Movies Like Insidious

Insidious (2010) scores 4 for jump scares, 1 for gore and 3 for dread on our scale — loud, bloodless, supernatural. The 21 films here are ranked by how closely they match that profile and its tags, using the same similarity the film pages use. Closest is Insidious: Out of the Further (2026).

Dead Silence rates 1.7 higher on Douban than IMDb — Chinese audiences consistently read this kind of horror differently, and the gap is often the most interesting signal on the page. 6 are currently streaming on Shudder.

21 films 1967–2026 Jumps · gore · dread scored Updated September 2026
01

Insidious: Out of the Further 2026

Jacob Chase

Jumps8 Gore2 Dread6 6.4/10

02

Poltergeist 1982

Tobe Hooper

Jumps6 Gore4 Dread4 7.7/10

03

Paranormal Activity 2007

Oren Peli

Jumps8 Gore2 Dread6 6.7/10

Streaming: Hulu

04

The Conjuring 2013

James Wan

Jumps10 Gore4 Dread6 8.1/10

Streaming: Max

05

Late Night with the Devil 2023

Cameron Cairnes

Jumps8 Gore4 Dread8 8.0/10

Streaming: Shudder

06

The Exorcist 1973

William Friedkin

Jumps10 Gore6 Dread8 8.1/10

Streaming: Max · Peacock

07

Out of the Dark 1995

Jeffrey Lau · Hidden gem

Jumps4 Gore4 Dread4 7.2/10

08

Annabelle: Creation 2017

David Sandberg

Jumps8 Gore4 Dread6 6.8/10

Streaming: Max

09

Evil Dead II 1987

Sam Raimi

Jumps6 Gore8 Dread4 8.1/10

10

Satan's Slaves 2017

Joko Anwar · Hidden gem

Jumps8 Gore4 Dread8 7.5/10

Streaming: Shudder

11

Talk to Me 2022

Philippou Bros.

Jumps10 Gore6 Dread8 7.8/10

Streaming: Prime Video · Paramount+

12

The Dark and the Wicked 2020

Bryan Bertino · Hidden gem

Jumps8 Gore6 Dread10 6.8/10

Streaming: Shudder

13

The Medium 2021

Banjong Pisanthanakun

Jumps8 Gore6 Dread10 6.5/10

Streaming: Shudder

14

A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984

Wes Craven

Jumps8 Gore6 Dread6 8.2/10

15

Viy 1967

Aleksandr Ptushko, Konstantin Ershov · Hidden gem

Jumps4 Gore2 Dread6 7.7/10

16

Manichitrathazhu 1993

Fazil · Hidden gem

Jumps6 Gore2 Dread6 9.1/10

17

Ju-On: The Grudge 2002

Takashi Shimizu

Jumps8 Gore2 Dread8 7.2/10

Streaming: Shudder

18

Shutter 2004

B. Pisanthanakun · Hidden gem

Jumps8 Gore2 Dread8 7.1/10

Streaming: Shudder

19

Hell House LLC 2015

Stephen Cognetti · Hidden gem

Jumps8 Gore2 Dread8 6.9/10

20

The Eye 2002

Pang Brothers

Jumps8 Gore2 Dread8 6.8/10

21

Dead Silence 2007

James Wan

Jumps8 Gore4 Dread6 5.3/10

Streaming: Peacock

How these are scored

Every film carries three separate 1–5 ratings — jump scares, gore and dread — because they measure different things. A film can be a 5 for dread and a 1 for gore. Scores are editorial, not aggregated from other platforms, which is the point: review aggregates tell you whether a film is good, not what it will do to you.

What movies are similar to Insidious?

The closest matches in our catalog are Insidious: Out of the Further (2026), Poltergeist (1982), Paranormal Activity (2007) — supernatural, light on gore, built around jump scares rather than dread.

Is Insidious scary?

We score it 4 out of 5 for jump scares, 1 for gore and 3 for dread: it startles far more than it disturbs, and shows almost nothing graphic.

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