Movies Like Horror in the High Desert
If you liked Horror in the High Desert (2021), a horror and mystery movie directed by Dutch Marich, 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 Ring (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and mysteryJournalist Rachel Keller investigates a strange videotape that may be behind the untimely deaths of four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel…
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Strange Harvest (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and mysteryDetectives are thrust into a chilling hunt for a sadistic serial killer from the past whose return marks the beginning of a new wave of grotesque, otherworldly crimes tied to a cosmic force.
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The Blair Witch Project (1999)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and mysteryIn October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
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Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026)
★ 7.8/10Also horror and mysteryThe young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace—eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living…
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Caddo Lake (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also mysteryWhen an 8-year-old girl mysteriously vanishes on Caddo Lake, a series of past deaths and disappearances begin to link together, forever altering a broken family’s history.
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The Empty Man (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and mysteryOn the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity.
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Phoenix Forgotten (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and mysteryTwenty years after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful…
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The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and mysteryWhat starts as a poignant medical documentary about Deborah Logan's descent into Alzheimer's disease and her daughter's struggles as caregiver degenerates into a maddening portrayal of dementia at its most frightening…
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The Hitcher (2007)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorWhile driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to a hitchhiker. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath…
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Lake Mungo (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorAfter 16-year-old Alice Palmer drowns at a local dam, her family experiences a series of strange, inexplicable events centered in and around their home. Unsettled, the Palmers seek the help of a psychic and…
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Creep (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also horrorLooking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: "$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated." Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote…
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The Cell (2000)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorA psychotherapist journeys inside the mind of a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.
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8MM (1999)
★ 6.5/10Also mysteryA small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of…
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Sinister (2012)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and mysteryTrue-crime writer Ellison Oswalt is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths…
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Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and mysteryA group of cold case investigators stay at the Carmichael Manor, site of the grisly and unsolved murders of the Carmichael family back in the eighties. After four nights, the group was never heard from again. What is…
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Wind River (2017)
★ 7.4/10Also mysteryAn FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
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Identity (2003)
★ 7.2/10Also mysteryComplete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to…
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The Hitcher (1986)
★ 6.9/10Also horrorOn a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking…
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Body Double (1984)
★ 6.7/10Also mysteryAfter losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies…
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Force of Nature: The Dry 2 (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also mysteryWhen five women take part in a corporate hiking retreat and only four come out on the other side, Federal Agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper head deep into the Victorian mountain ranges to investigate in the hopes of…