20 movies like The Stepfather, ordered by similarity : The Clovehitch Killer(2018), Cornered!(2008), Hereditary(2018), You're Next(2011), Cold Prey(2006), Prom Night(2008), The Final Destination(2009), One Missed Call 2(2005), Mother(2009), The Attic Expeditions(2001), Dead Body(2017), Estranged(2015) ...
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2009
101 Minutes
Dylan Walsh Sela Ward Penn Badgley Amber Heard Jon Tenney Sherry Stringfield Paige Turco Nancy Linehan Charles Marcuis Harris Braeden Lemasters Deirdre Lovejoy
son boyfriend mother ex-husband serial killer girlfriend dark suspenseful thrilling bathroom grocery store basement roof attic family home suspicion murder survival family investigation
Michael Harding (Penn Badgely) returns home from military school to find his mother Susan (Sela Ward) happily in love and living with her new boyfriend David (Dylan Walsh). As the two men get to know each other, he becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful hand.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
110 Minutes
Dylan McDermott Charlie Plummer Samantha Mathis Madisen Beaty Brenna Sherman Lance Chantiles-Wertz Kat Pérez Jonathan Riggs
family father son murder suspect killer chilling creepy dark disturbing eerie engaging frightful gripping intense shocking suspenseful thrilling tense uneasy america
A picture-perfect family is shattered when the work of a serial killer hits too close to home.
Mystery & Thriller, Other, Horror
USA|Belgium
2008
87 Minutes
Steve Guttenberg James Duval Elizabeth Nicole Peter Story Eduardo Antonio Garcia Ellia English David Jean Thomas
serial killer store clerk clerk prostitute murderer customer bleak thrilling brutal intense suspenseful dark store basement liquor store horror serial murders escape fear massacre
During their nightly poker game, a group of lowlifes are terrorized in their own convenience store by a masked killer.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
127 Minutes
Toni Collette Gabriel Byrne Alex Wolff Ann Dowd Milly Shapiro Mallory Bechtel Brock McKinney Christy Summerhays
art gallerist mother daughter son husband thrilling suspenseful gory frightening profound fascinating art gallery haunted house woods mysterious past legacy horror mysterious deaths family secrets darkness
A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.
Horror, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
2011
94 Minutes
Sharni Vinson Nicholas Tucci Wendy Glenn A.J. Bowen Joe Swanberg Sarah Myers Amy Seimetz Rob Moran Barbara Crampton Ti West Larry Fessenden
mother father son daughter murderer husband creepy unrestrained disturbing family estate country house murderous rampage family dysfunction survival home invasion pursuit rescue revenge 2010s
Members of an estranged, upper-class family must pull together to repel home invaders who are disguised in animal masks and trying to kill them.
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, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada
2008
88 Minutes
Brittany Snow Scott Porter Jessica Stroup Dana Davis Collins Pennie Kelly Blatz James Ransone Brianne Davis Kellan Lutz Johnathon Schaech Idris Elba
high-school teacher high-school student murderer psychopath friend girl gory brutal dark high school family home hotel bathroom limousine prom survival obsession violence murder the past
Donna's senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her life, though a sadistic killer from her past has different plans for her and her friends.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2009
82 Minutes
Bobby Campo Shantel VanSanten Nick Zano Haley Webb Mykelti Williamson Krista Allen Andrew Fiscella Justin Welborn Stephanie Honore Lara Grice Jackson Walker
young man girlfriend friend security guard mechanic mother creepy dark thrilling gory racetrack hospital bathroom truck coffee shop premonition fate survival luck race against time
A horrifying premonition saves a young man and his friends from death during a racetrack accident but terrible fates await them nonetheless.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Japan
2005
105 Minutes
Mimura Yû Yoshizawa Asaka Seto Renji Ishibashi Peter Ho Haruko Wanibuchi
journalist friend teen girl spirit murderer sister frightening gory eerie japan taiwan hospital mining town ghost town tokyo murder investigation strange happenings supernatural travel survival
A Japanese restaurant cook/owner dies after answering his daughter's cellphone. Other people are getting strange, same ringtone calls as well and dying painfully. It happened in Taiwan as well. Can the police stop it if it's a ghost?
Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
South Korea
2009
128 Minutes
Kim Hye-ja Won Bin Ku Jin Je-mun Yun Mi-Seon Jeon Byoung-Soon Kim
mother widow son suspect police detective defense attorney dark emotional gripping small town south korea shop family home mother/son relationship murder investigation incarceration framed vigilantism love
A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2001
100 Minutes
Andras Jones Seth Green Jeffrey Combs Wendy Robie Ted Raimi Beth Bates Shannon Hart Cleary Alice Cooper
prisoner doctor psychiatrist psychopath friend girlfriend chilling suspenseful eerie laboratory halfway house attic room psychosis memory loss reality experimental medicine disappearance survival discovery
Trevor is a young man who has been sentenced to a long stay in a mental hospital after brutally killing his girlfriend. However, the longer Trevor is in stir, the more he wonders if the ... See full summary »
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2017
85 Minutes
Spencer Hamp Jay Myers Cooper Hopkins Miho Aizawa Rachel Brun Nate Pringle Leah Pfenning Koe Sakuta
college graduate serial killer friend survivor murder victim murder suspect shocking gory brutal suspenseful thrilling disturbing cabin wilderness woods high school horror films role-playing games killer among us suspicion
Nine high school students celebrate graduation at a secluded home in the wilderness. Once the party dies down they play a game: Dead Body. But when one of them actually murders someone, it's up to the group to ferret out the real murderer.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
UK
2015
101 Minutes
James Cosmo Craig Conway Bob Duff James Lance Amy Manson Eileen Nicholas Faye McLoughlin Nora-Jane Noone Simon Quarterman Joy Sanders
disabled girl boyfriend mother estranged father estranged brother sister chilling dark disturbing tense suspenseful creepy family home england family secrets horror memory loss childhood terror uncertainty
A woman returns home to her estranged family after a near-fatal accident, but begins to suspect something is not right.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Horror
India
2009
146 Minutes
Madhavan Neetu Chandra Poonam Dhillon Sachin Khedekar Dhritiman Chatterjee Deepak Dobriyal
tenant wife police officer friend tv personality mother tense chilling thrilling apartment police station india mysterious past mind games family danger television show violence discovery mystery
A man experiences a supernatural occurrence at his newly purchased apartment; a soap opera being telecast exclusively on his TV, which shows the future of his family.
Mystery & Thriller
2016
91 Minutes
Radha Mitchell Rupert Graves David Robb Ian McElhinney Liam Carney Peter Vollebregt Declan Conlon Lesa Thurman Joanne Crawford
surgeon murderer murder victim husband villager dead person thrilling suspenseful shocking brooding disturbing emotional island scotland garden hospital big city home historical mystery myth
After moving to the Shetland Islands, a surgeon (Radha Mitchell) finds a woman with her heart ripped out and strange symbols carved into her flesh.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2016
91 Minutes
Saxon Sharbino Burlee Vang Mitchell Edwards Carson Boatman Victory Van Tuyl Brandon Soo Hoo Jordan Essoe Alexis G. Zall Robyn Cohen Bonnie Morgan Kate Orsini
student young woman young man friend murder victim villain bleak gripping thrilling suspenseful intense brutal house warehouse police station classroom home high school horror relationships
Five friends are terrorized by a supernatural entity after downloading a mysterious app.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror
USA
2014
82 Minutes
Danielle Lozeau Andrea Monier Anthony Fanelli Bill Oberst Jr. Robin Steffen Caryn Richman Brandon Despain Myles Cranford Justin Ferrari
serial killer vampire young woman filmmaker camera operator brutal creepy dark gory suspenseful thrilling united states small town countryside village forest serial murders vampires murder murder investigation
A documentary film crew investigates a series of brutal killings known as the Black Water murders. As they delve deeper into the story they stumble upon a horrifying secret, one that they may not survive.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
Canada|USA
2018
117 Minutes
Anna Kendrick Blake Lively Henry Golding Ian Ho Joshua Satine Andrew Rannells Kelly McCormack Aparna Nancherla Rupert Friend Bashir Salahuddin Jean Smart
widow son friend husband single mother missing person sultry tense intricate confident dark thrilling suburb house school kitchen river airplane missing persons mysterious past
Stephanie is a single mother with a parenting vlog who befriends Emily, a secretive upper-class woman who has a child at the same elementary school. When Emily goes missing, Stephanie takes it upon herself to investigate.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2002
102 Minutes
August Diehl Christian Redl Nadeshda Brennicke Ilknur Bahadir Jasmin Schwiers Johan Leysen Monica Bleibtreu Joe Bausch Fatih Cevikkollu Florian Panzner Ingo Naujoks
rookie cop police detective forensic expert serial killer missing girl daughter dark creepy suspenseful berlin rave basement crime scene murder tattoos crime father/daughter relationship police work investigation mystery
Two mismatched policemen (August Diehl, Christian Redl) search for a serial killer who has a fondness for tattooed skin.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Canada|USA
2012
94 Minutes
Malcolm McDowell Jaime King Donal Logue Lisa Marie Brendan Fehr Ellen Wong Ali Tataryn
santa claus murderer murder victim serial killer police officer sheriff bleak shocking thrilling brutal united states small town serial murders investigation cruelty fear murder christmas escape mystery
The police force of a remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus who is picking off citizens on Christmas Eve.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Other
USA|Canada
2009
101 Minutes
Jensen Ackles Jaime King Kerr Smith Betsy Rue Edi Gathegi Tom Atkins Kevin Tighe Megan Boone Karen Baum Rich Walters
miner killer survivor son teen boy girlfriend disturbing gory dark coal mine motel small town grocery store woods the past massacre serial murders survival supernatural vengeance
Tom returns to his hometown on the tenth anniversary of the Valentine's night massacre that claimed the lives of 22 people. Instead of a homecoming, Tom finds himself suspected of committing the murders, and it seems like his old flame is the only one that believes he's innocent.