20 movies like A Nightmare on Elm Street, ordered by similarity : Jigsaw(2017), Nightshift(2018), Happy Death Day(2017), It Follows(2014), One Missed Call 2(2005), Halloween(2018), Hell Fest(2018), Cold Moon(2016), Silent Night(2012), Final Destination 5(2011), The Stranger(2014), Worry Dolls(2016) ...
Horror
USA
2010
96 Minutes
Jackie Earle Haley Rooney Mara Kyle Gallner Katie Cassidy Thomas Dekker Kellan Lutz Clancy Brown Connie Britton Lia Mortenson
freddy krueger teenager waitress friend police officer frightening gory disturbing diner police station family home dreamworld murder revenge survival pursuit escape mystery 2010s
The spectre of a disfigured man haunts the children of the parents who murdered him, stalking and killing them in their dreams.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Canada|USA
2017
92 Minutes
Tobin Bell Peter Spierig Matt Passmore Callum Keith Rennie Clé Bennett Hannah Anderson Mandela Van Peebles Laura Vandervoort Brittany Allen Paul Braunstein Josiah Black
murderer maniac victim detective witness police officer gory disturbing dark unrestrained creepy suspenseful police station warehouse park laboratory torture chamber barn murder investigation murder case
Bodies are turning up around the city, each having met a uniquely gruesome demise. As the investigation proceeds, evidence points to one suspect: John Kramer, the man known as Jigsaw, who has been dead for over 10 years.
Horror
USA
2018
81 Minutes
Ashleigh Dorrell Matthew O'Brien Nigel Mercier Angel Hannigan David Collins Martin Maguire Emma Healy Jennifer Hennephof Daniel Fitzgibbon Mary Geaney
hotel worker hotel guest murderer murder victim colleague creepy frightening brutal disturbing tense ireland haunted hotels serial murders escape saving the day time warp discovery escape mystery pursuit
For 5 years, Stephen McCoy attempted to document nocturnal street life in the subterranean parts of downtown Boston; People he calls 'Nightcrawlers'. Now... He's become one.
Horror, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2017
96 Minutes
Jessica Rothe Israel Broussard Ruby Modine Rachel Matthews Charles Aitken Jason Bayle Phi Vu Donna Duplantier GiGi Erneta Rob Mello
college student masked man killer friend brooding brutal eerie suspenseful gory frightening college dorm sorority road cafeteria parking garage murder killer among us groundhog day near-death experience
A college student must relive the day of her murder over and over again, in a loop that will end only when she discovers her killer's identity.
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.
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?
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Other
USA|UK
2018
106 Minutes
Jamie Lee Curtis Judy Greer Andi Matichak Will Patton Virginia Gardner Nick Castle Haluk Bilginer James Jude Courtney Miles Robbins Dylan Arnold Drew Scheid
victim serial killer murderer rival psychopath creepy uneasy tense gory gripping thrilling haddonfield, ill. house forest mental institution suburb bus murder escape revenge
Laurie Strode confronts her long-time foe Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
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.
Crime, Drama, Horror
USA
2016
92 Minutes
Josh Stewart Candy Clark Frank Whaley Robbie Kay Christopher Lloyd Madison Wolfe Rachele Brooke Smith Laura Cayouette
murder suspect grandmother police officer ghost father brooding solemn dark tense emotional frightening small town american south murder case mysterious deaths paranormal ghosts haunting revenge mystery
From Michael McDowell, the writer of Beetlejuice (1988) and The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), comes a chilling tale of supernatural vengeance.
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
USA|Canada
2011
92 Minutes
Nicholas D'Agosto Emma Bell Miles Fisher Ellen Wroe Jacqueline MacInnes Wood P.J. Byrne Arlen Escarpeta David Koechner Courtney B. Vance Tony Todd Brent Stait
apprentice best friend girlfriend ex-girlfriend colleague coroner gory disturbing frightening airport plant doctor's office bridge supernatural premonition cheating death visions death survival escape
Death returns to claim the lucky survivors of a deadly bridge collapse in this fifth frightening installment in the series.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Chile
2014
93 Minutes
Lorenza Izzo Ariel Levy Aaron Burns Cristobal Tapia Montt Luis Gnecco Nicolás Durán Alessandra Guerzoni Pablo Vila
drifter teenager thug lieutenant single mother somber brutal creepy frightening gory suspenseful small town cemetery hospital country road country house chile disease death of brother family
A mysterious man arrives in a small American town seeking his wife, though his presence plunges the community into a bloodbath.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2016
86 Minutes
Christopher Wiehl Brea Grant Samantha Smith Kennedy Brice Kym Jackson Tina Lifford Yohance Myles Ashlynn Ross
police detective serial killer doll murder victim daughter brutal shocking somber frightening gory police station house curse murder murder plot obsession killer dolls pursuit mystery discovery
Guatemalan parents teach their children to allay their troubles by getting handmade worry dolls, but several of these talismans find their way into the hands of residents of a small Southern town and set off a grisly wave of bloodshed.
Horror
Ireland|UK|Denmark
2006
84 Minutes
Lindsey Haun Jack Huston Max Kasch Maya Hazen Alice Greczyn Don Wycherley Sean McGinley
teenager american irishman friend murderer stalker bleak chilling dark disturbing frightening gory ireland woods camp abandoned building drugs murder camping hallucinations
A group of friends are stalked and murdered whilst looking for psilocybin mushrooms in the Irish woods.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Japan|USA
2019
116 Minutes
Lupita Nyong'o Winston Duke Elisabeth Moss Tim Heidecker Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Anna Diop Evan Alex Shahadi Wright Joseph Madison Curry Cali Sheldon Noelle Sheldon
husband son daughter masked man stranger uneasy frightening creepy gory brutal chilling beach beach house car woods bedroom living room home invasion survival family
During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
Horror
Finland|New Zealand|Estonia
2016
85 Minutes
Mikael Gabriel Mimosa Willamo Santeri Helinheimo Mäntylä Nelly Hirst-Gee Ilkka Heiskanen Pirjo Moilanen Sami Eerola Otso Ahosola
teen boy teen girl teenager girlfriend best friend murderer thrilling suspenseful shocking brutal intense gripping lake party horror murder cold case danger friendship quest
Every camper's worst nightmare came true at Lake Bodom in 1960 when four teenagers were stabbed to death while sleeping in their tent.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2017
135 Minutes
Jaeden Martell Jeremy Ray Taylor Sophia Lillis Finn Wolfhard Chosen Jacobs Jack Dylan Grazer Wyatt Oleff Bill Skarsgård Nicholas Hamilton Jake Sim Logan Thompson
clown victim killer child friend sibling brooding chilling disturbing frightening suspenseful uneasy derry, maine sewer house school woods horror monsters evil
An estranged family gathers together in New York City for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2020
97 Minutes
Mary J. Blige Nat Wolff David Zayas Anika Noni Rose Demetrius Gross Sue-Lynn Ansari Ian Casselberry Sylvia Grace Crim Renell Gibbs
police officer murder victim supernatural being young person corrupt police officer bleak disturbing brooding dark gripping precinct house crime scene house street murder investigation supernatural phenomenon cover-up police corruption discovery mystery
When a routine traffic stop results in the unexplained, grisly death of her colleague, a cop realizes footage of the incident will play for her eyes only. As the attacks mount, she races to understand the supernatural force behind them.
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.
Other, Horror
USA
2006
90 Minutes
Amy Weber Michael Zara Minka Kelly David J. Wright Terrence Evans Jonathan Conrad
boyfriend girlfriend brother sister murderer masked man dark gory frightening farm house bedroom small town party halloween painful memories serial murders practical jokes mistaken identity accidental killing
After mistaking him for a masked killer, Jonathan fatally stabbed his sister's boyfriend on Halloween. One year later to the day, the siblings find themselves fighting for their lives against a very familiar masked murderer.
Comedy, Horror
2017
82 Minutes
Parry Shen Kane Hodder Laura Ortiz Dave Sheridan Krystal Joy Brown Brian Quinn Felissa Rose Chase Williamson Katie Booth Tiffany Shepis Jonah Ray
murderer survivor witness wife friend husband brash creepy disturbing frightful gory shocking unrestrained swamp united states massacre violence death hunting murder