Movies like Jessica's Room (2012)
The best movies like Jessica's Room (2012) are The Evil (1978), And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973) and Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973). If Jessica's Room hooked you with its horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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Quick picks
- Highest ratedNight of the Living Dead (1968)7.6/10 from 2,900 votes
- NewestThe Dogs (2025)Released 2025
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 horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisAnd Now the Screaming Starts! (1973)
In the late 18th century, two newlyweds move into the stately mansion of the Fengriffen family. The young bride is victim of terrifying visions and apparitions, threatening her very sanity. A London psychiatrist comes to her help and uncovers the terrible secret that haunts the estate.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDon't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973)
A young couple inherits an old mansion inhabited by small demon-like creatures who are determined to make the wife one of their own.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Deliverance (2024)
Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the family apart, Ebony soon finds herself locked in a battle for her life and the souls of her children.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDon't Look at the Demon (2022)
A spiritual medium leads a paranormal investigative TV crew to a haunted home only to discover that the evil spirit she’s facing holds the key to her troubled past.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisParanormal Activity (2009)
After a young, middle-class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be demonic, but is certainly the most active in the middle of the night.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisYou're Not Alone (2020)
After the premature death of her estranged husband, Emma (Winter) regains custody of their young daughter Isla (Jones) and hopes to rebuild their relationship after many years apart. But when an evil entity begins to torment them, mother and daughter are forced to face the inexplicable presence that inhabits the walls of their new home.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisBrahms: The Boy II (2020)
After a family moves into the Heelshire Mansion, their young son soon makes friends with a life-like doll called Brahms.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisNever Let Go (2024)
As an evil takes over the world beyond their front doorstep, the only protection for a mother and her twin sons is their house and their family’s protective bond.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Amityville Horror (1979)
George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Victorian 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBurnt Offerings (1976)
A family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Haunted (1991)
When the Smurl family moves into a duplex, they find out it's haunted. When the Catholic Church is no help, they reach out to famous demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Dogs (2025)
After fleeing his psychotic father, a young teen and his mom seek refuge in a remote farmhouse, only to face a pack of ferocious dogs and the sinister spirits that haunt the property.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNo One Gets Out Alive (2021)
An immigrant in search of the American dream is forced to take a room in a boarding house and soon finds herself in a nightmare from which she can't escape.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDolls (1987)
A precocious girl, her nasty parents, two punk-rock losers and a weak-kneed salesman inadvertently become the guests of two ghoulish senior citizens in their dark, haunted mansion.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInsidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Innocents (1961)
In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOracle (2023)
A young woman accepts a job on a property with a traumatic history. Upon her arrival, she soon realizes that the nightmares of her childhood are connected to the evil in the house.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe 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
SnoozefestMovies like thisLured (2019)
A young man, Jason, decides to go to a remote village in Asia to meet Kate, whom he has been chatting with online for a while. But he becomes increasingly disturbed as he starts to find out Kate's secrets.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
The Righteous (2021)
A burdened man feels the wrath of a vengeful God after he and his wife are visited by a mysterious stranger.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKTHAI (2023)
What should have been a normal day is interrupted when Damien wakes up to a small wooden box being left at his front door. A box connected to a malevolent spirit that wants Damien dead...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
The Laplace's Demon (2017)
A glass in free fall. Have you ever thought if it is possible to calculate into how many pieces it can break into? After numerous experiments, a team of researchers succeeds in doing just this apparently impossible task. Attracted to their experiment, a mysterious professor invites the scientists in his isolated mansion to know more about their studies. However, when they arrive, they are not greeted by their host but they are faced with a strange model of the mansion, in which some absolutely normal but incredible actions are acted. The researchers will soon understand to be involved in a new experiment in which they'll have to play a very different role than usual: that of the glass in free fall.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisE (2017)
Attempting to kickstart his career, Karthik makes a documentary on Alzheimer's disease. His subject, Malathi Menon, lives in a small town outside Harippad with her daughter Athira. Karthik and his team arrive at Malathi's place and start noticing Malathi's unexplainable behavior, where she starts speaking in an ancient language and scribbling on certain pictures.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Hide and Seek (2005)
David Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his own. David is at first amused to discover that Emily has created an imaginary friend named 'Charlie', but it isn't long before 'Charlie' develops a sinister and violent side, and as David struggles with his daughter's growing emotional problems, he comes to the frightening realisation that 'Charlie' isn't just a figment of Emily's imagination.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Exorcism of God (2022)
An American priest working in Mexico is considered a saint by many local parishioners. However, due to a botched exorcism, he carries a secret that’s eating him alive until he gets an opportunity to face his demon one final time.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Jessica's Room?
The closest matches to Jessica's Room are The Evil (1978), And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973) and Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Jessica's Room?
Start with The Evil (1978), the closest match to Jessica's Room.
What is the highest-rated movie like Jessica's Room?
Night of the Living Dead (1968), rated 7.6/10 by 2,900 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Jessica's Room?
The Dogs (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Jessica's Room?
Yes: The Evil (1978), And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973) and Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973).
How are movies similar to Jessica's Room chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Jessica's Room, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.