Movies like Clown Nightmare (2019)
The best movies like Clown Nightmare (2019) are Clown (2014), Terrifier (2018) and The Jack in the Box Rises (2024). If Clown Nightmare hooked you with its horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedScooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998)7.7/10 from 895 votes
- NewestThe Jester 2 (2025)Released 2025
Clown (2014)
A loving father finds a clown suit for his son's birthday party, only to realize the suit is part of an evil curse that turns its wearer into a killer.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisTerrifier (2018)
A mute maniac named Art the Clown terrorizes two friends on Halloween and everyone else who gets in his way.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Jack in the Box Rises (2024)
When a creepy Jack-in-the-Box is discovered and opened on the grounds of an exclusive girls' school, six brave students soon enter a fight to the finish against the unleashed demon.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Funhouse (1981)
Rebellious teen Amy defies her parents by going to a trashy carnival that has pulled into town. In tow are her boyfriend, Buzz, and their friends Liz and Richie. Thinking it would be fun to spend the night in the campy "Funhouse" horror ride, the teens witness a murder by a deformed worker wearing a mask. Locked in, Amy and her friends must evade the murderous carnival workers and escape before it leaves town the next day.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Jester (2023)
A malevolent being known as The Jester terrorizes the inhabitants of a small town on Halloween night, including two estranged sisters who must come together to find a way to defeat this evil entity.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Jack in the Box: Awakening (2022)
When a vintage Jack-in-the-box is opened by a dying woman, she enters into a deal with the demon within that would see her illness cured in return for helping it claim six innocent victims.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHell House LLC (2015)
Five years after an unexplained malfunction causes the death of 15 tour-goers and staff on the opening night of a Halloween haunted house tour, a documentary crew travels back to the scene of the tragedy to find out what really happened.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWilly's Wonderland (2021)
When his car breaks down, a quiet loner agrees to clean an abandoned family fun center in exchange for repairs. He soon finds himself waging war against possessed animatronic mascots while trapped inside Willy's Wonderland.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTerrifier 2 (2022)
Resurrected by a sinister entity, Art the Clown returns to Miles County to terrorize a teenage girl and her younger brother on Halloween night.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Jester 2 (2025)
When teen magician Max crosses paths with the sinister Jester on Halloween night, she must outsmart a supernatural killer whose magic is all too real and whose tricks always end up in blood.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStitches (2012)
The clumsy and unfunny clown Richard "Stitches" Grindle entertains at the 10th birthday party of little Tom, but the boy and his friends play a prank with Stitches, tying his shoelaces. Stitches slips, falls and dies. Six years later, Tom gives a birthday party for his friends at home, but Stitches revives to haunt the teenagers and revenge his death.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDead Silence (2007)
Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named Billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist Mary Shaw. Destined to find out the truth, Jamie goes to the town of Raven's Fair, where Shaw used to perform and is buried. But Jamie is in for more than he expected.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisClown in a Cornfield (2025)
Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that has fallen on hard times after the treasured Baypen Corn Syrup Factory burned down. As the locals bicker amongst themselves and tensions boil over, a sinister, grinning figure emerges from the cornfields to cleanse the town of its burdens, one bloody victim at a time.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisV/H/S (2012)
When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire one rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they had bargained for.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisV/H/S/99 (2022)
A thirsty teenager's home video leads to a series of horrifying revelations, harkening back to the final punk rock analog days of VHS, while taking one giant leap forward into the hellish new millennium.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisClownhouse (1990)
Three teenage brothers are terrorized by a trio of escaped mental patients disguised as clowns.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisV/H/S/2 (2013)
Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static white noise permeating the brain and fogging concentration. But you must fight the urge to relax: this is no mere movie night. Those obsolete spools contain more than just magnetic tape. They are imprinted with the very soul of evil.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDolls (1987)
A precocious girl, her nasty parents, two punk-rock losers and a weak-kneed salesman inadvertently become the guests of two ghoulish senior citizens in their dark, haunted mansion.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNight of the Living Dead (1990)
A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisScooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998)
After going their separate ways, Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne, and Fred reunite to investigate the ghost of Moonscar the pirate on a haunted bayou island, but it turns out the swashbuckler's spirit isn't the only creepy character on the island. The sleuths also meet up with cat creatures and zombies... and it looks like for the first time in their lives, these ghouls might actually be real.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisShe Walks the Woods (2019)
Over 1600 people have vanished in our National Forests. Now, a team of adventurers is about to find out why.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Banned from Broadcast 2: The Cursed Large Family (2003)
After the father of a large family is injured and takes a leave of absence, mysterious things start happening in the household.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Banned from Broadcast 4: Troublesome Neighbor Terror (2005)
A couple are harassed endlessly by their neighbors.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Banned from Broadcast 6: Death Limit (2008)
A journalist interviews afflicted by domestic violence. The wife reaches her breaking point and contacts a revenge website.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Not Found 1 (2011)
1st entry in the Japanese horror found footage series "Not Found".
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Not Found 10 (2013)
10th entry in the Japanese horror found footage series "Not Found".
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Not Found 4 (2012)
4th entry in the Japanese horror found footage franchise, "Not Found".
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Not Found 5 (2012)
5th entry in the Japanese horror found footage series "Not Found".
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Not Found 6 (2012)
6th entry in the Japanese horror found footage series "Not Found".
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Not Found 8 (2013)
The 8th horror documentary that makes the viewer tremble with too much radicality and horror
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Clown Nightmare?
The closest matches to Clown Nightmare are Clown (2014), Terrifier (2018) and The Jack in the Box Rises (2024). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Clown Nightmare?
Start with Clown (2014), the closest match to Clown Nightmare.
What is the highest-rated movie like Clown Nightmare?
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998), rated 7.7/10 by 895 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Clown Nightmare?
The Jester 2 (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Clown Nightmare?
Yes: Clown (2014), Terrifier (2018) and The Jack in the Box Rises (2024).
How are movies similar to Clown Nightmare chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Clown Nightmare, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.