Movies like Midsommar
Midsommar is most extreme on ERA BIAS — modern craft at 090. 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 Midsommar’s fingerprint. The list below is scored against it, not against genre.
Get Out
Jordan Peele · 2017 · Film
Shares modern craft.
80% shared signal
Kill List
Ben Wheatley · 2011 · Film
Shares human monsters.
80% shared signal
The Lighthouse
Robert Eggers · 2019 · Film
Shares modern craft.
76% shared signal
A Dark Song
Liam Gavin · 2016 · Film
Shares slow-burn dread.
73% shared signal
It Follows
David Robert Mitchell · 2014 · Film
Shares a bleak, unforgiving tone.
72% shared signal
The Babadook
Jennifer Kent · 2014 · Film
Shares slow-burn dread.
69% shared signal
Audition
Takashi Miike · 1999 · Film
Shares human monsters.
68% shared signal
Hereditary
Ari Aster · 2018 · Film
Shares a bleak, unforgiving tone.
67% shared signal
The Witch
Robert Eggers · 2015 · Film
67% shared signal
Saw
James Wan · 2004 · Film
67% shared signal
Talk to Me
Danny & Michael Philippou · 2022 · Film
65% shared signal
Terrifier 2
Damien Leone · 2022 · Film
64% shared signal
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