Movies like The Canvas (2026)

Name: The Canvas
Released: 2026

10 films to watch after The Canvas, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

In an isolated house, a father and his son discover a painting that seems disturbingly alive. When their darkest nightmares begin bleeding into reality, a sinister presence emerges from the canvas, feeding on buried trauma and forgotten memories.

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The Conjuring (2013)

Fit 67%

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Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
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The Boogeyman (2023)

Fit 65%

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Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves plagued by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before it’s too late.
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Poltergeist (1982)

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The Freelings' suburban home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a portal to the 'other side'. With help, they must cross over to get their daughter back.
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The Return (2020)

Fit 64%

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After the death of his father, a brilliant college student returns to his family home where he learns that the horrors from his childhood aren't as dead and gone as he once thought.
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Cobweb (2023)

Fit 62%

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Eight year old Peter is plagued by a mysterious, constant tapping from inside his bedroom wall—one that his parents insist is all in his imagination. As Peter's fear intensifies, he believes that his parents could be hiding a terrible, dangerous secret and questions their trustworthiness.
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Insidious: The Red Door (2023)

Fit 58%

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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.
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Ghostland (2018)

Fit 55%

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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...
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The Entity (1982)

Fit 53%

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A single mom is raped by an invisible force. Her psychiatrist believes the experience stems from childhood trauma, while she knows something supernatural is at play.
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The Deliverance (2024)

Fit 53%

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Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the family apart, Ebony soon finds herself locked in a battle for her life and the souls of her children.
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Daddy's Head (2024)

Fit 53%

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A boy and his stepmother fear for their safety after an eerie creature resembling the boy's recently deceased father visits them.