Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
2018South Korea★ 7.35 pt match
What ties these together is feeling powerless. The feel is the same: bleak, tense, slow burn, and escalating.
The Conjuring 2
2016USALanguage: EnglishDirected by James Wan★ 7.3
Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
Themes and style
Tone
hauntingtensebleak
Pacing
escalatingslow burn
Story
investigationsurvivalsiege
Emotion
feeling powerlessloyalty under pressuresacrificethe family you choose
Themes
class and moneypovertymen and women navigating expectationsreligion and faith
Feel
fun scarycrowd pleaserquietly hauntingcathartic
Violence
moderateWhere to watch
Foreign films like The Conjuring 2
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as The Conjuring 2. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
Evil Eye
2022Mexico★ 6.75 pt match
They share the same lens on religion and faith. Same energy: haunting, tense, slow burn, and escalating.
Julia's Eyes
2010Spain★ 6.74.5 pt match
What ties these together is feeling powerless. Both circle the same ground: men and women navigating expectations. Both move the same way too, tense, haunting, slow burn, and escalating.
Ghost Mansion
2021South Korea★ 7.24 pt match
The world both films live in revolves around poverty. Both move the same way too, haunting and slow burn.
Down a Dark Hall
2018Spain★ 5.54 pt match
What ties these together is feeling powerless. They share the same lens on men and women navigating expectations. Same energy: haunting, tense, slow burn, and escalating.
Deep Red
1975Italy★ 7.74 pt match
Like The Conjuring 2, this one is rooted in feeling powerless. The world both films live in revolves around men and women navigating expectations. Both move the same way too, haunting, tense, and escalating.
Thesis
1996Spain★ 7.53.5 pt match
What ties these together is feeling powerless. Both circle the same ground: men and women navigating expectations. Same energy: tense, haunting, slow burn, and escalating.
The Wicker Man
1973UK★ 7.33 pt match
Both films sit with feeling powerless and sacrifice. They share the same lens on religion and faith and men and women navigating expectations. Same energy: haunting, tense, and slow burn.