20 movies like Boarding School, ordered by similarity : Diabolique(1955), The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death(2014), Brightburn(2019), Let Her Out(2016), The Possession(2012), Pyewacket(2017), The Visit(2015), It(1990), Where the Devil Hides(2014), The Darkness(2016), Halloween H20: 20 Years Later(1998), The Shelter(2015) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2018
110 Minutes
Luke Prael Sterling Jerins Samantha Mathis Will Patton Nadia Alexander Tammy Blanchard Lucy Walters David Aaron Baker
parent headmaster wife teacher misfit teen boy tense frightening boarding school schemes coming-of-age evil strange happenings 1990s
A young boy becomes fascinated with the persona of his dead grandmother and is sent to an isolated boarding school for misfits run by a mysterious headmaster and his wife.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
1955
116 Minutes
Simone Signoret Vera Clouzot Paul Meurisse Charles Vanel Jean Brochard Noel Roquebert Thérèse Dorny Pierre Larquey Michel Serrault Yves Marie Maurin Georges Poujouly
teacher headmaster detective wife mistress suspenseful tense dark frightening france boarding school apartment murder adultery revenge deception revenge mystery 1950s
The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK|Canada
2014
98 Minutes
Phoebe Fox Jeremy Irvine Helen McCrory Adrian Rawlins Oaklee Pendergast Ned Dennehy Leilah de Meza Amelia Crouch Amelia Pidgeon Casper Allpress Pip Pearce
schoolteacher child refugee evil spirit pilot headmaster creepy dark frightening school train bus house graveyard bedroom refugees world war ii haunting evil spirits danger
40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrives, awakening the house's darkest inhabitant.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
2019
91 Minutes
Elizabeth Banks David Denman Jackson A. Dunn Matt Jones Meredith Hagner Emmie Hunter Becky Wahlstrom Gregory Alan Williams Annie Humphrey Jennifer Holland Steve Agee
adopted son adoptive mother adoptive father classmate teacher waitress creepy uneasy frightening dark gory house farm school restaurant airplane evil child adoption mysterious deaths parent/child relationship
What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror
Canada
2016
89 Minutes
Alanna LeVierge Nina Kiri Adam Christie Kate Fenton Michael Lipka Brooke Henderson Glen Reid Deborah Jayne Reilly Smith
bike messenger courier evil twin thrilling tense intense frightening disturbing dark hospital house accident recovery hallucinations science fiction horror metamorphosis escape 2010s
After a traumatic accident, a bike courier begins to experience blackouts and hallucinations. She soon discovers that she's being dangerously influenced and even controlled by her unborn twin.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada
2012
91 Minutes
Jeffrey Dean Morgan Kyra Sedgwick Natasha Calis Madison Davenport Grant Show Matisyahu Rob LaBelle Nana Gbewonyo Anna Hagan Brenda M. Crichlow Jay Brazeau
father ex-wife daughter girl evil spirit frightening dark household suburbia possession ancient curse parent/child relationship fighting evil divorce supernatural metamorphosis rescue 2010s
A young girl buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the collectible lives a malicious ancient spirit. The girl's father teams with his ex-wife to find a way to end the curse upon their child.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Canada
2017
90 Minutes
Nicole Muñoz Laurie Holden Chloe Rose Eric Osborne James McGowan Bianca Melchior
teen girl mother demon evil spirit brash chilling dark frightening thrilling home forest attic bedroom school death of father occult ritual deal with the devil curse revenge
A frustrated, angst-ridden teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to evoke a witch to kill her mother.
Horror, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2015
94 Minutes
Olivia DeJonge Ed Oxenbould Deanna Dunagan Peter McRobbie Kathryn Hahn Celia Keenan-Bolger Samuel Stricklen Patch Darragh Jorge Cordova Steve Annan Benjamin Kanes
young girl brother mother grandmother grandfather evil spirit dark creepy intense house pennsylvania farm attic yard train grandparent/child relationship evil danger siblings stress
Two siblings become increasingly frightened by their grandparents' disturbing behavior while visiting them on vacation.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Drama
1990
192 Minutes
Harry Anderson Dennis Christopher Richard Masur Annette O'Toole Tim Reid John Ritter Richard Thomas Tim Curry
outcast teen boy friend demon demon hunter adult dark chilling suspenseful creepy united states small town demons evil fighting evil horror mystery pursuit revenge 1990s
In 1960, seven preteen outcasts fight an evil demon that poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2014
86 Minutes
Rufus Sewell Alycia Debnam-Carey Jennifer Carpenter Colm Meaney Thomas McDonell Jane McNeill Leah Pipes Adelaide Kane
teen girl teen boy amish man amish woman sheriff devil dark creepy disturbing frightening amish farm america small town prophecy murder amish amish culture devil worship growing up discovery
A baseball player whose professional career was cut short due to his personal problems is suddenly awakened and invigorated by a young-man with Down syndrome who works at the local grocery store.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2016
93 Minutes
Kevin Bacon Radha Mitchell Lucy Fry David Mazouz Ming-Na Paul Reiser Matt Walsh Jennifer Morrison
husband wife son daughter mystic evil spirit creepy dark intense frightening cave house yard grand canyon los angeles bedroom curse invasion evil spirits stress
A family unknowingly awakens an ancient supernatural entity on a Grand Canyon vacation, and must fight for survival when it follows them home.
Horror, Other
USA
1998
85 Minutes
Jamie Lee Curtis Adam Arkin Josh Hartnett Michelle Williams Adam Hann-Byrd Jodi Lyn O'Keefe Janet Leigh LL Cool J Joseph Gordon-Levitt Nancy Stephens Branden Williams
serial killer headmistress son teen boy michael myers nurse thrilling gory tense suspenseful intense frightening northern california school basement elevator family home rest stop survival serial murders
Laurie Strode, now the dean of a Northern California private school with an assumed name, must battle the Shape one last time, as the life of her own son hangs in the balance.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2015
77 Minutes
Michael Paré Lauren Alexandra Gayle James Thomas Johnston Rachel G. Whittle Amy Wickenheiser Brigette Rose John Fallon
widower homeless person mysterious man evil spirit wife daughter creepy dark intense graveyard street house bathroom bedroom kitchen loss grief isolation danger stress
A homeless man (Michael Paré) finds shelter in a lavish and abandoned house. He soon discovers he is not alone and the house will not allow him to leave.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK|Jordan|Qatar|Iran
2016
84 Minutes
Narges Rashidi Avin Manshadi Bobby Naderi Ray Haratian Arash Marandi Behi Djanati Atai Hamid Djavadan Soussan Farrokhnia
iranian citizen husband mother daughter evil spirit neighbor creepy disturbing intense tehran, iran apartment store bedroom car office iran--iraq war evil spirits danger fear survival
As a mother and daughter struggle to cope with the terrors of the post-revolution, war-torn Tehran of the 1980s, a mysterious evil begins to haunt their home.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2000
126 Minutes
Harrison Ford Michelle Pfeiffer Diana Scarwid Miranda Otto James Remar Joe Morton Amber Valletta Victoria Bidewell Katharine Towne Rachel Singer Mark Patrick Costello
husband wife scientist friend college student girl chilling tense bleak thrilling frightening vermont house college bedroom neighborhood murder affair moving neighbors
The wife of a university research scientist believes that her lakeside Vermont home is haunted by a ghost - or that she is losing her mind.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Italy
1977
92 Minutes
Jessica Harper Stefania Casini Joan Bennett Eva Axén Flavio Bucci Udo Kier Alida Valli Susanna Javicoli
schoolgirl ballerina teacher witch student suspenseful disturbing frightening boarding school dorm dressing room germany apartment building forest witchcraft murder mystery conspiracy ballet discovery
An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Romance
UK|USA
2017
107 Minutes
Jessie Buckley Geraldine James Johnny Flynn Charley Palmer Rothwell Hattie Gotobed Shannon Tarbet Emily Taaffe Olwen Fouere Oliver Maltman Trystan Gravelle Tim Woodward
tour guide poacher police detective sister golfer uneasy tense suspenseful shocking intense gripping disturbing creepy island great britain murder murder accusation family sister relationship misfits
The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school.
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 »
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2017
97 Minutes
Joel Edgerton Christopher Abbott Carmen Ejogo Riley Keough Kelvin Harrison Jr. Griffin Robert Faulkner David Pendleton Chase Joliet Mick O'Rourke
husband wife son refugee mother survivor bleak brooding creepy disturbing tense thrilling house woods basement forest home disease evil spirits mysterious illness
Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son. Then a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2020
85 Minutes
young boy mysterious woman evil spirit parent dark creepy chilling disturbing country house nightmares evil spirits evil child demonic possession rescue metamorphosis transformation 21st century
In order to stop his bad dreams a young boy steals a dreamcatcher from a mysterious neighbor forcing his family to rescue him from a nightmarish entity.