Movies like Silent Night, Deadly Night

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Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
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Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
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, scary, grindhouse, suspenseful, rough, bloody, psychotronic, psychological, controversial ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, christmas, santa claus, murder, survival, holiday, holiday horror, killer santa claus, psychopath, winter, obsession, exploitation, xmas, gory, danger, corporal punishment, serial killer as protagonist, mother superior, snow, sex scene, villain, insanity, childhood trauma, mental institution, guts ...
Time: 80s, 70s, year 1984, year 1974, year 1971
Place: utah, salt lake city utah
Keyword: oldies, challenge

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Most similar movies to Silent Night, Deadly Night

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, slasher, scary and serious films with plots about serial killer, murder, blood, psychopath, deadly, violence and gore mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Silent Night, Deadly Night: Friday the 13th (1980), Pieces (1982), The Mutilator (1984), Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981), Christmas Evil (1980). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Friday the 13th (1980)
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, suspense, suspenseful, dark ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, camp, maniac, gory, murder, revenge, disturbed individual, summer, summer camp, psychopath, blood, friday the 13th ...
Time: 80s, 1950s, year 2016, 70s, 20th century ...
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 13K
Pieces (1982)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A frustrated Boston detective searches for the maniac responsible for mutilating a number of university coeds.
Style: slasher, suspense, scary, disturbing, grindhouse ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, gory, chainsaw, college, psychopath, danger, exploitation, stalking, sexual repression, male nudity, investigation ...
Time: 80s, 1940s, year 1982, year 1942
Place: boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Mutilator (1984)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: As a child, Ed was cleaning his father's hunting rifles for as part of a surprise birthday treat for his old man when one firearm accidentally discharges fatally striking his own mother in the back. His father, Jack Sr came home, saw his wife ...
Style: disturbing, slasher, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, teenager, murder, psychopath, beach house, maniac, gory, stalking, vengeance, massacre, buddies, danger ...
Time: 80s
Place: north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
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, suspense, bloody, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, murder, masked killer, gory, crazy, psycho killer, lake, maniac, serial murder, blood, friday the 13th ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1980, year 1984
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Christmas Evil (1980)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A toy factory worker, mentally scarred as a child upon learning Santa Claus is not real, suffers a nervous breakdown after being belittled at work, and embarks on a Yuletide killing spree.
Style: christmas horror, slasher, bloody, scary, cult classic ...
Plot: christmas, serial killer as protagonist, holiday horror, killer santa claus, serial killer, xmas, killer, holiday, exploitation, blood, christmas season, winter ...
Time: 1940s, year 1980, 80s, 20th century, year 1947
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Friday the 13th Part III (1982)
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, cult classic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, camp, masked killer, summer camp, gory, murder, friday the 13th, killing spree, woods, psychopath, nudity, blood ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.1
 7K
Madman (1981)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: At a summer camp for youths, cocky pre-teen calls out the name of mass serial killer "Madman Marz". Suddenly, counselors are being maimed and slaughtered in various ways by the backwoodsman who has returned when his name was called.
Style: scary, slasher, suspenseful, bloody, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, summer camp, camp counselor, stalking, murder, danger, teenage life, forest, exploitation, woods, maniac, camp ...
Time: year 1980, 80s, year 1981
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
He Knows You're Alone (1980)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A reluctant bride to be is stalked by a serial killer who only kills brides and the people around them. While her friends get whacked one by one, a hard boiled renegade cop whose bride had been killed years before tries to hunt him down before it is ...
Style: slasher, suspense, scary, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, serial killer, danger, chase, wedding, psychopath, insanity, stalking, law enforcement, woman in danger, police detective, police investigation ...
Time: 70s, year 1980
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
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, grindhouse, bloody ...
Audience: teens, manly
Plot: serial killer, gory, friday the 13th, murder, serial teen killer, camp, summer camp, torture, death, teenager, masked killer, monster ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Halloween (1978)
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, suspense, grindhouse ...
Audience: teens
Plot: halloween, serial killer, psychopath, murder, masked killer, holiday horror, small town, psychiatrist, babysitter, violence, violent, babysitting ...
Time: year 1978, 70s, year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place: illinois, chicago, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 13K
A Bay of Blood (1971)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story: An elderly heiress is killed by her husband who wants control of her fortunes. What ensues is an all-out murder spree as relatives and friends attempt to reduce the inheritance playing field, complicated by some teenagers who decide to camp out in a ...
Style: slasher, disturbing, grindhouse, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, gory, inheritance, squid, violence, obsession, fear, psychopath, blood, strangulation, insanity ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 (1987)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After being traumatized by his brother Billy's murderous rampage years earlier, Ricky Caldwell has become a serial killer himself and is now living in a mental hospital. Relating his story to a psychiatrist, Ricky recounts the details of their ...
Style: christmas horror, bloody, tense, serious, horror comedy ...
Plot: serial killer, holiday, holiday horror, killer santa claus, murder, christmas, xmas, psychopath, woman in danger, mental institution, mental illness, gory ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
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: serial killer, gory, friday the 13th, murder, teenager, serial teen killer, mental illness, torture, hospital, nudity, killer, masked killer ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new jersey, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
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, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, halloween, masked killer, murder, masked villain, small town, blood, teenager, holiday horror, escaped mental patient, monster, supernatural ...
Time: 80s, year 1988
Place: illinois, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 22K
The Burning (1981)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A caretaker at a summer camp is burned when a prank goes tragically wrong. After several years of intensive treatment at hospital, he is released back into society, albeit missing some social skills. What follows is a bloody killing spree with the ...
Style: slasher, suspenseful, grindhouse, psychotronic, cult horror ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: prank, serial killer, summer camp, stalking, revenge, survival, murder, lake, maniac, camp, voyeurism, youth ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york state, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 6.5
 101K
Halloween II (1981)
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, suspense, bloody, splatter ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, hospital, halloween, murder, holiday horror, psycho killer, masked killer, masked villain, male nudity, american horror, monster, stalking ...
Time: year 1978, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place: illinois, chicago, midwest, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Just Before Dawn (1981)
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, suspenseful, rough, atmospheric, scary ...
Plot: psychopath, group of friends, backwoods, inbreeding, two killers, serial killer, maniac, survival, murder, stalking, ranger, violence ...
Time: 80s, year 1980
Place: oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Dorm That Dripped Blood (1982)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A crazed killer stalks college students who gave up their vacation to clean a deserted dormitory.
Style: christmas horror, slasher, serious, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, murder, college, christmas, psychopath, stalking, supernatural, college life, gory, school, law enforcement, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1981
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Don't Answer the Phone! (1980)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A deeply disturbed photographer and Vietnam veteran, named Kirk Smith, terrorizes Los Angeles by going around strangling lingerie-clad young women in their homes while taunting Lindsay Gale, a young psychologist, by calling her on a radio call-in ...
Style: slasher, grindhouse, disturbing, psychological, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, obsession, stalking, murder, photographer, mind game, life is a bitch, mentally unstable, woman in danger, riddles and clues, female nudity ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: los angeles, vietnam, asia, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 7K
Dark Ride (2006)
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, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: psychopath, mental institution, homicidal maniac, amusement park, murder, masked killer, serial killer, youth, gory, blood, violence, on the road ...
Time: year 2003, year 1989, year 1990
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.4
 10K
The Dentist (1996)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Dr. Feinstone has everything, a beautiful wife and a successful career in dentistry; but when he discovers his wife's affair, he realizes that behind every clean, white surface lies the stench of decay.
Style: psychological, medical horror, suspenseful, rough, disturbing ...
Plot: medical, violence against women, murder, psycho killer, sadistic psychopath, dentist, infidelity, serial killer, voyeur, voyeurism, mentally unstable, psychopath ...
Time: 90s
Place: beverly hills, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.2
 38K
Sleepaway Camp (1983)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Slightly disturbed and painfully shy Angela Baker is sent away to summer camp with her cousin. Not long after Angela's arrival, things start to go horribly wrong for anyone with sinister or less than honorable intentions.
Style: slasher, scary, twist ending, surprise ending, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: summer camp, psychopath, serial killer, youth, murder, bullying, rivalry, teenage life, danger, mental illness, female villain, violence ...
Time: 80s, year 2016
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Don't Go in the Woods (1981)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Four backpackers decide to take a hike in the mountains of Utah. But within the woods lurks a killer. But who...or what...is it? The lazy local sheriff blames bears. But the escalating body count seems to point to a human killer. Ignoring the ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, bleak, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, danger, murder, survival, stalking, on the run, isolation, wilderness, mental illness, backwoods, exploitation ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.7
 4K
Anguish (1987)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An ophthalmologist's assistant with an unhealthy interest in human eyeballs goes on a killing spree to collect eyeballs for his overbearing mother's collection. Reality soon takes a bizarre turn, both for the characters and the audience.
Style: slasher, psychological thriller, surreal, mind twisting, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, two killers, hypnosis, terror, surrealism, eye, blood, psycho killer, spirituality, survival, teenager, mental disorder ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: los angeles, california, southern california, america, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.8
 14K
Terror Train (1980)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A masked killer targets six college kids responsible for a prank gone wrong three years earlier and who are currently throwing a large New Year's Eve costume party aboard a moving train.
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, bloody, intense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: murder, prank, masked killer, serial killer, train, magician, blood, psychopath, survival, stalking, holiday horror, danger ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 2016, year 1980
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
I Spit on Your Grave (1978)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An aspiring writer is repeatedly gang-raped, humiliated, and left for dead by four men whom she systematically hunts down to seek revenge.
Style: suspense, grindhouse, bloody, rough, psychological ...
Plot: revenge, vengeance, rape and revenge, rape, brutality, sex, sexual abuse, macabre, psychopath, cruelty, sadism, serial killer ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, england, europe, germany, new york state ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
16%
 5.1
 11K
Cannibal Ferox (1981)
Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Three friends out to disprove cannibalism meet two men on the run who tortured and enslaved a cannibal tribe to find emeralds, and now the tribe is out for revenge.
Style: bloody, slasher, grindhouse, controversial, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: jungle, cannibal, cannibalism, torture, brutality, eating human flesh, zombie, gory, native, violent, rape, exploitation ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: south america, new york, colombia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Black Christmas (1974)
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, scary, bloody, grindhouse ...
Plot: christmas, serial killer, holiday horror, murder, telephone call, sorority, psychopath, holiday, serial murder, violence, maniac, psycho killer ...
Time: 70s, year 1974, near future, 20th century
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 5.5
 18K
Shocker (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: After being sent to the electric chair, a serial killer uses electricity to come back from the dead and carry out his vengeance on the football player who turned him in to the police.
Style: slasher, sadistic, splatter, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, supernatural, murder, police investigation, gory, malice, monster, obsession, evil, reincarnation, blood, danger ...
Time: 80s, year 2016, year 1989
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.6
 2K
Julia (2014)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After suffering a brutal trauma, Julia uses an unorthodox form of therapy to restore herself.
Style: rough, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, creepy ...
Plot: rape, gang rape, castration, revenge, rape and revenge, murder, nurse, self harm, group of friends, therapy, female protagonist, female warrior ...
Time: 2010s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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