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Movies Like Thanatomania

If you liked Thanatomania (2023), a horror movie directed by René Wiesner, 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. 1Play Dead

    Play Dead (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror

    Criminology student Chloe fakes her own death to break into a morgue, in order to retrieve a piece of evidence that ties her younger brother to a crime gone wrong. Once inside, she discovers that a sadistic coroner is…

  2. 2Saint Catherine

    Saint Catherine (2024)

    ★ 6.2/10Also horror

    An orphaned girl is rescued from a satanic ritual and taken to Saint Catherine Institute for homeless youth. There she will learn new skills while facing demons that stalk her.

  3. 3Play Dead

    Play Dead (2025)

    ★ 6.3/10Also horror

    A woman wakes up injured in a basement surrounded by corpses. To survive, she pretends to be dead while a grotesque ritual unfolds in the house above.

  4. 4The Town that Dreaded Sundown

    The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror

    A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.

  5. 5Mikey

    Mikey (1992)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror

    Mikey just needs a good stable home. He's bounced from foster home to foster home his whole life. He finally lands himself with a new loving family, but their perfect little child is not what he appears to be. His…

  6. 6The Dreadful

    The Dreadful (2026)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror

    In medieval England, Anne and her domineering mother-in-law Morwen struggle to survive on the outskirts of society. But when a man from Anne's past returns from war, a curse begins to take shape through a mysterious…

  7. 7Nightmare Cinema

    Nightmare Cinema (2018)

    ★ 5.8/10Also horror

    A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen by The Projectionist – a mysterious…

  8. 8Bloodline Killer

    Bloodline Killer (2024)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror

    Moira Cole endeavors to rebuild her shattered life after her family's murder at the hands of her deranged and obsessed cousin.

  9. 9Eradication

    Eradication (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror

    When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and…

  10. 10Never Let Go

    Never Let Go (2024)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror

    As an evil takes over the world beyond their front doorstep, the only protection for a mother and her twin sons is their house and their family’s protective bond.

  11. 11Night of the Hunted

    Night of the Hunted (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror

    When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her…

  12. 12The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster

    The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror

    Vicaria is a brilliant teenager who believes death is a disease that can be cured. After the brutal and sudden murder of her brother, she embarks on a dangerous journey to bring him back to life.

  13. 13The Shed

    The Shed (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also horror

    The story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge…

  14. 14Dust Bunny

    Dust Bunny (2025)

    ★ 6.7/10Also horror

    Ten-year-old Aurora asks her hitman neighbor to kill the monster under her bed that she claims ate her family. To protect her, he must battle an onslaught of assassins while accepting that some monsters are real.

  15. 15Two Witches

    Two Witches (2023)

    ★ 6/10Also horror

    A matriarchal witch passes on her sinister inheritance to her grand-daughter, triggering the most horrific curses.

  16. 16Whisper

    Whisper (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also horror

    Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.

  17. 17Bloodline

    Bloodline (2019)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror

    Evan values family above all else, and anyone who gets between him, his wife, and newborn son learns that the hard way. But when it comes to violent tendencies, it seems the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

  18. 18Succubus

    Succubus (2024)

    ★ 8.3/10Also horror

    A new father going through a marital separation joins a dating app and matches with a beautiful but mysterious young woman... whose powers of seduction and manipulation entangle him in a mystery more horrifying than he…

  19. 19The Boy Behind the Door

    The Boy Behind the Door (2020)

    ★ 6.2/10Also horror

    Bobby tries to save himself and his best friend when they are kidnapped on their way home from school.

  20. 20The Strangers

    The Strangers (2008)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror

    After a 4 a.m. knock at the door and haunting voices, Kristen McKay and James Hoyt’s remote getaway becomes a psychological night of terror as three masked strangers invade. Now they must go far beyond what they…

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