Movies Like Mr. Sardonicus

If you liked Mr. Sardonicus (1961), a horror and mystery movie directed by William Castle, 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
The Oblong Box (1969)
★ 5.8/10Also horror
Evil lurks in the gloomy house at Markham Manor where a deranged Sir Edward is the chained prisoner of his brother Julian. When Sir Edward escapes, he embarks on a monstrous killing spree, determined to seek revenge on…
2
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
★ 6.8/10Also horror
Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.
3
Tourist Trap (1979)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
After their car breaks down, a group of young travelers find themselves stranded at a roadside museum run by the enigmatic Mr. Slausen and populated by his collection of life-like wax mannequins.
4
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and mystery
Frederick Loren invites five strangers to the party of a lifetime and offers each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in the reportedly haunted house. Armed with a gun for protection, each guest arrives in a…
5
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
★ 6.7/10Also horror
In the shadow of Castle Dracula, the Prince of Darkness is revived by blood trickling from the head-wound of an unconscious priest attempting exorcism. And once more fear and terror strikes Transylvania as the undead…
6
Silver Bullet (1985)
★ 6.7/10Also horror
The small city of Tarker's Mills is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears the work of a maniac, but sightings of a mysterious, hairy creature soon spread. People lock themselves up at night…
7
Burnt Offerings (1976)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and mystery
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
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…
9
The Haunting (1963)
★ 7.1/10Also horror
Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced…
10
The Cellar (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and mystery
When Keira Woods' daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country, she soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk…
11
Van Helsing (2004)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with…
12
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
Once hounded from his castle by outraged villagers for creating a monstrous living being, Baron Frankenstein returns to Karlstaad. High in the mountains they stumble on the body of the creature, perfectly preserved in…
13
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and mystery
Sir James Forbes arrives in a remote Cornish village to identify a mysterious plague afflicting the population. He discovers that one of the squires is a disciple of Haitian witchcraft and using dark magic to resurrect…
14
The Dead Zone (1983)
★ 7/10Also horror
Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an…
15
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery
Adrian Messenger, a famous writer, asks his friend Anthony Gethryn, a former British agent, to help him investigate the whereabouts of the people who appear on a list, without asking him the reason why he should do so.
16
The End of Oak Street (2026)
★ 7.1/10Also mystery
After a mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports their neighborhood to someplace unknown, the Platt family soon discovers that their very survival depends on them sticking together as they…
17
Extraordinary Tales (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and mystery
Five tales by Edgar Allan Poe come to life thanks to a pictorical style animation, five tales that exude madness, pestilence, murder and torture.
18
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
★ 6/10Also horror
A countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist’s help to cure her vampiric cravings.
19
The Raven (1935)
★ 6.6/10Also horror
A brilliant but deranged neurosurgeon becomes obsessively fixated on a judge's daughter. With the help of an escaped criminal whose face he has surgically deformed, the mad man lures her, her father, and her fiancé to…
20
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and mystery
A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house.