- Primary Subject: Matrimonial horror films similar to Something Very Bad is Going to Happen
- Key Update: Fans of the new Netflix hit can find similar "wedding dread" themes in classic and modern films like Possession, Ready or Not, and The Invitation
- Status: All listed titles are available for streaming or digital purchase, as of April 2026.
- Last Verified: April 6, 2026
- Quick Answer: Explore matrimonial horror through films like Ready or Not, Honeymoon, and Possession, which mirror the psychological dread and relationship anxieties found in Netflix's latest series.
If the "weight of forever" in Something Very Bad is Going to Happen left you looking for more reasons to fear the altar, these eight films and series explore the dark side of "I do." From supernatural curses to psychological breakdowns, here is where to stream them all!
Possession (1981)
The ultimate "divorce horror" film, the 1981 Possession film captures the visceral, often surrealist agony of a disintegrating relationship that features an iconic, ego-shattering performance by Isabelle Adjani.
Mark (Sam Neill) returns from his "intelligence" job to find his wife, Anna (Isabelle Adjani), seeking a divorce. Over time, Anna's behavior becomes erratic and violent: from infidelity to a horrifying, physical, monstrous entity that leads to murders and body-horror scenes.
Streaming Platforms: Shudder, AMC+, The Roku Channel
Purchase or Rent: Apple TV, Prime Video, Fandango at Home, Google Play
Honeymoon (2014)
Honeymoon is a low-budget masterpiece of isolation. Shortly after their wedding, a couple retreats to a remote cabin where the bride begins sleepwalking and acting... different. It perfectly captures the fear that you don't actually know the person you just married.
Streaming Platforms: Philo, The Roku Channel, Prime Video
Purchase or Rent: Apple TV, Google Play
Till Death (2021)
Megan Fox stars in this high-concept survival thriller. Till Death follows a woman left handcuffed to her dead husband as part of a sick revenge plot. If Something Very Bad is Going to Happen, dreads the idea of building up to the marriage, Till Death explores the terrors, post-marriage. A widow, Emma (Megan Fox), is forced to survive killers sent to finish the job.
Streaming Platforms: Netflix
Purchase or Rent: Prime Video, Apple TV, Fandango at Home, Google Play
The Bride Nevesta (2017)
The Bride (Nevesta) is a Russian gothic horror that follows a young woman named Nastya who travels to her new husband's ancestral home for a traditional wedding ceremony, only to discover the family is performing a dark, 19th-century ritual to transfer a dead bride's soul into her body.
Streaming Platforms: Amazon Prime Video, Philo
Purchase or Rent: Amazon Video
Mother! (2017)
Darren Aronofsky's Mother! is a polarizing allegory that explores a couple, a woman (Jennifer Lawrence) and her poet husband (Javier Bardem), whose tranquil life is invaded by uninvited, disrespectful guests. The film became the gold standard for "domestic anxiety" and the feeling of losing control within your own partnership.
Streaming Platforms: MGM+, fuboTV, Philo, The Roku Channel
Purchase or Rent: Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Fandango at Home, Google Play
Ready or Not (2019)
Something Very Bad is Going to Happen might just be Ready or Not if it were transformed into a mini-series.
The original Ready or Not film is a horror film with a side of dark comedy, wherein a bride must survive a lethal game of hide-and-seek with her new in-laws on her wedding night to fulfill their demonic pact that keeps their family bloodlines living for generations to come.
Streaming Platforms: Disney+, Tubi
Purchase or Rent: Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Vudu, Google Play
The Ghost Bride (2020)
Set in 1890s Malacca, The Ghost Bride follows a woman who receives a proposal to become a "ghost bride" to a wealthy family's deceased son, Tian Ching, in exchange for saving her from her father's debt and financial ruin. After committing to her end of the bargain, she now finds herself stuck in a supernatural murder mystery she didn't sign up for.
Streaming Platforms: Netflix
The Invitation (2022)
The Invitation tells the story of a woman, Evie (Nathalie Emmanuel), a young, working-class American woman who, after her mother's death, takes a DNA test and discovers a long-lost, wealthy family in England, who are part of a modern-day vampire cult that intends to have her be the bride in a ritual that would secure their immortality.
Streaming Platforms: Hulu, fuboTV, Netflix, Disney+
Purchase or Rent: Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Fandango at Home, Google Play
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