Movies Like Death Awaits

If you liked Death Awaits (2025), a horror and thriller movie directed by Alix Vandenbrouck, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
The Shed (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
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…
2
Siren (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
A bachelor party becomes a savage fight for survival when the groomsmen unwittingly unleash a fabled predator upon the festivities.
3
Race with the Devil (1975)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thriller
Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
4
The Hand (1981)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and thriller
Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.
5
undertone (2026)
★ 6/10Also horror
The host of a popular paranormal podcast becomes haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously sent her way.
6
Deep Water (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also horror and thriller
A group of international passengers on a flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai is forced to make an emergency landing in shark-infested waters. The terrified group is forced to work together and overcome their…
7
Ghostwatch (1992)
★ 7/10Also horror
For Halloween 1992, the BBC decides to broadcast an investigation into the supernatural, hosted by TV chat-show legend Michael Parkinson. Parky (assisted by Mike Smith, Sarah Greene & Craig Charles) and a camera crew…
8
Saloum (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thriller
Three mercenaries extracting a druglord out of Guinea-Bissau are forced to hide in the mystical region of Saloum, Senegal.
9
Silver Bullet (1985)
★ 6.7/10Also horror
The small city of Tarker's Mills is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears the work of a maniac, but sightings of a mysterious, hairy creature soon spread. People lock themselves up at night…
10
Un Chien Andalou (1929)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller and horror
Un Chien Andalou is an European avant-garde surrealist film, a collaboration between director Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali.
11
The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It (2007)
★ 6.9/10Also horror
Cassie, a 13 year old Gothic girl, is trying to fit in at her new school. To entertain herself, she plays a series of pranks on the popular kids and her younger brother, Max. When she goes to a Halloween store looking…
12
The End of Oak Street (2026)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller
After a mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports their neighborhood to someplace unknown, the Platt family soon discovers that their very survival depends on them sticking together as they…
13
Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983)
★ 8.3/10Also horror and thriller
A night at the movies turns terrifying when Michael and his date are attacked by zombies.
14
Rent-A-Pal (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and thriller
Set in 1990, a lonely bachelor named David searches for an escape from the day-to-day drudgery of caring for his aging mother. While seeking a partner through a video dating service, he discovers a strange VHS tape…
15
Red Riding Hood (2011)
★ 6/10Also horror and thriller
Valerie is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry another man. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter plan to run away together when Valerie's older sister is…
16
Stalked by My Doctor (2015)
★ 6/10Also thriller
When a teenage girl is miraculously saved by a heart surgeon, the doctor begins to flirt with her. Her father doesn’t believe her and unbeknownst to all, the doctor is obsessed with the girl.
17
Night Watch (1973)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and horror
A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.
18
The Haunting (1963)
★ 7.1/10Also horror
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…
19
The Car (1977)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thriller
The Utah community of Santa Ynez is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the car kills off the town sheriff, Captain Wade Parent is determined…
20
The Blob (1958)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
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…