20 movies like Pay the Ghost, ordered by similarity : Compound Fracture(2014), Searching(2018), House(1985), The Stranger(2014), The Keeping Hours(2017), Sherlock Gnomes(2018), Kill Katie Malone(2010), The School(2018), Time Without Pity(1957), Domain(2017), American Poltergeist(2015), The Babadook(2014) ...
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada|UK|Italy|Germany
2015
94 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Sarah Wayne Callies Veronica Ferres Lyriq Bent Jack Fulton Elizabeth Jeanne Le Roux Sofia Wells Juan-Carlos Velis
ghost son father gory halloween party mind disappearance mystery horror mystery
A professor frantically searches for his son who was abducted during a Halloween carnival.
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|Russia
2018
102 Minutes
John Cho Debra Messing Joseph Lee Michelle La Sara Sohn Alex Jayne Go Thomas Barbusca Gage Biltoft
daughter father police officer friend missing girl disturbing shocking intricate uneasy tense house room school party missing persons mystery father/daughter relationship investigation internet secrets
After his teenage daughter goes missing, a desperate father tries to find clues on her laptop.
Comedy, Horror
USA
1985
92 Minutes
William Katt George Wendt Kay Lenz Richard Moll Mary Stavin Michael Ensign Susan French Alan Autry Steven Williams Ronn Carroll Jim Calvert
father aunt son missing person novelist vietnam vet frightening shocking suspenseful brutal thrilling villa horror horror films divorce disappearance death adventure mystery revenge
A troubled writer moves into a haunted house after inheriting it from his aunt.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Chile
2014
93 Minutes
Lorenza Izzo Ariel Levy Aaron Burns Cristobal Tapia Montt Luis Gnecco Nicolás Durán Alessandra Guerzoni Pablo Vila
drifter teenager thug lieutenant single mother somber brutal creepy frightening gory suspenseful small town cemetery hospital country road country house chile disease death of brother family
A mysterious man arrives in a small American town seeking his wife, though his presence plunges the community into a bloodbath.
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.
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA|India|Canada|France|Belgium
2018
86 Minutes
sherlock holmes investigator gnome couple missing person amusing cheery cheeky charming playful endearing garden party london sewer park tree missing persons sherlock holmes investigation
Garden gnomes, Gnomeo (James McAvoy) and Juliet (Emily Blunt), recruit renowned detective Sherlock Gnomes (Johnny Depp) to investigate the mysterious disappearance of other garden ornaments.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2010
91 Minutes
Masiela Lusha Stephen Colletti Lil J Dean Cain Nick Hogan Cassandra Jean Fernanda Romero Sylvia Panacione Einat Tubi Danny Arroyo Hana Hwang
young man young woman ghost immigrant suspenseful thrilling shocking brutal gory university curse horror death auction ghost stories adventure mystery transformation underdog escape
College students and best friends Ginger Matheson, Jim Duncan, and Kyle "Dixie" Canning, pool their cash to buy a "ghost" in an online auction. The three think it's all a goof, but once ... 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.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1957
88 Minutes
father convict girlfriend wealthy man wife son suspenseful dark melodramatic london england countryside prison mansion courtroom murder investigation wrongfully accused father/son relationship vigilantism cover-up
The day before a young man is to be executed for killing his girlfriend, his alcoholic father shows up to try to prove his innocence.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
2017
97 Minutes
Britt Lower Ryan Merriman William Gregory Lee Kevin Sizemore Nick Gomez Sonja Sohn Cedric Sanders Beth Grant
survivor missing person sick person captive captor bleak brooding uneasy thrilling gripping unrestrained bunker room cell survival isolation virus disappearance relationships mystery
The survivors of a global virus are forced to live alone in bunkers. They communicate through a networked video interface, but their new social ecosystem is threatened when, one by one, they begin vanishing from their bunkers.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2015
93 Minutes
Simona Fusco Donna Spangler Arthur Richardson Ashley Green Elizabeth Nikole Howell Luke Brandon Field Aaron Lee Nicole Holland
college student student ghost spirit demon dead person bleak brutal creepy dark intense shocking old house dorm horror ghosts terror fear visions sleepwalking
A fictional depiction of a future wherein a globalist terrorist organization aligned with the United Nations to disable the United States' power grid and institutes Martial Law. It will ... See full summary »
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.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Italy
1975
126 Minutes
David Hemmings Daria Nicolodi Gabriele Lavia Clara Calamai Macha Méril Glauco Mauri Eros Pagni Giuliana Calandra
music teacher reporter killer creepy gory dark italy household murder mystery investigation serial murders quest mystery 1960s
A jazz pianist and a wisecracking journalist are pulled into a complex web of mystery after the former witnesses the brutal murder of a psychic.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2011
88 Minutes
Val Kilmer Bruce Dern Elle Fanning Ben Chaplin Joanne Whalley-Kilmer David Paymer Anthony Fusco Alden Ehrenreich Bruce A. Miroglio Don Novello Lisa Biales
ghost sheriff young girl dark hall small town secret mystery book mystery
A struggling horror writer visiting a small town on a book tour gets caught up in a murder mystery involving a young girl. That night in a dream, he is approached by a mysterious young ghost named V.
Drama, Comedy
Spain
2018
91 Minutes
Bill Nighy Sam Riley Alice Lowe Jenny Agutter Tim McInnerny John Westley Oliver Sindcup Louis Healy Ella-Grace Gregoire
grandfather family missing person son touching witty suspenseful amusing charming offbeat melancholy suburb countryside united kingdom family relationships missing persons game mystery grief mystery
The star of SOMETHING HUGE, Berto Romero, after years of success in film & TV wants to explore 'a new shape of comedy': the comedy of the future. In parallel, Carlo Padial, director of ... See full synopsis »
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, Drama
Spain|Mexico
2007
105 Minutes
Belén Rueda Fernando Cayo Geraldine Chaplin Montserrat Carulla Mabel Rivera Andrés Gertrúdix Roger Príncep Edgar Vivar
orphan husband son mother ghost old woman suspenseful emotional striking frightening spain orphanage haunted house beach shed cave orphans illness disappearance parenthood
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.
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
UK
2017
97 Minutes
Martin Freeman Andy Nyman Paul Whitehouse Alex Lawther Paul Warren Kobna Holdbrook-Smith Nicholas Burns Louise Atkins
professor ghost victim psychologist priest ghost hunter chilling dark thrilling creepy uneasy england woods house office trailer ghost stories psychology haunting haunted by the past
Skeptical professor Phillip Goodman embarks on a trip to the terrifying after being given a file with details of three unexplained cases of apparitions.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
1976
102 Minutes
Paula E. Sheppard Brooke Shields Linda Miller Tom Signorelli Louisa Horton Mildred Clinton Lillian Roth Jane Lowry Rudolph Willrich Niles McMaster
mother daughter aunt father priest landlord dark gory chilling tense church apartment police station patterson, n.j. serial murders jealousy family dysfunction catholicism siblings divorce
In 1961, a divorced catholic couple's life is turned upside down when one of their two adolescent daughters is suspected of her younger sister's brutal murder during her First Communion, and a series of subsequent stabbings.