Movies Like Dark Night of the Scarecrow

If you liked Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981), a horror and tv movie movie directed by Frank De Felitta, 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 Prowler (1981)
★ 5.8/10Also horror
Thirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay's graduation dance, the sleepy town's teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a prowler once thought to be a jilted soldier home from war.
2
Hush (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also horror
A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.
3
The Night Visitor (1971)
★ 6.5/10Also horror
An insane Swedish farmer escapes from an asylum to get revenge on his sister, her husband and others.
4
Don't Move (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also horror
A grieving woman in a secluded forest encounters a killer who injects her with a paralytic drug. As her body shuts down, her fight for survival begins.
5
The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also horror
When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence…
6
See No Evil (1971)
★ 6.5/10Also horror
In the English countryside, Sarah Rexton, recently blinded in a horse riding accident, moves in with her uncle's family and gallantly adjusts to her new condition, unaware that a killer stalks them.
7
Creep (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: "$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated." Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote…
8
Halloween (1978)
★ 7.6/10Also horror
Fifteen 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.
9
Hunted (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
A woman flees two serial killers who are hot on her heels in a forest.
10
The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also horror
One night per year, the government sanctions a 12-hour period in which citizens can commit any crime they wish -- including murder -- without fear of punishment or imprisonment. Leo, a sergeant who lost his son, plans…
11
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.
12
Clownhouse (1990)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
Three teenage brothers are terrorized by a trio of escaped mental patients disguised as clowns.
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Psycho II (1983)
★ 6.5/10Also horror
Norman Bates is declared sane and released from the facility in which he was being held, despite the complaints of Lila Loomis, sister of his most famous victim. Is he really cured, or will he kill again?
14
Halloween Ends (2022)
★ 6/10Also horror
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…
15
Ma (2019)
★ 5.8/10Also horror
Sue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting…
16
The Purge: Election Year (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
Seventeen years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Leo Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Roan, the front runner in the next Presidential election due to…
17
Watcher (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also horror
As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.
18
You're Next (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also horror
When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
19
The Hitcher (1986)
★ 7/10Also horror
On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking…
20
Extinction (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
And suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.