Movies Like Bloody Birthday (1981)

Bloody Birthday is a 1981 horror, thriller film from Ed Hunt with a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Shallow Grave and The Mutilator.

Horror Thriller

Shallow Grave

1987

When four young college girls stumble upon a murder, they find themselves targeted by a killer who will stop at nothing to silence them.

4.8

MagicScore

The Mutilator

1985

As a child, Ed was cleaning his father’s hunting rifles - a surprise birthday treat for the old man - when one of them went off, hitting and killing his mother. On seeing the bloodshed, his father flew into a murderous rage - Ed just barely escaped with his life. Now in his teens, he returns home; he doesn’t expect to find his father, still there, waiting for a chance to settle the score . . .

5.1

MagicScore

Child's Play

1988

An innocent-looking doll is inhabited by the soul of a serial killer who refuses to die.

6.7

MagicScore

The Visitor

1979

An ancient intergalactic warrior arrives on Earth to put a stop to a demonic child's plot to reproduce Satan's next generation of evil.

5.2

MagicScore

Happy Birthday to Me

1981

Virginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before her 18th birthday, a gruesome set of murders take place and her friends are the ones who are falling prey. Could it be her? She suffers from blackouts due to a freak accident one year earlier. We soon learn the truth behind her accident and what is going on.

6.0

MagicScore

Babysitting

2014

Looking for a baby-sitter for the night, Marc Schaudel entrusts his son Remy to the care of his employee Franck, a straight man. But the thing that Marc doesn't know, is that Franck is getting 30 years old this weekend and that his son Remy is a very capricious child. The next day, Marc and his wife Claire are awakened by a call from the police. Remy and Franck are missing, and the house is totally devastated. The police finds a camera in the leftovers. Marc, Claire and the police start watching the video that has been recorded the day before during the night and find out what happened to Franck and Remy.

6.8

MagicScore

Hostel

2006

Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.

5.9

MagicScore

Halloween Ends

2022

Four years after the events of Halloween in 2018, Laurie has decided to liberate herself from fear and rage and embrace life. But when a young man is accused of killing a boy he was babysitting, it ignites a cascade of violence and terror that will force Laurie to finally confront the evil she can’t control, once and for all.

6.1

MagicScore

The Last House on the Left

1972

On the eve of her 17th birthday, Mari and friend Phyllis set off from her family home to attend a rock concert in the city. Attempting to score some drugs on the way, the pair run afoul of a group of vicious crooks, headed up by the sadistic Krug.

6.0

MagicScore

#10

The Bad Seed

1956

Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, adore their daughter Rhoda, despite her secret tendency for selfishness. Christine keeps her knowledge of her daughter's darker side to herself, but when a schoolmate of Rhoda's dies mysteriously, her self-deception unravels.

7.1

MagicScore

#11

All Hallows' Eve

2013

While watching two children on Halloween night, a babysitter finds an old VHS tape in the kids' trick or treat bag. The tape features three tales of terror, all linked together by a murderous clown.

5.7

MagicScore

#12

BreadCrumbs

2011

Once upon a time ... Angie, an aging star reluctantly goes on one last shoot for a seedy Producer, on location, in an enchanting old cabin deep in the shadowy forest. While on the shoot the cast and crew encounter Henry, and his little sweet sister Patti, two strange and mysterious children who seem to live in the woods. A violent attack on the second evening of shooting sends Angie and the rest of the crew into a frighten frenzy. They lock themselves into their secluded cabin and find themselves trapped and surrounded by an unknown assailant. Could these two children be responsible for these vicious attacks?

4.2

MagicScore

#13

Night Monster

1942

Kurt Ingston, a rich recluse, invites the doctors who left him a hopeless cripple to his desolate mansion in the swamps as one by one they meet horrible deaths.

6.2

MagicScore

#14

The Strangler

1971

Émile targets women he believes are too depressed to go on living. As multiple victims fall to his suffocating white scarf, an inspector resorts to unorthodox methods to get him with the assistance of a potential victim.

5.9

MagicScore

#15

Tony

2010

Unemployed and unemployable, Tony is a sympathetic recluse with severe social problems, an addiction to VHS action films and a horrible moustache. Occasionally he snaps and murder is the result…

5.9

MagicScore

#16

Trick or Treats

1982

A baby sitter is stuck watching over a young brat on Halloween night who keeps playing vicious pranks on her. To add to her trouble the boy's deranged father has escaped from an asylum and is planning on making a visit.

3.9

MagicScore

#17

Deep Murder

2019

Set in an alternate reality in which everyone is a cliché from a tacky porn film, a group of increasingly self-aware stock characters are up against a mysterious killer offing them one by one.

3.7

MagicScore

#18

Chamber of Horrors

1966

A one-handed madman (he lost the hand while escaping a hanging) uses various detachable devices as murder weapons to gain revenge on those he believes have wronged him.

5.3

MagicScore

#19

We Need to Talk About Kevin

2011

After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.

7.5

MagicScore

#20

Sinister 2

2015

A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.

5.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Bloody Birthday?

The top films similar to Bloody Birthday by MovieMagicScore are Shallow Grave (4.8), The Mutilator (5.1), Child's Play (6.7). Each shares horror/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Bloody Birthday worth watching?

Bloody Birthday holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10 from 163 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Bloody Birthday?

Bloody Birthday (1981) is a horror, thriller film directed by Ed Hunt, starring Lori Lethin, Melinda Cordell, Julie Brown.

Where can I find more recommendations like Bloody Birthday?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more horror recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Bloody Birthday

This ranked list pairs Bloody Birthday (1981), a horror and thriller film from Ed Hunt, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Lori Lethin take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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