20 best movies like Noroi: The Curse (2005)


List of the best movies like Noroi: The Curse (2005): Noroi: The Curse, Burnt Offerings, The Awakening, The Skeleton Key, Occult, Shutter, Rings, Doctor Sleep, Haunter, Tales of Terror.

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Markimdb: 6.9
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryJapan
Duration01:55

A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon called the "kagutaba."

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA, Italy
Duration01:56

A couple and their 12-year-old son move into a giant house for the summer. Things start acting strange almost immediately. It seems that every time some gets hurt on the grounds the beat-up house seems to repair itself.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:47

1921 England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart (Hall) visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration01:44

    A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryJapan
    Duration01:50

    Koji Shiraishi is interested in strange indiscriminate murder at a sightseeing resort. He goes behind the camera to investigate the circumstances surrounding strange occurrences and interview the survivors.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA, Japan, Thailand
    Duration01:30

    A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:10

    Julia becomes worried about her boyfriend, Holt when he explores the dark urban legend of a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after viewing. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a "movie within the movie" that no one has ever seen before.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom

    A traumatized, alcoholic Dan Torrance meets Abra, a kid who also has the ability to "shine." He tries to protect her from the True Knot, a cult whose goal is to feed off of people like them in order to remain immortal. Doctor Sleep is a sequel to Stephen King's 1977 novel "The Shining". Doctor Sleep is set several decades after the events of the first "Shining".

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
    CountryCanada, France
    Duration01:37

    A teenager is stuck in a time loop that is not quite the same each time. She must uncover the truth but her actions have consequences for herself and others.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

    Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. 2) A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but finds the man's attention to his wife worthy of more dramatic action. 3) A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, with unexpected consequences.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:21

    A young officer in Napoleon's Army pursues a mysterious woman to the castle of an elderly Baron.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:26

    Set in the Aokigahara Forest, a real-life place in Japan where people go to end their lives. Against this backdrop, a young American woman comes in search of her twin sister, who has mysteriously disappeared.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

      A thriller centered on an institutionalized young woman who becomes terrorized by a ghost.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:29

      Strange things begin to occurs as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom
      Duration01:34

      Film archivist David and his wife are perfectly happy or so he believes. When a looming secret shatters their marriage at the same time as a turn-of-the-century film reel he is studying reveals their house to be the site of a 1902 multiple-murder, David begins to unravel, and the house’s eerie history threatens to repeat itself. Dripping with tension and chilling to the core, this visceral Irish ghost story is a visually arresting and genuinely shocking journey into the darkness within.

      Markimdb: 3.3
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

      A group of young men dare a classmate to reach the porch of a legendary old house, said to be haunted by the thirteen victims of a family massacre. In hopes of making a viral video they arm him with a video camera to prove he was there or to capture him fleeing in terror before even reaching the house, as others have. When he doesn't return, the guys must go in to get him. Inside they discover the truth about the house, the fate of their friend and their own fate as well.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:50

      Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of frightening events developing.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrehorror, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:40

      When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent by his firm to settle the estate. The lawyer finds the townspeople reluctant to talk about or go near the woman's dreary home and no one will explain or even acknowledge the menacing woman in black he keeps seeing.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:52

      Dr. Markway, doing research to prove the existence of ghosts, investigates Hill House, a large, eerie mansion with a lurid history of violent death and insanity.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:53

      Dr. David Marrow invites Nell Vance, and Theo and Luke Sanderson to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate guests discover that Marrow is far more interested in the sinister mansion itself – and they soon see the true nature of its horror.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrehorror
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:27

      A warlock burned at the stake comes back and takes over the body of his great grandson to take his revenge on the descendents of the villages that burned him.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:43

      Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrehorror, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:00

      Sir Karell Borotyn appears to have been killed by Count Mora, a vampire who prowled around his castle. One year later, Irena, Karell's daughter, is haunted by the vampire and will be his next victim… unless Professor Zelen can avoid it.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA, Germany
      Duration01:42

      For centuries, a secret Order of priests has existed within the Church. A renegade priest, Father Alex Bernier, is sent to Rome to investigate the mysterious death of one of the Order's most revered members. Following a series of strangely similar killings, Bernier launches an investigation that forces him to confront unimaginable evil.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA, Sweden
      Duration01:34

      40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, awakening the house's darkest inhabitant.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration02:31

      In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
      Duration02:34

      A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:11

      After his father is killed in a car crash, Jack travels home to Colorado to help nurse his mother (who was injured in the crash) back to health. There, he uncovers long buried secrets and lies within his family, his friends, and his very identity.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrehorror, action, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:45

      In the dark silence of the sea during World War II, the submarine U.S.S. Tiger Shark prowls on what should be a routine rescue mission. But for the shell-shocked crew, trapped together in the sub's narrow corridors and constricted spaces, this is about to become a journey into the sensory delusions, mental deceptions and runaway fear that lurk just below the surface of the ocean.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:30

      Belle, her little sister, and her comatose twin brother move into a new house with their single mother Joan in order to save money to help pay for her brother's expensive healthcare. But when strange phenomena begin to occur in the house including the miraculous recovery of her brother, Belle begins to suspect her Mother isn't telling her everything and soon realizes they just moved into the infamous Amityville house.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada

      Set at the turn of the century, this is the tale of Ellen Rimbauer who just received this mysterious mansion as a wedding gift from her new husband...

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA, Russia
      Duration02:28

      ​When a 20-something finds a cache of hidden files on his new laptop, he and his friends are unwittingly thrust into the depths of the dark web. They soon discover someone has been watching their every move and will go to unimaginable lengths to protect the dark web.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:43

      Bestselling novelist Mike Noonan, unable to cope after his wife's sudden death, returns to the couple's lakeside retreat in Maine, where he becomes involved in a custody battle between a young widow and her child's enormously wealthy grandfather. Mike inexplicably receives mysterious ghostly visitations, escalating nightmares and the realization that his late wife still has something to tell him.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, family, crime, detective
      CountryJapan
      Duration01:59

      In Victorian-era London, on the night of Ciel Phantomhive's tenth birthday a fire destroyed his manor and killed both of his parents. In a moment of death Ceil strikes a deal with a demon, his soul in exchange for revenge. This demon becomes his butler and calls himself by name of Sebastian Michaelis, to protect and serve Ciel until the deal has been completed. One month after the fire Ciel returns from being missing, with his new butler Sebastian. Ceil is now the head of the Phantomhive corporation, handling all business affairs as well as the work as the Queen of England’s guard dog and looking for his parents murders.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, military
      CountryJapan

      Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountrySpain, Mexico
      Duration01:08

      Quintanilla family was found dead in their country side house. Police reported the existence of 37 hours of recorded evidence. The family traveled to their old farm house, where they investigated about the Legend of the Girl in the Garraf woods. They used to record whatever they did. Atrocious shows the last five days of this family, and the strange situations that they lived in those moments and which remain unexplained.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:58

      Locked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago. Shortly afterward he finds himself stalked by the killer and is soon drawn to an old house where a mysterious Lady In White lives. As he discovers the secret of the woman he soon finds that the killer may be someone close to him.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:28

      In 1965 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by the merciless spirit, this small family confronts unthinkable fears to save her and send her possessor back to the other side.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:42

      A couple attempts to unravel a sinister plot within the English countryside estate of a dying man who has gathered an eclectic and notable group of house guests.

      Markimdb: 3.4
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA

      Emma has a strong aversion towards her family’s new house, especially the attic. After moving in, she becomes miserable and reclusive. The rest of her family also seems unhappy and unsettled. The situation escalates one day when Emma is in the attic alone. All of a sudden someone who looks exactly like Emma attacks her viciously.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:27

      A rookie cop's world is turned upside down when she comes face to face with Paymon - King Of Hell. Officer Jessica Loren has the last shift at a transitioning police station, assigned to wait for a crew picking up bio-hazard waste from the armoury. But unbeknownst to her, cult leader John Michael Paymon has haunted the department ever since he committed suicide in custody. Jessica is about to find out just how dangerous he still is, all alone on the graveyard shift.............

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:28

      MIDNIGHT SON is the story of Jacob, a young man confined to a life of isolation, due to a rare skin disorder that prevents him from being exposed to sunlight. His world opens up when he meets Mary, a local bartender, and falls in love. Tragically, Jacob’s actions become increasingly bizarre as he struggles to cope with the effects of his worsening condition. Forced by the disease to drink human blood for sustenance, he must control his increasingly violent tendencies as local law enforcement narrow their focus on him as a suspect in a series of grisly murders.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryItaly

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      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrehorror, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA

      A psychological thriller based on the concept of anamorphosis, a painting technique that manipulates the laws of perspective to create two competing images on a single canvas.

      Markimdb: 4
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA

      The teenager Madison McBride is traumatized by the loss of her deranged father when she was nine years old and the suicide of her beloved brother Brandon one year ago. She decides to join the Richard Miller University, where Brandon committed suicide, to overcome her demons. While walking to her dorm, she meets the weird janitor Wilbur Mackey that tells her that the place is haunted.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy
      CountryUSA

      Restless spirits stir this Hollow's Eve, beckoning Ian Cranston, the last blood relative of Ichabod Crane, back to Sleepy Hollow. Thundering hooves unleash a wave of bone-chilling screams as the ghost of the Headless Horseman rides again! Ian must try to save the town and his girlfriend, Karen and determine whether the sword-wielding stalker is their clownish classmate, Brody in costume, or the dark rider himself. If it's truly the Headless Horseman... how do you kill what's already dead?

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrehorror, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:48

      Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. Soon after arriving Ash begins to doubt his own senses, and watching the strange behaviour of its residents does not make his task any easier. In time, he finds there's more to Edbrook than even he can debunk.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrehorror, action, western
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:25

      Deputy Langley tracks a kidnapped girl to an abandoned ghost town. However, the town is not abandoned, but haunted by the spirits of an outlaw, Devlin, and his gang, who hold the equally deceased townspeople hostage until the outlaws can be killed by a lawman.

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:36

      Twenty five years ago, the SS Corona Queen disappeared in the region known as, "The Bermuda Triangle". Now, it has returned. Seven people go on board to learn the truth behind her disappearance but the ship did not return alone...




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