Movies Like High Desert
If you liked High Desert (1993), a horror movie directed by Charles T. Lang, 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.
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Sleepaway Camp (1983)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorYears after a terrible boating accident, Angela is sent to Camp Arawak where a series of bizarre and violent "accidents" begin to claim the lives of various campers.
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The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorA masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.
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They Reach (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also horrorIn 1979, a young girl stumbles upon a possessed tape player. She unknowingly unleashes a demonic entity that haunts her family while slowly dragging the small town of Clarkston to Hell.
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The Hunt (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorTwelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are—or how they got there. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, ruthless elitists gather at a remote location to hunt humans for sport…
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Marshmallow (2025)
★ 6/10Also horrorAt a secluded summer camp, timid and introverted 12-year-old Morgan is thrust into a waking nightmare when a once-fabled campfire tale becomes real. As a mysterious figure descends upon the camp, Morgan and his…
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Race with the Devil (1975)
★ 6.4/10Also horrorTwo couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
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The Last Breath (2024)
★ 6/10Also horrorA group of old college friends reunite on a Caribbean scuba diving trip exploring the wreckage of a WWII battleship and find themselves trapped inside the underwater labyrinth of rusted metal surrounded by great white…
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Play Dead (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorA 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.
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The Dreadful (2026)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorIn medieval England, Anne and her domineering mother-in-law Morwen struggle to survive on the outskirts of society. But when a man from Anne's past returns from war, a curse begins to take shape through a mysterious…
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Grindhouse (2007)
★ 7/10Also horrorGrindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who…
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The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
★ 6.5/10Also horrorBased on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from…
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Strange Darling (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also horrorNothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
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Frank and Penelope (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also horrorA tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is…
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Planet Terror (2007)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorTwo doctors find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by sores. Among the wounded is Cherry Darling, a dancer whose leg was ripped from her body. As the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors…
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Wrong Turn (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorJen and a group of friends set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to stick to the trail, the hikers stray off course—and cross into land inhabited by The Foundation, a hidden community of mountain…
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God Is a Bullet (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorVice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the leader with the…
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Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorRetired military commander Colonel Dale Murphy hosts the simulated post-apocalyptic reality show where participants are challenged to survive a remote West Virginia wasteland. But the show turns into a nightmarish…
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Bloodline (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorEvan values family above all else, and anyone who gets between him, his wife, and newborn son learns that the hard way. But when it comes to violent tendencies, it seems the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
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Wolf Creek 2 (2013)
★ 6.4/10Also horrorLured by the promise of an Australian holiday, backpackers Rutger, Katarina and Paul visit the notorious Wolf Creek Crater. Their dream Outback adventure soon becomes a horrific reality when they encounter the site's…
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Pitfall (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorAfter a young man is separated from his friends in the woods, he falls into a ten-foot deep pit of spikes, impaling him through his leg and leaving him trapped. He quickly learns that his fall was not an accident.