20 movies like The Return of Doctor X, ordered by similarity : A Haunting At Silver Falls(2013), Nightshift(2018), Jigsaw(2017), The Devil Bat(1941), Angel Heart(1987), The Black Water Vampire(2014), Doctor X(1932), I, Madman(1989), Deep Red(1975), The Vampire Bat(1933), The Golden Glove(2019), Island of Lost Souls(1933) ...
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.
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
USA
2018
81 Minutes
Ashleigh Dorrell Matthew O'Brien Nigel Mercier Angel Hannigan David Collins Martin Maguire Emma Healy Jennifer Hennephof Daniel Fitzgibbon Mary Geaney
hotel worker hotel guest murderer murder victim colleague creepy frightening brutal disturbing tense ireland haunted hotels serial murders escape saving the day time warp discovery escape mystery pursuit
For 5 years, Stephen McCoy attempted to document nocturnal street life in the subterranean parts of downtown Boston; People he calls 'Nightcrawlers'. Now... He's become one.
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
USA
1941
69 Minutes
Bela Lugosi Suzanne Kaaren Dave O'Brien Guy Usher Yolande Mallott Donald Kerr Edward Mortimer Gene O'Donnell Alan Baldwin John Ellis
scientist reporter employer friend boss giant bat suspenseful thrilling engaging laboratory house newsroom animal attack vengeance genetic experiments investigation murder supernatural discovery metamorphosis
A mad scientist develops an aftershave lotion that causes his gigantic bats to kill anyone who wears it.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK|Canada|USA
1987
113 Minutes
Mickey Rourke Robert De Niro Lisa Bonet Charlotte Rampling Stocker Fontelieu Brownie McGhee Michael Higgins Charles Gordone Kathleen Wilhoite
private investigator singer daughter satan magician dark gripping suspenseful new york city new orleans hotel racetrack mystery murder secret detective voodoo investigation mystery pursuit
A private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror
USA
2014
82 Minutes
Danielle Lozeau Andrea Monier Anthony Fanelli Bill Oberst Jr. Robin Steffen Caryn Richman Brandon Despain Myles Cranford Justin Ferrari
serial killer vampire young woman filmmaker camera operator brutal creepy dark gory suspenseful thrilling united states small town countryside village forest serial murders vampires murder murder investigation
A documentary film crew investigates a series of brutal killings known as the Black Water murders. As they delve deeper into the story they stumble upon a horrifying secret, one that they may not survive.
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
Canada|USA
1989
89 Minutes
Jenny Wright Clayton Rohner Randall William Cook Steven Memel Stephanie Hodge Bruce Wagner
bookseller boyfriend mad scientist novelist character suspenseful campy frightful emotional bookstore apartment police station hotel life imitating art serial murders investigation fiction writing scientific experiments mental illness discovery
A bookshop clerk and wannabe actress starts seeing the disfigured killer from her 1950s pulp novels come to life and start killing people around her. She tries to convince her cop boyfriend, but to no avail.
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
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, Crime, Drama
2019
115 Minutes
Jonas Dassler Margarete Tiesel Adam Bousdoukos Marc Hosemann Katja Studt Martina Eitner-Acheampong Tristan Göbel Philipp Baltus Victoria Trauttmansdorff Hark Bohm
man serial killer murderer murder victim monster woman engaging shocking gripping suspenseful brutal thrilling germany hamburg, germany investigation serial murders fear murder danger suspicion
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
USA
1959
82 Minutes
Vincent Price Judith Evelyn Darryl Hickman Patricia Cutts Pamela Lincoln Philip Coolidge Gail Bonney Pat Colby
scientist friend wife doctor creepy suspenseful emotional laboratory household movie theater scientific experiments insects fear death hallucinations murder discovery escape 1950s
An obsessed pathologist discovers and captures a parasitic creature that grows when fear grips its host.
Horror, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
81 Minutes
Christopher Abbott Mia Wasikowska Laia Costa Marin Ireland Maria Dizzia Wendell Pierce Olivia Bond
wife child murderer call girl prostitute unfaithful husband uneasy shocking brash suspenseful dark hilarious hotel house bedroom hotel room attempted murder fantasy prostitution deception
A man kisses his wife and baby goodbye and seemingly heads away on business, with a plan to check into a hotel, call an escort service, and kill an unsuspecting prostitute.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Horror
USA
2015
98 Minutes
Graham Denman Hannah Levien Sean Whalen Ken Foree Joshua Lou Friedman Jon Kondelik Lynn Lowry James Andrew Oster Ruben Pla Jessica Prendes Aaron Pruner
half brother single mother detective young man campy creepy dark disturbing house morgue movie theater office city murder plot investigation insanity family secrets discovery mystery pursuit
A pastor and a teacher, two pillars of the small community of Triune, share a dark and unspeakable secret: the common enemy of an ancient demonic terror deigns to destroy one through the other during the Devil's hour.
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
2016
156 Minutes
Kwak Do-won Jun Kunimura Jeong-min Hwang Woo-hee Chun So-yeon Jang Heo Jin
villager stranger murderer serial killer suspenseful thrilling tense shocking village korea murder murder accusation village life strangers strange behavior discovery mystery 2010s
Suspicion leads to hysteria when rural villagers link a series of brutal murders to the arrival of a mysterious stranger (Kunimura Jun).
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
1997
105 Minutes
Mira Sorvino Jeremy Northam Josh Brolin Giancarlo Giannini Charles S. Dutton Alexander Goodwin Alix Koromzay F. Murray Abraham
scientist colleague husband humanoid child transit worker suspenseful frightening melodramatic new york city subway train station laboratory underground apartment epidemic science disappearance unlikely allies evolution
Three years ago, entomologist Dr. Susan Tyler genetically created an insect to kill cockroaches carrying a virulent disease. Now, the insects are out to destroy their only predator, mankind.
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
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."