20 movies like Doctor X, ordered by similarity : A Haunting At Silver Falls(2013), Jigsaw(2017), Silent Night(2012), Deep Red(1975), The Human Monster(1939), Body Cam(2020), Cult of Chucky(2017), Tattoo(2002), We Are the Night(2010), Scream and Scream Again(1970), Before I Hang(1940), Son of Frankenstein(1939) ...
Horror
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Lionel Atwill Fay Wray Lee Tracy Preston Foster Robert Warwick Mae Busch
doctor daughter reporter police officer serial killer dark creepy thrilling emotional laboratory long island, n.y. estate murder supernatural experiments journalism science mystery pursuit love
A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2013
96 Minutes
Alix Elizabeth Gitter James Ralph Erick Avari Steve Bacic Jade Ramsey James C. Burns Nikita Ramsey Tadhg Kelly Tara Westwood James Cavlo
orphan uncle young girl murder victim murderer ghost creepy dark dreamy suspenseful touching thrilling united states countryside country house village small town murder murder investigation ghosts
A small town is haunted by the twin daughters of a wrongfully convicted man. Young Jordan is sent down the path to who the real killer is, only to find the killer is very close to her.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Canada|USA
2017
92 Minutes
Tobin Bell Peter Spierig Matt Passmore Callum Keith Rennie Clé Bennett Hannah Anderson Mandela Van Peebles Laura Vandervoort Brittany Allen Paul Braunstein Josiah Black
murderer maniac victim detective witness police officer gory disturbing dark unrestrained creepy suspenseful police station warehouse park laboratory torture chamber barn murder investigation murder case
Bodies are turning up around the city, each having met a uniquely gruesome demise. As the investigation proceeds, evidence points to one suspect: John Kramer, the man known as Jigsaw, who has been dead for over 10 years.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Canada|USA
2012
94 Minutes
Malcolm McDowell Jaime King Donal Logue Lisa Marie Brendan Fehr Ellen Wong Ali Tataryn
santa claus murderer murder victim serial killer police officer sheriff bleak shocking thrilling brutal united states small town serial murders investigation cruelty fear murder christmas escape mystery
The police force of a remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus who is picking off citizens on Christmas Eve.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Italy
1975
126 Minutes
David Hemmings Daria Nicolodi Gabriele Lavia Clara Calamai Macha Méril Glauco Mauri Eros Pagni Giuliana Calandra
music teacher reporter killer creepy gory dark italy household murder mystery investigation serial murders quest mystery 1960s
A jazz pianist and a wisecracking journalist are pulled into a complex web of mystery after the former witnesses the brutal murder of a psychic.
Horror
UK
1939
73 Minutes
Bela Lugosi Hugh Williams Greta Gynt Edmon Ryan Wilfred Walter Alexander Field May Hallatt Bryan Herbert
murderer henchman detective chief inspector daughter lieutenant victim dark creepy uneasy london facility office police station river street murder impersonation blindness father/daughter relationship investigation
Insurance agent-physician collects on policies of men murdered by a disfigured resident of the home for the blind where he acts as doctor-on-call.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2020
97 Minutes
Mary J. Blige Nat Wolff David Zayas Anika Noni Rose Demetrius Gross Sue-Lynn Ansari Ian Casselberry Sylvia Grace Crim Renell Gibbs
police officer murder victim supernatural being young person corrupt police officer bleak disturbing brooding dark gripping precinct house crime scene house street murder investigation supernatural phenomenon cover-up police corruption discovery mystery
When a routine traffic stop results in the unexplained, grisly death of her colleague, a cop realizes footage of the incident will play for her eyes only. As the attacks mount, she races to understand the supernatural force behind them.
Horror
USA
2017
90 Minutes
Fiona Dourif Jennifer Tilly Alex Vincent Elisabeth Rosen Michael Therriault Zak Santiago Grace Lynn Kung Summer H. Howell Ali Tataryn Allison Dawn Doiron Adam Hurtig
doll killer woman supernatural being doctor victim chilling creepy dark disturbing frightening gory asylum doctor's office solitary confinement hospital bedroom strange happenings murder terror
Chucky returns to terrorize his human victim, Nica. Meanwhile, the killer doll has some scores to settle with his old enemies, with the help of his former wife.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2002
102 Minutes
August Diehl Christian Redl Nadeshda Brennicke Ilknur Bahadir Jasmin Schwiers Johan Leysen Monica Bleibtreu Joe Bausch Fatih Cevikkollu Florian Panzner Ingo Naujoks
rookie cop police detective forensic expert serial killer missing girl daughter dark creepy suspenseful berlin rave basement crime scene murder tattoos crime father/daughter relationship police work investigation mystery
Two mismatched policemen (August Diehl, Christian Redl) search for a serial killer who has a fondness for tattooed skin.
Horror
Germany
2010
100 Minutes
Karoline Herfurth Nina Hoss Jennifer Ulrich Anna Fischer Max Riemelt Arved Birnbaum Steffi Kühnert Ivan Shvedoff
vampire woman love interest police officer criminal friend bleak chilling disturbing emotional thrilling intense germany club vampires vampire hunting murder relationships love change
In Berlin, a cop closes in on an all-female vampire trio who just took in a new member, Lena.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1970
95 Minutes
Vincent Price Christopher Lee Peter Cushing Judy Huxtable Alfred Marks Peter Sallis Michael Gothard Anthony Newlands
mad scientist serial killer inspector officer nurse victim dark campy frightening london house laboratory nightclub barn murder science conspiracy investigation deception world domination
A serial killer who drains his victims' blood is on the loose in London. The police follow him to a house owned by an eccentric scientist.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
1940
71 Minutes
mad scientist doctor prisoner daughter police captain fiancé creepy dark eerie suspenseful prison laboratory house death row aging scientific experiments murder prison life euthanasia father/daughter relationship
A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals' blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets a pardon, but finds out he's become a Jekyll-&-Hyde.
Horror
USA
1939
99 Minutes
Basil Rathbone Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Lionel Atwill Josephine Hutchinson Donnie Dunagan Emma Dunn Edgar Norton Perry Ivins Lawrence Grant Lionel Belmore
frankenstein's monster ygor scientist inspector wife son creepy dark thrilling family home castle frankenstein village laboratory graveyard family honor father/son relationship scientific experiments monsters murder vindication
Returning to the ancestral castle long after the death of the monster, the son of Dr. Frankenstein meets a mad shepherd who is hiding the comatose creature. To clear the family name, he revives the creature and tries to rehabilitate him.
Horror
USA
1933
63 Minutes
Lionel Atwill Melvyn Douglas Fay Wray Dwight Frye Maude Eburne George E. Stone Robert Frazer Rita Carlyle
doctor magistrate village idiot police detective maid girlfriend creepy dark frightening suspenseful village laboratory bedroom cave police station europe vampires vigilantism murder investigation superstition
When corpses drained of blood begin to show up in a European village, vampirism is suspected to be responsible.
Horror
USA
2015
80 Minutes
Natasha Blasick Richard Tyson Charlie Glackin Alanna Forte David A. Lockhart John Scuderi John Welsh Allisun Sturges Sean Story
young woman wealthy man killer serial killer murderer victim shocking brutal thrilling engaging suspenseful dark house asylum horror danger fear serial murders murder murderous rampage
A serial killer is purposely released from an asylum for the criminally insane so that he can continue his rampage.
Horror
USA
1939
62 Minutes
Wayne Morris Humphrey Bogart Rosemary Lane Dennis Morgan John Litel Lya Lys Huntz Hall Charles Wilson Vera Lewis Howard C. Hickman Olin Howland
news reporter actress mad scientist undertaker doctor campy creepy suspenseful united states city hotel newsroom laboratory murder science gone awry investigation reporting mystery discovery 1930s
A hotshot reporter and a young doctor team up to investigate a series of grisly murders and a mysterious sample of synthetic blood.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
1987
90 Minutes
Cristina Marsillach Urbano Barberini Daria Nicolodi Ian Charleson Antonella Vitale William McNamara
actress opera singer opera director murderer macbeth detective bleak brutal creepy dark intense frightening opera house stage apartment opera murder serial murders terror sadism
A hooded figure forces a young diva (Cristina Marsillach) to watch as he murders performers in a production of Verdi's opera "Macbeth."
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2020
83 Minutes
Jim Cummings Riki Lindhome Robert Forster Jimmy Tatro Marshall Allman Chloe East Annie Hamilton Diane D. Griffith
police officer werewolf serial killer murder victim gritty thrilling witty mountain crime scene diner police station serial murders supernatural werewolves discovery escape pursuit metamorphosis 2020s
Terror grips a small mountain town as bodies are discovered after each full moon. Losing sleep, raising a teenage daughter, and caring for his ailing father, officer Marshall struggles to remind himself there's no such thing as werewolves.
Horror
USA
1933
70 Minutes
Charles Laughton Bela Lugosi Richard Arlen Leila Hyams Kathleen Burke Arthur Hohl Stanley Fields Paul Hurst Hans Steinke Tetsu Komai George Irving
shipwreck survivor dr. moreau creature mutant fiancé eerie creepy campy island laboratory house of pain freighter genetic experiments genetic abnormalities strange happenings dictatorship science gone awry discovery mystery 1930s
A mad doctor conducts ghastly genetic experiments on a remote island in the South Seas, much to the fear and disgust of the shipwrecked sailor who finds himself trapped there.
Horror
2017
82 Minutes
Carlee Avers Jason Alan Smith Margaret Rose Champagne Dick Boland Jim Thalman Doug Tompos Ryan Barry McCarthy Davis Mikaels Kathy Searle Sewell Whitney
veteran dead person singer police officer widower neighbor intense emotional tense dark uneasy house backyard police station murder false accusations obsession mystery mystery discovery
When a disabled war veteran discovers the dead body of a beautiful singer in his backyard, his fascination with her photographic image soon turns to obsession.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK
2016
86 Minutes
Emile Hirsch Brian Cox Ophelia Lovibond Michael McElhatton Olwen Catherine Kelly Jane Perry Parker Sawyers Mary Duddy
dead person police lieutenant detective doctor morgue employee coroner corpse witch dark creepy engaging disturbing frightening thrilling morgue crime scene supernatural phenomenon parent/child relationship witchcraft dark secrets
A father and son, both coroners, are pulled into a complex mystery while attempting to identify the body of a young woman, who was apparently harboring dark secrets.