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10 Best Movies Like House of Wax

If you loved House of Wax, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
The Tingler

The Tingler

1959★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to House of Wax for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A pathologist experiments with a deaf-mute woman who is unable to scream to prove that humans die of fright due to an organism he names The Tingler that lives within each person on...

#2
The Boogey Man

The Boogey Man

1980★ 4.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to House of Wax for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A young girl witnesses the brutal murder of her stepfather at the hands of her brother, by mirror reflection. Years later, when the mirror is accidentally shattered, a dark and ven...

#3
Mystery of the Wax Museum

Mystery of the Wax Museum

1933★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to House of Wax for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A wax sculptor opens a new museum years after he is severely injured during a fire that destroyed his original collection. The disappearance of both people and corpses coincides wi...

#4
Football

Football

1897★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to House of Wax for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Short clip of a football match, filmed on the Lumière cinematograph, 33 years before FIFA's 1st World Cup....

#5
Mirrors No. 3

Mirrors No. 3

2025★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to House of Wax for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

On a weekend trip to the countryside, Laura miraculously survives a car crash. Physically unhurt but deeply shaken, she is taken in by a local woman who witnessed the accident and ...

#6
Wife to Be Sacrificed

Wife to Be Sacrificed

1974★ 5.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to House of Wax for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A wife charges her husband with sexual battery. He escapes from the police and goes into hiding. In three years, she divorces him and tries to put the pieces of her life back in or...