Movies like The Nesting (1981)
The best movies like The Nesting (1981) are Altar (2014), Next of Kin (1982) and The Haunted (1991). If The Nesting hooked you with its horror and mystery, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Innocents (1961)7.5/10 from 704 votes
- NewestAltar (2014)Released 2014
Altar (2014)
A young family find themselves in serious danger when they move to an isolated haunted house in the Yorkshire Moors.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisNext of Kin (1982)
After Linda inherits a retirement home, she witnesses a series of strange events which seem connected to a dark and unspeakable evil.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
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: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Woman in Black (1989)
A lawyer travels to a small seaside town to settle the estate of a recently deceased woman, but soon becomes ensnared in something much more sinister.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNightwish (1989)
A professor and four graduate students journey to a crumbling mansion to investigate paranormal activity and must battle ghosts, aliens and satanic entities.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe 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: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Legend of Hell House (1973)
A team consisting of a physicist, his wife, a young female psychic, and the only survivor of the previous visit are sent to the notorious Hell House to prove or disprove survival after death. Previous visitors have either been killed or gone mad, and it is up to the team to survive a full week in isolation, and solve the mystery of the Hell House.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFull Circle (1978)
After the death of her daughter, wealthy housewife Julia Lofting abruptly leaves her husband and moves into an old Victorian home in London to re-start her life. All seems well until she is haunted by the sadness of losing her own child and the ghosts of other children.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGhost Story (1974)
Several old college friends converge at a mansion, ostensibly for a pleasant reunion. Larry Dann, the most easygoing of the bunch, comes to the conclusion that all is not well in the old dark house. For one thing, he's run across several people whom he's never met. For another, they all seem to be of a different time and place.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & horror
Night of Dark Shadows (1971)
Recently married, Quentin and Tracy Collins have just moved into Collinwood, a New England estate that has long been in the Collins family and which Quentin has just inherited. They soon find themselves plagued by spirits of past residents.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
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: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies 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: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisShock (1977)
A couple is terrorized in their new house haunted by the vengeful ghost of the woman's former husband who possesses her young son.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGhostkeeper (1981)
A group of three friends on a snowmobiling trip find themselves stranded at an abandoned lodge isolated in the mountains. They discover that an old woman resides in the hotel, along with an evil entity that she is keeping in the basement.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Carpenter (1988)
A carpenter, who was executed in the electric chair, comes back to finish his dream house, now inhabited by a young married couple.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Don'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: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSchizoid (1980)
When Dr. Pieter Fales' patients start receiving ominous letters and getting murdered by an unknown black-clad assailant, he and his daughter both come under suspicion.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisSweet Home (1989)
Working on a documentary about infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro, a TV crew filming at his old home come under attack from the ghost of the painter's wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMalpertuis (1972)
A young sailor finds himself trapped in the labyrinthine mansion of his occultist uncle, along with a number of eccentric and mysterious relatives who all seem to be harboring a dark secret.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDominique (1980)
The wife of a greedy man comes back to haunt him after he scares her to death.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Retribution (1987)
After a depressed artist miraculously survives a suicide attempt, a series of horrific murders leads him to realize he may have been possessed by the vengeful spirit of a murdered gangster.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The 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: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe House by the Cemetery (1981)
After a doctor kills his mistress and himself while researching the mysterious previous owner of his Boston home, his colleague, Dr. Norman Boyle, takes over his studies and moves his family into the Boston mansion. Soon after, Boyle's young son Bob becomes plagued by visions of a young girl, who warns him of the danger within the house.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMadhouse (1981)
A woman is pursued by her murderous, psychopathic twin sister in the days leading up to their birthday.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe 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: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
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: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNight School (1981)
A Boston police detective investigates a series of gruesome decapitations of various college coeds, committed by a helmeted, black-leather clad serial killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Haunting (1963)
Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced to confront the nature of its horror…
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOf Unknown Origin (1983)
A man who recently completed rebuilding a townhouse becomes obsessed with a rat infestation until it becomes an interspecies duel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHouse of the Long Shadows (1983)
An American writer goes to a remote Welsh manor on a $20,000 bet that he can write a classic novel like 'Wuthering Heights' in 24 hours. However, upon his arrival he discovers that the apparently empty manor has several rather odd inhabitants.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Nesting?
The closest matches to The Nesting are Altar (2014), Next of Kin (1982) and The Haunted (1991). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Nesting?
People who watched The Nesting most often go on to Altar (2014), Next of Kin (1982) and The Haunted (1991).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Nesting?
The Innocents (1961), rated 7.5/10 by 704 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Nesting?
Altar (2014) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Nesting?
Yes: Altar (2014), Next of Kin (1982) and The Haunted (1991).
How are movies similar to The Nesting chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Nesting, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.