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10 Best Movies Like Don't Open Till Christmas

If you loved Don't Open Till Christmas, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Children

The Children

2008★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Open Till Christmas for fans of Thriller & Horror & Mystery. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents....

#2
Silent Night, Deadly Night

Silent Night, Deadly Night

1984★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Open Till Christmas for fans of Thriller & Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After a man dressed as Santa Claus brutally murders Billy Chapman's parents, little Billy then endures the cruelty of a sadistic nun at his orphanage. Years later, when adult Billy...

#3
Silent Night, Deadly Night

Silent Night, Deadly Night

2025★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Open Till Christmas for fans of Thriller & Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After witnessing his parents' brutal murder on Christmas Eve, Billy transforms into a Killer Santa, delivering a yearly spree of calculated, chilling violence. This year, his blood...

#4
I Am Not a Serial Killer

I Am Not a Serial Killer

2016★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Open Till Christmas for fans of Horror & Mystery. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

In a small Midwestern town, a troubled teen with homicidal tendencies must hunt down and destroy a supernatural killer while keeping his own inner demons at bay....

#5
Dark Harvest

Dark Harvest

2023★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Open Till Christmas for fans of Thriller & Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

In a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the town’s teenage boys in a bloody ...

#6
Night of the Hunted

Night of the Hunted

2023★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Open Till Christmas for fans of Thriller & Horror & Mystery. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only ...

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