20 movies like Pet Sematary, ordered by similarity : Before I Hang(1940), A Quiet Place(2018), The Final Wish(2018), Us(2019), The Keeping Hours(2017), AfterDeath(2015), The School(2018), Train to Busan(2016), The Devil's Candy(2015), The Living and the Dead(2006), Shotgun Stories(2007), The Conjuring(2013) ...
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1989
99 Minutes
Dale Midkiff Fred Gwynne Denise Crosby Brad Greenquist Michael Lombard Blaze Berdahl Miko Hughes Susan Blommaert
doctor son wife daughter old man dead person eerie shocking frightening engaging maine farmhouse cemetery reincarnation spiritual visions family tragic death curse fall metamorphosis
After tragedy strikes, a grieving father discovers an ancient burial ground behind his home with the power to raise the dead.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
1940
71 Minutes
mad scientist doctor prisoner daughter police captain fiancé creepy dark eerie suspenseful prison laboratory house death row aging scientific experiments murder prison life euthanasia father/daughter relationship
A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals' blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets a pardon, but finds out he's become a Jekyll-&-Hyde.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2018
90 Minutes
Emily Blunt John Krasinski Millicent Simmonds Noah Jupe Cade Woodward Leon Russom Rhoda Pell Evangelina Cavoli
man woman child monster alien son bleak dark eerie intense frightening farmhouse woods abandoned town house basement silo monsters survival a cappella
In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
95 Minutes
Lin Shaye Michael Welch Melissa Bolona Spencer Locke Tony Todd Kaiwi Lyman Jonathan Daniel Brown Jean Elie
grieving mother son dead person spirit bleak creepy dark disturbing frightening shocking family home death of father grief spirit world mystery 2010s
After the death of his father, Aaron returns home to help his grief-stricken mother and to confront his past. Going through his dad's belongings, he comes across a mysterious item that is more than it seems.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Japan|USA
2019
116 Minutes
Lupita Nyong'o Winston Duke Elisabeth Moss Tim Heidecker Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Anna Diop Evan Alex Shahadi Wright Joseph Madison Curry Cali Sheldon Noelle Sheldon
husband son daughter masked man stranger uneasy frightening creepy gory brutal chilling beach beach house car woods bedroom living room home invasion survival family
During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
Horror, Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2017
91 Minutes
Lee Pace Carrie Coon Anna Diop Ray Baker Jane Daly Cliff Chamberlain Julian LaTourelle Ruby Moncrieff-Karten Lylah Raye Acosta
lawyer father estranged wife son ghost tense somber sad frightening engaging dark chilling family home death horror reunion forgiveness supernatural grief mystery
10 years after the death of their son, a divorced couple are suddenly reunited by supernatural events that offer them a chance at forgiveness.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
UK
2015
97 Minutes
Miranda Raison Robin Schmidt Sam Keeley Daniella Kertesz Elarica Gallacher Lorna Nickson Brown Joe Passarella
young person stranger dead person demon supernatural being chilling creepy dark disturbing frightening shocking nightclub beach abandoned house cabin painting afterlife death supernatural unexplained phenomenon
Five young people wake up dead. Washed up by the tide they scramble to an abandoned beach house, soon realising that the perpetual night and blasts of pain suggest this is some version of ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Australia|United Arab Emirates
2018
87 Minutes
Nicholas Hope Milly Alcock Will McDonald Megan Drury Texas Watterston Jack Ruwald Alexia Santosuosso Leah Ashwood Jasper Lloyd Sassy Soupidis Christian Willis
doctor mother son missing person child student frightening shocking thrilling dark creepy eerie bathtub school classroom search desperation horror missing persons mysterious strangers
When a doctor looking for her missing child awakens to find herself in an abandoned school, she must survive the supernatural terror and face her own demons if she is to find the truth about where her son is.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Action
South Korea
2016
118 Minutes
Gong Yoo Ma Dong-seok Woo-sik Choi Eui-sung Kim Su-an Kim Myung-sin Park Soo-jung Ye Gwi-hwa Choi
workaholic daughter ex-wife train passenger zombie brutal shocking thrilling suspenseful frightening raw train south korea train station train travel zombie movies horror survival father/daughter relationship adventure
While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2015
80 Minutes
Ethan Embry Shiri Appleby Pruitt Taylor Vince Kiara Glasco J. Alan Nelson Mylinda Royer Jamie Tisdale Tony Amendola Arthur Dale
painter wife daughter heavy metal fan possessed person preacher chilling disturbing frightening frightful eerie tense texas demonic possession heavy metal mental illness antichrist moving horror discovery
School's out for summer... but not at the Bannister house! When their beloved dog Zeus (voiced by Mario Lopez) destroys a party planned by Belinda (Elisa Donovan), Grandma (Mindy Sterling) ... See full summary »
Drama, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK
2006
83 Minutes
Roger Lloyd-Pack Leo Bill Kate Fahy Sarah Ball Neil Conrich Richard Wills-Cotton Alan Perrin Richard Syms
husband wife son nurse aristocrat father emotional tense frightening england countryside estate family dysfunction mental disability illness aristocracy financial troubles father/son relationship sacrifice discovery
A descent into Hell is triggered when "Ex-Lord" Donald Brocklebank finds that he must leave Longleigh House for London to find a way to pay for the medical treatments for his wife Nancy. ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2007
92 Minutes
Michael Shannon Douglas Ligon Barlow Jacobs Natalie Canerday Glenda Pannell
son brother half brother girlfriend wife older brother brooding brutal arkansas cemetery family home farm family dysfunction feud family death violence crime rivalry revenge
Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these ... See full summary »
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2013
111 Minutes
Vera Farmiga Patrick Wilson Lili Taylor Ron Livingston Shanley Caswell Hayley McFarland Joey King Mackenzie Foy Kyla Deaver Shannon Kook John Brotherton
investigator demon hunter husband wife ghost daughter frightening suspenseful shocking tense creepy family home farmhouse rural community backyard paranormal ghosts haunted houses supernatural phenomenon ghost stories
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Romania|Germany
2008
112 Minutes
Kiefer Sutherland Paula Patton Amy Smart Cameron Boyce Erica Gluck Mary Beth Peil John Shrapnel Jason Flemyng Tim Ahern Julian Glover Josh Cole
ex-cop security guard wife son daughter spirit chilling disturbing frightening mental institution department store family home apartment morgue new york city ghosts murder alcoholism visions supernatural
An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Ireland|UK
2011
90 Minutes
Eva Birthistle Aidan Gillen Dan Gordon Ruth McCabe Timothy Spall Ella Connolly Amelia Crowley Brian Gleeson
mother father daughter dog village elder dark eerie emotional shocking thrilling rural community car house woods yard northern ireland death of a child paganism ritual grief
The parents of a girl who was killed by a savage dog are granted the opportunity to spend three days with their deceased daughter.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2014
90 Minutes
Tyler Mane Muse Watson Derek Mears Leslie Easterbrook Susan Angelo Jelly Howie Daniel Roebuck Todd Farmer Renae Geerlings Alex Saxon
man sister murder victim son father ghost bleak shocking thrilling brutal suspenseful engaging murder horror family dysfunction father/son relationship fear escape mystery pursuit
Michael left home when he was a teenager and never looked back. Now, after the death of his sister, Chloe, he's returning home with his fiancee Juliette and his angst ridden nephew Brandon.... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
110 Minutes
Dylan McDermott Charlie Plummer Samantha Mathis Madisen Beaty Brenna Sherman Lance Chantiles-Wertz Kat Pérez Jonathan Riggs
family father son murder suspect killer chilling creepy dark disturbing eerie engaging frightful gripping intense shocking suspenseful thrilling tense uneasy america
A picture-perfect family is shattered when the work of a serial killer hits too close to home.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
France
2003
83 Minutes
Ray Wise Fabrice Canepa Alexandra Holden Lin Shaye Mick Cain Billy Asher Amber Smith Steve Valentine Clement Blake Jimmy Skaggs Ivan Kraljevic
father daughter wife son boyfriend woman dark chilling tense california road car road trip death accident ghosts hitchhiker christmas mystery escape
Christmas Eve. On his way to his in-laws with his family, Frank Harrington decides to try a shortcut, for the first time in 20 years. It turns out to be the biggest mistake of his life.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2007
89 Minutes
Jaime King Cheng Pei-Pei Terry Chen Regan Oey Henry O Colin Foo Michael Biehn Vicky Huang
husband wife son pharmacist aunt ghost eerie dark tense vancouver, british columbia hospital funeral house pharmacy murder husband/wife relationship mourning visions chinese mythology supernatural
Jason and Sarah travel to Vancouver for a funeral, and their son begins seeing ghosts and violent deaths. After he is hospitalized, Sarah learns supernatural forces threaten her son.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Japan
2004
90 Minutes
Sarah Michelle Gellar Jason Behr William Mapother Clea DuVall KaDee Strickland Grace Zabriskie Bill Pullman Rosa Blasi Ted Raimi Ryo Ishibashi Yôko Maki
husband wife mother caregiver ghost shocking suspenseful creepy frightening tokyo house office building apartment building curse ghosts haunted houses death immigration family mystery
An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|UK
2018
85 Minutes
Christina Hendricks Martin Henderson Bailee Madison Lewis Pullman Emma Bellomy Damian Maffei Lea Enslin Leah Roberts
husband wife son daughter stranger murderer brutal frightening gory uneasy brooding bleak abandoned house rv car cabin bridge living room abandoned spaces strangers
A family of four staying at a secluded mobile home park for the night are stalked and then hunted by three masked psychopaths.