20 movies like Murders in the Rue Morgue, ordered by similarity : Diabolique(1955), Halloween(2018), Theatre of Blood(1973), Clive Barker's Book of Blood(2008), The Phantom of the Opera(1943), Creepshow(1982), Happy Death Day(2017), Night of the Living Dead(1968), A Quiet Place(2018), Mystery of the Wax Museum(1933), Terror at the Opera(1987), Diane(2017) ...
Horror
UK
1971
86 Minutes
Jason Robards Herbert Lom Christine Kaufmann Adolfo Celi Lilli Palmer Maria Perschy Michael Dunn Pepe Calvo Peter Arne Luis Rivera
murderer wife partner actor theater owner police officer eerie frightening gory tense paris theater france stage cemetery acting murder investigation marriage love triangle premonition
Paris...at the turn of the century. Inspector Vidocq investigates a series of unexplained murders at a Grand Guignol-type theatre...where the players have suddenly become real-life victims. Based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe.
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.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Other
USA|UK
2018
106 Minutes
Jamie Lee Curtis Judy Greer Andi Matichak Will Patton Virginia Gardner Nick Castle Haluk Bilginer James Jude Courtney Miles Robbins Dylan Arnold Drew Scheid
victim serial killer murderer rival psychopath creepy uneasy tense gory gripping thrilling haddonfield, ill. house forest mental institution suburb bus murder escape revenge
Laurie Strode confronts her long-time foe Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
Horror, Comedy
UK
1973
104 Minutes
Vincent Price Diana Rigg Robert Morley Ian Hendry Harry Andrews Coral Browne Robert Coote Jack Hawkins Michael Hordern Arthur Lowe Dennis Price
actor critic daughter bum eerie gory witty offbeat theater london vengeance murder william shakespeare criticism revenge quest 1970s
A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
2008
100 Minutes
Jonas Armstrong Sophie Ward Paul Blair Doug Bradley James Watson Clive Russell Romana Abercromby Simon Bamford
professor expert student young man partner writer suspenseful gory frightening house college bedroom diner bar truck supernatural haunted houses investigation strange happenings murder
Horror
USA
1943
92 Minutes
Claude Rains Nelson Eddy Susanna Foster Edgar Barrier Jane Farrar Barbara Everest Steven Geray Frank Puglia Hans Herbert Fritz Feld J. Edward Bromberg
disfigured person murderer opera singer suitor stalker violinist suspenseful eerie melodramatic opera house paris france stage catacombs obsessive love rise to stardom opera mysterious deaths dark secrets investigation
The city's District Attorney is murdered, and a newspaper reporter investigates. He starts finding out that everything wasn't quite as cut and dried as it appeared to be.
Horror, Comedy, Fantasy
USA
1982
117 Minutes
Hal Holbrook Adrienne Barbeau E.G. Marshall Fritz Weaver Leslie Nielsen Carrie Nye Viveca Lindfors Ed Harris Ted Danson Stephen King Warner Shook
monster alien husband murderer father daughter gory suspenseful campy frightening small town farm beach cemetery house supernatural revenge death alien invasion alcohol
An anthology which tells five terrifying tales inspired by the E.C. horror comic books of the 1950s.
Horror, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2017
96 Minutes
Jessica Rothe Israel Broussard Ruby Modine Rachel Matthews Charles Aitken Jason Bayle Phi Vu Donna Duplantier GiGi Erneta Rob Mello
college student masked man killer friend brooding brutal eerie suspenseful gory frightening college dorm sorority road cafeteria parking garage murder killer among us groundhog day near-death experience
A college student must relive the day of her murder over and over again, in a loop that will end only when she discovers her killer's identity.
Horror
USA
1968
96 Minutes
Duane Jones Judith O'Dea Karl Hardman Keith Wayne Judith Ridley Marilyn Eastman Kyra Schon Charles Craig George Kosana Russell Streiner
man husband wife woman zombie gory frightening bleak farmhouse pennsylvania cannibalism paranoia fear murder survival group dynamics pursuit metamorphosis escape 1960s
A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the East Coast of the United States.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2018
90 Minutes
Emily Blunt John Krasinski Millicent Simmonds Noah Jupe Cade Woodward Leon Russom Rhoda Pell Evangelina Cavoli
man woman child monster alien son bleak dark eerie intense frightening farmhouse woods abandoned town house basement silo monsters survival a cappella
In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.
Horror
USA
1933
77 Minutes
Lionel Atwill Fay Wray Glenda Farrell Frank McHugh Gavin Gordon Edwin Maxwell Holmes Herbert Arthur Edmund Carewe Allen Vincent Monica Bannister Matthew Betz
sculptor partner assistant fiancée reporter creepy tense london new york city wax museum obsession art murder love fall revenge 1930s
The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.
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
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
2007
101 Minutes
A.J. Bowen Dan Bush Anessa Ramsey Justin Welborn Scott Poythress Sahr Ngaujah Cheri Christian Christopher Thomas Matt Stenton Suehyla El-Attar
lover woman man husband murderer maniac bleak frightening intense creepy shocking disturbing apartment science fiction lovers affair manipulation fear murder escape
A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.
Horror
USA|UK
1965
81 Minutes
Vincent Price Elizabeth Shepherd John Westbrook Derek Francis Ronald Adam Oliver Johnston Penelope Lee Frank Thornton Richard Vernon Denis Gilmore
wife husband love interest young woman widower spirit creepy tense frightening emotional england graveyard abbey household tomb death remarriage secrets hypnosis supernatural
A man's obsession with his dead wife drives a wedge between him and his new bride.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
98 Minutes
Claire Foy Josh Leonard Jay Pharoah Juno Temple Amy Irving Polly McKie Myra Lucretia Taylor Gibson Frazier Aimee Mullins Colin Woodell
stalker woman patient nurse doctor mother disheartening uneasy eerie creepy brooding suspenseful psychiatric ward hospital office apartment park funeral stalking psychiatry
A young woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution, where she is confronted by her greatest fear - but is it real or a product of her delusion?
Horror
1973
87 Minutes
Anna Massey Terry-Thomas Curt Jurgens Daniel Massey Erik Chitty Michael Craig Edward Judd Robin Nedwell Dawn Addams Ishaq Bux Glynis Johns
vampire magician wife englishman painter priest chilling campy frightening basement vault london india nightmares evil unhappy marriage murder double-cross storytelling revenge
Five tales: "Midnight Mess," "The Neat Job," "This Trick'll Kill You," "Bargain in Death," "Drawn and Quartered."
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, Comedy
New Zealand
2014
92 Minutes
Harley Neville Jocelyn Christian Ben Baker Reanin Johannink Mike Edward Andrew Laing Simon Ward Mark Neilson Patrick Davies Harry Love
zombie movie producer young woman filmmaker young man love interest bleak intense thrilling suspenseful dark movie set zombie movies zombies love killing spree murder escape discovery escape
A young runner, on a Zombie film set, has the first day from hell when real Zombies overrun the set.
Horror
1989
90 Minutes
Paul Le Mat Irene Miracle Matt Roe Kathryn O'Reilly Robin Frates Marya Small Jimmie F. Scaggs William Hickey Barbara Crampton David Boyd
puppet puppeteer psychic man wife woman creepy frightening gory outlandish inn hotel room elevator california bodega bay, calif. survival paranormal psychic phenomena killer toys visions
Psychics (Paul Le Mat, Irene Miracle, Matt Roe) at a bay hotel meet the puppets Pin Head, Leech Woman, Tunneler, Blade and Jester.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2007
89 Minutes
Ryan Kwanten Amber Valletta Donnie Wahlberg Bob Gunton Michael Fairman Joan Heney Judith Roberts Laura Regan Dmitry Chepovetsky Keir Gilchrist Steven Taylor
widower ventriloquist newlywed wife father townsperson gory frightening shocking small town funeral woods morgue cemetery theater returning home dark secrets curse investigation supernatural
A young widower returns to his hometown to search for answers to his wife's murder, which may be linked to the ghost of a deceased ventriloquist.