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Movies Like Terrifier
Terrifier sets Art the Clown loose on Halloween night with gleeful, extreme practical gore and little else on its mind. For viewers who want that same no-holds-barred intensity, the slashers and splatter films below go there too, from killer clowns to grindhouse throwbacks.
Matched to Terrifier (2018), 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 Terrifier
- Also from Damien Leone
- Killer Clowns
- Torture Horror
Streaming on Prime Video, Peacock, Tubi
Art the Clown returns for a longer night in Miles County with more elaborate sequences and even less interest in restraint.
The Collector
2009 · MovieWhy it fits
- Torture Horror
- Gore
- Serial Killer
Streaming on Prime Video, Tubi
Arkin breaks into a house to rob it and finds a family being held captive inside an elaborate network of traps by someone already inside with them.
PickIt
2017 · MovieWhy it fits
- Killer Clowns
- 2010s horror
Streaming on HBO Max
Bill Denbrough and the Losers Club spend a summer in 1989 Derry, Maine confronting Pennywise, a shape-shifting entity that has been working the town for centuries.
PickSaw
2004 · MovieWhy it fits
- Torture Horror
- Serial Killer
- Independent
Streaming on Peacock
Two strangers wake up chained to pipes in a decaying bathroom with a corpse on the floor between them. A tape recorder explains the rules.
PickKiller Klowns from Outer Space
1988 · MovieWhy it fits
- Killer Clowns
Streaming on Prime Video, AMC+
Alien creatures shaped like circus clowns land in a small town and start harvesting the population using cotton candy cocoons. Two teenagers try to warn people.
PickPearl
2022 · MovieWhy it fits
- Serial Killer
- Slasher
Streaming on Prime Video, HBO Max, Hulu
Pearl is trapped on her father's Texas farm during the Spanish Flu outbreak of 1918, with a controlling mother and a husband she didn't choose, and desires the world has no room for.
PickThe Black Phone
2022 · MovieWhy it fits
- Serial Killer
- Slasher
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.
Maniac
1980 · MovieWhy it fits
- Gore
- Serial Killer
- Slasher
Streaming on Shudder, Tubi
Frank Zito hunts young women through New York City, scalping them and adding their remains to a growing mannequin collection in his apartment. The mother who made him this way is never far from his thoughts.
PickBuddy
2026 · MovieWhy it fits
- Killer Clowns
Freddy and her friends are trapped inside a children’s show hosted by a giant orange unicorn who really needs them to keep smiling. Buddy stops being cuddly the moment anyone stops playing along.
PickCreep
2014 · MovieWhy it fits
- Serial Killer
- Independent
- 2010s horror
Streaming on Netflix, Prime Video
Aaron accepts a Craigslist job shooting footage for an unusual client who wants to document a transformative personal experience.