Movies like The Wicked Within (2015)
The best movies like The Wicked Within (2015) are The Unborn (2009), 100 Feet (2008) and Nothing Left to Fear (2013). If The Wicked Within hooked you with its horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Haunting in Connecticut (2009)6.2/10 from 1,261 votes
- NewestThe Dreadful (2026)Released 2026
The Unborn (2009)
A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like this100 Feet (2008)
After Marnie Watson kills her abusive husband in self-defense, she is condemned to house arrest... only to discover that the house is possessed by the enraged and violent spirit of her dead husband.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisNothing Left to Fear (2013)
Wendy, her husband Dan and their kids have just moved to the small town of Stull, Kansas, where Dan is the new pastor. But in this sleepy community of friendly neighbors, a horrific series of occurrences awaits them: Their teenage daughter is being tormented by grisly visions. Her younger sister has been marked for a depraved ritual. And deep within the heartland darkness, one of The Seven Gates of Hell demands the blood of the innocent to unleash the creatures of the damned.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisMalevolent (2018)
A brother-sister team who fake paranormal encounters for cash get more than they bargained for when a job at a haunted estate turns very, very real.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies 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: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisPoltergeist (2015)
A family's suburban home is invaded by angry spirits. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and take the youngest daughter, the family must come together to rescue her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisStill/Born (2018)
Still/Born follows Mary, a new mother who lost one of her twins in childbirth. As she struggles with the loss of one of her children, she starts to suspect something sinister is after her surviving child – a supernatural entity that has chosen her child and will stop at nothing to take it from her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Other Side of the Door (2016)
Grieving over the loss of her son, a mother struggles with her feelings for her daughter and her husband. She seeks out a ritual that allows her say goodbye to her dead child, opening the veil between the world of the dead and the living. Her daughter becomes the focus of terror. She must now protect against the evil that was once her beloved son.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisMortuary (2005)
A family moves to a small California town where they plan on starting a new life running a long-abandoned funeral home. The locals fear the place, suspected to be on haunted ground.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Reaping (2007)
Katherine Morrissey, a former Christian missionary, lost her faith after the tragic deaths of her family. Now she applies her expertise to debunking religious phenomena. When a series of biblical plagues overrun a small town, Katherine arrives to prove that a supernatural force is not behind the occurrences, but soon finds that science cannot explain what is happening. Instead, she must regain her faith to combat the evil that waits in a Louisiana swamp.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Wilding (2016)
Set in suburban North Carolina, “The Wilding” follows the fractured Hayes family as they attempt to rebuild their lives amidst sinister, supernatural forces. Looking to leave their troubled past behind, George and Margaret try to help their daughter Kayla, a 17-year-old haunted since childhood by strange visions of the dead. Seeking answers for their daughter’s recurring hallucinations, they begin to suspect that she may be a Wilding... possessing untold supernatural abilities.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred, but the owner's clairvoyant son Jonah served as a demonic messenger, providing a gateway for spiritual entities to crossover.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLovely Molly (2011)
A supernatural presence menaces a newlywed couple after they move into the wife's long-abandoned childhood home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDark Exorcism (2015)
A skeptical grad student and a renowned paranormal specialist investigate a potentially haunted home and the troubled woman inside whose affliction may be beyond the capacity of either of them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Don't Knock Twice (2017)
A mother desperate to reconnect with her troubled daughter becomes embroiled in the urban legend of a demonic witch.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies 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 Kindred (2021)
After her father’s suicide, a young mother investigates what led to his death. But when she is haunted by spirits and unearths an unsolved mystery from 30 years ago, she discovers a dark family history that could prove deadly for her child.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWe Are Still Here (2015)
After the death of their college age son, Anne and Paul Sacchetti relocate to the snowswept New England hamlet of Aylesbury, a sleepy village where all is most certainly not as it seems. When strange sounds and eerie feelings convince Anne that her son's spirit is still with them, they invite an eccentric, New Age couple to help them get to the bottom of the mystery.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Quiet Ones (2014)
A professor and his students perform a dangerous experiment that causes a young woman to lose her sanity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHaunt (2014)
An introverted teen sparks with his new neighbor, and together the couple begins to explore the haunted house that his family has unknowingly just purchased.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Legacy (1978)
A couple attempts to unravel a sinister plot within the English countryside estate of a dying man who has gathered an eclectic and notable group of house guests.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHunting Souls (2024)
Hunting Souls is the story of an American couple who are dealing with the hardships of caring for their sick child. They discover that they are being hunted by a demon.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The 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
SnoozefestMovies like thisDark Circles (2013)
When new parents Alex and Penny retreat from the city and move into a place outside town, the stress and massive sleep-deprivation caused by their infant has both of them seeing things in the house that may or may not exist. Persistent sightings of a strange woman has each of them wondering if they are suffering from hallucinations, or if their new home holds a dark, supernatural presence. As their fragile grasp on reality spirals into delirium, Alex and Penny find themselves nearly helpless to deal with the horrific truth of what is really going in this house.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies 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 thisAbigail Haunting (2020)
After escaping the clutches of an abusive relationship, Katie reluctantly returns to the foster home she grew up in. Little does she know, her foster mother Marge is harboring a sinister secret dating back a decade. Now, Katie finds herself caught up in a horrifying family drama while confronting an angry spirit named Abigail.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisThe Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (2023)
Vicaria is a brilliant teenager who believes death is a disease that can be cured. After the brutal and sudden murder of her brother, she embarks on a dangerous journey to bring him back to life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDaddy's Little Girl (2014)
After the police find Derek’s daughter brutally murdered on the beach, he vows to make the culprit suffer for his actions, even if that person is ‘part of the family.’ With careful research into the history of torture, Derek prepares himself and his basement for a week of brutal tactics that will make his daughter’s killer feel the pain that he has inflicted upon so many others. In a time when stranger danger is ever present, a single father learns that it’s the ones you trust most who have to be watched the closest.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Dreadful (2026)
In medieval England, Anne and her domineering mother-in-law Morwen struggle to survive on the outskirts of society. But when a man from Anne's past returns from war, a curse begins to take shape through a mysterious knight and threatens to destroy them all.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Wicked Within?
The closest matches to The Wicked Within are The Unborn (2009), 100 Feet (2008) and Nothing Left to Fear (2013). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Wicked Within?
People who watched The Wicked Within most often go on to The Unborn (2009), 100 Feet (2008) and Nothing Left to Fear (2013).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Wicked Within?
The Haunting in Connecticut (2009), rated 6.2/10 by 1,261 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Wicked Within?
The Dreadful (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Wicked Within?
Yes: The Unborn (2009), 100 Feet (2008) and Nothing Left to Fear (2013).
How are movies similar to The Wicked Within chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Wicked Within, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.