Movies like Madhouse (1981)
The best movies like Madhouse (1981) are Don't Go in the House (1979), The Unseen (1980) and The Pit (1981). If Madhouse hooked you with its horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedSuspiria (1977)7.5/10 from 3,318 votes
- NewestTwo Evil Eyes (1990)Released 1990
Don't Go in the House (1979)
As a child, Donald was tormented by his mother who used fire as a punishment. Now a deranged adult, Donald stalks women at clubs, then takes them home where he kills them with a flamethrower.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Unseen (1980)
A trio of female reporters find themselves staying overnight in a house occupied by a hostile being lurking in the basement
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Pit (1981)
Twelve year-old Jamie Benjamin is a solitary misunderstood boy in his preteens. His classmates pick on him, his neighbors think he's weird and his parents ignore him. But now Jamie has a secret weapon: deep in the woods he has discovered a deep pit full of man-eating creatures he calls Trogs... and it isn't long before he gets an idea for getting revenge and feeding the Trogs in the process!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976)
Anger stemming from being abused as a child drives an alcoholic's daughter to kill as an adult.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Burning (1981)
A caretaker at a summer camp is burned when a prank goes tragically wrong. After several years of intensive treatment at hospital, he is released back into society, albeit missing some social skills. What follows is a bloody killing spree with the caretaker making his way back to his old stomping ground to confront one of the youths that accidentally burned him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisExposé (1976)
A paranoid writer is unable to get started on his second novel. He hires a secretary and then his troubles really begin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisJust Before Dawn (1981)
In the Oregon mountains, a pair of hunters encounter a machete-wielding killer in an abandoned church. Meanwhile, five campers arrive to examine some property one of them has inherited but are warned by the forest ranger not to venture forth. Soon after they set up camp, they begin hearing strange noises, encounter a mysterious singing girl and start disappearing one by one.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNightmare (1981)
A drug-treated schizophrenic plagued by horrible nightmares is released from the hospital and goes on a killing spree.
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SnoozefestMovies like thisDay 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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEvilspeak (1981)
Bullied by classmates, a pudgy military-school student fights back by computer with the devil.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies 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
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe 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
SnoozefestMovies 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTourist Trap (1979)
After their car breaks down, a group of young travelers find themselves stranded at a roadside museum run by the enigmatic Mr. Slausen and populated by his collection of life-like wax mannequins.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFright (1971)
Young babysitter Amanda arrives at the Lloyd residence to spend the evening looking after their young son. Soon after the Lloyds leave, a series of frightening occurrences in the gloomy old house have Amanda's nerves on edge. The real terror begins, however, when the child's biological father appears after recently escaping from a nearby mental institution.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe House by the Lake (1976)
Harry is a rich dentist who often brings women up to his rural lakehouse. One weekend, he invites Diane, a former fashion model. On their way to the house, Diane runs a gang of thugs off the road. Humiliated, the thugs track down the couple for revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDon't Torture a Duckling (1972)
A reporter and a promiscuous young woman try to solve a series of child killings in a remote southern Italian town rife with superstition and a distrust of outsiders.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDeadly Friend (1986)
When tragedy strikes his remarkable robot and the beautiful girl next door, lonely teenage genius Paul tries to save them by pushing technology beyond its known limits into a terrifying new realm.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUnhinged (1982)
College students Terry, Nancy, and Gloria, on their way to a rock concert, crash their car in a torrential rainstorm, badly injuring one of them. Rescued from the car, they are provided with recuperation in a house occupied by a man-hating mother and her daughter…but all is not what it seems.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
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
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.
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Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMacabre (1980)
A middle-aged woman, traumatized from the death of her adulterous lover, moves into a room at a New Orleans boarding house where the blind landlord becomes suspicious to her activities of continuing her affair with her dead lover.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHouse on the Edge of the Park (1980)
A posh couple experience car trouble on their way to a villa party and stop into a local mechanic's shop for assistance, unaware of his shady background. After he and his mentally challenged assistant fix the car, the couple invite them to the party to return the favor, leading to an evening of mayhem.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisTwo Evil Eyes (1990)
A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMother's Day (1980)
Three girls discover that two men are willing to do anything to impress Mother and what impresses Mother is watching her sons commit acts of rape and murder. Now these women are prisoners and lowered to pawns in the game of checkers between two dim wits and their Maniac Mommy and the question becomes, can any of them escape, alive?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisSuspiria (1977)
An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies 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
Worth the HypeMovies 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInvitation to Hell (1984)
Family man Matt Winslow accepts a new job in Silicon Valley and quickly finds that his associates are obsessed with a mysterious local country club whose manager, Jessica Jones, holds sway over the community.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Driller Killer (1979)
An artist slowly goes insane while struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings, and care for his two female roommates, which leads him taking to the streets of New York after dark and randomly killing derelicts with a power drill.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Madhouse?
The closest matches to Madhouse are Don't Go in the House (1979), The Unseen (1980) and The Pit (1981). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Madhouse?
People who watched Madhouse most often go on to Don't Go in the House (1979), The Unseen (1980) and The Pit (1981).
What is the highest-rated movie like Madhouse?
Suspiria (1977), rated 7.5/10 by 3,318 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Madhouse?
Two Evil Eyes (1990) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Madhouse?
Yes: Don't Go in the House (1979), The Unseen (1980) and The Pit (1981).
How are movies similar to Madhouse chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Madhouse, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.