Movies Like Cthulhu Mansion (1992)

Cthulhu Mansion is a 1992 horror film from Juan Piquer Simón with a MovieMagicScore of 4.3/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Call of Cthulhu and Dagon.

Horror

The Call of Cthulhu

2006

A dying professor leaves his great-nephew a collection of documents pertaining to the Cthulhu Cult. The nephew begins to learn why the study of the cult so fascinated his grandfather. Bit-by-bit he begins piecing together the dread implications of his grandfather's inquiries, and soon he takes on investigating the Cthulhu cult as a crusade of his own.

7.0

MagicScore

Dagon

2001

A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul is pursued by the entire town. Running for his life, he uncovers Imboca's secret..they worship Dagon, a monstrous god of the sea...and Dagon's unholy offspring are on the loose...

6.1

MagicScore

Cthulhu

2008

A Seattle history professor, drawn back to his estranged family on the Oregon coast to execute his late mother's estate, is reacquainted with his best friend from childhood, with whom he has a long-awaited tryst. Caught in an accelerating series of events, he discovers aspects of his father's New Age cult which take on a dangerous and apocalyptic significance.

5.0

MagicScore

Call Girl of Cthulhu

2014

When a virginal artist falls in love with a call girl, she turns out to be the chosen bride of the alien god Cthulhu. To save her, he must stop an ancient cult from summoning their god and destroying mankind.

5.0

MagicScore

The Thing

1982

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

8.1

MagicScore

Evil Dead II

1987

Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from "The Book of the Dead." As they play the recording an evil power is unleashed taking over Linda's body.

7.5

MagicScore

The Evil Dead

1981

In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.

7.3

MagicScore

Army of Darkness

1992

Ash, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty and faces legions of the undead.

7.3

MagicScore

In the Mouth of Madness

1995

An insurance investigator visits a small town while looking into the strange disappearance of a popular horror novelist. He soon finds that the impact of the author’s books is far more than inspirational.

7.2

MagicScore

#10

Re-Animator

1985

Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses.

7.0

MagicScore

#11

The Mist

2007

After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other local residents. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.

6.9

MagicScore

#12

Hellraiser

1987

A hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites. These otherworldly entities open the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible.

6.9

MagicScore

#13

Prince of Darkness

1987

A priest discovers an ancient canister containing a strange liquid in an abandoned church. When a group of graduate students and scientists are tasked with studying it, they unknowingly unleash an evil force waiting to destroy all of humanity.

6.8

MagicScore

#14

Altered States

1980

A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from native American shamans, he explores these altered states of consciousness and finds that memory, time, and perhaps reality itself are states of mind.

6.7

MagicScore

#15

The Cabin in the Woods

2012

Five friends set out for a weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, expecting nothing more than fun and relaxation. As night falls, they discover that something far more unsettling is at work and that nothing about their getaway is what it seems.

6.6

MagicScore

#16

Spring

2014

A young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.

6.6

MagicScore

#17

Evil Dead

2013

Mia, a drug addict, is determined to kick the habit. To that end, she asks her brother, David, his girlfriend, Natalie and their friends Olivia and Eric to accompany her to their family's remote forest cabin to help her through withdrawal. Eric finds a mysterious Book of the Dead at the cabin and reads aloud from it, awakening an ancient demon. All hell breaks loose when the malevolent entity possesses Mia.

6.6

MagicScore

#18

Event Horizon

1997

In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors.

6.6

MagicScore

#19

From Beyond

1986

The Resonator, a powerful machine that can control the sixth sense, has killed its creator and sent his associate into an insane asylum. When a beautiful psychiatrist becomes determined to continue the experiment, she unwittingly opens the door to a hostile parallel universe.

6.5

MagicScore

#20

Annihilation

2018

A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.

6.4

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Cthulhu Mansion?

The top films similar to Cthulhu Mansion by MovieMagicScore are The Call of Cthulhu (7.0), Dagon (6.1), Cthulhu (5.0). Each shares horror themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Cthulhu Mansion worth watching?

Cthulhu Mansion holds a MovieMagicScore of 4.3/10 from 22 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Cthulhu Mansion?

Cthulhu Mansion (1992) is a horror film directed by Juan Piquer Simón, starring Frank Finlay, Marcia Layton, Melanie Shatner.

Where can I find more recommendations like Cthulhu Mansion?

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About movies like Cthulhu Mansion

This ranked list pairs Cthulhu Mansion (1992), a horror film from Juan Piquer Simón, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Frank Finlay take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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