Ring
1998Japan★ 7.1subtitled
A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.
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The Shining, but for the slow burn that pays off
One foreign film captures this hook with the same intensity as The Shining. Confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
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The Babadook
2014Australia★ 6.5subtitled
A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.
Ghostland
2018France★ 7.4subtitled
A mother of two inherits a home from her aunt. On the first night in the new home she is confronted with murderous intruders and fights for her daughters’ lives. Sixteen years later the daughters reunite at the house, and that is when things get strange...
Ju-on: The Grudge
2002Japan★ 6.8subtitled
When a social worker is sent to check on a traumatized elderly woman whose family have moved in at the site of a notorious murder case, she unwittingly unleashes a cycle of terror that transmits via its victims.
Veronica
2017Spain★ 6.2subtitled
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.
The Orphanage
2007Spain★ 7.2subtitled
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.
Huesera: The Bone Woman
2023Mexico★ 5.9subtitled
Valeria's joy at becoming a first-time mother is quickly taken away when she's cursed by a sinister entity. As danger closes in, she's forced deeper into a chilling world of dark magic that threatens to consume her.
Let the Right One In
2008Sweden★ 7.5subtitled
When Oskar, a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli, they strike up a friendship. Initially reserved with each other, Oskar and Eli slowly form a close bond, but it soon becomes apparent that she is no ordinary young girl.