Movies Like Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace
If you liked Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace (1953), a horror movie directed by Ryohei Arai, 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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Dust Bunny (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorTen-year-old Aurora asks her hitman neighbor to kill the monster under her bed that she claims ate her family. To protect her, he must battle an onslaught of assassins while accepting that some monsters are real.
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Tomie: Rebirth (2001)
★ 7.2/10Also horrorYoung art student Hideo paints an unnerving portrait of Tomie, who whispers that she loves him. Inexplicably, he reacts by stabbing her to death with a painting trowel. Two friends, Takumi and Shunichi, arrive on the…
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Strays (1991)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorA young married couple and their daughter are terrorized by a pride of ferocious feral felines.
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Play Dead (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorCriminology student Chloe fakes her own death to break into a morgue, in order to retrieve a piece of evidence that ties her younger brother to a crime gone wrong. Once inside, she discovers that a sadistic coroner is…
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The Deliverance (2024)
★ 6/10Also horrorEbony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services…
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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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Attack on Titan II: End of the World (2015)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorEren Yeager leaves to restore a break in the wall destroyed by a Titan. He comes under attack by the Titans and is cornered. Shikishima comes to his aid. The titans never stops attacking. Eren is now injured and tries…
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Demon City Shinjuku (1988)
★ 6/10Also horrorTen Years ago, Genichiro Izayoi died trying to stop the sorcerer Rebi Ra, and as a result Shinjuku became a playground for demons. And now, the day approaches when Rebi Ra will complete his decade-long ritual to plunge…
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Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth (1987)
★ 7.1/10Also horrorAkira Fudo is just a normal kid in Tokyo, until an old friend of his, Ryo, shows up and turns his world upside down. An upcoming war of demons on humanity is waiting in the wings, however, the only way for a human to…
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Samurai Reincarnation (1981)
★ 5.8/10Also horrorAfter surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to Satan and receives the power to resurrect the dead to join him in a…
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The Dreadful (2026)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorIn medieval England, Anne and her domineering mother-in-law Morwen struggle to survive on the outskirts of society. But when a man from Anne's past returns from war, a curse begins to take shape through a mysterious…
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The Grudge (2004)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorAn American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.
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Onibaba (1964)
★ 7.7/10Also horrorWhile her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has…
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Sleepwalkers (1992)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorCharles Brady and his mother, Mary, are the last of a dying breed whose needs are not of this world. They are Sleepwalkers - able to stay alive only by feeding on the life-force of the innocent, but destined to roam…
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Two Witches (2023)
★ 6/10Also horrorA matriarchal witch passes on her sinister inheritance to her grand-daughter, triggering the most horrific curses.
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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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Pet Sematary (1989)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorAfter the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery.
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Abigail Haunting (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorAfter escaping the clutches of an abusive relationship, Katie reluctantly returns to the foster home she grew up in. Little does she know, her foster mother Marge is harboring a sinister secret dating back a decade…
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Devilman - Volume 3: Devilman Apocalypse (2000)
★ 7/10Also horrorFear runs rampant throughout Tokyo with the revelation that demons in fact exist amongst us. Paranoia and the darker side of humanity boils onto the streets as people turn on one another, suspecting that anyone could…
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A Knight's War (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorA fearless knight braves a deadly realm to save the Chosen One’s soul. Facing witches, demons, and brutal foes, he discovers her return could ignite chaos and doom humanity.