
Movies that feel likeHalloween (2018)
If you loved Halloween, the closest films we have are Creep (2014), The Visit (2015) and Evil Dead Rise (2023). 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 When Evil Lurks (2023).
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If Halloween hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Halloween (1978) · Halloween Kills (2021)

Common ground in both: murder and serial killer

Both are built on the same subject: murder

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

Tense horror, and it commits to that
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Both keep coming back to the same thing: trauma
The difference: Leans harder into drama than Halloween does

Two things both keep coming back to: halloween and slasher
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

The same preoccupation in both: halloween

Horror with a pulse of unease, in both cases

Thriller built on tension, twice over

Both lean on dread more than on horror

Both lean on unease more than on thriller
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