Movies like Fixation (2025)

The Deliverance (2024)

Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the family apart, Ebony soon finds herself locked in a battle for her life and the souls of her children.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

Trap (2024)

A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they're at the center of a dark and sinister event.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror

Slapface (2022)

A boy deals with the loss of his mother by creating a relationship with a dangerous monster.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

Whisper (2007)

Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

Obsession (2026)

After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

Trick or Treat (1986)

Eddie Weinbauer, a metalhead teen who is bullied at school, looks to his heavy metal superstar idol, Sammi Curr, for guidance. When Curr is killed in a hotel fire, Eddie becomes the recipient of the only copy of his unreleased album, which, when played backwards, brings the rocker back to life. As Halloween approaches, Eddie begins to realize that this isn't only rock 'n roll...It's life and death.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

The Final (2010)

A group of high school outcasts get revenge on the students that torment them.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror

The Neon Demon (2016)

When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

Candyman (2021)

A Chicago artist's sanity starts to unravel, unleashing a terrifying wave of violence when he begins to explore the macabre history of the Candyman.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

Bagman (2024)

For centuries and across cultures, parents have warned their children of the legendary Bagman, who snatches innocent children and stuffs them into his vile, rotting bag—never to be seen again. Patrick McKee narrowly escaped such an encounter as a boy, which left him with lasting scars throughout his adulthood. Now, Patrick’s childhood tormentor has returned, threatening the safety of his wife Karina and son Jake.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

Clayface (2026)

Matt Hagen's meteoric rise from Gotham street kid to Hollywood leading man is tragically cut short when a local crime boss's actions leave him horribly disfigured. Abandoned by his team and with nothing left, Matt seeks out a cutting edge treatment that miraculously returns him to his former self… but also unexpectedly affects his grip on reality, spiraling him down a destructive path of all-consuming revenge.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

Unsane (2018)

A woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution where she is confronted by her greatest fear.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

The Shed (2019)

The story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge inside the tool shed in his backyard, he tries to secretly battle the demon alone until his bullied friend discovers the creature and has a far more sinister plan in mind.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)

The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

Halloween (2018)

Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

Dead of Night (1945)

An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

Don't Kill It (2016)

Demon hunter Jebediah Huntley teams up with an FBI agent to battle a supernatural force in the southern state of Mississippi.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

Smile 2 (2024)

About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

Daniel Isn't Real (2019)

A troubled college freshman resurrects his imaginary friend to help him cope with a violent trauma.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

Mary Reilly (1996)

A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Hyde.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & thriller

The Relic (1997)

A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & thriller

Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)

The Freeling family move in with Diane's mother in an effort to escape the trauma and aftermath of Carol Anne's abduction by the Beast. But the Beast is not to be put off so easily and appears in a ghostly apparition as the Reverend Kane, a religious zealot responsible for the deaths of his many followers. His goal is simple - he wants the angelic Carol Anne.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & thriller

Tarantula (1955)

A rogue scientist near a small desert town arouses the suspicion of the town's doctor when his lab assistant is found dead from a case of acromegaly, which took only four days to develop. As the doctor investigates, aided by the scientist's new female assistant, they discover that something is devouring local cattle and humans in increasingly large quantities.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

Jeepers Creepers (2001)

On a desolate country highway, two homeward-bound teens are nearly run off the road by a maniac in a beat-up truck, and later spot him shoving what appears to be a body down a sewer pipe.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

The Blob (1958)

A drive-in favorite, this sci-fi classic follows teenagers Steve and his best girl, Jane, as they try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches. The first to discover the substance and live to tell about it, Steve and Jane witness the blob destroying an elderly man, then it growing to a terrifying size. But no one else has seen the goo, and policeman Dave refuses to believe the kids without proof.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

Monsters (TBA)

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)

After surviving a plane crash caused by a magnetic storm, United Nations attorney Edward Douglas stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a brilliant scientist and his lab assistant have found a way to combine human and animal DNA—with horrific results.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

Final Destination 3 (2006)

High school senior Wendy's premonition of a deadly rollercoaster ride saves her life and a lucky few, but not from death itself — which seeks out those who escaped their fate.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

Doom (2005)

A team of space marines known as the Rapid Response Tactical Squad, led by Sarge, is sent to a science facility on Mars after somebody reports a security breach. There, they learn that the alert came after a test subject, a mass murderer purposefully injected with alien DNA, broke free and began killing people. Dr. Grimm, who is related to team member Reaper, informs them all that the chromosome can mutate humans into monsters -- and is highly infectious.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror