
Movies that feel likeHappy Death Day (2017)
If you loved Happy Death Day, the closest films we have are The Cabin in the Woods (2012), Saw X (2023) and The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016). All three share Happy Death Day'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 Bubba Ho-tep (2002).
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If Happy Death Day hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Happy Death Day 2U (2019)

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath
The difference: Trades the wit of Happy Death Day for an angle of its own

One thread runs through both: murder

Both are built on the same subject: murder
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Twisty comedy in both cases
The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Happy Death Day does

Witty horror, and it commits to that

Both lean on dread more than on mystery


The same two preoccupations: college, and slasher
The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

Both keep coming back to the same thing: slasher
The difference: Sits closer to drama than Happy Death Day does


Mystery with a pulse of twists, in both cases
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