Movies like Hereditary
Hereditary is most extreme on TONE — a bleak, unforgiving tone at 008. Everything below is a movie that lands near it on the same six axes, which is a different question from "what else is tagged horror". Ranked by distance, closest first.
That is Hereditary’s fingerprint. The list below is scored against it, not against genre.
The Witch
Robert Eggers · 2015 · Film
Shares a bleak, unforgiving tone.
86% shared signal
Let the Right One In
Tomas Alfredson · 2008 · Film
Shares a supernatural threat.
81% shared signal
Talk to Me
Danny & Michael Philippou · 2022 · Film
Shares modern craft.
80% shared signal
Sinister
Scott Derrickson · 2012 · Film
Shares a bleak, unforgiving tone.
80% shared signal
The Babadook
Jennifer Kent · 2014 · Film
Shares slow-burn dread.
80% shared signal
It Follows
David Robert Mitchell · 2014 · Film
Shares modern craft.
79% shared signal
A Dark Song
Liam Gavin · 2016 · Film
Shares slow-burn dread.
78% shared signal
Oculus
Mike Flanagan · 2013 · Film
Shares a supernatural threat.
77% shared signal
The Ring
Gore Verbinski · 2002 · Film
75% shared signal
Smile
Parker Finn · 2022 · Film
74% shared signal
It
Andy Muschietti · 2017 · Film
73% shared signal
A Quiet Place
John Krasinski · 2018 · Film
72% shared signal
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