Movies Like Diabolic (2025)

Diabolic is a 2025 horror film from Daniel J. Phillips with a MovieMagicScore of 6.3/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Insidious and Insidious: Chapter 2.

Horror

Insidious

2011

A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.

7.0

MagicScore

Insidious: Chapter 2

2013

The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

6.7

MagicScore

Insidious: The Red Door

2023

To put their demons to rest once and for all, Josh Lambert and a college-aged Dalton Lambert must go deeper into The Further than ever before, facing their family's dark past and a host of new and more horrifying terrors that lurk behind the red door.

6.5

MagicScore

Insidious: Out of the Further

2026

Gemma, a young mother raising her daughter in the house she grew up in, discovers she can travel into The Further, where she possesses an ability to bring what lives there back to the real world.

6.5

MagicScore

Insidious: Chapter 3

2015

A prequel set before the haunting of the Lambert family that reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help a teenage girl who has been targeted by a dangerous supernatural entity.

6.3

MagicScore

Insidious: The Last Key

2018

Parapsychologist Elise Rainier and her team travel to Five Keys, NM, to investigate a man’s claim of a haunting. Terror soon strikes when Rainier realizes that the house he lives in was her family’s old home.

6.3

MagicScore

undertone

2026

The host of a popular paranormal podcast becomes haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously sent her way.

6.0

MagicScore

Passenger

2026

After a young couple witnesses a gruesome highway accident, they soon realize they did not leave the crash scene alone, as a demonic presence called the Passenger that won't stop until it claims them both turns their van life adventure into a nightmare.

7.3

MagicScore

Paranormal Investigation

2018

A ghost hunter investigates an evil spirit dwelling within a young man who reportedly became possessed after playing with a Ouija board.

4.5

MagicScore

#10

The Conjuring: Last Rites

2025

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on one last terrifying case involving mysterious entities they must confront.

7.0

MagicScore

#11

Smile

2022

After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.

6.7

MagicScore

#12

Saccharine

2026

After succumbing to an obscure weight-loss craze involving the eating of human ashes, lovelorn medical student Hana finds herself haunted by the ghost of the person she's eating.

6.8

MagicScore

#13

Host

2020

Six friends hire a medium to hold a séance via Zoom during lockdown — but they get far more than they bargained for as things quickly go wrong. When an evil spirit starts invading their homes, they begin to realise they might not survive the night.

6.5

MagicScore

#14

Whistle

2026

When a misfit group of unwitting high school students stumbles upon a cursed Aztec Death Whistle, they discover that blowing it unleashes a terrifying sound that summons their future deaths to hunt them down.

6.3

MagicScore

#15

Don't Follow Me

2025

Obsessed with going viral with her videos of ghosts and paranormal events, aspiring influencer Carla moves into a famous haunted building. There, she begins faking ghostly apparitions to gain more followers, unaware that a real evil entity resides in her apartment and will torment her until no one, not even she, can distinguish what's real and what isn't.

6.2

MagicScore

#16

Night Swim

2024

Forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, former baseball player Ray Waller moves into a new house with his wife and two children. He hopes that the backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for himself. However, a dark secret from the home's past soon unleashes a malevolent force that drags the family into the depths of inescapable terror.

5.5

MagicScore

#17

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.

7.3

MagicScore

#18

House of Spoils

2024

An ambitious chef opens a restaurant on a remote estate where she battles kitchen chaos, crushing self doubts… and a haunting presence who threatens to sabotage her at every turn.

5.5

MagicScore

#19

The Exorcist

1973

When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.

7.7

MagicScore

#20

Viy

1967

Based on the story by Nikolai Gogol, an Orthodox priest on monastery holiday kills an old witch in a remote village, who turns into a beautiful young woman. Her dying wish is for him to watch over her wake for three nights in the village, with terrors occurring and his faith waning as he reads prayers on overnight watch.

6.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Diabolic?

The top films similar to Diabolic by MovieMagicScore are Insidious (7.0), Insidious: Chapter 2 (6.7), Insidious: The Red Door (6.5). Each shares horror themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Diabolic worth watching?

Diabolic holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.3/10 from 51 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Diabolic?

Diabolic (2025) is a horror film directed by Daniel J. Phillips, starring Elizabeth Cullen, John Harlan Kim, Mia Challis.

Where can I find more recommendations like Diabolic?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more horror recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Diabolic

This ranked list pairs Diabolic (2025), a horror film from Daniel J. Phillips, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Elizabeth Cullen take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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