The Exorcist
1973USA★ 7.76 pt match
Like Veronica, this one is rooted in feeling powerless, grief, and guilt. Both move the same way too, bleak, haunting, slow burn, and escalating.
Veronica
Verónica
2017SpainLanguage: esDirected by Paco Plaza★ 6.2
Available in English: subtitled
In 1991 Madrid, after holding a séance at school, a teen girl minding her younger siblings at home suspects an evil force has entered their apartment.
Themes and style
Tone
hauntingbleaktense
Pacing
slow burnescalating
Story
survivalunravelingsiege
Emotion
feeling powerlesssacrificegriefguilt
Themes
family dutypovertyfamily wounds passed down
Feel
exhaustingquietly hauntinggut punch
Violence
moderateWhere to watch
Hollywood films like Veronica
If Veronica hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
The Blair Witch Project
1999USA★ 6.45 pt match
What ties these together is feeling powerless and grief. The feel is the same: bleak, haunting, slow burn, and escalating.
The Thing
1982USA★ 8.14.5 pt match
Like Veronica, this one is rooted in feeling powerless. The feel is the same: bleak, tense, slow burn, and escalating.
The Shining
1980USA★ 8.24 pt match
What ties these together is feeling powerless and grief. They share the same lens on family duty and family wounds passed down. The feel is the same: haunting, bleak, and slow burn.
The Lighthouse
2019USA★ 7.53 pt match
What ties these together is guilt and feeling powerless. Both circle the same ground: family wounds passed down. The feel is the same: bleak, haunting, slow burn, and escalating.