Movies Like The Fearsome Melody

If you liked The Fearsome Melody (2026), a horror and tv movie movie directed by Yōichi Nishiyama and Takumi Kimizuka, 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
Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983)
★ 8.3/10Also horror and music
A night at the movies turns terrifying when Michael and his date are attacked by zombies.
2
Trick or Treat (1986)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and music
Eddie Weinbauer, a metalhead teen who is bullied at school, looks to his heavy metal superstar idol, Sammi Curr, for guidance. When Curr is killed in a hotel fire, Eddie becomes the recipient of the only copy of his…
3
Ghosts (1997)
★ 8.1/10Also music and horror
In the town of Normal Valley, an eccentric magician named Maestro entertains the local children every day in his spooky mansion. One stormy night, the town's mayor leads a group of angry citizens to the mansion in an…
4
OPAL (2020)
★ 8.3/10Also horror and music
A curious girl investigates the cries she hears coming from a forbidden house across the street.
5
Uncanny Annie (2019)
★ 6/10Also horror and tv movie
On Halloween night a group of college students get trapped in a mysterious board game that brings their darkest secrets and fears to life, where they must play to escape…and win to survive.
6
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
★ 6.3/10Also music and horror
By the year 2056, an epidemic of organ failures has devastated the planet. The megacorporation GeneCo provides organ transplants on a payment plan — and those unable to fulfill their plans have their organs…
7
The Woman in Black (1989)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and tv movie
A lawyer travels to a small seaside town to settle the estate of a recently deceased woman, but soon becomes ensnared in something much more sinister.
8
Imprint (2006)
★ 6.8/10Also horror and tv movie
An American journalist travels through 19th-century Japan to find the prostitute he fell in love with but instead learns of the physical and existential horror that befell her after he left.
9
Possibly in Michigan (1983)
★ 7.7/10Also horror and music
A musical horror story about two young women who are stalked through a shopping mall by a cannibal. He follows them home, and here the victims become the aggressors.
10
Crawlers (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and tv movie
On Saint Patrick's day—a night of wild parties and drunken revelry—three unlikely friends band together to save a college town from a vicious horde of body-snatching aliens.
11
The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It (2007)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and tv movie
Cassie, a 13 year old Gothic girl, is trying to fit in at her new school. To entertain herself, she plays a series of pranks on the popular kids and her younger brother, Max. When she goes to a Halloween store looking…
12
K-12 (2019)
★ 7.7/10Also horror and music
Cry Baby, a strong and sensitive girl, is sent off to a disturbing sleepaway school that’s hidden underneath a grandiose façade. Luckily, she has a sweet and unapologetic best friend who sticks up for her when she gets…
13
Pooka Lives! (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and tv movie
A group of thirty-something friends from high school create their own Creepypasta about Pooka for laughs, but are shocked when it becomes so viral on the internet that it actually manifests more murdererous versions of…
14
Someone's Watching Me! (1978)
★ 6.2/10Also tv movie and horror
A young woman moves to a high-rise apartment building and soon begins to be tormented by an unknown stalker who seems to know her every move.
15
American Horror House (2012)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and tv movie
On Halloween night, a sorority house is overrun with ghosts, while a vengeful housemother goes on a killing spree.
16
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and music
A London opera house is haunted by tragic events on its opening night, but when its star is kidnapped, a producer tracks down the Phantom who is intent on seeking his revenge.
17
Mr. Boogedy (1986)
★ 6.3/10Also tv movie and horror
A novelty-salesman moves his family into a new house. Initially dismissing incidents as more of their father's practical jokes, the family soon learns that the house is haunted by people who lived in the house 300…
18
Body Bags (1993)
★ 6.2/10Also tv movie and horror
A horror anthology containing three stories: a female college student working a graveyard shift is terrorized by a serial killer; a hair transplant goes horribly wrong; and a baseball player loses an eye and gets a new…
19
Jenifer (2005)
★ 6/10Also horror and tv movie
After a detective rescues a mute disfigured woman from being murdered, he takes her into his home to prevent her from staying in a mental hospital, a move which alienates his family and soon turns to obsession.
20
Ghostwatch (1992)
★ 7/10Also horror and tv movie
For Halloween 1992, the BBC decides to broadcast an investigation into the supernatural, hosted by TV chat-show legend Michael Parkinson. Parky (assisted by Mike Smith, Sarah Greene & Craig Charles) and a camera crew…