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Movies that feel likeHostel (2006)

Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.

If you loved Hostel, the closest films we have are Speak No Evil (2024), The Invitation (2016) and They Look Like People (2016). All three share Hostel'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 It Comes at Night (2017).

πŸ… 60% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 5.9 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Eli Rothdreadunsettlingparanoid
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If Hostel hit the spot, these will too

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Speak No Evil
2024 Β· dir. James Watkins
πŸ… 83%β˜… 6.8horror Β· thrillerStarz

Common ground: paranoia

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Hostel does

When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare.

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The Invitation
2016 Β· dir. Karyn Kusama
πŸ… 90%β˜… 6.6thriller Β· horrorPeacock

The same preoccupation in both: paranoia

The difference: Reviewed even better

Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.

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They Look Like People
2016 Β· dir. Perry Blackshear
πŸ… 92%β˜… 5.8drama Β· horror Β· mystery

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Hostel does

Suspecting that people are transforming into malevolent shape-shifters, Wyatt flees to New York City to seek out his estranged childhood friend Christian.

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It Comes at Night
2017 Β· dir. Trey Edward Shults
πŸ… 88%β˜… 6.1drama Β· horror Β· mysteryMax

Horror built on paranoia, twice over

Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.

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Brotherhood of the Wolf
2001 Β· dir. Christophe Gans
πŸ… 74%β˜… 7adventure Β· horror Β· actionPrime Video

Dread-soaked horror in both cases

In 18th century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent by the King to the Gevaudan province to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.

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Terrifier
2018 Β· dir. Damien Leone
πŸ… 63%β˜… 5.5horrorPrime VideoPeacock

Both keep coming back to the same thing: gore

The difference: Trades the paranoia of Hostel for an angle of its own

A maniacal clown named Art terrorizes three young women on Halloween night and everyone else who stands in his way.

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The Faculty
1998 Β· dir. Robert Rodriguez
πŸ… 57%β˜… 6.6horror Β· science fictionParamount+

Unsettling horror, and it commits to that

When creepy things start happening at Herrington High, the students begin to suspect that their faculty is being controlled by body-snatching aliens.

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The Pope's Exorcist
2023 Β· dir. Julius Avery
πŸ… 50%β˜… 6.1horror Β· thrillerPrime VideoHulu

Both run paranoid where it counts

Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, investigates a young boy's terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.

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The Thing
2011 Β· dir. Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
πŸ… 34%β˜… 6.2horror Β· science fiction Β· mysteryPeacock

Both sit in the same dread-soaked register

When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller.

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Underworld: Awakening
2012 Β· dir. MΓ₯ns MΓ₯rlind
πŸ… 26%β˜… 6.3fantasy Β· action Β· horrorStarz

A streak of unease through both

Having escaped years of imprisonment, vampire warrioress Selene finds herself in a changed world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species. Now Selene must battle the humans and a frightening new breed of super Lycans to ensure the death dealers' survival.

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Halloween
2007 Β· dir. Rob Zombie
πŸ… 28%β˜… 6.1horrorPeacock

One thread runs through both: sadism

The early years of young Michael Myers and the events leading up to his fateful Halloween night murder rampage in the quiet town of Haddonfield, Illinois.

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Freddy vs. Jason
2003 Β· dir. Ronny Yu
πŸ… 41%β˜… 5.8horrorMax

Both are built on the same subject: sadism

Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.

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