Fortunately, there are some horror movies that will appeal to fans ofThe Babadook.
Released in 2023, the film explores themes of isolation and the surreal.
This brings all kinds of evil into the familys daily life.
The Visitis a very different kind of movie fromThe Babadook, both stylistically and in terms of its content.
But the children soon yearn for their mother when their new hosts dont meet their expectations.
Night Shyamalans best films, it takes plenty of huge risks and twists.
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Sosie Bacon stars as Dr. Rose Cotter, the woman afflicted by these new realistic nightmares.
In many ways,Smilefeels like a direct response toThe Babadook.
Not only is the story very similar, but it adheres to many of the same themes.
Skinamarink, directed by Kyle Edward Ball, follows two children who awaken to discover their father missing and all windows and doors gone from their home, leading them into a night of unsettling experiences. Released in 2023, the film explores themes of isolation and the surreal.
By contrast,The Babadookaims instead to make the audience uncomfortable and form a lasting impact.
Hereditaryis one of thebest ghost stories ever put on-screen.
Much likeThe Babadook, Asters film centers on the family dynamics at the heart of the central ghost story.
Skinamarink, directed by Kyle Edward Ball, follows two children who awaken to discover their father missing and all windows and doors gone from their home, leading them into a night of unsettling experiences. Released in 2023, the film explores themes of isolation and the surreal.
Needless to say,Hereditaryis a great follow-up to the earlier horror film.
As they contend with this unseen entity, the sinister presence grows increasingly pervasive in their lives.
The Dark and the Wicked is a 2020 horror film directed by Bryan Bertino. The story follows two siblings who return to their family farm to care for their dying father, only to find themselves grappling with a malevolent force that threatens their sanity and lives. As the sinister presence grows stronger, they must confront deeply buried secrets and the pervasive sense of dread engulfing them.
Originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, Run Rabbit Run is a psychological horror-thriller film that stars Sarah Snook as “Sarah,” a fertility doctor who begins to notice troubling behavior from her daughter. Sarah, who believes that life and death are finite, soon sees that her daughter can recall a specific deceased person’s memories, challenging her beliefs and forcing her to reckon with her past.
It Follows is a horror-thriller film released in 2014 and follows a college student named Jay who is terrorized by a specter of a woman that follows her everywhere she goes. When Jay has sex with her new boyfriend, he ties her up and reveals that this mysterious woman will now haunt her until she passes it on to another or is killed by her. Now haunted by a woman that only she and those once afflicted by her can see, Jay will attempt to survive and find away to break the curse.
From director M. Night Shyamalan, The Visit follows two siblings who are sent to stay with their estranged grandparents while their mother is out of town on vacation. Realizing that all isn’t what it seems during their stay, the siblings set out to find out what is really going on at their grandparents' home. Olivia DeJonge and Ed Oxenbould star as Becca and Tyler, with Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie, and Kathryn Hahn making up the rest of the main cast.
A psychological horror film written and directed by newcomer Parker Finn, Smile is the story of a woman who, after witnessing a traumatic incident involving a patient, terrifying incidents keep occurring in her life. Sosie Bacon stars as Dr. Rose Cotter, the woman afflicted by these new realistic nightmares. The horrifying occurrences happen so frequently that Rose realizes she’ll have to confront past trauma to escape this new reality and survive the supernatural forces trying to kill her.
The feature film debut of writer-director Ari Aster, Hereditary tells the story of the unwittingly cursed Graham family. Annie Graham (Toni Collette) lives with her husband Steve (Gabriel Byrne) and their children Peter (Alex Wolff) and Charlie (Milly Shapiro). After the death of Annie’s mother, the family is beset by disaster and stalked by a supernatural entity that dredges up a past that Annie had spent her life trying to overlook.
