Movies like Poltergeist
Poltergeist is most extreme on THE THREAT — a supernatural threat 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 Poltergeist’s fingerprint. The list below is scored against it, not against genre.
Alien
Ridley Scott · 1979 · Film
Shares a supernatural threat.
77% shared signal
Suspiria
Dario Argento · 1977 · Film
Shares analog-era texture.
76% shared signal
Candyman
Bernard Rose · 1992 · Film
Shares analog-era texture.
72% shared signal
The Exorcist
William Friedkin · 1973 · Film
Shares a supernatural threat.
72% shared signal
The Ring
Gore Verbinski · 2002 · Film
70% shared signal
Jaws
Steven Spielberg · 1975 · Film
69% shared signal
The Omen
Richard Donner · 1976 · Film
68% shared signal
Ringu
Hideo Nakata · 1998 · Film
68% shared signal
The Thing
John Carpenter · 1982 · Film
68% shared signal
Videodrome
David Cronenberg · 1983 · Film
66% shared signal
Hellraiser
Clive Barker · 1987 · Film
66% shared signal
Possession
Andrzej Zulawski · 1981 · Film
65% shared signal
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