If you liked it
Movies Like Halloween (1978)
Halloween stripped the slasher down to a quiet Haddonfield street, a babysitter and a masked figure who never says a word, and its patience still sets the template. Stalk-and-slash films and small-town nightmares that lean on mood and menace fill out the rest.
Matched to Halloween (1978) (1978), rated 5/5 by the HorroRated team. Our own picks come first, then the closest matches by director, subgenre and mood.
Why it fits
- Our pick if you liked Halloween (1978)
- Masked Killer
- Slasher
- Franchise Horror
Streaming on Prime Video, Peacock, AMC+
Michael Myers follows Laurie Strode to the hospital after Halloween night. He works through the empty halls with the same patience he had in Carpenter's film.
PickAlice, Sweet Alice
1976 · MovieWhy it fits
- Paired with Halloween (1978) in our reviews
- Masked Killer
- Slasher
- Psychological
Streaming on Prime Video, AMC+, Tubi
On the morning of her First Communion, a little girl is murdered inside a New Jersey church, and suspicion settles on her sullen older sister. Meanwhile, a figure in a yellow raincoat and a translucent mask keeps striking.
PickThe Black Phone
2022 · MovieWhy it fits
- Small Town Horror
- Masked Killer
- Teen Horror
Streaming on Netflix
Finney Shaw is taken by the Grabber and held in a soundproofed basement in 1978 Denver. A disconnected black phone on the wall begins receiving calls from boys who were killed before him.
Scream
2022 · MovieWhy it fits
- Small Town Horror
- Masked Killer
- Teen Horror
Streaming on Paramount+
Sam Carpenter and her sister Tara are caught in a new Ghostface killing cycle in Woodsboro that connects back to the events of 1996.
PickThe Thing (1982)
1982 · MovieWhy it fits
- Also from John Carpenter
- Psychological
- Practical FX
Streaming on Prime Video, AMC+
A research team in Antarctica takes in a stray dog from a neighboring camp. What comes out of that dog is a very different problem.
PickBody Bags
1993 · MovieWhy it fits
- Also from John Carpenter
- Practical FX
- Cult Classic
Streaming on Prime Video, Peacock, Shudder
Three short horror stories hosted by a wisecracking coroner: a gas station night shift, a desperate hair transplant, and a transplanted eye with a troubling past.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987 · MovieWhy it fits
- Teen Horror
- Slasher
- Psychological
Streaming on AMC+
The last surviving kids of Elm Street are locked in a psychiatric hospital, dismissed as troubled teenagers. Nancy Thompson knows better, and she's come back to teach them how to fight Freddy in the only place he can actually be beaten.
PickJaws
1975 · MovieWhy it fits
- Small Town Horror
- 1970s horror
- Practical FX
Streaming on Netflix
Amity Island has a problem in the water and a mayor who won't close the beach. Three men eventually go out on a boat to solve it themselves.
PickCarrie (1976)
1976 · MovieWhy it fits
- Teen Horror
- Psychological
- 1970s horror
Streaming on Prime Video, HBO Max
Carrie White has spent her whole life absorbing cruelty from her mother and her classmates. Prom night is when the account comes due.
PickWeapons
2025 · MovieWhy it fits
- Small Town Horror
- Teen Horror
- Psychological
Streaming on Prime Video, HBO Max
Multiple teenagers in a Connecticut suburb are each connected to a single act of violence in ways that unfold across the film.