20 best movies like Sinister (2012)

List of the best movies like Sinister (2012): Slasher, The Dead Zone, Truth or Dare, Lady in White, The Bye Bye Man, The Pact II, I Am Not a Serial Killer, Below, Haunter, The Canal.

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Markimdb: 6.7
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryCanada
Duration00:30

Thirty years ago, in the sleepy community of Waterbury, a killer known as “The Executioner” murdered Sarah Bennett's parents. Now Sarah and her husband Dylan have returned to town, only to find herself the centerpiece in a series of horrifying murders centered around the seven deadly sins.

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: 5
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:18

Eight college friends head to a "Haunted Rental" in a remote town for Halloween weekend. There, they play the game rumored to have caused the deaths of seven teenagers decades earlier, Truth or Dare. What starts out as vodka induced fun, quickly turns serious when the dares become sickeningly dangerous and the truths threaten to tear the group apart. When players attempt to refuse the increasingly challenging tasks, they're met with deadly consequences, quickly discovering: you must do the dare, or the dare does you. As the death toll mounts, the remaining players must race against the clock to outrun, outsmart and outlast the simple game of Truth or Dare.

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: 4.3
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
CountryUSA, China
Duration02:22

When three college students move into an old house off campus, they unwittingly unleash a supernatural entity known as The Bye Bye Man, who comes to prey upon them once they discover his name. The friends must try to save each other, all the while keeping The Bye Bye Man's existence a secret to save others from the same deadly fate.

Markimdb: 4.3
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:36

The sequel is set just weeks after Annie Barlow's deadly confrontation with the Judas Killer. In this elevated sequel, we meet June, a woman whose carefully constructed life is beginning to unravel due to lucid nightmares so awful they disturb her waking life

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
Duration02:46

Fifteen-year old John Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it. He’s obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn’t want to become one. Terrible impulses constantly tempt him, so for his own sake, and the safety of those around, he lives by rigid rules to keep himself “good” and “normal”. However, when a real monster shows up in his town he has to let his dark side out in order to stop it – but without his rules to keep him in check, he might be more dangerous than the monster he’s trying to kill.

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: 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: 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: 6
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:21

A young woman studying the habits of webcam chat users from the apparent safety of her apartment witnesses a brutal murder online and is quickly immersed in a nightmare in which she and her loved ones are targeted for the same grisly fate as the first victim.

Markimdb: 3.1
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA

A group of paranormal investigators enter the abandoned home of paedophile and serial killer John Gacy, hoping to find evidence of paranormal activity. Upon entering the house they set-up cameras throughout the abandoned house while going room to room with hand-held cameras, performing séance's and asking for John Gacy to come forward. As the evening progresses it seems the investigators are not prepared for the horror still within the house.

Markimdb: 6
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada

Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laconic police psychologist Cal Jamison is reluctantly drawn into a series of grisly, ritualistic murders involving the immolation of two youths.

Markimdb: 4.3
Genrehorror, thriller, crime, detective
CountryUSA

Trying to find inspiration for his next horror novel, Blake retreats to the Appalachian Mountains with his mistress, Angelica. Upon arrival they learn about the case of several missing boys in the area. When Angelica follows a lead to one of the missing boys and disappears, Blake becomes a prime suspect.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration00:59

Set in the late 1980s, school is out for the summer, and a sun-drenched season of firsts beckons the counselors at Camp Clearwater, a seemingly idyllic Midwestern summer camp, including first loves, first kisses – and first kills. Clearwater’s dark, ancient mythology awakens, and what was supposed to be a summer of fun soon turns into one of unforgettable scares and evil at every turn.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:28

A police officer and a psychologist investigate the deaths of five people who were killed while trying to summon ghosts.

Markimdb: 6
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:24

    Publisher, Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. However, as they settle into their home the Atentons discover that a woman and her children were murdered there, and the surviving husband is the town's prime suspect. With help from a neighbor who was close to the murdered family, Will pieces together a horrifying chain of events.

    Markimdb: 3.8
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

    When a tour guide breaks into America's Most Haunted House, a bit of amateur ghost hunting with friends turns into more horror than they could have ever imagined.

    Markimdb: 4.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    A group of friends download a Siri-like App which, at first, seems like a harmless way to get directions or a restaurant recommendation. But the sinister nature of the App soon reveals itself. The App not only knows each person’s deepest, darkest fears, but is able to manifest these fears into the real world to literally scare the kids to death.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, detective
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration01:34

    The police force of a remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus who is picking off citizens on Christmas Eve.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
    CountryFrance, Germany, Czech Republic, Belgium
    Duration01:55

    A personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.

    Markimdb: 3.3
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA

    When the new sheriff of Salem, Massachusetts discovers that he is the victim of a centuries-old curse, he must protect his family from the vengeful ghosts that torment his home.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, Romania, USA
    Duration01:23

    Based on the true events of the only case in US History where a spirit caused the death of a man.

    Markimdb: 3.2
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA

    A Marine Biologist is assigned to investigate the mysterious deaths of some marine life in an inland salt water lake that has been attributed to a creature thought to have been the stuff of a legend.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryIceland
    Duration02:39

    After an older lady hangs herself in a church, a new psychiatrist discovers she was obsessed with the disappearance of his eight-year-old son, who vanished three years earlier. Meanwhile, three city dwellers are restoring a house when they realize it is haunted.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genrehorror, drama, detective
    CountryUSA

    Don Koch tries to renovate a rundown mansion with a sordid history for his growing family, only to learn that the house has other plans.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:25

    Emily Johnson, her boyfriend Bobby and their friends Clare and Jude are recent college grads driving cross-country, taking a last vacation together before they face the "real" world. An accident leaves them hurt and stranded on a lonely Louisiana road. When the ambulance arrives, it whisks them to Mercy Hospital.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    Trevor Blackburn is accused of murdering his girlfriend, Faith, in a brutal ritual. He's sentenced to live in an experimental rehabilitation community and falls into a coma. When he wakes up, he meets the mysterious Dr. Elk, who tortures Trevor in an attempt to learn the whereabouts of a powerful occult book. As other patients start to disappear, Trevor begins to wonder who and where he really is.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA

    Fresh out of rehab, a young woman moves back in with her parents and sister, and soon becomes involved in a mystery that has left people in her town paralyzed.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

    On a bitterly cold December night, a paranormal investigations team has set their sights on the bloody Hillcrest Sanatorium to answer the age old question: Is there life after death? With rumours of hauntings and local children gone missing, they may just get their answer the hard way when members of the team mysteriously disappear, leaving behind unnerving evidence.

    Markimdb: 4
    Genrehorror, detective
    CountryUSA, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom
    Duration01:27

    Several people start receiving voice-mails from their future selves -- messages which include the date, time, and some of the details of their deaths.

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
    CountryUSA

    A vengeful ghost, a mysterious killer, and a family where everyone has a secret converge in one night of terror in this remake of Francis Ford Coppola's first feature film.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryIndia

    As a blind librarian, dispirited cricketer and desolate psychiatrist each seek retribution and release, their lives overlap under eerie influences.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA

    My name is Rebecca. When I left for college my ex John thought web cams would help us keep in touch. It does however it also leads us to a dark secret when we meet and cam with Vera Madeline, an on-line psychic, who initiates a deadly reign of terror.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:35

    A serial killer, who drains his victims for blood is on the loose in London, the Police follow him to a house owned by an eccentric scientist.

    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: 5.9
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

    A masked killer, wearing World War II U.S. Army fatigues, stalks a small New Jersey town bent on reliving a 35-year-old double murder by focusing on a group of college kids holding an annual Spring Dance.

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:39

    A family imprisoned by intruders is forced to play a terrifying game of "Kill, Or Be Killed". As the night unfolds, the game's mysterious rules become clear, and the family realizes their nightmare is being streamed live to riveted viewers all over the world, who are compelled to KEEP WATCHING... not knowing if what they're seeing is real, or staged.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:23

    A teenager's attempts to bring a brilliant surgeon into his dysfunctional family take an unexpected turn.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:49

    During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are preparing for the resurrection of their leader Nix, a powerful magician who was killed 13 years earlier.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, comedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:07

    Ten years after the events of the original movie, Victor Crowley is mistakenly resurrected and proceeds to kill once more.

    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: 3.4
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

      After learning of an urban legend in which a demented serial killer named SMILEY can be summoned through the Internet, mentally fragile Ashley must decide whether she is losing her mind or becoming Smiley's next victim.

      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: 4.8
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

      Bullying students are becoming deathly ill after screaming the name of a legendary ghost. What's to blame? An exotic illness? An illicit drug? Or is it the supernatural? The clues are few and time is running out for the students of Rogers High School. The only hope is the Veritas Project, a highly trained investigative team working undercover to expose the truth. Lives hang in the balance as they scramble to unravel the mystery and protect the student body from their own hatred and fear.

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA

      Joanna Mills has a successful career but feels her personal life is spinning out of control. She has few friends, an estranged father, and a crazy ex-boyfriend who is stalking her. Joanna begins having terrifying visions of a woman's murder, and it seems that she is the killer's next target. Determined to solve the mystery and escape her apparent fate, Joanna follows her visions to the victim's hometown and finds that some secrets just do not stay buried.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryItaly

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      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration01:44

      A web-comic artist finds that a series of murders are occurring that have a disturbing resemblance to the images in her work.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA, Canada, Mexico
      Duration01:36

      Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Sarah and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:33

      A genre-defying mixture of horror, sci-fi, myth, mystery and thrills told as four interlocking tales in one intelligent anthology. Ghosts, spirits, creatures, demons and more from the paranormal world collide with rational curiosity.




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