
Movies that feel likeHalloween (1978)
If you loved Halloween, the closest films we have are The Fog (1980), The Omen (1976) and Thesis (1996). All three share Halloween'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 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962).
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If Halloween hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Halloween (2018) · Halloween Kills (2021)

Carpenter's own slow-building dread descending on another small town
The difference: A supernatural ghost-ship menace, not one masked human predator

A quietly mounting sense that evil has already arrived and can't be stopped
The difference: A supernatural antichrist conspiracy, not a masked stalker in the suburbs

A methodical serial-killer thriller that trusts patience over cheap shocks
The difference: A film-school investigation plot, not a masked figure stalking teens

An ordinary town suddenly besieged by an unexplainable, relentless threat
The difference: Nature-gone-wrong horror, not a human killer stalking one victim

Dread-soaked where it counts, unsettling underneath

Horror built on tension, twice over
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

A holiday setting turned into the backdrop for a relentless killer's return
The difference: A cheaper, gorier slasher riff with none of Carpenter's restraint

An unstoppable predator returning to terrorize a town that thought it was safe
The difference: An open-water shark sequel, not a masked killer stalking suburban streets

An urban legend proving disturbingly real to the person who doubts it
The difference: A hook-handed myth investigation, weightier and more melancholy in tone

A creeping supernatural dread that spreads once you've simply seen it
The difference: A cursed-videotape mystery, not a flesh-and-blood killer on the loose

An ordinary person marked by something evil that refuses to let go
The difference: A supernatural curse comedy-horror, campier than Carpenter's dead-serious dread

The same two preoccupations: halloween, and family
The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft
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