Movies Like And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973)

And Now the Screaming Starts! is a 1973 horror film from Roy Ward Baker with a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Insidious: Chapter 2 and Good Boy.

Horror

Insidious: Chapter 2

2013

The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

6.7

MagicScore

Good Boy

2025

A loyal dog moves to a rural family home with his owner Todd, only to discover supernatural forces lurking in the shadows. As dark entities threaten his human companion, the brave pup must fight to protect the one he loves most.

6.6

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The Hearse

1980

A schoolteacher moves into her deceased aunt’s house in a small Californian town, and is harassed by unfriendly locals and a mysterious hearse.

5.2

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The Haunting of Alice D

2014

In the late 1890s the Davenport House was a famous and successful brothel, until a young prostitute named Alice killed herself there. After her death, the brothel became haunted by Alice's ghost, and was eventually abandoned. More than a century later, the old structure is renovated into a beautiful mansion. It is still rumored to inhabit the ghost of Alice. Despite this, the new owner; the rich and arrogant heir to the Davenport fortune, decides to throw a wild party for his first night in the house.

4.8

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Beetlejuice

1988

A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.

7.4

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The Uninvited

1944

A brother and sister move into an old seaside house that has been abandoned for many years on the Cornwellian coast. They soon discover that it is haunted by the ghost of the mother of their neighbor's granddaughter, with whom the brother has fallen in love.

6.9

MagicScore

Dark Shadows

2012

Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.

6.1

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Lee Cronin's The Mummy

2026

The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace—eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living nightmare.

7.9

MagicScore

The Wailing

2016

A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.

7.4

MagicScore

#10

The Innocents

1961

A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.

7.5

MagicScore

#11

The Conjuring

2013

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.

7.5

MagicScore

#12

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

1985

A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world.

5.8

MagicScore

#13

Superstition

1982

A witch put to death in 1692 swears vengeance on her persecutors and returns to the present day to punish their descendants.

6.1

MagicScore

#14

Haunter

2013

A teenager is stuck in a time loop that is not quite the same each time. She must uncover the truth but her actions have consequences for herself and others.

6.1

MagicScore

#15

Ju-on: The Curse

2000

When elementary school teacher Kobayashi investigates the absence of one of his young pupils from the classroom, he finds himself at the doorstep of an anonymous suburban house that harbours a horrible secret, and into which all who enter are doomed.

6.8

MagicScore

#16

Dark Places

1973

A scheming couple plot to conceal a hidden cache of stolen money from its rightful owner. The only problem is that the house they plan to hide it in is haunted.

5.5

MagicScore

#17

Demon House

2019

Mass hysteria breaks-out over an alleged demonic possession in an Indiana home. Zak Bagans then buys the house, sight unseen, over the phone. He and his crew soon become the next victims of the most documented case of demonic possession in US history.

5.2

MagicScore

#18

Witchtrap

1989

A group of parapsychologists, as well as a skeptical cop, are terrorized by a Satanic ghost in a bed-and-breakfast.

5.1

MagicScore

#19

Ju-on: The Final Curse

2015

Following the events of Ju-on: The Beginning of the End, Mai, the older sister of elementary schoolteacher Yui Shono, goes to look for her sister, who disappeared after a year while working in an elementary school. Mai soon discovers the Teriyaki household who tells her about what happened to her sister. Mai will now uncover the dark secrets of Ju-on and will try to end the curse once and for all.

5.0

MagicScore

#20

Waxwork II: Lost in Time

1992

The survivors of the first Waxwork must use a portal through time to defeat the evil that has followed them and turned their lives upside down.

5.0

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like And Now the Screaming Starts!?

The top films similar to And Now the Screaming Starts! by MovieMagicScore are Insidious: Chapter 2 (6.7), Good Boy (6.6), The Hearse (5.2). Each shares horror themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is And Now the Screaming Starts! worth watching?

And Now the Screaming Starts! holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10 from 65 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is And Now the Screaming Starts!?

And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973) is a horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker, starring Stephanie Beacham, Peter Cushing, Patrick Magee.

Where can I find more recommendations like And Now the Screaming Starts!?

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