Movies Like When a Stranger Calls Back
If you liked When a Stranger Calls Back (1993), a horror and thriller movie directed by Fred Walton, 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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Night of the Hunted (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thrillerWhen an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her…
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Halloween (1978)
★ 7.6/10Also horror and thrillerFifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
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The Jester 2 (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and thrillerWhen 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.
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Curse of Chucky (2013)
★ 6/10Also horror and thrillerAfter 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.
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Bloodline (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thrillerEvan 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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Bone Lake (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thrillerA couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream…
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Night of the Reaper (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thrillerCollege student Deena visits home and is roped into babysitting. The local sheriff is mailed a piece of evidence and is led on a scavenger hunt to reveal the killer of another babysitter.
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Shades of Desire (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and thrillerAfter her twin sister Aubrey goes missing, Jennifer uncovers the scandalous, secret double-life that Aubrey leads - and that has put both of them in danger.
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Halloween II (1981)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and thrillerAfter 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…
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Trick (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thrillerA detective tries to track down a masked killer who reappears every Halloween to wreak bloody havoc.
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I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and horrorBroke, and in desperate need to update her portfolio, New York City model Katie calls a number from a tear-off flyer offering free photos. But this innocent attempt quickly turns into an unthinkable kidnapping…
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Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thrillerRetired 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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The Children (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thrillerA relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents.
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Saw VI (2009)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thrillerSpecial Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's…
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Funny Games (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and horrorWhen Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to…
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Fright (1971)
★ 6/10Also horror and thrillerYoung babysitter Amanda arrives at the Lloyd residence to spend the evening looking after their young son. Soon after the Lloyds leave, a series of frightening occurrences in the gloomy old house have Amanda's nerves…
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I Spit on Your Grave (2010)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and horrorA beautiful woman from the city, Jennifer Hills, rents an isolated cabin in the country to write her latest novel. Soon, a group of local lowlifes subject her to a nightmare of degradation, rape, and violence.
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God Is a Bullet (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and 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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On Halloween (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thrillerA journalist goes in search of the truth after a series of brutal deaths and disappearances lead back to an urban legend about a serial killing clown that has stalked the woods of Century Park for over a hundred years.
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Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thrillerAfter 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…