20 best movies like Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)

List of the best movies like Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983): Lady in White, Crimson Peak, The Covenant, Sleepy Hollow, The Craft, Dylan Dog: Dead of Night, Darkness Falls, The Haunting, The Invisible, The Serpent and the Rainbow.

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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: 6.5
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, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure, detective
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:37

Four young men who belong to a supernatural legacy are forced to battle a fifth power long thought to have died out. Another great force they must contend with is the jealousy and suspicion that threatens to tear them apart.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration01:45

New York detective Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of mysterious deaths in which the victims are found beheaded. But the locals believe the culprit to be none other than the ghost of the legendary Headless Horseman.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:48

Supernatural private eye, Dylan Dog, seeks out the monsters of the Louisiana bayou in his signature red shirt, black jacket and blue jeans.

Markimdb: 5
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
CountryUSA, Australia
Duration01:26

A vengeful spirit has taken the form of the Tooth Fairy to exact vengeance on the town that lynched her 150 years earlier. Her only opposition is the only child, now grown up, who has survived her before.

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: 6.2
Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Sweden, South Africa
Duration01:42

After an attack leaves him in limbo -- invisible to the living and also near death -- a teenager discovers the only person who might be able help him is his attacker.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:38

A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies, blood rites and ancient curses. Based on the true life experiences of Wade Davis and filmed on location in Haiti, it's a frightening excursion into black magic and the supernatural.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, detective
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration01:33

    In a California desert town, a short-order cook with clairvoyant abilities encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark, threatening forces.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrethriller, fantasy, family, detective
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:24

    No sooner does an all-American family takes possession of a baronial English manor when all manner of peculiar things occurring, including signs that point to the disappearance of a young girl during a solar eclipse decades before. Bette Davis headlines and Lynn-Holly Johnson co-stars in this suspenseful take on haunted houses.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:29

      About an orphaned child whose dreams - and nightmares - manifest physically as he sleeps.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrethriller, fantasy, detective
      CountryFrance, Spain, USA
      Duration02:13

      An all-expenses-paid international search for a rare copy of the book, 'The Nine Gates of the Shadow Kingdom' brings an unscrupulous book dealer deep into a world of murder, double-dealing and satanic worship.

      Markimdb: 3.6
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:43

      S. Darko follows Samantha Darko, the younger sister of Donnie, the protagonist of Donnie Darko, and her friend Corey. On their way to California, their car breaks down, forcing them to wait in a small town until it is fixed. While there, Samantha begins to have dreams that warn her of the end of the universe.

      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: 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: 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: 5.7
      Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      A single mother is swept into a dark underworld, while her teenage son discovers a road that leads him to a secret underwater town.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, Greece
      Duration01:50

      A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrethriller, fantasy, adventure, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:49

      Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a series of British business men by an Egyptian cult, they move to stop it.

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
      CountryFrance, Belgium
      Duration02:02

      Follows the journey of sisters who are believed to possess the supernatural ability to connect with ghosts. They cross paths with a visionary French producer while performing in Paris.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      Three college students on a road trip across the Southwest experience a detour – the tracking of a computer genius who has already hacked into MIT and exposed security faults. When the trio find themselves drawn to an eerily isolated area, suddenly everything goes dark. When one of the students regains consciousness, he finds himself in a waking nightmare.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, Germany
      Duration02:24

      A hotshot lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he learns his new boss is Lucifer himself.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:36

        Valerie is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry another man – who is wealthy. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter plan to run away together when they learn that Valerie's older sister has been killed by a werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. Hungry for revenge, the people call on famed werewolf hunter, Father Solomon, to help them kill the wolf. But Solomon's arrival brings unintended consequences as he warns that the wolf, who takes human form by day, could be any one of them.

        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, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:31

        A young boy named Luke and his grandmother go on vacation only to discover their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, where the Grand High Witch is unveiling her master plan to turn all children into mice. Will Luke fall victim to the witches' plot before he can stop them?

        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: 5.1
        Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:25

          After the mysterious, brutal death of an old friend, a group of teenagers find themselves in possession of "Stay Alive," an ultra-realistic 3-D videogame based on the spine-chilling true story of a 17th century noblewoman, known as "The Blood Countess." The gamers don't know anything about the game other than they're not supposed to have it... and they're dying to play it. Not able to resist temptation, the kids begin to play the grisly game but soon make a chilling connection -- they are each being murdered one-by-one in the same way as the characters they played in the game. As the line between the game world and the real world disappears, the teens must find a way to defeat the vicious and merciless Blood Countess, all the while trying to... stay alive.

          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: 4.7
          Genrehorror, fantasy, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:24

          A writer with a declining career arrives in a small town as part of his book tour and gets caught up in a murder mystery involving a young girl. That night in a dream, he is approached by a mysterious young ghost named V. He's unsure of her connection to the murder in the town, but is grateful for the story being handed to him. Ultimately he is led to the truth of the story, surprised to find that the ending has more to do with his own life than he could ever have anticipated.

          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: 7
          Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:59

          Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.

          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: 4.8
          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: 5.5
          Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:50

            Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect his new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world.

            Markimdb: 5.4
            Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Germany
            Duration01:33

            Adèle and her daughter Sarah are traveling on the Welsh coastline to see her husband James when Sarah disappears. A different but similar looking girl appears who says she died in a past time. Adèle tries to discover what happened to her daughter as she is tormented by Celtic mythology from the past.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
            Duration01:55

            A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A remake of the movie “Let The Right One In” which was an adaptation of a book.

            Markimdb: 5.3
            Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:32

            The idyllic lives of Phil and Kate seem complete when they select the winsome young Camilla as a live-in nanny for their newborn child. But the lovely young Camilla s not what she appears to be.

            Markimdb: 6
            Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, adventure
            CountryUSA, China, Canada
            Duration02:32

              The modern world holds many secrets, but by far the most astounding is that witches still live among us; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world and putting an end to the human race once and for all. Armies of witch hunters have battled this unnatural enemy for centuries, including Kaulder, a valiant warrior who many years ago slayed the all-powerful Witch Queen, decimating her followers in the process. In the moments right before her death, the Queen cursed Kaulder with immortality, forever separating him from his beloved wife and daughter. Today, Kaulder is the last living hunter who has spent his immortal life tracking down rogue witches, all the while yearning for his long-lost family.

              Markimdb: 5.4
              Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
              CountryUSA, Canada
              Duration01:32

              Violinist Sydney Wells was accidentally blinded by her sister Helen when she was five years old. She submits to a cornea transplantation, and while recovering from the operation, she realizes that she is seeing dead people.

              Markimdb: 5.2
              Genrethriller, fantasy, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:47

              Two siblings discover a supernatural escape from a troubled home, but find their bond tested when reality threatens to tear their family apart.

              Markimdb: 6
              Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, detective
              CountryRepublic of Ireland, France
              Duration01:42

              When a gloomy, God-fearing island community is rocked by the murder of a young child, a psychologist is called in to examine Dorothy Mills, the teenager accused of the crime. Despite the villagers' resistance, the therapist soon suspects that Dorothy suffers from multiple personality disorder...

              Markimdb: 4.8
              Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
              CountryUSA

              A family moves into a secluded mansion where they soon find themselves being targeted by an entity taking the form of a giant spider.

              Markimdb: 5.8
              Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
              CountryDenmark, France
              Duration01:24

              The young woman, Marie, is an outsider in the small coastal community where she has grown up. The townspeople live in fear of her and not least her mother, who is wheelchair bound, suffering from a mysterious illness. When Marie discovers her body changing – long hair growing on her chest and back – she begins searching for answers concerning her family’s hidden past. Something that will have great consequences for herself and her family – and the choices she has to make.

              Markimdb: 5.8
              Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, detective
              CountryUSA, Canada
              Duration01:19

              One man's struggle to contain the curse he hides within... and his last-ditch attempt to free himself with the love of family. But when it looks as if he is losing his battle, and endangering all he holds most dear, the family dog, Thor, is the last hope for his family's survival... and the end to his Werewolf curse.

              Markimdb: 6.2
              Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, short, detective
              CountryAustralia

              On Halloween 1997, two estranged teen skaters embark on a surreal journey through their memories, dreams and fears.

              Markimdb: 6.7
              Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
              CountryItaly, USA
              Duration02:26

              A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the troupe's artistic director, an ambitious young dancer and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare, others will finally wake up.

              Markimdb: 6.8
              Genrehorror, thriller, detective
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
              Duration02:09

              Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the beautiful young "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying secrets.

              Markimdb: 6.1
              Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
              CountryUSA, Germany
              Duration01:44

              A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patients near death experiences.




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