Movies like Return to House on Haunted Hill (2007)
The best movies like Return to House on Haunted Hill (2007) are Dark House (2009), The Haunting (1999) and Delirium (2018). If Return to House on Haunted Hill hooked you with its horror and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Others (2001)7.6/10 from 7,567 votes
- Newest825 Forest Road (2025)Released 2025
- Same seriesHouse on Haunted Hill (1999)House on Haunted Hill
Dark House (2009)
A troupe of actors hired for a haunted house attraction soon find that they are working in a true house of horror.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
The Haunting (1999)
Dr. David Marrow invites three distinct individuals to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate guests discover that Marrow is far more interested in the sinister mansion itself — and they soon see the true nature of its horror.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDelirium (2018)
A man recently released from a mental institute inherits a mansion after his parents die. After a series of disturbing events, he comes to believe it is haunted.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies 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: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Abandoned (2006)
Marie, a film producer, returns to her native Russia to find her birth parents. She quickly learns they are dead, and she has inherited their long-empty farmhouse. At the farm, she meets Nicolai, who claims to be her twin brother. Events take a terrifying turn when the two spot a pair of ghastly doppelgangers and the house itself seems to propel them toward a fate they should have met 40 years earlier.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThir13en Ghosts (2001)
Arthur and his two children inherit his uncle's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to twelve ghosts. When the family, accompanied by a nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped inside an evil machine 'designed by the Devil and powered by the dead' to open the Eye of Hell. Aided by a ghost hunter and his rival, a ghost rights activist out to set the ghosts free, the group must do what they can to get out of the house alive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAbattoir (2016)
A reporter unearths an urban legend about a home being constructed from rooms where horrific tragedies have occurred.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisWinchester (2018)
San Jose, California, 1906. Isolated in her labyrinthine mansion, eccentric firearm heiress Sarah Winchester believes that she is being haunted by the souls of those killed by the guns manufactured by her company.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBethany (2017)
Claire and her husband find themselves moving back into Claire's childhood home only to have the abusive and traumatic memories of her mother come back to haunt her. As her husband starts to get more work, Claire finds herself mixed up in a fog of past and present with a mysterious figure haunting her memories. What is this small figure that is trying to reach out to her, and what does it want?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisInsidious (2011)
A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisStir of Echoes (1999)
After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHouse (2008)
Trying to recover from the nearly marriage-breaking stress following the death of their child, Jack and Stephanie spontaneously take off on a road trip. But when their car breaks down in a remote area, they find themselves in a horrific nightmare. Seeking shelter in a house, they soon realize that more danger lurks inside than outside in this spine-chiller based on Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti's best-seller.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Conjuring (2013)
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like this1408 (2007)
A man specializing in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHaunter (2013)
A teenager is stuck in a time loop that is not quite the same each time. She must uncover the truth but her actions have consequences for herself and others.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Amityville Horror (2005)
George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Dutch colonial mansion nestled in the sleepy coastal town of Amityville, Long Island. However, their dream home is concealing a horrific past and soon each member of the Lutz family is plagued with increasingly strange and violent visions and impulses.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCandyman (1992)
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHouse on Haunted Hill (1999)
An amusement park mogul offers a random group of diverse people $1 million to spend the night in a decrepit former mental institution.
Why it matches: Same series: House on Haunted Hill · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Innkeepers (2012)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDemonic (2015)
A police officer and a psychologist investigate the deaths of five people who were killed while trying to summon ghosts.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisGhosthunters (2016)
When one of their own loses his wife and daughter at the hands of a serial killer, a team of ghost hunters is determined to capture the spirits of the loved ones so their spirits can finally rest in peace. But as the team goes deeper into the house, the ghosts become more hostile, and the group discovers the true secrets of the house and its murderer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Darkness (2016)
A family returns from a Grand Canyon vacation with a supernatural presence in tow.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Others (2001)
Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Houses October Built (2014)
Beneath the fake blood and cheap masks of countless haunted house attractions across the country, there are whispers of truly terrifying alternatives. Looking to find an authentic, blood-curdling good fright for Halloween, five friends set off on a road trip in an RV to track down these underground Haunts. Just when their search seems to reach a dead end, strange and disturbing things start happening and it becomes clear that the Haunt has come to them…
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisOculus (2014)
A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGrave Encounters (2011)
A crew from a paranormal reality television show lock themselves in a haunted psychiatric hospital. They search for evidence of paranormal activity as they shoot what ends up becoming their final episode.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHouse of Fears (2007)
The night before a local haunted house opens for Halloween, six friends sneak in for a few hours of fun. Soon after entering, they find themselves trapped inside with no way out.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Conjurer (2008)
After moving to the country to start life anew after their child's death, photographer Shawn Burnett and his wife, Helen, begin to suspect that a ramshackle cabin on their property is haunted by the malevolent spirit of a long-dead witch who once lived there.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisAltar (2014)
A young family find themselves in serious danger when they move to an isolated haunted house in the Yorkshire Moors.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisNine Miles Down (2009)
In the Sahara desert, a sandstorm batters a deserted drilling station. A security patrolman battles through the high winds to investigate why all contact with the station has been lost. Originally built for gas exploration, and then abandoned, the site had recently been taken over by a multi-national research team intent on drilling deeper into the earth’s crust than ever before.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Return to House on Haunted Hill?
The closest matches to Return to House on Haunted Hill are Dark House (2009), The Haunting (1999) and Delirium (2018). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Return to House on Haunted Hill?
People who watched Return to House on Haunted Hill most often go on to Dark House (2009), The Haunting (1999) and Delirium (2018).
What is the highest-rated movie like Return to House on Haunted Hill?
The Others (2001), rated 7.6/10 by 7,567 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Return to House on Haunted Hill?
825 Forest Road (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Return to House on Haunted Hill part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to House on Haunted Hill, which includes House on Haunted Hill (1999).
Are there English movies like Return to House on Haunted Hill?
Yes: Dark House (2009), The Haunting (1999) and Delirium (2018).
How are movies similar to Return to House on Haunted Hill chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Return to House on Haunted Hill, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.