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10 Best Movies Like The Terror

If you loved The Terror, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Premature Burial

The Premature Burial

1962★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Terror for fans of Horror & Mystery. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

An artist grows distant from his new wife as an irrational fear of premature burial consumes him....

#2
Targets

Targets

1968★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Terror for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An aging horror-movie icon's fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psychotic shooting spree around Los Angeles....

#3
The River

The River

1984★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Terror for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer a...

#4
Attack of the Giant Leeches

Attack of the Giant Leeches

1959★ 4.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Terror for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A backwoods game warden and a local doctor discover that giant leeches are responsible for disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police don't believe them....

#5
The Chase

The Chase

1966★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Terror for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town....

#6
Fanatic

Fanatic

1965★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Terror for fans of Horror & Mystery. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A young woman is terrorized by her former fiance's demented mother who blames her for her son's death. Also known as Die! Die! My Darling!...