15 Movies Like Stage Fright

Loved Stage Fright? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

The Holy Boy
#1

The Holy Boy

A PE teacher moves to a isolated mountain village where the people appear to live in unshakeable serenity, but soon stumbles across a disturbing ritual. Once a week, the locals are freed of their pain by a lonely boy born with the power to heal one's soul just by hugging them. Trying to rescue him from this madness, the man unleashes his dark side.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Stage Fright.

Lola's Secret
#2

Lola's Secret

Young man has his dreams come true when the sexy new maid seduces him. But she also has a secret that leads to trouble.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Stage Fright.

Halloween
#3

Halloween

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Stage Fright.

Cannibal Holocaust
#4

Cannibal Holocaust

A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Stage Fright.

White Cannibal Queen
#5

White Cannibal Queen

A man is on safari in the jungle with his wife and daughter when the wife gets eaten and the daughter is captured by cannibals. Several years later he goes back to see if his daughter is still alive.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Stage Fright.

Barbarian
#6

Barbarian

In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Stage Fright.

Psycho Killer
#7

Psycho Killer

Following the brutal murder of her husband, a Kansas highway patrol officer sets out on a journey to track down the perpetrator. As the hunt progresses, she comes to realize the man responsible is a sadistic serial killer, and the depth of his mental depravity and his sinister agenda is more twisted than anyone could have imagined.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Stage Fright.

Black Velvet
#8

Black Velvet

Crystal, a wealthy, scorned woman living in a massive Egyptian palace with her daughter Magda, finds commiseration in a dried-up Hollywood expat who surrounds himself with singing children.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Stage Fright.

Africa Blood and Guts
#9

Africa Blood and Guts

A chronicle of the violence that occurred in much of the African continent throughout the 1960s. As many African countries were transitioning from colonial rule to other forms of government, violent political upheavals were frequent. Revolutions in Zanzibar and Kenya in which thousands were killed are shown, the violence not only political; there is also extensive footage of hunters and poachers slaughtering different types of wild animals.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Stage Fright.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
#10

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Stage Fright.

Play Motel
#11

Play Motel

The motel has a special room designed for sexual activities. It also has a habit of photographing sex act engines and extorting the parties concerned. One day a mysterious killer with black gloves up and the situation is changing.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Stage Fright.

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
#12

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Stage Fright.

Freddy vs. Jason
#13

Freddy vs. Jason

Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Stage Fright.

Convent of Sinners
#14

Convent of Sinners

Convent of Sinners is the story of Susanna, a young girl who is raped by her own father and sent to a convent for her sins, where she falls in love with a priest. The other nuns, however, are jealous and angry, they want Susanna for themselves, and accuse her of being possessed by the Devil.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Stage Fright.

Halloween
#15

Halloween

The early years of young Michael Myers and the events leading up to his fateful Halloween night murder rampage in the quiet town of Haddonfield, Illinois.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Stage Fright.