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Movies that feel likeThe Medium (2021)

A shaman's family learn that their goddess is supposedly controlling one of them. However, their lives take a frightening turn when they realise the goddess has nothing to do with the possession.

If you loved The Medium, the closest films we have are Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018), Hellhole (2022) and The Little Stranger (2018). All three share The Medium'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 Exhuma (2024).

πŸ… 83% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Banjong Pisanthanakundreadunsettlingtwisty
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Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
2018 Β· dir. Jung Bum-shik
πŸ… 92%β˜… 6.5horror Β· mysteryPrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: found footage

The crew of a horror web series travels to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast, but they encounter much more than expected as they move deeper inside the nightmarish old building.

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

Dread-soaked where it counts, unsettling underneath

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 Little Stranger
2018 Β· dir. Lenny Abrahamson
πŸ… 64%β˜… 5.5mystery Β· horror

Both lean on twists more than on horror

In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house is now in decline. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life?

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Exhuma
2024 Β· dir. Jang Jae-hyun
πŸ… 93%β˜… 6.9mystery Β· horror Β· thrillerPrime Video

Common ground in both: shaman and occult

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than The Medium does

After tracing the origin of a disturbing supernatural affliction to a wealthy family's ancestral gravesite, a team of paranormal experts relocates the remainsβ€”and soon discovers what happens to those who dare to mess with the wrong grave.

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The Wailing
2016 Β· dir. Na Hong-jin
πŸ… 99%β˜… 7.4horror Β· mystery

Common ground: shaman

A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.

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Paranormal Activity 3
2011 Β· dir. Henry Joost
πŸ… 68%β˜… 5.8horror Β· mysteryParamount+Peacock

Both are built on the same subject: supernatural

In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home.

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

Both are Banjong Pisanthanakun's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Sits closer to drama than The Medium 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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A Classic Horror Story
2021 Β· dir. Roberto De Feo
πŸ… 55%β˜… 5.7horror Β· mysteryNetflix

Dread-soaked mystery, and it commits to that

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

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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Black Christmas
2019 Β· dir. Sophia Takal
πŸ… 41%β˜… 3.5horror Β· mystery

Unsettling horror in both cases

A group of sorority pledges are stalked by a stranger during their Christmas break. That is until the young women discover that the killer is part of an underground campus conspiracy.

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Incantation
2022 Β· dir. Kevin Ko
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.3horrorNetflix

Both are working the same pair: supernatural horror, pseudo-documentary

The difference: Takes it somewhere less twisty than The Medium does

Inspired by the true story of a family who believed they were possessed by spirits. This film follows a woman who must protect her child from a curse.

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Final Destination Bloodlines
2025 Β· dir. Adam Stein
πŸ… 92%β˜… 6.7horror Β· mysteryMax

Both keep coming back to the same thing: supernatural horror

Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.

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Noroi: The Curse
2005 Β· dir. Koji Shiraishi
β˜… 6.8horror Β· mystery Β· thrillerRent or buy

One thread runs through both: occult

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

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