20 movies like Bad Dreams, ordered by similarity : The Veil(2016), Mandy(2018), The Heretics(2017), Apocalyptic(2014), The Endless(2017), Happy Death Day 2U(2019), Borderland(2007), Get Out(2017), It Follows(2014), Cold Prey(2006), House of Wax(2005), The Roost(2005) ...
Horror
USA
1988
86 Minutes
Jennifer Rubin Bruce Abbott Richard Lynch Dean Cameron Harris Yulin Susan Barnes Elizabeth Daily Sy Richardson Missy Francis
young woman cult leader psychologist survivor detective friend gory frightful melodramatic compound hospital car river trauma cult suicide therapy nightmares violence escape
The lone survivor of a suicide cult wakes from a thirteen-year coma in a psychiatric ward, where other patients suddenly start dying under mysterious and gruesome circumstances.
Horror
USA
2016
93 Minutes
Jessica Alba Thomas Jane Lily Rabe Shannon Woodward Reid Scott Aleksa Palladino Ivy George Lenny Jacobson
cult member survivor filmmaker film producer cult leader unrestrained thrilling suspenseful solemn frightening engaging dark cult headquarters compound cult mass death suicide religion horror possession
Twenty-five years after members of a religious cult committed mass suicide, the lone survivor returns to the scene of the tragedy with a documentary crew in tow.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK|Belgium
2018
121 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Andrea Riseborough Linus Roache Ned Dennehy Olwen Fouere Richard Brake Bill Duke Line Pillet
outcast cult leader cult member couple kidnapper brutal tense gory brash disturbing thrilling woods forest cult headquarters tent compound revenge cult kidnapping missing persons
The enchanted lives of a couple in a secluded forest are brutally shattered by a nightmarish hippie cult and their demon-biker henchmen, propelling a man into a spiraling, surreal rampage of vengeance.
Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Canada
2017
87 Minutes
Nina Kiri Jorja Cadence Ryan Barrett Nina Richmond Will King Caleigh Le Grand Colin Price Austin Duffy Julie C. Sheppard Sid McMillan
cult figure cult leader cult member demon woman dark bleak chilling brutal frightening gory forest church cabin demon worship demonic possession demons cult kidnapping occult
After she's kidnapped, a young woman begins to undergo a strange transformation.
Horror, Drama
Australia
2014
84 Minutes
Jane Elizabeth Barry David Macrae Geoff Pinfield Tom McCathie Rachel Torrance Ashleigh Gregory Zoe Imms Janice Paull
reporter cameraman cult leader cult member intense disturbing suspenseful thrilling gory raw australia jungle cult headquarters reporting cult investigation danger death adventure discovery
While investigating the legend of a mysterious group of religious people living in the forest, a local news crew becomes trapped in the grasp of a doomsday cult, who are about to execute their final act of devotion and biblical punishment.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
2017
111 Minutes
Aaron Moorhead Aaron Moorhead Justin Benson Callie Hernandez Tate Ellington Lew Temple James Jordan Shane Brady Kira Powell Emily Montague Peter Cilella
brother cult leader cult member creature camper chilling dark thrilling intense suspenseful disturbing camp woods lake compound boat forest cult mystery mythical creatures
As kids, they escaped a UFO death cult. Now, two adult brothers seek answers after an old videotape surfaces and brings them back to where they began.
Horror, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Japan
2019
100 Minutes
Jessica Rothe Israel Broussard Phi Vu Suraj Sharma Sarah Yarkin Rachel Matthews Ruby Modine Steve Zissis Charles Aitken Laura Clifton Missy Yager
college student friend killer masked man roommate time traveler bleak brooding suspenseful gripping uneasy gory college dorm car classroom hospital fraternity house time travel resurrection
Tree Gelbman discovers that dying over and over was surprisingly easier than the dangers that lie ahead.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Horror
2007
104 Minutes
Brian Presley Martha Higareda Jake Muxworthy Rider Strong Damián Alcázar Sean Astin Marco Bacuzzi Roberto Sosa Francesca Guillén Beto Cuevas Humberto Busto
college student friend tourist drug smuggler disturbing chilling gory mexico vacation cult sacrifice drug smuggling satanism discovery escape 2000s
During a weekend trip to Mexico, three friends look for fun but find death instead when they run afoul of cultists who practice human sacrifice.
Horror, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Japan
2017
104 Minutes
Daniel Kaluuya Allison Williams Catherine Keener Bradley Whitford Caleb Landry Jones Marcus Henderson Betty Gabriel LaKeith Stanfield Stephen Root Lil Rel Howery Ashley LeConte Campbell
african-american girlfriend mother father servant friend creepy dark intense apartment bedroom house yard car forest meeting interracial relationship strange behavior danger survival
A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2014
101 Minutes
Maika Monroe Keir Gilchrist Daniel Zovatto Jake Weary Olivia Luccardi Lili Sepe Ruby Harris Bailey Spry Debbie Williams
teenager boyfriend friend stranger assassin parent dark creepy frightening park car abandoned house swimming pool bedroom bathroom teen romance curse survival assassination friendship
A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Norway
2006
93 Minutes
Ingrid Bolsø Berdal Rolf Kristian Larsen Tomas Alf Larsen Endre Martin Midtstigen Viktoria Winge Rune Melby Erik Skjeggedal Tonie Lunde Hallvard Holmen
boyfriend girlfriend snowboarder single man friend killer melodramatic creepy thrilling frightening norway mountain ski resort ski slopes abandoned building mysterious deaths missing persons vacation injury survival
5 young Norwegians head up to the mountains to snowboard. One breaks his leg and it's getting dark soon, so they spend the night in a big, abandoned hotel, closed 30 years ago. They are not alone.
Horror
Australia|USA
2005
107 Minutes
Elisha Cuthbert Chad Michael Murray Brian Van Holt Paris Hilton Jared Padalecki Robert Ri'chard Jon Abrahams Damon Herriman Emma Lung
boyfriend girlfriend friend redneck brother killer gory frightening disturbing ghost town wax museum car serial murders stranded trapped violence survival relationships escape discovery
A group of teens are unwittingly stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2005
80 Minutes
Tom Noonan Wil Horneff Karl Jacob Vanessa Horneff Sean Reid John Speredakos Richard Little Barbara Wilhide Larry Fessenden
friend young woman brother zombie vampire bat frightening gory tense eerie pennsylvania countryside farmhouse barn halloween car crash stranded friendship zombies survival discovery
Four friends marooned on a mysterious farm en route to a wedding are terrorized by various creatures and zombies.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2008
84 Minutes
Robert Patrick Jessica Lowndes Jenette Goldstein Michael Bowen Robert LaSardo Ross Kohn Ashley Schneider Arcadiy Golubovich Ross McCall Janine Venable Eric F. Adams
young woman boyfriend best friend college graduate medic nurse frightening suspenseful gory car hospital operating room road waiting room louisiana medical experiments murder torture stranded survival
A young woman tries to find her injured boyfriend in a bizzare and dangerous hospital.
Horror
New Zealand
1997
93 Minutes
animal biologist child woman lizard ex-boyfriend gory suspenseful disturbing woods cabin car bathroom mutation secret past isolation survival violence animal attack mystery discovery
Mutant lizards attack a woman on the run hiding out in a cabin in the woods.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2016
77 Minutes
Teresa Palmer Gabriel Bateman Alexander DiPersia Billy Burke Maria Bello Alicia Vela-Bailey Andi Osho Rolando Boyce Maria Russell Elizabeth Pan Lotta Losten
woman brother creature friend family member parent creepy dark intense house bedroom car office school street nightmares creatures danger stress survival
Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Canada
2020
94 Minutes
Catherine Walker Jared Abrahamson Hannah Anderson Sean McGinley Don McKellar Geraldine O'Rawe Jessica Reynolds Anna Cummer
villager daughter religious person occultist pagan frightening suspenseful gory village canada house cult religion bloodlust discovery escape fall 1970s
A devout community suffering from a plague is torn apart by a beautiful young woman and the forces of witchcraft, black magic, and possession.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
UK|USA|Canada
2019
108 Minutes
Riley Keough Severin Fiala Jaeden Martell Lia McHugh Richard Armitage Alicia Silverstone Katelyn Wells Dan Keough Lola Reid
father girlfriend young boy young girl cult leader bleak brooding dark disturbing frightening cabin lake family gathering blizzard isolation traumatic past survival discovery fall pursuit
A soon-to-be stepmom is snowed in with her fiancé's two children at a remote holiday village. Just as relations begin to thaw between the trio, some strange and frightening events take place.
Horror
UK|Canada
2017
94 Minutes
Rafe Spall Robert James-Collier Arsher Ali Sam Troughton Paul Reid Maria Erwolter Kerri McLean Jacob James Beswick Francesca Mula
friend murder victim coward spirit outcast bleak brooding brutal disturbing creepy dark gory gripping intense melodramatic suspenseful thrilling uneasy sweden forest
A group of old college friends reunite for a trip to a forest in Northern Europe, but encounter a menacing presence there stalking them.
Horror
USA
1987
95 Minutes
Heather Langenkamp Patricia Arquette Craig Wasson Laurence Fishburne Priscilla Pointer Robert Englund Brooke Bundy Rodney Eastman John Saxon
freddy krueger teen girl psychiatrist teen boy doctor maniac gory sad chilling frightening ohio hospital dreamworld dreams alcoholism suicide rape violence death metamorphosis
A psychiatrist familiar with knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Other
USA
2018
89 Minutes
Amy Forsyth Reign Edwards Bex Taylor-Klaus Christian James Roby Attal Matt Mercurio Tony Todd Courtney Dietz
young woman boyfriend masked man serial killer murder victim murderer brooding uneasy gory thrilling disturbing bleak theme park festival car murder serial murders halloween escape trapped
A masked serial killer turns a horror-themed amusement park into his own personal playground, terrorizing a group of friends while the rest of the patrons believe that it is all part of the show.