Movies Like Deadly Messages
If you liked Deadly Messages (1985), a horror and tv movie movie directed by Jack Bender, 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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Paranormal Activity (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and mysteryAfter a young, middle-class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be demonic, but is certainly the most active in the middle of…
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The Night Stalker (1972)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery and horrorWisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into…
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Kept Woman (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and tv movieJessica and her fiancé Evan have just moved from the city into their dream home on a quiet suburban street. Soon after, Jessica catches her seemingly friendly new neighbor, Simon, in a strange lie and can't let her…
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Infidelity in Suburbia (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and tv movieWith her husband away at work, and her son at school, Laura dreams of a home-renovation project to supplant her restless days. Elliott, her irresistibly hot private contractor, soon fulfills her more forbidden dreams.
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Nocebo (2022)
★ 6/10Also mystery and thrillerA 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…
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Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and mysteryJust as Daniel and Kristi welcome a newborn baby into their home, a demonic presence begins terrorizing them, tearing apart their perfect world and turning it into an inescapable nightmare.
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The Woman in Black (1989)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and mysteryA 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.
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Is There a Killer in My Family? (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and tv movieTrue-crime author, Carly, and her husband Kevin take a vacation at a historical mansion on Crawford Island. Kevin thinks it will be a chance for them to reconnect, but Carly plans to research the puzzling unsolved…
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Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also mystery and tv movieAt a gathering of mystery and true crime fans, Aurora Teagarden’s nephew, Phillip, is accused of murder when an unplanned onstage blackout during the play in which he is performing ends, revealing Phillip holding the…
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Bad Sister (2015)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and tv movieAs a top student at St. Adeline's Catholic Boarding School, Zoe senses that something is not quite right about the school's new nun-- a sense proven to be true when it is revealed the "good' nun is an imposter with a…
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Someone's Watching Me! (1978)
★ 6.2/10Also tv movie and thrillerA young woman moves to a high-rise apartment building and soon begins to be tormented by an unknown stalker who seems to know her every move.
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Uncanny Annie (2019)
★ 6/10Also horror and thrillerOn Halloween night a group of college students get trapped in a mysterious board game that brings their darkest secrets and fears to life, where they must play to escape…and win to survive.
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Pooka Lives! (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thrillerA group of thirty-something friends from high school create their own Creepypasta about Pooka for laughs, but are shocked when it becomes so viral on the internet that it actually manifests more murdererous versions of…
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The Bad Seed (2018)
★ 7/10Also horror and thrillerA widower suspects that his seemingly perfect adolescent daughter is a heartless killer.
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Watcher (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and mysteryAs a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.
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The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It (2007)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and tv movieCassie, a 13 year old Gothic girl, is trying to fit in at her new school. To entertain herself, she plays a series of pranks on the popular kids and her younger brother, Max. When she goes to a Halloween store looking…
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I Still See You (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and mysteryTen years after an apocalyptic event left the world haunted by ghosts, Veronica 'Ronnie' Calder receives a threatening message from beyond the grave. Joining forces with a mysterious classmate, Kirk, Ronnie descends…
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Lady in White (1988)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and horrorLocked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago.
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Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thrillerParapsychologist Elise Rainier and her team travel to Five Keys, NM, to investigate a man’s claim of a haunting. Terror soon strikes when Rainier realizes that the house he lives in was her family’s old home.
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Urban Legend (1998)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and horrorA college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to various urban legends.