10 Movies and Shows Like The Dark and the Wicked (2020)

Description: The Others matches The Dark and the Wicked's gothic atmosphere and psychological horror elements. Both films use isolation and supernatural mystery to create tension.

Fact: Nicole Kidman's first film after her divorce from Tom Cruise. Shot entirely on soundstages in Spain. The film helped revive gothic horror in the 2000s.

Description: Like The Dark and the Wicked, The Orphanage combines family drama with supernatural horror. Both films feature haunted locations and tragic backstories.

Fact: Produced by Guillermo del Toro. The child actor couldn't speak Spanish and learned his lines phonetically. The film won 7 Goya Awards in Spain.

Description: The Conjuring shares The Dark and the Wicked's serious approach to demonic horror and haunted house tropes. Both films use atmospheric scares rather than gore.

Fact: Based on real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. The film launched the successful Conjuring Universe. Director James Wan used practical effects whenever possible.

Description: Like The Dark and the Wicked, The Babadook explores grief and mental deterioration through horror elements. Both films use their supernatural threats as metaphors for psychological trauma.

Fact: The Babadook was inspired by Jennifer Kent's short film Monster. The creature design was based on Lon Chaney's appearance in London After Midnight. The film was added to the National Film Registry in

Description: Like The Dark and the Wicked, this film creates horror through gradual revelation of supernatural evil. Both feature disturbing imagery and a sense of inescapable doom.

Fact: The corpse was played by actress Olwen Kelly, who had to remain perfectly still for hours. Director André Øvredal wanted to make 'the scariest film ever'. The autopsy scenes were vetted by real pathologists.

Description: A Dark Song shares The Dark and the Wicked's serious approach to occult themes and slow-building dread. Both films feature disturbing rituals and supernatural consequences.

Fact: Director Liam Gavin studied real occult rituals for authenticity. The film was shot in an abandoned Welsh manor. The lead actress performed her own stunts.

Description: The Wailing shares The Dark and the Wicked's rural horror setting and themes of demonic possession. Both films build tension through uncertainty about supernatural forces.

Fact: Director Na Hong-jin spent three years researching shamanism. The film's exorcism scene used a real shaman. It was South Korea's official Oscar submission in

Description: Hereditary shares a similar slow-burning, psychological horror approach with The Dark and the Wicked, focusing on family trauma and supernatural dread. Both films use atmospheric tension and disturbing imagery to unsettle the audience.

Fact: Hereditary was director Ari Aster's debut feature film. The film's miniature sets were created by the same artist who worked on The Dark and the Wicked. Toni Collette's performance was widely praised as one of the best in horror cinema.

Description: The Lighthouse matches The Dark and the Wicked's oppressive atmosphere and psychological descent into madness. Both films use isolation and supernatural ambiguity to create unease.

Fact: Shot in black-and-white 35mm film with a nearly square aspect ratio. Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe lived together during filming. The lighthouse set was built on a remote Nova Scotia peninsula.

Description: Midsommar shares The Dark and the Wicked's emphasis on dread and psychological horror, though in a daylight setting. Both films explore themes of grief and feature disturbing ritualistic elements.

Fact: Florence Pugh learned Swedish for her role. The film's flower dress weighed over 40 pounds. Director Ari Aster based some rituals on actual Scandinavian traditions.