Movies Like Hangman
If you liked Hangman (1964), a animation and horror movie directed by Paul Julian and Les Goldman, 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.
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Night of the Animated Dead (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and horrorAn animated retelling of ‘Night of the Living Dead’, in which a group of people in a rural farmhouse struggle to survive the threat of bloodthirsty zombies.
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Vicious (2025)
★ 6/10Also horrorWhen Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.
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Cranston Academy: Monster Zone (2020)
★ 6/10Also animation and horrorAn intelligent 15-year-old high school student is unexpectedly transferred to a boarding school where he opens a portal of monsters from another dimension.
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The Hunt (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorTwelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are—or how they got there. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, ruthless elitists gather at a remote location to hunt humans for sport…
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Monster High: Friday Night Frights (2012)
★ 7.8/10Also animationAfter Monster High’s roller skating team is defeated at the Skulltimate Roller Maze tournament, the ghouls team up to face an all-boys league, with the hope of winning back the school crest and restoring school spirit.
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The Tell-Tale Heart (1953)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and horrorA man's sanity is a point of contention as he confesses to murdering an elderly man, driven by the victim's pale blue 'vulture eye', culminating in guilt-induced auditory hallucinations of the victim's beating heart.
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Monster High: Scaris City of Frights (2013)
★ 7.8/10Also animationThe Monstruitas of Monster High are obsessed with going to Scaris, The City of Frights for Fashion international competition where the winner will become the apprentice of the world famous Madame Ghostier designer.
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The Grandmother (1970)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and horrorTo escape neglect and abuse from his parents, a young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.
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Extinction (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also horrorAnd suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.
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DC Showcase: The Phantom Stranger (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and horrorJess joins her friends at a party in a dilapidated mansion hosted by the mysterious Seth. When odd things begin to happen to Jess and her friends, the Phantom Stranger intervenes to save her from a dreary fate.
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Batman vs. Two-Face (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also animationFormer Gotham City District Attorney Harvey Dent, one side of his face scarred by acid, goes on a crime spree based on the number '2'. All of his actions are decided by the flip of a defaced, two-headed silver dollar.
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The Driver (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorAfter a plague of the undead decimates human life on Earth, a former hit man (Mark Dacascos), his wife, and daughter live quietly in a survivalist compound. But when their base is attacked, a massive explosion summons…
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Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter: The Great Calamity (2012)
★ 8.1/10Also horror and animationA motion comic follow-up to a chapter from Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter novel where Abe's friend, Edgar Allan Poe, tells him the tale of historical Hungarian countess Elizabeth Bathory, often tied to vampire legends…
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The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and animationA concise adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows" about Mr. Toad's motor mania, followed by a short retelling of Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" concerning schoolmaster Ichabod Crane.
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Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons - The Movie (2020)
★ 7/10Also animationThe assassin Deathstroke tries to save his family from the wrath of H.I.V.E. and the murderous Jackal.
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Play Dead (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorCriminology 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…
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The Spine of Night (2021)
★ 6/10Also animation and horrorWhen ancient dark magic falls into sinister hands and unleashes ages of suffering onto mankind, a group of heroes from different eras and cultures must band together in order to defeat it at all costs.
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Far from the Tree (2021)
★ 8.1/10Also animationOn an idyllic beach in the Pacific Northwest, curiosity gets the better of a young raccoon whose frustrated parent attempts to keep them both safe.
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Monster High: Ghouls Rule (2012)
★ 6.9/10Also animationMonster High: Ghouls Rule unearths an old conflict between "Normies" and monsters - and things are about to get scary! For years, students at Monster High were warned that Halloween was a night to stay inside and avoid…
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The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart (2023)
★ 7.3/10Also animationA nationwide manhunt for Hank Venture leads to untold dangers and unexpected revelations, while The Monarch is literally out for Dr Venture's blood. An imposing evil from the past reemerges to wreak havoc on the…