In 2008, The Strangers quickly garnered praise from horror fans for delivering a tense, isolated slasher that combined some of the genre's best tropes. Purporting to be based on a true story, the movie is widely considered one of the best slashers of the 21st century, with its three masked killers making for great villains. Since the film's release, it has become a modern-day horror icon, with numerous films either matching its intensity or being inspired by it.

Horror cinema covers a variety of tropes and sub-genres, but the tense, realist slasher has become something of a favorite among fans of the genre. Ranging from standoffs with cults to gruesome home invasions, there are a variety of great horror movies for fans of The Strangers to enjoy. With the news of an upcoming third movie, audiences will be looking for something similar to sink their teeth into, and there's plenty to choose from.

10 Jackals Is A Terrifying Cult Movie

Jackals tells the story of a family who, in an attempt to reprogram their son who has joined a murderous cult, take him out to a secluded cabin in the woods. There, an expert in deprogramming cultists works with the family in the hopes of reaching the man and bringing him back to reason. However, as their efforts fail to bear fruit, the home is surrounded by the masked cult to which the man belongs, and they soon attempt to break in.

Jackals is just as tense as The Strangers, leaving its protagonists in an almost impossible situation. Surrounded on all fronts, they begin to realize that even if they hand over their brainwashed son, the cult intends to leave none of them alive. The film is one of the most hopeless and bleak slashers in the subgenre, showing the full horror of which a violent cult is capable.

9 Home, Sweet Home Cuts Right To The Chase

Home Sweet Home takes viewers to the heart of its plot during its opening credits, immediately opening with the aftermath of a home invasion -- and the captivity of a young woman. The film then sets the stage for its story, following a masked man entering a family home and lying in wait for the couple who own it to return. When they do, the killer makes short work of the man, moving onto the wife by tying her up as he tortures the husband.

Home Sweet Home is a tense horror-thriller that primarily revolves around the wife, Sara, as she tries to evade the masked man within the confines of her home. While the movie isn't the most terrifying horror of all time, it does have a good twist and manages to genuinely shock audiences in its final moments.

8 Them Is A Perfect Isolated Horror

Them revolves around a young French couple, Lucas and Clementine, in their country home outside of Bucharest. One night, the couple is terrorized by a gang of youths, who chase them through their home in an attempt to kill them. Set in a large, manor-sized home, their pursuit soon becomes an elaborate and horrific game of hide and seek as the couple struggles to stay one step ahead of their attackers.

Them stands out as a terrifying film that masters tension better than most in the genre, standing out as almost a French counterpart to The Strangers. The horrifying final revelation that Lucas and Clementine's tormentors are violent youths makes the film all the more disturbing.

7 He's Out There Plays To The Genre's Strengths

He's Out There follows a mother, Laura, and her two children as they travel to a lake house for a family getaway. As she waits for her husband to arrive, Laura is told a story about the house's past residents, whose son, John, went missing. Shortly after, her daughters find a staged child's tea party in the woods, with cupcakes laid out for them. Later, one of the girls is sick and coughs up a ribbon with a note on it. When Laura realizes what's going on, she and her children attempt to escape, only to be caught in a game of cat and mouse with a masked man.

He's Out There follows Laura and her daughters as they fight for their lives against a horrifying masked killer who stalks them, creeping around their house as they plot an escape. The movie is a slow burn, with most of the runtime being more cat and mouse, with the killer rarely confronting the characters. However, the use of a lurker in the woods terrorizing a family did make for an underrated slasher.

6 Hush Follows One Woman's Night Of Terror

Hush focuses on a deaf woman, Maddie, who lives in a remote house in the woods, where she spends her time writing. While some people live nearby, Maddie is by herself, something that works against her when a masked killer shows up at her window. What begins as a stalker playing a game of cat and mouse soon escalates when the masked man makes it clear he means to kill Maddie.

Hush captures the same intensity as The Strangers, with the killer using the shadows to creep around the house and preying on the woman's inability to hear to gain an advantage. However, when she turns the tables, Maddie fights back and shows that her disability doesn't stop her from being one of the best final girls of the 2010s.

5 The Blackening Is A Comedic Cabin In The Woods Slasher

The Blackening follows a group of Black friends who attend a Juneteenth celebration at a remote cabin in the woods. While there, they discover a racist board game, The Blackening, which tests the characters' "Blackness" through trivia and cultural questions to pick them off one by one. When a character is determined to not be sufficiently Black, they're killed by a small group of men in masks.

The Blackening is one of the best combinations of satire and horror of its era, blending social commentary with a night of horror. While it's nowhere near as serious or intense as The Strangers, it is a fun parody of that style of cabin-in-the-woods slasher and is great for fans who want to see an isolated horror that doesn't take itself seriously.

4 Halloween Is A Horror Icon

John Carpenter's Halloween tells the story of Michael Myers, Haddonfield's menacing serial killer who, after breaking out of an institution, returns home. As high school student Laurie Strode and her friends try and enjoy their Halloween night in Myers' childhood home, they're picked off one by one by the masked killer.

Halloween is practically the king of masked slasher horror, effectively creating the sub-genre back in 1978. With Michael on the loose and Sam Loomis pursuing him across the state, audiences are treated to one of the horror genre's greatest manhunts. In Laurie's Night fighting for her life, they get a genre-defining slasher that influences everything from The Strangers to Scream.

3 Wolves at the Door Retells The Manson Family Murders

Wolves at the Door is a loose retelling of the infamous murder of Sharon Tate at the hands of the Manson Family. The film begins with the murder of a couple, followed by the arrival of Sharon and her friends at her house. While there, the four friends' night in becomes a bloodbath as the cult killers arrive and begin murdering everyone they can.

Wolves at the Door is an attempt to shed light on one of the most notorious killings in American history, albeit by capitalizing on and exploiting a real tragedy. Nonetheless, it makes for one of the most harrowing slashers of its decade and would be perfect for fans of The Strangers.

2 Vacancy Is On Par With The Strangers

Vacancy follows a married couple left detached from one another over the death of their son. As they drive through an isolated country road in search of the highway, their car breaks down, and they're forced to spend the night at a motel. However, after they check into their room, they're harassed and terrorized by masked men. When the husband tries watching some videos, the couple is horrified to discover that their room is used to film snuff movies -- and the motel guests are the victims. Upon realizing this, the power is cut to their room, and they're forced to fend off attackers.

Vacancy and The Strangers are very similar movies, both prioritizing tension over gore and focusing on a couple in the middle of nowhere. For people who enjoy a more grounded approach to the slasher genre, this is one of the better entries and plays on the same tropes as the 2008 classic.

1 The Strangers: Prey At Night Continued The Iconic Slasher

The Strangers: Prey at Night serves as the sequel to the original 2008 movie, this time following a small family in a trailer park. When a family arrives for their vacation, they find the managers murdered, and are soon stalked by the trio of masked serial killers: Dollface, Pin-Up Girl, and Man in Mask.

The Strangers: Prey at Night is a notably more stylish film than the previous one and is full of homage to other slashers, such as The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. From the kids fighting the killers to the tune of Total Eclipse of the Heart to an intense stare-down on the road, the film channels the best of the slasher genre. As a sequel, the return of the trio of anonymous killers gave fans plenty of frights and kept them guessing as to who would survive the night of carnage.