Movies like Intense! Forbidden Haunted Spots - Gateway to the Underworld: Wakayama Resentful Spirit Tunnel (2008)
The best movies like Intense! Forbidden Haunted Spots - Gateway to the Underworld: Wakayama Resentful Spirit Tunnel (2008) are Ju-on: The Curse (2000), Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1974) and Tomie: Rebirth (2001). If Intense! Forbidden Haunted Spots - Gateway to the Underworld: Wakayama Resentful Spirit Tunnel hooked you with its horror, these 20 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
- NewestNever After Dark (2026)Released 2026
- In JapaneseJu-on: The Curse (2000)Also in Japanese
Ju-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 thisLemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1974)
A notorious bank robber kills his wife and flees the police, only to be captured by a mysterious group of figures in an abandoned town. His beautiful daughter, Lila Lee, receives a letter stating that her father is near death and that he needs to see her. Sneaking away at night from her minister guardian, Lila embarks on a terrifying journey...
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 thisThe Vigil (2020)
A man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community finds himself opposite a malevolent entity.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisBooks of Blood (2020)
A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time. A desperate woman, a skeptical professor, and a ruthless killer face unspeakable forces.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSaint 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 thisInsidious: The Last Key (2018)
Parapsychologist Elise Rainier and her team travel to Five Keys, NM, to investigate a man’s claim of a haunting. Terror soon strikes when Rainier realizes that the house he lives in was her family’s old home.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe 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 thisNever Let Go (2024)
As an evil takes over the world beyond their front doorstep, the only protection for a mother and her twin sons is their house and their family’s protective bond.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisRe/Member (2022)
Six high schoolers stuck in a murderous time loop must find the scattered remains of an unknown victim to break the curse and finally see another day.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 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 Shed (2019)
The story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge inside the tool shed in his backyard, he tries to secretly battle the demon alone until his bullied friend discovers the creature and has a far more sinister plan in mind.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Ghost Within (2023)
A young woman revisits her family home desperate to discover her sister Evie's murderer 20 years before. After a series of terrifying encounters with Evie's ghost at 09:09pm, Margot knows she must fight to learn the truth once and for all.
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 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 thisReborn (2018)
A stillborn baby girl is abducted by a deranged morgue attendant and brought back to life by electro-kinetic power. On her sixteenth birthday, traumatized Tess escapes captivity and sets out to find her birth mother leaving a trail of horrifying violent destruction and chilling chaos behind her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJu-on: The Grudge 2 (2003)
When the cast and crew of a paranormal TV reality program decide to shoot in the house of the original Saeki hauntings, a series of strange events unfold at the location.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisParanormal Activity: Tokyo Night (2010)
Koichi takes care of his sister, who has recently returned from a trip abroad in the United States as she is not well. While caring for her, he records evidence of ghosts in their home.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
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What are the best movies like Intense! Forbidden Haunted Spots - Gateway to the Underworld: Wakayama Resentful Spirit Tunnel?
The closest matches to Intense! Forbidden Haunted Spots - Gateway to the Underworld: Wakayama Resentful Spirit Tunnel are Ju-on: The Curse (2000), Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1974) and Tomie: Rebirth (2001). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Intense! Forbidden Haunted Spots - Gateway to the Underworld: Wakayama Resentful Spirit Tunnel?
Start with Ju-on: The Curse (2000), the closest match to Intense! Forbidden Haunted Spots - Gateway to the Underworld: Wakayama Resentful Spirit Tunnel.
What is the highest-rated movie like Intense! Forbidden Haunted Spots - Gateway to the Underworld: Wakayama Resentful Spirit Tunnel?
Onibaba (1964), rated 7.7/10 by 515 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Intense! Forbidden Haunted Spots - Gateway to the Underworld: Wakayama Resentful Spirit Tunnel?
Never After Dark (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like Intense! Forbidden Haunted Spots - Gateway to the Underworld: Wakayama Resentful Spirit Tunnel?
Yes: Ju-on: The Curse (2000), Tomie: Rebirth (2001) and Ju-on: The Grudge (2002).
How are movies similar to Intense! Forbidden Haunted Spots - Gateway to the Underworld: Wakayama Resentful Spirit Tunnel chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Intense! Forbidden Haunted Spots - Gateway to the Underworld: Wakayama Resentful Spirit Tunnel, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.