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Movies like The Uninvited (1999)

The best movies like The Uninvited (1999) are Terrifier (2011), The Entity (1982) and Play Dead (2025). If The Uninvited hooked you with its horror, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. 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

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  2. The Entity (1982)

    A single mom is raped by an invisible force. Her psychiatrist believes the experience stems from childhood trauma, while she knows something supernatural is at play.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  3. Play Dead (2025)

    A woman wakes up injured in a basement surrounded by corpses. To survive, she pretends to be dead while a grotesque ritual unfolds in the house above.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  4. The Return (2020)

    After the death of his father, a brilliant college student returns to his family home where he learns that the horrors from his childhood aren't as dead and gone as he once thought.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  5. 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

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  6. Saint 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

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  7. Never 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

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  8. Soft & Quiet (2022)

    Taking place in real time, elementary school teacher Emily organizes a mixer of like-minded women, but an altercation between a woman from Emily’s past and the group leads to a volatile chain of events.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  9. Barbarian (2022)

    In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  10. Dark Light (2019)

    A woman returns to her family home and discovers it to be inhabited by monsters.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  11. The Wailer (2006)

    On their way to Mexico, six students are stranded in a small town where years before a tragedy took place.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  12. 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

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  13. 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

  14. The 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  15. Margaux (2022)

    As a group of seniors celebrate their final college days at a smart house, the house's highly advanced AI system, Margaux, begins to take on a deadly presence of her own. A carefree weekend of partying turns into a dystopian nightmare as they realize Margaux's plans to eliminate her tenants one way or another. Time begins to run out as the group desperately tries to survive and outsmart the smart home.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

  16. Abduction (2019)

    A man steps out of a park fountain in Ho Chi Minh City with no recollection of who he is or where he came from. As he wanders through the city, piecing together clues to his past, he is relentlessly pursued by mysterious figures.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  17. The Chair (2022)

    After Reese brings home an antique chair, a series of horrific events follow, leading him to question if it's a malevolent spirit the chair possesses or the darkness inside his own mind.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  18. The Haunting of Alcatraz (2020)

    Alcatraz. 1937. A young prison guard working the night shift experiences a string of chilling disturbances culminating in the bizarre death of an inmate at the most famous prison in the world

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  19. Ghostland (2018)

    A mother of two inherits a home from her aunt. On the first night in the new home she is confronted with murderous intruders and fights for her daughters’ lives. Sixteen years later the daughters reunite at the house, and that is when things get strange...

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  20. Containment (2015)

    Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like The Uninvited?

The closest matches to The Uninvited are Terrifier (2011), The Entity (1982) and Play Dead (2025). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after The Uninvited?

Start with Terrifier (2011), the closest match to The Uninvited.

What is the highest-rated movie like The Uninvited?

Ghostland (2018), rated 7.4/10 by 2,789 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like The Uninvited?

Dust Bunny (2025) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like The Uninvited?

Yes: Terrifier (2011), The Entity (1982) and Play Dead (2025).

How are movies similar to The Uninvited chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Uninvited, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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