Movies Like Don't Go in the Woods
If you liked Don't Go in the Woods (1981), a horror movie directed by James Bryan, 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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Sleepaway Camp (1983)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorYears after a terrible boating accident, Angela is sent to Camp Arawak where a series of bizarre and violent "accidents" begin to claim the lives of various campers.
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The Burning (1981)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorA caretaker at a summer camp is burned when a prank goes tragically wrong. After several years of intensive treatment at hospital, he is released back into society, albeit missing some social skills. What follows is a…
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
★ 7.3/10Also horrorFive friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
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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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The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
★ 6.5/10Also horrorBased on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from…
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Friday the 13th Part III (1982)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorAn idyllic summer turns into a nightmare of unspeakable terror for yet another group of naïve friends. Ignoring Camp Crystal Lake's bloody legacy, one by one they fall victim to the maniacal Jason, who stalks them at…
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Marshmallow (2025)
★ 6/10Also horrorAt a secluded summer camp, timid and introverted 12-year-old Morgan is thrust into a waking nightmare when a once-fabled campfire tale becomes real. As a mysterious figure descends upon the camp, Morgan and his…
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Just Before Dawn (1981)
★ 6/10Also horrorIn the Oregon mountains, a pair of hunters encounter a machete-wielding killer in an abandoned church. Meanwhile, five campers arrive to examine some property one of them has inherited but are warned by the forest…
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Grindhouse (2007)
★ 7/10Also horrorGrindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who…
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Friday the 13th (1980)
★ 6.4/10Also horrorCamp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.
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The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorFive friends set out for a weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, expecting nothing more than fun and relaxation. As night falls, they discover that something far more unsettling is at work and that nothing about…
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Wolf Creek (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorThree backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.
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The Evil Dead (1983)
★ 7.3/10Also horrorIn 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.
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Night of the Living Dead (1990)
★ 6.9/10Also horrorA ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.
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Planet Terror (2007)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorTwo doctors find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by sores. Among the wounded is Cherry Darling, a dancer whose leg was ripped from her body. As the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors…
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorAfter 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.
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Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorAfter his revival in a hospital morgue, Jason fixes his vengeful attention on the Jarvis family and a group of hitherto carefree teenagers.
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Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorRetired 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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Wolf Creek 2 (2013)
★ 6.4/10Also horrorLured by the promise of an Australian holiday, backpackers Rutger, Katarina and Paul visit the notorious Wolf Creek Crater. Their dream Outback adventure soon becomes a horrific reality when they encounter the site's…
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Becky (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorA teenager's weekend at a lake house with her father takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts wreaks havoc on their lives.