Movies Like Shamshaan
If you liked Shamshaan (2000), a horror movie directed by R.K. Khanna, 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 Entity (1982)
★ 6.9/10Also horrorA single mom is raped by an invisible force. Her psychiatrist believes the experience stems from childhood trauma, while she knows something supernatural is at play.
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They Reach (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also horrorIn 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.
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Night of the Hunted (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorWhen an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her…
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The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorA masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.
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Never Let Go (2024)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorAs an evil takes over the world beyond their front doorstep, the only protection for a mother and her twin sons is their house and their family’s protective bond.
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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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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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The Wailer (2006)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorOn their way to Mexico, six students are stranded in a small town where years before a tragedy took place.
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Strange Darling (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also horrorNothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
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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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God Is a Bullet (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorVice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the leader with the…
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The Kindred (2021)
★ 6.4/10Also horrorAfter her father’s suicide, a young mother investigates what led to his death. But when she is haunted by spirits and unearths an unsolved mystery from 30 years ago, she discovers a dark family history that could prove…
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The Lady Vanishes (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorYoung socialite Iris Carr befriends an older woman while traveling solo by train. When Iris wakes from a nap, the woman is gone and other passengers claim she never existed.
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Terrifier (2011)
★ 6/10Also horrorAfter witnessing a brutal murder on Halloween night, a young woman becomes the next target of a maniacal entity.
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Wake Up (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorA group of young activists set out to make an environmental statement by vandalizing a home superstore as it closes. But their plan goes terribly wrong when they become trapped inside and must face a deranged security…
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The Jester (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also horrorThe 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…
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The Shed (2019)
★ 6/10Also horrorThe story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge…
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Lady in White (1988)
★ 6.1/10Also 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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Urban Legend (1998)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorA college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to various urban legends.
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House of Wax (2005)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorA group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.