Movies like Lake Mungo
Lake Mungo is most extreme on VISCERA — restraint over gore at 004. 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 Lake Mungo’s fingerprint. The list below is scored against it, not against genre.
The Blair Witch Project
D. Myrick & E. Sánchez · 1999 · Film
Shares restraint over gore.
77% shared signal
Let the Right One In
Tomas Alfredson · 2008 · Film
Shares a bleak, unforgiving tone.
72% shared signal
A Dark Song
Liam Gavin · 2016 · Film
Shares slow-burn dread.
71% shared signal
Paranormal Activity
Oren Peli · 2007 · Film
Shares restraint over gore.
69% shared signal
It Follows
David Robert Mitchell · 2014 · Film
Shares modern craft.
68% shared signal
The Witch
Robert Eggers · 2015 · Film
Shares a bleak, unforgiving tone.
68% shared signal
The Babadook
Jennifer Kent · 2014 · Film
Shares modern craft.
68% shared signal
Session 9
Brad Anderson · 2001 · Film
Shares slow-burn dread.
67% shared signal
The Ring
Gore Verbinski · 2002 · Film
62% shared signal
Rosemary's Baby
Roman Polanski · 1968 · Film
62% shared signal
Ringu
Hideo Nakata · 1998 · Film
61% shared signal
Hereditary
Ari Aster · 2018 · Film
61% shared signal
Want this ranked against you instead of against Lake Mungo?
Build your tape →