15 Movies Like Stranger in the House
Loved Stranger in the House? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

Dolly
Young Macy is abducted by a deranged, monstrous figure who wants to raise her as its child.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Stranger in the House.

Orozco the Embalmer
In 1996, Tsurisaki Kiyotaka, one of Japan’s most infamous death photographers, ventured into the center of Hell itself - the Rue Morgue neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia. With death and murder rampant, the corpses eventually find their way to embalmer Froilan Orozco, who has been tending the dead for over 50 years. We watch as bodies are brought in to his shop and he prepares them for their funerals.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Stranger in the House.

I Am Frankelda
A gifted young writer in 19th-century Mexico journeys into her subconscious and comes face to face with characters from her own spooky stories.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Stranger in the House.

Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End
When a kind of rabies that transforms people into aggressive creatures spreads across the planet, Manel isolates himself at home with his cat, relying on his wits to survive; but soon they must go out in search of food, by land and by sea, dodging many dangers.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Stranger in the House.

Bone Lake
A couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream getaway spirals into a nightmarish maze of sex, lies, and manipulation, bringing terrifying secrets to light and triggering a bloody battle for survival.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Stranger in the House.

Silver Bullet
The small city of Tarker's Mills is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears the work of a maniac, but sightings of a mysterious, hairy creature soon spread. People lock themselves up at night, but there's one boy who's still outside…
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Stranger in the House.
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[REC]
A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Stranger in the House.

Mexican Psycho
Follows an "ultra-violent and intelligent" psychopath who challenges the police by leaving a white paper rabbit at each crime scene, connecting them all.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Stranger in the House.

Strange Darling
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Stranger in the House.

Play Dead
A woman wakes up injured in a basement surrounded by corpses. To survive, she pretends to be dead while a grotesque ritual unfolds in the house above.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Stranger in the House.

The Skin I Live In
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Stranger in the House.

Disforia
Set in the near future against the backdrop of widespread looting and societal collapse, the couple formed by Esther and Tomás and their daughter Say move to their summer house so they can promptly sell it and then flee from their country to France, drawing attention from a ring of voyeurs of real-life torture streamed on the dark web.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Stranger in the House.

Night Shift
A young nurse with a domestic abuse past starts working the night shift at a small hospital, where, during the night, the ghost of a nurse materializes.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Stranger in the House.

The Platform 2
After a mysterious leader imposes his law in a brutal system of vertical cells, a new arrival battles against a dubious food distribution method.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Stranger in the House.

Snuff 102
A young Argentinian reporter is writing an article about snuff films - which depict real torture, rape and murder of people. But seeking the films and those behind them might backfire. She herself is in danger of becoming one of the suffering.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Stranger in the House.