Movies Like Dark Stories to Survive the Night
If you liked Dark Stories to Survive the Night (2019), a horror movie directed by Guillaume Lubrano and François Descraques, 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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Books of Blood (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorA journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.
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Nightmare Cinema (2018)
★ 5.8/10Also horrorA series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen by The Projectionist – a mysterious…
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Southbound (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorOn a desolate stretch of desert highway, weary travelers — two men on the run from their past, a band on their way to the next gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family…
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Saccharine (2026)
★ 7.2/10Also horrorAfter succumbing to an obscure weight-loss craze involving the eating of human ashes, lovelorn medical student Hana finds herself haunted by the ghost of the person she's eating.
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Body Bags (1993)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorA horror anthology containing three stories: a female college student working a graveyard shift is terrorized by a serial killer; a hair transplant goes horribly wrong; and a baseball player loses an eye and gets a new…
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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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Cat's Eye (1985)
★ 6.8/10Also horrorThree short stories linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next, in this creepy triptych that begins as Dick tries to quit smoking by any means necessary. Next, we meet Johnny, an adulterous man who's…
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Campfire Tales (1997)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorAnthology of famous, scary urban legends done with a modern twist.
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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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The Exorcist III (1990)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorOn the fifteenth anniversary of the exorcism that claimed Father Damien Karras' life, Police Lieutenant Kinderman's world is once again shattered when a boy is found decapitated and savagely crucified.
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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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Nightbreed (1990)
★ 6.4/10Also horrorA troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.
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V/H/S/94 (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorAfter the discovery of a mysterious VHS tape, a brutish police SWAT team launches a high-intensity raid on a remote warehouse, only to discover a sinister cult compound whose collection of pre-recorded material…
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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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The Evil (1978)
★ 5.8/10Also horrorShortly after moving into a dark, brooding mansion, a psychologist and his co-workers are terrorized by a horrible evil being.
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V/H/S/99 (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also horrorA thirsty teenager's home video leads to a series of horrifying revelations, harkening back to the final punk rock analog days of VHS, while taking one giant leap forward into the hellish new millennium.
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Hellraiser (1987)
★ 6.9/10Also horrorA hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites. These otherworldly entities open the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible.
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Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
★ 6.5/10Also horrorFive train passengers are joined by a mysterious fortuneteller who offers to read Tarot. A quintet of stories unfold: an architect returns to his ancestral home to find a vengeful werewolf; a doctor suspects his new…
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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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Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorThe haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.