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Movies that feel like Happy Death Day 2U (2019)

If you loved Happy Death Day 2U, the closest films we have are Zombieland: Double Tap (2019), M3GAN (2022) and Ready or Not (2019). All three share Happy Death Day 2U's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 11 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

Collegian Tree Gelbman wakes up in horror to learn that she's stuck in a parallel universe. Her boyfriend Carter is now with someone else, and her friends and fellow students seem to be completely different versions of themselves. When Tree discovers that Carter's roommate has been altering time, she finds herself once again the target of a masked killer. When the psychopath starts to go after her inner circle, Tree soon realizes that she must die over and over again to save everyone.

πŸ… 73% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Christopher Landonwittyplayfuldreadunsettlingcerebral

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Zombieland: Double Tap
2019 Β· dir. Ruben Fleischer
πŸ… 68%β˜… 6.7horror Β· comedy

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

The difference: None of the ideas Happy Death Day 2U is built on

Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.

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M3GAN
2022 Β· dir. Gerard Johnstone
πŸ… 93%β˜… 6.3science fiction Β· horror

Common ground: slasher

A brilliant toy company roboticist uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to emotionally bond with her newly orphaned niece. But when the doll's programming works too well, she becomes overprotective of her new friend with terrifying results.

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Ready or Not
2019 Β· dir. Tyler Gillett
πŸ… 89%β˜… 6.9horror Β· comedy

Both are built on the same subject: murder

A young bride's wedding night turns into her worst nightmare when her ridiculously rich in-laws force her to play a gruesome game of hide-and-seek.

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What We Do in the Shadows
2014 Β· dir. Jemaine Clement
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.6comedy Β· horror

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.

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The Babysitter
2017 Β· dir. McG
β˜… 6.4comedy Β· horror

Witty comedy in both cases

When Cole stays up past his bedtime, he discovers that his hot babysitter is part of a Satanic cult that will stop at nothing to keep him quiet.

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Better Watch Out
2017 Β· dir. Chris Peckover
πŸ… 89%β˜… 6.5horror Β· thriller Β· comedy

The same preoccupation in both: murder

The difference: Sits closer to thriller than Happy Death Day 2U does

On a quiet suburban street tucked within a 'safe neighborhood', a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from strangers breaking into the house, only to discover that this is far from a normal home invasion.

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Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight
2020 Β· dir. Bartosz M. Kowalski
πŸ… 67%β˜… 4.9comedy Β· horror

Both lean on play more than on horror

Addicted to technology, a group of teens attends a rehabilitation camp in the forest, but a sinister force there intends to take them offline forever.

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Tremors
1990 Β· dir. Ron Underwood
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· horror Β· science fiction

Science fiction built on ideas, twice over

The difference: 29 years apart, and the 1990s show

Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground.

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Warm Bodies
2013 Β· dir. Jonathan Levine
πŸ… 81%β˜… 6.8horror Β· comedy Β· romance

Dread-soaked comedy, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans harder into romance than Happy Death Day 2U does

After a zombie becomes involved with the girlfriend of one of his victims, their romance sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.

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The New Mutants
2020 Β· dir. Josh Boone
πŸ… 36%β˜… 5.3science fiction Β· horror

Horror with a pulse of unease, in both cases

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves.

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The Dead Don't Die
2019 Β· dir. Jim Jarmusch
πŸ… 55%β˜… 5.4comedy Β· drama Β· horror

Science fiction built on wit, twice over

In the sleepy town of Centerville, the lives of a number of interconnected characters are disrupted by the undead.

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Re-Animator
1985 Β· dir. Stuart Gordon
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.1science fiction Β· comedy Β· horror

Both lean on ideas more than on comedy

Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses.

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