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Movies Like The Screaming Skull

If you liked The Screaming Skull (1958), a thriller and horror movie directed by Alex Nicol, 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. 1Fear in the Night

    Fear in the Night (1972)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller and horror

    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. 2Burnt Offerings

    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.

  3. 3The Haunting

    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…

  4. 4The Cellar

    The Cellar (2022)

    ★ 6.4/10Also horror

    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…

  5. 5Peeping Tom

    Peeping Tom (1960)

    ★ 7.4/10Also thriller and 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…

  6. 6The Watcher in the Woods

    The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller

    After an American family moves to an old country manor in rural England, one of the daughters is tormented by the spirit of the owner's long lost daughter, who mysteriously disappeared 30 years ago during a solar…

  7. 7The Others

    The Others (2001)

    ★ 7.6/10Also horror and thriller

    Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to…

  8. 8The Unhealer

    The Unhealer (2021)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller and horror

    A botched faith healing bestows supernatural Shaman powers on a bullied teenager. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that kills someone he loves, he uses his powers for revenge and goes on a bloody rampage to…

  9. 9Night Watch

    Night Watch (1973)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and horror

    A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.

  10. 10Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House

    Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House (2016)

    ★ 6.2/10Also horror

    Just one enchanted jewel stands between earth and an army of evil spirits led by the devious ghoul, Phears. With the help of his new girlfriend and ghost pals, Max Doyle races to find the crystal and save the world.

  11. 11Unseen

    Unseen (2023)

    ★ 6.6/10Also horror and thriller

    Sam receives a call from Emily, a near blind woman who is running from her murderous ex in the woods. Can she survive using Sam as her eyes via video call?

  12. 12undertone

    undertone (2026)

    ★ 6/10Also horror

    The host of a popular paranormal podcast becomes haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously sent her way.

  13. 13War of the Worlds

    War of the Worlds (2005)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm…

  14. 14Dead of Night

    Dead of Night (1945)

    ★ 7.2/10Also horror and thriller

    An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.

  15. 15The Innocents

    The Innocents (1961)

    ★ 7.5/10Also horror

    In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.

  16. 16Kept Woman

    Kept Woman (2015)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller

    Jessica and her fiancé Evan have just moved from the city into their dream home on a quiet suburban street. Soon after, Jessica catches her seemingly friendly new neighbor, Simon, in a strange lie and can't let her…

  17. 17Silver Bullet

    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…

  18. 18I See You

    I See You (2019)

    ★ 7/10Also horror and thriller

    When a 12-year-old boy goes missing at a local park, a detective investigates the case to help the boy's family find answers.

  19. 19Village of the Damned

    Village of the Damned (1960)

    ★ 7.2/10Also horror

    In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child bearing age is pregnant. The resulting children have the same strange blond hair, eyes and a strong connection to…

  20. 20The Witches

    The Witches (1990)

    ★ 7/10Also horror

    While staying at a hotel in England with his grandmother, Helga, a young boy named Luke inadvertently spies on a convention of witches. The Grand High Witch reveals a plan to turn all children into mice via a magical…

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