Movies Like The Axeman of Henderson County

If you liked The Axeman of Henderson County (2014), a movie directed by Larry Parmiter, 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
Clown in a Cornfield (2025)
★ 6.1/10
Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that has fallen on hard times after the treasured Baypen Corn Syrup…
2
Needful Things (1993)
★ 6.3/10
A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.
3
The Warrior's Way (2010)
★ 6.6/10
A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.
4
The Car (1977)
★ 6.4/10
The Utah community of Santa Ynez is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the car kills off the town sheriff, Captain Wade Parent is determined…
5
Silver Bullet (1985)
★ 6.7/10
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…
6
Dark Harvest (2023)
★ 6.1/10
In a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the town’s teenage boys in a bloody battle of survival.
7
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)
★ 5.9/10
A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.
8
Vicious Fun (2021)
★ 6.5/10
Joel, a caustic 1980s film critic for a national horror magazine, finds himself unwittingly trapped in a self-help group for serial killers. With no other choice, Joel attempts to blend in with his homicidal…
9
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001)
★ 5.8/10
Survivalist Burt Gummer returns home to Perfection, to find that the little town has been shaken up again by morphing, man-eating Graboids.
10
Inferno (1999)
★ 6.2/10
Eddie Lomax is a drifter who has been in a suicidal funk since the death of his close friend Johnny. Riding his motorcycle into a small desert town where Johnny once lived, Lomax is confronted by a gang of toughs, who…
11
Appaloosa (2008)
★ 6.6/10
Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.
12
The Wailer (2006)
★ 6.7/10
On their way to Mexico, six students are stranded in a small town where years before a tragedy took place.
13
Gunslingers (2025)
★ 6.1/10
When the most wanted man in America surfaces in a small Kentucky town, his violent history -- and a blood-thirsty mob seeking vengeance and a king’s ransom -- soon follow. As brothers face off against one another and…
14
Starve Acre (2024)
★ 6/10
When their son starts acting strangely, a couple unwittingly allow dark and sinister forces into their home, awakening a long-dormant ancient evil rooted deep in the countryside.
15
Sleepaway Camp (1983)
★ 6.3/10
Years after a terrible boating accident, Angela is sent to Camp Arawak where a series of bizarre and violent "accidents" begin to claim the lives of various campers.
16
Night of the Hunted (2023)
★ 6.1/10
When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her…
17
El Gringo (2012)
★ 6.3/10
A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000—and a bloody past—finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.
18
Slither (2006)
★ 6.5/10
A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.
19
Strange Darling (2024)
★ 6.9/10
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
20
Freaks of Nature (2015)
★ 6.1/10
In the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apocalypse arrived. Now three teenagers-one human, one vampire, and one zombie-have to team up to figure out how to get…