Movies Like Syaitan
If you liked Syaitan (2018), a horror movie directed by Murali Abdullah, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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The Boy Behind the Door (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorBobby tries to save himself and his best friend when they are kidnapped on their way home from school.
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Whisper (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorSinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.
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Play Dead (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorCriminology student Chloe fakes her own death to break into a morgue, in order to retrieve a piece of evidence that ties her younger brother to a crime gone wrong. Once inside, she discovers that a sadistic coroner is…
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Vicious (2025)
★ 6/10Also horrorWhen Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.
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Frank and Penelope (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also horrorA tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is…
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The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
★ 6.8/10Also horrorConvinced that his family is tainted by generations of evil, Roderick Usher is hellbent on stopping his sister Madeline’s wedding to prevent the cursed Usher bloodline from expanding. When her nameless traveller fiancé…
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Containment (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorNeighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?
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Dead Sea (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also horrorStranded in the open sea after a fatal accident, a young woman and her two friends are rescued by a fishing vessel's captain, unaware that the ship harbors a chilling secret.
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Saint Catherine (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorAn orphaned girl is rescued from a satanic ritual and taken to Saint Catherine Institute for homeless youth. There she will learn new skills while facing demons that stalk her.
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Play Dead (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorA woman wakes up injured in a basement surrounded by corpses. To survive, she pretends to be dead while a grotesque ritual unfolds in the house above.
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Z (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also horrorA family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend.
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Curve (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also horrorClinging to a smooth, curved surface high above a sentient abyss, a woman tries to cover the few feet back to safety without losing purchase and falling to her death.
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Maniac (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorWhen a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.
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The Other (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorUnable to conceive, a couple seeks to build a family with a young orphan, survivor of tragic childhood. But their act of love turns to horror when they realize the violence in their foster's past has returned to…
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You'll Never Find Me (2024)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorPatrick, a strange and lonely resident, lives in a mobile home at the back of an isolated caravan park. After a violent thunderstorm erupts, a mysterious young woman appears at his door, seeking shelter from the…
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Succubus (2024)
★ 8.3/10Also horrorA new father going through a marital separation joins a dating app and matches with a beautiful but mysterious young woman... whose powers of seduction and manipulation entangle him in a mystery more horrifying than he…
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Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders (2022)
★ 6/10Also horrorA family reunion at a remote mansion takes a lethal turn when they are trapped inside and forced to play a deadly survival game where only one will make it out alive.
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The Last Breath (2024)
★ 6/10Also horrorA group of old college friends reunite on a Caribbean scuba diving trip exploring the wreckage of a WWII battleship and find themselves trapped inside the underwater labyrinth of rusted metal surrounded by great white…
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Bloodline Killer (2024)
★ 6/10Also horrorMoira Cole endeavors to rebuild her shattered life after her family's murder at the hands of her deranged and obsessed cousin.
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Double Blind (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorAfter an experimental drug trial goes awry, the test subjects face a terrifying side effect: if you fall asleep you die. Trapped in an isolated facility, panic ensues as they try to escape and somehow stay awake.