Movies Like Christmas Evil

If you liked Christmas Evil (1980), a horror and thriller movie directed by Lewis Jackson, 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 Children (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents.
2
Halloween II (1981)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and thriller
After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for…
3
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller
Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece.
4
Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thriller
After witnessing his parents' brutal murder on Christmas Eve, Billy transforms into a Killer Santa, delivering a yearly spree of calculated, chilling violence. This year, his blood-soaked mission collides with love, as…
5
Terrifier 3 (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also horror
Five years after surviving Art the Clown's Halloween massacre, Sienna and Jonathan are still struggling to rebuild their shattered lives. As the holiday season approaches, they try to embrace the Christmas spirit and…
6
Psycho Killer (2026)
★ 6.7/10Also horror
Following the brutal murder of her husband, a Kansas highway patrol officer sets out on a journey to track down the perpetrator. As the hunt progresses, she comes to realize the man responsible is a sadistic serial…
7
Scream (1996)
★ 7.4/10Also horror
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
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
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
★ 6/10Also horror and thriller
Two decades after surviving a massacre on October 31, 1978, former baby sitter Laurie Strode finds herself hunted by persistent knife-wielder Michael Myers. Laurie now lives in Northern California under an assumed…
10
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.
11
Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.
12
Halloween (2007)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
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.
13
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
★ 6.3/10Also horror
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.
14
Cult of Chucky (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
Confined to an asylum for the criminally insane for the past four years, Nica is wrongly convinced that she, not Chucky, murdered her entire family... until a string of grisly deaths occur after her psychiatrist…
15
Haunt (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and thriller
On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an extreme haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realisation that some nightmares are real.
16
Halloween Kills (2021)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
Michael manages to free himself from Laurie Strode's trap to resume his ritual bloodbath. As she fights for her life from injuries from their last encounter, she inspires her daughter Karen, her granddaughter Allyson…
17
The Exorcist (1973)
★ 7.8/10Also horror
When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
18
Hellraiser (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller
A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.
19
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
★ 7.1/10Also horror
After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety, unaware of its notorious clientele.
20
The Lodge (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as…