Movies Like It's a Miserable Life

If you liked It's a Miserable Life (1988), a horror and tv movie movie directed by Tom McLoughlin, 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
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…
2
Race with the Devil (1975)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
3
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…
4
Maniac (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.
5
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…
6
Z (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also horror
A family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend.
7
Cranston Academy: Monster Zone (2020)
★ 6/10Also horror
An intelligent 15-year-old high school student is unexpectedly transferred to a boarding school where he opens a portal of monsters from another dimension.
8
Van Helsing: The London Assignment (2004)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
It tells of the events before the film, in which monster hunter Gabriel Van Helsing travels to London to investigate a series of horrific, and decidedly supernatural murders, being committed by the mad scientist Dr…
9
Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round (2026)
★ 7.6/10Also horror
After a mysterious bout of amnesia, a beloved children’s television host struggles to piece together his fractured memories, only to find his once-cheerful puppet co-stars behaving with sinister intent. As reality…
10
Mr. Boogedy (1986)
★ 6.3/10Also tv movie and horror
A novelty-salesman moves his family into a new house. Initially dismissing incidents as more of their father's practical jokes, the family soon learns that the house is haunted by people who lived in the house 300…
11
Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also tv movie
When a musical dragon with a beautiful voice hypnotizes the dragons and people of Huttsgalor, the Rescue Riders have to find a way to break the spell.
12
Deadsight (2018)
★ 6/10Also horror
A man with partial blindness and a young pregnant police officer must work together to escape a deadly virus that has spread across Grey County.
13
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…
14
Ben 10: Race Against Time (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also tv movie
Ben, Gwen, and Max must stop an extraterrestrial who plans to open a gateway that leads to an alien invasion.
15
Mickey's Tale of Two Witches (2021)
★ 7/10Also tv movie
On Halloween, Mickey tells a tale of two witches-in-training, Minnie and Daisy, who must pass four tests to graduate from the With Academy in Happy Haunt Hills.
16
Let It Shine (2012)
★ 7/10Also 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.
17
The Wailer (2006)
★ 6.7/10Also horror
On their way to Mexico, six students are stranded in a small town where years before a tragedy took place.
18
The Invitation (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that…
19
Peeping Tom (1960)
★ 7.4/10Also horror
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He…
20
Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also tv movie
When Jennifer makes a home delivery for a customer, she finds the recipient has been murdered. She soon realizes that the victim's cold-blooded demise is a re-enactment of a murder in a classic mystery novel.