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Movies that feel likeThe Lodge (2020)

When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

If you loved The Lodge, the closest films we have are Smile 2 (2024), The Ritual (2017) and Absentia (2011). All three share The Lodge'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 Borderlands (2014).

πŸ… 75% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Severin Fialadreadunsettlingtwistymelancholy
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Smile 2
2024 Β· dir. Parker Finn
πŸ… 86%β˜… 6.7horror Β· mysteryNetflixPrime Video

The same two preoccupations: suicide, and winter

About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.

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The Ritual
2017 Β· dir. David Bruckner
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.4horror Β· mysteryNetflix

Common ground in both: murder and cabin

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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Absentia
2011 Β· dir. Mike Flanagan
πŸ… 87%β˜… 5.8horror Β· mystery

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

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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Goodnight Mommy
2015 Β· dir. Severin Fiala
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.7horror Β· mystery Β· thrillerPrime Video

Severin Fiala directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Takes it somewhere less melancholy than The Lodge does

In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is.

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Lights Out
2016 Β· dir. David F. Sandberg
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.3horror Β· mystery

The same preoccupation in both: suicide

Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.

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A Dark Song
2016 Β· dir. Liam Gavin
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.2horror Β· fantasy Β· mystery

The same mix in both: twists, then melancholy

The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than The Lodge does

A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.

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Jigsaw
2017 Β· dir. Michael Spierig
πŸ… 32%β˜… 5.7horror Β· mystery

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Law enforcement finds itself chasing the ghost of a man dead for over a decade, embroiled in a diabolical new game that's only just begun.

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Alone
2007 Β· dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun
β˜… 6.4horror Β· mystery Β· drama

Mystery with a pulse of unease, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to drama than The Lodge does

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 Boy
2016 Β· dir. William Brent Bell
πŸ… 31%β˜… 6horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

One thread runs through both: murder

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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A Classic Horror Story
2021 Β· dir. Roberto De Feo
πŸ… 55%β˜… 5.7horror Β· mysteryNetflix

Both lean on twists more than on horror

The difference: Easier on the melancholy than The Lodge

Five people travelling by camper crash into a tree. When they recover, the road they were driving on has been replaced by an impenetrable forest and a wooden house.

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Hellhole
2022 Β· dir. Bartosz M. Kowalski
πŸ… 67%β˜… 5.8horror Β· mysteryNetflix

Dread-soaked mystery in both cases

In a monastery cut off from the world, the monks run a clinic for the possessed. One day, a young policeman Marek comes to the convent. Posing as a clergyman, he penetrates monastic life and tries to explain the recent, mysterious disappearance of several tormented inmates. It turns out, however, that there is no way out of the monastery.

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

Horror built on melancholy, twice over

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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