Movies Like The Halfway House (2004)

The Halfway House is a 2004 comedy, horror film from Kenneth J. Hall with a MovieMagicScore of 3.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade and Silent Hill.

Comedy Horror

Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade

1978

Emanuelle returns to Kenya, trying to get an interview with a foreign gangster who's taken refuge in the African countryside while still operating an international criminal network.

4.9

MagicScore

Silent Hill

2006

Rose, a desperate mother, takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears, and Rose embarks on a horrific journey to get her back and begins to uncover the truth behind the apocalyptic disaster that burned the town 30 years earlier.

6.6

MagicScore

The Magdalene Sisters

2002

Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.

7.4

MagicScore

Hatchet II

2010

Picking up right where the original ended, Marybeth escapes the clutches of the swamp-dwelling killer Victor Crowley. After learning the truth about her family’s connection to the hatchet-wielding madman, Marybeth returns to the Louisiana swamps along with an army of hunters to recover the bodies of her family and exact the bloodiest revenge against the bayou butcher.

5.5

MagicScore

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 Demon

1979

Random people are terrorized by a malevolent man who brings their worst fears to life.

4.2

MagicScore

The Nun

2018

A priest with a dark past and a novice nearing her final vows are sent by the Vatican to Romania to investigate a nun's death and face a demonic force.

5.9

MagicScore

The Devil's Doorway

2018

In the autumn of 1960, Father Thomas Riley and Father John Thornton were sent by the Vatican to investigate a miraculous event in an Irish home for 'fallen women', only to uncover something much more horrific.

5.5

MagicScore

Women's Prison Massacre

1983

Emanuelle is framed by a corrupt D.A. while investigating a drug smuggling operation and has to tough it out under lock and key, dealing with a strict warden and abusive guards.

4.5

MagicScore

#10

Evil Dead Rise

2023

A reunion between two estranged sisters gets cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.

7.0

MagicScore

#11

High Heel Homicide

2017

As a string of brutal murders plague the city, two undercover detectives race to solve the mystery and unmask the killer. Their only clues: each victim is a former cop and each has a blood-red letter painted on their body. How many will have to die before the killer spells out their message in blood?

5.1

MagicScore

#12

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

#13

Imaikkaa Nodigal

2018

A CBI officer goes in search of a ruthless serial killer. Things get worse when the murderer targets the former and her family

7.0

MagicScore

#14

Dark Waters

1993

After the death of her father, a young woman travels to a remote convent on an island in the Black Sea to find out why her father funded it for years.

5.7

MagicScore

#15

Angels Crest

2011

The small working-class town of Angels Crest is a tight-knit community resting quietly in one of the vast and stunningly beautiful valleys of the Rocky Mountains. Ethan, one of the town's residents, is a young father but not much more than a kid himself. He has no choice but to look after his three-year-old son Nate, since mom Cindy is an alcoholic. But one snowy day, Ethan's good intentions are thwarted by a moment of thoughtlessness, resulting in tragedy. A local prosecutor haunted by his past goes after Ethan, and the ensuing confusion and casting of blame begins to tear the town apart.

5.7

MagicScore

#16

Deadly Pickup

2016

Breezy isn't your ordinary hitch-hiker: she's sexy, fun... and a cold-blooded killer. As deadly as a viper, Breezy murders her victims with a poisonous ring. As she preys on highway pickups, Breezy moves from town to town, finally settling briefly as a boarder in the house of a young couple who have no idea what kind of sexual wolf they've just let in the door.

5.1

MagicScore

#17

The Haunted Palace

1963

A warlock burned at the stake comes back and takes over the body of his great grandson to take his revenge on the descendents of the villages that burned him.

6.6

MagicScore

#18

Inhabited

2003

A family dismisses their daughter's claims of "fairies" living in the playhouse in their new home's backyard, until they discover another girl described the same beings in their home, decades before.

6.4

MagicScore

#19

Equinox

1970

Due to their possession of an ancient mystic book, four friends are attacked by a demon while on a picnic and find themselves pitched into a world of evil that overlaps their own. The film was originally made in 1967 by Dennis Muren as The Equinox: Journey into the Supernatural. Jack Woods was hired to shoot additional footage and expand on Muren's work.

5.1

MagicScore

#20

My Son

2021

When a man's only son goes missing, he travels to the town where his ex-wife lives in search of answers. To play a man whose life is clouded by mystery, McAvoy will not be given a script of dialogue.

6.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Halfway House?

The top films similar to The Halfway House by MovieMagicScore are Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade (4.9), Silent Hill (6.6), The Magdalene Sisters (7.4). Each shares comedy/horror themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Halfway House worth watching?

The Halfway House holds a MovieMagicScore of 3.8/10 from 26 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Halfway House?

The Halfway House (2004) is a comedy, horror film directed by Kenneth J. Hall, starring Mary Woronov, Janet Tracy Keijser, Shawn Savage.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Halfway House?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more comedy recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The Halfway House

This ranked list pairs The Halfway House (2004), a comedy and horror film from Kenneth J. Hall, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Mary Woronov 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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