Movies Like The Wretched (2019)

The Wretched is a 2019 horror, mystery, thriller film from Drew T. Pierce with a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Pyewacket and Stranger in Our House.

Horror Mystery Thriller

Pyewacket

2017

A frustrated, angry teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to invoke a witch to kill her mother.

5.9

MagicScore

Stranger in Our House

1979

A country family of five take in charming cousin Julie, whose parents recently died in a car crash, though teenaged daughter Rachel grows suspect that she has an alternative agenda; one that possibly includes witchcraft.

5.3

MagicScore

The Witch

2016

In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are tested in shocking ways.

7.0

MagicScore

Cabin Fever

2016

While staying at a remote cabin for a week-long vacation, a group of five college friends succumb to an infectious, flesh-eating disease.

4.7

MagicScore

The Scary of Sixty-First

2021

Two roommates’ lives are upended after finding out that their new Manhattan apartment harbors a dark secret.

5.5

MagicScore

The Wailing

2016

A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.

7.4

MagicScore

Antichrist

2009

A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.

6.6

MagicScore

Baba Yaga

1973

Carroll Baker stars in this psychedelic shocker about a mysterious witch who casts a spell over attractive, youthful fashion photographer Valentina Rosselli. Thrust into a world of sadism, Valentina must figure out whether the torture being inflicted on her is because of one woman's twisted agenda … or a curse known as Baba Yaga.

5.5

MagicScore

J.D.'s Revenge

1976

Although notorious New Orleans gangster J.D. Walker is shot and killed in the 1940s, his spirit remains restless for three decades, until a hypnotist's supernatural nightclub act allows him to take over the body of a mild-mannered law student and seek revenge on those who got him killed.

5.7

MagicScore

#10

The Hearse

1980

A schoolteacher moves into her deceased aunt’s house in a small Californian town, and is harassed by unfriendly locals and a mysterious hearse.

5.2

MagicScore

#11

Dead Shack

2017

On a weekend getaway at a rundown cabin in the woods, Jason, a cautious teen, his crude best friend Colin and his fearless older sister Summer are forced to work together, grow up and save their hard-partying parents from their predatory neighbor intent on feeding them all to her undead family.

5.5

MagicScore

#12

The Haunted Palace

1963

A warlock burned at the stake comes back and takes over the body of his great grandson to take his revenge on the descendents of the villages that burned him.

6.6

MagicScore

#13

The Lords of Salem

2013

Heidi, a radio DJ, is sent a box containing a record - a "gift from the Lords". The sounds within the grooves trigger flashbacks of her town's violent past. Is Heidi going mad, or are the Lords back to take revenge on Salem, Massachusetts?

5.4

MagicScore

#14

The Possession of Joel Delaney

1972

An upper-class Manhattan divorcee comes to believe that her brother is possessed by the spirit of a serial killer who beheaded young women in Spanish Harlem.

5.6

MagicScore

#15

Dark Places

1973

A scheming couple plot to conceal a hidden cache of stolen money from its rightful owner. The only problem is that the house they plan to hide it in is haunted.

5.5

MagicScore

#16

The Manitou

1978

A psychic's girlfriend finds out that a lump on her back is a growing reincarnation of a 400 year-old demonic Native American spirit.

5.4

MagicScore

#17

Crash!

1976

After a professor is crippled in a car accident, he blames his wife for the ordeal and attempts to have her killed using the same means. Now hospitalized with amnesia, she appears to be protected by a tiny voodoo trinket that she still clutches in her hand, which possesses her car and other objects, causing mayhem throughout the city.

5.1

MagicScore

#18

Bay Coven

1987

A young newlywed couple move to a remote island only to find a secret coven of witches who want them to join all the fun...or face the consequences.

4.0

MagicScore

#19

Demon Witch Child

1975

After an old witch desecrates a church and abducts a baby, the police take her in for questioning, leading her to attempt suicide. To exact revenge, a fellow witch curses the police commissioner's daughter, and as the old witch dies, her spirit latches onto the young girl and causes her to wreak havoc.

4.8

MagicScore

#20

Nurse Sherri

1978

A hospital nurse is possessed by an evil spirit, and proceeds to kill off the hospital's patients.

4.4

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Wretched?

The top films similar to The Wretched by MovieMagicScore are Pyewacket (5.9), Stranger in Our House (5.3), The Witch (7.0). Each shares horror/mystery/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Wretched worth watching?

The Wretched holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10 from 655 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Wretched?

The Wretched (2019) is a horror, mystery, thriller film directed by Drew T. Pierce, starring John-Paul Howard, Piper Curda, Jamison Jones.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Wretched?

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This ranked list pairs The Wretched (2019), a horror and mystery and thriller film from Drew T. Pierce, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of John-Paul Howard 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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