Movies like August Underground's Penance (2007)
The best movies like August Underground's Penance (2007) are The Turnpike Killer (2009), Found Footage 3D (2016) and Penance (2009). If August Underground's Penance hooked you with its horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedPeeping Tom (1960)7.4/10 from 951 votes
- NewestMonkey’s Magic Merry Go Round (2026)Released 2026
The Turnpike Killer (2009)
Hulking and vicious homicidal maniac Jon Beest hears voices that compel him to brutally butcher women. He dumps their bodies on the side of the road on the New Jersey Turnpike. It's up to troubled NYPD Homicide Detective Lloyd to catch Beest and put an end to his campaign of terror.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Found Footage 3D (2016)
A group of filmmakers sets out to make the first 3D found footage horror movie, but find themselves IN the first 3D found footage horror movie when the evil entity from their film escapes into their behind-the-scenes footage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisPenance (2009)
A young mother becomes a stripper to earn some fast cash, only to find her worst nightmares are about to begin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Dooms Chapel Horror (2016)
Kyle Cole returns home to the town of Kaler Mills. He hasn't been back in 10 years since the people of the town turned on him believing that he was responsible for his brothers death. His brother, Ryan Cole, was the beloved "fair haired boy" of Kaler Mills. Loved by all, hated by none. After his death in a tragic farm accident a video was released that made it seem that Kyle could have prevented his brothers death. Now, armed with a documentary crew, Kyle has returned to face his demons. But he forgot about one of them... This is an 80's style creature feature with a modern twist. Made with practical effects and classic stop motion monster techniques, The Dooms Chapel Horror will keep you on the edge of your seat to the very end.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Undocumented (2010)
A documentary film crew runs afoul of sadistic radicals when they follow illegal immigrants sneaking over the U.S. border.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Washing Machine (1993)
Three sisters - voluptuous Vida, Maria (nicknamed "Sissy"), and Ludmilla - live together in a run-down apartment building in Budapest. The sisters all vie for the attentions of Yuri Petkov, a dubious middle-aged pimp who plays them off against each other. One evening, Ludmilla claims to have found Yuri's body stuffed into their washing machine, but when Inspector Stacev arrives to investigate the body has disappeared. The good-looking young inspector attempts to discover the truth but in doing so becomes drawn into the sisters' bizarre sex games...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Ritual (2009)
A serial killer trains a protégé until outside forces threaten to break up their sadistic relationship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
S&Man (2006)
A filmmaker ventures into the dark world of underground horror exploring the genre through interviews with scream queens, scholars, and one auteur whose snuff film series seems all too real.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHead Cases: Serial Killers in the Delaware Valley (2013)
Serial killer Wayne Montgomery committed 41 murders between 1979 and 2007, leaving behind an extensive video library of his life's work. Now, a new generation is carrying on Wayne's brutal legacy in a terrifying world where rules do not apply. Press play and take a trip through the mind of one of history's most prolific serial killers - and his devoted followers who are out for blood.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Afflicted (2014)
Two friends' tour of Europe takes a dark turn when one of them contracts a mysterious illness. They race to find out what it is and how to cure it before the sickness consumes him completely.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFound Footage (2011)
Live footage found by police of a serial killer who documented, first hand, his undertakings.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Head Case (2007)
A film edited from the home movies of serial killers Wayne and Andrea Montgomery, which presents a look into their quiet, suburban lives...and the graphic, disturbing details of their horrific crimes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Project MKHEXE (2025)
Tim films his brother Sean's funeral after his suicide, then uncovers Sean's fixation with a nonexistent online urban legend about a failed government mind control experiment.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Haunted Changi (2010)
In January of 2010, a group of local filmmakers began exploring the famously haunted Old Changi Hospital in Singapore with terrifying and tragic results. This movie pieces together the original Haunted Changi film crew's footage to tell the full story.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Banned from Broadcast: The Movie—Saiko! The Large Family (2009)
Canadian filmmaker Veronica Addison, who makes documentaries on family issues around the world, closely follows a very large family in Japan. Although they appear cheerful on the surface, the family has many problems...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Lost Footage of Leah Sullivan (2018)
An unedited memory card from a camera shows Leah Sullivan's school project about a cold case murder that doesn't seem to be so cold after all.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Exhibit A (2007)
Exhibit A tells the timely story of a normal family disintegrating under financial pressure. All is not as it seems as the King family go about their day-to-day lives oblivious of the horror to come. Dad Andy (Bradley Cole) is nursing a secret that ultimately leads to terrible consequences for them all. We witness these chilling events unfold through daughter Judith's video camera, which subsequently becomes Exhibit A.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Borderlands (2014)
Vatican investigators are sent to the British West Country to investigate paranormal activity, and they find the events are more disturbing than they first imagined.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisFake Blood (2017)
Rob Grant and Mike Kovac receive a disturbing fan video inspired by their previous horror movie Mon Ami, motivating them to investigate the responsibility of filmmakers in portraying violence in movies. In their pursuit of the truth they are unwittingly introduced to the real world of violent criminals and their victims.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Capture Kill Release (2016)
A couple plots to murder a random stranger just for the thrill of it, but things turn ugly when one of them decides not to go through with it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisCannibal Holocaust (1980)
A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAmerica's Deadliest Home Video (1993)
A man videotaping his road trip is taken hostage by three criminals and forced to tape their crime spree, including robberies and murder.
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The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)
When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives have ever seen.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisButterfly Kisses (2018)
A filmmaker discovers a box of video tapes depicting two students' disturbing film project featuring a local horror legend, The Peeping Tom. As he sets out to prove this story is real and release it as a work of his own, he loses himself and the film crew following him into his project.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisLong Pigs (2007)
Two desperate filmmakers began a documentary about a cannibalistic serial killer. What follows is their actual footage.
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Curse of the Blair Witch (1999)
A mockumentary exploring the legend of the Blair Witch and the case of the three missing student filmmakers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Conspiracy (2012)
A documentary about conspiracy theories takes a horrific turn after the filmmakers uncover an ancient and dangerous secret society.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisMonkey’s Magic Merry Go Round (2026)
After a mysterious bout of amnesia, a beloved children’s television host struggles to piece together his fractured memories, only to find his once-cheerful puppet co-stars behaving with sinister intent. As reality unravels, the line between performance and nightmare begins to blur.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRace with the Devil (1975)
Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPeeping Tom (1960)
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like August Underground's Penance?
The closest matches to August Underground's Penance are The Turnpike Killer (2009), Found Footage 3D (2016) and Penance (2009). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after August Underground's Penance?
People who watched August Underground's Penance most often go on to The Turnpike Killer (2009), Found Footage 3D (2016) and Penance (2009).
What is the highest-rated movie like August Underground's Penance?
Peeping Tom (1960), rated 7.4/10 by 951 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like August Underground's Penance?
Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like August Underground's Penance?
Yes: The Turnpike Killer (2009), Found Footage 3D (2016) and Penance (2009).
How are movies similar to August Underground's Penance chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside August Underground's Penance, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.