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Movies that feel likeFrom Hell (2001)

Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.

If you loved From Hell, the closest films we have are The Others (2001), 1408 (2007) and Absentia (2011). All three share From Hell's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is A Tale of Two Sisters (2003).

🍅 57% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Albert Hughesdreadunsettlingtwistytensemelancholy
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The Others
2001 · dir. Alejandro Amenábar
🍅 85%★ 7.6horror · mystery · thriller

Dread-soaked where it counts, unsettling underneath

The difference: Reviewed even better

Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.

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1408
2007 · dir. Mikael Håfström
🍅 80%★ 6.8horror · mystery

Both are built on the same subject: grief

The difference: Easier on the tension than From Hell

A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.

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Absentia
2011 · dir. Mike Flanagan
🍅 87%★ 5.8horror · mystery

The same mix in both: twists, then melancholy

Tricia's husband has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her as the pressure mounts to finally declare him 'dead in absentia'. Tricia is reluctant, always holding out hope, but Callie is practical and wants her to move on. As Tricia sifts through the wreckage and tries to move on with her life, Callie finds herself drawn to an ominous tunnel near the house.

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Shutter
2004 · dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun
★ 7horror · mystery · thriller

Horror built on tension, twice over

When Jane and Tun run over a girl in a car accident, they speed away immediately from the crime scene. However, Tun, a photographer, soon discovers strange shadows in his photos, which unsettles them.

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Hereditary
2018 · dir. Ari Aster
🍅 90%★ 7.3horror · mystery · thrillerPrime VideoMax

Both keep coming back to the same thing: grief

Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.

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A Tale of Two Sisters
2003 · dir. Kim Jee-woon
🍅 86%★ 7.1drama · horror · mystery

The same preoccupation in both: drug addiction

The difference: Sits closer to drama than From Hell does

Two sisters return home after a stay in a mental institution, only to face disturbing events and a strained relationship with their stepmother. As eerie occurrences unfold, dark family secrets begin to surface, blurring the line between reality and nightmare.

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The Boy
2016 · dir. William Brent Bell
🍅 31%★ 6horror · mystery · thriller

Both lean on dread more than on mystery

A young American woman takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, soon discovering that the family's eight-year-old son is a life-sized doll that comes with a list of strict rules.

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The Grudge
2004 · dir. Takashi Shimizu
🍅 41%★ 5.9horror · mystery · thrillerPeacock

Common ground: sinister

An 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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Wrong Turn
2003 · dir. Rob Schmidt
🍅 40%★ 6.1horror · thrillerPrime Video

Unsettling thriller in both cases

Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding.

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Noroi: The Curse
2005 · dir. Koji Shiraishi
★ 6.8horror · mystery · thrillerRent or buy

Twisty horror, and it commits to that

A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon.

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Alone
2007 · dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun
★ 6.4horror · mystery · drama

Mystery with a pulse of melancholy, in both cases

When Pim and Ploy, twins conjoined at the stomach, are separated, the operation leaves Pim the surviving sister, haunted by Ploy's vengeful ghost.

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The Ritual
2017 · dir. David Bruckner
🍅 74%★ 6.4horror · mysteryNetflix

Thriller with a pulse of dread, in both cases

A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.

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