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Movies that feel likePet Sematary (1989)

After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery.

If you loved Pet Sematary, the closest films we have are Night of the Living Dead (1968), The Haunting (1963) and The Borderlands (2014). All three share Pet Sematary'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 The Eyes of My Mother (2016).

πŸ… 55% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Mary Lambertdreadunsettlingmelancholy
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If Pet Sematary hit the spot, these will too

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Night of the Living Dead
1968 Β· dir. George A. Romero
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.8horrorMaxPeacock

The same two preoccupations: halloween, and zombie

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.

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The Haunting
1963 Β· dir. Robert Wise
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.4horror

Common ground: halloween

The difference: Made in the 1960s, in a different era of the craft

Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced to confront the nature of its horror…

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The Borderlands
2014 Β· dir. Elliot Goldner
πŸ… 83%β˜… 5.8horror

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

Vatican investigators are sent to the British West Country to investigate paranormal activity, and they find the events are more disturbing than they first imagined.

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Talk to Me
2023 Β· dir. Michael Philippou
β˜… 7.1horrorMax

Both are built on the same subject: grief

When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

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The Eyes of My Mother
2016 Β· dir. Nicolas Pesce
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.2drama Β· horror

Horror built on melancholy, twice over

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Pet Sematary does

A young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life.

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Child's Play
1988 Β· dir. Tom Holland
πŸ… 65%β˜… 6.7horrorPrime Video

Dread-soaked horror in both cases

The difference: Trades the melancholy of Pet Sematary for an angle of its own

After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her six-year-old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2003 Β· dir. Marcus Nispel
πŸ… 37%β˜… 6.2horror

Unsettling horror, and it commits to that

After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.

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The Curse of La Llorona
2019 Β· dir. Michael Chaves
πŸ… 26%β˜… 5.3horrorMax

Both sit in the same melancholy register

In 1970s Los Angeles, the legendary ghost La Llorona is stalking the night -- and the children. Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother, a social worker and her own kids are drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. Their only hope of surviving La Llorona's deadly wrath is a disillusioned priest who practices mysticism to keep evil at bay.

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Wrong Turn
2003 Β· dir. Rob Schmidt
πŸ… 40%β˜… 6.1horror Β· thrillerPrime Video

Both work the same dread

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Pet Sematary does

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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Antichrist
2009 Β· dir. Lars von Trier
πŸ… 53%β˜… 6.5drama Β· horror Β· thrillerRent or buy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: woods

A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.

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The Innkeepers
2012 Β· dir. Ti West
πŸ… 81%β˜… 5.5horror Β· thrillerPrime Video

Both run unsettling where it counts

During the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay.

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The Babadook
2014 Β· dir. Jennifer Kent
πŸ… 98%β˜… 6.8drama Β· horrorRent or buy

The same preoccupation in both: parents and children

A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.

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