Movies like Cabin Fever (2016)
The best movies like Cabin Fever (2016) are Cabin Fever (2003), YellowBrickRoad (2010) and Indigenous (2014). If Cabin Fever hooked you with its horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest rated[REC] (2007)7.2/10 from 5,111 votes
- NewestDo Not Enter (2026)Released 2026
Cabin Fever (2003)
A group of five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrifying flesh-eating virus, which attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisYellowBrickRoad (2010)
In the Fall of 1940, the entire population of Friar, New Hampshire walked together up a winding mountain trail and into the wilderness. Without warning, they left behind everything: their homes, their clothes, and their money. The only clue where they went was a single word etched into stone near the forest’s edge: YELLOWBRICKROAD.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisIndigenous (2014)
A group of five American friends on the cusp of adulthood travel to Panama to relax and reconnect. They befriend a local woman in their hotel bar—and despite some ominous whispers—she goes against the specific instructions of her brother and brings the Americans on a daytrip into the pristine falls at the nearby jungle. What begins as an innocent outing to a picturesque waterfall quickly turns terrifying after she suddenly goes missing. As night closes in, the friends realize too late the truth behind the rumors—the legendary, blood-sucking Chupacabra is now stalking them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisBlood Glacier (2013)
At a climate research station in the Alps, the scientists are stunned as the nearby melting glacier is leaking a red liquid. It quickly turns to be very special juice — with unexpected genetic effects on the local wildlife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Ruins (2008)
Americans Amy, Stacy, Jeff and Eric look for fun during a sunny holiday in Mexico, but they get much more than that after visiting an archaeological dig in the jungle.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisContracted: Phase II (2015)
Picking up directly where the previous film left off, the story follows Riley, one of the last people to come in contact with Samantha, as he scrambles to track down those responsible for the outbreak before the highly contagious disease not only consumes his body, but the world as we know it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Crazies (2010)
Four friends find themselves trapped in their small hometown after they discover their friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Strangers (2008)
After a 4 a.m. knock at the door and haunting voices, Kristen McKay and James Hoyt’s remote getaway becomes a psychological night of terror as three masked strangers invade. Now they must go far beyond what they thought themselves capable of if they hope to survive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLake Bodom (2016)
Four friends are spending the night at Lake Bodom, where unsolved murders took place many years ago. The young men are determined to venture into the dense forest to solve the mystery.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like this100 Bloody Acres (2012)
Reg and Lindsay run an organic fertiliser business. They need a fresh supply of their "secret ingredient" to process through the meat grinder. Reg comes across two guys and a girl with a broken-down vehicle on their way to a music festival.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like this[REC]³ Genesis (2012)
A pair of newlyweds must fight to survive when their wedding reception descends into chaos and carnage when their guests become infected by a virus that turns them into hungry zombies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Breed (2006)
Brothers John and Matt have inherited an island cabin from their recently deceased uncle. Along with Matt's girlfriend, Nicki, and other mutual friends, the siblings travel to the cabin for a relaxing weekend getaway. But, not long after arriving, the group is besieged by ravenous dogs. They watch in horror as another vacationer, Luke, is eaten alive. Soon, they discover a training facility where the dogs have been bred to kill.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHoneymoon (2014)
On her honeymoon, a young bride sleepwalks into the woods surrounding a secluded cabin. When she returns, she looks the same—but something about her is terrifyingly different.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisQuarantine (2008)
A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisExists (2014)
A group of friends venture into the remote Texas woods for a party weekend and find themselves stalked by Bigfoot.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisCell (2016)
When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodthirsty creatures, and a group of people in New England are among the survivors to deal with the ensuing chaos after.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisQuarantine 2: Terminal (2011)
A plane is taken over by a mysterious virus. When the plane lands it is placed under quarantine. Now a group of survivors must band together to survive the quarantine.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like this[REC] (2007)
A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Evil in Us (2016)
While on a fourth of July holiday, six best friends fall victim to the insidious plan of a terrorist organization when they unknowingly take a bio-active drug that transforms them into bloodthirsty cannibals.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisCamp Cold Brook (2018)
Strange events plague crew members of a reality TV show when they visit an infamous backwoods camp that was the site of a mass murder 20 years earlier.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Remaining (2014)
When a group of close-knit friends assemble for the marriage of Skylar and Dan, they have no idea they will witness The Rapture and face a series of catastrophic events turning the celebration into a life-or-death struggle.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPontypool (2009)
When disc jockey Grant Mazzy reports to his basement radio station in the Canadian town of Pontypool, he thinks it's just another day at work. But when he hears reports of a virus that turns people into zombies, Mazzy barricades himself in the radio booth and tries to figure out a way to warn his listeners about the virus and its unlikely mode of transmission.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNight of Something Strange (2016)
Five teenage friends set out for the beach on their Spring Break vacation. Good times are cut short when one of the group, Carrie, contracts a deadly sexual transmitted disease during a bathroom stop. When they stop for the night at an isolated motel, the real terror begins when the STD virus starts running rampant, turning those infected into the living dead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDrive Back (2024)
A couple returning from their engagement party must escape from a seemingly endless forested backroad causing them to lose their grip on reality... and a killer hunting them from the surrounding woods.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Husk (2011)
A group of friends stranded near a desolate cornfield find shelter in an old farmhouse, though they soon discover the dwelling is the center of a supernatural ritual.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDo Not Enter (2026)
A group of young explorers investigates an old abandoned hotel, only to encounter a strange supernatural being and a competing group looking for a legendary hidden treasure.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Ritual (2017)
A group of university friends reunite for a hiking trip in Sweden, but are stalked by a menacing presence when they're diverted through the woods.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Ranger (2018)
After a run-in with the cops at a punk show goes sideways, Chelsea and her pals flee the city in search of a place to lay low. Running to the security of an old, abandoned family cabin in the woods, they fall under the watchful eye of an overzealous park ranger who holds a secret from Chelsea's past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Shrine (2010)
A group of young journalists investigate a cult said to practice human sacrifice, but their ambitious ways may lead them to becoming the cult's next victims.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisContracted (2013)
A young woman contracts what she believes to be an STD—but it ends up being a far worse disease.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Cabin Fever?
The closest matches to Cabin Fever are Cabin Fever (2003), YellowBrickRoad (2010) and Indigenous (2014). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Cabin Fever?
People who watched Cabin Fever most often go on to Cabin Fever (2003), YellowBrickRoad (2010) and Indigenous (2014).
What is the highest-rated movie like Cabin Fever?
[REC] (2007), rated 7.2/10 by 5,111 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Cabin Fever?
Do Not Enter (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Cabin Fever?
Yes: Cabin Fever (2003), YellowBrickRoad (2010) and Indigenous (2014).
How are movies similar to Cabin Fever chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Cabin Fever, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.