20 movies like Godsend, ordered by similarity : Before I Hang(1940), The Killing of a Sacred Deer(2017), The School(2018), Oculus(2013), A Quiet Place(2018), Wake Wood(2011), Orphan(2009), Dark Was the Night(2014), 30 Days of Night(2007), Poltergeist(1982), A Tale of Two Sisters(2003), Gremlins(1984) ...
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Canada|USA
2004
102 Minutes
Greg Kinnear Rebecca Romijn Robert De Niro Cameron Bright Marcia Bennett Zoie Palmer Janet Bailey Devon Bostick Jenny Levine Deborah Odell
father mother son clone doctor dark eerie town clinic household parenthood grief death of child cloning deception science fall pursuit 2000s
A couple agree to have their deceased son cloned, under the supervision of an enigmatic doctor, but bizarre things start to happen several years after his rebirth.
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.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Ireland|UK|USA
2017
121 Minutes
Bill Camp Raffey Cassidy Denise Dal Vera Colin Farrell Barry Keoghan Nicole Kidman Alicia Silverstone Sunny Suljic Ming Wang Barry G. Bernson Herb Caillouet
surgeon mother child teen boy teen girl dead person dark creepy disturbing emotional tense uneasy suburb hospital house revenge mysterious illness psychology vendetta death of father
Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.
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
USA
2013
105 Minutes
Karen Gillan Brenton Thwaites Katee Sackhoff Rory Cochrane Annalise Basso Garrett Ryan James Lafferty Miguel Sandoval Kate Siegel Scott P. Graham
brother evil spirit mother father sister doctor chilling creepy dark house clinic bedroom kitchen yard living room evil spirits haunted houses murder supernatural fear
A woman tries to exonerate her brother, who was convicted of murder, by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.
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, 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.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada|Germany|France
2009
123 Minutes
Vera Farmiga Peter Sarsgaard Isabelle Fuhrman CCH Pounder Aryana Engineer Jimmy Bennett Margo Martindale Karel Roden Rosemary Dunsmore
mother father daughter son orphan nun dark suspenseful tense chilling orphanage household hospital family home loss adoption deception insanity marriage husband/wife relationship
A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she appears.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2014
98 Minutes
Kevin Durand Lukas Haas Bianca Kajlich Nick Damici Sabina Gadecki Steve Agee Heath Freeman Billy Paterson
logger sheriff deputy townsperson monster father brutal dark disturbing frightening gripping uneasy woods united states small town church forest unexplained phenomenon curse missing persons
An evil is unleashed in a small town when a logging company sets up shop in the neighboring woods.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|New Zealand
2007
113 Minutes
Josh Hartnett Melissa George Danny Huston Ben Foster Mark Boone Junior Mark Rendall Amber Sainsbury Manu Bennett
sheriff wife townsperson vampire friend leader gory creepy engaging alaska small town vampires small town survival darkness bravery escape metamorphosis pursuit 2000s
After an Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month, it is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1982
114 Minutes
Craig T. Nelson JoBeth Williams Beatrice Straight Dominique Dunne Oliver Robins Heather O'Rourke Zelda Rubinstein Martin Casella Richard Lawson Michael McManus Virginia Kiser
father mother daughter son child parapsychologist creepy chilling fascinating frightening california household abduction ghosts television possession exorcism mystery transformation pursuit
A family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
South Korea
2003
114 Minutes
Yeom Jeong-ah Kap-su Kim Mun Geun-yeong Su-jeong Lim
teen girl sister father stepmother creepy dark south korea household sisterhood family dysfunction secret strange happenings mental illness fall discovery mystery 2000s
A family is haunted by the tragedies of deaths within the family.
Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Comedy, Other
USA
1984
106 Minutes
Zach Galligan Phoebe Cates Hoyt Axton Frances Lee McCain Polly Holliday Scott Brady Glynn Turman Corey Feldman Dick Miller Keye Luke Judge Reinhold
salesman creature son monster inventor dark creepy household chinatown small town christmas young love showdown deception confrontation metamorphosis wretched excess 1980s
A young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Canada
1988
115 Minutes
Jeremy Irons Geneviève Bujold Heidi von Palleske Barbara Gordon Shirley Douglas Stephen Lack Nick Nichols Lynne Cormack
doctor twin actress patient dark chilling disturbing gory doctor's office household restaurant affair deception dreams madness fall rivalry 1980s
Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2020
91 Minutes
Omari Hardwick Loretta Devine John Beasley Lorraine Burroughs Hannah Gonera Kalifa Burton Tumisho K. Masha Steve Mululu André Jacobs Peter Butler Ri-Karlo Handy
pilot son father shaman voodoo priestess thrilling bleak disturbing creepy appalachia airplane woods house small town air disaster accident missing persons mysterious strangers voodoo fall
A man crash lands in rural Appalachia and awakens in the attic of a traditional Hoodoo practitioner. He desperately tries to break free from her dark magic and save his family from a sinister ritual before the rise of the blood moon.
Drama
UK|Germany|Spain
2002
106 Minutes
Martin Compston William Ruane Annmarie Fulton Michelle Abercromby Michelle Coulter Gary McCormack Tommy McKee
teen boy stepfather mother grandfather prisoner drug dealer tense gutsy emotional greenock, scotland port city prison street house apartment imprisonment drugs ambition theft teenage rebellion
Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2006
107 Minutes
Ron Perlman James LeGros Connie Britton Zach Gilford Kevin Corrigan Jamie Harrold Pato Hoffmann Joanne Shenandoah Larry Fessenden Oscar Miller Halfdan Theodorsson
drillmaster monster worker doctor dark suspenseful alaska hospital hallucinations oil death illness insanity weird science mystery fall 2000s
An environmental-impact officer (James Le Gros) and members (Ron Perlman, Connie Britton) of an oil-drilling team feel Mother Nature's wrath at an Arctic outpost.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Mexico
2007
86 Minutes
Rose McGowan Freddy Rodriguez Josh Brolin Marlee Shelton Michael Biehn Jeff Fahey Naveen Andrews Bruce Willis
zombie go-go dancer ex-lover doctor sheriff son gory dark outlandish small town texas biological warfare violence death quest 2000s
After an experimental bio-weapon is released, turning thousands into zombie-like creatures, it's up to a rag-tag group of survivors to stop the infected and those behind its release.
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
USA
1992
100 Minutes
Edward Furlong Anthony Edwards Clancy Brown Jared Rushton Darlanne Fluegel Lisa Waltz Jason McGuire Sarah Trigger
father son stepfather teen boy mother bully disturbing frightening maine small town burial grounds house attic middle school zombies father/son relationship death of mother child abuse starting over new town
A teenage boy and his father move to his recently-deceased mother's hometown, where they encounter the ancient Native American cemetery with the power to raise the dead.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Sci-Fi
USA
2018
124 Minutes
Sandra Bullock Trevante Rhodes Jacki Weaver Rosa Salazar Danielle Macdonald Lil Rel Howery Tom Hollander BD Wong Julian Edwards Vivien Lyra Blair Sarah Paulson
mother doctor child stranger creature brutal chilling frightening gripping forest river hospital house car abandoned house survival apocalypse fear death evil
Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a mother and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.