Movies Like Mental Scars

If you liked Mental Scars (2009), a horror movie directed by Mischa Perez, 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
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.
2
The Night Stalker (1972)
★ 6.9/10Also horror
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…
3
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.
4
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.
5
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.
6
I Bury the Living (1958)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
The new manager of a small-town cemetery becomes convinced that he triggered the untimely deaths of several plot owners by tampering with a certain map. When nobody believes him, he risks his sanity to play God once…
7
Mermaid Down (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
A mermaid is ripped from the ocean by a fishing crew only to be tortured and to have her tail cut off. A seemingly helpful stranger intervenes, but then locks her away in an institution for mentally disturbed young…
8
Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace (2024)
★ 5.8/10Also horror
When an Iraq War veteran receives a calling from a higher power, he embarks on a mission to stop a fallen angel from raising an army of the dead to take over the world.
9
Grip of the Strangler (1958)
★ 6/10Also horror
A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.
10
Carnival of Souls (1962)
★ 7/10Also horror
Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is…
11
Z (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also horror
A family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend.
12
Unseen (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also horror
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?
13
The Night Strangler (1973)
★ 6.7/10Also 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
Horrors of the Black Museum (1959)
★ 5.8/10Also horror
A writer of murder mysteries finds himself caught up in a string of murders in London.
15
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…
16
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…
17
Basilisk: The Serpent King (2006)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
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…
18
The Dark Mirror (1946)
★ 7/10Also horror
A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.
19
The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
★ 6.3/10Also horror
The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.
20
Circle (2015)
★ 6/10Also horror
In a massive, mysterious chamber, fifty strangers awaken to find themselves trapped with no memory of how they got there. Organized in an inward-facing circle and unable to move, they quickly learn that every two…