Movies like V/H/S/85: 20 to watch next

If you loved V/H/S/85 (2023) — a horror and thriller film directed by Natasha Kermani and Scott Derrickson — these 20 movies are the closest matches.

The first picks are what fans of V/H/S/85 most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like lake, sacrifice and police. 8 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.

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V/H/S/94 2021★ 6.1
Shares: Horror, Thriller
After the discovery of a mysterious VHS tape, a brutish police SWAT team launches a high-intensity raid on a remote warehouse, only to discover a sinister cult compound whose collection of pre-recorded material uncovers a nightmarish conspiracy.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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V/H/S/99 2022★ 5.8
Shares: Horror, Thriller
A thirsty teenager's home video leads to a series of horrifying revelations, harkening back to the final punk rock analog days of VHS, while taking one giant leap forward into the hellish new millennium.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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V/H/S/2 2013★ 6.2
Shares: Horror, Thriller
Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static white noise permeating the brain and fogging concentration. But you must fight the urge to relax: this is no mere movie night. Those obsolete spools contain more than just magnetic tape. They are imprinted with the very soul of evil.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Hills Have Eyes 2006★ 6.5
Shares: Horror, Thriller
Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon realizes the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a blood-thirsty mutant family...and they are the prey.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Wrong Turn 2: Dead End 2007★ 6.2
Shares: Horror, Thriller
Retired military commander Colonel Dale Murphy hosts the simulated post-apocalyptic reality show where participants are challenged to survive a remote West Virginia wasteland. But the show turns into a nightmarish showdown when each realizes they are being hunted by an inbred family of cannibals determined to make them all dinner!
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Blair Witch Project 1999★ 6.4
Shares: Horror
In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
Stream in India on Netflix, Movie Sphere+
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V/H/S 2012★ 6.1
Shares: Thriller, Horror
When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire one rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they had bargained for.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Sleepaway Camp 1983★ 6.3
Shares: Horror
Years after a terrible boating accident, Angela is sent to Camp Arawak where a series of bizarre and violent "accidents" begin to claim the lives of various campers.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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MaXXXine 2024★ 6.2
Shares: Horror, Thriller
In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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V/H/S/Halloween 2025★ 6.2
Shares: Horror, Thriller
A collection of Halloween-themed videotapes unleashes a series of twisted, blood-soaked tales, turning trick-or-treat into a struggle for survival.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Nightmare Cinema 2018★ 5.8
Shares: Horror
A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen by The Projectionist – a mysterious, ghostly figure who holds the nightmarish futures of all who attend his screenings.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Creep 2014★ 6.4
Shares: Horror, Thriller
Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: "$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated." Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote mountain town where he meets Josef, his cinematic subject for the day. Josef is sincere and the project seems heartfelt, so Aaron begins to film. But as the day goes on, it becomes clear that Josef is not who he says, and his intentions are not at all pure.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Friday the 13th Part III 1982★ 5.9
Shares: Horror
An idyllic summer turns into a nightmare of unspeakable terror for yet another group of naïve friends. Ignoring Camp Crystal Lake's bloody legacy, one by one they fall victim to the maniacal Jason, who stalks them at every turn...
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Strange Harvest 2025★ 6.6
Shares: Horror
Detectives are thrust into a chilling hunt for a sadistic serial killer from the past whose return marks the beginning of a new wave of grotesque, otherworldly crimes tied to a cosmic force.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter 1984★ 6.1
Shares: Horror
After his revival in a hospital morgue, Jason fixes his vengeful attention on the Jarvis family and a group of hitherto carefree teenagers.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Wrong Turn 2003★ 6.4
Shares: Horror, Thriller
Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It 2021★ 7.3
Shares: Horror, Thriller
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter what would become one of the most sensational cases from their files. The fight for the soul of a young boy takes them beyond anything they'd ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.
Stream in India on Netflix, JioHotstar
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The Taking of Deborah Logan 2014★ 6.6
Shares: Horror, Thriller
What starts as a poignant medical documentary about Deborah Logan's descent into Alzheimer's disease and her daughter's struggles as caregiver degenerates into a maddening portrayal of dementia at its most frightening, as hair-raising events begin to plague the family and crew and an unspeakable malevolence threatens to tear the very fabric of sanity from them all.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Bloodstream
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Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor 2023★ 6.5
Shares: Horror
A group of cold case investigators stay at the Carmichael Manor, site of the grisly and unsolved murders of the Carmichael family back in the eighties. After four nights, the group was never heard from again. What is discovered on their footage is even more disturbing than anything found on the Hell House tapes.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin 2021★ 6.1
Shares: Horror
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.
Stream in India on JioHotstar