Movies like Scare Us (2021)
The best movies like Scare Us (2021) are Necronomicon (1993), Scare Package (2019) and Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge (2022). If Scare Us hooked you with its horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedTrick 'r Treat (2007)7.0/10 from 2,211 votes
- NewestStrange Harvest (2025)Released 2025
Necronomicon (1993)
H.P. Lovecraft anthology is divided into four segments: "The Library" which is the wraparound segment involving Lovecraft's research into the Book of The Dead and his unwitting release of a monster and his writing of the following horror segments "The Drowned", "The Cold", and "Whispers".
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisScare Package (2019)
Chad Buckley is super crazy about horror movies, but also very lonely. He mostly spends his days in his small movie shop having wild discussions with his only returning customer, Sam.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisScare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge (2022)
Following the events of the original with the survivors attending the funeral of “Rad Chad” Buckley, which quickly devolves into an elaborate series of death traps centered around Chad’s favorite films, forcing the guests to band together and use the rules of horror to survive the bloody game.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHorror Noire (2021)
An anthology film presenting six short horror stories from black writers and directors, featuring racist vampires, supernatural creatures, and Satan his damn self.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Nightmare Cinema (2018)
A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen by The Projectionist – a mysterious, ghostly figure who holds the nightmarish futures of all who attend his screenings.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies 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 thisAsylum (1972)
A young psychiatrist applies for a job at a mental asylum and must pass a test by interviewing four patients. He must figure out which of the patients, is in fact, the doctor that he would be replacing if hired.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisX (2022)
In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNight Shift (2018)
Amy begins her first night shift in a hotel with a murderous past. Witnessing terrifying events and trapped within a loop, Amy must find a way to escape the flesh obsessed murderer and save residents of the hotel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Campfire Tales (1997)
Anthology of famous, scary urban legends done with a modern twist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisAntebellum (2020)
Successful author Veronica finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it's too late.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTales from the Hood 3 (2020)
Following the franchise's cult classic roots, this new anthology featuring Tony Todd and Lynn Whitfield will scare and thrill with its horrifying twists and social commentary.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisGhost Stories (2018)
Professor Philip Goodman devotes his life to exposing phony psychics and fraudulent supernatural shenanigans. His skepticism soon gets put to the test when he receives news of three chilling and inexplicable cases -- disturbing visions in an abandoned asylum, a car accident deep in the woods and the spirit of an unborn child. Even scarier -- each of the macabre stories seems to have a sinister connection to the professor's own life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCreepshow (1982)
Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisScare Me (2020)
During a power outage, two strangers tell scary stories. The more Fred and Fanny commit to their tales, the more the stories come to life in the dark of a Catskills cabin. The horrors of reality manifest when Fred confronts his ultimate fear: Fanny is the better storyteller.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisGrim Prairie Tales (1990)
Two travelers meet on the open prairie, and pass their time together by trading stories with each other. Their tales become a sort of competition, each attempting to relate something which might disturb the other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Books of Blood (2020)
A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTrick 'r Treat (2007)
Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank, and a bitter old recluse receives an uninvited guest.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPatient Seven (2016)
Dr. Marcus, a renowned psychiatrist, has selected 6 severe mentally ill and dangerous patients from the Spring Valley Mental Hospital to interview as part of research for his new book. As Dr. Marcus interviews each patient, one by one the horrors they have committed begin to unfold. However, Dr. Marcus soon learns that there is one patient who ties them all together - Patient Seven.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisRecovery (2019)
The patients and staff of a secluded heroin treatment center must do battle with more than their own demons as a mysterious killer begins picking them off one-by-one.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Rental (2020)
Two couples on an oceanside getaway grow suspicious that the host of their seemingly perfect rental house may be spying on them. Before long, what should have been a celebratory weekend trip turns into something far more sinister.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisBates Motel (1987)
A mentally disturbed man who roomed with the late Norman Bates at a psychiatric facility inherits the infamous Bates Motel after his death and attempts to fix it up as a respectable business.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisAfter Midnight (1989)
A college professor teaching a course called "The Psychology of Fear" brings his students (including a psychic) to his home, one dark and stormy night to tell scary stories. The first involves a young couple whose car breaks down by an old, abandoned house. The second has four trendy teenage girls getting lost in a bad part of town and chased by a pack of vicious dogs. Last, a woman on crutches confronting a stalker at the answering service where she works the night shift.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisButchers (2020)
A family of sadistic butchers lives deep inside the backcountry. From the dead of winter to the dog days of summer, anyone who crosses their path is dead meat.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisScream (2022)
Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStrange Harvest (2025)
Detectives are thrust into a chilling hunt for a sadistic serial killer from the past whose return marks the beginning of a new wave of grotesque, otherworldly crimes tied to a cosmic force.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMandrake (2022)
A probation officer, Cathy Madden, is tasked with rehabilitating a notorious killer named 'Bloody' Mary Laidlaw back into society following a two-decade sentence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Ten Minutes to Midnight (2020)
A late night radio host is trapped inside the station by a violent storm after being bitten by a rabid bat.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Southbound (2015)
On a desolate stretch of desert highway, weary travelers — two men on the run from their past, a band on their way to the next gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation — are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in these interwoven tales of terror and remorse on the open road.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisPlay Dead (2025)
A woman wakes up injured in a basement surrounded by corpses. To survive, she pretends to be dead while a grotesque ritual unfolds in the house above.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Scare Us?
The closest matches to Scare Us are Necronomicon (1993), Scare Package (2019) and Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge (2022). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Scare Us?
People who watched Scare Us most often go on to Necronomicon (1993), Scare Package (2019) and Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge (2022).
What is the highest-rated movie like Scare Us?
Trick 'r Treat (2007), rated 7.0/10 by 2,211 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Scare Us?
Strange Harvest (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Scare Us?
Yes: Necronomicon (1993), Scare Package (2019) and Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge (2022).
How are movies similar to Scare Us chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Scare Us, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.