Movies Like Absence
If you liked Absence (2025), a horror movie directed by Joseph Bolz, 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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Monster (2005)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorA mother battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the closet, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
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The Cellar (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also horrorWhen Keira Woods' daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country, she soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk…
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Eradication (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorWhen an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and…
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Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round (2026)
★ 7.6/10Also horrorAfter a mysterious bout of amnesia, a beloved children’s television host struggles to piece together his fractured memories, only to find his once-cheerful puppet co-stars behaving with sinister intent. As reality…
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undertone (2026)
★ 6/10Also horrorThe host of a popular paranormal podcast becomes haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously sent her way.
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Night Watch (1973)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorA 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.
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The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It (2007)
★ 6.9/10Also horrorCassie, 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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Nightbooks (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorAlex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, is trapped by a witch in her modern, magical New York City apartment. His original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping him safe as he desperately tries to find a way…
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Deep Water (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also horrorA group of international passengers on a flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai is forced to make an emergency landing in shark-infested waters. The terrified group is forced to work together and overcome their…
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The Haunting (1963)
★ 7.1/10Also horrorDr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced…
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Unseen (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also horrorSam receives a call from Emily, a near blind woman who is running from her murderous ex in the woods. Can she survive using Sam as her eyes via video call?
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Superhost (2021)
★ 5.8/10Also horrorTwo travel vloggers check into a vacation rental with a host that will do anything for a good review.
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House on Haunted Hill (1959)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorFrederick Loren invites five strangers to the party of a lifetime and offers each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in the reportedly haunted house. Armed with a gun for protection, each guest arrives in a…
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The Asphyx (1972)
★ 6/10Also horrorHugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curious and frightening question...What is…
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The Last House (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also horrorA family suddenly sealed inside their home must work together to survive against dwindling resources and the ominous threat keeping them trapped.
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The Unhealer (2021)
★ 5.8/10Also horrorA botched faith healing bestows supernatural Shaman powers on a bullied teenager. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that kills someone he loves, he uses his powers for revenge and goes on a bloody rampage to…
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The Oblong Box (1969)
★ 5.8/10Also horrorEvil lurks in the gloomy house at Markham Manor where a deranged Sir Edward is the chained prisoner of his brother Julian. When Sir Edward escapes, he embarks on a monstrous killing spree, determined to seek revenge on…
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The Car (1977)
★ 6.4/10Also horrorThe Utah community of Santa Ynez is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the car kills off the town sheriff, Captain Wade Parent is determined…
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Mr. Boogedy (1986)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorA novelty-salesman moves his family into a new house. Initially dismissing incidents as more of their father's practical jokes, the family soon learns that the house is haunted by people who lived in the house 300…
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The Jack in the Box Rises (2024)
★ 6.6/10Also horrorWhen a creepy Jack-in-the-Box is discovered and opened on the grounds of an exclusive girls' school, six brave students soon enter a fight to the finish against the unleashed demon.