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Movies that feel likeThe Omen (1976)

Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.

If you loved The Omen, the closest films we have are Halloween (1978), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) and Nightwatch (1994). All three share The Omen'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 Lake Mungo (2009).

🍅 76% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Richard Donnerdreadunsettlingtense
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If The Omen hit the spot, these will too

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Halloween
1978 · dir. John Carpenter
🍅 97%★ 7.7horror · thriller

Both are built on the same subject: halloween

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.

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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962 · dir. Robert Aldrich
🍅 91%★ 8horror · thriller

Dread-soaked where it counts, unsettling underneath

A former vaudeville child star viciously torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.

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Nightwatch
1994 · dir. Ole Bornedal
🍅 63%★ 7.1horror · thriller

Tense horror in both cases

Martin, a law student, takes up a job as a nightwatchman at a mortuary to fund his studies. But the mortuary harbours a dark secret, and he has to find the truth before he is implicated in a serial murder case.

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Thesis
1996 · dir. Alejandro Amenábar
🍅 86%★ 7.4horror · thriller

Thriller built on dread, twice over

The difference: 20 years apart, and the 1990s show

While working on a thesis about audiovisual violence, film student Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that she was a former student in her university, and that the authors of the video are not very far either.

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Ring
1998 · dir. Hideo Nakata
🍅 98%★ 7.2horror · thriller

Unsettling horror, and it commits to that

A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.

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The Birds
1963 · dir. Alfred Hitchcock
🍅 95%★ 7.6horror · thrillerPeacock

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks.

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Jaws 2
1978 · dir. Jeannot Szwarc
🍅 56%★ 5.8horror · thrillerNetflixStarz

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases

Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.

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Silent Night, Deadly Night
1984 · dir. Charles E. Sellier Jr.
🍅 55%★ 5.8thriller · horrorPrime Video

Thriller built on unease, twice over

After a man dressed as Santa Claus brutally murders Billy Chapman's parents, little Billy then endures the cruelty of a sadistic nun at his orphanage. Years later, when adult Billy has to fill in for an absent in-store Santa, his childhood trauma brings him to the breaking point.

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The Fog
1980 · dir. John Carpenter
🍅 77%★ 6.8horrorPrime VideoPeacock

One thread runs through both: prophecy

The difference: Easier on the tension than The Omen

Strange things begin to occur as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.

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Candyman
1992 · dir. Bernard Rose
🍅 79%★ 6.8drama · horror · thrillerPrime VideoPeacock

The same preoccupation in both: halloween

The difference: Leans harder into drama than The Omen does

The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

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Lake Mungo
2009 · dir. Joel Anderson
🍅 92%★ 6.2horror · thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: paranormal phenomena

After 16-year-old Alice Palmer drowns at a local dam, her family experiences a series of strange, inexplicable events centered in and around their home. Unsettled, the Palmers seek the help of a psychic and parapsychologist, who discovers that Alice led a secret, double life. At Lake Mungo, Alice's secret past emerges.

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Poltergeist
1982 · dir. Tobe Hooper
🍅 89%★ 7.3horrorMax

Common ground: paranormal phenomena

The Freelings' suburban home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a portal to the 'other side'. With help, they must cross over to get their daughter back.

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