Movies Like El Estudiante de Salamanca

If you liked El Estudiante de Salamanca, a horror and mystery movie directed by Victoria G. Hidalgo and Judith Perrino, 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
Haunted (1995)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and horror
Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. Soon after arriving Ash begins to doubt his own senses, and watching…
3
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…
4
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…
5
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…
6
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…
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
Crimson Peak (2015)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and romance
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house…
9
Spring (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and romance
A young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.
10
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.
11
Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery and romance
Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for…
12
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.
13
The Jester: Chapter 2 (2017)
★ 7.9/10Also horror and mystery
The Jester returns in this sequel short film to continue to spread his Halloween cheer.
14
Leviticus (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also horror and romance
Two teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most: each other.
15
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.
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The Unholy (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and mystery
Alice is a young hearing-impaired girl who, after a supposed visitation from the Virgin Mary, is inexplicably able to hear, speak and heal the sick. As word spreads and people from near and far flock to witness her…
17
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.
18
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.
19
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.
20
Frequencies (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also romance and mystery
The story of the forbidden relationship between a 'low born' boy and a 'high born' girl in an alternate reality where every person's relationships and life worth are determined by their innate 'frequencies'.