Movies Like Cerita Seram Paya Hitam

If you liked Cerita Seram Paya Hitam (2017), a movie directed by Bade Hj. Azmi, 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
Bring Her Back (2025)
★ 7.3/10
Following the death of their father, a brother and sister are sent to live with a foster mother, only to learn that she is hiding a terrifying secret.
2
Dagon (2001)
★ 6.1/10
A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul is…
3
The Endless (2017)
★ 6.3/10
Two brothers return to the cult they fled from years ago to discover that the group's beliefs may be more sane than they once thought.
4
Hereditary (2018)
★ 7.3/10
When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about her ancestry.
5
Lights Out (2016)
★ 6.4/10
Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.
6
The Conjuring (2013)
★ 7.5/10
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying…
7
Midsommar (2019)
★ 7.1/10
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets…
8
Ghost (1990)
★ 7.3/10
After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.
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Sinners (2025)
★ 7.5/10
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
10
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
★ 6.7/10
Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
11
His House (2020)
★ 6.4/10
After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.
12
Daddy's Head (2024)
★ 5.9/10
A boy and his stepmother fear for their safety after an eerie creature resembling the boy's recently deceased father visits them.
13
Oculus (2014)
★ 6.5/10
A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.
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Passenger (2026)
★ 7.3/10
After a young couple witnesses a gruesome highway accident, they soon realize they did not leave the crash scene alone, as a demonic presence called the Passenger that won't stop until it claims them both turns their…
15
A Dark Song (2016)
★ 6.3/10
A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.
16
Presence (2025)
★ 6.1/10
A couple and their children move into a seemingly normal suburban home. When strange events occur, they begin to believe there is something else in the house with them. The presence is about to disrupt their lives in…
17
Muse (2017)
★ 5.8/10
Samuel Salomon, a literature professor, has been off work for almost a year after the tragic death of his girlfriend. Samuel has been suffering from a recurring nightmare in which a woman is brutally murdered in a…
18
The Sixth Sense (1999)
★ 8/10
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
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The Uninvited (1944)
★ 6.9/10
A pair of siblings from London purchase a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, only to discover that it actually carries a ghostly price—and soon they’re caught up in a bizarre romantic triangle…
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8 (2020)
★ 6/10
An old man, fated to collect souls for eternity, seeks atonement after trading his daughter's soul.