Movies like Psycho III (1986)
The best movies like Psycho III (1986) are The House on Sorority Row (1982), Psycho II (1983) and The Toolbox Murders (1978). If Psycho III hooked you with its horror and mystery, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedPsycho (1960)8.4/10 from 11,426 votes
- NewestToolbox Murders (2004)Released 2004
- Same seriesPsycho II (1983)Psycho
The House on Sorority Row (1982)
When the senior sorority sisters of Theta Pi decide to do in their demented house mother, someone seeks revenge, and begins a night of terror and madness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisPsycho II (1983)
Norman Bates is declared sane and released from the facility in which he was being held, despite the complaints of Lila Loomis, sister of his most famous victim. Is he really cured, or will he kill again?
Why it matches: Same series: Psycho · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Toolbox Murders (1978)
A ski-masked maniac kills apartment complex tenants with the contents of a toolbox.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisSleepaway Camp (1983)
Years after a terrible boating accident, Angela is sent to Camp Arawak where a series of bizarre and violent "accidents" begin to claim the lives of various campers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisToolbox Murders (2004)
A historic Hollywood hotel houses a supernatural evil. It's been subdued for decades, but when renovations start, a series of murders take place.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisHappy 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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHenry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
Arriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTorso (1973)
A masked serial killer with psychosexual issues strangles female coeds with scarves before dismembering them. When a wealthy student identifies one of the scarves and thinks she has a lead on a suspect, she becomes the killer's next target, retreating to her family's remote cliffside villa with three of her girlfriends.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPsycho (1960)
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
Why it matches: Same series: Psycho · both horror & thriller
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisPsycho IV: The Beginning (1990)
When he hears talk radio host Fran Ambrose discussing the topic of matricide, Norman calls in under a false name to tell his story.
Why it matches: Same series: Psycho · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe 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 . . .
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Stepfather (1987)
Seemingly mild-mannered Henry Morrison has just murdered his entire family. After adopting a new identity and skipping town, he begins building a new relationship with a widow and her teenage daughter. However, he soon begins struggling to hide his true identity and maintain a grip on reality.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDressed to Kill (1980)
After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing her only witness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStage Fright (1987)
While a group of young actors rehearse a new musical about a mass murderer, a notorious psychopath escapes from a nearby insane asylum.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Dorm That Dripped Blood (1982)
A crazed killer stalks college students who gave up their vacation to clean a deserted dormitory.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisNightmare (1981)
A drug-treated schizophrenic plagued by horrible nightmares is released from the hospital and goes on a killing spree.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Prowler (1981)
Thirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay's graduation dance, the sleepy town's teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a prowler once thought to be a jilted soldier home from war.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisSweet Sixteen (1982)
A beautiful lonely girl named Melissa tries to make new friends from a town she's currently living in. The only problem is, each of the boys that she spends time with end up brutally murdered. Her sixteenth birthday is on the way, but Melissa turns out to be a suspect when it seems she's the last person who has seen her boyfriends alive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisAlone in the Dark (1982)
A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisMy Bloody Valentine (1981)
Twenty years after a Valentine's Day tragedy claimed the lives of five miners, Harry Warden returns for a vengeful massacre among teen sweethearts gearing up for another party.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisManiac (1980)
A psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, kills and mutilates young women and local models on the streets of New York City.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisButcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981)
Rejected by her lover, the only man left in Cheryl's life is the orphaned nephew she has raised as her own son. She'll stop at nothing to keep Billy with her. When her plans misfire, she is swept up into an insane frenzy that means death to anyone who comes between her and her obsession. But the investigating detective is convinced that Billy is the real killer - and determined to prove it. Madness and fanaticism work together to drag all concerned into a terrifying vortex of blood-letting that adds a nightmarish twist to the classic Oedipus story.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
An American writer living in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city and conducts his own investigation, despite him and his girlfriend being targeted by the killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNightmare at Shadow Woods (1987)
Twins Todd and Terry seem like sweet boys -- that is, until one of them takes an axe to the face of a fellow patron at the local drive-in.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisNight School (1981)
A Boston police detective investigates a series of gruesome decapitations of various college coeds, committed by a helmeted, black-leather clad serial killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisBlue Eyes of the Broken Doll (1974)
An ex-convict, troubled by dreams that he strangles women, is hired as the caretaker on an estate owned by three very strange sisters. Soon after his arrival, a serial killer begins slaughtering blonde, blue-eyed women - and leaving their eyeballs in a bowl of water.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisAmerican Nightmare (1983)
A man investigates the disappearance of his sister with the help of her roommate. He uncovers a trail of prostitution, incest, blackmail...and murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Pin (1988)
Pin, a plastic medical dummy, has been the fixation of Leon since youth. Now grown up and orphaned in an accident, Leon brings Pin home to live with him and his sister Ursula, much to her reluctance. Soon, however, Leon's fixation on Pin spirals out of control, and Ursula must face the devastating consequences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisScream for Help (1984)
A teenaged girl discovers that her stepfather is trying to murder her and her mother, but when she tells people, no one will believe her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisDon't Answer the Phone! (1980)
A Vietnam veteran that spends his days photographing pretty girls, and his nights strangling them, sets sights on the patients of a radio psychiatrist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Psycho III?
The closest matches to Psycho III are The House on Sorority Row (1982), Psycho II (1983) and The Toolbox Murders (1978). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Psycho III?
People who watched Psycho III most often go on to The House on Sorority Row (1982), The Toolbox Murders (1978) and Sleepaway Camp (1983).
What is the highest-rated movie like Psycho III?
Psycho (1960), rated 8.4/10 by 11,426 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Psycho III?
Toolbox Murders (2004) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Psycho III part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Psycho, which includes Psycho II (1983), Psycho (1960) and Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990).
Are there English movies like Psycho III?
Yes: The House on Sorority Row (1982), Psycho II (1983) and The Toolbox Murders (1978).
How are movies similar to Psycho III chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Psycho III, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.