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Movies that feel likeReady or Not (2019)

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.

If you loved Ready or Not, the closest films we have are What We Do in the Shadows (2014), Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010) and Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight (2020). All three share Ready or Not'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 Extra Ordinary (2019).

πŸ… 89% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.9 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Tyler Gillettdreadunsettlingwittyplayful
11 of 12 streaming nowNetflix Β· Amazon Prime Video Β· Hulu

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Ready or Not: Here I Come (2026)

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

Dread-soaked where it counts, unsettling underneath

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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Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
2010 Β· dir. Eli Craig
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· horror

Witty and playful in the same breath

Two hillbillies are suspected of being killers by a group of paranoid college kids camping near the duo's West Virginian cabin. As the body count climbs, so does the fear and confusion as the college kids try to seek revenge against the pair.

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

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

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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Piranha 3D
2010 Β· dir. Alexandre Aja
πŸ… 76%β˜… 5.5comedy Β· horrorParamount+

Both lean on unease more than on comedy

Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, an earthquake opens an underwater chasm, releasing an enormous swarm of ancient Piranha that have been dormant for thousands of years, now with a taste for human flesh. This year, there's something more to worry about than the usual hangovers and complaints from locals, a new type of terror is about to be cut loose on Lake Victoria.

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Extra Ordinary
2019 Β· dir. Mike Ahern
πŸ… 98%β˜… 6.4fantasy Β· comedy Β· horrorPrime Video

Witty horror in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than Ready or Not does

A driving instructor must use her other-worldly gifts to save a lonely man’s daughter from a rock star looking to use her for Satanic purposes.

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: murder

The difference: Sits closer to thriller than Ready or Not 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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The Babysitter
2017 Β· dir. McG
β˜… 6.4comedy Β· horrorNetflix

Comedy built on play, twice over

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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Jennifer's Body
2009 Β· dir. Karyn Kusama
πŸ… 47%β˜… 5.6horror Β· comedyHuluPeacock

Both are built on the same subject: gore

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Jennifer, a gorgeous, seductive cheerleader takes evil to a whole new level after she's possessed by a sinister demon. Now it's up to her best friend to stop Jennifer's reign of terror before it's too late.

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

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases

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

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Housebound
2014 Β· dir. Gerard Johnstone
πŸ… 95%β˜… 6.7horror Β· comedy Β· thrillerPrime Video

Same instincts, 5 years apart

When Kylie Bucknell is sentenced to home detention, she's forced to come to terms with her unsociable behaviour, her blabbering mother and a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about the new living arrangement.

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Happy Death Day 2U
2019 Β· dir. Christopher Landon
πŸ… 73%β˜… 6.2comedy Β· horror Β· science fictionNetflix

One thread runs through both: murder

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.

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Goosebumps
2015 Β· dir. Rob Letterman
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.3adventure Β· horror Β· comedyParamount+

Both run witty where it counts

After moving to a small town, Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets next door neighbor Hannah, the daughter of bestselling Goosebumps series author R.L. Stine. When Zach unintentionally unleashes real monsters from their manuscripts and they begin to terrorize the town, it’s suddenly up to Stine, Zach and Hannah to get all of them back in the books where they belong.

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