Movies Like Cleavers: Killer Clowns

If you liked Cleavers: Killer Clowns (2019), a horror movie directed by MJ Dixon, 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
Play Dead (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also horror
A woman wakes up injured in a basement surrounded by corpses. To survive, she pretends to be dead while a grotesque ritual unfolds in the house above.
2
Strange Darling (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also horror
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
3
Maniac Cop 2 (1990)
★ 6/10Also horror
Undead cop Matt Cordell rises from the grave, and is after the criminals who murdered him in prison.
4
Frank and Penelope (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also 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…
5
Wrong Turn (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
Jen and a group of friends set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to stick to the trail, the hikers stray off course—and cross into land inhabited by The Foundation, a hidden community of mountain…
6
Books of Blood (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.
7
Bloodline (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
Evan values family above all else, and anyone who gets between him, his wife, and newborn son learns that the hard way. But when it comes to violent tendencies, it seems the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
8
Grindhouse (2007)
★ 7/10Also horror
Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who…
9
The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
★ 6.5/10Also horror
Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from…
10
The Kindred (2021)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
After her father’s suicide, a young mother investigates what led to his death. But when she is haunted by spirits and unearths an unsolved mystery from 30 years ago, she discovers a dark family history that could prove…
11
Southbound (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
The film contains five stories set on desolate stretches of a desert highway. Two men on the run from their past, a band on its way to a gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister…
12
I Spit on Your Grave (2010)
★ 6.5/10Also horror
A beautiful woman from the city, Jennifer Hills, rents an isolated cabin in the country to write her latest novel. Soon, a group of local lowlifes subject her to a nightmare of degradation, rape, and violence.
13
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece.
14
The Collection (2012)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
Arkin escapes with his life from the vicious grips of "The Collector" during an entrapment party where he adds beautiful Elena to his "Collection." Instead of recovering from the trauma, Arkin is suddenly abducted from…
15
The Believers (1987)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laconic police psychologist Cal Jamison is reluctantly drawn into a series of grisly, ritualistic murders involving the…
16
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
★ 7.3/10Also horror
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
17
Saint Catherine (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
An orphaned girl is rescued from a satanic ritual and taken to Saint Catherine Institute for homeless youth. There she will learn new skills while facing demons that stalk her.
18
The Resurrected (1991)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
Charles Dexter Ward, a wealthy scientist, uses an ancient diary and human remains to begin a terrifying and bloody pursuit for immortality.
19
The Banana Splits Movie (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also horror
A boy named Harley and his family attend a taping of The Banana Splits TV show, which is supposed to be a fun-filled birthday for young Harley and business as usual for Rebecca, the producer of the series. But things…
20
Bone Lake (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
A couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream…