Movies like Tales From the Suburbs: The Solicitor (2025)

Doodlebug (1997)

There's something in his apartment. A man looking for an insect-like thing devolves into a bout of insanity as his subconscious mind begins to strangle his waking one.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

The 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 thriller & horror

The Hand (1981)

Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

Whisper (2007)

Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

The 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 & thriller

Dead of Night (1945)

An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

Bagman (2024)

For centuries and across cultures, parents have warned their children of the legendary Bagman, who snatches innocent children and stuffs them into his vile, rotting bag—never to be seen again. Patrick McKee narrowly escaped such an encounter as a boy, which left him with lasting scars throughout his adulthood. Now, Patrick’s childhood tormentor has returned, threatening the safety of his wife Karina and son Jake.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

Play Dead (2022)

Criminology student Chloe fakes her own death to break into a morgue, in order to retrieve a piece of evidence that ties her younger brother to a crime gone wrong. Once inside, she discovers that a sadistic coroner is using the corpses for his sick and twisted business, and when he realises that Chloe still has a pulse, a terrifying game of cat and mouse ensues.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

Bloodline Killer (2024)

Moira Cole endeavors to rebuild her shattered life after her family's murder at the hands of her deranged and obsessed cousin.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

The Possessed (2021)

A man with the ability to exorcise demons fights to protect his loved ones after a sudden surge in demonic possessions. After discovering his nephew's girlfriend has the same supernatural gift, they join forces for the ultimate confrontation. Inspired by actual events.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

Succubus (2024)

A new father going through a marital separation joins a dating app and matches with a beautiful but mysterious young woman... whose powers of seduction and manipulation entangle him in a mystery more horrifying than he could have ever imagined.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

Z (2019)

A family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)

Five train passengers are joined by a mysterious fortuneteller who offers to read Tarot. A quintet of stories unfold: an architect returns to his ancestral home to find a vengeful werewolf; a doctor suspects his new wife is a vampire; an intelligent vine takes over a house; a jazz musician plagiarises music from a voodoo ceremony; and a pompous art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

Terrifier (2011)

After witnessing a brutal murder on Halloween night, a young woman becomes the next target of a maniacal entity.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

Dust Bunny (2025)

Ten-year-old Aurora asks her hitman neighbor to kill the monster under her bed that she claims ate her family. To protect her, he must battle an onslaught of assassins while accepting that some monsters are real.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

House on Haunted Hill (1959)

Frederick Loren invites five strangers to the party of a lifetime and offers each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in the reportedly haunted house. Armed with a gun for protection, each guest arrives in a hearse and will either leave in it much richer…Or dead.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

The Inhabitant (2022)

Like any other teenage girl, Tara is just surviving high school — yet her father and mother seem strangely distant. Amidst a nearby spree of gruesome ax murders, Tara has sightings of terrifying entities, forcing her to question her own sanity and shocking ancestry.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

Baghead (2023)

Following the death of her estranged father, Iris learns she has inherited a run-down, centuries-old pub. She travels to Berlin to identify her father’s body and meet with The Solicitor to discuss the estate. Little does she know, when the deed is signed she will become inextricably tied to an unspeakable entity that resides in the pub’s basement – Baghead – a shape-shifting creature that can transform into the dead.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

Dead Silence (2007)

Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named Billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist Mary Shaw. Destined to find out the truth, Jamie goes to the town of Raven's Fair, where Shaw used to perform and is buried. But Jamie is in for more than he expected.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

Eraserhead (1977)

First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

LIMINAL (2026)

LIMINAL tells the story of Vincent Marcum, a world-renowned quantum physicist who lost his wife and daughter in a tragic accident in 2001. Once a towering figure in the scientific community, Vincent has since withdrawn from the world, isolating himself in relentless pursuit of a singular goal, bending time itself. For decades, he has obsessively dedicated his life to achieving the impossible: time travel. Now, in the year 2053, at 86 years old, he finally succeeds. But in his research, he uncovers a disturbing truth: time does not curve as once theorized; it moves in a straight, unyielding line. This revelation carries terrifying implications... What happens when you travel back to the past and no one was there?

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & thriller

Red Door, Yellow Door! (2026)

When a sleepover game becomes a psychological trap, Penny Rue must navigate a living urban legend—enlisting the Hat Man, whose guidance forces her to confront the darkest corners of her own mind to escape.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller & horror

MadS (2024)

A teenager stops off to see his dealer to test a new drug before heading off for a night of partying. On the way home, he picks up an injured woman, and the night takes a surreal turn.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & thriller

Sinners (2025)

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & thriller

Hannibal Rising (2007)

The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his sojourn in France, where as a medical student he hones his appetite for the kill and learnt sword skills from his Japanese girlfriend, who happened to have similar fate

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller & horror

Live.com (TBA)

Late at night two girls discover a voyeuristic website with horrifying consequences.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & thriller

The 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: Similar story and style · both horror & thriller

The Grudge 2 (2006)

A young woman encounters a malevolent supernatural force while searching for her missing sister in Tokyo, a mean high school prank goes horribly wrong, and strange things begin happening in a Chicago apartment building.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & thriller

Atàvic (2026)

A group of filmmakers sets out to document an isolated rural community rumored to practice ancient rituals, but their investigation quickly unravels as they encounter something far older and more disturbing than expected.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

Invisible to the Eyes (2025)

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror