Movies Like Toilet Hanako-san: School of Fear

If you liked Toilet Hanako-san: School of Fear (1996), a thriller and horror movie directed by Misato Sasaki, 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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Blackwood (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horror
Having recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor Ben Marshall relocates to the countryside with his wife and young son, hoping for a fresh start. He has a teaching job lined up and a new home…
2
Cheat (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and horror
On the surface it's believed to be another urban legend - a supernatural being from the afterlife is violently killing anyone who cheats on their significant other in the small college town of Silvercreek…
3
Eradication (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
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…
4
You'll Never Find Me (2024)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
Patrick, a strange and lonely resident, lives in a mobile home at the back of an isolated caravan park. After a violent thunderstorm erupts, a mysterious young woman appears at his door, seeking shelter from the…
5
The Shed (2019)
★ 6/10Also horror and thriller
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
Whisper (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thriller
Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.
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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…
8
Play Dead (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
Criminology 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…
9
The Last Breath (2024)
★ 6/10Also horror and thriller
A group of old college friends reunite on a Caribbean scuba diving trip exploring the wreckage of a WWII battleship and find themselves trapped inside the underwater labyrinth of rusted metal surrounded by great white…
10
Vicious (2025)
★ 6/10Also horror and thriller
When 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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Frank and Penelope (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller and horror
A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is…
12
Containment (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horror
Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?
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Shades of Desire (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and thriller
After her twin sister Aubrey goes missing, Jennifer uncovers the scandalous, secret double-life that Aubrey leads - and that has put both of them in danger.
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Sightless (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and horror
After an attack renders her blind, Ellen withdraws from the world to recover. But soon she plunges into paranoia, unable to convince anyone that her assailant has returned to terrorize her by hiding in plain sight.
15
Nocebo (2022)
★ 6/10Also thriller and horror
A fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino caregiver who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying…
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Dangerous (2021)
★ 6/10Also thriller
A reformed sociopath heads to a remote island after the death of his brother. Soon after his arrival, the island falls under siege from a deadly gang of mercenaries, and when he discovers their role in his brother’s…
17
They Reach (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also horror
In 1979, a young girl stumbles upon a possessed tape player. She unknowingly unleashes a demonic entity that haunts her family while slowly dragging the small town of Clarkston to Hell.
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Superhost (2021)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and thriller
Two travel vloggers check into a vacation rental with a host that will do anything for a good review.
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Prodigy (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
Jimmy is a committed child psychologist who uses his own playbook, but when he is brought in to work with Ellie, he is completely unprepared for his subject—a 9-year-old psychopathic genius with nothing to lose. As he…
20
Ripper's Revenge (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and horror
One year on from the notorious Ripper murders, London is terrorised once again by a series of brutal killings. When gruesome letters from the Ripper begin landing on his desk, an innocent reporter finds himself drawn…