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Movies Like American Nightmares

If you liked American Nightmares (2018), a horror and comedy movie directed by Rusty Cundieff and Darin Scott, 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. 1Race with the Devil

    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.

  2. 2The Monster Club

    The Monster Club (1981)

    ★ 5.8/10Also horror and comedy

    A vampire attacks a horror author on the street and then invites him to a nearby club as a gesture of gratitude, which turns out to be a meeting place for assorted creatures of the night. The vampire then regales him…

  3. 3Dave Made a Maze

    Dave Made a Maze (2017)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and horror

    Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pitfalls, booby traps, and critters of…

  4. 4Z

    Z (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also horror

    A family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend.

  5. 5The Night Stalker

    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…

  6. 6The 'Burbs

    The 'Burbs (1989)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and horror

    When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But…

  7. 7Fun with Dick and Jane

    Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

  8. 8Mickey's House of Villains

    Mickey's House of Villains (2002)

    ★ 7.3/10Also comedy

    The villains from the popular animated Disney films are gathered at the House of Mouse with plans to take over. Soon, the villains take over the house and kick out Mickey, Donald and Goofy. It's all up to Mickey and…

  9. 9The Bed Sitting Room

    The Bed Sitting Room (1969)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room.

  10. 10The Shed

    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…

  11. 11Frankenweenie

    Frankenweenie (1984)

    ★ 6.9/10Also horror and comedy

    When young Victor's pet dog Sparky (who stars in Victor's homemade monster movies) is hit by a car, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc…

  12. 12Wrong Cops

    Wrong Cops (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    A group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.

  13. 13Cranston Academy: Monster Zone

    Cranston Academy: Monster Zone (2020)

    ★ 6/10Also horror

    An intelligent 15-year-old high school student is unexpectedly transferred to a boarding school where he opens a portal of monsters from another dimension.

  14. 14Silent Zone

    Silent Zone (2025)

    ★ 6/10Also horror

    In a zombie-ravaged world, a resourceful teen and her protector fight for survival, facing relentless dangers and testing the limits of hope and loyalty.

  15. 15Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire

    Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire (2003)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy

    The Yowie Yahoo starts kidnapping musicians at a concert attended by Scooby and the gang in Vampire Rock, Australia.

  16. 16Monster House

    Monster House (2006)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and horror

    Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets.

  17. 17Girl vs. Monster

    Girl vs. Monster (2012)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy

    Skylar finds out that her parents are monster hunters after she accidentally releases some monsters from a secret containment chamber; so she and her techno friends must recapture all the monsters and also save her mom…

  18. 18Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

    Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993)

    ★ 6.4/10Also horror and comedy

    On Halloween night, two precocious little girls try to save their parents from their nasty old capitalist aunt's greedy clutches. Magic abounds and they meet mysterious new friends along the way.

  19. 19Casper Meets Wendy

    Casper Meets Wendy (1998)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    When a warlock threatens Wendy the Good Little Witch, she and her aunts hide out at a resort where Casper the Ghost is vacationing with his uncles. Although Casper and Wendy are told ghosts and witches don't get along…

  20. 20The Monster Squad

    The Monster Squad (1987)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

    Count Dracula returns to the world of humans accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them the ability to rule the…

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