Movies like Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)
The best movies like Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015) are Lights Out (2016), Insidious: Out of the Further (2026) and Ouija (2014). If Insidious: Chapter 3 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 ratedInsidious: Out of the Further (2026)7.7/10 from 1,041 votes
- NewestOther Mommy (2026)Released 2026
- Same seriesInsidious: Out of the Further (2026)Insidious
Lights Out (2016)
Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInsidious: Out of the Further (2026)
Gemma, a young mother raising her daughter in the house she grew up in, discovers she can travel into The Further, where she possesses an ability to bring what lives there back to the real world.
Why it matches: Same series: Insidious · both horror & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOuija (2014)
A group of friends must confront their most terrifying fears when they awaken the dark powers of an ancient spirit board.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Jack in the Box Rises (2024)
When a creepy Jack-in-the-Box is discovered and opened on the grounds of an exclusive girls' school, six brave students soon enter a fight to the finish against the unleashed demon.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBagman (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: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisThe Djinn (2021)
A mute boy is trapped in his apartment with a sinister monster when he makes a wish to fulfill his heart’s greatest desire.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisCome Play (2020)
Oliver, a lonely autistic boy, seeks solace and refuge in his ever-present cell phone and tablet. When a mysterious creature uses the boy's devices against him, his parents must fight to save their son from the monster beyond the screen.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Curse of La Llorona (2019)
In 1970s Los Angeles, the legendary ghost La Llorona is stalking the night -- and the children. Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother, a social worker and her own kids are drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. Their only hope of surviving La Llorona's deadly wrath is a disillusioned priest who practices mysticism to keep evil at bay.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Bye Bye Man (2017)
When three college students move into an old house off campus, they unwittingly unleash a supernatural entity known as The Bye Bye Man, who comes to prey upon them once they discover his name. The friends must try to save each other, all the while keeping The Bye Bye Man's existence a secret to save others from the same deadly fate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisFive Nights at Freddy's (2023)
Recently fired and desperate for work, a troubled young man named Mike agrees to take a position as a night security guard at an abandoned theme restaurant: Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. But he soon discovers that nothing at Freddy's is what it seems.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThey Come Knocking (2019)
After losing his wife to cancer, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip where he finds his family in the crosshairs of terrifying supernatural entities.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Advent Calendar (2021)
Eva, an ex-dancer, is now living in a wheelchair, unable to walk. When her friend Sophie gives her an old wooden antique advent calendar before Christmas, she realizes each window contains a surprise that triggers repercussions in real life: some of them good, but most of them bad... Now Eva will have to choose between getting rid of the calendar or walking again… even if it causes death around her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCountdown (2019)
A young nurse downloads an app that tells her she only has three days to live. With time ticking away and a mysterious figure haunting her, she must find a way to save her life before time runs out.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlack Phone 2 (2025)
Four years after defeating The Grabber, Finney Blake is struggling with life after captivity. When his younger sister Gwen begins receiving calls in her dreams from the Black Phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp, the siblings become determined to solve the mystery and confront a killer who has grown more powerful in death and more significant to them than either could imagine.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTruth or Dare (2018)
A harmless game of "Truth or Dare" among friends turns deadly when someone—or something—begins to punish those who tell a lie—or refuse the dare.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Last Kiss (2026)
A young woman discovers she can foresee the death of anyone she kisses, and when a vision predicts her crush will die in a murder spree targeting her closest friends, she races to uncover the killer before more lives are lost.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Final Wish (2019)
Following the passing of his father, Aaron Hammond returns to his hometown to help his devastated mother and to confront his past demons. Sifting through his father’s belongings, Aaron comes upon a mysterious item that is far more than it seems.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisFive Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025)
One year since the supernatural nightmare at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, the stories about what transpired there have been twisted into a campy local legend, inspiring the town's first ever Fazfest. With the truth kept from her, Abby sneaks out to reconnect with Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy, setting into motion a terrifying series of events that will reveal dark secrets about the real origin of Freddy's, and unleash a decades-hidden horror.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBoogeyman 2 (2007)
A young woman attempts to cure her phobia of the boogeyman by checking herself into a mental health facility, only to realize too late that she is now helplessly trapped with her own greatest fear.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDrag Me to Hell (2009)
After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. Her only hope seems to lie in a psychic who claims he can help her lift the curse and keep her soul from being dragged straight to hell.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOther Mommy (2026)
Young Bela forms a relationship with a sinister entity in her home that looks uncannily like her own mother, drawing her into a terrifying and increasingly dark world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisEye for an Eye (2025)
Anna, grieving the sudden death of her parents, relocates from New York to a small Florida town to live with the grandmother she has never met. Isolated, vulnerable, and in need of friends, she finds brief solace in the company of two local teens. But when she becomes complicit to their unforgivable act of violence, she finds herself ensnared by Mr. Sandman – the twisted soul of a tormented child who haunts bullies’ dreams before feasting on their eyeballs when they finally wake - Anna must right her wrong before becoming a victim of this gruesome curse.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSinister 2 (2015)
A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Boogeyman (2023)
Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves plagued by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before it’s too late.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFinal Destination 2 (2003)
When Kimberly has a violent premonition of a highway pileup she blocks the freeway, keeping a few others meant to die, safe...Or are they? The survivors mysteriously start dying and it's up to Kimberly to stop it before she's next.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Curse of the Necklace (2024)
After separating due to his unpredictable alcohol infused temper, Frank try to win his wife Laura back by giving her a beautiful antique necklace he finds in an old 1938 evidence bag at the station. Unfortunately, the necklace is a conduit for the tormented soul of an evil boy from long ago, and Laura and her daughters find themselves in terrible danger from a little boy who no longer exists.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Sacrifice Game (2023)
Christmas break, 1971. Samantha and Clara, two students who are staying behind for the holidays at their boarding school, must survive the night after the arrival of uninvited visitors.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisFinal Destination Bloodlines (2025)
Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDoctor Sleep (2019)
Still scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook Hotel, Dan Torrance faces the ghosts of the past when he meets Abra, a courageous teen who desperately needs his help -- and who possesses a powerful extrasensory ability called the "shine".
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Insidious: Chapter 3?
The closest matches to Insidious: Chapter 3 are Lights Out (2016), Insidious: Out of the Further (2026) and Ouija (2014). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Insidious: Chapter 3?
People who watched Insidious: Chapter 3 most often go on to Lights Out (2016), Ouija (2014) and The Jack in the Box Rises (2024).
What is the highest-rated movie like Insidious: Chapter 3?
Insidious: Out of the Further (2026), rated 7.7/10 by 1,041 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Insidious: Chapter 3?
Other Mommy (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Insidious: Chapter 3 part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Insidious, which includes Insidious: Out of the Further (2026).
Are there English movies like Insidious: Chapter 3?
Yes: Lights Out (2016), Insidious: Out of the Further (2026) and Ouija (2014).
How are movies similar to Insidious: Chapter 3 chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Insidious: Chapter 3, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.