Movies Like Shavala

If you liked Shavala (2024), a horror and mystery movie directed by Borja Sánchez Adrián, 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.

1
La Casa (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and mystery
Responding to an urgent call for help, a police officer becomes trapped by the evil spirits of a cursed house.
2
The Inhabitant (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and mystery
Like any other teenage girl, Tara is just surviving high school — yet her father and mother seem strangely distant. Amidst a nearby spree of gruesome ax murders, Tara has sightings of terrifying entities, forcing her…
3
Km 31-2 (2016)
★ 7/10Also mystery and horror
A woman is searching for her son who got lost under mysterious circumstances.
4
The Chalk Line (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and mystery
After a couple finds a traumatized child of unknown origins, wife Paula must decipher the girl's strange behaviors to unlock her identity and dark past.
5
The Jester (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also mystery and horror
The Jester is the titular main antagonist of the horror/thriller analogy short films of the same name. He is an enigmatic and malevolent being who enjoys inducing suffering to individuals he comes across who don't…
6
The Dogs (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and mystery
After fleeing his psychotic father, a young teen and his mom seek refuge in a remote farmhouse, only to face a pack of ferocious dogs and the sinister spirits that haunt the property.
7
Older Gods (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and mystery
After the disappearance of his troubled friend, American Chris Rivers travels to the remote Welsh countryside to investigate what happened – leading him to a dark apocalyptic cult.
8
Nocebo (2022)
★ 6/10Also mystery and horror
A fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino caregiver who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying…
9
Body Cam (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and mystery
As a police officer investigates the gruesome murder of her colleague, she discovers that a mysterious supernatural force is behind it.
10
They Reach (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also horror
In 1979, a young girl stumbles upon a possessed tape player. She unknowingly unleashes a demonic entity that haunts her family while slowly dragging the small town of Clarkston to Hell.
11
Night Watch (1973)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery and horror
A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.
12
Come Play (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and mystery
Oliver, a lonely autistic boy, seeks solace and refuge in his ever-present cell phone and tablet. When a mysterious creature uses the boy's devices against him, his parents must fight to save their son from the monster…
13
Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and mystery
Working in the shadow of an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome…
14
Home Sweet Home: Rebirth (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and mystery
When a city is overrun with a demonically-possessed crowd, a cop must find the source of evil to save his family.
15
Black Rainbow (1989)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and horror
Martha Travis is a medium who makes contact with spirits "on the other side" and connects them with their loved ones still alive, in public performances. Trouble begins when she gives a message to Mary Kuron from her…
16
The Haunted (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and mystery
In a rambling, isolated house, Emily’s first night-shift as carer to an elderly dementia patient turns into a nightmare as she is tormented by a vengeful spirit and uncovers the house's dark secrets.
17
The Valdemar Legacy (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and mystery
Luisa Llorente, an expert on taxation of old buildings, had recently gone to the Victorian mansion Valdemar to conduct an inventory of property ownership. After she mysteriously disappeared, Maximilian, president of…
18
The Woman in Black (1989)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and mystery
A lawyer travels to a small seaside town to settle the estate of a recently deceased woman, but soon becomes ensnared in something much more sinister.
19
Amelia’s Children (2024)
★ 6/10Also horror and mystery
When Edward’s search for his biological family leads him and his girlfriend Ryley to a magnificent villa high in the mountains of Northern Portugal, he is full of excitement at meeting his long-lost mother and twin…
20
Mercy Black (2019)
★ 6/10Also horror and mystery
A woman is sent to a mental institution after stabbing her classmate in an attempt to conjure an evil spirit called, Mercy Black. Fifteen years later she's released, and must save her nephew, who has become obsessed…