20 movies like The Pit and the Pendulum, ordered by similarity : Cold Moon(2016), Nightmare Castle(1965), The Autopsy of Jane Doe(2016), Crimson Peak(2015), The Little Stranger(2018), The Awakening(2011), The Endless(2017), Diane(2017), The Pit and the Pendulum(1991), The Descent(2005), The Killing of a Sacred Deer(2017), The Strangers(2008) ...
Horror
1961
80 Minutes
Vincent Price John Kerr Barbara Steele Luana Anders Anthony Carbone Patrick Westwood Lynn Bernay Mary Menzies
husband sister widower brother doctor ghost dark tense frightful spain castle torture chamber dungeon death spanish inquisition iron maiden infidelity torture conspiracy mystery
A plot to drive a man insane backfires when the intended victim adopts his late father's sadistic persona.
Crime, Drama, Horror
USA
2016
92 Minutes
Josh Stewart Candy Clark Frank Whaley Robbie Kay Christopher Lloyd Madison Wolfe Rachele Brooke Smith Laura Cayouette
murder suspect grandmother police officer ghost father brooding solemn dark tense emotional frightening small town american south murder case mysterious deaths paranormal ghosts haunting revenge mystery
From Michael McDowell, the writer of Beetlejuice (1988) and The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), comes a chilling tale of supernatural vengeance.
Horror
Italy
1965
90 Minutes
doctor gardener scientist lover wife ghost creepy eerie frightening castle laboratory dungeon vengeance haunting torture infidelity supernatural murder revenge metamorphosis
A woman and her lover are tortured and killed by her sadistic husband. The pair return from the grave to seek vengeance.
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.
Romance, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Canada|USA|Mexico
2015
119 Minutes
Mia Wasikowska Jessica Chastain Tom Hiddleston Charlie Hunnam Jim Beaver Burn Gorman Leslie Hope Doug Jones Jonathan Hyde Bruce Gray Emily Coutts
woman mysterious man sister psychic ghost childhood friend dark creepy intense england house ballroom mansion bedroom bathroom haunting ghosts mysterious strangers survival danger
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds - and remembers.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK|Ireland|France
2018
111 Minutes
Domhnall Gleeson Ruth Wilson Charlotte Rampling Will Poulter Liv Hill Oliver Zetterström Kate Phillips Dixie Egerickx Josh Dylan Anna Madeley
doctor mother servant ghost sister patient dark uneasy creepy tense mansion england country house bedroom kitchen haunting psychiatry mysterious past ghosts family secrets
After a doctor is called to visit a crumbling manor, strange things begin to occur.
Horror
UK
2011
107 Minutes
Rebecca Hall Dominic West Imelda Staunton Isaac Hempstead-Wright Shaun Dooley Joseph Mawle Lucy Cohu John Shrapnel Diana Kent Richard Durden Alfie Field
ghost hunter ghost young boy man investigator dark brooding tense suspenseful eerie disturbing boys school united kingdom haunting ghosts ghost stories investigation discovery adventure mystery
In 1921, England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost. Everything she believes unravels as the 'missing' begin to show themselves.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
2017
111 Minutes
Aaron Moorhead Aaron Moorhead Justin Benson Callie Hernandez Tate Ellington Lew Temple James Jordan Shane Brady Kira Powell Emily Montague Peter Cilella
brother cult leader cult member creature camper chilling dark thrilling intense suspenseful disturbing camp woods lake compound boat forest cult mystery mythical creatures
As kids, they escaped a UFO death cult. Now, two adult brothers seek answers after an old videotape surfaces and brings them back to where they began.
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
USA|Italy
1991
97 Minutes
Lance Henriksen Rona De Ricci Jonathan Fuller Jeffrey Combs Tom Towles Stephen Lee Frances Bay Oliver Reed
woman monk inquisitor man chilling dark disturbing frightening shocking tense spain dungeon spanish inquisition accusations witchcraft torture escape 15th century
Horror film set in 1492 Toledo, Spain, depicting the cruel deeds of a monk named Torquemada, Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK|France
2005
99 Minutes
Shauna Macdonald Natalie Mendoza Alex Reid Saskia Mulder Nora-Jane Noone MyAnna Buring Oliver Milburn Molly Kayll
widow daughter husband friend monster tense gory dark cave tragic death secret rafting creatures caves mystery escape pursuit 2000s
A caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Ireland|UK|USA
2017
121 Minutes
Bill Camp Raffey Cassidy Denise Dal Vera Colin Farrell Barry Keoghan Nicole Kidman Alicia Silverstone Sunny Suljic Ming Wang Barry G. Bernson Herb Caillouet
surgeon mother child teen boy teen girl dead person dark creepy disturbing emotional tense uneasy suburb hospital house revenge mysterious illness psychology vendetta death of father
Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2008
85 Minutes
Liv Tyler Scott Speedman Gemma Ward Kip Weeks Laura Margolis Glenn Howerton Alex Fisher Peter Clayton-Luce
masked torturer woman man stranger friend couple creepy dark disturbing frightening tense vacation home torture mystery isolation home invasion intruders violence escape quest
A young couple staying in an isolated vacation home are terrorized by three unknown assailants.
Horror
USA|Canada
2013
95 Minutes
Fiona Dourif A Martinez Danielle Bisutti Brennan Elliott Chantal Quesnelle Summer H. Howell Maitland McConnell
child doll supernatural being mother father chucky chilling dark disturbing frightful gripping eerie house united states town murder evil supernatural death revenge
After her mother's mysterious death, Nica begins to suspect that the talking, red-haired doll her visiting niece has been playing with may be the key to recent bloodshed and chaos.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Germany
2016
140 Minutes
Dane DeHaan Jason Isaacs Mia Goth Celia Imrie Adrian Schiller Harry Groener Johannes Krisch Magnus Krepper Carl Lumbly Lisa Banes Ivo Nandi
executive ceo doctor patient staff member native brooding creepy dark tense eerie frightening swiss alps spa laboratory castle basement train treatment insanity
An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps, but soon suspects that the spa's treatments are not what they seem.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
2015
95 Minutes
Jena Malone Janet McTeer Ed Stoppard Tovah Feldshuh Eliza Madore Glynnis O'Connor Todd Faulkner Allison Guinn
mother father daughter doctor medium creepy dark disturbing gripping intense london manor bedroom united kingdom ghosts mother/daughter relationship sexual repression misogyny love mystery
In the Victorian era, a young wife and her husband go through a difficult time in their marriage after the birth of their child, which is heightened by a mysterious ghost that enters their house.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2007
89 Minutes
Jaime King Cheng Pei-Pei Terry Chen Regan Oey Henry O Colin Foo Michael Biehn Vicky Huang
husband wife son pharmacist aunt ghost eerie dark tense vancouver, british columbia hospital funeral house pharmacy murder husband/wife relationship mourning visions chinese mythology supernatural
Jason and Sarah travel to Vancouver for a funeral, and their son begins seeing ghosts and violent deaths. After he is hospitalized, Sarah learns supernatural forces threaten her son.
Horror
USA
1940
70 Minutes
Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Stanley Ridges Anne Nagel Anne Gwynne Virginia Brissac Edmund MacDonald Paul Fix Murray Alper Jack Mulhall Joe King
doctor professor mobster rival wife reporter tense creepy prison office street death row madness brain transplants organized crime murder death sentence mind control revenge pursuit
Dr. Sovac transplants the brain of a gangster into his professor friend's body to save his life, but there is a side effect that causes a dangerous split personality.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
UK
2015
101 Minutes
James Cosmo Craig Conway Bob Duff James Lance Amy Manson Eileen Nicholas Faye McLoughlin Nora-Jane Noone Simon Quarterman Joy Sanders
disabled girl boyfriend mother estranged father estranged brother sister chilling dark disturbing tense suspenseful creepy family home england family secrets horror memory loss childhood terror uncertainty
A woman returns home to her estranged family after a near-fatal accident, but begins to suspect something is not right.
Horror
1991
97 Minutes
Tim Matheson Brooke Adams William Sanderson Robert Gorman Robert Rusler Bentley Mitchum Chris Demetral
teacher wife son ghost brother teenager creepy dark tense high school small town house tunnel relocation murder false accusations traumatic past supernatural second chance discovery
Teens from hell seek belated revenge on a high-school teacher (Tim Matheson) with a wife (Brooke Adams) and son.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
1955
116 Minutes
Simone Signoret Vera Clouzot Paul Meurisse Charles Vanel Jean Brochard Noel Roquebert Thérèse Dorny Pierre Larquey Michel Serrault Yves Marie Maurin Georges Poujouly
teacher headmaster detective wife mistress suspenseful tense dark frightening france boarding school apartment murder adultery revenge deception revenge mystery 1950s
The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.