Movies Like The Whisperer in Darkness

If you liked The Whisperer in Darkness (2011), a horror and mystery movie directed by Sean Branney, 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
Color Out of Space (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and science fiction
The Gardner family moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard, melts into the…
2
The Relic (1997)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and mystery
A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.
3
Splinter (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller
When their plans for a nature trip go awry, Polly and boyfriend Seth decide to check into a motel. On their way, they're carjacked and kidnapped by low-rent crooks Dennis and Lacey, who take the victims and their SUV…
4
Monolith (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and mystery
A desperate young journalist turns to podcasting to salvage her career, but her rush to make headlines leads her to an alien conspiracy.
5
Books of Blood (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fiction
A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.
6
Abduction (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and science fiction
A man steps out of a park fountain in Ho Chi Minh City with no recollection of who he is or where he came from. As he wanders through the city, piecing together clues to his past, he is relentlessly pursued by…
7
Containment (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horror
Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?
8
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
★ 7.5/10Also science fiction and horror
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
9
Cranston Academy: Monster Zone (2020)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and horror
An intelligent 15-year-old high school student is unexpectedly transferred to a boarding school where he opens a portal of monsters from another dimension.
10
Die Alone (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and thriller
Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, Ethan, a young man with amnesia navigates the dangerous landscape in search of his lost love Emma. His journey takes an unexpected turn when he…
11
Dark Harvest (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
In a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the town’s teenage boys in a bloody battle of survival.
12
The Thing (1982)
★ 8.1/10Also horror and mystery
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
13
Eraserhead (1977)
★ 7.3/10Also horror and science fiction
First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
14
The Thing (2011)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and science fiction
When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as…
15
The Void (2016)
★ 6/10Also mystery and horror
In the middle of a routine patrol, officer Daniel Carter happens upon a blood-soaked figure limping down a deserted stretch of road. He rushes the young man to a nearby rural hospital staffed by a skeleton crew, only…
16
The Car (1977)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thriller
The Utah community of Santa Ynez is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the car kills off the town sheriff, Captain Wade Parent is determined…
17
The Caller (1987)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and science fiction
One night, an unusual stranger in need asks a woman living alone in a house in the woods if he can use her phone. It soon becomes clear that they're playing a strange mind game and that there's something very wrong…
18
The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and science fiction
In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into thoughtless, flesh-eating monsters. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save…
19
Altered States (1980)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and science fiction
A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of human consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from Native American shamans, he explores these altered states of cognizance and…
20
Nope (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also horror and science fiction
Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.