If You Liked The Stepfather, Watch These Next
Finished The Stepfather (1987) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like The Stepfather, most of them are horror, thriller.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
2.The Texas Chainsaw Massacre(2003)
6.3HorrorAlso 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.
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3.Hider in the House(1989)
6.0ThrillerAlso thriller
A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.
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5.Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte(1964)
7.3HorrorMysteryThrillerAlso horror and thriller
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
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6.Fright(1971)
6.0HorrorThrillerAlso horror and thriller
Young babysitter Amanda arrives at the Lloyd residence to spend the evening looking after their young son. Soon after the Lloyds leave, a series of frightening occurrences in the gloomy old house have Amanda's nerves on edge. The real terror begins, however, when the child's biological father appears after recently…
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7.Bone Lake(2025)
5.9HorrorMysteryThrillerAlso horror and thriller
A couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream getaway spirals into a nightmarish maze of sex, lies, and manipulation, bringing terrifying secrets to…
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8.Funny Games(2008)
6.5ThrillerHorrorAlso thriller and horror
When Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the tight-knit clan, giving them until the next day to survive.
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9.Fear(1996)
6.7ThrillerAlso thriller
Nicole Walker always dreamed of being swept away by someone special — someone strong, sexy and sensitive who would care for her more than anything else in the world. David is all that and more: a modern-day knight who charms and seduces her, body and soul. But her perfect boyfriend is not all he seems to be. His…
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10.Psycho Killer(2026)
6.6CrimeHorrorMysteryAlso horror
Following the brutal murder of her husband, a Kansas highway patrol officer sets out on a journey to track down the perpetrator. As the hunt progresses, she comes to realize the man responsible is a sadistic serial killer, and the depth of his mental depravity and his sinister agenda is more twisted than anyone could…
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11.Tightrope(1984)
6.2MysteryThrillerCrimeAlso thriller
Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer whose victims are young and pretty women. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened.
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12.Alone in the Dark(1982)
5.8HorrorThrillerAlso horror and thriller
A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.
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13.The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning(2006)
6.2HorrorThrillerAlso horror and thriller
Chrissie and her friends set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. Along the way, bikers harass the foursome and cause an accident that throws Chrissie from the vehicle. The lawman who arrives on the scene kills one of the bikers and brings Chrissie's friends to the Hewitt…
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14.Goodnight Mommy(2022)
6.3HorrorThrillerMysteryAlso horror and thriller
When twin brothers arrive home to find their mother’s demeanor altered and face covered in surgical bandages, they begin to suspect the woman beneath the gauze might not be their mother.
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15.Daddy's Head(2024)
5.9HorrorAlso horror
A boy and his stepmother fear for their safety after an eerie creature resembling the boy's recently deceased father visits them.
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16.Rampage(2009)
6.0ActionCrimeThrillerAlso thriller
The boredom of small town life is eating Bill Williamson alive. Feeling constrained and claustrophobic in the meaningless drudgery of everyday life and helpless against overwhelming global dissolution, Bill begins a descent into madness. His shockingly violent plan will shake the very foundations of society by…
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17.Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers(1988)
6.2HorrorThrillerAlso horror and thriller
Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece.
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18.The Hitcher(1986)
7.0HorrorActionThrillerAlso horror and thriller
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 that a good conversation will help him not to fall asleep. He will have enough time to deeply regret…
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19.You're Next(2013)
6.6HorrorThrillerMysteryAlso horror and thriller
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.
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20.Halloween II(1981)
6.6HorrorThrillerAlso horror and thriller
After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her life. The institution proves to be particularly suited to serial killers,…
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