Movies Like The Frighteners

If you liked The Frighteners (1996), a horror and comedy movie directed by Peter Jackson, 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
Deranged (1974)
★ 5.8/10Also horror
A man living in rural Wisconsin takes care of his bed-ridden mother, who is very domineering and teaches him that all women are evil. After she dies, he misses her, and a year later digs her up and takes her home. He…
2
Longlegs (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also horror
FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer. As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the…
3
Lady in White (1988)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
Locked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago.
4
Night of the Demons (1988)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and comedy
When partygoers at a deserted funeral home decide to have a séance on Halloween night, they awaken something evil with a thirst for blood.
5
A Haunted House 2 (2014)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and horror
After exorcising the demons of his ex, Malcolm starts afresh with his new girlfriend and her two children. After moving into their dream home, Malcolm is once again plagued by bizarre paranormal events.
6
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also horror
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter what would become one of the most sensational cases from their files. The fight for the soul of a young boy takes them beyond anything they'd ever seen before…
7
Dead & Buried (1981)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
After a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses appear to be coming back to life and living normally as locals in the small town.
8
The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred…
9
Sinister 2 (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.
10
Fright Night (1985)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and horror
Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor; but no one seems willing to believe him.
11
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece.
12
The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also horror
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on one last terrifying case involving mysterious entities they must confront.
13
House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
14
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
Mary Lou Maloney, Hamilton High's Prom Queen of 1957, is killed during her coronation ceremony due to a prank gone wrong by her jilted boyfriend, Billy Nordham. Thirty years later, teen Vicki Carpenter is in the…
15
Ready or Not (2019)
★ 7.1/10Also horror and comedy
A young bride's wedding night turns into her worst nightmare when her ridiculously rich in-laws force her to play a gruesome game of hide-and-seek.
16
Bad (1977)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and comedy
Hazel runs a beauty salon out of her house, but makes extra money by providing ruthless women the oppurtunity to perform hit jobs. L.T. is a parasite, and contacts Hazel looking for work after he runs out of money. She…
17
Serial Mom (1994)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
Beverly is the perfect happy homemaker, along with her doting husband and two children, but this nuclear family just might explode when her fascination with serial killers collides with her ever-so-proper code of ethics.
18
6 Souls (2010)
★ 6/10Also horror
A female forensic psychiatrist discovers that all of one of her patient's multiple personalities are murder victims. She will have to find out what's happening before her time is finished.
19
Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI (1986)
★ 6.3/10Also horror
Tommy Jarvis, tormented by the fear that maybe Jason isn't really dead, unwittingly resurrects the mass murderer for another bloody rampage.
20
The Invitation (2022)
★ 6/10Also horror
After the death of her mother, Evie is approached by an unknown cousin who invites her to a lavish wedding in the English countryside. Soon, she realizes a gothic conspiracy is afoot and must fight for survival as she…