The Conjuring 2
2016USA★ 7.35 pt match
The world both films live in revolves around religion and faith. The feel is the same: haunting, tense, escalating, and slow burn.
Evil Eye
Mal de ojo
2022MexicoLanguage: esDirected by Isaac Ezban★ 6.7
Available in English: subtitled
Nala, a thirteen-year-old girl from the city, travels with her family to her grandmother's home in the countryside, to try to find a cure for her little sister's mysterious illness - But she'll soon find her granny is not exactly what she seems...
Themes and style
Tone
hauntingtensemelancholicdark comedy
Pacing
slow burnescalating
Story
unravelingsurvivaljourney
Emotion
loss of innocencegriefparanoiabelonging
Themes
family wounds passed downfamily dutycaught between worldsreligion and faith
Feel
quietly hauntingcerebraldiscussion starter
Violence
moderateWhere to watch
Hollywood films like Evil Eye
If Evil Eye hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
Sinister
2012USA★ 6.95 pt match
What ties these together is paranoia and loss of innocence. Both circle the same ground: family duty and family wounds passed down. Same energy: tense, haunting, slow burn, and escalating.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984USA★ 7.34 pt match
Both films sit with paranoia and loss of innocence. The world both films live in revolves around family wounds passed down and family duty. Both move the same way too, haunting, tense, escalating, and slow burn.
The Witch
2015USA★ 74 pt match
What ties these together is paranoia and loss of innocence. The world both films live in revolves around religion and faith, family wounds passed down, and family duty. Both move the same way too, haunting, tense, slow burn, and escalating.
Smile
2022USA★ 6.74 pt match
Both films sit with grief, paranoia, and loss of innocence. They share the same lens on family wounds passed down. The feel is the same: haunting, tense, slow burn, and escalating.
Rosemary's Baby
1968USA★ 7.83.5 pt match
Both films sit with paranoia and loss of innocence. The world both films live in revolves around religion and faith and family duty. The feel is the same: haunting, tense, slow burn, and escalating.
It Follows
2014USA★ 6.63.5 pt match
What ties these together is paranoia and loss of innocence. They share the same lens on family wounds passed down. Both move the same way too, haunting, tense, slow burn, and escalating.