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Movies Like Scalps

Fans of Scalps, you will appreciate how these films questions the purpose and weight of our choices while ensuring targets the intellect with complex, multi-layered ideas. Carefully balances character depth with narrative flow makes this definitely worth a watch.

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Standard feature-length experiences.

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Best for fans of who appreciate concise storytelling.

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Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
6.1

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II

1987

When Hamilton High’s Prom Queen of 1957, Mary Lou Maloney is killed by her jilted boyfriend, she comes back for revenge thirty years later.

Bone Tomahawk
6.9

Bone Tomahawk

2015

During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappear—only the arrow of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and the foreman's wife.

The Blood on Satan's Claw
6.2

The Blood on Satan's Claw

1971

After a landsman in 18th century England discovers a corpse covered in fur buried in a field, the town becomes infected by "the devil's skin," leading the local children to engage in demonic rituals and criminal behavior.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
7.3

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

1974

Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

Dead & Buried
6.4

Dead & Buried

1981

After a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses appear to be coming back to life and living normally as locals in the small town.

The Doctor and the Devils
6.2

The Doctor and the Devils

1985

In Victorian England, graverobbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to seek an easier means of getting the job done.

I Sell the Dead
6.0

I Sell the Dead

2008

18th century justice catches up with a pair of grave robbers. With only a few hours to go before his date with the guillotine, Arthur Blake tells his life story to Father Francis Duffy. Before long, Arthur spills the beans on how he got started in the grim corpse peddling business with seasoned ghoul Willie Grimes.

Burke & Hare
6.1

Burke & Hare

2010

Two 19th-century opportunists become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable business supplying cadavers to an anatomist.

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Day of the Woman
6.0

Day of the Woman

1978

A young, beautiful career woman rents a backwoods cabin to write her first novel. Attacked by a group of local lowlifes and left for dead, she devises a horrific plan to inflict revenge.

Wake Up
6.8

Wake Up

2024

A group of young activists set out to make an environmental statement by vandalizing a home superstore as it closes. But their plan goes terribly wrong when they become trapped inside and must face a deranged security guard with a gruesome passion for primitive hunting. As the night fills with violence and terror, the teenagers find themselves in a desperate fight for their lives.

Grindhouse
7.0

Grindhouse

2007

Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who kills young women with modified vehicles. It is presented as a double feature with fictitious exploitation trailers preceding each segment.

Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI
6.3

Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI

1986

Tommy Jarvis, tormented by the fear that maybe Jason isn't really dead, unwittingly resurrects the mass murderer for another bloody rampage.

Nightmare Cinema
5.8

Nightmare Cinema

2018

A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen by The Projectionist – a mysterious, ghostly figure who holds the nightmarish futures of all who attend his screenings.

The Haunting in Connecticut
6.2

The Haunting in Connecticut

2009

When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred, but the owner's clairvoyant son Jonah served as a demonic messenger, providing a gateway for spiritual entities to crossover.

Campfire Tales
5.8

Campfire Tales

1997

Anthology of famous, scary urban legends done with a modern twist.

Freddy vs. Jason
6.1

Freddy vs. Jason

2003

Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.

Begotten
5.9

Begotten

1991

Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.

Never Let Go
6.1

Never Let Go

2024

As an evil takes over the world beyond their front doorstep, the only protection for a mother and her twin sons is their house and their family’s protective bond.

The Haunted Palace
6.7

The Haunted Palace

1963

A warlock burned at the stake comes back and takes over the body of his great grandson to take his revenge on the descendents of the villages that burned him.

Studio 666
5.9

Studio 666

2022

Legendary rock band Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll history to record their much anticipated 10th album. Once in the house, Dave Grohl finds himself grappling with supernatural forces that threaten both the completion of the album and the lives of the band.

Why These Movies Are Similar

These recommendations share core qualities with Scalps (1983): Horror themes, similar narrative structure, and comparable emotional depth. NoBadPicks uses a combination of TMDB collaborative filtering, genre matching, and AI analysis to surface films most likely to resonate with fans of Scalps.

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