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Movies that feel likeFriday the 13th (1980)

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.

If you loved Friday the 13th, the closest films we have are I Saw the Devil (2010), Child's Play (1988) and Freaks (1932). All three share Friday the 13th's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Changeling (1980).

πŸ… 50% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.3 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Sean S. Cunninghamdreadunsettlingrelentless
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If Friday the 13th hit the spot, these will too

Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

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I Saw the Devil
2010 Β· dir. Kim Jee-woon
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.8thriller Β· horror

Two things both keep coming back to: revenge and serial killer

The difference: Reviewed even better

Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself.

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

Common ground in both: halloween and murder

The difference: Easier on the relentlessness than Friday the 13th

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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Freaks
1932 Β· dir. Tod Browning
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.8drama Β· horrorMax

Both are built on the same subject: revenge

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Friday the 13th does

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

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Blade
1998 Β· dir. Stephen Norrington
πŸ… 59%β˜… 7.1horror Β· actionPeacock

Both land dread and unease at once

The difference: Leans harder into action than Friday the 13th does

The Daywalker known as "Blade" - a half-vampire, half-mortal man - becomes the protector of humanity against an underground army of vampires.

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The Fog
1980 Β· dir. John Carpenter
πŸ… 77%β˜… 6.8horrorPrime VideoPeacock

One thread runs through both: halloween

Strange things begin to occur 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 a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.

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Poltergeist
1982 Β· dir. Tobe Hooper
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.3horrorMax

Dread-soaked horror in both cases

The Freelings' suburban home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a portal to the 'other side'. With help, they must cross over to get their daughter back.

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Thir13en Ghosts
2001 Β· dir. Steve Beck
πŸ… 19%β˜… 5.7horror Β· thriller

Horror built on relentlessness, twice over

The difference: 21 years apart, and the 2000s show

Arthur and his two children inherit his uncle's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to twelve ghosts. When the family, accompanied by a nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped inside an evil machine 'designed by the Devil and powered by the dead' to open the Eye of Hell. Aided by a ghost hunter and his rival, a ghost rights activist out to set the ghosts free, the group must do what they can to get out of the house alive.

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Carrie
2013 Β· dir. Kimberly Peirce
πŸ… 51%β˜… 5.8drama Β· horrorPrime Video

Both keep coming back to the same thing: murder

An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl is the object of relentless bullying at school and an oppressively religious mother at home.

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Ma
2019 Β· dir. Tate Taylor
πŸ… 55%β˜… 5.6horror Β· thrillerHuluPeacock

Unsettling horror, and it commits to that

Sue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting, if younger, friends of her own.

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I Know What You Did Last Summer
1997 Β· dir. Jim Gillespie
πŸ… 46%β˜… 5.9horror Β· thriller Β· mysteryNetflix

A streak of relentlessness through both

After an accident on a winding road, four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim's body into the sea. Exactly one year later, the deadly secret resurfaces as they're stalked by a hook-handed figure.

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The Woman in Black
2012 Β· dir. James Watkins
πŸ… 66%β˜… 6.4drama Β· horror Β· thrillerParamount+

Both work the same dread

The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease growing when he glimpses a mysterious woman dressed only in black. Receiving only silence from the locals, Kipps is forced to uncover the true identity of the Woman in Black on his own, leading to a desperate race against time when he discovers her true identity.

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The Changeling
1980 Β· dir. Peter Medak
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.1horror

The shared currency is unease

After a tragic event happens, composer John Russell moves to Seattle to try to overcome it and build a new and peaceful life in a lonely big house that has been uninhabited for many years. But, soon after, the obscure history of such an old mansion and his own past begin to haunt him.

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