Movies like Halloween
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Halloween (1978)
336K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In John Carpenter's horror classic, a psychotic murderer, institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, slasher horror, spooky, classic horror, dark, bloody, suspense, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, psychopath, murder, holiday horror, babysitter, death, masked killer, killer, small town, psychiatrist, female nudity, violent, high school, violence, escaped killer, psycho killer, stalking, babysitting, strangulation, masked man, terror, night, dead teenager, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 1978, year 1963, 70s, 20th century, 60s, 80s, 1960s
Place:
illinois, chicago, north america, midwest, california
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Most similar movies to Halloween
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out slasher horror, slasher, suspenseful and bloody films with plots about serial killer, gory, blood, psychopath, violence, murder and deadly mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Halloween: Scream (1996), Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981), Friday the 13th (1980), My Bloody Valentine (1981), Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
111K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her ...
Style:
slasher, bloody, medical horror, perverse, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, hospital, halloween, murder, holiday horror, masked killer, masked villain, stalking, killer, masked man, psycho killer, voyeur ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
illinois, midwest, chicago, usa
Similarity:
100%
138K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
After being committed for 17 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution (where he was committed as a 10 year old) and he immediately returns to Haddonfield, where he wants to find his baby ...
Style:
slasher, bloody, scary, psychological, splatter ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, masked killer, holiday horror, psychopath, gory, killer, sadistic psychopath, masked man, vengeance, blood, bullying ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 70s, 21st century
Place:
illinois, chicago, midwest
Similarity:
100%
438K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A killer known as Ghostface begins killing off teenagers, and as the body count begins rising, one girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the 'rules' of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, scary, suspense, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, date night
Plot:
serial killer, high school, teenager, psychopath, maniac, small town, masked killer, murder, woman in danger, teenage life, brutality, twists and turns ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Determined to finish off the infamous killer Jason Voorhees once and for all, Tommy Jarvis and a friend exhume Jason’s corpse in order to cremate him. Things go awry when Jason is instead resurrected, sparking a new chain of ruthlessly brutal ...
Style:
slasher, classic horror, bloody, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friday the 13th, woods, monster, summer camp, gory, masked man, maniac, camping, masked killer, supernatural, camp, murder ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, america, usa
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
185K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago. This film, ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, horrifying, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, halloween, masked killer, violence, homicidal maniac, holiday horror, psychopath, murderer, psycho killer, serial murder, terror, killer ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
illinois, chicago, midwest
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, it seems Jason Voorhees and his demented mother are in the past. Paul opens up a new camp close to the infamous site, ignoring warnings to stay away, and a sexually-charged group of ...
Style:
slasher, bloody, grindhouse, suspenseful, brutal ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, masked killer, murder, psycho killer, gory, maniac, friday the 13th, masked man, serial murder, stalking, blood, murder of a nude woman ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1980, year 1984
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.
Style:
slasher, suspense, classic horror, cult classic, teen horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, maniac, camp, gory, summer camp, revenge, psycho killer, teenager, disturbed individual, summer, blood ...
Time:
1950s, 80s, year 2016, 70s, 20th century ...
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Two decades after surviving a massacre on October 31, 1978, former baby sitter Laurie Strode finds herself hunted by persistent knife-wielder Michael Myers. Laurie now lives in Northern California under an assumed name, where she works as the ...
Style:
slasher, scary, sadistic, teen, creepy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, holiday horror, killer, masked man, serial teen killer, school, high school, characters murdered one by one, faked death, van, halloween party, campus ...
Time:
90s, y2k, 20th century, year 1998, 80s
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Twenty years ago in the sleepy mining town of Valentine Bluffs, a fatal mining disaster occurred on Valentine's Day while some of the crew was decorating for a party. The sole survivor of the accident killed the remaining crewmembers and warned ...
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, grindhouse, cult classic, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
valentine's day, serial killer, revenge, miner, masked killer, killing spree, killer, masked man, gory, sadistic psychopath, canuxploitation, maniac ...
Time:
80s, year 1960, year 1980
Place:
nova scotia, canada, nova scotia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The legend of that creepy masked-man, Michael Myers, comes to life once again in this fourth installment of the successful horror franchise. This time, it's Michael's niece, Jamie, who can't seem to escape her crazy uncle. With ...
Style:
slasher, sexy, scary, splatter, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, halloween, holiday horror, masked killer, masked villain, small town, teenager, murder, crime spree, blood, monster, supernatural ...
Time:
80s, year 1988
Place:
illinois, chicago
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Little Billy witnesses his parents being brutally murdered by Santa. Years later, when he has to fill in for an absent in-store Santa Claus, his childhood trauma materializes once again.
Style:
christmas horror, slasher, grindhouse, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, christmas, sex scene, serial killer as protagonist, santa claus, holiday, corporal punishment, murder, xmas, caught having sex, mother superior, winter ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 1984, year 1974, year 1971
Place:
salt lake city utah, utah
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Presumed dead after a shoot-out with the Haddonfield police, Michael Myers is secretly nursed back to health -- and returns a year later to kill again and once more targets his young niece, Jamie. Jamie is now recovering in the local children's ...
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, classic horror, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, halloween, masked man, holiday horror, killer, supernatural, masked villain, massacre, monster, murder, pitchfork, kitten ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place:
illinois, chicago, usa
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger (Robert Englund), who was ...
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, classic horror, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
murder, supernatural, supernatural horror, nightmare, fear, dream, serial killer, gory, sleep deprivation, teenager, nightmare comes true, high school ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
ohio, usa, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
Style:
slasher, scary, brutal, suspense, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, torture, home invasion, trap, psychopath, gory, maniac, macabre, massacre, sadistic horror, terror, psycho killer ...
Time:
year 2009, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Ten years after he brutally murdered two girls, a killer escapes from a mental institution and returns to his turf, the theme park attraction called Dark Ride. About to crash his path are a group of college kids on a road trip who stumble across the ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, masked killer, violence, homicidal maniac, mental institution, amusement park, dead teenager, murderer, murder, youth, gory, serial killer ...
Time:
year 1989, year 2003, 80s, 90s, 2000s ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Big Apple's in big trouble, as indestructible psycho-fiend Jason Vorhees hits the road to New York City. After a shocking return from beyond the grave, the diabolical Jason ships out abroad a teen-filled "love boat" bound for New ...
Style:
slasher, scary, classic horror, spooky, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, friday the 13th, masked man, murder, ship, boat, gory, murder of a nude woman, monster, dead teenager, high school, cruise ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new jersey, new york, usa, america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Five campers arrive in the mountains to examine some property they have bought, but are warned by the forest ranger Roy McLean that a huge machete-wielding maniac has been terrorising the area. Ignoring the warnings, they set up camp, and start ...
Style:
slasher, independent film, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, stalking, violence, backwoods, group of friends, murder, woods, fear, wilderness, mountain, machete ...
Time:
80s, year 1980
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
home invasion, maniac, murder, family in danger, psychopath, insanity, mental illness, mother daughter relationship, serial killer, eccentricity, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 2016
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Homicidal maniac Jason returns from the grave to cause more bloody mayhem. Young Tommy may have escaped from Crystal Lake, but he’s still haunted by the gruesome events that happened there. When gory murders start happening at the secluded halfway ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, bloody, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
killer, masked killer, gory, friday the 13th, masked man, serial teen killer, murder, serial killer, male victim, outdoor sex, murder of a nude woman, summer camp ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Serial Killer Michael Myers is not finished with Laurie Strode, and their rivalry finally comes to an end. But is this the last we see of Myers? Freddie Harris and Nora Winston are reality programmers at DangerTainment, and are planning to send a ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, suspenseful, teen, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, masked killer, psychopath, monster, masked man, killer, violence, murder, maniac, vengeance, stalking ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
illinois, chicago, usa
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Stranded backpackers in remote Australia fall prey to a murderous bushman who offers to fix their car, then takes them captive
Style:
slasher, bloody, scary, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, maniac, torture, sadistic horror, psycho killer, macabre, killer, outback, massacre, gory, sadistic killer ...
Time:
year 2005, year 1999, 21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia, oceania, texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
On Halloween eve in 1980, local outcast, Julien Cummings, is carelessly murdered. A vagabond witch doctor, Dr. Death, takes matters into his own hands and brings Julien back from the dead to creatively seek brutal revenge on his killers.
Style:
slasher, suspense, psychological thriller, intense, harsh ...
Plot:
carnival, dead teenager, violent, doctor patient relationship, brutality, punishment, youth, violence, tragic event, doctor, small town, murder ...
Time:
20th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A masked killer, wearing World War II U.S. Army fatigues, stalks a small New Jersey town bent on reliving a 35-year-old double murder by focusing on a group of college kids holding an annual Spring Dance.
Style:
slasher, scary, rough, suspenseful, bloody ...
Plot:
murder, masked killer, masked man, obsession, masked villain, soldier, sadism, small town, vengeance, youth, homecoming, love affair ...
Time:
1940s, year 1980, year 1944, year 1945, year 2016 ...
Place:
new jersey, california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Four college pledges are forced to spend the night in a deserted old mansion where they get killed off one by one by the monstrous surviving members of a family massacre years earlier for trespassing on their living grounds.
Style:
scary, slasher, suspenseful, rough, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, halloween, serial killer, brutality, gory, monster, survival, decapitation, psycho killer, blood, student life, stalking ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A sorority house is terrorized by a stranger who makes frightening phone calls and then murders the sorority sisters during Christmas break.
Style:
christmas horror, slasher, sexy, suspense, creepy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
christmas, serial killer, holiday horror, telephone call, holiday, killer, violence, sorority, murder, mental illness, serial murder, maniac ...
Time:
70s, near future, year 1974, 20th century, 80s
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Six years ago, Michael Myers terrorized the town of Haddonfield, Illinois. He and his niece, Jamie Lloyd, have disappeared. Jamie was kidnapped by a bunch of evil druids who protect Michael Myers. And now, six years later, Jamie has escaped after ...
Style:
slasher, creepy, scary, saga, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, masked man, murder, masked killer, violent, supernatural, gory, torture, blood, hospital, violence ...
Time:
90s, year 1989, 20th century, year 1995, 80s
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
This slasher movie follows a relentless killer who is out to avenge the death of a young girl who died after being bullied and teased by four of her classmates. Now high-school students, the guilt-ridden kids have kept their involvement a secret, ...
Style:
slasher, sexy, perverse, teen, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
serial killer, high school, teenager, revenge, prom, masked killer, high school prom, masked man, chase, stalking, teenage sex, murder ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1980, year 2016, 20th century ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode continues in the next thrilling chapter of the Halloween series.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, slasher horror, atmospheric ...
Plot:
serial killer, masked killer, holiday horror, killing spree, psycho, halloween, evil, gory, killer, psycho killer, hospital, brutality ...
Time:
2020s, year 1978, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
illinois, usa
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An idyllic summer turns into a nightmare of unspeakable terror for yet another group of naive counselors. Ignoring Camp Crystal Lake's bloody legacy, one by one they fall victim to the maniacal Jason who stalks them at every turn.
Style:
slasher, scary, cult classic, grindhouse, classic horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, masked killer, summer camp, masked man, killing spree, camp, gory, friday the 13th, murder, psycho killer, sex, serial teen killer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After the Crystal Lake Massacres, Jason is pronounced dead and taken to the hospital morgue, where he is mysteriously revived, allowing his diabolical killing spree to continue at the camp where the gruesome slaughtering began. But this time, in ...
Style:
slasher, slasher horror, scary, teen horror, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens, manly
Plot:
serial killer, gory, serial teen killer, killer, serial murder, friday the 13th, masked man, morgue, death, murder, male victim, characters murdered one by one ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, future
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
75%
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