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Movies Like The Gardener

If you liked The Gardener (1974), a horror movie directed by James H. Kay, 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. 1Dark Harvest

    Dark Harvest (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror

    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.

  2. 2The Deliverance

    The Deliverance (2024)

    ★ 6/10Also horror

    Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services…

  3. 3Succubus

    Succubus (2024)

    ★ 8.3/10Also horror

    A new father going through a marital separation joins a dating app and matches with a beautiful but mysterious young woman... whose powers of seduction and manipulation entangle him in a mystery more horrifying than he…

  4. 4Saint Catherine

    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.

  5. 5The Boogeyman

    The Boogeyman (2023)

    ★ 6.4/10Also horror

    Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves plagued by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before…

  6. 6They Reach

    They Reach (2020)

    ★ 6.8/10Also horror

    In 1979, a young girl stumbles upon a possessed tape player. She unknowingly unleashes a demonic entity that haunts her family while slowly dragging the small town of Clarkston to Hell.

  7. 7Phantasm

    Phantasm (1979)

    ★ 6.5/10Also horror

    A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.

  8. 8Pumpkinhead

    Pumpkinhead (1988)

    ★ 6.4/10Also horror

    When a group of teenagers inadvertently kill his only son, Ed Harley seeks the powers of a backwoods witch to bring the child back to life.

  9. 9Splinter

    Splinter (2008)

    ★ 6.2/10Also horror

    When their plans for a nature trip go awry, Polly and boyfriend Seth decide to check into a motel. On their way, they're carjacked and kidnapped by low-rent crooks Dennis and Lacey, who take the victims and their SUV…

  10. 10The Jack in the Box Rises

    The Jack in the Box Rises (2024)

    ★ 6.6/10Also horror

    When a creepy Jack-in-the-Box is discovered and opened on the grounds of an exclusive girls' school, six brave students soon enter a fight to the finish against the unleashed demon.

  11. 11House of 1000 Corpses

    House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

    ★ 6.2/10Also horror

    Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.

  12. 12Vicious

    Vicious (2025)

    ★ 6/10Also horror

    When Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.

  13. 13Don't Kill It

    Don't Kill It (2016)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror

    Demon hunter Jebediah Huntley teams up with an FBI agent to battle a supernatural force in the southern state of Mississippi.

  14. 14Grindhouse

    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…

  15. 15The Dreadful

    The Dreadful (2026)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror

    In medieval England, Anne and her domineering mother-in-law Morwen struggle to survive on the outskirts of society. But when a man from Anne's past returns from war, a curse begins to take shape through a mysterious…

  16. 16Never Let Go

    Never Let Go (2024)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror

    As an evil takes over the world beyond their front doorstep, the only protection for a mother and her twin sons is their house and their family’s protective bond.

  17. 17Nightmares

    Nightmares (1983)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror

    A collection of short stories. In one a woman who leaves her house late at night to drive to the store while a killer is loose encounters some problems. In the second an arcade whiz kid's obsession with a game leads to…

  18. 18Play Dead

    Play Dead (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror

    Criminology student Chloe fakes her own death to break into a morgue, in order to retrieve a piece of evidence that ties her younger brother to a crime gone wrong. Once inside, she discovers that a sadistic coroner is…

  19. 19Bloodline Killer

    Bloodline Killer (2024)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror

    Moira Cole endeavors to rebuild her shattered life after her family's murder at the hands of her deranged and obsessed cousin.

  20. 20Blackwood

    Blackwood (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror

    Having recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor Ben Marshall relocates to the countryside with his wife and young son, hoping for a fresh start. He has a teaching job lined up and a new home…

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