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10 Best Movies Like Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

If you loved Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Notorious Bettie Page

The Notorious Bettie Page

2005★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Be Afraid of the Dark for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a ...

#2
Gargoyles

Gargoyles

1972★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Be Afraid of the Dark for fans of Horror & TV Movie. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After receiving word about a mysterious carcass/skeleton unearthed in the Arizona desert, a father and his daughter decide to remove it from the burial grounds for further study. O...

#3
Extraterrestrial Visitors

Extraterrestrial Visitors

1983★ 2.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Be Afraid of the Dark for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After a meteor-like object lands in the woods, poachers unearth a cave filled with alien eggs. As they attempt to destroy the eggs, one of them is killed by an unseen creature, lea...

#4
Faktor 8 – Der Tag ist gekommen

Faktor 8 – Der Tag ist gekommen

2009★ 4.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Be Afraid of the Dark for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A presumed virus outbreak during a flight from south Asia to Munich. Most of all, the scientific premise is utterly wrong. Retroviruses is shown as multiplying in erythrocytes, whi...

#5
Twin Falls Idaho

Twin Falls Idaho

1999★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Be Afraid of the Dark for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Francis and Blake Falls are Siamese twins who live in a neat little room in a rundown hotel. While sharing some organs, Blake is always fit and Francis is very sickly. Into their w...

#6
The Wicker Man

The Wicker Man

1973★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Be Afraid of the Dark for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. The investigation is further complicated as Howie’s relig...