Movies Like Elder Island
If you liked Elder Island (2016), a thriller and horror movie directed by Darrin James, 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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April Fool's Day (1986)
★ 6/10Also horrorOn April Fool's Day weekend, a group of college friends gather together at a secluded island mansion to celebrate their final year of school, where they soon become prey for an unseen murderer.
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Blink Twice (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and horrorWhen tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. But despite the epic setting, beautiful…
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Dark Harvest (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thrillerIn a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the town’s teenage boys in a bloody battle of survival.
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Silver Bullet (1985)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorThe small city of Tarker's Mills is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears the work of a maniac, but sightings of a mysterious, hairy creature soon spread. People lock themselves up at night…
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The Wicker Man (1973)
★ 7.3/10Also horrorPolice sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. The investigation is further complicated as Howie’s religious views clash with those of the…
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Clown in a Cornfield (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thrillerQuinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that has fallen on hard times after the treasured Baypen Corn Syrup…
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Dangerous (2021)
★ 6/10Also thrillerA reformed sociopath heads to a remote island after the death of his brother. Soon after his arrival, the island falls under siege from a deadly gang of mercenaries, and when he discovers their role in his brother’s…
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Infinity Pool (2023)
★ 6/10Also horror and thrillerWhile staying at an isolated island resort, James and Em are enjoying a perfect vacation of pristine beaches, exceptional staff, and soaking up the sun. But guided by the seductive and mysterious Gabi, they venture…
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Jeepers Creepers (2001)
★ 6.5/10Also horrorOn a desolate country highway, two homeward-bound teens are nearly run off the road by a maniac in a beat-up truck, and later spot him shoving what appears to be a body down a sewer pipe.
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Apostle (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorIn 1905, a man travels to a remote island in search of his missing sister who has been kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult.
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Strange Darling (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller and horrorNothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
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The Deliverance (2024)
★ 6/10Also horror and thrillerEbony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services…
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The Ring (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorJournalist Rachel Keller investigates a strange videotape that may be behind the untimely deaths of four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel…
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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and thrillerA young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.
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Never Let Go (2024)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorAs an evil takes over the world beyond their front doorstep, the only protection for a mother and her twin sons is their house and their family’s protective bond.
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The Last Breath (2024)
★ 6/10Also horror and thrillerA 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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Maniac (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thrillerWhen a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.
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American Gothic (1987)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorWhen six friends fly off on a weekend getaway and are suddenly plagued by engine trouble, they're forced to land on a remote island. Looking for shelter, they're grateful to encounter Ma and Pa and their children - an…
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He's Out There (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thrillerOn vacation at a remote lake house, a mother and her two young daughters must fight for survival after falling into a terrifying and bizarre nightmare conceived by a psychopath.
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Race with the Devil (1975)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thrillerTwo couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.