Movies like The Candy Witch (2020)
The best movies like The Candy Witch (2020) are Witchcraft (1964), Soul Eater (2021) and The Morrigan (2026). If The Candy Witch hooked you with its horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Conjuring 2 (2016)7.3/10 from 9,540 votes
- NewestThe Morrigan (2026)Released 2026
Witchcraft (1964)
When her grave is disturbed by modern-day land developers, a 300-year-old witch is accidentally resurrected and terrorizes an English village.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Soul Eater (2021)
Three kids unleash more than they bargained for from an ancient book of witches.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Morrigan (2026)
Archaeologist Fiona travels to Ireland to uncover a long-dead tomb. A threat is released and she will have to fight to keep her teenage daughter from falling under the control of The Morrigan, a vengeful Pagan War Goddess.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Lair (2021)
A fractured family are forced to face their demons, metaphorically and literally, as they unwittingly become embroiled in a man's attempt to prove the existence of the supernatural in order to overturn a friend's murder conviction.
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 thisWitch Hunt (2021)
In a modern America where witches are real and witchcraft is illegal, a sheltered teenager must face her own demons and prejudices as she helps two young witches avoid law enforcement and cross the southern border to asylum in Mexico.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWe Are Still Here (2015)
After the death of their college age son, Anne and Paul Sacchetti relocate to the snowswept New England hamlet of Aylesbury, a sleepy village where all is most certainly not as it seems. When strange sounds and eerie feelings convince Anne that her son's spirit is still with them, they invite an eccentric, New Age couple to help them get to the bottom of the mystery.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThey Live in the Grey (2022)
While investigating a child abuse case, Claire discovers that the family is being tormented by a supernatural entity. In order to save the family, she must confront her own fears and use her emerging clairvoyance to stop the malevolent force.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
At the Devil's Door (2014)
When ambitious young real estate agent Leigh is asked to sell a house with a checkered past, she crosses paths with a disturbed girl whom she learns is the runaway daughter of the couple selling the property. When Leigh tries to intervene and help her, she becomes entangled with a supernatural force that soon pulls Leigh's artist sister Vera into its web - and has sinister plans for both of them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Secret of Sinchanee (2021)
An industrial tow truck driver suffering from insomnia returns to his childhood home after the untimely death of his father, to discover that a paranormal presence has been living in the house and haunting the sacred land it was built on.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLights 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 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 thisThe Curse of Sleeping Beauty (2016)
Thomas Kaiser inherits an ancestral mansion that has been in his family for generations — only to learn that he has also inherited an ancient curse stemming back to the Crusades. Forced into his new role as “protector” — the guardian appointed to keep the evil demons in the house at bay — Thomas teams with an ambitious local realtor and paranormal cleric to unravel the mystery of the house, while struggling to awaken the beautiful Briar Rose, held captive in a terrifying netherworld seen previously in his dreams.
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 thisMama (2013)
Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them in at night.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDon't Knock Twice (2017)
A mother desperate to reconnect with her troubled daughter becomes embroiled in the urban legend of a demonic witch.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisCoven (2020)
A group of witches helps one of its own invoke the powers of the ancient demon Ashura. But when the evil spirit possesses the body of one of the girls and her power is released, it's up to her former coven to stop her before it's too late.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Ghost Within (2023)
A young woman revisits her family home desperate to discover her sister Evie's murderer 20 years before. After a series of terrifying encounters with Evie's ghost at 09:09pm, Margot knows she must fight to learn the truth once and for all.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Conjuring 2 (2016)
Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDementer (2019)
After fleeing a backwoods cult, a woman tries to turn her life around by taking a job in a home for special needs adults only to discover that she must face her dark past to save a down syndrome girl.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Witch in the Window (2018)
When Simon brings his twelve year-old son, Finn, to rural Vermont to help flip an old farmhouse, they encounter the malicious spirit of Lydia, a previous owner. And now with every repair they make – she's getting stronger.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Birch (2016)
A bullied schoolboy takes drastic measures against his tormenter, summoning an ancient being in the woods using a spellbound book passed down through the generations of his family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Dark Song (2016)
A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.
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
SnoozefestMovies like thisDark Harvest (2023)
In a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the town’s teenage boys in a bloody battle of survival.
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 thisInsidious: The Last Key (2018)
Parapsychologist Elise Rainier and her team travel to Five Keys, NM, to investigate a man’s claim of a haunting. Terror soon strikes when Rainier realizes that the house he lives in was her family’s old home.
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 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 thisFear Street: 1666 (2021)
In 1666, a colonial town is gripped by a hysterical witch-hunt that has deadly consequences for centuries to come, and it's up to teenagers in 1994 to finally put an end to their town's curse, before it's too late.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Candy Witch?
The closest matches to The Candy Witch are Witchcraft (1964), Soul Eater (2021) and The Morrigan (2026). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Candy Witch?
People who watched The Candy Witch most often go on to Witchcraft (1964), Soul Eater (2021) and The Morrigan (2026).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Candy Witch?
The Conjuring 2 (2016), rated 7.3/10 by 9,540 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Candy Witch?
The Morrigan (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Candy Witch?
Yes: Witchcraft (1964), Soul Eater (2021) and The Morrigan (2026).
How are movies similar to The Candy Witch chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Candy Witch, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.