Movies like The Omen
The Omen is most extreme on THE THREAT — a supernatural threat at 006. 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 The Omen’s fingerprint. The list below is scored against it, not against genre.
The Exorcist
William Friedkin · 1973 · Film
Shares a supernatural threat.
93% shared signal
Alien
Ridley Scott · 1979 · Film
Shares analog-era texture.
86% shared signal
The Thing
John Carpenter · 1982 · Film
Shares a bleak, unforgiving tone.
79% shared signal
The Fly
David Cronenberg · 1986 · Film
Shares analog-era texture.
75% shared signal
Candyman
Bernard Rose · 1992 · Film
Shares a bleak, unforgiving tone.
74% shared signal
Night of the Living Dead
George A. Romero · 1968 · Film
Shares grounded realism.
69% shared signal
The Descent
Neil Marshall · 2005 · Film
Shares grounded realism.
69% shared signal
Poltergeist
Tobe Hooper · 1982 · Film
Shares a supernatural threat.
68% shared signal
Jaws
Steven Spielberg · 1975 · Film
68% shared signal
The Ring
Gore Verbinski · 2002 · Film
67% shared signal
Let the Right One In
Tomas Alfredson · 2008 · Film
67% shared signal
Ringu
Hideo Nakata · 1998 · Film
65% shared signal
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