Others like this?


I'd consider this one of the greats of horror films. What others would you recommend that are on the same level of psychological horror?

For me, The Others comes to mind, though that movie wasn't too scary to me, just creepy and sad.

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I'd recommend:

The Innkeepers
The Woman in Black
Picnic at Hanging Rock
The Haunting (1963 film)
Mama
Stephen King's Rose Red
The Orphanage
The Frighteners (really, it's actually pretty scary for a movie with laughs in it)
Session 9
Dark Water (Japanese version)
Shutter (Korean version)
Insidious
Grave Encounters (the sequel was surprisingly good, as well)
The Devil's Backbone
The Legend of Hell House (1973)
13 Ghosts
Sinister
The Awakening
The Mothman Prophesies
What Lies Beneath

Those are all the ones I can think of off the top of my head.


Every day is Halloween.

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"Black Swan" (2010), "Stoker" (2013) and "The Orphanage" (2007). There's also a brilliant novel that is inspired by "The Turn of the Screw" (the tale that "The Innocents" it's based on) and some of Edgar Allan Poe's work, named "Florence & Giles". A sequel to this novel will be released in August, it's called "The Girl Who Couldn't Read". Highly recommend those!

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For the Hitchcock feel try Midnight Lace with Doris Day.

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Have you tried THE HAUNTING? It's my favorite among fantasy-suspense. I don't think this film falls into the "horror" genre. And it's directed by Robert Wise.

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Have you tried THE HAUNTING? It's my favorite among fantasy-suspense. I don't think this film falls into the "horror" genre. And it's directed by Robert Wise.

Yes, the original 1963 version of THE HAUNTING is the only one that can hold a candelabra to THE INNOCENTS (in fact, the narrative of THE HAUNTING may be even stronger).

Among other haunted house movies, THE OTHERS (2001) with Nicole Kidman and THE UNIVITED (1944) with Ray Milland, are right up there.

Check out PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (1975) as well.

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