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Movies like Spookies

Loved Spookies (Genie Joseph, 1986)? Here are the titles the community finds closest.

Updated October 5, 2026

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01
Insidious: Chapter 2
2013 · Movie · James Wan · 1h 46m
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The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.
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Superstition
1982 · Movie · James W. Roberson · 1h 25m
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A witch put to death in 1692 swears vengeance on her persecutors and returns to the present day to punish their descendants.
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Paranormal Activity 3
2011 · Movie · Henry Joost · 1h 23m
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In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home.
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Paranormal Activity
2009 · Movie · Oren Peli · 1h 26m
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After a young, middle-class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be demonic, but is certainly the most active in the middle of the night.
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Paranormal Activity 2
2010 · Movie · Tod Williams · 1h 31m
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Just as Daniel and Kristi welcome a newborn baby into their home, a demonic presence begins terrorizing them, tearing apart their perfect world and turning it into an inescapable nightmare.
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Insidious: The Last Key
2018 · Movie · Adam Robitel · 1h 43m
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Parapsychologist Elise Rainier and her team travel to Five Keys, NM, to investigate a man’s claim of a haunting. Terror soon strikes when Rainier realizes that the house he lives in was her family’s old home.
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The Conjuring
2013 · Movie · James Wan · 1h 52m
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Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
1985 · Movie · Jack Sholder · 1h 27m
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A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world.
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Insidious
2011 · Movie · James Wan · 1h 42m
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A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.
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House of 1000 Corpses
2003 · Movie · Rob Zombie · 1h 29m
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Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
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Hellraiser
1987 · Movie · Clive Barker · 1h 33m
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A hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites. These otherworldly entities open the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible.
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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
2010 · Movie · Troy Nixey · 1h 39m
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A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.
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What movie to watch after Spookies?

According to the MovieLike community, Insidious: Chapter 2 is the closest, followed by Superstition and Paranormal Activity 3.

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