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2013 · Movie · R · your starting pointIf The Conjuring is the itch, these scratch it — some louder, some quieter. Free ones first.
Movies like The Conjuring, ranked
1. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
James Wan returns to direct another case for Ed and Lorraine Warren, maintaining the same meticulous approach to building dread through period-authentic detail and methodical investigation before the supernatural terror fully erupts.
2. The Conjuring 2 (2016)
James Wan returns to direct this sequel with the same meticulous control of atmospheric dread and jump scares, following Ed and Lorraine Warren as they investigate another family terrorized by a malevolent entity in their home.
3. The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025)
James Wan's methodical pacing and use of negative space to build dread returns here, with Ed and Lorraine Warren again anchoring the investigation through meticulous research before supernatural chaos fully erupts.
4. Sinister (2012)
James Wan's methodical approach to escalating dread returns here as an obsessive investigation into a crime scene spirals into communion with something malevolent lurking within the house itself.
5. Poltergeist Activity (2015)
James Wan's methodical build of dread through possessed-space horror returns here, where a father's protective instinct collides with a malevolent force that won't release its grip on the home he's trying to save.
6. The Haunting (1963)
James Wan's methodical buildup of dread through carefully framed spaces and methodical investigation mirrors this film's patient exploration of how a haunted structure's history gradually unravels its inhabitants' grip on reality.
7. Poltergeist (2015)
James Wan's masterful control of spatial dread and his layering of supernatural threats through intimate family spaces creates the same methodical terror that defines possessed-house narratives.
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