The slasher genre is still alive and kicking, and a lot of credit goes to this film’s success Frightening concession. Writer-director Damien Leone’s 2017 original became a lowly cult favorite, but in 2022 Creepy 2 he created his sadistic harlequin, Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton), one of the scariest horror villains of modern times, if not of all time.
Blood returns to the screen with the film’s upcoming 2024 release Creepy 3which also stars Lauren LaVera as Sienna Shaw. The upcoming horror film will likely put fans of these scary clown movies in the mood for some of the more violent B-movies imaginable. The following recommendations for great horror movies like Frightening and its sequels can satisfy your bloodlust.
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All Hallows’ Eve (2013)
Director: Damien Leone
Starring: Mike Gianelli and Katie Maguire
What is it about: A trick-or-treater brings home a mysterious VHS tape containing three increasingly strange and terrifying stories.
Why you should watch this movie if you like Terrifier movies: Before Frightening movies made him an icon, our real introduction to Art the Clown (then played by Mike Gianelli) was the underrated horror anthology, All Hallows’ Evein which it serves as connective tissue for each segment.
How to watch All Hallows’ Eve
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Hell Fest (2018)
Director: Gregory Plotkin
Starring: Amy Forsyth, Reign Edwards
What is it about: A group of young friends go to a horror-themed event, unaware that real terror awaits them there.
Why you should watch this movie if you like Terrifier movies: The first two Frightening movies featuring young party goers whose Halloween celebrations are ruined by a mysterious killer, which is also the plot Hell Festivalstarring horror icon Tony Todd.
How to watch Hell Fest
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The Haunting (2019)
Director: Scott Beck and Bryan Woods
Starring: Katie Stevens, Will Brittain
What is it about: A group of friends find a haunted house attraction that turns out to be all too real.
Why you should watch this movie if you like Terrifier movies: From the authors Quiet place, Scare is another macabre thriller in which Halloween participants fight for their lives, which may lack some intense gore Frightening but it makes up for it with gripping suspense.
How to watch The Haunting
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Wrong Turn (2003)
Director: Rob Schmidt
Starring: Eliza Dushku, Desmond Harrington
What is it about: As a result of a car accident, six people were stuck in the middle of the forest, which turned out to be only the beginning of their problems.
Why you should watch this movie if you like Terrifier movies: While the original Frightening sees our heroes trapped in a part of the city where Art lurks, mercilessly macabre Wrong turn sets its heroes far from civilization, where grotesque, cannibalistic attackers lurk.
How to watch Wrong Turn
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Halloween II (1981)
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Starring: Donald Pleasance and Jamie Lee Curtis
What is it about: Moments after terrorizing her, Michael Myers follows Laurie Strode to the hospital to continue his murder streak.
Why you should watch this movie if you like Terrifier movies: IN Creepy 2modern final girl icon Sienna Shaw discovers she has a strange connection to Art the Clown, just as Laurie discovers she is related to Michael Myers in Halloween II – the first sequel to John Carpenter’s groundbreaking slasher classic.
How to watch Halloween II
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The Collector (2009)
Director: Marcus Dunstan
Starring: Josh Stewart and Andrea Roth
What is it about: A thief turned handyman trying to make money on his new client’s house discovers that someone has broken in first and turned the house into a maze of terror.
Why you should watch this movie if you like Terrifier movies: Like Frightening‘s Art, the titular villain Collector he is silent but deadly, coming up with creative kills using homemade traps.
How to watch The Collector
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Buried (2009)
Director: Robert Hall
Starring: Bobbi Sue Luther and Kevin Gage
What is it about: A young woman suffering from amnesia must join forces with other strangers to fight a masked killer.
Why you should watch this movie if you like Terrifier movies: Once an original Frightening was a relatively overlooked slasher gem, admired in the horror community for its brutal kills, much like Placed to restin which its main antagonist, ChromeSkull, returned for more carnage.
How to watch Rest
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In Brutal Nature (2024)
Director: Chris Nash
Starring: Ry Barrett and Andrea Pavlovic
What is it about: After the locket that brings peace to his soul is stolen from where it lies, Johnny is resurrected and is determined to get it back, no matter who gets in his way.
Why you should watch this movie if you like Terrifier movies: Although it boasts a slower pace than Frightening, In brutal nature (also available with a Shudder subscription) is a slasher film told uniquely from the point of view of a silent killer who kills to give Art a run for his money.
How to watch In Brutal Nature
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Wolf Stream (2005)
Director: Greg McLean
Starring: John Jarratt and Nathan Phillips
What is it about: Three friends traveling around Australia are captured by a mad pig hunter.
Why you should watch this movie if you like Terrifier movies: While Mick Taylor is certainly more talkative than Art, the main antagonist of the Australian horror classic, Wilczy Potokhas much in common with the clown, in that he can also boast blatantly sadistic traits, without any discernible cause.
How to watch Wolf Creek
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Inside (2007)
Director: Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury
Starring: Alysson Paradis, Béatrice Dalle
What is it about: A strange woman breaks into the house of a future mother mourning the death of her husband, who wants to claim her unborn child as her own.
Why you should watch this movie if you like Terrifier movies: Like the Terrifier 3, a French import, Insideis a Christmas horror movie that pulls no punches, delivering shockingly brutal and blood-soaked violence.
How to watch Inside
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Saw movies (2004-present)
Director: James Wan, Darren Lynn Bousman, David Hackl, Kevin Greutert, Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Starring: Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith
What is it about: Kidnapped people are forced to take part in life-threatening challenges.
Why you should watch this movie if you like Terrifier movies: Although it’s not a slasher style movie Frightening, Saw the films are known for their extreme brutality and the main antagonist who hides behind a clown.
How to watch Saw movies
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Dead Alive (1992)
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Timothy Balme, Diana Peñalver
What is it about: A New Zealander’s mother becomes infected with a strange virus from the bite of a Sumatran rat monkey, which, as it spreads, turns the inhabitants into ravenous monsters.
Why you should watch this movie if you like Terrifier movies: Although it’s not a slasher, it’s a fun classic zombie movie directed by Peter Jackson, Dead alive (also known as Brain death) is a crazy, bloody fest Frightening fans will eat right away.
How to watch Dead Alive
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Stitches (2012)
Director: Conor McMahon
Starring: Ross Noble and Tommy Knight
What is it about: A birthday clown mysteriously resurrected from the dead seeks revenge on those who caused his death as children.
Why you should watch this movie if you like Terrifier movies: If you’re looking for another slasher with a clownish antagonist that’s a little lighter than Frighteningan underrated Irish thriller Stitches could be the great horror-comedy you’re looking for.
How to watch Stitches
If Frightening the movie doesn’t scare you like other horror fans, maybe that will do the trick.
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