Movies like Halloween
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Halloween (1978)
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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, atmospheric, rough, psychological, bloody, dark, splatter, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, psychopath, murder, masked killer, suspense, small town, psychiatrist, violence, violent, high school, evil, strangulation, stalking, escaped killer, neighbor, babysitting, female nudity, homicidal maniac, death, serial murder, psycho killer, boogeyman, evil man, sadistic psychopath ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 80s, year 1963, 20th century, 60s, 1960s
Place:
california, illinois, midwest
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Most similar movies to Halloween
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out slasher, bloody, suspenseful and scary films with plots about serial killer, brutality, gore, blood, death, violence and murder mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Halloween: Scream (1996), The Collector (2009), Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981), Friday the 13th (1980), When a Stranger Calls (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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, scary, splatter, bloody, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, hospital, halloween, murder, masked villain, male nudity, monster, stalking, tv news, sadistic psychopath, paramedic, injection ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
midwest, usa, illinois
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100%
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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, scary, psychological, suspenseful, splatter ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, psychopath, masked killer, vengeance, monster, sadistic psychopath, teenage life, dysfunctional family, suspense, manhunt, bullying ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
354K
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, bloody, parody ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, date night
Plot:
serial killer, high school, teenager, small town, psychopath, murder, masked killer, twists and turns, suspense, woman in danger, teenage life, violent ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
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, scary, bloody, suspenseful, controversial ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, zombie, monster, masked killer, supernatural, camp, summer camp, murder, serial teen killer, torture, massacre, villain ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, usa, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, 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, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, torture, psychopath, home invasion, massacre, suspense, trap, deathtrap, homicidal maniac, sadistic horror, macabre, maniac ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like Scream
159K
Genre: Crime, 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, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, halloween, masked killer, violence, boogeyman, sadistic psychopath, serial murder, homicidal maniac, evil, suspense, masked villain, psychopath ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
illinois, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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, bloody, intense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, monster, school, high school, masked killer, serial teen killer, killer, death, writers, suspense, murder ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century, year 1998
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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, scary, suspenseful, bloody, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, suspense, masked killer, lake, serial murder, teenager, camp, crazy, macabre, demon ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1980, year 1984
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, scary, suspenseful, bloody, dark ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, camp, suspense, maniac, summer, murder, revenge, monster, disturbed individual, forest, brutality, fear ...
Time:
80s, 50s, 70s, 20th century, year 1958
Place:
new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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, scary, bloody, splatter, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, halloween, teenager, masked killer, murder, masked villain, small town, escaped mental patient, suspense, supernatural, torture, monster ...
Time:
80s, year 1988
Place:
illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Movies similar to Final Destination
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Far away from the site of a gruesome murder, a teenager named Jill Johnson arrives at a luxurious home for a baby-sitting job. With the children fast asleep, she settles in for what she expects to be an ordinary evening. Soon, the ringing of a phone ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, tense, slasher, intense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, suspense, high school, home invasion, stalking, murder, babysitting, husband wife relationship, teenager, survival, psychopath, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A group of delinquents are sent to clean the Blackwell Hotel. Little do they know reclusive psychopath Jacob Goodnight (Jacobs) has holed away in the rotting hotel. When one of the teens is captured, those who remain -- a group that includes the cop ...
Style:
scary, slasher, splatter, bloody, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, twists and turns, hotel, monster, murder, sadistic horror, torture, violence, maniac, suspense, chase ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young girl who possesses the power of telekinesis accidentally causes her father's death after a family dispute at Crystal Lake. Years later, when a doctor tries to exploit her abilities, her power becomes a hellish curse, and she unwittingly ...
Style:
scary, slasher, bloody, splatter, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, supernatural, camp, disturbed individual, monster, massacre, torture, psychiatrist, summer camp, friday the thirteenth, villain ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, scary, splatter, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, revenge, valentine's day, miner, masked killer, killing spree, youth, murder, love triangle, sadistic psychopath, violence, brutality ...
Time:
80s, year 1960, year 1980
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100%
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, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
supernatural, nightmare, murder, serial killer, suspense, fear, teenager, nightmare comes true, high school, sleep deprivation, macabre, monster ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
canada, ohio, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Hills Have Eyes related movies
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, surprise ending, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, supernatural, masked villain, monster, murder, massacre, hospital, obsession, kitten, macabre, psychopath ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: 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, atmospheric, intense, bloody ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, killing spree, masked killer, psycho, halloween, violence, evil, suspense, massacre, maniac, house fire ...
Time:
2010s, 70s, year 1978, 21st century
Place:
illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Strange things begin to occurs as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses ...
Style:
scary, slasher, atmospheric, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, lighthouse, ship, small town, revenge, monster, chase, murder, sword, fog, supernatural horror, supernatural ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century, year 1979
Place:
california, usa, northern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, bloody, suspenseful, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, friday the thirteenth, murder, masked killer, camp, lake, summer camp, psychopath, summer, serial teen killer, supernatural, torture ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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, scary, splatter, bloody, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, morgue, serial teen killer, forest, camp, torture, death, massacre, teenager, summer camp, friday the thirteenth ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, future
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Movies like Saw
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After the passing of her mother, a young woman in a wheelchair since birth, is forced to deal with her sister, brother-in-law, niece and their nanny as they say their goodbyes to mother. When people start turning up dead, Nica discovers the culprit ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
killer doll, serial killer, doll, evil doll, disability, vengeance, child in peril, murder, family relations, escape, toy comes to life, puppet ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, year 1988, year 2013
Place:
usa
⇓ 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, scary, bloody, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, supernatural, murder, masked killer, psychopath, torture, death, violent, writers, monster, hospital ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1989
Place:
illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, rough, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, christmas, santa claus, murder, survival, killer santa claus, psychopath, winter, obsession, exploitation, corporal punishment, mother superior ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 1984, year 1974, year 1971
Place:
utah, salt lake city utah
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100%
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Genre: 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, suspenseful, disturbing, bloody ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, family in danger, mental institution, home invasion, mental illness, insanity, escaped mental patient, psychopath, revenge, maniac, blackout ...
Time:
80s
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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:
scary, suspenseful, slasher, intense, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, masked killer, monster, suspense, murder, survival, vengeance, psychopath, violence, internet, sibling relationship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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House of Wax related movies
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Morocco
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
slasher, scary, brutal, suspenseful, splatter ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
desert, torture, cannibalism, survival, rape, fear, human monster, stranded, victim, kidnapping, trapped, massacre ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, usa
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100%
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, scary, disturbing, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
torture, suspense, macabre, serial killer, psychopath, sadistic horror, psycho killer, massacre, sadistic killer, survival, road trip, outback ...
Time:
year 1999, 21st century
Place:
australia, texas, sydney australia, oceania
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100%
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, bloody, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
high school, serial killer, teenager, prom, masked killer, revenge, murder, teenage sex, high school prom, prom queen, female nudity, sexual predator ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1980, 20th century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
128K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, gothic, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, suspense, torture, small town, group of friends, violence, murder, masked killer, psycho killer, ghost town, survival ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 70s, year 1974, 80s ...
Place:
usa, florida, paris france, louisiana, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Five friends visiting their grandfather's house in the country are hunted and terrorized by a chain-saw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, controversial, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, massacre, cannibalism, murder, macabre, chainsaw, masked killer, psychopath, chainsaw murder, slaughterhouse, cult, suspense ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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