Movies Like The Spiral Staircase

If you liked The Spiral Staircase (1975), a horror and mystery movie directed by Peter Collinson, 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
Fear in the Night (1972)
★ 5.8/10Also mystery and thriller
It took Peggy Heller a long time to recover from the trauma of a brutal physical assault, suffered in her youth. When she married Robert, he provided her with the love and reassurance she craved for and the two settled…
2
Psycho II (1983)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and mystery
Norman Bates is declared sane and released from the facility in which he was being held, despite the complaints of Lila Loomis, sister of his most famous victim. Is he really cured, or will he kill again?
3
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
★ 7.3/10Also horror and mystery
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
4
Watcher (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and mystery
As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.
5
Brahms: The Boy II (2020)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and mystery
After a family moves into the Heelshire Mansion, their young son soon makes friends with a life-like doll called Brahms.
6
Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller and mystery
An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.
7
Burnt Offerings (1976)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thriller
A family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.
8
The Invisible Man (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and horror
When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can…
9
Barbarian (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and mystery
In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she…
10
Like Minds (2006)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and mystery
A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.
11
Psycho (1960)
★ 8.4/10Also horror and thriller
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
12
Halloween (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and thriller
Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
13
Smile (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and mystery
After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.
14
Mindcage (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and thriller
Detectives Jake Doyle and Mary Kelly seek the help of an incarcerated serial killer named The Artist when a copycat killer strikes. While Mary searches for clues in The Artist's brilliant but twisted psyche, she and…
15
Don't Say a Word (2001)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mystery
When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he is horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a young woman, suffering from PTSD, who knows a secret six digit code number.
16
Night of the Hunted (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and mystery
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…
17
Hush (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and thriller
A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.
18
All the Devils Are Here (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thriller
After a heist, four criminals lay low in a remote safehouse, waiting for orders. As paranoia builds, one thing becomes clear — the real threat may not be outside, but among them.
19
Kiss the Girls (1997)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and mystery
Forensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to…
20
The Infernal Machine (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and mystery
Reclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his…