Movies like Paranormal Activity
If Paranormal Activity's mix of halloween, haunting and ouija board stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Paranormal Activity's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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It Follows
2015 · Directed by David Robert Mitchell · 101 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: entity, suspenseful, horrified · Also horror and mystery
A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.
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The Taking of Deborah Logan
2014 · Directed by Adam Robitel · 90 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: found footage, pseudo-documentary, faux documentary · Also horror and mystery
What starts as a poignant medical documentary about Deborah Logan's descent into Alzheimer's disease and her daughter's struggles as caregiver degenerates into a maddening portrayal of dementia at its most frightening,…
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Hell House LLC
2015 · Directed by Stephen Cognetti · 91 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: halloween, found footage, pseudo-documentary · Also horror and mystery
Five years after an unexplained malfunction causes the death of 15 tour-goers and staff on the opening night of a Halloween haunted house tour, a documentary crew travels back to the scene of the tragedy to find out…
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Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor
2023 · Directed by Stephen Cognetti · 98 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: halloween, found footage, faux documentary · Also horror and mystery
A group of cold case investigators stay at the Carmichael Manor, site of the grisly and unsolved murders of the Carmichael family back in the eighties. After four nights, the group was never heard from again.
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The Blair Witch Project
1999 · Directed by Daniel Myrick · 81 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: halloween, found footage, pseudo-documentary · Also horror and mystery
In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
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Phoenix Forgotten
2017 · Directed by Justin Barber · 87 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: found footage, pseudo-documentary, faux documentary · Also horror and mystery
Twenty years after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful…
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Insidious: Chapter 2
2013 · Directed by James Wan · 106 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: halloween, supernatural horror, suspenseful
The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.
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Grave Encounters
2011 · Directed by Stuart Ortiz · 93 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: haunting, found footage, pseudo-documentary
A crew from a paranormal reality television show lock themselves in a haunted psychiatric hospital. They search for evidence of paranormal activity as they shoot what ends up becoming their final episode.
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The Legend of Hell House
1973 · Directed by John Hough · 95 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: haunting, psychic · Also horror and mystery
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.
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Lights Out
2016 · Directed by David F. Sandberg · 81 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: supernatural horror, suspenseful · Also horror and mystery
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.
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Insidious
2011 · Directed by James Wan · 102 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: halloween, supernatural horror
A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they…
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The Conjuring: Last Rites
2025 · Directed by Michael Chaves · 136 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: halloween, supernatural horror
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on one last terrifying case involving mysterious entities they must confront.