The match
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.
Your matches
Hereditary, but for the haunting, lingering atmosphere
2 foreign films carry this hook with the same weight as Hereditary. All confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
If you want a second one
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.
See 7 more good (not elite) matches
These are real matches, confirmed English availability and all — just not as strong an overlap as the picks above.
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.
His House
2020UK★ 6.4subtitled
After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.
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.
Onibaba
1964Japan★ 7.7subtitled
While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a mysterious mask from a dead samurai.
Talk to Me
2022Australia★ 7.1subtitled
When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.
Audition
2000Japan★ 7.1subtitled
Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.
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...