Movies like Demonic (2015)
The best movies like Demonic (2015) are Insidious (2011), Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015) and Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014). If Demonic hooked you with its thriller and horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Conjuring (2013)7.5/10 from 13,287 votes
- NewestThe Cellar (2022)Released 2022
Insidious (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 thisParanormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)
Using a special camera that can see spirits, a family must protect their daughter from an evil entity with a sinister plan.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisParanormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014)
Seventeen-year-old Jesse has been hearing terrifying sounds coming from his neighbor’s apartment, but when he turns on his camera and sets out to uncover their source, he encounters an ancient evil that won’t rest until it’s claimed his very soul.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisJessabelle (2014)
A young woman recuperating at her father's run-down home after a tragic accident soon encounters a terrifying presence with a connection to her long-deceased mother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Cellar (2022)
When Keira Woods' daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country, she soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk losing her family's souls forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisBelzebuth (2019)
While leading a police investigation of a massacre in a public school at the border of Mexico and U.S.A, special Agent Emanuel Ritter links this strange case to the coming and rising of the ancient demon Belzebuth. But in order to stop the trail of upcoming infanticides, Ritter shall have to confront himself before dealing with the forces of good and evil.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisExeter (2015)
A group of teenagers accidentally release an evil spirit that starts to possess them one by one.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDeliver Us from Evil (2014)
When a frightening wave of violence sweeps through New York City, troubled cop Sarchie fails to find a rational explanation for the bizarre crimes. However, his eyes are opened to a frightening alternate reality when renegade Jesuit priest Mendoza convinces him that demonic possession may be to blame for the gruesome murders. Together, they wage a valiant supernatural struggle to rid the city of an otherworldly evil.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Atticus Institute (2015)
In the early 1970s, Dr. Henry West creates an institute to find people with supernatural abilities. When Judith Winstead comes to the facility, she exhibits amazing abilities that the military wants to turn into a weapon.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Shrine (2010)
A group of young journalists investigate a cult said to practice human sacrifice, but their ambitious ways may lead them to becoming the cult's next victims.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
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 thisHusk (2011)
A group of friends stranded near a desolate cornfield find shelter in an old farmhouse, though they soon discover the dwelling is the center of a supernatural ritual.
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 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 Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
What starts as a poignant medical documentary about Deborah Logan's descent into Alzheimer's disease and her daughter's struggles as caregiver degenerates into a maddening portrayal of dementia at its most frightening, as hair-raising events begin to plague the family and crew and an unspeakable malevolence threatens to tear the very fabric of sanity from them all.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisApartment 143 (2011)
A team of parapsychologists sets out to investigate a series of anomalous phenomena taking place in a newly occupied apartment. Telephone calls with no caller, mysterious shadows, extraordinary light emissions, flying objects, and exploding light bulbs are some of the events they will face while recording their every step with state-of-the-art technology. Using infrared filming, digital photography, psychophonic recordings, movement detectors, and magnetic field alteration meters, the group’s attempts to contact the “other side” will grow increasingly dangerous as they near a point of no return.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like this21 Days (2014)
Three filmmakers embark on a paranormal challenge by barricading themselves in a house so haunted, no one has been able to live in for more than 21 days.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
The Covenant (2017)
After the tragic deaths of her husband and daughter, Sarah Doyle moves back to her childhood home with her estranged brother, Richard. It's not long before Sarah begins to experience supernatural phenomena of a violent and hostile nature.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Abattoir (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 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 thisOuija: Origin of Evil (2016)
In 1967 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by the merciless spirit, this small family confronts unthinkable fears to save her and send her possessor back to the other side.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying secrets.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIncarnate (2016)
An exorcist comes up against an evil from his past when he uses his skills to enter the mind of a nine year old boy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisCassadaga (2011)
A deaf girl attempts to contact her sister during a séance, only to connect with the ghost of a murdered woman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisJeruzalem (2016)
When a couple of American young adults fly to Israel to visit the city of Jerusalem, a biblical nightmare falls upon the city.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Possession (2012)
A young girl buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the collectible lives a malicious ancient spirit. The girl's father teams with his ex-wife to find a way to end the curse upon their child.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSon (2021)
When a young boy contracts a mysterious illness, his mother must decide how far she will go to protect him from terrifying forces in her past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisDevil (2010)
A group of people are trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, and one of them is the Devil.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Demonic?
The closest matches to Demonic are Insidious (2011), Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015) and Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Demonic?
People who watched Demonic most often go on to Insidious (2011), Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015) and Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014).
What is the highest-rated movie like Demonic?
The Conjuring (2013), rated 7.5/10 by 13,287 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Demonic?
The Cellar (2022) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Demonic?
Yes: Insidious (2011), Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015) and Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014).
How are movies similar to Demonic chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Demonic, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.