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Movies that feel like Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

If you loved Freddy vs. Jason, the closest films we have are A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) and Saw II (2005). All three share Freddy vs. Jason's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.

πŸ… 42% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 5.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Ronny Yudreadunsettlingdreamlike

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Friday the 13th (1980)

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A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984 Β· dir. Wes Craven
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.4horror

Both are working the same pair: psychopath, murder

The difference: Reviewed even better

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, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2003 Β· dir. Marcus Nispel
πŸ… 37%β˜… 6.2horror

Common ground: psychopath

The difference: Missing the dream logic of Freddy vs. Jason

After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.

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Saw II
2005 Β· dir. Darren Lynn Bousman
πŸ… 39%β˜… 6.6horror

The same two preoccupations: sadism, and serial killer

The chilling and relentless Jigsaw killer returns to terrorize the city once again. When a gruesome murder victim emerges with unmistakable traces of Jigsaw's sinister methods, Detective Eric Matthews is thrust into a high-stakes investigation. To his surprise, apprehending Jigsaw seems almost too easy, but what he doesn't realize is that being caught is merely another piece of Jigsaw's intricate puzzle.

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Scream
2022 Β· dir. Tyler Gillett
πŸ… 76%β˜… 6.3horror Β· mystery

Both are built on the same subject: slasher

The difference: Leans harder into mystery than Freddy vs. Jason does

Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.

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Tigers Are Not Afraid
2017 Β· dir. Issa LΓ³pez
πŸ… 97%β˜… 6.9fantasy Β· horror

One thread runs through both: murder

When her mother suddenly disappears with no one to care for her, young Estrella ends up on the street and joins a gang of children, triggering a dangerous and tragic chain of events.

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

The same preoccupation in both: woods

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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Child's Play
1988 Β· dir. Tom Holland
πŸ… 65%β˜… 6.7horror

Both keep coming back to the same thing: serial killer

After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her six-year-old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.

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Oculus
2014 Β· dir. Mike Flanagan
πŸ… 75%β˜… 6.6horror

Both land dread and unease at once

A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.

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Jeepers Creepers
2001 Β· dir. Victor Salva
πŸ… 47%β˜… 6.2horror

Both keep coming back to the same thing: slasher

On a desolate country highway, two homeward-bound teens are nearly run off the road by a maniac in a beat-up truck, and later spot him shoving what appears to be a body down a sewer pipe.

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Tale of Tales
2015 Β· dir. Matteo Garrone
πŸ… 84%β˜… 6.4romance Β· fantasy Β· horror

Both lean on dream logic more than on horror

The Queen of Selvascura risks everything to be a mother; the King of Roccaforte falls in love with the voice of a mysterious girl; the King of Altomonte becomes obsessed with a flea and neglects his daughter.

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The Witches
1990 Β· dir. Nicolas Roeg
πŸ… 94%β˜… 6.8fantasy Β· family Β· horror

Dread-soaked horror in both cases

While staying at a hotel in England with his grandmother, Helga, a young boy named Luke inadvertently spies on a convention of witches. The Grand High Witch reveals a plan to turn all children into mice via a magical formula. When they discover the eavesdropper, the witches test the formula on him. Now, with the help of Helga and hotel manager Mr Stringer, Luke the mouse must fight back against the witches.

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Halloween Kills
2021 Β· dir. David Gordon Green
πŸ… 38%β˜… 5.5horror Β· thriller

Horror built on unease, twice over

Michael manages to free himself from Laurie Strode's trap to resume his ritual bloodbath. As she fights for her life from injuries from their last encounter, she inspires her daughter Karen, her granddaughter Allyson, and all of Haddonfield to rise up against the unstoppable monster.

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