20 movies like The Descent, ordered by similarity : Here Comes the Devil(2012), Lights Out(2016), Dead End(2003), The Red Shoes(2005), A Quiet Place(2018), It Follows(2014), Hereditary(2018), The Ruins(2008), Black Water: Abyss(2020), Wildling(2018), Cold Prey(2006), Don't Be Afraid of the Dark(2010) ...
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK|France
2005
99 Minutes
Shauna Macdonald Natalie Mendoza Alex Reid Saskia Mulder Nora-Jane Noone MyAnna Buring Oliver Milburn Molly Kayll
widow daughter husband friend monster tense gory dark cave tragic death secret rafting creatures caves mystery escape pursuit 2000s
A caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Mexico
2012
97 Minutes
Francisco Barreiro Laura Caro Alan Martinez David Arturo Cabezud Enrique Saint-Martin Michele Estrada Jessica Iris Dana Dorel Juan Carlos Arreguin Giancarlo Ruiz Barbara Perrin Rivemar
wife husband parent couple son daughter thrilling engaging suspenseful shocking dark intense cave mexico tijuana tijuana, mexico horror danger fear change
A married couple lose their children while on a family trip near some caves in Tijuana. The kids eventually reappear without explanation, but it becomes clear that they are not who they ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2016
77 Minutes
Teresa Palmer Gabriel Bateman Alexander DiPersia Billy Burke Maria Bello Alicia Vela-Bailey Andi Osho Rolando Boyce Maria Russell Elizabeth Pan Lotta Losten
woman brother creature friend family member parent creepy dark intense house bedroom car office school street nightmares creatures danger stress survival
Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.
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
South Korea
2005
103 Minutes
Seong-su Kim Park Yeon-ah Seo Ha-rim Kim Ji-eun Son Se-gwang Eol Lee Hye-su Kim
mother daughter unfaithful husband boyfriend single mother chilling creepy tense dark apartment subway south korea supernatural curse infidelity death survival escape 2000s
A woman who finds a pair of pink high heels on a subway platform soon realizes that jealousy, greed, and death follow them wherever they go.
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
2014
101 Minutes
Maika Monroe Keir Gilchrist Daniel Zovatto Jake Weary Olivia Luccardi Lili Sepe Ruby Harris Bailey Spry Debbie Williams
teenager boyfriend friend stranger assassin parent dark creepy frightening park car abandoned house swimming pool bedroom bathroom teen romance curse survival assassination friendship
A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
127 Minutes
Toni Collette Gabriel Byrne Alex Wolff Ann Dowd Milly Shapiro Mallory Bechtel Brock McKinney Christy Summerhays
art gallerist mother daughter son husband thrilling suspenseful gory frightening profound fascinating art gallery haunted house woods mysterious past legacy horror mysterious deaths family secrets darkness
A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Germany|Australia
2008
91 Minutes
Jonathan Tucker Jena Malone Laura Ramsey Shawn Ashmore Joe Anderson Dimitri Baveas Jesse Ramirez Luis Ramos
american man girlfriend friend german brother mayan chilling dark gory suspenseful frightening brutal resort bus pyramid beach truck dig site vacation supernatural
A leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when a group of friends and a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Australia|USA
2020
98 Minutes
Jessica McNamee Luke Mitchell Amali Golden Anthony J. Sharpe Benjamin Hoetjes J Ma
friend crocodile young person gripping gory frightening frightful forest australia cave crocodile caves escape pursuit rescue 21st century
Five friends exploring a remote cave system in Northern Australia find themselves threatened by a hungry crocodile.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
USA
2018
93 Minutes
Liv Tyler Brad Dourif Bel Powley James LeGros Mike Faist Collin-Kelly Sordelet Troy Ruptash Arlo Mertz Aviva Winick
teen girl father fictitious character monster sheriff son bleak brooding dark disturbing eerie somber tense rural community woods school attic cave forest captivity
A blossoming teenager uncovers the dark secret behind her traumatic childhood.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Norway
2006
93 Minutes
Ingrid Bolsø Berdal Rolf Kristian Larsen Tomas Alf Larsen Endre Martin Midtstigen Viktoria Winge Rune Melby Erik Skjeggedal Tonie Lunde Hallvard Holmen
boyfriend girlfriend snowboarder single man friend killer melodramatic creepy thrilling frightening norway mountain ski resort ski slopes abandoned building mysterious deaths missing persons vacation injury survival
5 young Norwegians head up to the mountains to snowboard. One breaks his leg and it's getting dark soon, so they spend the night in a big, abandoned hotel, closed 30 years ago. They are not alone.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
USA|Australia|Mexico
2010
99 Minutes
Katie Holmes Guy Pearce Bailee Madison Jack Thompson Garry McDonald Alan Dale Julia Blake
child father girlfriend creature thrilling tense creepy haunted house mansion basement creatures house building haunted houses pursuit escape 2000s
A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend believes that she has released creatures from a sealed ash pit in the basement of her new home.
Horror, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Japan
2017
104 Minutes
Daniel Kaluuya Allison Williams Catherine Keener Bradley Whitford Caleb Landry Jones Marcus Henderson Betty Gabriel LaKeith Stanfield Stephen Root Lil Rel Howery Ashley LeConte Campbell
african-american girlfriend mother father servant friend creepy dark intense apartment bedroom house yard car forest meeting interracial relationship strange behavior danger survival
A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Australia|Canada
2014
93 Minutes
Essie Davis Daniel Henshall Noah Wiseman Hayley McElhinney Barbara West Cathy Adamek Benjamin Winspear Craig Behenna
widow son monster intense somber thrilling shocking suspenseful brutal house child's room bedroom depression children's book monsters mother/son relationship fear horror films transformation mystery
A single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2015
88 Minutes
Kevin Bacon James Freedson-Jackson Hays Wellford Camryn Manheim Shea Whigham Sean Hartley Kyra Sedgwick Sit Lenh
young boy friend sheriff mysterious man woman hostage brutal disturbing gory intense suspenseful tense united states field road car woods country road rebellion mystery
A small-town sheriff sets out to find the two kids who have taken his car on a joy ride.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
2017
111 Minutes
Aaron Moorhead Aaron Moorhead Justin Benson Callie Hernandez Tate Ellington Lew Temple James Jordan Shane Brady Kira Powell Emily Montague Peter Cilella
brother cult leader cult member creature camper chilling dark thrilling intense suspenseful disturbing camp woods lake compound boat forest cult mystery mythical creatures
As kids, they escaped a UFO death cult. Now, two adult brothers seek answers after an old videotape surfaces and brings them back to where they began.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Hungary
2016
88 Minutes
Jane Levy Dylan Minnette Daniel Zovatto Stephen Lang Emma Bercovici Franciska Töröcsik Christian Zagia Katia Bokor Sergej Onopko
young woman friend family member blind man veteran killer creepy dark intense detroit car restaurant house basement street friendship heist trapped danger survival
Hoping to walk away with a massive fortune, a trio of thieves break into the house of a blind man who isn't as helpless as he seems.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2008
85 Minutes
Liv Tyler Scott Speedman Gemma Ward Kip Weeks Laura Margolis Glenn Howerton Alex Fisher Peter Clayton-Luce
masked torturer woman man stranger friend couple creepy dark disturbing frightening tense vacation home torture mystery isolation home invasion intruders violence escape quest
A young couple staying in an isolated vacation home are terrorized by three unknown assailants.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Horror
UK
2015
95 Minutes
Diana Vickers Tony Curran Rupert Hill Peter Woodward Adrian Bouchet Sophie Lovell Anderson
lawyer father daughter fiancée accident victim man bleak brutal intense suspenseful creepy dark house woods hideout horror accident father/daughter relationship murder tradition
Deep in the English moors, a sociopath preys on innocent people, until one day his secrets are finally revealed and an inevitable confrontation is at hand.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2017
135 Minutes
Jaeden Martell Jeremy Ray Taylor Sophia Lillis Finn Wolfhard Chosen Jacobs Jack Dylan Grazer Wyatt Oleff Bill Skarsgård Nicholas Hamilton Jake Sim Logan Thompson
clown victim killer child friend sibling brooding chilling disturbing frightening suspenseful uneasy derry, maine sewer house school woods horror monsters evil
An estranged family gathers together in New York City for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.