If Final Destination: Bloodlines left you on edge with its chilling deaths and eerie sense of fate, you’re not alone. Fans of this style of horror crave more films where death stalks its victims in unexpected ways. Here are some must-watch movies that bring the same thrilling tension and dark twists.
1. Until Dawn
Until Dawn – Plot Summary
Clover and her friends retrace the steps of her missing sister, Melanie, leading them to the eerie mining town of Glore Valley. After a storm strands them at a remote visitor center, the group encounters a masked killer and supernatural forces. They soon realize they’re trapped in a deadly time loop, reliving the same night with only 13 lives before they vanish like previous victims.
As monstrous wendigos and inner demons begin claiming them one by one, Clover uncovers the town’s dark history—a collapsed mine, cursed water, and a sinister therapist named Hill conducting twisted experiments. With each reset, the group inches closer to the truth behind Melanie’s disappearance and their horrific fate.
While Final Destination treats death as an invisible force, Until Dawn blends slasher and supernatural elements, but both ultimately suggest that death has a plan—and it’s coming.
2. The Cabin In The Woods
The Cabin in the Woods – Plot Summary
Five college friends head to a remote cabin for a weekend getaway, unaware they’re part of a secret government ritual designed to appease ancient gods and controlled from an underground facility, the group’s behavior is manipulated, leading them to summon a zombie family through a cursed diary. As the group is picked off one by one, stoner Marty uncovers the truth: their every move is orchestrated.
After surviving an attack, Marty and Dana descend into the lab, where they discover a maze of imprisoned monsters and the dark purpose behind their suffering. The facility’s director explains that their deaths are part of a global sacrifice to prevent the rise of the Ancient Ones. Refusing to go along with the ritual, Marty and Dana trigger the apocalypse, choosing humanity’s end over continuing the cycle of blood.
Final Destination and The Cabin in the Woods both subvert traditional horror tropes by introducing a greater force that controls or influences death. Despite their different tones, both films suggest that death isn’t random—it’s planned.
3. Heart Eyes
Heart Eyes – Plot Summary
Every Valentine’s Day, a masked serial killer dubbed “Heart Eyes” strikes again, targeting couples across the U.S. When the murders hit Seattle, pitch designer Ally McCabe finds herself caught in the chaos. Tasked with creating a new campaign, she’s paired with charming consultant Jay Simmons. Sparks fly, but their budding romance is shattered when they’re attacked—and Jay is arrested as the prime suspect.
As evidence piles up against Jay, Ally begins to suspect a deeper conspiracy. When the real killer resurfaces, a deadly game unfolds, revealing a twisted love triangle, a series of calculated murders, and a killer duo hiding in plain sight. With Valentine’s Day as the backdrop, Heart Eyes blends romance and terror into a brutal fight for survival—and the truth.
4. Jason X
Jason X – Spoiler-Free Plot Summary
In the distant future, a team of students on a science expedition discovers an ancient relic from Earth’s past—Jason Voorhees, the legendary mass murderer, frozen in time. When he is brought aboard their spaceship, chaos quickly erupts as the crew faces a terrifying force they were never prepared for.
Trapped in deep space with nowhere to run, the survivors must fight to stay alive against an unstoppable enemy that defies time, technology, and death itself.
5. Happy Death Day
Happy Death Day – Plot Summary
College student Tree Gelbman wakes up on her birthday in an unfamiliar dorm room, only to be murdered that night by a masked figure. But the nightmare doesn’t end—she wakes up again, reliving the same day. Trapped in a time loop, Tree is forced to relive her birthday—and her murder—over and over. Each day, she tries to uncover her killer’s identity, dying in different ways and slowly unraveling the truth behind the mask.
As she digs deeper, Tree begins to face her flaws and past mistakes, realizing that solving her murder might be the key not just to surviving, but to becoming a better person. But even when she thinks she’s found the killer, nothing is quite as it seems.
Both Final Destination and Happy Death Day explore the inevitability of death through supernatural forces, but they approach this topic in different ways. In Final Destination, characters escape death only to be hunted down in the exact order they were meant to die, with fate acting as an unstoppable force. In Happy Death Day, the protagonist relives the same day repeatedly, trying to uncover her killer and break the time loop.
6. Saw
Saw – Spoiler-Free Summary
Two men wake up chained in a grimy, abandoned bathroom with no memory of how they got there. As they struggle to escape, they realize they’re part of a sadistic game created by a mysterious figure known as the Jigsaw Killer. With only a few clues and limited time, they must uncover the truth and make unthinkable choices to survive.
Saw is a tense psychological thriller filled with twists, mind games, and moral dilemmas that challenge the limits of human will.
Final Destination and Saw both feature creative, brutal deaths and explore themes of fate and survival. While Final Destination uses death as a supernatural force, Saw relies on moral tests set by a human killer. Both are known for suspenseful, chain-reaction-style setups.
7. Wrong Turn (2003)
A medical student, Chris Flynn, encounters a group of college students on a camping trip in a remote West Virginia forest after a mysterious car accident.
As they navigate the treacherous terrain in search of help, they begin to realize that they are not alone, and the forest holds a terrifying secret that threatens their survival.
With tension building at every turn, the group must fight to stay alive against a formidable and ruthless foe.
8. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
After a fateful night on July 4th, a group of friends tries to move on with their lives, but a mysterious figure from their past begins to stalk and threaten them, hinting at a dark secret they’ve kept hidden.
As the friends reunite for the summer, they’re forced to confront the consequences of their actions, and a sinister presence closes in, determined to expose the truth.
Tension builds as the group fights for survival, leading to a thrilling showdown that will change everything.
9. It Follows (2014)
After a traumatic experience, university student Jay Height begins to be pursued by a mysterious and relentless entity that only she can see, which can take on the form of anyone. As the entity constantly closes in, Jay’s life is turned upside down, and she must navigate a desperate bid for survival with the help of her sister and friends.
With its unrelenting pace and sinister presence, the entity threatens to destroy Jay’s life, forcing her to confront the darkest corners of her existence in a heart-pumping, terrifying game of cat and mouse.
10. Drag Me To Hell (2009)
After denying an elderly woman’s plea for a mortgage extension, bank loan officer Christine Brown is cursed by the woman, unleashing a malevolent supernatural force that torments her with terrifying hallucinations and unrelenting attacks.
Desperate to break the curse, Christine seeks help from a fortune teller and a spiritual medium, embarking on a frantic quest to appease the vengeful entity before it’s too late.
As the curse’s deadline looms, Christine’s life spirals out of control, threatening to drag her down to a horrific fate.
