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Movies that feel likeThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.

If you loved The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the closest films we have are The Borderlands (2014), Talk to Me (2023) and The Innkeepers (2012). All three share The Texas Chainsaw Massacre's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Eyes of My Mother (2016).

πŸ… 37% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Marcus Nispeldreadunsettlingmelancholy
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If The Texas Chainsaw Massacre hit the spot, these will too

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The Borderlands
2014 Β· dir. Elliot Goldner
πŸ… 83%β˜… 5.8horror

Both are built on the same subject: suicide

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Vatican investigators are sent to the British West Country to investigate paranormal activity, and they find the events are more disturbing than they first imagined.

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Talk to Me
2023 Β· dir. Michael Philippou
β˜… 7.1horrorMax

Both keep coming back to the same thing: trauma

The difference: 20 years apart, and the 2020s show

When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

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The Innkeepers
2012 Β· dir. Ti West
πŸ… 81%β˜… 5.5horror Β· thrillerPrime Video

Common ground: suicide

The difference: Played as thriller first

During the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay.

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The Eyes of My Mother
2016 Β· dir. Nicolas Pesce
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.2drama Β· horror

Dread-soaked where it counts, unsettling underneath

The difference: Leans further into drama

A young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life.

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The Haunting
1963 Β· dir. Robert Wise
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.4horror

Melancholy horror in both cases

Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced to confront the nature of its horror…

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The Ritual
2017 Β· dir. David Bruckner
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.4horror Β· mysteryNetflix

The same two preoccupations: friends, and murder

A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.

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Pet Sematary
1989 Β· dir. Mary Lambert
πŸ… 55%β˜… 6.5horrorParamount+

Horror built on dread, twice over

After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery.

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Wrong Turn
2003 Β· dir. Rob Schmidt
πŸ… 40%β˜… 6.1horror Β· thrillerPrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: gore

Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding.

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The Curse of La Llorona
2019 Β· dir. Michael Chaves
πŸ… 26%β˜… 5.3horrorMax

Unsettling horror, and it commits to that

In 1970s Los Angeles, the legendary ghost La Llorona is stalking the night -- and the children. Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother, a social worker and her own kids are drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. Their only hope of surviving La Llorona's deadly wrath is a disillusioned priest who practices mysticism to keep evil at bay.

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Friday the 13th
2009 Β· dir. Marcus Nispel
πŸ… 26%β˜… 5.5horror Β· thrillerMax

Marcus Nispel directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Goes its own way on the melancholy

A group of young adults visit a boarded up campsite named Crystal Lake where they soon encounter the mysterious Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions.

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Freddy vs. Jason
2003 Β· dir. Ronny Yu
πŸ… 41%β˜… 5.8horrorMax

One thread runs through both: psychopath

Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.

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Halloween
2007 Β· dir. Rob Zombie
πŸ… 28%β˜… 6.1horrorPeacock

A 2000s answer to the same itch

The early years of young Michael Myers and the events leading up to his fateful Halloween night murder rampage in the quiet town of Haddonfield, Illinois.

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