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Movies that feel like Better Watch Out (2017)

If you loved Better Watch Out, the closest films we have are Housebound (2014), Anna and the Apocalypse (2018) and Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984). All three share Better Watch Out's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 11 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

On a quiet suburban street tucked within a 'safe neighborhood', a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from strangers breaking into the house, only to discover that this is far from a normal home invasion.

πŸ… 89% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Chris Peckoverdreadunsettlingtensewittyplayful
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Housebound
2014 Β· dir. Gerard Johnstone
πŸ… 95%β˜… 6.7horror Β· comedy Β· thriller

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

When Kylie Bucknell is sentenced to home detention, she's forced to come to terms with her unsociable behaviour, her blabbering mother and a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about the new living arrangement.

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Anna and the Apocalypse
2018 Β· dir. John McPhail
πŸ… 77%β˜… 6.1horror Β· comedy Β· fantasy

Common ground in both: holiday and christmas horror

The difference: Not nearly as tense as Better Watch Out

A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Havenβ€”at Christmasβ€”forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash, and sing their way to survival. In a desperate race to reach their loved ones, they soon learn that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.

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Silent Night, Deadly Night
1984 Β· dir. Charles E. Sellier Jr.
πŸ… 55%β˜… 5.8thriller Β· horror

Both are working the same pair: murder, christmas

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

After a man dressed as Santa Claus brutally murders Billy Chapman's parents, little Billy then endures the cruelty of a sadistic nun at his orphanage. Years later, when adult Billy has to fill in for an absent in-store Santa, his childhood trauma brings him to the breaking point.

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Krampus
2015 Β· dir. Michael Dougherty
πŸ… 67%β˜… 6.2horror Β· comedy Β· fantasy

One thread runs through both: snow

The difference: Missing the tension of Better Watch Out

When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max is disillusioned and turns his back on Christmas. Little does he know, this lack of festive spirit has unleashed the wrath of Krampus: a demonic force of ancient evil intent on punishing non-believers.

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Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight 2
2021 Β· dir. Bartosz M. Kowalski
β˜… 3.8horror Β· thriller Β· comedy

Tense where it counts, witty underneath

When something horrible happens to the only survivor of a bloody massacre, an insecure rookie cop must overcome his fears to stop further carnage.

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The Golden Glove
2019 Β· dir. Fatih Akin
πŸ… 54%β˜… 6.7crime Β· thriller Β· horror

Horror built on play, twice over

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Better Watch Out does

A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.

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Creep
2014 Β· dir. Patrick Brice
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.3horror Β· thriller

Both are built on the same subject: murder

Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: β€œ$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated.” Low on cash and full of naivetΓ©, 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.

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The Bar
2017 · dir. Álex de la Iglesia
πŸ… 100%β˜… 6.3horror Β· thriller Β· comedy

Dread-soaked thriller in both cases

In downtown Madrid, a series of mysterious gunshots trap a motley assortment of people in a decrepit bar.

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Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight
2020 Β· dir. Bartosz M. Kowalski
πŸ… 67%β˜… 4.9comedy Β· horror

Unsettling comedy, and it commits to that

Addicted to technology, a group of teens attends a rehabilitation camp in the forest, but a sinister force there intends to take them offline forever.

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Julia's Eyes
2010 Β· dir. Guillem Morales
πŸ… 90%β˜… 6.7horror Β· thriller

Horror with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Julia, a woman suffering from a degenerative sight disease, finds her blind sister Sara hung in a basement. Despite all signs pointing to suicide, Julia decides to investigate what she intuitively feels is a murder case.

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Don't Breathe 2
2021 Β· dir. Rodo Sayagues
β˜… 6thriller Β· horror

The same preoccupation in both: home invasion

The Blind Man has been hiding out for several years in an isolated cabin and has taken in and raised a young girl orphaned from a devastating house fire. Their quiet life together is shattered when a group of criminals kidnap the girl, forcing the Blind Man to leave his safe haven to save her.

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The Babysitter
2017 Β· dir. McG
β˜… 6.4comedy Β· horror

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

When Cole stays up past his bedtime, he discovers that his hot babysitter is part of a Satanic cult that will stop at nothing to keep him quiet.

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