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Movies that feel likeThe Pope's Exorcist (2023)

Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, investigates a young boy's terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.

If you loved The Pope's Exorcist, the closest films we have are Speak No Evil (2024), The Invitation (2016) and Hostel (2006). All three share The Pope's Exorcist'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 When Evil Lurks (2023).

🍅 50% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Julius Averydreadunsettlingtenseparanoid
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Speak No Evil
2024 · dir. James Watkins
🍅 83%★ 6.8horror · thrillerStarz

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare.

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The Invitation
2016 · dir. Karyn Kusama
🍅 90%★ 6.6thriller · horrorPeacock

One thread runs through both: conspiracy

Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.

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Hostel
2006 · dir. Eli Roth
🍅 60%★ 5.9horrorPeacock

Both lean on paranoia more than on horror

The difference: Easier on the tension than The Pope's Exorcist

Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.

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When Evil Lurks
2023 · dir. Demián Rugna
🍅 96%★ 6.9horror · thrillerRent or buy

Both are built on the same subject: possession

When brothers Pedro and Jimi discover that a demonic infection has been festering in a nearby farmhouse, they attempt to evict the victim from their land. Failing to adhere to the proper rites of exorcism, their reckless actions inadvertently trigger an epidemic of possessions across their rural community.

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Barbarian
2022 · dir. Zach Cregger
🍅 92%★ 7horror · mystery · thrillerHulu

Tense thriller in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to mystery than The Pope's Exorcist does

In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway.

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[REC]⁴ Apocalypse
2014 · dir. Jaume Balagueró
🍅 65%★ 5.3thriller · horror

The same preoccupation in both: demonic possession

Ángela Vidal, the young television reporter who entered the building with the firemen, manages to make it out alive. But what the soldiers don't know is that she carries the seed of the strange infection. She is to be taken to a provisional quarantine facility, a high-security installation where she will have to stay in isolation for several days. An old oil tanker, miles off shore and surrounded by water on all sides, has been especially equipped for the quarantine.

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Death Whisperer
2023 · dir. Taweewat Wantha
★ 5.9horror · thrillerNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: exorcism

When a remote village is plagued by a deadly curse, one brother must fight to save his family from a terrifying supernatural threat.

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Underworld: Blood Wars
2016 · dir. Anna Foerster
🍅 21%★ 5.8fantasy · action · thrillerNetflix

Common ground: conspiracy

The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than The Pope's Exorcist does

Vampire death dealer Selene fends off brutal attacks from both the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her. With her only allies, David and his father Thomas, she must stop the eternal war between Lycans and Vampires, even if it means she has to make the ultimate sacrifice.

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Countdown
2019 · dir. Justin Dec
🍅 26%★ 5.4horror · thrillerNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: devil

A young nurse downloads an app that tells her she only has three days to live. With time ticking away and a mysterious figure haunting her, she must find a way to save her life before time runs out.

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Rosemary's Baby
1968 · dir. Roman Polanski
🍅 97%★ 8drama · horror · thrillerParamount+

Common ground: demonic possession

The difference: 55 years apart, and the 1960s show

A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.

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Don't Breathe 2
2021 · dir. Rodo Sayagues
★ 6thriller · horrorHulu

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases

The Blind Man has been hiding out for several years in an isolated cabin and has taken in and raised a young girl orphaned from a devastating house fire. Their quiet life together is shattered when a group of criminals kidnap the girl, forcing the Blind Man to leave his safe haven to save her.

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Insidious: Out of the Further
2026 · dir. Jacob Chase
🍅 57%★ 6.2horror · thrillerRent or buy

Unsettling thriller, and it commits to that

Gemma, a young mother raising her daughter in the house she grew up in, discovers she can travel into The Further, where she possesses an ability to bring what lives there back to the real world.

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