Movies Like The Mother

If you liked The Mother (2020), a horror and music movie directed by Arthur Pita and Gerald Fox, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
The Bad Seed (2018)
★ 7/10Also horror and tv movie
A widower suspects that his seemingly perfect adolescent daughter is a heartless killer.
2
Basilisk: The Serpent King (2006)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and tv movie
Two millennia ago, a Lybian king has a basilisk (snake-shaped dragon), which petrifies people, subjected to the same fate with a golden scepter during a solar eclipse. Both these and several victims are dug up by…
3
The Woman in Black (1989)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and tv movie
A lawyer travels to a small seaside town to settle the estate of a recently deceased woman, but soon becomes ensnared in something much more sinister.
4
The Night Stalker (1972)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and tv movie
Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into…
5
American Horror House (2012)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and tv movie
On Halloween night, a sorority house is overrun with ghosts, while a vengeful housemother goes on a killing spree.
6
Uncanny Annie (2019)
★ 6/10Also horror and tv movie
On Halloween night a group of college students get trapped in a mysterious board game that brings their darkest secrets and fears to life, where they must play to escape…and win to survive.
7
Dreams in the Witch House (2005)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and tv movie
A college student renting an old room in a boarding house discovers a plot by sinister, otherworldly forces to sacrifice his neighbor's infant.
8
Ghosts (1997)
★ 8.1/10Also music and horror
In the town of Normal Valley, an eccentric magician named Maestro entertains the local children every day in his spooky mansion. One stormy night, the town's mayor leads a group of angry citizens to the mansion in an…
9
The Bad Seed Returns (2022)
★ 7/10Also horror and tv movie
Several years after the murderous events of the first movie left her father dead, Emma is now living with her aunt Angela and navigating high school. Angela’s husband begins to suspect that Emma may not be as innocent…
10
Megaboa (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and tv movie
On a trip to Colombia, a group of college students encounter a fifty-foot boa constrictor, hungry for blood.
11
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and tv movie
When Hellboy, Liz Sherman, and Abe Sapien are assigned to investigate the ghost-infested mansion of a publicity-hound billionaire, they uncover a plot to resurrect a beautiful yet monstrous vampire from Professor…
12
Spin (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also tv movie and music
Rhea discovers her passion for creating DJ mixes that blend the rich textures of her South Asian culture and the world around her. Her life revolves around her eclectic group of friends, her after-school coding club…
13
When a Stranger Calls Back (1993)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and tv movie
Jill Johnson, now a crisis center counselor, reunites with retired detective John Clifford to hunt a killer stalking a coed.
14
Trick or Treat (1986)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and music
Eddie Weinbauer, a metalhead teen who is bullied at school, looks to his heavy metal superstar idol, Sammi Curr, for guidance. When Curr is killed in a hotel fire, Eddie becomes the recipient of the only copy of his…
15
Let It Shine (2012)
★ 7/10Also music and tv movie
A teenage rapper must use his musical talent to help a friend and win the girl of his dreams while overcoming self-doubt and the expectations of his strict religious parents.
16
The Night Strangler (1973)
★ 6.7/10Also tv movie and horror
After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he’s on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every…
17
Pooka Lives! (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and tv movie
A group of thirty-something friends from high school create their own Creepypasta about Pooka for laughs, but are shocked when it becomes so viral on the internet that it actually manifests more murdererous versions of…
18
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and tv movie
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
19
4 Horsemen: Apocalypse (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and tv movie
A small team of scientists must race against time to stop what seems to be a cascade of global disasters signaling the possible apocalypse and end of days.
20
The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It (2007)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and tv movie
Cassie, a 13 year old Gothic girl, is trying to fit in at her new school. To entertain herself, she plays a series of pranks on the popular kids and her younger brother, Max. When she goes to a Halloween store looking…