Movies Like The People Under the Stairs

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Please Don't Feed the Children

2025·1h 34m·★ 4.6·Destry Allyn Spielberg

Themes: trapped in a house, absurd, child abuseFans also likedHorror & Thriller

Sliver

1993·1h 47m·★ 5.1·Phillip Noyce

Themes: landlord, landlord tenant relationshipTMDB recommends

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

1981·1h 36m·★ 6.3·William Asher

Themes: incest, mental illness, child abuseFans also likedThriller & Horror

A Nightmare on Elm Street

1984·1h 31m·★ 7.4·Wes Craven

Themes: disfigurement, shockingDir. Wes Craven

Castle Freak

1996·1h 30m·★ 5.9·Stuart Gordon

Themes: cannibal, child abuseFans also likedThriller & Horror

Scream

1996·1h 52m·★ 7.4·Wes Craven

Themes: shocking, serial killerDir. Wes Craven

Scream 4

2011·1h 51m·★ 6.3·Wes Craven

Themes: absurd, serial killerDir. Wes Craven

My Soul to Take

2010·1h 47m·★ 4.8·Wes Craven

Themes: mental illness, serial killerDir. Wes Craven

Scream VI

2023·2h 3m·★ 6.4·Tyler Gillett

Themes: ridiculous, serial killerHorror & Thriller

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

1974·1h 23m·★ 7.4·Tobe Hooper

Themes: antagonistic, cannibal

Is God Is

2026·1h 39m·★ 6.6·Aleshea Harris

Themes: disfigurement, child abuse

Psycho

1960·1h 49m·★ 8.5·Alfred Hitchcock

Themes: mental illness, serial killerHorror & Thriller

An American Werewolf in London

1981·1h 37m·★ 7.5·John Landis

TMDB recommendsComedy & Horror

Gremlins

1984·1h 46m·★ 7.3·Joe Dante

TMDB recommendsHorror & Comedy

Don't Look Now

1973·1h 50m·★ 7.1·Nicolas Roeg

TMDB recommendsThriller & Horror

Black Phone 2

2025·1h 54m·★ 6.0·Scott Derrickson

Themes: child abuse, serial killerHorror & Thriller

Friday the 13th

1980·1h 35m·★ 6.4·Sean S. Cunningham

Themes: antagonistic, serial killer

Scream 7

2026·1h 54m·★ 5.5·Kevin Williamson

Themes: shocking, serial killer

Housebound

2014·1h 51m·★ 6.7·Gerard Johnstone

Fans also likedHorror & Comedy & Thriller

Se7en

1995·2h 7m·★ 8.6·David Fincher

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