 (1999)
While investigating the horrifying death of her boyfriend, Mai Takano learns about a videotape haunted by the spirit of a disturbing girl named Sadako, which kills anyone who watches it exactly one week later. When her boyfriend’s son, Yoichi, starts to develop the same psychic abilities as Sadako, Takano must find a way to keep the boy and herself from becoming the next victims.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisRing (1998)
A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBarbarian (2022)
In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway.
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
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What are the best movies like Dark Tales of Japan - Special Edition: 10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really Happened?
The closest matches to Dark Tales of Japan - Special Edition: 10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really Happened are Saint Catherine (2024), The Asphyx (1972) and The Boogeyman (2023). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Dark Tales of Japan - Special Edition: 10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really Happened?
Start with Saint Catherine (2024), the closest match to Dark Tales of Japan - Special Edition: 10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really Happened.
What is the highest-rated movie like Dark Tales of Japan - Special Edition: 10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really Happened?
Ghostland (2018), rated 7.4/10 by 2,789 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Dark Tales of Japan - Special Edition: 10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really Happened?
Other Mommy (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like Dark Tales of Japan - Special Edition: 10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really Happened?
Yes: Never After Dark (2026), Teke Teke 2 (2009) and Teke Teke (2009).
How are movies similar to Dark Tales of Japan - Special Edition: 10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really Happened chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Dark Tales of Japan - Special Edition: 10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really Happened, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.