Movies Similar to The Boogeyman: Origins

Freddy vs. Jason(2003)

Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.

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Hammer(2024)

Cartagena, Colombia – 1666. An enslaved woman accused of witchcraft comes face to face with evil incarnate and a Faustian bargain for her freedom while imprisoned in the bowels of the Palace of the Inquisition.

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Bring Her Back(2025)

Following the death of their father, a brother and sister are sent to live with a foster mother, only to learn that she is hiding a terrifying secret.

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Carrie(1976)

Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers, things take a dark and violent turn.

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Wes Craven's New Nightmare(1994)

A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?

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Exorcist II: The Heretic(1977)

Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and knowledge of a Vatican investigator and a research specialist free her from its grasp?

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The Exorcist III(1990)

On the fifteenth anniversary of the exorcism that claimed Father Damien Karras' life, Police Lieutenant Kinderman's world is once again shattered when a boy is found decapitated and savagely crucified.

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Archangel

A privately funded organization researching the possibility of life after death. It is targeted by an ancient entity that wants to keep mankind from understanding the true nature of the supernatural.

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The Devil's Lair(2024)

A woman who was a traumatized victim of family violence and economic hardship was forced to join three friends in robbing an antique house.

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Terrifier 4

The fourth installment in the Terrifier franchise. Plot TBA; Art the Clown's origins will be explored.

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Cat People(1982)

After years of separation, Irena Gallier and her minister brother, Paul, reunite in New Orleans. When zoologists capture a wild panther, Irena is drawn to the cat – and zoo curator Oliver to her. Soon, Paul will have to reveal the family secret: that when sexually aroused, they revert into predatory jungle cats.

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Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist(2005)

Father Merrin takes a sabbatical from the Church to devote himself to history and archaeology as he struggles with his shattered faith.

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Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin(2021)

Margot is a documentary filmmaker looking to meet her long-lost mother and extended family in a secluded Amish community. She and her film crew soon realize the family that welcomes them into their home might be hiding a sinister secret.

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They Come Knocking(2019)

After losing his wife to cancer, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip where he finds his family in the crosshairs of terrifying supernatural entities.

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Sijjin 8(2025)

Fatih, who lives with his family in his mother Gönül's house, cannot stand the pressure of his wife Berna and puts his beloved mother in a nursing home. However, the silence that descends on the house after this decision is a harbinger of an approaching storm rather than peace. The house is no longer under their control; a dark force has insidiously surrounded every corner. As the paranormal events become increasingly frightening, Fatih's guilty conscience weighs heavily on his shoulders. Finally, he decides to bring his mother back from the nursing home. But it is no longer his mother who returns home...Every secret comes with a price. And secrets written in blood never go to the grave!

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Final Destination 3(2006)

High school senior Wendy's premonition of a deadly rollercoaster ride saves her life and a lucky few, but not from death itself — which seeks out those who escaped their fate.

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Final Destination 2(2003)

When Kimberly has a violent premonition of a highway pileup she blocks the freeway, keeping a few others meant to die, safe...Or are they? The survivors mysteriously start dying and it's up to Kimberly to stop it before she's next.

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Final Destination 7(2028)

The seventh installment in the Final Destination franchise. Plot TBA.

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Black Feeling(2025)

Black Feeling is an atmospheric short film that ties psychological thriller with supernatural realism to examine identity, emotional contagion, and queer intimacy at its most volatile. The story follows Kamsi, a young woman who isn’t like other people. She feels everything, literally. Her rare condition forces her to absorb the emotions of everyone around her. But when she falls for Audrey, a magnetic woman harbouring her own mysterious illness, Kamsi’s world fractures in ways she can no longer control. What begins as a sensual, emotionally intense relationship quickly turns unsettling. Kamsi is haunted by visions, disoriented by feelings that aren’t hers, and drawn deeper into a reality that no longer has clear edges. Audrey’s presence is both intoxicating and corrupting, an emotional virus infecting Kamsi’s already fragile grip on selfhood.

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The Wretched(2019)

A rebellious teenage boy, struggling with his parents' imminent divorce, encounters a terrifying evil after his next-door neighbor becomes possessed by an ancient witch that feasts on children.

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