Movies Like Trick or Treat

If you liked Trick or Treat (1986), a horror and music movie directed by Charles Martin Smith, 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
Insidious (2011)
★ 7/10Also horror and thriller
A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they…
2
Insidious: The Red Door (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and thriller
To put their demons to rest once and for all, Josh Lambert and a college-aged Dalton Lambert must go deeper into The Further than ever before, facing their family's dark past and a host of new and more horrifying…
3
Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI (1986)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thriller
Tommy Jarvis, tormented by the fear that maybe Jason isn't really dead, unwittingly resurrects the mass murderer for another bloody rampage.
4
Halloween Ends (2022)
★ 6/10Also horror and thriller
Four years after the events of Halloween in 2018, Laurie has decided to liberate herself from fear and rage and embrace life. But when a young man is accused of killing a boy he was babysitting, it ignites a cascade of…
5
Land of the Dead (2005)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thriller
The living dead have taken over the world, and the remaining humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they cope with the situation.
6
Halloween (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and thriller
Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
7
Candyman (2021)
★ 6/10Also horror and thriller
A Chicago artist's sanity starts to unravel, unleashing a terrifying wave of violence when he begins to explore the macabre history of the Candyman.
8
Trick (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
A detective tries to track down a masked killer who reappears every Halloween to wreak bloody havoc.
9
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)
★ 7.1/10Also horror and thriller
Dr. Kelson finds himself in a shocking new relationship - with consequences that could change the world as they know it - and Spike's encounter with Jimmy Crystal becomes a nightmare he can't escape.
10
The Body (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and horror
In Los Angeles, on Halloween night, a hitman tries to transport a corpse in plain sight, but people he stumbles upon on the street, believing that his sophisticated appearance is a magnificent disguise, constantly…
11
The Jester 2 (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also horror and thriller
When teen magician Max crosses paths with the sinister Jester on Halloween night, she must outsmart a supernatural killer whose magic is all too real and whose tricks always end up in blood.
12
Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thriller
A prequel set before the haunting of the Lambert family that reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help a teenage girl who has been targeted by a…
13
The Jester (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
A malevolent being known as The Jester terrorizes the inhabitants of a small town on Halloween night, including two estranged sisters who must come together to find a way to defeat this evil entity.
14
Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and thriller
The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.
15
Strange Darling (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller and horror
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
16
Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
★ 6/10Also horror and thriller
The Freeling family move in with Diane's mother in an effort to escape the trauma and aftermath of Carol Anne's abduction by the Beast. But the Beast is not to be put off so easily and appears in a ghostly apparition…
17
Knock at the Cabin (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and horror
While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her two fathers are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. With limited access to the…
18
Curse of Chucky (2013)
★ 6/10Also horror and thriller
After her mother's mysterious death, Nica begins to suspect that the talking, red-haired doll her visiting niece has been playing with may be the key to the mounting bloodshed and chaos.
19
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
★ 6.3/10Also music and horror
By the year 2056, an epidemic of organ failures has devastated the planet. The megacorporation GeneCo provides organ transplants on a payment plan — and those unable to fulfill their plans have their organs…
20
Vicious (2025)
★ 6/10Also horror and thriller
When Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.