Movies like The Old Dark House (1963)
The best movies like The Old Dark House (1963) are The Private Eyes (1980), The Ghost Breakers (1940) and What a Carve Up! (1961). If The Old Dark House hooked you with its comedy and horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Trouble with Harry (1955)7.0/10 from 946 votes
- NewestDave Made a Maze (2017)Released 2017
The Private Eyes (1980)
The lord and lady of a capacious manor are killed, and the lord's ghost seems to have returned to knock off the staff one by one, causing Inspector Winship and Dr. Tart to investigate the wacky house and its inhabitants.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Ghost Breakers (1940)
After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located off the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the castle. Undaunted, Mary sets sail for Cuba with a stowaway in her trunk—wise-cracking Larry Lawrence, a radio announcer who helps Mary get to the bottom of the voodoo magic, zombies and ghosts that supposedly curse the spooky estate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhat a Carve Up! (1961)
Ernie's Uncle Gabriel has just died but to claim his inheritance he must spend the night in the ancestral family home with the rest of his rather eccentric relatives. Ernie's imagination has been affected by his constant immersion in cheap horror novels, but his wildest fears turn out to be justified when the guests begin to drop dead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Tales of Terror (1962)
Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. 2) A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but finds the man's attention to his wife worthy of more dramatic action. 3) A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, with unexpected consequences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Cat and the Canary (1939)
A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHouse of the Long Shadows (1983)
An American writer goes to a remote Welsh manor on a $20,000 bet that he can write a classic novel like 'Wuthering Heights' in 24 hours. However, upon his arrival he discovers that the apparently empty manor has several rather odd inhabitants.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHouse on Haunted Hill (1959)
Frederick Loren invites five strangers to the party of a lifetime and offers each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in the reportedly haunted house. Armed with a gun for protection, each guest arrives in a hearse and will either leave in it much richer…Or dead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOne Body Too Many (1944)
An insurance salesman, Albert Tuttle, is hired as a body guard for a millionaire.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & mystery
Haunted Honeymoon (1986)
Radio personalities Larry Abbot and Vickie Pearle are stars of a mystery show. Since they announced their engagement, Larry has been plagued by speech problems and, seeking out an unconventional cure, he returns to his boyhood home, a mansion in the countryside, bringing Vickie along. Larry reunites with numerous family members, but discovers that there are sinister things afoot within the walls of the creepy estate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe House in Nightmare Park (1973)
Comedy legend Frankie Howerd stars as the victim of sinister shenanigans in this hilarious spoof of British horror films of the early ‘70s. Starring Hugh Burden and Oscar winner Ray Milland, and written by Terry Nation. Foster Twelvetrees, a struggling tragedian who scrapes a living by giving hammy performances from the classics, can hardly believe his luck when he’s invited to give a dramatic reading at the country home of a well-off family. Joy soon turns to outraged horror when he discovers dead bodies, foul intentions, lots of snakes and a madwoman in the attic. Can he uncover the hidden family secret before he comes to a sticky end..?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
The Comedy of Terrors (1964)
An undertaker who hasn't had any 'customers' in a long time is forced to pay one year's back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people, which brings absurd results.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCarry On Screaming! (1966)
The sinister Dr. Watt has an evil scheme going—he's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores. Fortunately for him, Detective Sergeant Bung is on the case, and he doesn't have a clue!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThree Cases of Murder (1955)
An atmospheric British anthology film presenting three tales of murder and the supernatural. In “In the Picture,” a museum attendant is drawn into the eerie world within a painting. In “You Killed Elizabeth,” two lifelong friends become suspects when the woman they both love is murdered. In “Lord Mountdrago,” a disgraced politician seeks revenge on a powerful statesman by exploiting his dreams. Linked by a recurring figure, the film blends psychological horror, mystery, and fantasy across its three interconnected stories.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & horror
The Terror (1963)
Lt. Andre Duvalier awakens on a beach to the sight of a strange woman who leads him to the gothic, towering castle that serves as home to an eerie baron.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Trouble with Harry (1955)
In a quiet Vermont village, a corpse creates unexpected chaos as several townspeople each believe they may be to blame.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Cat and the Canary (1978)
A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
Luther Heggs, a typesetter for the town newspaper, pitches an idea for a story about a local haunted house where a famous murder/suicide occurred 20 years earlier. After the editor assigns Luther to spend one night alone in the mansion, Heggs has a number of supernatural encounters and writes a front page story that makes him a hometown hero...until the nephew of the deceased sues him for libel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Black Cat (1941)
Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOnce Upon a Midnight Scary (1979)
"Once Upon a Midnight Scary" is a 1979 television program that aired as part of a CBS television anthology series. The program, hosted by noted actor Vincent Price, features scenes from three stories, including "The Ghost Belonged to Me" by Richard Peck, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving, and "The House with a Clock in Its Walls" by John Bellairs.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
After a team of surgeons botches his beloved wife's operation, the distraught Dr. Phibes unleashes a score of Old-Testament atrocities on his enemies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Old Dark House (1932)
In a remote region of Wales, five travelers beset by a relentless storm find shelter in an old mansion.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like this13 Ghosts (1960)
The reclusive Dr. Zorba has died and left his sprawling mansion to his nephew Cyrus and his family. They will need to search the house to find the doctor's fortune, but along with the property itself, they have also inherited the occultist's collection of thirteen ghosts.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Raven (1963)
A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGhost Story (1974)
Several old college friends converge at a mansion, ostensibly for a pleasant reunion. Larry Dann, the most easygoing of the bunch, comes to the conclusion that all is not well in the old dark house. For one thing, he's run across several people whom he's never met. For another, they all seem to be of a different time and place.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & horror
An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe (1970)
Renowned horror actor Vincent Price narrates four tales of terror by renowned horror author Edgar Allen Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart, The Sphinx, The Cask of Amontillado, and The Pit and the Pendulum.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Night Watch (1973)
A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShadow of the Thin Man (1941)
While attending a major horse race with their young son, Nick Jr., Nick and Nora Charles witnesse a shocking murder from the crowded grandstand. What first appears to be an isolated killing soon leads to a maze of corruption, blackmail, gambling scandals, and criminal intrigue. As Nick investigates, he encounters suspicious bookmakers, dishonest officials, rival gangsters, and a mysterious killer determined to stay ahead of the law. Nora, as always, is never far from the action, bringing her quick wit and fearless curiosity to the case.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisR.L. Stine's Monsterville: The Cabinet of Souls (2015)
Teenage friends must resist the spell of an evil showman staging a house of horrors show in their small town.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDave Made a Maze (2017)
Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pitfalls, booby traps, and critters of his own creation. Ignoring his warnings, Dave’s girlfriend Annie leads a band of oddball explorers on a rescue mission. Once inside, they find themselves trapped in an ever-changing supernatural world, threatened by booby traps and pursued by a bloodthirsty Minotaur.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Cheap Detective (1978)
A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress—his partner's wife.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & mystery
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Old Dark House?
The closest matches to The Old Dark House are The Private Eyes (1980), The Ghost Breakers (1940) and What a Carve Up! (1961). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Old Dark House?
People who watched The Old Dark House most often go on to The Private Eyes (1980), The Ghost Breakers (1940) and What a Carve Up! (1961).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Old Dark House?
The Trouble with Harry (1955), rated 7.0/10 by 946 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Old Dark House?
Dave Made a Maze (2017) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Old Dark House?
Yes: The Private Eyes (1980), The Ghost Breakers (1940) and What a Carve Up! (1961).
How are movies similar to The Old Dark House chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Old Dark House, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.